What is being proposed?
Planning staff are proposing the development of a secondary plan for the Old East Village Dundas Street Corridor.
As stated in the staff report:
The Old East Village Dundas Street Corridor Secondary Plan is intended to provide more specific policy direction, than the parent London Plan, for development and public projects within the secondary planning area. It responds to a number of emerging initiatives within the Old East Village Corridor – including such things as the introduction of Bus Rapid Transit, an upcoming infrastructure and street renewal project, a cycling route assessment and various development pressures on the Corridor. The secondary plan is intended to be completed by the end of 2018, so that it can serve as the foundation for the design of the reconstruction of Dundas Street from Adelaide Street to Ontario Street.
The Terms of Reference are the first step in the process of preparing the Secondary Plan and include the purpose, key issues to be addressed, study area, the proposed public engagement program and a timeline for completion. To meet the proposed timeline, Staff recommend that any changes to the terms of reference desired by Council be directed to Staff, so that they can make those changes and move forward with the secondary plan project immediately.
What are the next steps?
There will be a public participation meeting on 19 February 2019, starting no earlier than 5pm, on the proposed draft secondary plan.
A final secondary plan will come forward to planning and environment committee at a future meeting.
What's Happened So Far?
There was a public participation meeting on the draft terms of reference on 30 April 2018.
There was a community information meeting about the secondary plan and East-West bikeway on 27 June 2018 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Aeolian Hall. Learn more at the overview page for the East-West bikeway.
An early staff report outlines the initial timeline for the whole process:
Step in Process |
Timing
|
Terms of Reference Approved |
May 2018 |
Background Research Undertaken |
May through June |
Bicycle Network Evaluation |
May through September |
Public Workshop/Public Meetings |
June 2018 |
Draft of Secondary Plan – Public Meetings |
September 2018 |
Final Secondary Plan |
December 2018 |
Infrastructure Renewal and Streetscape Reconstruction – Detailed Design |
2019 |
Infrastructure Renewal and Streetscape Reconstruction |
2020 |
Key Documents
- Staff report on draft proposed secondary plan, 19 Feb 2019
- Staff report on terms of reference, 30 April 2018
- Video of public participation meeting, 30 April 2018 (YouTube)
- East-West bikeway between Downtown and Old East Village
- Notice of Community Information Meeting
The overview page on the city's Get Involved web site contains more documents.
Contacts
I'm interested to know what you think about the secondary plan for the Old East Village corridor. Please provide your feedback in the box below, email me at [email protected] or call me at 226-268-7536 (mobile).
Members of the planning and environment committee: my colleagues on the committee are Anna Hopkins (Chair), Stephen Turner, Phil Squire, and Maureen Cassidy.