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www.insidehalton.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 12, 2017 | 12 oakville.ca Public Information Meeting and Statutory Public Meeting Proposed Official Plan Amendment Speers Road Corridor Special Policy Area Town Initiated ­ Ward 1 & 2 File No. 42.23.007 The effect of the proposed amendment includes new policies which identify the Speers Road corridor as: a `Special Policy Area' having area-specific goals, objectives and policies to guide future development; an intensification corridor with policies to direct intensification opportunities; an employment area; an employment mixed use corridor providing a broadened range and mix of permitted uses for business and economic activities; and as an emerging Regional Transit Priority Corridor with associated transportation policies. The proposed policies also identify the Bronte GO Station as a major transit station area requiring further study. The proposed amendment will result in change to the following parts of the Livable Oakville Plan: Section 26 (Special Policy Areas); Section 27.1 (Exceptions ­ South West); Section 29.5 (Glossary); Schedule F (South West Land Use); and Schedule G (South East Land Use). The subject lands include the employment area generally bound by the railway tracks to the north, Kerr Street to the east, the residential community to the south, and Bronte Creek to the west. These lands are also subject to the following Site Plan applications: 1195701 Ontario Ltd., 529 Speers Road (File No. SP 1620.026/02) and Par-Med Property Services, 1060 Speers Road (File No. SP 1621.043/01). If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Council c/o the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk's department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 or at townclerk@oakville.ca before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Town of Oakville Council to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. Any submission to the Planning and Development Council, either in hard copy or in electronic format, must be forwarded to the Clerk's department for targets to accommodate growth to 2031, reduce overall congestion, and provide input into the town's upcoming Development Charge By-Law. The project is anticipated to be completed by December 2017. The TMP update is being completed consistent with the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study process. A key component of this process is two public consultation opportunities. Following the evaluation of various transit target scenarios and extensive consultation, the town has developed draft recommendations for the transit mode split targets and identified preliminary road network improvements for 2031. Drop in, get informed and share your thoughts Join us at the second public information centre and provide us with your feedback. Online feedback and more details Visit oakville.ca and search "Switching Gears." You can follow the town on Facebook and Twitter. Questions Email the project team at tmp@oakville.ca or call one of the project leads: Jill Stephen, Project Manager, Town of Oakville, 905-845-6601, ext. 3308. Neil Ahmed, Senior Project Manager, WSP, 905-823-8500, Accessibility If you have any accessibility needs, please let us know before October 21, 2017 by contacting Jill Stephen at 905-845-6601, ext. 3308, (TTY: 905-338-4200), email jill.stephen@oakville.ca or fill out the accessible online feedback form at oakville.ca. receipt no later than noon on November 6, 2017, to ensure its availability to the Members of Council at the meeting. Individuals making oral submissions at the public meeting are requested to submit a written outline of the submission to the Town Clerk. All submissions should include the full name and address of the presenter. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Oakville on the proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk. The public may view planning documents and background material at the Planning Services department between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or on the Town's website on or after October 17, 2017 at https://www.oakville.ca/ planoakville/speers-road-corridor-study.html Questions may be directed to Brad Sunderland, Policy Planner, Planning Services department at 905-845-6601, ext. 3043 (TTY 905-338-4200) or at brad.sunderland@oakville.ca. If you have any accessibility needs, please advise Brad Sunderland one week before the meeting. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Dated at the Town of Oakville October 12, 2017. Public Information Meetings: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 2­4 p.m. (presentation at 2:30 p.m.) 6:30­8:30 p.m. (presentation at 7 p.m.) Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Oakville and Trafalgar Rooms Information about the Employment and Commercial Review will also be presented at this meeting. Monday, November 6, 2017 5:30­6:30 p.m. (drop-in session) Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Bronte and Palermo Rooms Information about the Employment and Commercial Review will also be available at this meeting. Statutory Public Meeting: Monday, November 6, 2017, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Council Chamber You are invited to attend and provide input at these meetings hosted by the Planning Services department and Planning and Development Council, respectively. A study of the Speers Road corridor is being carried out as part of the town's Official Plan Review. The purpose of the study is to confirm long-term land uses and opportunities for intensification suitable for the area. The study has resulted in a draft town-initiated official plan amendment which would modify the text and schedules of the Livable Oakville Plan pertaining to the lands along Speers Road. Switching Gears 2017 ­ Transportation Master Plan (TMP) Update Notice of Public Information Centre #2 Thursday, October 26, 2017 6-8 p.m. Town Hall, Bronte and Palermo Rooms 1225 Trafalgar Road It is time for Oakville to update its TMP Oakville's most recent TMP, Switching Gears, was developed in 2013 and since then it has been the town's guiding document for developing a practical, sustainable, long-term plan to guide the town's transportation system to meet the needs of its anticipated growth to 2031. The goal of the update is to review the transportation network improvements focusing on future transit