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REPORT TO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report Number: PD 12-05
Date: March 31,2005
From:
Nell Carroll
Director, Planning & Development
Subject:
Places to Grow - Better Choices. Brighter Future.
Draft Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
February 2005
Recommendation:
That Pickering Council RECEIVE Report PD 12-05 on the draft Growth Plan for
the Greater Golden Horseshoe, prepared by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure
Renewal, dated February 2005;
That Pickering Council ADVISE the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal that
it supports:
(a) the concept of a growth plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe;
(b) Pickering's inclusion within the 'Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton
Sub-area'; and
(c) the identification of downtown Pickering as an 'urban growth centre'.
That Pickering Council REQUEST the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal
to coordinate the transfer of the Cherrywood Community from the Greenbelt Plan
to the Growth Plan under a 'Designated Growth Area' category, consistent with
Pickering's approved Growth Management Study;
That Pickering Council REQUEST the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal
to incorporate the following recommended changes into the final Growth Plan for
the Greater Golden Horseshoe, such that:
(a) upper, lower and single-tier municipalities are engaged as full participants
in the preparation of the work program for their respective sub-area growth
strategy and that all municipalities be included as members of the sub-
area growth strategy working teams in addition to the Province;
(b) local municipalities are provided with the authority to determine the way in
which intensification is achieved in their respective areas;
(c) a meaningful public consultation process to inform and obtain comments
from residents and landowners in all parts of each sub-area is included as
an integral component of the sub-area growth strategy work program;
(d) the content of sub-area growth strategies is refined to focus on the
broader cross-boundary issues such as infrastructure, economic
development, transit, and urban boundary expansions with less emphasis
on rural, agriculture and natural heritage matters;
(e) the timeframe for achieving the intensification targets in the Growth Plan is
extended from 2015 to a longer timeframe;
4,;
Report PD 12-05
Subject: Draft Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Date:
March 31,2005
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(g)
the employment to population ratio is increased to 50%(one job for every
two persons) for Durham Region;
the transpodation system is revised to:
(i) add a proposed higher order transit route along Taunton Road and
Kingston Road;
(ii) add a proposed higher order transit route on the CP Belleville rail
line through Durham Region;
(iii) add a proposed higher transit route from the Pickering GO Station
to the Highway 407 transitway; and
(iv) extend Highway 407 easterly to Highway 35/115 in the pre-2031
timeframe, and add a proposed higher order transit route on
Highway 407 through Durham Region;
That Pickering Council REQUEST that, prior to finalizing the Growth Plan, the
Province release a comprehensive package of Greater Golden Horseshoe
initiatives including details of the fiscal, regulatory and other tools that will be
made available to properly implement the sub-area growth strategies, the
Transportation Strategy, and the 10-year Strategic Infrastructure Investment
Plan; and
That the City Clerk FORWARD a copy of Report PD 12-05 to the Minister of
Public Infrastructure Renewal, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the
Region of Durham, Durham area municipalities, and Wayne Arthurs, MPP,
Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge.
Executive Summary: The Province has released a draft Growth Plan for the
Greater Golden Horseshoe following public consultation on its earlier Places to Grow
Better Choices. Brighter Future. Discussion Paper.
In the draft Growth Plan, growth is directed as infill and redevelopment to built-up areas
especially the urban growth centres, such as downtown Pickering. New greenfield
development is directed to designated growth areas, such as Seaton. The Province is
proposing to support the Growth Plan by investing significantly in public infrastructure,
public transit, assuming stronger Provincial authority, and providing new fiscal and
regulatory tools for municipalities to implement the Growth Plan. A summary of the draft
Growth Plan is provided as Attachment #1 to this Report and the specific provisions of
the Growth Plan for Pickering are discussed in Section 1.1 of this Report.
Comments have been made on the draft Growth Plan relating to: the shift in
responsibility for land use planning matters from municipalities to the province; the need
for municipalities to be equal partners in the preparation of the sub-area growth
strategies; the need to extend the timeframe from 2015 to a longer timeframe in order to
achieve the minimum intensification targets; the need to increase the employment
forecast for Durham Region; and the need for further information on possible new fiscal
and regulatory tools to implement the Growth Plan.
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It is recommended that the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal incorporate
Pickering's comments into the final Growth Plan. Further, the Province should release a
comprehensive package of all of its Greater Golden Horseshoe initiatives for further
consultation, prior to finalizing the Growth Plan.
Financial Implications: There are no financial implications to providing comments
on the draft Growth Plan. However, significant staff time will be required in order to
have meaningful participation in the Provincial process.
Background:
1.0 Discussion
1.1
The specific provisions of the Growth Plan relating to employment
projections, intensification targets and transportation system components
are problematic.
A summary of the provincial draft Growth Plan is provided as Attachment #1 to
this Report. A full copy of the draft Growth Plan was previously provided under
separate cover to members of Council.
Specific provisions of the draft Growth Plan for Pickering are identified in the
chart below. Comments are also noted. Key issues are discussed in more detail
in the remaining sections of this Report.
Draft Growth Plan
Schedules
Schedule 3 (see Attachment #2)
indicates an employment forecast of
350,000 jobs for Durham Region at
2031 (36.5% jobs to population ratio).
Schedule 4 (see Attachment #3)
identifies Downtown Pickering as an
'urban growth centre'.
· Schedule 4 shows a built-up area
(generally) for south Pickering.
· Schedule 4 shows a designated
growth area for Pickering (Seaton).
Staff Comments
· Disagree. A more balanced live-work
relationship of one job for every two
persons is required for Durham Region,
particularly for urban lands within the
GTA and Hamilton sub-area (50% jobs
to population ratio).
· Support identification of downtown
Pickering.
· Actual limit of centre to be identified in
sub-area growth strategy.
· Actual limit of built-up area to be
identified in sub-area growth strategy.
· Support identification of Seaton.
· Actual limit of growth area to be
identified in sub-area growth strategy.
· Add the Cherrywood Community to
the 'designated growth area' for
Pickering.
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Draft Growth Plan Staff Comments
Schedules
· Schedules 4 and 7 (see Attachment
#6) shows the 'draft' greenbelt lands.
· Schedule 4 identifies the
'designated non-urban area' in
northeast Pickering.
· Schedules 5 and 6 (see
Attachments #4 & #5) shows the
future proposed Pickering airport.
· Schedule 5 shows the CP Havelock
Railway to Peterborough as a
proposed higher order transit to
2031.
Schedule 6 shows Highway 407
East of Brock Road as Future
Economic / Transport Corridors.
Schedule 8 (see Attachment #7)
shows Pickering within proposed
Sub-area 1 - GTA and Hamilton.
Lands west of West Duffins Creek
and north of the CP Railway, the
former Lake Iroquois Shoreline and
the East Duffins Creek are within the
greenbelt lands; final Growth Plan
should include updated Greenbelt
Plan map.
Transfer the Cherrywood Community
from the Greenbelt Plan to the Growth
Plan.
· Lands within a 'designated non-urban
area' would not be considered for
urban purposes until after 2031.
· Consistent with the Places to Grow
Discussion Paper.
· Add a proposed higher order transit
route along an easterly extension of
Highway 407 before 2031.
· Add a proposed higher order transit
route along Taunton Road and
Kingston Road.
· Add CP Belleville Railway as existing
higher order transit.
· Add ,a proposed higher transit route
from the Pickering GO Station to the
Highway 407 transitway.
· Clarify that the higher order transit
route for the CP Havelock railway is of
lesser priority than other transit and
transportation projects within Pickering.
· Extend Highway 407 corridor easterly to
Highway 35/115 and clarify the priority
of the 407 extension within the 2031
planning horizon. The Growth Plan
downplays the importance of extending
Highway 407 through Durham Region.
· Support the inclusion of Pickering in
the GTA and Hamilton sub-area.
· Extensive area consisting in total of
43 municipalities, regions, and
conservation authorities.
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1.2
1.3
1.4
The provincial Growth Plan and sub-area growth strategies for the Greater
Golden Horseshoe create a new higher level planning document to which
all municipal official plans will have to conform.
The provincial Growth Plan's vision of managing growth and developing stronger
transit-supportive communities is generally supported. The preparation of a
sub-area growth strategy for the GTA and Hamilton provides an opportunity to
directly engage the Province in maximizing infrastructure investments and attracting
investment in downtown Pickering, which is recognized as a 'urban growth centre' in
the draft Growth Plan document. As well, the 'urban growth centre' designation
provides an opportunity to enhance Pickering's downtown as a strategic gateway
between Durham Region and Toronto. Previously, the Places to Grow discussion
paper identified downtown Pickering as an 'emerging urban centre'.
However, the provincial Growth Plan appears to represent a significant shift in
responsibility for land use planning matters from local and regional levels to the
provincial level. A new tier of plans crossing both local and regional boundaries
will be created for each of the sub-areas. The Growth Plan notes that sub-area
growth strategies are not intended to duplicate local official plans and policies.
However, official plans will be required to conform to the Growth Plan.
The Province should ensure that municipalities are equal partners in
preparing the work program for their respective sub-area growth strategy
and as members of their respective sub-area growth strategy working team.
Although the Growth Plan notes that the Province jointly with municipalities will
prepare sub-area growth strategies, the municipal role in this process must be
strengthened. Local municipalities must be provided with the authority to
determine the way in which intensification is to be achieved in their respective
areas. To ensure that municipal issues are brought forward for consideration, it
is requested that the Province engage municipalities as full participants both in
the preparation of a work program for their respective sub-area growth strategy
and in the sub-area growth strategy working team. As a minimum, lower-tier
municipalities identified as urban growth centres and upper-tier municipalities
should be active participants in the Provincial exercise.
The sub-area growth strategy should focus on the broader cross-boundary
issues instead of detailing local level matters.
The growth strategies are intended to be comprehensive in scope addressing a
wide range of topics for each sub-area. A more strategic focus on the broader
cross-boundary issues such as infrastructure, transportation, economic
development, transit and urban boundary expansions is recommended. There
should be less emphasis on the agricultural system, rural areas, and mineral
aggregate resources outside of urban areas as these matters are more
appropriately addressed through local official plans. Without refining the scope of
sub-area growth strategies, staff is concerned that the process could take several
years from initial inception to approval for the large geographic sub-areas.
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1.5
1.6
The timeframe to achieve the minimum intensification requirements in the
draft Growth Plan should be extended from 2015 to a more realistic timeframe.
The draft Growth Plan requires a phased increase in the amount of residential
intensification occurring within existing built-up areas, such that by 2015, 40% of
all new residential development occurring annually shall be within today's
build-up area. It is our understanding that Durham Region will be responsible for
increasing the current intensification target of 20% incrementally until it reaches
40% by 2015 and that all municipalities will be required to meet the 40% target.
Considering the high residential growth rates anticipated for Seaton (outside the
built-up area) over the next 15 years, a 40% annual intensification rate for
Pickering would be hard to achieve by 2015. This means that if we have 2,000
new residential units constructed annually by the year 2015 in Pickering, 40% or
800 units would have be constructed in today's built-up area. Our concern is that
there may not be sufficient land and adequate infrastructure within the built-up
area to accommodate the 40% intensification target on annual basis.
As well, intensification areas are to be generally planned to achieve not less than
200 residents and jobs per net hectare. Staff is concerned that this level of
intensity cannot be achieved in such a short time. As an example, the newly
constructed OPG building on Brock Road is approximately 16,150m2 (6-storey
building) on 4 hectares of land with a projected 750 jobs being accommodated.
This translates into 187.5 jobs per hectare, which is below the Growth Plan
density.
Although infill and intensification within the existing built-up areas is supported, it
should be recognized that municipalities can only provide opportunities for higher
densities but no landowner can be compelled to develop. Intensification and
redevelopment is not a one-time process, but rather an ongoing evolution of a
community. A more gradual implementation of the density over 20-30 years,
rather than 10 years, would provide a more realistic timeframe for the market to
respond with higher density development.
The employment forecasts for Durham Region should be increased to
achieve jobs to population ratio of one to two rather than one to three, to
be consistent across the GTA-Hamilton sub-area.
Schedule 3 of the draft Growth Plan indicates an employment forecast of
350,000 jobs (36.5% jobs to population ratio) for Durham Region at 2031. This
is lower than the employment forecast presented in the Durham Regional Official
Plan Review (423,000 jobs or 40.1% jobs to population ratio for 2031), and less
than Durham's current jobs to population ratio target of 50%. A lower
employment forecast is not supportive of Durham Region's direction to balance
population growth with employment. A more balanced live-work relationship of
one job for every two persons is required in Durham Region if it is to achieve the
Growth Plan's objective of creating compact, transit-supportive communities that
make more efficient use of existing and proposed infrastructure.
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1.7 Public consultation should be included as an integral part of the
preparation sub-area growth strategies in the Growth Plan.
1.8
1.9
1.10
The preparation of a sub-area growth strategy includes no public consultation
process. To ensure that the Province undertakes a meaningful consultation
process, it is recommended that the Province enshrine a public process in the
Growth Plan to inform and obtain comments from residents in all parts of each
sub-area as a component of the sub-area growth strategy process.
Details on fiscal and regulatory tools to support municipal efforts to
implement the draft Growth Plan are lacking in the draft Growth Plan
document.
Details on fiscal and regulatory tools referenced in the original Discussion Paper,
are not provided in the draft Growth Plan. A representative of the Ministry of
Public Infrastructure Renewal has advised that information relating to a wide
variety of fiscal tools that may be used to implement the Growth Plan is currently
being prepared but these tools will not be finalized prior to the Growth Plan being
approved. An appropriate financial toolbox is essential to enable implementation
of the Growth Plan in municipalities and to assist the public in making
appropriate housing choices. It is essential that the Province provide further
information on these fiscal and regulatory implementation tools for municipal
review and comment, prior to finalizing the Growth Plan.
More information on the role and structure of the Greater Toronto
Transportation Authority (GTTA) is required.
No details are provided on the role and structure of the previously announced
establishment of a Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (GTTA) with
sub-area growth plans, provincial funding ministries and municipal transit
operators. Although there is merit in provincial coordination of broader transit
planning and funding, the Province is requested to provide further information on
the GTTA's relationship to local transit providers.
Staff will continue to monitor the Growth Plan and advise Council of
significant events or information.
Staff will follow-up with the Province respecting Council's comments on the Plan,
and will advise Council of significant matters about the final Growth Plan.
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Subject: Draft Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Date: March 31,2005
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ATTACHMENTS:
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Summary of the draft Growth Plan
Schedule 3 - Distribution of Population, Households and Employment in the
Greater Golden Horseshoe 2001-2031
Schedule 4 - Urban Growth Centres
Schedule 5 - Moving People
Schedule 6 - Moving Goods
Schedule 7 - Draft Greenbelt Plan
Schedule 8 - Proposed Sub-area Concept
Prepared By:
Approved / Endorsed By:
Grant McGregor, MCiP, I~PP
Principal Planner- Policy
Ne¢i Carro~PP
Director, Planning & Development
Catherine Rose, MCIP, RPP
Manager, Policy
GM:Id
Attachments
Copy: Chief Administrative Officer
(Acting) Chief Administrative Officer
Division Head, Corporate Projects & Policy
Recommende~eJc(~
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.omas J. Quinr~:3hief~
ATTACHMENT# 1 TO
REPORT # PD 12-05
Summary
of the Draft Growth Plan
for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
February 2005
Introduction
· The draft Growth Plan contains a set of policies for managing growth and
development to 2031. The Plan should also be considered in conjunction with other
provincial plans, including the Niagara Escarpment Plan, the Oak Ridges Moraine
Conservation Plan, and the Greenbelt Plan.
· The Growth Plan provides more detailed strategies and policy directions that:
· direct growth to built-up areas where the capacity exists to accommodate the
expected population, household and employment growth;
· promote transit-supportive densities and a healthy mix of residential and
employment land uses;
· identify and supports a transportation network that links urban centres
through an extensive multi-modal transportation system anchored by efficient
public transit and highway systems for moving people and goods;
· ensure sustainable water and wastewater services are available to support
future growth;
· identify a natural system and an agricultural system, and enhance the
conservation of these resources and connect with the Greenbelt Plan; and
· coordinate inter-municipal planning for sub-area issues such as urban
structure, economic development, resource management, infrastructure
requirements and environmental protection.
· The Growth Plan includes Schedules that identify:
· urban growth centres and settlement areas - where growth will be directed;
· a transportation network - for moving people and goods and connecting
urban growth centres; and
· the proposed Greenbelt, which is protected from development.
There
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
are five main topic areas in the Draft Growth Plan:
Where and How to Grow
Infrastructure to Support Growth
Protecting What is Valuable
Sub-area Growth Strategies
Implementation and a Provincial Multi-Year Infrastructure Strategy
Where and How to Grow
This section promotes efficient land use by directing growth away from
greenfields and into urban growth centres, brownfield sites, greyfields,
intensification corridors and other areas with excess infrastructure capacity.
Intensification and re-urbanization will improve opportunities to balance
employment and residential uses; make transit, walking and cycling options
convenient; and maximize the use of existing infrastructure capacity. The
polices and strategies include:
ATTACHMENT# 1 TO
REPORT # PD 12-05
Summary of the Draft Growth Plan
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· population, household and employment growth forecasts as the basis for the
Growth Plan, which will also be used to update official plans and any related
municipal growth studies;
· all municipalities will establish policies and strategies to facilitate and promote
intensification within their built-up areas;
· upper-tier municipalities will plan for a phased increase in the yearly
percentage of intensification, such that by the year 2015 a minimum of
40 percent of all residential development occurring annually will be within
built-up areas;
· intensification areas such as urban growth centres and intensification
corridors will provide a focus for development to accommodate growth;
· intensification areas will generally be planned to achieve a density of
development not less than 200 residents and jobs per hectare.
· municipalities will establish policies in their official plans to implement
appropriate intensification targets and a range and mix of housing types
including minimum affordable housing targets;
· urban growth centres and intensification corridors will be planned to attract a
significant portion of growth, to have a diverse mix of land uses, to serve as
major employment centres, and to accommodate employment activities;
· urban growth centres will also be planned to serve as regional transit hubs
and as focal areas for investment in cultural, institutional, recreational,
entertainment and regional-level public infrastructure;
· municipalities may permit conversion of lands within employment areas to
non-employment uses or major retail uses only through a comprehensive
review;
· municipalities are encourage to designate and preserve lands in the
immediate vicinity of existing major highways, railyards and international
airports as areas for manufacturing, warehousing, and associated retail,
office and ancillary facilities;
· major office development will be located in areas where higher order transit
services exist or are planned;
· the gross density of development in designated growth areas will generally
not be less than 50 residents and jobs per hectare;
· new development must be designed in a manner that encourages street
configurations that support early integration of transit services and encourage
easy access to stores and services by alternate transportation modes
including cycling and walking;
· sub-area growth strategies will assess the need for and phasing of the
amount of designated growth areas within a municipality; and
· settlement area expansions will generally not be permitted prior to the
completion of a sub-area growth strategy.
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Summary of the Draft Growth Plan
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Infrastructure to Support Growth
This section provides the framework for infrastructure investment that will
support and emphasize compact urban form; identify, optimize and expand
the capacity of existing infrastructure, establish a more integrated
transportation network; and coordinate long-range infrastructure plans across
the GGH. As well, the Province is promoting the integration of land use and
transportation within the GGH by facilitating residential and employment
intensification through transit-supportive development within intensification
areas; promoting intensification generally throughout the urban areas;
requiring greenfield development to be transit supportive in both form and
densities; and restricting development within non-growth areas.
The efficient movement of people and goods will be accomplished by:
· expanding service areas and facilitating improved linkages to urban growth
centres within and between sub-areas;
· making transit the first priority for investment to meet the Growth Plan's
objectives of increasing transit ridership, managing congestion, reducing
commuting time, improving levels of transit service, and providing alternative
transportation choices;
· requiring municipalities to establish polices to ensure that pedestrian and
bicycle networks are integrated into community design;
· requiring municipalities to establish priority truck routes to facilitate the
movement of goods into and out of areas of significant activity; and
· requiring municipalities to ensure that land-use activities along or in the
vicinity of inter-modal facilities, truck routes, railway corridors, etc. are
compatible with the movement of goods.
Protectinq What is Valuable
This section provides the framework for directing growth pressures away from the
places and systems we need to protect such as natural and agricultural systems,
rural areas, mineral aggregate resources and cultural heritage resources. The
Plan builds on other provincial initiatives such as the PPS, the Greenbelt Plan,
planning reform, and the Ontario Heritage Act reform.
· the natural system of the GGH will be identified and mapped in conjunction
with municipalities, conservation authorities and other affected stakeholders;
· the natural system will be incorporated into municipal official plans;
· the expansion of a settlement area boundary will not be permitted in the
natural system;
· the agricultural system of the GGH will be identified and mapped in
conjunction with municipalities and other affected stakeholders;
· the agricultural system will be incorporated into municipal official plans;
· municipalities are encouraged to maintain, improve and provide opportunities
for farm-related infrastructure;
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REPORT# PD 12-05
Summary of the Draft Growth Plan
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· a long-term strategy for mineral resource management will be developed in
conjunction with municipalities and other stakeholders in the GGH;
· energy and water demand management initiatives that reduce consumption
and improve resource use efficiency and review the design of new urban
developments in the context of managing the total urban water cycle are
encouraged to be developed;
· sustainable energy and air quality management plans that include energy
conservation strategies are encouraged to be developed; and
· municipal cultural heritage plans, heritage citizen committees, and plans that
conserve significant cultural heritage resources are encouraged to be
developed.
Sub-Area Growth Strateqies
This section provides details for implementing the general policies of the Growth
Plan through sub-area growth strategies. The Province, together with
municipalities, will address the specific needs of each sub-area. There are five
distinct sub-areas in the GGH.
the elements of a sub-area growth strategy will:
· refine population, household and employment allocations to upper and
single-tier municipalities;
· distribute population, household and employment growth to all
municipalities;
· identify intensification areas to accommodate more compact growth;
· establish intensification targets for each municipality;
· establish built boundaries within each municipality;
· establish affordable housing targets for the whole sub-area;
· complete a sub-area economic analysis and infrastructure planning needs
assessment;
· determine the phasing of expansions to designated growth areas and/or
settlement areas;
· review transportation requirements and transportation demand
management plans to service the forecasted growth;
· review water supply, wastewater treatment and solid waste disposal
capacities;
· identify and delineate natural and agricultural systems and protection
measures; and
· establish waste diversion targets;
each sub-area growth strategy will be approved by the Minister of Public
infrastructure Renewal and incorporated as an amendment to the Growth Plan.
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Summary of the Draft Growth Plan
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Implementation and a Provincial Multi-Year Infrastructure Strategy
This section provides the mechanisms to ensure that effective implementation of
the Growth Plan takes place. Key mechanisms include providing a legislative
framework - the proposed Places to Grow Act, 2004, an appropriate range of
tools, and monitoring and review. The Province will also develop infrastructure
plans, including asset management strategies that will prioritize infrastructure
investments and set out a comprehensive plan for delivering infrastructure
priorities.
· Municipal official plans must be amended to conform to the Growth Plan.
· Decisions under the Planning Act or the Condominium Act or other acts must
conform to the Growth Plan.
· Only the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal can initiate an amendment
to the Growth Plan.
· The Growth Plan including the sub-area growth strategies will be reviewed by
the Province at least every 10 years.
· A set of indicators will be developed by the Province to measure the
implementation of the targets and policies of the Growth Plan.
· A 10-year infrastructure strategy will be developed by the Province to ensure
that future infrastructure investments support provincial priorities, including
growth and development in the GGH.
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DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION, HOUSEHOLDS AND EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GREATER GOLDEN HORSESHOE 2001-2031 (fkures iA GOOs)
POPULATION HOUSEHOLDS EMPLOYMENT
2001 2011 2021 2031 2001 201' 2021 2031 2001 2011 2021 2031
CityofToronto 2,590 2,760 2,930 3,080 940 ],070 ],]80 ],270 ],440 ],540 ],600 ],640
Region of Peel ],030 ],320 ],490 ],640 3]0 4]0 450i 540 530 730 820 870
Region of York 760 ],060 ],300 ],500 220 330 420 500 390 590 700 780
Region of Durham 530 660 8]0 960 170 230 290 350 ]90 260 310 350
Region o1' Ha Itoh 390 520 650 780 ]30 ]90 240 300 ]90 280 340 390
City of Hamilton 5]0 540 590 660 ]90 2]0 240 270 2]0 230 270 300
GTAHTOTAL 5,810 6,860 7,770 8,620 1,960 2,440 2,850 3,230 2,950 3,630 4,040 4,330
County of Northumberland 80 87 93 96 30 34 39 42 29 32 33 33
County of Peterborough* ]3] ]37 ]44 ]49 50 55 6] 64 54 59 60 60
City of Kawartha Lakes 72 80 9] ]00 27 3] 37 43 20 23 25 27
Haldimand County 46 49 53 56 ]6 ]8 2] 23 ]7 ]9 ]9 20
Region of Niagara 427 442 474 5]] ]62 ]79 200 2]8 186 201 209 2]8
County or' Brant* ]29 ]4] ]57 ]73 45 52 60 67 55 62 67 7]
Region of Waterloo 456 526 623 729 ]6] 200 244 289 236 282 324 366
County or' Wellington * 195 223 269 321 68 85 ]06 ]28 99 ]]7 ]37 ]58
County ol' Dufferin 53 62 7] 80 ]7 2] 26 29 ]9 22 25 27
County of Simcoe* 392 484 583 667 ]37 ]77 223 260 ]53 ]97 230 254
OUTER RINGTOTAL** 1,980 2,230 2,560 2,880 710 850 1,020 1,160 870 1,010 1,130 1,240
TOTAL GGH** 7,790 9,090 10,330 11,500 2,680 3,290 3,870 4,390 3,810 4,640 5,170 5,560
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