Item - 2013.PG20.12

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Planning and Growth Management Committee on January 28, 2013 and was adopted with amendments.

PG20.12 - Upcoming Consultation on Official Plan Review: Transportation Planning Policy in Support of a Comprehensive Transit Plan and Funding Strategy

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Amended

Wards:: All

Committee Decision

The Planning and Growth Management Committee:

1. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to consult with the City's Disability Issues Committee and arrange to hold a consultation with the wider community of Torontonians with disabilities.

2. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report back to the Committee on how to reconstitute the Pedestrian Advisory Committee for the Official Plan Review process.

3. Received, for information, the presentation from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, on the Upcoming Consultation on Official Plan Review: Transportation Planning Policy in Support of a Comprehensive Transit Plan and Funding Strategy.

Origin

(January 16, 2013) Presentation from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division

Summary

The City is currently undertaking a review of the Official Plan, including the Plan’s transportation policies. This February marks the start of a public consultation program in support of the review of the Official Plan's transportation policies; the development of a new long term transportation plan; and the development of a funding (investment) strategy.

(No written material available).

Background Information

(January 28, 2013) Presentation from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division on the Upcoming Consultation on Official Plan Review: Transportation Planning Policy in Support of a Comprehensive Transit Plan and Funding Strategy
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-55583.pdf

Speakers

Eileen Denny, President, Teddington Park Residents Association Inc.

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried)

1. Request staff to consult with the City's Disability Issues Committee and arrange to hold a consultation with the wider community of Torontonians with disabilities.

2. Request staff to report back to the Committee on how to reconstitute the Pedestrian Advisory Committee for the Official Plan Review process.

2 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Josh Colle (Carried)

That the presentation from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, on the Upcoming Consultation on Official Plan Review: Transportation Planning Policy in Support of a Comprehensive Transit Plan and Funding Strategy, be received for information.

3 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Josh Colle (Carried)