Statutory public meeting for a Town-initiated proposed official plan amendment for Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area

Statutory Public Meeting

Monday, May 10, 2021, at 6:30 p.m.

You are invited to attend and provide input at this videoconferencing meeting hosted by Planning and Development Council.

Due to the COVID-19 emergency, attendance at Town Hall is restricted and public meetings are being held by videoconference only. Instructions on how to view the meeting or participate by written submission, videoconference or telephone are provided below.

The purpose of the proposed Official Plan Amendment is to modify the text and schedules of the Livable Oakville Plan pertaining to the Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area to implement the findings of the Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area Study, undertaken as part of the town’s Official Plan Review.

The Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area comprises a land area of approximately 146 hectares around the Bronte GO Station. The subject lands are generally bound by the QEW to the north, 14 Mile Creek to the east, the established residential community to the south, and Westgate Road and the Employment Area to the west.

The effect of the proposed amendment to the Livable Oakville Plan is to:

• update the general policies and schedules to identify the Bronte GO station, and surrounding lands, as a protected Major Transit Station Area and a strategic growth area

• introduce area-specific policies for the protected Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area, including a goal, objectives and development concept, as well as functional, urban design, land use, park and open space, and implementation policies, to enable redevelopment that is contextually appropriate

• update the policies pertaining to the Speers Road Corridor Special Policy Area which would no longer apply to the area forming part of the protected Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area

• introduce a land use, building height, density, transportation, and urban design schedule for the protected Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Town of Oakville to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Council c/o the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 (Dropbox is located in front of Town Hall) or at TownClerk@oakville.ca before the official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to Council c/o the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Oakville on this matter, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 or at TownClerk@oakville.ca

This meeting will be live streamed on Town of Oakville YouTube channel.

Any submission to the Planning and Development Council, either in hard copy or in electronic format, must be forwarded to the Clerk's department for receipt no later than noon on Monday, May 10, 2021, to ensure its availability to the Members of Council at the meeting. Individuals wishing to make an oral submission at the public meeting are strongly encouraged to contact the Clerk’s Department by noon on Friday, May 7, 2021, by email to: TownClerk@Oakville.ca or call 905-815-6015 to register as a delegation and to obtain instructions on how to participate. Requests to participate electronically will also be received during the meeting to ensure that those watching the live stream will be given the opportunity to speak.  Instructions will be given on how to speak to an item during the live stream of the meeting.

All submissions should include the full name and address of the presenter.

A copy of the proposed official plan amendment and information and material will be available to the public for inspection on or after April, 15 2021 along with more information about this matter, including preserving your appeal rights on the Town's Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area Study page, or contact Brad Sunderland, Policy Planner, Planning Services department at 905-845-6601, ext. 3043 (TTY 905-338-4200) or at brad.sunderland@oakville.ca.

If you have any accessibility needs, please advise Brad Sunderland one week before the meeting.

The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public.

Dated at the Town of Oakville April 15, 2021