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Special Planning and Development
Committee Minutes
June 6, 2016
Minutes of a special meeting of the Planning and Development Committee held on
Monday, June 6, 2016 at 3:00 PM in the Mezzanine Meeting Room, Clarington Public
Library, Bowmanville Branch.
Present Were: Mayor A. Foster, Councillor S. Cooke, Councillor R. Hooper,
Councillor J. Neal, Councillor W. Woo
Regrets: Councillor W. Partner, Councillor C. Traill
Staff Present: F. Langmaid, A. Greentree, L. Benson, N. Taylor, A. Allison, L. Pinto,
B. Radomski
1 Call to Order
Councillor Woo called the meeting to order at 3:00 PM.
2 Declarations of Interest
There were no declarations of interest stated at this meeting.
3 Presentations
3.1 Paul Mule, Dillon Consulting Limited and Luciano P. Piccioni, President, RCI
Consulting, Regarding the Courtice Main Street Community Improvement
Plan (CIP)
Paul Mule opened the presentation. The verbal presentation, accompanied by a
PowerPoint Presentation, covered the following topics:
Introduction of Consulting team
Project timeline which consists of three phases
Community Improvement Plans and Best Practices
o Clarington has 3 existing CIPs in downtown areas of Bowmanville,
Newcastle and Orono. A total of 58 properties have received a total of
$814,000.
o As the incentives are developed within this area, Clarington’s Development
Charges (DC) by-law may have to be updated.
o The typical downtown/commercial area CIP’s and the Key Policy goals and
objectives were compared with the Courtice Main Street highlighted to
demonstrate how the typical strategies will not work in this instance.
o The Waterloo Northdale CIP, Waterloo Uptown CIP, Smarter Niagara
Incentive Programs, Town of The Blue Mountains CIP, Orillia Downtown
Tomorrow CIP, and Oshawa Downtown Shoulder Area CIP were
successful and could be applicable to the Courtice Main Street CIP to
achieve their Official Plans.
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Background of Key Municipal and Regional Polices
o Both Clarington’s and Durham Region’s Official Plans designate Courtice
Main Street as a corridor.
o The key elements of the Secondary Plan and Urban Design Directions
were described.
o The proposed public realm projects were highlighted.
o To better define traffic flow and transit, a proposed cross-section was
explained, and tied in the Durham Region Transportation Master Plan.
o The Region has indicated that Courtice Main Street is not eligible for
Regional Intensification Servicing Policy (RISP) as size of sanitary sewer
on Highway 2 makes it. No assistance of funding of the services from the
Region of Durham appears to be available. This is quite different from the
approach within Niagara Region where the approach seemingly comes
from the top down.
Servicing
o To extend the sanitary sewer between Sandringham Drive to Courtice
Road is estimated to cost approximately $1,957,500 with the portion west
of Trulls Road being $807,500 and east of Trulls Road being $1,150,000.
o The key servicing issues were highlighted.
o Key opportunities and solutions were explained including options to:
service by blocks rather than individual properties; various approaches
depending on the block; and including the option for the Municipality to
front end the related servicing costs.
The presentation was suspended to allow for Members of Committee to pose questions
to the consultants and staff. Staff confirmed that the position of the Region, being that
Courtice CIP is ineligible for the RISP and RRP, was recent, unexpended, and
problematic news.
The presentation continued covering the following topics:
Black Creek Trail Policy Support
o Discussed the existing trail and how it and the proposed trail will be
integrated in the plan.
o Opportunities for Acquisition and access for the trail system were
highlighted including the marketing and promotion of benefits to building
safe/secure trails.
Key Community Improvement needs
o To provide an extra tool to achieve the desired development
Preliminary Draft Incentive Programs
o The proposed approach was highlighted and explained that should no
funding be forth coming from the Region, the approach would have to be
reconsidered. From the current perspective, the DC grant approach is
deemed the most effective.
o Evaluation framework was detailed.
o The Preliminary concept was explained.
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® Next Steps
o Public Meeting /Workshop #2 — June 22, 2016
o Revise the Incentive Programs — July 2016
o Prepare Fiscal Impact Analysis and Financial Plan — July 2016
o Prepare and circulate Draft CIP —August/September 2016
o Statutory Public Meeting and Final CIP — October 2016
In conclusion, the consultants advised that the CIP is an enabling tool, should be
monitored, is amendable without undertaking a full review of the plan, and should be fully
reviewed every five years.
Resolution #PD-085-16
Moved by Councillor Neal, seconded by Councillor Cooke
That the presentation from Paul Mule, Dillon Consulting Limited and Luciano P. Piccioni,
President, RCI Consulting, Regarding the Courtice Main Street Community Improvement
Plan be received for information.
Carried
4 Adjournment
Resolution #PD-086-16
Moved by Mayor Foster, seconded by Councillor Neal
That the meeting adjourn at 5:00 PM.
/jA:o� Carried
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