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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPD-009-01 r/" " # /' .~. ~ DN: P009.()! THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARlNGTON REPORT Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee ~ File # f{;;; Res. tt(~p /1- r/())-O I Date: Monday, January 22, 2001 Report #: PD-009-01 FILE #: PLN 12.5 By-law # Subject: COURTICE HIGHWAY NO.2 CORRlDORlMAIN CENTRAL AREA STUDY UPDATE FILE: PLN 12.5 Recommendations: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report PD-009-01 be received; 2. THAT Council endorse the proposal to extend the study area beyond Special Policy Area "F" to Townline Road to the west and Hancock Road to the east; 3. THAT Councillor Jim Schell, Chair of Planning and Engineering and Regional Councillor be appointed to the Study Committee; 4. THAT Staff be authorized to appoint two property owners, one from the Hancock area and the other from the Townline area, to the Study Connnittee. 1. INTRODUCTION The Courtice Highway 2 Corridor Study/Main Central Area Secondary Plan has been initiated by the Municipality of Clarington and the Region of Durham. The consulting firms of Markson, Borooah, Hodgson Architects, TSH Associates, Valerie Cranmer and Associates and TCI Management Consultants were engaged in July 1999 to conduct the Study. A Technical Committee consisting of staff members and a Study Committee 614 J .,. PAGE 2 -, REPORT NO.: PD-009-01 consisting of staff, politician and property owners were set up to work with the consultants on the Study. The purpose of the study is to recommend changes to transform Highway 2 from "Regional Highway" into a "Main Street" for Courtice. The study will also result in a new secondary plan for the Main Central Area, in order to create a new focus for Courtice. The following is a status report and review of the study to date, interim findings, and a proposal to revise the study area boundaries, scope of work, and revised schedule. 2, DISCUSSION 2.1 Work Progress to Date The original study area followed the Clarington Official Plan boundaries for the Highway 2 Corridor as Special Study Area "F", focusing on properties fronting on Hwy. 2 generally from Prestonvale Road to Courtice Rd., and the Main Central Area, bounded by Highway 2, Trulls, Sandringham and Maplefield Roads. Background analysis for this study area is completed and summarized in Interim Report No.1, "Issues, Constraints, Opportunities" (distributed under separate cover). This information was confirmed through a workshop (Workshop No.1), entitled "Issues, Constraints & Opportunities" held at the end of September with community residents and other stakeholders. The results of Workshop No.1 were used to generate principles which would guide the development of the vision for the study area. These principles are summarized in Interim Report No.2, "Principles of Land Use, Urban Design and Transportation", completed in November. These principles formed the basis for Workshop No.2, held on November 20, entitled "Developing a Vision". Interim Report No.2 is distributed under separate cover. During the course of the study to date, the Technical Committee and the Study committee were consulted frequently. A communications plan and newspaper advertisements and newsletters were prepared and distributed. Material was prepared and posted on the 615 '-<\ ., REPORT NO.: PD-009-01 PAGE 3 Municipality's Web site. Landowners of the largest holdings in the study area were also consulted. At this point III the study, the consultants reviewed the findings and stakeholder comments to date, and concluded that the study area needs to be revised in order to better serve our needs.. 2.2 The Need for a Revision to the Study The original study approach was to conceive of the Highway 2 Corridor and the Main Central Area as separate and distinct entities. The Highway 2 Corridor Study was to have been completed first followed by the Secondary Plan for the Main Central Area. However, community consultation through the meetings and workshops have resulted in a series of findings which suggest that the study can be vastly improved to serve the needs of Courtice and Durham Region if it were revised. The following is a list of findings and recommended changes to the study, along with a revised schedule. 1. Hir<hway 2 Corridor & Main Central Area are Interdependent Increasingly, during the course of the study, it has become apparent that the land uses along the Highway 2 Corridor and the Main Central Area are interdependent, and any policy for one area will need to be integrally linked with policies for the other area. As a result, the two areas need to be studied concurrently rather than separately. It is not possible to complete the study on the Highway 2 Corridor first, and then proceed to the Secondary Plan for the Main Central Area. 2. Revised Schedule for Hir<hway 2 Corridor Study A More appropriate schedule would be to continue studying both the Highway 2 Corridor and the Main Central Area concurrently and develop a land use, built form and urban design vision for both study areas, including a preliminary implementation plan for each area. Then the two areas could be separated for completion of the study, with a final report being prepared for the Highway 2 Corridor and a Secondary Plan being prepared for the Main Central Area. 616 I , .. -.. v REPORT NO.: PD-009-01 PAGE 4 3. Expanded HiKhway 2 Corridor Study Area As a result of stakeholder comments during Workshops No.1 & 2, there is a need to enlarge the study area. The proposal for the new study area will expand from Prestonvale Ave. to Townline Rd. to the west, and from Courtice Rd. to Hancock Road. to the east (Attachment 1). The new areas have been added for determining a common urban design vision regarding streetscape treatment, lighting, planting, signage, banners, paving and street furniture; land uses will not form part of the expanded study. The proposed expansion of the study area will match the current boundaries of the transportation study, which is being conducted concurrently with this study. It will also help the Region with any proposed capital improvement works along Highway 2 in Courtice. 4. Expanded Scope of Work: New Study Area The proposed expansion of the study area has also resulted in an expansion in the scope of work. In addition to an urban design vision for the expanded study area, the stakeholders and major landowners have to be brought into the community consultation process. Separate meeting and workshop will be held with the stakeholders ofthe expanded study area to inform them of the current status ofthe study, the reason for expanding the study area, plus a workshop session to consider streetscape treatment options for their area. This meeting will bring them to the same point in the study process as the stakeholders in the rest of the Highway 2 Corridor. This meeting will precede the additional workshop for the original study area. 5. Expanded Scope of Work: OriKinal Study Area The outcome of Workshop No.2: Developing a Vision was such a large quantity of responses and ideas from participating stakeholders, and such a range of opinions regarding options for development, that participants did not have time to decide on a preferred option for the study area. We propose that an additional workshop be held for the stakeholders of the original study area in order to discuss the results of Workshop No.2: Developing a Vision, and arrive at a preferred 617 --f REPORT NO,: PD-009-01 PAGE 5 vision for the area. The additional workshop will be entitled "Confirming the Vision", and will also address issues such as implementation, cost, timing and phasing, in order to obtain input for the implementation phase of the study. Based on the outcomes of the last two workshops is it is determined that additional meetings with the owners of large land holdings in the original study area (or the landowners) are necessary in order to understand their concerns and their development goals, and to obtain "buy-in" from the landowners. This process has already been started. The revised scope of work will result in an expanded list of tasks, including additional meetings, workshops, newsletters and invitations to workshops, planning and organizing the extra workshops, and preparing additional interim reports. 6. Revised Schedule The following is a revised schedule for the expanded study: . New Phase 4, Confirming the Vision, in January . New meeting with Townline/Hancock stakeholders in late January New meeting with Landowners in Late January Additional Workshop, "Confirming the Vision in late January Revised Phase 5, Implementing the Vision, in February Workshop Open House, "Implementing the Vision" in February Concurrent work in March in preparation for Secondary Plan for Main Central Area Workshop on Secondary Plan Policies and Urban Design Guidelines for the MCA in April Preparation of Secondary Plan in April and May Workshop on Secondary Plan in May Preparation of Final Report on Highway 2 Corridor & main Central Area in May and June . . . . . . . . . . 3. CONCLUSIONS The Study is progressing satisfactorily. Despite the expanded work program, the Study is scheduled to be on time as originally planned. The Region of Durham Public Works 618 . I REPORT NO.: PD-009-0l PAGE 6 Department has agreed to cover the additional cost (estimated at $15,000) incurred as a result of the expanded work program. In light of the expanded study area and the election of new Councillors it is recommend that two new representatives from the expanded areas be appointed to the Study Committee and that Councillor Jim Schell replace former Councillor Mary Novak on this Committee. Respectfully submitted, Reviewed by, o rtUJS2_ tl~ Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P., RP.P. Chief Administrative Officer. ad. Crome, M.C.I.P., RP.P. Director of Planning & Development BN*DC*df 12 January 2001 Attachment I - Key Map Interested parties to be notified of Council and Committee's decision: Gene Chartier Manager of Transportation Region of Durham 105 Consumers Drive WHITBY, Ontario LlN 6A3 619 ... .c ___ -~ \ '" J'(\:q _{, C:O'Jrtice~R9ad . 'i.:},(ct{ri. \ , 'i ~ ",Xf\~ t ~-&~ \ '-....-_ -"- '? y-"'-':J"<....'Yi->~~t,., '. '... , 'l~ ~k, ,. " ~ ;-;",,,<V~:), f_ .,. 1; 4} Y;l( '. : J. l<L,' "t=;{!. ~\~ ..~ }l y' . ATTACHMENT 1 . " \ \ \,- . n~: : \ ~-~~ );:." U ;1 I Hancock Road 620