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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPSD-006-01 Addendum '/ ~ -" UNFINISHED BUSINESS (~~J!illglOn Meeting: Date: Report #: REPORT COUNCIL c.-LIen -0 \ Monday, September 10,2001 p<;" ADDENDUM TO PSD-006-01 File # PLN 17.8.10 By-law # Subject: THE OAK RIDGES MORAINE - PROVINCIAL ADVISORY PANEL REPORT FILE: PLN 17.8.10 Recommendations: 1. THAT Addendum Report PSD-006-01 be received; 2. THAT Report PSD-006-01 be amended to include the follONing additional recommendations; Submitted by: i) THAT the Advisory Panel on the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Honourable Chris Hodgson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing be requested to ensure that in any plan for the Oak Ridges Moraine and any legislative aclon of the Government of Ontario in response to the report of the Advisory Panel, that provision is made to protect the settlement between the Municipality of Clarington and the Aggregate Producers' Association of Ontario which resulted in policies incorpcrated into the Clarington Official Plan through Amendment 19 and Modification 173; and i1) THAT a copy of the revised Official Plan policies negotiated with the Aggregate Producers' of Ontario be forwarded to Mr. Ron Vrancourt, the Chairman of the Miniser's Advisory Panel. RevieWedbYO ~~ Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P. Chief Administrative Officer avi . Crome, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Director, Planning Services Department JAS*BN*DC*df September 6, 2001 ., ADDENDUM REPORT: PSD-006-01 PAGE 2 1.0 SETTLEMENT OF APAO'S OBJECTIONS TO CLARINGTON OFFICIAL PLAN POLICIES The Aggregate Producers' of Ontario referred a significant portion of the Clarington Official Plan at the time of its approval in 1996 (Referral No.5). In 1997, the APAO appealed Amendment NO.3 to the Plan. The Municipality also appealed the Region of Durham's failure to approve certain portions of the Plan (Appeals 2 and 3). Lengthy negotiations beween the Municipality and the APAO, with the participation of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Conservation Authorities, and SAGA and STORM, resulted in a settlement and the incorporation of revised policies in the Clarington Official Plan through Amendment 19 and Modification 173. Amendment 19 has been approved by the Region of Durham. Modification 173 has not been dealt with by the Ontario Municipal Board because of the Oak Ridges Moraine Protection Act, 2001. It removed the OMB's jurisdiction to deal with the matter for 6 months. 1.2 The revised policies resulted in extensive changes to the Clarington Official Plan. The most significant changes are summarized below: Chapter 4 - Natural Environment and Resource Management . Greater balance between protection of the natural environment and management of natural resources . Identification of the core components of the natural heritage system, including significant woodlands and the Ganaraska and Long Sault Forests . New strategic policies on the Oak Ridges Moraine, including the Oak Ridges Moraine Natural Corridor to connect the Ganaraska and Long Sault Forests . New strategic policies on mineral aggregate resources . Identification of environmental and social constraint; to aggregate extraction, including the Ganaraska and Long Sault Forests. Chapter 15 - Aggregate Resources . Aggregate Extraction Areas to be shown on Map A as overlay designation . Policies for establishment or expansion of aggregate extraction operations, including study requirements. 1.3 Some of the significant differences between the Clarington Official Plan policies and the report entitled Share Your Vision for the Oak Ridges Moraine are as follows: . core areas in the Clarington Official Plan include woodlands greater that 30 ha; Natural Core Areas in the Provincial Plan appear to be greater than 400 ha (only the Ganaraska and Long Sault forests identified); . Ganaraska and Long Sault Forest boundaries appear to be smaller in the Provincial Plan; . Aggregate extraction is prohibited in core areas identified in Clarington Official Plan; Aggregate extraction is permitted in Natural Linkage Area Lands (much of which is identified as core areas in the Clarington Official Plan) subject to ecological constraint. . the Clarington Official Plan prohibits aggregate extraction in the entire Ganaraska and Long Sault Forests; under the draft Provincial Plan, aggregate extraction of the conifer plantation and scrub growth areas within the Ganaraska and Long Sault FOlests under new government policy to be developed over next 12 months; and 4 ADDENDUM REPORT: PSD-006.o1 PAGE 3 . the Clarington Official Plan provides for area wide rehabilitation plans. 2.0 CONCLUSION The settlement with the APAO was reached after a lengthy period of negotiations that irvolved provincial ministries, local Conservation Authorities and citizens groups. These policies were prepared under the existing Provincial Policy statement and achieves the balance between the protection of the natural environment and the management of natura I resources contemplated by the Policy Statement. Even so, the policies provide a greater level of protection for the Oak Ridges Moraine than the draft strategy released by the Province's Advisory Panel.Any new provincial policy should strengthen, not weaken protection of the natural heritage system of the Oak Ridges Moraine. It is important that the policies contained in the negotiated settlement of the APAO's objection to the Clarington Official Plan be included in any plan of the Government of Ontario in response to the report of the Advisory Committee and on the Oak Ridges Moraine. Interested parties to be notified of Council and Committee's decision: Honourable Chris Hodgson Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing 17'h Floor, 777 Bay Street TORONTO, Ontario M5G 2E5 Alex Georgieff Commissioner of Planning Region of Durham Planning Department 1615 Dundas Street East Lang Tower, West Bldg., 4'h Floor, Whitby Mall WHITBY, Ontario L1 N 6A3 Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing Advisory Panel Oak Ridges Moraine Consultation 17'h Floor, 777 Bay Street TORONOTO, Ontario M5G 2E5 SAGA (Save the Ganaraska Again) clo Ms. Katherine Guselle 45 Connaught Street OSHAWA, Ontario L 1G 2H1 Linda Gasser 7421 Best Road P.O. Box 399 ORONO, Ontario LOB 1 MO CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON 40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L 1C 3A6 T(905)623-3379 F (905)623-6506 .