MINUTES
UNIONVILLE SUB-COMMITTEE
MEETING NO. 4
Members Regional Councillor T. Wong Councillor J. Virgilio Council Mayor F. Scarpitti Regional Councillor J. Jones |
Staff J. Baird, Commissioner of Development Services V. Shuttleworth, Director of Planning and Urban Design R. S. Heaslip, Senior Project Coordinator R. Borooah, Town Architect A. Tari, Committee Clerk |
The Unionville Sub-Committee convened at 3:10 PM with Councillor J. Virgilio in the Chair.
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Mr. Richard Kendall,
Manager, Central District, delivered a PowerPoint presentation providing a
brief overview regarding applications from Aryeh Construction, Markham Centre
Development Corporation, Times (Lonsmount lands) and Rockport (formerly
Co-operators). The presentation also
included an up-date Markham Centre height and density review and discussion of
next steps.
The Committee
discussed the importance of keeping the public informed. There was discussion regarding an overall
strategy and/or presentation depicting the various issues that contribute to
the development within the Markham Centre such as Provincial and Regional Growth
Policies and transportation (how transportation choices are heavily influenced
by land use patterns). Staff advised
that more specific schedules and policies with detailed direction of height,
infrastructure, transportation, environment, and urban design will be outlined
in the Secondary Plan Amendment. Staff
is targeting an updated draft height and policies to form the basis for a draft
Secondary Plan Amendment by the end of 2008.
The Committee
suggested that there needs to be consistency in the messages that are relayed
to the public. The Committee requested
that a copy of today’s presentation be forwarded to all members of
Council.
Staff agreed to put
together a PowerPoint presentation illustrating the future of Markham Centre
for the next Unionville Subcommittee meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
The Unionville
Sub-Committee adjourned at