DOCSLIB.ORG

Executive Summary and Table of Contents.Pub

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Executive Summary and Table of Contents.Pub Chapter 7 7.1 Concept Site Plans here is nothing like getting your hands dirty to focus the mind. The concept site planning exercise is designed to engage local participants in the watershed study, raise awareness of the watershed plan, promote innovative Tapproaches, and kick start the implementation of the plan. Each of the concept site plans provides practical representations of how key watershed recommendations/strategies/actions could be applied on a local or neighbour- hood basis. The concept sites were chosen to be typical of locales throughout the watershed that are targeted for regeneration and retrofit attention. Many of the components in the preliminary designs presented in this section could be replicated time and again, tailored to meet local needs and expectations, during the implementation of the Don River Watershed Plan. Concept site plans were a notable feature of the previous Don River watershed study, Forty Steps to a New Don (1994). That strategy suggested a number of specific “shovel in the ground” actions that addressed multiple broad objectives, but focused on site-specific subwatershed projects. Each concept site project was aimed at addressing one or more of four key objectives: the creation of aquatic habitat, the creation of terrestrial habitat, the improvement of water quality, and/or the control of water quantity. Six of the subwatershed plans presented in Forty Steps to a New Don included a “concept site plan” to demonstrate regeneration techniques at a local level: $Rupert’s Pond (Upper West Don) $Pomona Mills Park (Upper East Don) $Harding Park (German Mills Creek) $G. Ross Lord Park (Lower West Don) $Cummer’s Mill (Lower East Don) $Terraview Park & Willowfield Gardens Park (Taylor/Massey Creek) No concept sites were included in the Lower Don subwatershed plan because several promising regeneration projects — including the Don River Brick Works park, were already underway. A description of the successful work undertaken at the Don Valley Brick Works, Harding Park in Richmond Hill, and Terraview/Willowfield Gardens in Scarborough follows this introductory section. 7—1 Don River Watershed Plan, 2009 Chapter 7 Success Story #1: Greening a Brownfield Evolution of the Brick Works Don Valley Brick Works, Toronto Once a derelict industrial brownfield, this site is being regenerated into a showcase for ecological rebirth, environmental sustainability and innovative green design. The former quarry and grounds have been contoured and replanted to reflect the native flora of the Lower Don watershed. The runoff flowing through Mud Creek is being cleaned in a series of stormwater ponds and wetland features. The historic build- ings are being restored to recall the industrial heritage of the site and to host a number of environmental, educational and cultural experi- ences. he 16-hectare Don Valley Brick Works is located in the watershed of Tthe Lower Don, four kilometres north of Lake Ontario. It is hemmed by the curving Bayview Extension to the south and east and by the long- established residential areas that rim the valley to the north and west. The Don River and Don Valley Parkway parallel the site to the east of Bayview. For almost 100 years, the Brick Works provided the tiles, bricks and other clay products used to construct many of Toronto’s homes, public buildings and institutions. When TRCA acquired the site in 1987, it began an ambi- tious regeneration and water management project, in partnership with the City of Toronto, that has restored the native habitat and attracted wildlife. The park, opened in 1997, features: $a series of five new ponds and wetlands that hold and filter the inflow- ing water from Mud Creek before discharge to the Don, while providing habitat for frogs and other amphibians, fish and water birds; $a re-naturalized quarry featuring native gardens and wildflower mead- ows that contain the grasses and other plants common to southern Ontario; $a protected valley wall that shows the fossil-rich layers of shale and limestone that underlie much of Toronto; and $a network of walking trails, viewing areas and interpretive signs. With the help of Evergreen, the Brick Works is being further transformed into a premier environmental education and cultural centre. A number of exciting projects are under development, including: the creation of the Centre for Urban Sustainability that will bring environmental innovators, Top: the old quarry before restoration educators and leaders together; a series of eco-pavilions that will host began; youth programs to connect children with nature in the city; a year-round Middle: aerial photo after the habitat market, stores and restaurants featuring the produce of local farmers and restoration project was implemented; artisans; and the restored heritage brick factory that will provide meeting Bottom: design rendering of the areas, gallery space, and displays of the industrial heritage of the site. planned Green City Garden (Image credit: Claude Cormier architectes With on-going involvement of many partners, including Evergreen, the City with Ferruccio Sardella.) of Toronto, TRCA and the community, the future looks bright for this ecological gem in the heart of the city. Don River Watershed Plan, 2009 7—2 Chapter 7 Success Story #2: A Fresh Approach to an Urban Park Harding Park, Richmond Hill The transformation of Harding Park represents a fresh approach to urban park planning and a blueprint for other stormwater management projects. The traditional detention ponds were naturalized so that runoff would also be filtered and cleaned before discharge into German Mills Creek. Native terrestrial and in-stream habitats were re-established, while trails and recreational facilities were constructed. Today, Harding Park is a successful example of a quantity-to-quality stormwater pond retrofit pro- ject and illustrates the effectiveness of pond-wetland systems. It has also become a much-loved natural refuge in a very busy urban area. ocated to the east of Yonge Street and south of Major MacKenzie Drive in Lthe heart of Richmond Hill, Harding Park is surrounded on all sides by established residential neighbourhoods, condos and commercial areas. There were two standard stormwater detentions ponds, one located on each side of German Mills Creek, as well as a manicured playing field on the east side of the creek, a playground at the north end of the site, and a bicycle trail. Busy Weldrick Road borders the south side of the park. Constructed in two phases by TRCA and the Town of Richmond Hill, the work was completed in 1996. The old stormwater ponds were re-naturalized with multi-cell wetland filters to improve the quality of the stormwater collected from the area's houses and roads. New marshland and water-tolerant plants also created a more diverse habitat for birds, amphibians and other wildlife. In addition, small sediment basins were constructed at the inflow points to each detention pond to collect coarse grit, and the ponds were excavated to increase capacity. The surrounding parkland was regraded to encourage the infiltration of precipitation. The site was planted with thousands of native flowers, shrubs, grasses and other plants to re-establish a more natural terrestrial habitat. Native trees and shrubs were planted around the perimeter of the wetland ponds. Transition buffer zones were also created where residential properties backed onto the park. Sections of the stream were naturalized to create riffles, pools and riparian cover to improve in-stream fish habitat. New trails and interpretive signage provide access and awareness of the diverse new habitat areas. The water quality improvements have been significant: 2002 monitoring data showed the stormwater ponds and wetlands are removing up to 86 per cent of phosphates, 80 per cent of total suspended solids and lesser amounts of other contaminants. They are also effective in detaining the peak flow of stormwater to German Mills Creek. Harding Park is a great place to go for a Ongoing study has taught some valuable lessons that are being implemented secluded walk, to play baseball and other in other stormwater naturalization projects. For example, it is estimated that sports, or just to relax and watch the ce- the ponds will have to be dredged to remove accumulated silt every 13 to 22 dar waxwings feasting on berries and years. A number of other technical upgrades to increase retention time and listen to green frogs crooning for female further improve water quality have also been identified. company. 7—3 Don River Watershed Plan, 2009 Chapter 7 Success Story #3: The Rebirth of a Concrete Creek Terraview Park & Willowfield Gardens Park This stunning retrofit project, undertaken in the mid-1990s, liberated the headwaters of Taylor/Massey Creek from its barren concrete channel. Today, the creek meanders through the two adjacent parks, while a se- ries of green wetlands, pools and stormwater management ponds collect and settle much of the sediment and other pollutants carried in by runoff and outfalls. The stormwater control facilities also reduce peak flows, maintain baseflows, and reduce the risk of erosion and flooding. The sur- rounding community now enjoys a series of new bike and walking trails, sports facilities, a playground and a water play area. The Forty Steps concept site illustrates the need to engage the neighbourhood and local government in creating and realizing an innovative regeneration plan. ituated in west Scarborough, the two parks hug Taylor/Massey Creek as Sit flows south of Highway 401, just east of Pharmacy Avenue. The contiguous parks are surrounded, primarily, by residential neighbourhoods of single family detached homes, with some commercial and industrial proper- ties nearby. Penworth Road separates Terraview Park in the north from Willowfield Gardens Park in the south. The southeastern edge of Willowfield connects with an Ontario Hydro corridor (north of Japonica Road). Developed in the 1950s, the area does not meet current standards for storm- water drainage and management.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 3131 Lower Don River West Lower Don River West 4.0 DESCRIPTION
    Lower Don River West Environmental Study Report Remedial Flood Protection Project 4.0 DESCRIPTION OF LOWER DON 4.1 The Don River Watershed The Don River is one of more than sixty rivers and streams flowing south from the Oak Ridges Moraine. The River is approximately 38 km long and outlets into the Keating Channel, which then conveys the flows into Toronto Harbour and Lake Historic Watershed Ontario. The entire drainage basin of the Don urbanization of the river's headwaters in York River is 360 km2. Figure 4.1 and Figure 4.2, on the Region began in the early 1980s and continues following pages, describe the existing and future today. land use conditions within the Don River Watershed. Hydrologic changes in the watershed began when settlers converted the forests to agricultural fields; For 200 years, the Don Watershed has been many streams were denuded even of bank side subject to intense pressures from human vegetation. Urban development then intensified settlement. These have fragmented the river the problems of warmer water temperatures, valley's natural branching pattern; degraded and erosion, and water pollution. Over the years often destroyed its once rich aquatic and during the three waves of urban expansion, the terrestrial wildlife habitat; and polluted its waters Don River mouth, originally an extensive delta with raw sewage, industrial/agricultural marsh, was filled in and the lower portion of the chemicals, metals and other assorted river was straightened. contaminants. Small Don River tributaries were piped and Land clearing, settlement, and urbanization have buried, wetlands were "reclaimed," and springs proceeded in three waves in the Don River were lost.
    [Show full text]
  • Trailside Esterbrooke Kingslake Harringay
    MILLIKEN COMMUNITY TRAIL CONTINUES TRAIL CONTINUES CENTRE INTO VAUGHAN INTO MARKHAM Roxanne Enchanted Hills Codlin Anthia Scoville P Codlin Minglehaze THACKERAY PARK Cabana English Song Meadoway Glencoyne Frank Rivers Captains Way Goldhawk Wilderness MILLIKEN PARK - CEDARBRAE Murray Ross Festival Tanjoe Ashcott Cascaden Cathy Jean Flax Gardenway Gossamer Grove Kelvin Covewood Flatwoods Holmbush Redlea Duxbury Nipigon Holmbush Provence Nipigon Forest New GOLF & COUNTRY Anthia Huntsmill New Forest Shockley Carnival Greenwin Village Ivyway Inniscross Raynes Enchanted Hills CONCESSION Goodmark Alabast Beulah Alness Inniscross Hullmar Townsend Goldenwood Saddletree Franca Rockland Janus Hollyberry Manilow Port Royal Green Bush Aspenwood Chapel Park Founders Magnetic Sandyhook Irondale Klondike Roxanne Harrington Edgar Woods Fisherville Abitibi Goldwood Mintwood Hollyberry Canongate CLUB Cabernet Turbine 400 Crispin MILLIKENMILLIKEN Breanna Eagleview Pennmarric BLACK CREEK Carpenter Grove River BLACK CREEK West North Albany Tarbert Select Lillian Signal Hill Hill Signal Highbridge Arran Markbrook Barmac Wheelwright Cherrystone Birchway Yellow Strawberry Hills Strawberry Select Steinway Rossdean Bestview Freshmeadow Belinda Eagledance BordeauxBrunello Primula Garyray G. ROSS Fontainbleau Cherrystone Ockwell Manor Chianti Cabernet Laureleaf Shenstone Torresdale Athabaska Limestone Regis Robinter Lambeth Wintermute WOODLANDS PIONEER Russfax Creekside Michigan . Husband EAST Reesor Plowshare Ian MacDonald Nevada Grenbeck ROWNTREE MILLS PARK Blacksmith
    [Show full text]
  • AECOM Report 1.Dot
    Environmental Assessment chapter 3. description of the potentially affected environment 3. Description of the Potentially Affected Environment This chapter is divided into four different sections which describe different components of the baseline or existing environmental conditions. The first section describes the river characteristics which will influence the development of alternatives. This information has been separated from the remaining description of the natural environment such that some emphasis can be given to those aspects of the existing environment that are driving the development of alternatives for the DMNP. The second section describes the remaining components of the natural environment: fish and fish habitat, terrestrial vegetation, and wildlife. The third section addresses components related to soils and groundwater contamination. The final section describes socio-economic components: land use, air quality and noise, archaeology, aboriginal interests, and built heritage. 3.1 River Characteristics in the Project and Impact Assessment Study Areas The Don Watershed possesses a dendretic drainage pattern that flows southward for 38 kilometres (as the crow flies) from the Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM) to the Inner Harbour of Toronto. The Don possesses two major branches (the East and West Don), each consisting of many smaller sub-watershed systems, such as but not limited to Taylor Massey Creek, Wilket Creek, Patterson Creek and Pomona Creek. The confluence of the East and West Branches occurs approximately 6 kilometres upstream of the Impact Assessment Study Area. Downstream from the confluence, the sub-watershed is known as the Lower Don and includes all of the Don Narrows until reaching the Keating Channel. The entire watershed area or drainage basin of the Don River is approximately 360 square kilometres (Figure 3−1).
    [Show full text]
  • Humber River Watershed Plan Pathways to a Healthy Humber June 2008
    HUMBER RIVER WATERSHED PLAN PAThwAYS TO A HEALTHY HUMBER JUNE 2008 Prepared by: Toronto and Region Conservation © Toronto and Region Conservation 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9811107-1-4 www.trca.on.ca 5 Shoreham Drive, Toronto, Ontario M3N 1S4 phone: 416-661-6600 fax: 416-661-6898 HUMBER RIVER WATERSHED PLAN PATHWAYS TO A HEALTHY HUMBER JUNE 2008 Prepared by: Toronto and Region Conservation i Humber River Watershed Plan, 2008 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Humber River Watershed Plan—Pathways to a Healthy Humber—was written by Suzanne Barrett, edited by Dean Young and represents the combined effort of many participants. Appreciation and thanks are extended to Toronto and Region Conservation staff and consultants (listed in Appendix F) for their technical support and input, to government partners for their financial support and input, and to Humber Watershed Alliance members for their advice and input. INCORPORATED 1850 Humber River Watershed Plan, 2008 ii HUMBER RIVER WATERSHED PLAN PATHWAYS TO A HEALTHY HUMBER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Humber River watershed is an extraordinary resource. It spans 903 square kilometres, from the headwaters on the Niagara Escarpment and Oak Ridges Moraine down through fertile clay plains to the marshes and river mouth on Lake Ontario. The watershed provides many benefits to the people who live in it. It is a source of drinking water drawn from wells or from Lake Ontario. Unpaved land absorbs water from rain and snowfall to replenish groundwater and streams and reduce the negative impacts of flooding and erosion. Healthy aquatic and terrestrial habitats support diverse communities of plants and animals. Agricultural lands provide local sources of food and green spaces provide recreation opportunities.
    [Show full text]
  • Attachment 1: Table of Projects Being Planned Under the ERMP in 2021
    Attachment 1: Table of projects being planned under the ERMP in 2021 Municipality Ward Project Name Portfolio 2021 Project Status City of Brampton 2 Wegneast Valley Erosion Control Project Region of Peel Erosion Control & Infrastructure Protection Construction City of Brampton 7 I-360/I-361 Region of Peel Erosion Control & Infrastructure Protection Study, Planning or Design York Region Streambank Infrastructure Erosion Control City of Markham 1 German Mills Settlers Park Sites 2-3 Sanitary Infrastructure Protection Management Program Study, Planning or Design City of Markham 4 70 Main Street South Erosion Control Project TRCA Maintenance & Other Hazards (York Region) Construction City of Mississauga 5 Brandon Gate Park - Bank Stabilization Project Region of Peel Erosion Control & Infrastructure Protection Construction City of Mississauga 5 I-700 Region of Peel Erosion Control & Infrastructure Protection Study, Planning or Design York Region Streambank Infrastructure Erosion Control City of Richmond Hill 5 Patterson Creek I-066, I-067, I-065, I-064, P-102 Management Program Post-Construction York Region Streambank Infrastructure Erosion Control City of Richmond Hill 5 Patterson Creek near North Richvale Sanitary Infrastructure Protection Management Program Construction City of Richmond Hill 5 Patterson Valley South Richvale Erosion Hazards Fee For Service Post-Construction City of Toronto 1 22-24 Bucksburn Road Erosion Control and Slope Stabilization Project Valley Erosion Hazards Study, Planning or Design City of Toronto 1 Hadrian Drive
    [Show full text]
  • Breathing New Life Into
    Breathing New Life into 2003 Don Watershed Report Card A Message to Those Who Cherish the Don If you brought this report card home to your parents, you would be sent to bed without dinner. Far too many Cs and Ds, not a single A, and — heaven forbid — an F, glaring from the page. But restoration is hardly a series of simple questions and answers that can easily be slotted into good or bad, right or wrong. It's much more than that. It takes a longer view. The grades are nowhere near good enough, true, but some very important groundwork has been laid in the past 10 years to ensure major strides from here on. First off, let's address that F. We know we can do better in caring for water, and now, we have a means to improve that grade through the recently completed Wet Weather Flow Management Master Plan for the City of Toronto. Once it's put in place, water quality will improve substantially, not only in the Don River, but everything it feeds. The plan will take at least 25 years to implement; we still must include the munici- palities outside of Toronto into a broader watershed plan. Bold commitments by federal, provincial, and municipal governments must be made to ensure we have the resources required to really make this happen. There are quantifiable victories as well. Thanks to changes to five weirs, salmon and other fish now migrate more freely up the Don for the first time in a century. We have seen the completion of the first phase of the Don Valley Brick Works, and a number of other regeneration projects: Little German Mills Creek, The Bartley Smith Greenway, Milne Hollow, and the establishment of the Charles Sauriol Nature Reserve.
    [Show full text]
  • Toronto Field Naturalists 20 College St., Unit 4 Toronto, Ont
    TORONTO FIELD NATURALIST Number 422 October 1991 ✓. · -...___~ ~-::;:~=---~~ ..;~-~~-----· .... ~~✓w,~- Inside Amphibians & reptiles 8 Plants 5,14,17,2J,24,25 Birds 1,6,7,9,24,26-27 Reading 9- 10 Coming events 29 TFN - meetings 2 Don watershed 18-22,24 newsletter submissions 15 Invertebrates 6,13,15,23,25 outings 2,3-5 Issues 6,11-15,16,17,26-27 Weather 28 TFN 422 - 2 TFN MEETINGS Monday, October 7 - THE GEOLOGY OF WASTE: THE GARBAGE CRISIS IN ONTAR I O a t 8 pm an illustrated lecture by Dr. Nick Eyles from Scarborough College of the University of Toronto 155 College St. Dr. Eyles has done extensive research on the Scarborough bluffs and the Don Valley Brick Yard. He is an expert on ground water 6th floor auditorium -- a topic which we should all know roore about. It is only by understanding roore about the irovernent of water underground that we can avoid polluting our drinking water supplies when we locate garbage dumps in unsuitable places. Come and bring your friends with you to this ~rtant meeting. - from 7 IXl1 to 8 IXl1 TFN holds a social hour just outside the lecture auditorium - memberships and publications are for sale - a display of the art of Jean McGill Next Meeting: Monday, November 4, 1991 FOR ENJO YMENT OF TFN OUTINGS, REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING: free camera TTC RIDE GUIDE thermos or flask Metro map notebook &pen snack - Bring your family ~ keys and/or friends NO pets money TTC fare TO HELP PR OTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, CONTACT THE FOLL OWING: air or wa ter pollution complaints: 424-3000 debris in valleys: 661-6600 TFN 422 - 3 TFNOUTINGS October Wednesday BES'IVIEW - nature walk East Don, North York Oct.
    [Show full text]
  • History of Toronto from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia the History of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Begins Several Millennia Ago
    History of Toronto From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The history of Toronto, Ontario, Canada begins several millennia ago. Archaeological finds in the area have found artifacts of First Nations settlements dating back several thousand years. The Wyandot people were likely the first group to live in the area, followed by the Iroquois. When Europeans first came to Toronto, they found a small village known as Teiaiagon on the banks of the Humber River. Between visits by European explorers, the village was abandoned by the Iroquois, who moved south of Lake Ontario and the Mississaugas, a branch of the Ojibwa settled along the north shore of the lake. The French first set up trading posts in the area, including Fort Rouillé in 1750, which they abandoned as the British conquered French North America. In 1788, the British negotiated the first treaty to take possession of the Toronto area from the Mississaugas. After the United States War of Independence, the area north of Lake Ontario was held by the British who set up the province of Upper Canada in 1791. See also: Name of Toronto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DavenportBathurstSoutheast.jpg Davenport Road, as shown here in 1914, does not follow Toronto's standard street grid pattern, as it originated as a First Nations travel route between the Humber River and the Don Valley named Gete-Onigaming, Ojibwe for "at the old portage."[1] Toronto is located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, and was originally a term of indeterminate geographical location, designating the approximate area of the future city of Toronto on maps dating to the late 17th and early 18th century.
    [Show full text]
  • The Fish Communities of the Toronto Waterfront: Summary and Assessment 1989 - 2005
    THE FISH COMMUNITIES OF THE TORONTO WATERFRONT: SUMMARY AND ASSESSMENT 1989 - 2005 SEPTEMBER 2008 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors wish to thank the many technical staff, past and present, of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and Ministry of Natural Resources who diligently collected electrofishing data for the past 16 years. The completion of this report was aided by the Canada Ontario Agreement (COA). 1 Jason P. Dietrich, 1 Allison M. Hennyey, 1 Rick Portiss, 1 Gord MacPherson, 1 Kelly Montgomery and 2 Bruce J. Morrison 1 Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, 5 Shoreham Drive, Downsview, ON, M3N 1S4, Canada 2 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Lake Ontario Fisheries Management Unit, Glenora Fisheries Station, Picton, ON, K0K 2T0, Canada © Toronto and Region Conservation 2008 ABSTRACT Fish community metrics collected for 16 years (1989 — 2005), using standardized electrofishing methods, throughout the greater Toronto region waterfront, were analyzed to ascertain the current state of the fish community with respect to past conditions. Results that continue to indicate a degraded or further degrading environment include an overall reduction in fish abundance, a high composition of benthivores, an increase in invasive species, an increase in generalist species biomass, yet a decrease in specialist species biomass, and a decrease in cool water Electrofishing in the Toronto Harbour thermal guild species biomass in embayments. Results that may indicate a change in a positive community health direction include no significant changes to species richness, a marked increase in diversity in embayments, a decline in non-native species in embayments and open coasts (despite the invasion of round goby), a recent increase in native species biomass, fluctuating native piscivore dynamics, increased walleye abundance, and a reduction in the proportion of degradation tolerant species.
    [Show full text]
  • Sec 2-Core Circle
    TRANSFORMATIVE IDEA 1. THE CORE CIRCLE Re-imagine the valleys, bluffs and islands encircling the Downtown as a fully interconnected 900-hectare immersive landscape system THE CORE CIRLE 30 THE CORE CIRLE PUBLIC WORK 31 TRANSFORMATIVE IDEA 1. THE CORE CIRCLE N The Core Circle re-imagines the valleys, bluffs and islands E encircling the Downtown as a fully connected 900-hectare immersive landscape system W S The Core Circle seeks to improve and offer opportunities to reconnect the urban fabric of the Downtown to its surrounding natural features using the streets, parks and open spaces found around the natural setting of Downtown Toronto including the Don River Valley and ravines, Lake Ontario, the Toronto Islands, Garrison Creek and the Lake Iroquois shoreline. Connecting these large landscape features North: Davenport Road Bluff, Toronto, Canada will create a continuous circular network of open spaces surrounding the Downtown, accessible from both the core and the broader city. The Core Circle re- imagines the Downtown’s framework of valleys, bluffs and islands as a connected 900-hectare landscape system and immersive experience, building on Toronto’s strong identity as a ‘city within a park’ and providing opportunities to acknowledge our natural setting and connect to the history of our natural landscapes. East: Don River Valley Ravine and Rosedale Valley Ravine, Toronto, Canada Historically, the natural landscape features that form the Core Circle were used by Indigenous peoples as village sites, travelling routes and hunting and gathering lands. They are regarded as sacred landscapes and places for spiritual renewal. The Core Circle seeks to re-establish our connection to these landscapes.
    [Show full text]
  • Lower Don River West Lower Don River West BIBLIOGRAPHY
    Lower Don River West Environmental Study Report Remedial Flood Protection Project BIBLIOGRAPHY Acres & Associated-July 1996, Scoping and Sensitivity Analysis on Flood Protection Options for West Don Lands Site, prepared for ORC. Acres Consulting Services Limited, March 1983, Keating Channel Environmental Assessment, Main Report. Acres Consulting, March 1983, Keating Channel Environmental Assessment Appendix F – Economic Studies. Acres International, March 2004, LDRW Remedial Flood Protection Works Geoenvironmental Information Gap Analysis West Bank – Draft. Agra Earth & Environmental, June 10, 1996, Geotechnical Investigation for Proposed Restoration of the East Bank of the Don River between Lakeshore Boulevard and the CNR Bridge. Angus Environmental Ltd., March 1995, 1995 Assessment of the Environmental Data for the Ataratiri Lands prepared for: Waterfront Regeneration Trust. Archaeological Resource Management Unit, TRCA, January 2004, Draft Cultural Heritage Study for the Environmental Assessment for the Naturalization & Flood Protection for the Lower Don River. Archaeological Services Inc., April 2004, Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment of the East Bayfront, West Donlands and Portlands Areas, City of Toronto. Barrett, Suzanne, James Flagal, Beth Jefferson, Karlk Konze and Ed Mickiewicz, March 1990, Environmental Audit of the Port Industrial Lands and East Bayfront, Natural Heritage, Second Draft. Beak Consultants Ltd and Raven Beck Environmental Ltd., April 1994, Lower Don Lands Site Characterization and Remedial Options Study. C.K. Hurst, April 1978, Dredging and Disposal of Dredged Material from the Keating Channel, Toronto. CH2M Hill, MacViro, July 2003, City of Toronto, Wet Weather Flow Management Master Plan, Combine System Sewershed Final Report. City of Toronto, Bring Back the Don, www.toronto.ca/don. City of Toronto, Obtained 10/16/03, Sustainability and Council’s Strategic Plan, from: www.city.toronto.on.ca/sustainability/strategic_plan.htm.
    [Show full text]
  • Meeting #4/13
    Executive Committee Meeting #4/13 Chair: Gerri Lynn O'Connor Vice Chair: Maria Augimeri Members: Ben Cachola Ronald Chopowick Glenn De Baeremaeker Michael Di Biase Jack Heath Colleen Jordan Gloria Lindsay Luby Mike Mattos Jim Tovey Richard Whitehead June 7, 2013 11:00 A.M. FLAG ROOM, MIMICO CRUISING CLUB, 220 HUMBER BAY PARK RD. W., TORONTO, AGENDA EX1. MINUTES OF MEETING #3/13, HELD ON MAY 10, 2013 Minutes Summary Enclosed Herewith on PINK EX2. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES EX3. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF EX4. DELEGATIONS EX5. PRESENTATIONS EX6. CORRESPONDENCE 1 EX7. SECTION I - ITEMS FOR AUTHORITY ACTION EX7.1 GREENLANDS ACQUISITION PROJECT 2011-2015 Flood Plain and Conservation Component, Rouge River Watershed Geranium Homes (Ninth Line) Limited CFN 49273 28 EX7.2 GREENLANDS ACQUISITION PROJECT FOR 2011-2015 Flood Plain and Conservation Component, Humber River Watershed 3E Capital Inc. CFN 49284 31 EX7.3 REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF PEEL Conveyance of Land and a Permanent Easement for the Gore Road Widening , City of Brampton, Regional Municipality of Peel, Humber River Watershed CFN 49221 34 EX7.4 SWAN LAKE RESIDENCE RETROFIT AND RENOVATION PROJECT Tender PMO13-04 37 EX8. SECTION II - ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION EX8.1 CANADA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL GREATER TORONTO CHAPTER Continuation of Partnership Agreement 41 EX8.2 MUD CREEK REACH 5 PROJECT Contract RSD13-053 45 EX9. SECTION IV - ITEMS FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE BOARD EX10 ONTARIO REGULATION 166/06 PERMIT APPLICATIONS EX10.1 - EX10.6 ARE MAJOR APPLICATIONS Applications that involved a more complex suite of technical studies to demonstrate consistency with policies; applications that cover a significant geographic area (e.g.
    [Show full text]