Testing stream audio check one two. Testing stream audio check one two. Hi, counselor 14A. Can we test your audio? Hi, Councelor Forini. Can we test your audio? >> Yes. Good evening. >> Thank you, counselor. Hi, councelor Vicente. Can we test your audio? >> I can read you five by five. >> Thank you, counselor. Hi, councelor Ber. Can we test your audio? >> Good evening. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Hi, councelor Maduros. Can we test your audio? >> Yes. Hello. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Hi, Councelor Santos. Can we test your audio? >> Hi, Councelor Santos. Can we test your audio? Testing one, two. >> Thank you. Welcome everybody to the planning and development committee meeting. I'll do roll call. Uh deputy mayor Singh. Not yet. Councelor Santos. I thought I heard her. Yeah, I heard her cuz she didn't say the number three when she was saying one, two, three. Councelor Santos, I'll come back to you. Councelor Vincente, >> one, two, three. >> Councelor Corbar, >> present. >> Councelor Keenan, >> present. >> Councelor Maduros, >> present. >> Councelor Forini, >> present. >> Councelor T. >> Councelor Power. Come back to the deputy mayor. Not on councelor Santos. >> She is having technical difficulties. Probably user error. Welcome everybody. I'll now call to order. Um the approval of the agenda. All items made it to the public agenda. Madame clerk. Thank you. Been moved by councelor Tur. All in favor? That carries. Declarations of interest under the municipal conflict of interest act. Any member like to declare if they have a conflict of interest with anything on the agenda today? Seeing no hands online? None in chambers. The consent agenda. Skip over the statutory public meeting. We have item 7.1. We have um 7.1 application to amend the zoning bylaw draft plan subdivision. uh applicant consultant Glenar Associates on behalf of the secondary plan uh 47 Landowners Group, Gold Park Developers and Andrew and Luigi Besio Randep Chhatta 2512741 Ontario Inc. 10517 Clarkway Inc. and 695218 Ontario Limited 2631297 Ontario Inc. Inc. purpose to permit the development of a public community park, private industrial lands, and future public lands at 1049110517 and 10411 Clarkway Drive, Ward 10. Any holds consent, the staff report, there's no delegation, no correspondence. Item 7.2 uh is being held for a delegation. Item 7.3 uh application amend official plan and zoning bylaw. Applicant consultant is KLM Planners Planning Partners Inc. and care of Forest Side Estates Inc. Purposes to facilitate the development of an 18story residential apartment building consisting of 132 dwellings with two levels of underground parking location at 8840 the Gore Road Ward 8. The supplementary report is here. Ian Franklin and Marshall is in the audience uh for delegations, but he's happy to withdraw if that item goes into consent. And then with that, Marshall, if you want to put in a letter of correspondence or anything like that, happy to move that into included into that report. So that item is up for consent. Any holds? Seeing none, that item is in consent. Item 7.4 is a request for class 4 noise area classification. The consultant is Zelenic Zelenica Priamo Limited KSV Restructuring Inc. to per uh permit the purpose proposed changes with regard to noise m noise mitigation measures association associated and improve approved site plan application um file numbers to class 4 noise classification under the NPC-300 guidelines. The location is 1094 Hart Lake Road, Ward 2, east of Hart Lake Road between Brussels Avenue and Bair Drive. I think I'm holding this as I had requested the applicant to provide some additional renderings. So, I'm happy to um have those displayed by staff for the public and then I'm happy to move it at that time. The staff reports 8.1 staff report uh from Fernando Dwart Pexokto Sorz project manager active transportation integrated integrated city planning active transportation master plan implementation annual report all wards any holds on that seeing none that's in consent item 8.2 Two is a staff report from Vicram Hardat, principal planner, supervisor, integrated city planning, northwest GTA transmission corridor and Heritage Heights transportation master plan update. Any holds? Seeing none. 9.1 is that's in consent. 9.1 is the minutes of the Bmpton Heritage Board meeting. Any holds? Seeing none, that's in consent. And those that's our consent agenda moved by councelor power. All in favor? That carries. So we'll now go to the back to the beginning. Um we have one statutory public meeting. I assume there's some fine-looking gentlemen in the audience today that would like to hear a presentation on that item. And uh with respect to sorry not those fine gentlemen these fine looking gentlemen um from although this side is very good-looking gentleman's I just want to make that clear um this one is forestantis and I'm sure you want to hear a staff report a staff presentation on that gentleman down here yes come on up thank you Carolyn and she'll be presenting on the city initiated the protection reinforce the Stalantis Bmpton assembly plan uh plant lands as a strategic automotive automotive manufacturing employment area. Caroline Croer is here. Carolyn, take it away. >> Thank you. >> Good evening, chair, members of council, public, and staff. I'm Carolyn Croer, strategic leader with the office of the commissioner of planning, building, and growth management. and I'll be presenting a city initiated official plan and zoning bylaw amendment for the Stalantis Bmpton assembly plant focused on reinforcing the long-term role of these lands for automotive manufacturing. Next slide, please. This is a city initiated planning application and no development is proposed. The purpose of tonight's meeting is to present the proposed policy amendments and receive public and stakeholder input. Staff will consider all feedback and return to committee with a recommendation report for council's consideration. Next slide. The site is located at 2000 Williams Parkway within the airport intermodal employment area. This is one of the city's primary industrial and logistics corridors with direct access to major goods movement corridors including Highway 410 and Queen Street East. The broader area supports a range of manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution uses. Within that context, the Stalantis plant represents a major automotive manufacturing employment site and a key part of the regional supply chain. Next slide. This site represents one of Bmpton's most significant manufacturing employment areas. It supports supply chains, contributes to local and regional employment, and plays a key role in the city's economic base. It is also part of that broader strategic employment cluster within the airport interotal area. Next slide. So, in February of this year, council adopted a motion directing staff to examine planning tools to reinforce automotive manufacturing uses on these lands. This direction reflects council's recognition of the economic importance of the automotive sector and its commitment to protecting employment and and investment in this community. The proposed amendments respond directly to that direction. Next slide. Today, the lands permit a broad range of industrial uses including manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics. The proposed amendments refine that framework by reducing sight specific policies and zoning to prioritize automotive manufacturing and restrict unrelated uses. In effect, this shifts from a broader industrial permission framework to a more targeted strategic automotive manufacturing focus. Importantly, this does not introduce any new development. It does not change land ownership and it does not remove the lands from the employment area. It is focused on again reinforcing that long-term employment function of the site. Next slide, please. This proposed approach reflects several key considerations. As I've mentioned, it protects a strategic automotive manufacturing employment area. It maintains the land within the employment area structure and provides long-term land use certainty. It also aligns with provincial and city policy direction which supports the protection of employment lands. Overall, the amendments refine those permitted uses within an existing employment area to support long-term economic function. Next slide, please. Following the meeting, staff will review all comments received from the public and commenting agencies. We will then return to planning and development committee with a recommendation report and final draft amendments for council's consideration in the near future. Next slide. My contact information is up on the screen. If you have any questions or want to get in touch with me, I'm happy to respond and we're happy to respond to any questions now that we've come to the end of the presentation. >> Thanks Carolyn. Great job. Now going to open it up to anybody that would like to come down and ask any questions. Now is the time to do so. Anybody that would like to come down, ask any questions at all. Now is the only time for one of you three to come down and ask any questions that you'd like to ask and get on the record. Be a great opportunity for you to come down and you have five minutes. Please state your name for the record. Hello. Uh, Veto Battle, president of Unifor Local 1285 in Bmpton, representing the 3,000 workers at the Bmpton assembly plant and more than over a thousand members that are in the parts supplier base. Um, you know, I I really don't have any questions to be honest with you. What I do have is a um you know um a recognition and recognizing the council here and everyone the city of Bmpton to ensure that that Bmpton assembly plan and those lands are for automotive assembly only. Um the Bmpton assembly plant has been the bedrock of the city. Uh it employs over 3,000 members at the plant and over a thousand members in the part supplier place along with many of the businesses in the surrounding area. And most recently, as of today, we hear some of those businesses that are um I say struggling uh because of the plant not being viable right now because we've been down for over two years. We're in the third year of a retool with no decision yet of when we're going to build cars. So, a lot of the businesses in the area area have been affected as we speak and we have conversations with them right now because of the lack of employment and no one at at the Bmpton assembly plant. So, we keep pressuring and getting for answers and looking through to make sure that our Bmpton Sly Plan gets up and running again. And this step here at the city of Bmpton that the counselors in the city are doing is a step in the right direction to make sure that uh no one is in there trying to look and turn it into an Amazon or anything because it is the bedrock of the city of Bmpton. and we thank you for your allegiance to us here at the Brmpton assembly plant for all our uniform members. So, thank you. >> Thank you for your comments. They'll be added to the public record. Thank you very much. Uh councelor Power will move receipt of the um staff report and that delegation. All in favor? That carries. Next item is 7.2. We have a delegation. Uh, Father Tom from St. Elias Church. Father Tom, come on down. >> Welcome, Father Tom. >> No, not that. No, there's no presentation on this one. So this is that is the staff report. Okay. You have five minutes and you have to please state your father Tom name for the rest of >> So my name is Father Tom Perea. I'm the uh pastor of uh St. Elias Cemetery and Church and I uh purposefully say cemetery and church because uh the cemetery uh has existed since 1993 on the property whereas the church building was there uh was the first one was built in 1995. Um I I just wanted to state for the record uh when it comes to the scoped precinct plan uh of precinct 525. Um we have no opposition to uh what has been presented. We had a very uh good meeting with uh the land owners on the west side of Heritage Road uh in the last week uh that explained sort of how we got from December 1st to now. The changes that were made to the precinct plan. You know uh I think we've there's nothing that we oppose in it. Uh so uh we're very grateful that they were able to meet with us and to uh present that to us. Uh I the the only thing I do want to state for the record is um you know uh as a long-standing uh member of the community and a member that is going to be there uh for many many years uh well for some of the members that are buried there in perpetuity. Um, you know, I I we'd appreciate that the city of Bmpton uh commit to us that clearly and in a timely manner uh to communicate any changes around precinct 525. Uh I know much of it is not abuing our property, but it clearly will affect uh our parish community, the people that come and worship there into the future. So um you know any sort of developments that happen whether it's at the city of Bmpton region or the city of Bmpton discussing with the province of Ontario or various ministries of the province uh we'd greatly appreciate if uh the city of Bmpton would be our partners and communicate to us clearly and in a timely manner uh the changes that happen. >> For sure. Thank you, Father Tom. and and you know and the the church certainly knows this has been a process of 25 some odd years and and now we're finally getting to the point where any of those changes that are going to happen if you fall within that um that range which is 200 m 190 m >> the 240 is what the city Bmpton >> 240 meters is what we do 20 is what the province says we need to do but we up it to 240 m as long as you're in that catch and that's a corner of your property. If that falls within it, you'll be notified of anything that's coming forward. Um, so so yes, we we are partners together and and definitely be uh notifying you of when that when things like that happen. So, thank you very much. Um, I'm happy to uh I'll get councelor Bar to move receipt of the uh application, approval of the application and receiving the delegation. All in favor? No questions. That carries. Oh, and that correspondence too. If you can capture that in there. Next one's consent. delegation uh the 14 Hart Lake Road. If we can put that sorry item number 7.4 SPA 20241144 SBA 20260044 the request for class 4 noise area classification. If we can get that new uh drawing put up on the >> three Mr. chairman. Uh we have Tom Gianos who is really a representative of the subject tight in the development. Uh also a delegate on tonight's agenda, but uh Tom has prepared some revised drawings uh that >> Oh, I do have him as an as a delegation. I apologize. I I missed that. Welcome Tom. >> Thank you very much. And you have um something to share. >> Thank you so much counselor. I will be very brief. My name is Tom Jenkos. I'm the senior vice president of King Capital. Um, we came into ownership of this site after a uh a client of ours, Van Dyke Homes, went into receiverhip. We were the lender on several Van Dyke properties. Um, and this is one of them where instead of uh walking away, we chose to actually build out the site. And uh before I start, I want to just thank uh Bmpton planning staff. I wish that uh every uh planning staff that we deal with uh throughout Ontario was as great as your staff. Um it's been a pleasure to deal with them. So, uh it's The clock is ticking and I'm going to be brief. Um, so we had various conversations with city planning staff regarding the uh the noise wall that you see in front of you. And uh I just want to say that the noise wall there's 200 homes on this site and the noise wall uh really mitigates uh perceivable noise for only 10 homes. So only 5% of the homes will sorry only so only 5% of the homes will benefit from the noise wall. Um, and when I say perceivable, noise is perceived from the outside of the home. So, when the windows are closed in the interior living space, you don't really perceive the noise that this noise wall is protecting for. Um, so what you have in front of you is a noise wall that is um a barrier between us and the Rona site to the south. Um and our understanding is that Rona site will eventually um redevelop for highest and best use use which will likely be some type of residential or mixed use development. We can't control or speak to when that's going to happen but that is our understanding. Um and so what you have is we have a noise wall from the base to the top is 7.4 meters in height which is pretty massive uh for a noise wall. And what that does is it actually once you're entering into the Hart Lake community, it provides a massive visual barrier uh for both the new residents and also people driving into and walking through that community. We've included um in the rendering it's to scale. You have people uh if they're in the parking lot on the Rona site or walking along um the site on uh on the on the north of the wall. Just perspectively you see how large that wall is uh in comparison to the general person. So that noise wall is 7.4 meters. It sits on top of a retaining wall. So what we have on the top image is what the noise wall how the noise wall looks uh as it is currently um proposed. And what you have is uh if the class 4 designation is granted, which we kindly ask a planning committee to grant, you have what that noise wall would be replaced with. And that is a 3.8 meter uh high uh wall. And what happens is the when you when you move away from the noise wall, that foundation that the noise wall sits on top of is less robust. So you can actually build it so it looks like one solid fence as opposed to a concrete uh foundation uh that supports the noise as well. So that's just a before and after image. If um you want to go to the next slide please. And then if you are standing um in front of uh the one of the entrances into the development what you have on the top slide is that noise wall that is um 7.4 meters. Now the grade is a little bit higher so it reads as 5.4 four meters. And what I found interesting when I looked at these slides, and you could only see it when you kind of have a computer and you scroll back and forth, that noise wall actually casts shadow onto the development, onto the homes. Um, so if uh if we have the class 4 designation granted, uh that noise wall comes down to 1.8 meters in height, we can landscape that and it feels a lot more uh residential. So, in terms of the cost of the noise wall and the impact, it only protects really 10 homes, the cost is about the additional cost is about $2.5 million, which is $250,000 per home. Um, and that would have to be distributed to the homeowners, which is something that we want to avoid given today's market. Um, so again, we we've worked with planning staff. I've read the report. I understand that there's no technical issues with granting the class designation. from your technical staff. I understand that planning from an urban design perspective has no issue and I humbly humbly request that um uh committee support uh staff's recommend sorry the staff report I think it's recommendation A that the class 4 noise designation be granted and I can do my best to answer any questions you may have. >> Thanks Tom. So Tom, I and I had the opportunity. I don't see anybody else that's on speaker list, so I'm going to go ahead and use this opportunity to ask some questions. Um, what I worry about is moving this to a class 4. I worry about the protection of the pe the residents that will be living there with the 410 in the back 410 in the background and the possibility of I don't think the Rona or for is it those or no, it's >> I don't think it'll be redeveloped in terms of residential. Certainly won't be supportive of that, but if they were to um to do something else with it that causes uh more noise in the area, they have the authority to do that because it's now moved to a class class 4. I don't know what the I think it's Federation or um conservatory group down south of U that built those houses without the retaining walls separating the noise wall separating the 410 and them. Um I don't think that they had a specific class, but they had to put in some kind of um uh building materials that would prevent that noise from coming in. Although, you know, that may work for inside the home, but trying to have a conversation outside of the home um was near impossible because u the province decided to build the 410 using concrete, which is a lot louder than uh noise absorbing ashalt is what I was told. I know a lot about that if anybody has any questions. Um so, I I'm just looking for the protection of these residents once they move into the area. So that being said, also that's one question on what you can provide me in terms of any comfort for those for that protection. Also lowering that fence, what's the height on the higher side of the retaining wall up to the top? Because as of right now, like in your other picture, it didn't look like it was that high. Um, and in this newer picture, it does look a little bit higher, but not maybe high enough to stop a kid from maybe jumping over. And then look how far down they're going. >> Sure. Okay. So, are you referring counselor to the wall? The wall on the picture. >> You want to shorten the wall? >> Yeah. It's >> I'm okay with you wanting to shorten the wall. I worry about kids, teenagers maybe thinking that they're Yes. >> and jump over and then they got an extra what six feet. >> Yeah. It's a one from the side of the town homes. It's 1.8 meters in height which is the standard height of a residential fence. Yeah. But I appreciate your point that the retaining wall is a larger drop. So >> six feet. >> Yes, it's six feet. So what we can do is we can work with staff through the site plan process to design that fence so that it is jumproof. You can do certain things where you have an angled kind of so we can >> I'll stop you there. I love it. Thank you. >> Okay. So we can do that. I can also answer the question regarding that the homeowners. So, all homes are they're already equipped with air conditioning. We have improved brick exteriors. Um, we and we've also read the report where planning staff is asking us to improve the the windows for the interior space and we're receptive and willing to do that as well. >> Excellent. Okay. Thank you very much. I don't see councelor Bar on. She had very similar questions. Councelor Bar, you're good to move her seat. I'm happy to support the uh the request for the change. >> 100%. Thank you, councelor Plesi, for bringing that >> moved by councelor Bar uh support the applicant uh Zeleno Pamo to move to the class 4 uh noise classification. All in favor that carries. >> Thank you. Have a good evening. >> Thank you. And receiving the delegation also included in that. And the rest of the items were in consent. Councelor Right. Councelor Keenan move approval of move adjournment. Been moved by councelor Keenan that our next regular schedule meeting is Monday, May 11th, 2026 at 7 p.m. or the call of the chair. All in favor? Approve. Have a great night, everybody.