On Council agenda there is staff report for the development south of 15th SDRD/west of Dufferin.  In this report it is being recommended that the Functional Servicing/Development Area Study (FS/DAS) be approved once the many identified issues and conditions are met.  The FS/DAS is a comprehensive set of studies supporting and informing the establishment of developable areas of the lands owned by eight entities, with a combined area of 205 ha. The residential units include 921 single detached, 73, townhouses and 77 seniors lifestyle condominium townhouses.  An approved FS/DAS is a precursor to the final draft subdivision plan. I am pleased to see that multi use paths (MUP) are being incorporated into the plan along 15th SDRD and Dufferin and that there are more townhouses than previously proposed.  As indicated there are important issues yet to be resolved.

This development is surely notable for the magnitude of the natural heritage features.  Total site is 205 ha; the heritage features themselves and the buffers are 92 ha.

One of the policies of OPA 89 is that there are to be 30 meter buffers from the natural features with the exception of several isolated “pinch points.”  Its evident that those points are being carefully scrutinized by TRCA and as indicated in one of the appendices they are still not “approved” per se by TRCA.  (See here starting page 24 of 69.

This is a very important development for King.  It needs all the scrutiny and attention that it is receiving.