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10 nadian Champion | Thursday, March 1, 2018 3d c ton C " insidehalton.com TOWN HALL: : Town reviews plans for construction of new public high school NATHAN HOWES The Town of Milton is examining plans to rezone lands on Bronte Street South to make way for a = new Halton District School Board (HDSB) high school. The proposed zoning by- law amendment would al- locate part.of the grounds on the west side of Bronte Street South, between Bri- tannia Road and Louis St. Laurent Avenue, for the erection of a new public secondary school. The properties are cur- rently zoned as future de- velopment (FD) and natu- ral heritage system (NHS) areas, which do not permit the proposed development. The zoning amendment application follows the re- quirements of the Planning Act and is being dealt with accordingly. A planning and develop- ment report on the matter was received by the com- mittee of the whole Mon- day. Town staff will now prepare a technical report with recommendations for future consideration. This will come after a consulta- tion and review of the ap- plication has been complet- ed. It will address any -is- sues raised through the consultation and review procedure. . Staff will be reviewing site access and vehicle cir- culation, including bus and vehicle drop-off arrange- ments, grading transitions * to the adjacent lands, stormwater . management and drainage, parking and ' urban design. The HDSB has secured » funding for the secondary school, which is scheduled to open in September 2020. In order to meet con- struction targets, the board has begun the expro- priation process for the lands for the school. The propos school site includes lapds from three landowners, a hold- out property at 1390 Bronte St. S. and parts of the ad- joining lands, for which two separate plans of sub- division and - associated zoning bylaw amendment applications have been submitted. An additional holdout property, located -at 1456 Bronte St. S., isn't part of the school site, but will be neighbouring the second- ary school site. A planning application has not been received for this property, according to 'a town report. The lands for the school are a designated institu- tional area in the Boyne Survey Secondary Plan and form part of block one . within the scheme. While the Subwater- shed Impact Study for black one in Boyne is still under review, the planning and development report states it is staff's under- standing that most of the remaining issues are now - resolved or close to. A resubmission of the Subwatershed Impact - Study is expected in the near future. The school building is proposed to be three sto- reys and will have surface parking extending along the street' frontage and northern property line. * Separate drop-off areas are planned for buses and cars and a track and sports , field are being plotted at the rear of the property, next to a future stormwa- ter management pond. Should the application get the green light, site plan approval will be re- quired prior to the start of development for the sec- ondary school. While a full review of the applicable planning policies will be conducted as part of the application review, a high school is a permitted use in the insti- tutional area and town staff is satisfied that an Of- ficial Plan amendment is not required. Valid For Most Weight Loss Programs ' ~ WEIGHT LOSS GRANT Do You Have More than 20 lbs to Lose? - Apply Now! ® No Cost or Fee to Apply e Approval within 48 Hours e Thousands Paid Monthly! ® See Website for Application Deadline. www.weightlossgrants.org