Council, this is your twominut warning. Oh, one minute warning. Okay. [clears throat] Good evening everyone. We're resume our council meeting and we'll start with the disclosure of precuniary interest and the general nature thereof. Seeing none from any present members of council, just want to note that councelor Freeman had previously in the afternoon uh session declared a conflict with the item that's uh that's on the agenda for tonight. So um with that um I will move right into the formal public meeting. Pardon me. Official plan amendment. This is a formal public meeting to consider item 12A, official plan amendment number 56 and zoning bylaw amendment Z2408 Northfield Equities [snorts] Inc. 170-200 Northfield Drive West and 570-655 Weber Street North. Any persons who want further notice of this application, including the passage of any bylaw, should sign the appropriate register in the binder located on the desk at the rear of the council chambers. If there is more than one binder, please make sure you are signing the appropriate one. Will the clerk please advise council of the method used to give notice of the meeting and the date the notice the dates notice was given? Notice was advertised in the Waterl region record on September 17th, 2026 and mailed or emailed on September 15, 2026 to all property owners within 120 meters in the subject of the subject property to public agencies to all persons who signed in was spoke at the informal public meeting held on June 3rd, 2024. Um and to all persons who requested further notice. >> Thank you. The city's planner, Amino Bellow, will now give a brief overview of the application. Welcome, Amino. >> Good evening, Mayor McCabe, members of council, public, and staff. This is a formal public meeting for the OPA ZBA application at 170 to 200 Northfield Drive West and 570 to 655 Weber Street North. Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Zed application Z-24-08 and OPA 56. Here's an aerial map of the subject lands. As you can see denoted in red, the subject property has two frontages on WBY Street North and Northfield Drive West. The site measures about 16.2 hectares in size and currently has a number of retail and commercial uses on the western portion of the property and two office buildings in the central portion of the property. The eastern portion of the property is vacant uh with some parking surface parking lots. In terms of surrounding uses to the north we have employment lands. To the east we have the existing rail corridor and a farmers market trail employment lands further to the east. To the south we have a mix of commercial and business employment uses. And to the west we have a mix of residential multi-unit buildings. and the Northfield Center is also known as commercial plaza. The proposed development shown on the screen here currently it's proposing 3,84 dwelling units spread across the site in 11 towers. The north portion of the site has employment uses a mix of uh commercial sorry flex commercial and in business industrial more of light industrial form. It has a building floor area of about 2,00 uh square meters and a mix of surface spaces. Moving to the southern portion of the property, the towers are sprinkled around the east and west sides of Parkside Drive. The dwelling units are proposed on most of the towers with ground flooror commercial on one of the towers labeled as D1 at the intersection of Northfield Drive and Parkside. There are 10 standalone towers in one lick mix building with the tallest tower being 36 stories in height and the shortest tower being 25 stories. In terms of vehicle parking, we have eight 0.8 eight spaces per dwelling unit inclusive of point close to 0.1 visitor parking rate and a number of bicycle parking in the order of 2,205. To note, we can see on the concept plan there is two park spaces proposed in the central portion of the site measuring 0.49 hectares on the east side of Parkside Drive extension and a park also on the west side of the Parkside Drive extension measuring 0.57 hectares in size. We also can see there's a looping road internal to the site that is the current Parkside Drive extension alignment and a looping road that connects the mixeduse buildings to the towers to the south. This concept has evolved since the last time we seen it at the informal public meeting in 2024. So this is a concept plan showing the revised versus the initial proposed development. Um we can see that substantially the park site has increased in the central portion of the site which I explained in my earlier slide. Uh there's a reduction in towers from 13 to 11. The maximum building height for two of the towers changed from 40 stories to 36. Uh and by virtue of that change the dwelling units have decreased down to 3,834 84 to be exact my correction. and revised proposal also provides opportunity for a school site that's protected through a holding provision. In terms of the current planning framework in the official plan, the lands are designated both employment and stationary mixed use. As we can see in blue to the south and gray to the north in the schedule A is designated flexible industrial in terms of the employment areas designation. The city structure identifies it as a major node and the height and density schedule B2 identifies a high-rise category of 30 stories as a maximum height contemplated. Moving on to the station area plan. This is identified in schedule J2 of the official plan. To note, there's a transition area here shown in blue called area A which is intended for higher intensity mixeduse development and area B for less intensive more transit supportive uses. to note. We also can see pedestrian connections and active transportation networks going through the property and also a cyan colored star or asterisk showing a public priority space through the subject lands or on the subject lands rather. In terms of the proposed official plan amendment, the applicant is proposing to change the designation from employment to station area mixeduse on the south portion of the land shown in the sliver. Uh to note that OPA 58 changed the designation to stationary mixeduse, which is why it's shown in white to the south and this proposals proposing to change a small sliver to match the official plan 58 designation. To the north, the applicant is requesting a change from the flexible industrial to business employment designation in schedule A2 and also to create a site Pacific or area Pacific per policy to allow for a number of changes that I'll discuss in the next slide. In terms of a ASP 42, the lands will be contrampy planned as a comm complete community with residential, commercial and employment uses. The developments will achieve a high standard of urban design are and are planned to be transit oriented. Additional primary uses will be assisted assisted living facilities and long-term care facilities. The OPA ASP will also recognize existing standalone commercial uses and new commercial uses in multi-unit and mixeduse buildings. And there's height permissions are being increased from the 30 story up to 35 for three buildings and 32 stories for two buildings. In terms of the current zoning, the lands in its full entirety are zoned stationary business employment 2B, also known as EB2-81. This zone permits light industrial office employment and exinary commercial uses. And to note that residential uses are not permitted under this zone, which is the reason why we're here today to change these land permissions. And the lands are also subject to sight specific provision C117 which applies to the lands. In terms of the proposed zoning amendment, the applicant is proposing a request to reszone the south portion of lands to station area mixed use SAMU-105 with a holding provision and to remove and replace site Pacific provision 117 which would take the same number but overlay the existing permissions with a whole set of uh policy and zone changes. A number of holding provisions are proposed here which are highlighted here as being a master servicing plan, a adequate servicing, a master plan for open spaces, water servicing capacity as I mentioned earlier, potential school site, transportation capacity and stationary noise on a portion of the site. The north portion of the site which is shown in pink will retain the EB2 81 zone which which include the holding provision and a number of site specific provisions that I'll explain in the next couple of slides. So the next several slides are a number of provisions but I will highlight them more broadly. They're kind of in three sort of buckets. Uh one being primary use permissions, the non-residential area and tower regulations in terms of built form regulations. In terms of permitted uses, the applicant is proposing to add primary uses in the SAMU zone, including assisted living facilities, long-term care, and open spaces, wholesale uses, and of this distribution, and small scale warehousing within the EB2 zone. Other complimentary auxiliary uses will be limited in terms of the building floor area and non-residential uses will be established from what's there existing today. In terms of the density, I proposed relief to increase the density to 600,600 bedrooms per hectare where 900 is required under the current SMU zone. Building height obviously increased from the current permissions to 36 35 stories for one building and for three buildings and 32 stories for two buildings. And this 30 story height will be uh capped at 30 for the EB281 zone side relief of 15 meters for the railway corridor and to permit a number of provisions related to structured parking. Moving on to the tower regulations, a number of regulations are being exempted. Uh one being the horizontal tower dimension for one building being 42 meters. 2 meter step back for buildings along Northfield Drive and for a number of reductions to the tower setbacks along the farmer market trail. Moving on to commercial uses, again I mentioned that we'll be establishing and recognizing existing commercial uses what what's here to date with a small permission for additional complimentary uh commercial uses up to a certain building floor area. um number of relief to the technical amendments that will allow for the lands to be future subdivided um and will be allowed for relief and exemption for lot frontage landscape open space and a number of our provisions. Here are the building elevations uh to show the massing the built form and the materiality that could could be envisioned for this site. This is a view looking directly from Northfield Drive. We can see the east portion of the site with three towers facing Northfield and the west portion of the site with also three towers facing Northfield Drive. Here are additional building elevations showing a view from the farmer market trail. And in terms of closing, uh, staff recommend approval of this OPA ZBA application subject to section seven of the staff report with two or four three modifications I'd like to make in terms of uh what was in the staff report to what's being presented here today in front of council. Um, minor clarification items just to provide more clarity to the OPA in terms of uh how it's interpreted once it gets uh developed in the future. Um the proposed changes are shown in blue with the red shown as the existing recommendation of the staff report. So the minor clarification will be changing the text from mixeduse residential to provide uh clarity by saying residential with standalone and mixed uses. In terms of the zoning bylaw amendment, uh staff are recommending approval of the zoning bylaw amendment subject to section seven of the staff report with a small modification to two sections in appendix D. Uh one speaking to the railway setback uh from 18 meters to 15. There was a misinterpretation from staff um in terms of how this regulation should be applied. So this is a minor clarification item uh in the fact that the buildings fronting onto the rail corridor will not require a step back because it's not along a major street or front building facade. Moving to the second change, this is a minor clarification item regarding this comprehensive TIS that this will be undertaken by the city. Uh so we added some clarification to say by others which is shown in blue. So, in closing, staff recommend support of this approval of this zoning bylaw amendment official plan amendment application 56 subject to the modifications I just outlined and I'll be happy to answer any questions from council. >> Thank you very much, Amu. Uh, council, are there questions at this time? Okay. Oh, go ahead, councelor Wright. [snorts] Thank you. through you. Mayor, I'm just wondering if you can um go back to the map of the property and um >> the aerial map. >> No, this is good. No, no, no, no. The one that Yeah, the one that has the various blocks on it. Um can you help me understand where the school is intended in this in this block? I I kept seeing references to it and I see that there's a like outline of land to be conveyed for new school, but I don't understand where that actually is. Within that block, you've got all these apartment buildings, but where where does the school go? >> Through the chair to council, right? So, the screen here shows a concept plan with a dash line around 2.2 hectares of land which is anticipated for the the future school site. Um, a holding will be applied to the site to secure for it. But in the concept that we see in front of us, it's showing the SAMU zone permissions that the applicant is asking for in the event that the school board does require a school site on these lands. Um to to provide reassurance to the public council and to staff of course is that the holding provision is the mechanism that we'll be looking for and that that will be considered at the site plan stage when the development evolves over time. So yes, we're seeing buildings on the site that's technically for the school. >> Yeah. But they would be scrambled depending on >> Yeah, it could change based on how the plan evolves over time. >> Okay, that that's helpful for me. I you know, part of my my um concern here is just, you know, we have a lot of different kinds of function happening in adjacent to each other. And obviously without a site plan, you can't really see what um the areas of conflict would be. And uh so my my consideration has been um if we have this logistics activity happening in the back section of this development, what does that look like in terms of increased vehicle traffic, adjacent to a school property, adjacent to a very dense residential property? Um, and how do we get to that point where it becomes a truly uh pedestrianfriendly environment where families feel safe, you know, getting their kids to school and getting over to the ion, etc. So that's sort of like, you know, in the big picture uh aspect of this site, it's it's already really car dependent and obviously major um transit station areas are trying to mitigate that, but I guess it's it's all this tension of the tradeoffs of trying to fit everything in one site. It's it's a lot of everything in one place. So I I have a few concerns about that. And so I guess I would want to know um in in the context of the comprehensive transportation impact study that would follow um how will that multimodal aspect of the site be dealt with >> through the chair to council right. So I just want to take a step back and just provide uh council and the public um a context of what the comprehensive TIS is. So the comprehensive TIS is a TIS that will be undertaken by the city in partnership with the region and MTO that will look at the broader um transportation network. This includes this site as well as a few others that are contemplated for redevelopment in the future. So the TIS will include um what upgrades are necessary to support MTO and and and their uh capacity for the the highway interchange as well as the the regional road network and the local road network surrounding. In terms of your question in terms of logist logistics distribution, um yes, I do recognize that there is a number of uses proposed on the site. Um but the vision for this site through our official plan is for a complete complete community that has a mix of residential u commercial and employment functions. Um so through this OPA that we're uh tying down the warehousing component will be small scale. So that's intended to be a use that's not going to sort of uh cause conflicts or undermine some of the other objectives that are planned here for for mixeduse development and in terms of logistic distribution. Uh the same could be said for that in terms of the intensity and scale. Um when does site plan does come to city staff for uh review and depending on what form is proposed at whatever point uh a site specific TIS will be submitted um from the applicant that would have to demonstrate all the technical matters as well. So um yes there is a comprehensive TIS. It's more broader in scope but there will be more detailed oriented transportation assessments that will be done to to allow us for understanding and to better recognize what's going on on these parcels and to plan for them appropriately. >> Okay, thank you for that. Um so it it really does put the burden on the site plan process. Um just uh another comment that came up in the report was that staff prefer parkland dedication versus a um privatelyowned uh public space a pop. Um and so I'm just curious why and how that would be achieved on this lot like is does that all gets settled in the site plan phase as well >> through the chair to council. Right. So that is correct. our parks department, parks, forestry and cemetery services. Their preference is for a public park um on these lands and for new developments in general. That's just their sort of best practice nowadays. Um so that's the direction that we got in terms of what the applicants proposed here. They're showing park spaces but not necessarily public or pops. So they could be either or when when that um comes to our lap at site plan stage. Um in terms of the areas of the park uh those are conceptually shown together as 1.06 hectares in size uh but our calculation that was completed by staff was 1.51 that was based on the alternative rate that's through our parkland education bylaw and based on what density that they're showing. So based on the density that's how we arrived uh to the park size and also that parkland dedication alternative rate is also capped at 10% for lands that are uh based on five hectares in size. Uh so there's a lot of moving pieces. So it is difficult for staff at this stage right now to say this is the park size, this is the configuration all at this point. um where we're we have a holding provision applied to the lands that will secure a master plan for parks and open spaces and that will again give us opportunity at the site plan stage to further fine-tune when we know and have a better understanding of how much dwelling units are proposed and what the build form looks like. >> Did you did you have a followup to that counselor or [snorts] >> uh No, no, that was good. That was helpful. I think that is I think that was it for my questions at this point. Thanks. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other questions, members of council? Go ahead, council Roach. >> Thank you through your mayor. It's more of a comment. Um I support this application. I believe this is the appropriate location right in the heart of my ward for uh significant intensification and uh you know within the Northfield transit area and close to the ion and uh and the trails right beside. I think it's also important to recognize how substantially the proposal has changed. Um, you know, it's gone from 13 towers to 11 towers. Uh, from four over 4,000 units to 3,000 uh units and uh from 40 stories down to 36 and at the same time as um councelor Wright was mentioning you know talking about park space we we've tripled that so that I think that's pretty significant. I think this is the place where where water should accommodate growth uh close to transit employment uh services uh and I am pleased to recommend to move this recommendation. >> Thanks Councelor Roach. We're a little we're not quite at that stage yet because we do still need to hear from the planners but I will hold I will I'll I'll keep that [snorts] for when we get >> I'm just excited about this uh property in my in my ward. So I'm >> you're tipping your hand to uh >> this this will be uh very significant for years to come in and discussion. [snorts] >> Take them. >> Great. Thank you. Um can I just the one question I had about this unless any other members of council had anything. [snorts] um was just um and I don't know if it's for you Amu, but for I'm I'm curious about the um changing it the change of the employment status and um I don't know if that's a question for Mr. Anderson. Um just I know that that uh my understanding is it's changed from industrial to employment. So I I was under the impression that we were running a bit short of light industrial, but could you just explain kind of where what the what the thinking of or how staff are feeling about that change that potential change and in status? Yeah, thank you uh Mayor McCabe and Amu may want to layer in here as well, but certainly from the light industrial side, uh the city does have, you know, some some available land at Generation Park and some capacity there. I think with this particular application, they're they're trying to kind of refine the uses to kind of tailor it to the residential mix that'll be in the vicinity. Um, and and I think it is in keeping with the the land use in this vicinity, but I'll I'll turn it maybe to Amino just to kind of build on that because I'm certain that economic development and planning did discuss that. >> Okay. Thanks very much, Mr. Anderson. Yeah. Could you just provide maybe a bit more of the [snorts] thinking behind that and maybe what type of employment could actually go there? >> Yeah. Through the mayor uh to the chair. So I have the screen up here that shows the redesations. So like we have to understand that the PPS now has changed the definition for employment areas. So typically employment areas are under the new definition are more heavier industrial manufacturing facilities that are more in like isolated air not isolated areas but areas that are not um intended for residential or mixed use. So these areas will still be employment but not what we call capital E employment under the PPS that has a se a separate definition for more heavier uh types of facilities. Um so these lands would be light industrial you we could see smallcale warehousing uh self- storage uh advanced tech logistic distribution could be um goods movements sort of more light scale that's more lesser intensive. Um the reason why the business employment designation is being changed because it allows for uh better compatibility with the lands to the south that are intended for mixeduse residential. Uh so that's the function of the designation from flexible to business employment. >> Thank you very much for that. Um that that's really helpful. I appreciate that additional information. [clears throat] Okay. If there's no other comments or questions from from council, then thanks Amu. And we will ask um our delegate um Trevor Hawkings and Matthew Orvort. Not sure if I said that right. Apologies. Um to come to the podium and and you have 10 minutes. >> Thank you, Mayor McCabe. I think I'll just spend my time maybe addressing some of the questions and comments that came up from council rather than reiterating everything that Mino's uh spoken to. So I think it's important to uh recall a bit of the history of the site that the lands were redesated and reszoned in 2012 2013 and they were all uh designated and zoned business employment. So they were for a long time planned as a a campus style development with office type uses conversion of the former NCR lands into office buildings which has occurred plus the commercial and then there was plans for additional employment. So historically they've always been planned for the business employment uses and that's how the site was evolving. Uh and then we came with the major transit station areas. the region took a portion of this property out of the employment area back when they had planning approval authority. So then the south south half of the site eventually became stationary mixed use through OPA 58. So this application originally was asking for something along those lines, but council ultimately did it uh ahead of where we are today. So the bottom part of the site was designated stationary mixeduse. But what happened was, although we specifically requested that this not happen, the the north half of the site was redesated through OPA 58 from business employment, which it had been for 15 years, to flexible industrial. And we felt that business employment was a way a far better uh description or or or sort of a relevant applica, a relevant designation that uh reflected what was on the property already. So if if the flexible industrial had been allowed to carry forward, the office buildings that are on the property would not have been permitted in the official plan even though they're already there. I mean there were policies that sort of said you can keep what you have but you know office was not a permitted use as an example. And then to speak to councelor Wright's comments, had that designation carried forward and and the zoning uh afterwards, you actually would have had heavier industrial uses on the north half of the site than what we're asking. We're actually asking for to peel it back from the heavy industry to the light industry, which is what it's been for, you know, since 2012 to sort of re reestablish what was already permitted on the property, the light industrial uses, the office uses, the complimentary commercial uses. So effectively just reset the clock back to where it was if I if I can use that term. And really most of the application focuses on the south half of the site implementing the stationary mixeduse designation putting into this stationary mixeduse zone and then a lot of the site specifics for the north half of the site are to recognize buildings that are already there. You know the the soies for example the Starbucks with the drive-thru which happens to be over that line into the business employment designation. So, a lot of those site specifics you'll see reflect uh permissions for what's already there to allow the site to continue to operate. So, that that that sort of captures where we were and where we're going. And then I think just to speak to some of councelor Wright's questions, the school board normally wouldn't be uh acquiring land through a zoning application. They actually acquire them through plans of subdivision as I'm sure council knows. But they came forward and they say, "We want a school here." And so this this application and many of the nuances of this application, the holding provisions, all the regulations. This is a this is sort of a an example of an application where, you know, I rolled up my sleeves, Amina rolled up his sleeves, we worked back and forth over, you know, since since Joe Biden was uh president of the United States. That's that's when this thing started. If you can even remember a time when when that was the case. So Mino and I have been working, you know, off and on over over a couple of years to sort of fine-tune the bylaw to allow some of these different different things that have come forward at the school. That's an unusual aspect to implement through zoning, but we've come up with a creative approach to do that. So if the school board wants to buy the lands, they would buy the lands outlined in yellow on Amino's map, and they would pay market value for it, and those buildings wouldn't get built, and that park wouldn't get built because there'd be a school there instead. So the site would evolve and change uh as a result of that. And I think that's sort of the theme I want to convey to council is what you see on the screen today is not necessarily exactly what's going to be built. This is a long-term plan. So those office buildings that are in the middle of the site like though they're not intended to be removed anytime soon. They're successful office buildings. They'll continue to operate unless the school board buys them in which case they'd put a school there. And then on the other vacant part of the site, we will, you know, that that site will evolve and and the market will ultimately dictate what might get built there. So some of the the permitted uses we've asked for are reflective of what people are looking for. They're looking for the the smaller warehousing, the smaller logistics, not an Amazon. This isn't this isn't a Cambridge Amazon. This would be much smaller local serving logistics. for businesses in the area that sort of need those those spaces to store goods and deliver goods. That's sort of what this type of a a property will serve. So, it won't be a massive, you know, Canadian Tire or Amazon warehouse. And then we also asked for some of the seniors housing because we see this as an excellent site for not only uh people entering the market, you know, uh people who who are looking to live in a more urbanized location near transit, but also seniors and seniors who might live in an apartment, seniors who might live in an assisted living facility or a long-term care facility because so many of the amenities that they [clears throat] would use, the park, the shopping, the restaurants, transit is really all right there. So th that's some of the the genesis of some of these additional requests are reflective of discussions we've had with with staff over the last year and a half and we've together implemented them through the sight specific zoning. So I think council should expect that we may not see 36story buildings built you know next year because right now you know people aren't looking for 36tory buildings or there aren't enough people looking for units in a 36story building. But you may see [clears throat] more modestsized buildings built initially before it progresses as the market recovers and taller buildings are more desirable. And similarly the the it may be that the north half of the site where the employment is and where the quasi commercial uses are planned for that may develop first because there may be more demand for it. So this is a site that we've tried to plan for and zone for so such that it can divert and pivot as the market uh demands and you know change over time for both the employment side and the residential side while still preserving some of those key attributes the park uh the school if if they want it and the mixed use and residential sort of bring some residential intensity to the site to support the origin type transit trips. So you have a lot of destination transit trips in the station area, people coming to work in in the office buildings on the south side of Northfield and in the north side up, you know, north of this property and east of this property, but there's fewer destination trips where people live and they take the train to go somewhere else. So this kind of balances it out, supports that transit um stationary and the ion trips in both directions and we see it overall as a as a good fit. So, I had I have other slides, but I think between Amino and I, I think we've captured it. And I think this is, you know, a great example of of the two sides, if you will, working together to reach a a bylaw that achieves everybody's objectives. >> Thank you very much, Trevor. Um, council, are there questions of the delegate? >> Okay, councelor wrote no. Okay. thought you were >> okay. I wasn't sorry. If you have one, go ahead. >> Thank you. Thank you, Trevor. Um, affordable housing. I didn't see that listed. Do you have any thoughts on that or? >> Uh, well, I mean, I think this is a situation where the city's um inclusionary zoning will likely come into effect. So, it's in a major transit station area. Yeah. >> Thank you. Of course. >> Thank you, councelor Ro. Um, councelor Hanmer. >> Thank you, Mayor. Through you, Trevor. Thank you very much for the presentation and update today. I I don't really have a question. I just wanted to comment that I'm really pleased to see the changes from the informal meeting to the formal and that many of the issues and concerns that were raised at that time have been taken into consideration. This whole area, as you well know, is is beginning to be fairly complex and fairly dense with both um uh retail uh retail capabilities as well as residential. So, I think the bigger picture of what's going to happen all along Northfield is something that we need to keep in mind because from a traffic standpoint, it's going to get pretty congested. But I love the idea of the complete uh community and this this certainly demonstrates the all of the aspects with the school added into it. That's a that was a good addition and the play spaces. I'm always pushing for as much green space as we possibly can get. So, thank you for all your hard work in getting it to this point. >> Thank you. Thank you, councelor Hanmer. Anything else from council? Just um and you you've uh already said that you don't know which sites or which building's going to go forward first. So that I I understand that given the complexity of the market because often I ask, you know, when do you think you'll have shovels in the ground? And you've kind of preempted me on that question. And I'm just wondering if you could talk a little bit about um the heating cooling systems of this and if there's plans for you know heat pumps, things like that since these are um I mean at least on the residential side these are um there'll be like rentals there. So and often the developers are are who who are owning the sites long term see the very much see the value and they and saving the long-term operating cost. So just wondering if you could comment on that as well. Thank you. Yeah, thank you uh Mayor McCabe. So the the application did have a fairly robust energy study from experts in that field and I think they gave a number of recommendations for that type of heating and cooling and heat pumps, electrical and other ideas. So I think that will likely be carried forward into the detailed design. I think this is I was thinking I I figured you might ask me this question. And I was thinking about it earlier today and this this may be a site where that energy study tells us a whole bunch of things we can do. But by the time the second and third building are built on this property, you know, the the technology has evolved even further to the point where we're talking about heat pumps today, but there might be something even better two or three buildings from now. So, I think this is this is a case where that type of um component will continue to evolve and get better and a long-term buildout like this can take advantage of some of those improvements. >> Thanks. Thanks, Trevor. Um and yeah, you're absolutely right. The technology is changing and improving, but we know that it's transitioning. So, um, just, you know, continue to encourage you and others in your in your profession to really think of of those, uh, renewable energy options and and the energy transition that's happening. So, thanks for thanks very much for that. I appreciate it. So, if I'm not seeing any other questions here, um, then um, then you're free to go, Trevor. And I will ask if there's anyone else present here tonight who wishes to speak to this application. Seeing none, um, if there are no [clears throat] more applications, this formal public meeting is concluded and the application is now open to council for a motion and a debate. So I will look to you councelor Roach. You kind of preempted us a few minutes ago but if you had any comments on this >> as you said mayor I did tip my hand but just I won't repeat myself but I'm just saying that this is the kind of uh place where water can really accommodate growth um close to transit employment and um and services and I'm pleased to rec Oh sorry and I'm pleased to move the recommendation. I can read this. >> Okay. >> Thank you. That was my preempting my Okay, [laughter] so um official plan amendment number 56 and zoning bylaw amendment Z2408 Northfield Equities Inc. 170 to 200 Northfield Drive West and 570 655 Weber Street North. Move to approve application. Whereas council has considered all written and oral submissions, and whereas council has considered the professional opinions of planning staff, therefore, let it be resolved one, that council approve IPW2026-034.2, that council approve official plan amendment number 56, OPA 56, Northfield Equities, Inc. for 170 to 200 Northfield Drive West and 570 655 Weber Street North as set out in section 7 of IPW2,026-034 with the following amendments. A subsection 11.1.42 42 4 of appendex C to report IPW2026-34 is amended by deleting mixeduse residential and replacing it with residential standalone and mixed use. Three, that council approve zoning bylaw amendment Z 2408 Northfield Equities Inc. for 170 to 200 Northfield Drive West and 570 to 655 Weber Street North as set out in section 7 of IPW 2026-034 with the following amendments. Subsection one of Appendix D to report IPW2026-34B amended by deleting 18 meters and replacing it with 15 meters. B, subsection C 4 of appendix D to report IPW2026-034 be amended by adding by others following the text referencing CTIS shall be completed for North Waterlue. Great. >> All right. Is there a seconder for that motion? Okay. seconded by councelor Row. Um all in favor that is carried. Thank you very much. And again, thank you and Mu um and and Trevor and others on the team for working uh diligently over time to get this to a a position that it that it's in right now. Obviously, there's a lot more work to do as you move into detailed design and and site plan um work, but uh this is as as councelor Roach and and councelor Hanmer said, this is a an ideal location for growth in Waterlue and particularly with the the mix of the employment and the and the school if that's there, but certainly green space. So, I appreciate the work on this and thank you very much. All right. Look forward to seeing this one come to life. All right. So the next item here is notice of motion. There are none. Communications and correspondence, there are none. Unfinished business, there is none. Council, are there any questions of staff? Seeing none, um, any new business, council, uh, councelor Hanmer, thank you very much through you, Mayor. Just a shout out to the organizing committee for the 25th anniversary of the Waterl Girls Minor Hockey Association, Waterl Girls Hockey Association, the whole day. And thank you to the mayor for also coming and help helping to drop the puck at the event. All of the rep teams and all of the house league teams played their season openers. Sorry to the minor hockey association because we booted them out of Rim Park. But uh Rim Park staff did a fabulous job keeping everything going on time and just the smiles and the laughs and the giggles of all of the kids that were participating. It was phenomenal. and we had quite a few people coming through uh not realizing what they were going to expect and the indie fest even liked watching some of the hockey games too so it was a added bonus multicultural for sure but again congratulations and congratulations to the association >> yeah thank you councelor Hammer and thank you for you've poured your heart and soul into into girls and teens and women's hockey for 14 years I think you said maybe longer 25 okay the entire time, man. [laughter] Um, and and it's it's certainly uh I mean it's it's at a tremendous place right now and there's no short no thanks in large part to uh the efforts of you have made over many many years. So, thank you very much for your leadership there and it really was fun to get out there and and see them. And I was also at the the the indie or n the Nigerian event later in the evening and there was a few of the young boys watching one of the hockey games and I was like what's the score and they were you know they were giving me a playbyplay. It was pretty fun. Um councelor Vasic. >> Uh thanks for Mayor McCabe. Uh Johnny Fresco celebrated their 20th anniversary last week. Um and uh they were a subway there before. It wasn't Johnny Fresco the whole time but same owners. Anyways, fun fact. There were so many fun facts I learned. Um, but what a great restaurant and they are so committed to like really good quality food. It's like fast food but like you know healthier. Yeah. Fresh food. Um, so I love going to that place anyways. And also I won a pop because I got a toss in the cornhole. I also won a $10 gift certificate because I spun the wheel. I almost didn't participate because I was like, "Oh, maybe it's inappropriate because I'm like a politician." Um, but then the owner's wife's friend had so much enthusiasm to participate, I couldn't not. Anyways, and then I bought a hamburger and it was a really nice celebratory day and uh what a tight-knit uh loving family who really cares about the community. Second, this is a there's a creative aging expo happening at WPL. Um, and so I don't know who's going to be on age friendly next year, but um, it's a very engaged group and so we get lots of updates and this was one there's many many um, events for older adults in town that we get updates about on that committee, but this one is um, um, working with the WPL and it's to show program services and opportunities that support artistic exploration, lifelong learning, and community engagement for older adults. And it's happening Wednesday, October 7th from 10:30 to 1 at the John M. Harper branch. And there's a whole bunch of organizations, artistic uh and community organizations like I'll just say the first three so you get a taste but and the last one because it's button factory. Um but KW woodworking and craft center the waterlue horicultural society hospice waterlue region research and aging third age learning and on and on. So if you know older adults in town who want to uh get a bit more connected to the community or try something new um that's happening on October 7th. >> Thanks Councelor Vasic. That's uh sounds like a a lot of fun. Anyone else? Uh councelor Wright, >> just uh just reminding everyone that to promote the two artist calls, there's two open calls for one for the bike locker wraps. Um so these are uh artists are invited to submit expressions of interest. Um that one's due October 22nd. And then also the Waterlue Park Art Walk will be receiving applications in October. They haven't opened quite yet, but uh for the artists in your life, please spread the word. >> Thank you very much. Um Council Roach, >> uh this Saturday, there's something real special happening in our neighborhood on Rolling Hills. It's uh it's a neighborhood Friendsgiving dinner, and they invite several uh several people. Last year there were over 40 um at uh at Friendsgiving and it's often for people that don't have a traditional uh Thanksgiving dinner. So there'll be lots of cultural dishes as well as the regular turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy. But uh yeah, it's this it's uh this Saturday um at starting at 3 o'clock on Rolling Hills and uh expect a lot of people there this >> you may have some visitors. [laughter] I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for sharing that. Um, councelor Row, >> thank you. Um yes, I just wanted to mention that um Kevin Bano, the our um commissioner of community services and Tiffany Smith from community services and I visited um Adventure for Change last week and it was a really great meeting just getting updates um from them and also um the Basadi sewing the women's sewing is it's just so inspirational how they started out and they are just moving forward with this business and it's incredible. So, I just wanted to mention that and I I hope you enjoyed it, Kevin. I think it was a really great uh afternoon. >> That sounds great. Any any anything from you, Councelor Bodley? It's your last. No. Okay. It's your last. I know. >> That's old business. [laughter] Well, um and I'll just uh briefly say, and I know we have another council meeting. Um as you know every as everyone knows there's an election uh this time 3 weeks from exactly today. Um and uh um and our we know that our council the makeup of our council is going to change. Um and uh particularly we know that uh councilors uh Bodley and counselors Vasic uh will no longer be with us because they are choosing not to run. So, I just I know we're we're together again on uh I think it's November 1st or November 2nd. I can't remember off the top of my head, but this is sort of the last official time where we're where we're sitting as uh as we are in our current uh in our current uh makeup. So, I just wanted to take a minute to say how um grateful I've been in the past four years for your contributions to council, for the questions that you asked, the um the ways that you have challenged me in ways that have and surprised me often with some of the questions and I've often thought, "Oh, I hadn't thought of it that that way before." So, or thought of those particular issues or perspectives. So that's and that's the point of having different voices around council uh chambers and you know in our staff and and in our community at large, right? So um so I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for that. I've learned a lot from each of you. Um I don't know what your plans are post uh October 26, but I obviously hope we all can stay in touch and wish you well. And I have a very small parting gift so that you can uh I know you I know you care a lot about Waterlue. So this is a way to always show your waterlue pride. [clears throat] >> It's from Gifted. Come on. You got to open it up. [laughter] You can always literally wear waterlue on your sleeve. [laughter] >> It's not the It's the It's the fun goose. [laughter] Oh, there you go. So, with that, >> there you go. [snorts] >> Yeah. Just want to make sure I didn't >> There you go. Wear them with pride. And thank you very much again to both of you for your um many contributions over the last four years, but also the four years preceding that. It's uh it really has made a big difference to uh to your wards but also to the city at large. So um at large and uh you have left very big shoes to fill. With that then we'll move to the enactment of the bylaws. Councelor Bodley moves that [laughter] and seconded by councelor row. All in favor? That is carried. All right. In the adjournment moved by councelor Hammer, seconded by councelor Vasic. Thank you all. Well, have a great evening. All All in favor? That is scary.