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Oshawa Development Services Committee Passes Recommendation on Greenbelt

April 12, 2021 3:26 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

At today's Development Services Committee meeting in Oshawa, the committee passed staff's recommendation on expanding the Greenbelt.

The full report, DS-21-72 can be viewed here.

Prior to the report being passed, Councillor McConkey attempted to make an amendment to the recommendation, to request that all of the area north of the 407 that is not currently within the urban boundary be included in the Greenbelt.

Her amendment lost 5-1.

The original report passed unanimously.

Highlights of the report include:

1.  That the City of Oshawa supports expanding the existing Urban River Valley designated areas in the Greenbelt Plan to include the Proposed Expansion Areas,as generally outlined in Attachment 1, to the extent that they coincide with associated lands designated as Open Space and Recreation on Schedule ‘A’, Land Use, of the Oshawa Official Plan and as Natural Heritage System and Natural Heritage and/or Hydrologic Features outside of the Natural Heritage System on Schedule “D-1”, Environmental Management, of the Oshawa Official Plan;

2.  That the City of Oshawa supports expanding the existing Urban River Valley designated areas in the Greenbelt Plan to include Corridors 2 and 3 as generally outlined in Attachment 1, given that Corridor 2 is subject to Policy 5.1.9 of the Oshawa Official Plan which, among other matters, supports the maintenance and restoration of a continuous corridor function within the Lake Iroquois Beach area,and given that Corridor 3 coincides with lands already subject to Policy 5.7.2.6 of the Oshawa Official Plan which, among other matters, explicitly recognizes the importance of lands within one (1) kilometre of the Lake Ontario shoreline as wildlife habitat and a regional wildlife movement corridor;

3.  That the Province of Ontario be requested to provide implementing land acquisitionfunding to acquire new public Greenbelt Urban River Valley connection landsincluding Lake Ontario Waterfront lands;

4.  That staff be authorized to forward Item DS-21-72 and any related resolution of the Development Services Committee to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and to provide subsequent follow-up once Council has considered this matter; and,

5.  That a copy of Item DS-21-72 and the related Council resolution be sent to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing in response to the posting on the Environmental Registry of Ontario entitled “Consultation on growing the size of the Greenbelt” (Posting Number ERO 019-3136), with copies also provided to the Region of Durham, Durham area municipalities, Durham area M.P.P.s, the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, and the City’s Building Industry Liaison Team which includes the Durham Chapter of the Durham Region Home Builders’ Association.


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