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A4 -The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday February 4, 2004 Urban planner's return has environmentalists seeing red 23 presentation of north O akville's conceptual Draft Secondary Plan to Andres Duany, the intemationally- council. " At this point it's not a renowned new urbanism planner who led last fall's planning charrette about question of what we're growth in north Oakville, will return to going to build, but a ques tion of where we're going Oakville later this month. build," said Yet some councillors and environ to Roddenburg. mentalists, would prefer Duany " M y suggestion is that relumed later this year. " If he wants to come back and talk to Mr. Duany not return, that his timing is wrong. He people, fine, but not in a public forum," Oakvillegreen member Hank can help us later." said Roddenburg. Roddenburg told Town council Town planning com Monday. missioner David Cash Former Oakvillegreen officials, now Andres Town Councillors Allan Elgar. Renee said Duany's contract with the Town has always envisioned his Sandelowsky, and Mike Lansdown return. expressed similar views. Elgar and Sandelowsky questioned They indicated Duany's appearance could serve to push through decisions why the Draft Secondary Plan was coming forward when the the Town isn't ready to " If he wants to come Subwatershed Plan was make. n't yet complete. back and talk to peo Duany is to appear at Cash said the the prestigious Canadian ple, fine, but not in a Subwatershed Plan is part Urban Institute (C U I) public forum. My sug and parcel of the Draft conference to be held at Secondary Plan and the gestion is that Mr. Sheridan College Institute establishment of the natu of Technology and Duany not return, that ral heritage system. Advanced Learning on his timing is wrong. He W hile Roddenburg Feb. 25. can help us later." called for Duany to He's also set to give return later. Cash main ·Hank Roddenburg another public talk on tained Duany's work was Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 8 at the conceptual end of the planning p.m. at St. Volodym yr's Cultural process. Centre. The Draft Secondary Plan w ill put That would follow a Monday, Feb. By Angela Blackburn O A K V IL L E B E A V E R S T A F F forward a conceptual plan for north Oakville. Sandelowsky heard that open houses have been held on the Subwatershed Plan and asked for copies of the public input to date. "I thought the Subwatershed Plan was to be the foundation for going forward with the Secondary Plan. I don't think it's completed. Have we not got the can before the horse?" asked Elgar. Duany " Once we take the next step and everybody salutes the flag, we're done," warned Elgar. Lansdown said it seems every time the Town receives a development appli cation it has " the sword of an Ontario Municipal Board hearing hanging over its head." Lansdown then said the timing of the Draft Secondary Plan's appearance at council. Duany's talk and the confer ence could create a " huge sword of embarrassment" if Council doesn't the approve the plan. Cash said the plan w ill be at Council for receipt only before it goes out for public consultation. Cash also said Duany's review, as well as that of other professional plan ners attending the conference, and the public, w ill be an invaluable review of the plan. ernment may bring. " I don't like the optics of the Since then. Town planners have been arrangement," said Lansdown. mired in secondary planning for north Mayor Ann Mulvale said it's likely Oakville. A report to Town council is the Draft Secondary due Feb. 23. " I thought the Plan won't even be Ontario's provincial approved in one night at Subwatershed Plan was government did change, Council. to be the foundation for and the new Liberal gov " I don't think any ernment is embarking on a going forward with the body has staged this so study of a permanent 905 Council w ill make a con Secondary Plan. I don't greenbelt. clusive decision the A year-long moratori think it's completed. night before," said um on new development Have we not got the Mulvale. in agriculturally-zoned cart before the horse? Ward 6 Councillor land is in place while Janice Wright said she study occurs. Once we take the next that found it " confusing" that However, north Oakville step and everybody some of the same people is now considered urban, salutes the flag, we're who have pushed to get not agricultural, since information to the public the passage of Official done. in the past, are now hesi Plan Amendment (O PA) · Ward 4 Councillor tant. 198. Allan Elgar Last fall, after a weekProvincially owned long brainstorming session with Town local land known as the Oakville Land of Oakville planners and the public, Assembly - 1,100 acres stretching Duany presented his Time Capsule plan south of Hwy. 407 to Dundas Street and for 12.5 square miles of north Oakville from Bronte Road to Third Line -- is that's set to be developed. also still in question. It was a blueprint Duany predicted It. and all of Halton, are part of the would be the compromise arrived at greenbelt study, but the Province has after government, developers and envi not moved forward on its commitment ronmentalists argued their differing to transfer a portion of those lands to the plans for about a year. Town, including a potential 50-acre site Two flies in the ointment, however, for a second Oakville hospital. that could affect the plan, according to Duany's trip to Oakville w ill be part Duany, were just where green space of his contract with the Town. lines would eventually be drawn, and The Town's north Oakville planning what effect a change in provincial gov program has been chosen by C U I as the focus of this year's conference on Placemaking. Held at Sheridan, the conference will attract professional planners, architects and engineers. "This conference w ill enable the North Oakville Secondary Plan consult ing team and Town staff to share ideas on the project and gain new insights and information from a wide variety of pro fessionals," stated Town planning direc tor Peter Cheatley. Duany of Florida-based Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company is wellknown for his work in the planning con cept of new urbanism. That creates neighbourhoods of different types of housing mixed with commercial, a public square and meeting building, and schools, parks and playing fields in green space cor ridors. North Oakville also w ill incorporate a local and regional transit system that would encourage residents to live with out a car since buses, that are with a few minutes' walk of home, will connect with local and inter-regionaJ destina tions. A grid of connecting streets is designed to disperse traffic rather than conglomerate it on one large road. North Oakville planning, has to date, been based on creating 35.000 new jobs and housing 55,000 new people - a tar get in the works since 1987 and rigidly set by provincial and regional govern ment as Oakville's share of Ontario's growth and immigration. Many have suggested those targets could be changed, but until now they remain firm. To date, the major stumbling block isn't whether new urbanism should be applied to north Oakville, but rather the different amount of green space that will be part of it. The government plan had 46 per cent open space; environmentally-based plans sought 59 per cent open space and developers/landowners sought 31 per cent open space. Translated into average lot sizes, the government plan would result in aver age lot sizes of 36-feet (including some 20-ft. townhouse lots and some 50-ft. house lots). The environmental plan from the Clear the A ir Coalition would result in average 26-ft. wide lots and could lead to what Duany called a "monoculture" of housing and " tighter than anything you've seen." That plan also made it impossible to meet the targeted employ ment. The developers' plan from North Oakville Management Inc. (N O M I) could result in an average 5I-ft.-wide lot that would lead to 20-ft. townhouse lots as well as 50-ft. and 80-ft.-wide house lots. Duany cautioned a potential pitfall is developers may start building more units and decreasing lot sizes. The Time Capsule Plan would result in average 43-ft.-wide lot sizes, said Duany. It would put schools, parks and playing fields in green space areas. Last fall. Duany admitted he came to Oakville in hopes of designing the best north Oakville habitat for humans and expected to conclude by discussing what trees to plant and the design of live-work units. However, the debate over what per centage of north Oakville should be occupied by humans made it tough to draw up any one plan. The planner warned that residents can't stop immigration. He advised not ever lowering densi ty since that would push GTA develop ment outward, possibly toward the environmentally-sensitive Oak Ridges Moraine. 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