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Bronte MTSA Development Moves Forward - 10 Aug 26
Oakville · August 12, 2026
Secondary councelor Nanda. Thank you.
Any objection? There being none, that's
adopted. You have a confidential consent
item and uh I'm looking for a motion to
u uh deal with this in public unless
somebody feels the need to go in camera.
Council has a deal.
>> Mayor Burton, I would like to go in
camera for 6.2.
>> 6.2. [snorts]
So,
all right. We will separate that out and
I'll see if I can get the others
approved.
As a matter of fact,
fact, the counselor has a deal. While
you have your hand near your mic, can
you give me a motion for the others?
>> Sure.
>> Thank you. And can I get a second?
Counselor Chisum. Thank you. Any
objection, Madam Clerk? There being
none, those confidential consent items
are consented to. And 6.2,
uh, we need a, uh, motion, which I'm
confident councelor Hazat the will give
us, to, uh, resolve into a session
closed to the public.
Let me just get to the page here.
Uh, for a matter that may be considered
in the absence of the public under
section 239.2, 2 of the Mispful Act
because it deals with litigation or
potential litigation, including matters
before administrative tribunals
affecting the municipality or local
board and advice that is subject to
solicitor client privilege, including
communications necessary for that
purpose related to areas review
that purpose. Period. Um, and my second
is councelor Mcnes. Is it?
>> Thank you. And council,
>> just a question. So,
>> Mayor Burton, I understand you're
chairing. So, I just I am okay if we
don't go into in camera until later in
the session if the delegations, but I
leave that to your discretion.
>> Councelor, we're about to vote on going
into camera to to deal with your issue
with item 6.2.
>> Any objection? There being not enough to
stop us, we are going into camera and I
would ask uh staff to arrange for a
session appropriate and we'll excuse the
public and invite you back momentarily.
>> Recording stopped.
>> Yeah, I forgot
to lift.
Cool.
>> Yeah.
>> I'm currently in my first of third of
three years at uh at Sheridan. So, um
it's uh kind of fun to be at that point
because uh you have all great ideas and
you're not limited by actual technology.
Sheridan College uh in the glass
department here. They uh ran a bit of a
competition amongst the students. I
submitted my design and uh uh it got
sent off. Um one of the things that I
did before I submitted my design to the
town was uh I had a talk with the uh
actual professors to make sure that it
was doable. Uh it'll look not unlike
this. Uh the central piece will actually
have a a wave in it. It's got this
outward shape to it. Uh when you look
down on it, uh that'll it'll have a name
plate on there. And then uh when it
comes out of the mold, it looks not
unlike this. It'll be on the end of the
pipe. And we just break it off and uh we
put that in to cool. And then uh when
it's done, we saw it off right about
here and uh uh polish the bottom. So, of
course, this one's been sawing already.
the the process of the thing uh kind of
goes like um we start out with a spike
of glass. We form a we take a gather and
we form it into kind of a conicle piece
of glass. Uh then we get a couple of
what we call gathers. We gather glass on
the end of a rod and then uh we um roll
it in colored powder which is basically
really finely crushed glass uh with
color in it. Uh then we melt that in. Uh
we roll it a few times just to make sure
that it's got lots of solid color on it.
Uh what we do is we take molten glass
out of the furnace and we roll it in
this uh colored powder, the uh glass
color, and it sticks. It'll stick to the
glass, the hot glass. And then what we
do is we take it over to the glory hole
and uh we melt it in.
So the glory hole gets it nice and hot,
reheats the glass. Once it's melted in
nice and neat, I'll take it over to Paul
there and he'll uh stick it on a piece.
But I want to get it pretty hot so that
I don't have a I get a nice uh small
trail for him.
Um and then we apply that onto our
spike, right? So we have two colors. We
have uh we have two guys doing it
basically. Uh we'll lay on one color and
then we'll flip it over and we'll lay on
the other color. So, we have um the
basically three rods of color together,
right? Because we don't want the glass
to cool off too much after after he's
done it. Uh after he's formed his spiky
bit there. Um we don't want the glass to
cool off too much and we don't want to
have to reheat it over and over and over
again. Uh so uh it it takes two of us
with bit rods to form two colors just so
that we can um put the one color on and
then put the next color on. Uh and then
go and and melt them together. Because
if we put one color on and then he melts
it together, then we put another color
on and we melt that in, it could melt in
uh in in kind of a weird uh blurred
shape. So if we put them both on at the
same time, then they melt at the same
rate and that makes it uh much more
crisp and nicer. And so now uh we laid
the color on the center bit and we just
have to melt the color in so it becomes
one smooth pattern because if there's
any uh seams or anything where the color
is when we plunge it into the middle,
it's going to catch bubbles there. So
that'll be little imperfections in the
design.
Um, then we'll melt them together so
that they're smooth uh without a lot of
uh edges cuz if we have a lot of edges,
we'll trap air and uh we didn't want a
ton of extra bubbles or or um special
design of bubbles. So, we we wanted to
make sure that um it's all nice and
smooth. Then what we do is we extrude it
out a bit uh lengthwise and give it a
twist, nice slow twist. And that gives
it kind of that helix of color in this.
You can see the spike in color, but it
has this nice uh you know about two
revolutions worth of color and two
revolutions of twist in color. Um then
it's we put a bit of a wave into it. So
it looks kind of more like a flame
there.
This puts a nice
shot with
a shot of that.
Then we have a graphite mold. Mold
that's made out of a big ch block of
graphite. Uh it's a two-part mold, so it
splits in half basically. I'll uh get a
ladle of glass out of the out of the
furnace, a big ladle of glass, and we
pour that into the mold. So it's full
and then uh the the guy who formed the
spike with a twist in it um plunges that
into the mold. So we plunge it straight
down into the mold. We let it cool off a
little bit so that it firms up because
glass is kind of like taffy, you know,
uh after a few minutes. Uh we wait a
little bit longer and it seizes up a
little bit more. It's still flexible but
not uh solid.
>> Just doing this to cool the edges here.
set it up a bit.
>> Then we pull it out of the mold and we
flash it in the glory hole. And that's
to uh even out the heat, but also the
flame in the glory hole will polish the
uh one end. So this this end here gets
its uh gets its smooth surface from what
we call flame polishing. And so we have
to let it completely set up before we
put it away. Otherwise, if we put it
away too hot, it's going to deform when
it's in the annealer. the the internal
heat in it was actually like deformed
the piece.
>> Yeah.
>> The heat actually moves kind of slow and
the internal heat will come out to the
external part of the uh of the uh piece
and then when it sits on the grading in
the annealer cuz the shelves are great.
Uh it can actually take on the shape of
the grading if it was too like if it
becomes too hot when the annealer itself
isn't that hot even though it feels like
it.
>> [laughter]
>> When you stick your head in there, it
feels like it go. But uh uh
>> it's not hot enough to actually deform,
but the interior of the piece could be 3
4 500° warmer than the actual exterior.
And then that soaks out to the outside
here.
>> Yeah. The inas are like 500° and these
furnaces are like 2,000.
>> Yeah. Uh then we uh wait uh for a while
until it seizes up. As soon as it stops
moving, then we'll break it off and
we'll put it in the annealing oven.
>> Now, we're just creating a stress point
in the glass. If you like this is a
really cool part now. So, if I hit the
glass, all the vibrations are going to
stop at that one point.
>> Uh then it'll sit in the annealing oven
for about 57 hours. And that cools down
slowly. And what it does is it takes all
the stress out of the glass. uh because
all the forming uh that we do uh causes
uh inconsistent heating in throughout
the glass, right? And even though we're
flashing it and doing all kinds of
things to it uh to try and um even out
the heat, uh it'll still have
inconsistent heat through it. So what we
do is we put in the annealing oven and
it bathes it in a in a 550
degrees Celsius for uh um a good 25
hours or so. Well, everything in a glass
shop is a team effort, right? Uh so uh I
came up with the design, you know, it's
it's it's
my design, but that doesn't mean that
I'm the one who carries things out. And
there are a number of artists like that.
they actually just design it and
somebody else actually makes the thing.
In this case, uh I, you know, I've got
the skill set that allows me to help
out, [laughter] right? And then plus I
get to supervise. I get to look and see
what's going on. Um the some other first
year students uh that are there are Paul
Vandenard. Uh he's the one who's putting
the twist in the class. He's quite good
at it. So uh we figured why, you know,
why reinvent the wheel for one of us to
figure that out. And then there's Matt
Crosby and Matt's helping out with
everything else, bringing bids, opening
the door. Um, you need to have a hand uh
in the glass shop because there are so
many things that are really hot that you
just can't do it. You just can't hold a
pipe in one hand.
Where's my uh
Yeah, I got it.
All right. I'm calling council's public
session back to order. Council has met
briefly in a session.
>> Recording in progress.
>> I'm calling the uh public part of the
meeting back to order. Council has uh
met in a session closed to the public
under the terms of the section 239.2 two
of the municipal act because a matter
dealt with litigation or potential
litigation including matters before
administrative tribunals affecting the
municipality or local board and advice
subject to solic client privilege
including communications necessary for
that purpose. And uh we now need a mover
and seconder for the uh public uh motion
that the confidential direction provided
in the legal department um uh
confidential Ontario land tribunal
appeal of uh 349 Davis Road report dated
July 28th be approved. I need a mover
and a seconder.
Councelor Adams and a seconder.
Councelor Dudk. Thank you. Any
objection? Councelor Hlettiel and
councelor Giddings and councelor Nanda
and councelor Omera. I tell you what,
let's have a recorded vote. Madame
clerk, would you call the vote?
>> Councelor Ramire,
>> no.
>> I'm sorry. Councelor Mir, could you?
>> No.
>> Thank you.
>> Councelor Mcnes,
>> no.
Councelor Dick,
>> yes.
>> Councelor Chisum,
>> yes.
>> Councelor Hazatil,
>> no.
>> Councelor Giddings,
>> no.
>> Councelor Elgar,
>> no.
>> Councelor Longo,
>> yes.
>> Mayor Burton,
>> yes.
>> Councelor Null,
>> yes.
>> Councelor Adams,
>> yes.
Cancelchina.
>> Yes.
>> Canceler Nanda.
>> No.
>> Canceler she.
>> Yes.
>> Carries.
>> That carries. Council. Thank you very
much. Um,
with any luck, that brings us to item
eight, the recommendation report for
2172 Wraftoft Road. And um,
uh,
we have a presentation from the
consultants for the applicant. Uh, that
would be Emma West from Bosfields and
andor Ashley Payton. And, uh, we have
delegations after the presentation.
Um, Bossfields, welcome. We look forward
to your presentation.
>> Great. Thank you. Uh, good evening, um,
Mayor through Mayor Burton and members
of council. My name is Ashley Patton.
I'm a registered professional planner
and senior associate with Bosefields.
I'm here joined tonight, uh, by my
colleague, Emma West, a partner at
Bosefields. Uh, we're here tonight on
behalf of the owners of 2172 Yraftoft
Road. We have a presentation, but we
won't go through it all. Um, we just
wanted to say that we've um we were
supportive of staff's recommendation to
approve the application before you here
today. Um, we listened to the feedback
we received uh at the public meeting in
December. We made substantial changes to
the application, including a reduction
of height to completely conform to the
livable Oakville plan, specifically the
OPA 41, the Brontego MTSA area.
Um second, we increased uh and
introduced a substantial amount of
ground floor landscaped area. Um sorry,
you can go back just to the one slide.
This is great. Yeah. Uh we in introduced
a substantial amount of ground floor
landscaped area as shown on this slide
here. Um number three, we um redesigned
the ground floor and introduced a
grocery store use. And number four,
increased the uh number of familysiz
units uh as well, which will be secured
through the zoning bylaw. Um so due to
those changes, an official plan
amendment is no longer being uh
requested or required. And the zoning
bylaw amendment application before you
will implement the policies of the
livable Oakville plan um in a way that
uh implements the town's vision,
including the uh location and area of
public roads in accordance with OPA41.
Uh, so we're here to answer any
questions you have and again are fully
supportive of staff's recommendation to
approve the application before you
today.
>> Thank you very much for what I think
might have just been a delightful
report. Councelor Romero,
>> uh, thank you very much your worship and
thank you for coming. Um, just first
off, thank you for um, sticking to just
a zoning approval. I I think it's
something that we don't see too often
and it uh we went through a very long uh
process on the Bronny MTSA and and um
had to go through a number of different
iterations. So, it's great to see that
you you listen to the residents and you
came back with with what what the town
was asking for. Um two questions in
particular. One is the um is the unit
makeup and I did look at your breakdown
of 49% of of one-bedroom units. Is that
can that change as the market dictates?
Because I think, you know, from 3 years
ago, four years ago, maybe when you were
starting down this process, maybe those
numbers were different to compared to
where they are now. We've seen some
condos and rental business uh um rental
buildings and developments in Bronny
switch their model because there the
demands are different. So, are those
static or will those change based on
what you're seeing with the market
demand?
>> Uh through you, Mayor Robert, um the um
the number of 40 sorry, the percentage
of two and threebedroom units are being
secured through the zoning bylaw. So
there can be flexibility but there is a
minimum amount of familysized or two and
three-bedroom units being secured. So
that number can fluctuate so long as
that minimum number of family units is
maintained.
>> Okay. So
>> I might just add to that though if in
the future the market is different and
there is a demand for it. There could be
a minor variance to amend the number if
more familysized units were sought and
in demand at that time.
>> Okay, perfect. I appreciate that. Um,
and then my second question, and it
might be a bit of a bane, it's continued
to to be a thorn in our sides, is the
relationship and the ongoing
conversations with Metroinks. Um,
[laughter] uh,
I know it's right beside the the GO
station and I'm just wondering what
agreements or what conversations or what
access agreements. I mean, it's a
natural pathway to go to the GO station
and I'm really hoping that they're not
going to make it difficult for egress
from the units onto there. But I'm
wondering if you might be able to just
fill us in on what your conversations
have been to date or or what sort of uh
relationship you had in terms of making
it accessible for those people who are
are maybe living in the units.
I would say that um definitely recently
the through you mayor apologies um
through the conversations we've been
having with Metro Links recently it's
been quite productive um and we do have
a hold provision within the bylaw that
requires that there be an agreement with
Metroinks. There is a subdivision
application that is separate from this
zoning bylaw amendment application that
is still being processed through that
subdivision
approval and the conditions that we
assume will come with that. There will
be more coordination required with
Metroinks but it has actually been
productive and I assume staff would
agree or else they wouldn't have put
together the bylaw that got us here. But
we do have a hold tied to that agreement
with Metro Links.
>> That's great to hear. Thank you very
much. Thank you, your worship.
>> Thank you, counselor. Councelor Mcnes,
>> thank you through your worship. Um, and
we, as councelor Maris said, you know,
thank you for listening throughout this
process. I know you had your first
public meeting uh I think it was at the
holiday in uh a while ago, maybe 18
months ago or so. And then you had uh
you took public feedback here as well.
And uh it goes to show the process from
work. it's the the intensity came down,
the height came down, the amenities uh
showed up. So, that's that's certainly,
I think, a win for the community, and
now you're at the stage where you don't
even need an OPA. So, that's that's
fantastic. Um, just have a question to
staff. I know we've been working hard on
our inclusionary zoning at the PTMs.
Um, just clarity from staff, is that
does that apply yet or is our
inclusionary zoning not in effect yet
for the PTMs?
through your mayor Burton. Uh the
inclusionary zoning policies were
adopted by council but a bylaw has not
yet been presented for council's
approval. So inclusionary zoning would
not apply in this case.
>> Okay. Thanks for that clarity.
>> Thank you councelor counselor Elgar
Mayor Mayor Burton. My question is more
of staff and it's related to uh the LUC
study that was done and I and I'm just
trying to understand was that a ground
level only was it only for the
prevailing winds or was it based on
receptor height and uh recognized as a
standard input
because I I recognized in appendix C of
the report which is pretty long that
they that that the asphalt company was a
little concerned concerned and I'm just
I wonder if staff could answer that like
do we have the dispersion so you can see
at the receptor height that was done
different than just the standard
>> through Mr.
through your worship. The land use
planning uh compatibility study that was
submitted was a preliminary study and
you'll see in the draft bylaw before
council there's a holding provision that
requires uh land use compatibility study
to be prepared to the satisfaction of
the town. And one of the reasons why
staff are recommending that is because
we don't know exactly when this building
is going to be built and we don't know
exactly what the land uses around it
will be at that point in time. So by
deferring the final study to that point
in time, it should produce a more
accurate uh result and it will include
the full height of the building. to
answer your question specifically.
>> That is good news because I think I
think that is what they actually wanted
to make sure at least it was in the in
the documentation that people would
would be aware when they purchase that
in fact there could be some uh downward
you know with different buildings.
Apparently the air quality the air
movements kind of change you know based
on non-prevailing winds also. So could
that be written in also into the draft
plan of subdivision to cover the air
quality? I know you've got other things
in but the air quality could that be so
that people are aware when they're
purchasing
>> through you your warship. We can include
that as a warning clause that would be
part of a separate uh staff report. And
I would like to add as well that the
Lanny's compatibility study, it's
standard practice for us to peer review
it by a third party independent party.
So um we will include the warning clause
as part of the subdivision and that
study will be peer reviewed as part of
lifting the age.
>> Okay. Because you've got about the noise
and vibration you're say you're going to
put in and that would be something else
that could could be put in. So at least
you know 10 years down the road when
people start complaining to counselors
they'll say well when you purchased you
were aware of this
that could that can be done
>> it through your worship that can be done
through a warning clause and it would
form part of the agreement of purchase
and sale for the original purchaser of
the property. And what we also do is we
register the subdivision agreement
itself on title. So for subsequent
purchasers, if they do a title search,
that clause will be on title of their
property.
>> I thank you so much. I'm satisfied.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, counselor. Any um anyone
else?
All right. Uh councel um with that I
will ask the clerk to call the pres the
uh delegations.
>> Thank you, Mayor Burton. First
delegation is Harry Sheay
Sheay.
>> Excuse me.
>> Welcome, Mr. Sheay.
>> Thank you, sir.
>> Council looks forward to uh hearing from
you again.
>> Thank you.
>> Good evening, Mayor Burton and members
of council. I want to begin by
acknowledging all the work that went
into this recommendation report. Staff
successfully reduced the proposal to a
maximum of 24 stories, lowered the
density, reduced the overall floor area,
required variation in tower heights,
increased the commercial space, secured
a daycare, and required the dedication
of future public roads. These are
meaningful improvements, and staff
deserves recognition for achieving them.
The question before council, however, is
not simply whether this proposal is is
better than it was. The question is
whether it's the right development at
the right time. Staff the staff report
makes it clear that many of the most
important issues remain to be resolved
before any construction can proceed. In
many respects, this is only the
beginning of the process and not the
end. Next slide, please.
Well, actually, we need to go back.
All right. The infrastructure is not yet
finalized.
These these are not minor details. They
are fundamental to ensuring this
development functions successfully for
future residents while protecting
existing businesses and public
investment investments. One issue
deserves particular attention. Next
slide, please.
The surrounding area continue uh
continues to contain active industrial
businesses. The report acknowledges this
reality and appropriate requires updated
compatibility studies before the
residential construction can begin. We
should ensure that the new residents
fully understand the existing
environment they are choosing to live
in. The longestablished existing
employers should not be subject to
future complaints arising from uses that
are already present. The town's
responsibility is to protect both new
residents and existing employment. This
balance will determine whether this area
evolves successfully over the coming
decades. Next slide, please.
The proposal includes commercial space
and a daycare, but this development
represent represents only one component
of a much larger transformation of the
Brontego area. As thousands of residents
eventually will move into this MTSA,
they will require parks, community
services, local retail, healthc care,
schools, and public gathering spaces
that evolve along residential
development. Growth should not only be
measured in the number of housing units.
It should be measured in the quality of
the community that is eventually
created. Could this area, this MTSA area
benefit from CPPs?
The complexity in transitioning this
industrial area to a residential area
will require clarity of future planning
and the sense of predictability which
CPPS would contribute toward. Next
slide, please.
This three interconnected 23story tower
joined by a central lobby was my home
during my high school days in Chicago.
It had a grocery store and a dry
cleaners. But the coolest feature was a
24-hour doorman. Every day after school,
whether I had varsity track practice or
not, my responsibility was to take my
two younger brothers, who were four and
eight years younger than I, across the
street to Lincoln Park.
I admit as a teenager there were days it
felt like a chore and a real drag. But
looking back now, I realize how
fortunate my siblings and I were to have
this incredible park across the street,
albeit having to cross eight lanes of
traffic. I can't imagine asking new
families calling 2172 Wyoft home to wait
years for parks and public spaces. This
development should be part of a complete
community from the very beginning.
Greenspace should not be phased in
sometime in the future. Next slide,
please.
The improved proposal aligns with the
long-term vision for the Bronte MTSA.
Now, council must remain vigilant in
ensuring that every condition identified
through the holding provisions is fully
satisfied and implemented before
construction begins. This will help
ensure that the Bronte go community
becomes not simply a collective of tall
buildings, but a complete livable
transit oriented neighborhood that
reflects the high public uh planning
standards Oakville has earned. I thank
you for your time.
>> Thank you, Mr. Sheay, for the
information and the and the time you
took to bring it to us.
Councelor Mcnes has a question for you.
Mr. Shay,
>> sorry about that. Thank you, Mr. J
through your worship. Um just some of
the the points you brought sort of this
chicken and egg of what comes first the
park and amenities or the people. I just
wonder if if staff can touch on the plan
for the Bronty Go MTSA and just just
clarify, you know, what is the process
of it becoming a complete community or
how how does it go about getting that? I
mean, you know, it'd be nice if we get a
Lincoln Park, but probably a scaled down
Lincoln Park um so that it becomes that
really familyfriendly, you know, one car
uh type type uh area like it's
envisioned, transit friendly as well.
through you your worship. So OPA 41 did
set out the vision uh for the Brongo
MTSA and it was prepared under 775 of
the regional official plan as an area
specific plan. So if you can think of
different layers of the plan, there's a
layer of parks, there's active
transportation, there's servicing, all
of those studies were completed and
informed the the goals, the policies and
the objectives which were ultimately
adopted by council. Now when you
translate that into what we have uh in
front of us today uh you know Bronny go
MTSA the it's a very fragmented
ownership pattern. So today we have one
owner coming in seeking to implement
that plan. So we'll likely see over time
incrementally achieving that vision and
that the points um presented by Mr.
Sheay were not lost on staff. You'll see
in the zoning bylaw that a different
approach was taken with the sight
specific zoning than you'd see for
example in Bronny Village or Polmo
Village where there is that established
framework of parks and open space and
retail stores and so on. Um in this case
there's required amenity space per unit.
There's minimum landscaped areas.
There's minimum commercial space.
there's specific a specific area in the
building and size carved out for a
daycare. So all of those efforts are
being made essentially um in recognition
that this probably will be the first
mixeduse development in the Brongo MTSA
area and to achieve that critical mass
of some retail for the residents, some
amenity space for the residents while um
the full road network and park network
is being uh essentially built out over
years or decades.
>> Okay. Thank thank you for that clarity.
Councelor Rieler.
>> Yeah, thank you very much through Mayor
Burton. Uh Mr. Shay, are you aware how
the province has gutted our ability to
uh get part plan going forward?
Are you fully aware of that?
>> Uh not exactly. No sir. I can um I know
their staff can comment tonight, but it
would be good for you to get a full
report on how we do not have the ability
to get the park land we should have been
able to get when a developer comes
forward. The province has changed the
rules immensely on the ability of
Oakville unless the concurrent residents
want to pay for it. It's shocking and
you should be aware of it.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you.
Thank you, Councelor Elgar. Mr. Shay,
thank you very much for your time.
>> Madame Clerk, the next delegation,
please.
>> Thank you, Mayor Burton. The next
delegation is Pierre Savage.
>> Mr. Savage, welcome. Council looks
forward to your contributions.
>> Okay. Good evening and thank you for the
opportunity to speak tonight. I I just
really have two issues I want to just
bring to your attention.
Okay.
And it's uh the first of all is in
regards to the landscape areas and tree
canopy cover on page 26 of 33 and it it
states that u proposal will achieve a
20% u
tree coverage which is consistent to the
minimum requirement.
What I'm wondering possible
if in for future or
this application whether that can be
increased to maybe 30% as we're trying
to achieve
um a certain amount of tree canopy
within the town of Oakville. As you can
see development is within a
mass of structures, hardly any
vegetation at all. I I thank uh the
applicant in order um in their decision
to increase the amount of landscaping
but I still think um requirement should
be have a higher standard more um
greenery parks and landscaping uh as
this is the first development within the
area um it's important for the residents
who will be going there is to have that
space available to them. The next issue
which I just want to bring to your
attention is in regards to the uh
portion of density. I know the uh
hydrogen building has been reduced and
as well um one thing I've noticed as
well is the fact that uh it says that
1,191
units will be in this uh application
development. So this is approximately
20% of the minimum uh planned unit
target. I I did a calculation and
there's only going to be 106 jobs uh
within the proposed area and if you do
the percentage uh 106 job is very low
for that uh u goal of achieving x number
of jobs within the area. So 20% on the
18,600
pardon me
uh projected jobs
their their total residence is 1,667
divided by 8,200. So that's 20% it
should be. So 20% of the 18,600
should be 3,782
jobs. I understand fully that um this is
the first and there are other areas
within this u specific zone or that will
accommodate uh jobs. But like the
previous speaker, my concerns in regards
to the present employment which will be
uh will be gutted in the future with
residential development.
Um
I hope in the future that the jobs which
will be as part of the various
applicants will be greater than just a
minuscule
percentage and it should reflect what
the intent of having um a total job jobs
of approximately 18,600
and that's about it for me. I just
thought of something else which was in
regards to inclusionary uh zoning but
specifically in regards to affordable
housing. Um
I wonder if it's possible that x number
of units can be allocated for affordable
housing. Um it's a thought and I know we
try to be progressive in our ability to
provide for people who are more needy
and
affordable housing is is something
that's I think it's important and just
want to thank you all for the
opportunity for tonight coming here.
Thank you again.
>> Mr. Silva, Councelor Mcnes has a
question for you.
>> Thank you. Thank you Mr. Svau for your
delegation. Um I just want to get some
clarity from staff on some of the points
that you raised. Um so related to
employment in the area. I mean my
understanding is this. um the Bronni GO
MTSA is not as expansive as the Oakville
GO MTSA. Uh and that many of the I guess
light industry jobs would be retained in
the area. It's not going to be it's not
going to be converted to a residential
district or residential and commercial.
um could you just sort sort of I don't
know if you have the numbers in front of
you but just uh provide some assurance
that we are maintaining our employment
base and it's some quite valuable um you
know light industrial land that's that's
not easy to uh get in other places. Um
if you could just uh clarify some of
that that'd be great
>> through you your worship. So the policy
um for mixeduse areas like this in the
Brony Go MTSA is like for like. So if
there was 50 jobs before there needs to
be 50
>> in the new proposal and in this case
they are exceeding the number of jobs
that exist on site today.
>> And I would just add that this site
being right next to the Oakville to the
uh Bronny go station it will be one of
the highest buildings one of the densest
ones. that's very much um uh tailored to
more residential use, but there's other
areas of the Bronny Go MTSA which are
specifically planned for employment to
make up for areas like this.
>> Okay. And they'll just in the vicinity
like sort of adjacent to the MTSA
um there'll be many jobs retained that
are, you know, a little bit more skilled
labor and stuff
>> through your worship. That's that is
correct. there are areas that are
planned to uh maintain the more
traditional uh employment jobs within
the uh Bronny go MTSA.
>> Perfect. And uh just the point on the
tree canopy of uh I believe 20%'s being
provided is uh do we have any capacity
or regulations that that could require
more than that or uh I mean that does
seem like a fair bit for a condominium
development but
>> uh through you your worship the 20% is a
a floor. It's not a ceiling and it is
challenging to achieve more than that on
a site like this in this urban context.
Um we can achieve it through for example
green [clears throat] roofs. Um but
typically the trees are planted on an
underground parking garage. There's
limited space for them. So the 20% is
usually a starting point when we're
reviewing a site plan application for a
site like this.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you counselor. And uh thank you
Mr. Sovou for sharing your thoughts with
us tonight. Madame clerk,
>> no further delegations.
>> Are there members of the public in the
uh hall tonight who'd like to share
their thoughts on the matter?
>> Seeing none, I'll confine it to table
and I'll I'll look to council uh to the
counselors from Ward One to move and
second this.
>> So moved. Thank you.
>> Thank you guys. Any objection? Madam
clerk, there being no objection, their
motion carries. That brings us to 8.2.
The owner initiated application to
repeal a design a heritage designation
bylaw at 3175 Lakeshore Road West. Um
uh we uh I'll just ask if there's any
questions from council. Council is
probably aware that there have been
developments uh here where the the the
applicant has successfully sold the
house. Councelor MCN.
>> Uh, happy to move it. I believe
Councelor Longo is uh in line for
second.
>> All right. Any objection? Your motion
carries. Thanks very much, guys. Um,
there are no confidential discussion
items. Is there any new business to
discuss?
All righty. Are there any requests for
reports?
Well, how about a mover and secondary
for consideration and reading of the
bylaws? Uh, councelor Elgurt, we'll get
you in the minutes. and uh councelor
Shia. Thank you. Any objection? There
being no objection, the bylaws are
considered read and passed. And that
ends our work together this evening.
It's been terrific working with you. I
look forward to next time and bid
everybody a good evening.