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Hamlet of Glen Williams Scoped Secondary Plan Review Terms of Reference 4.0 Project Terms of Reference departments) conditions to receive final approval. 4.1 Project Summary The other sites are the subject of applications that are either currently in process or have proceeded The Town of Halton Hills requires the services of a to the pre-consultation stage. qualified consultant to prepare the Glen Williams Scoped Secondary Plan Review. The Hamlet of Glen In June 2017, Council approved a Glen Williams Williams is located directly north of Georgetown in Work Plan comprised of two distinct phases. Phase the Town of Halton Hills. 1 – the Glen Williams Mature Neighbourhood Study - was recently completed with the adoption The existing Secondary Plan for the Hamlet of Glen of OPA 34 and the related implementing Zoning By- Williams was adopted by the Town of Halton Hills law 2019-0018. Phase 2 – was identified as a Council on July 7, 2003 and approved by the Region scoped review of the Secondary Plan and targeted of Halton on July 29, 2005. However, the Secondary for initiation in 2019. Plan only came into full force and effect in 2007, once all appeals were settled at the Ontario 4.1.1 Scope and Objectives of the Secondary Municipal Board. Plan Review The planning horizon for the existing Glen Williams The Hamlet of Glen Williams Secondary Plan Secondary Plan is 2021. A planned population of preceded a number of provincial and regional approximately 2,000 persons for the Hamlet was plans, which have revised policy directions for established based on a limited amount of growth. growth and development in Ontario. This will maintain the Hamlet’s scale and character In addition, Town staff and the Glen Williams without exceeding the 2,600 population equivalent Community Association (i.e. GWCA-HGWRA) have that the Region had reserved in the Georgetown identified a number of local issues that require Wastewater Treatment Plant for the three Hamlets further review and consideration as part of this of Glen Williams, Norval and Stewarttown. Growth Review. A scoped review of the Hamlet of Glen was to be largely accommodated on six Williams Secondary Plan is timely and will enable development sites by way of the plan of subdivision the Town to appropriately respond to these (see Appendix B). To date, only one of the six planning considerations. The Scoped Secondary developments (Intracorp – 91 lots) is fully built out. Plan Review will ensure: The Eden Oak-Creditview subdivision was draft approved by the Ontario Municipal Board in 2017, Conformity to Provincial and Regional and is in the process of working to clear the various Plans agencies’ (e.g. Town departments, Region The Town of Halton Hills | 1 Confirmation that the goals and and those that are still pending. The review will objectives of the Secondary Plan identify additional transportation policies which remain relevant could be included in the secondary plan to address That Hamlet Design policies and the main concerns identified in the Transportation guidelines are updated to reflect best Study final report. In addition, the Project practices which are sensitive to the consultant will consider the following issues: community context, including best practices for the design of stormwater - Community core parking requirements and management ponds to minimize associated pedestrian flow impacts on adjacent Neighbourghoods - Student access to the Glen Williams Public That natural heritage and School environmental policies are updated to conform to provincial and regional Other key items that will be considered through policy while acknowledging the this review include an examination of the Hamlet existing community context of Glen buffer policy framework and an evaluation of Williams (e.g., a Hamlet that provides parkland, trails and usable open space to ensure transition between the Georgetown connectivity of areas of the Hamlet. Urban Area and the Surrounding agricultural and rural landscape). At the end of the Review through a recommendations report, the Project Consultant will identify additional policies and procedures of The Secondary Plan must: other Town Departments that need to be modified Articulate the vision for the Hamlet of Glen to implement the Secondary Plan. Williams Define the Town’s intended policy direction The review will be a community-integrated process for residential, commercial, institutional, that is shaped by input from the public and key recreational and natural areas within the stakeholders, as defined in Section 4.4 Hamlet (Consultation Strategy). Ensure that the natural, cultural, and 4.1.2 Study Area heritage character of the Hamlet is retained and enhanced The 367-hectare study area is reflective of the Ensure the character of the various existing boundary of the Hamlet of Glen Williams neighbourhoods in the Hamlet is enhanced (see appendix A). and retained. The varied topography and natural heritage in and The community has raised a number of traffic around the hamlet of Glen Williams are some of its concerns particularly related to speeding and cut- most noticeable and valued characteristics. A flood through traffic. The Town completed a detailed plain runs through the heart of the hamlet Transportation Study in 2009 and implementation following the line of the Credit River. The Greenbelt is ongoing as projects are identified in the capital surrounds the hamlet apart from a small area to forecast. Other initiatives such as the update to the the south west which borders Georgetown. Transportation Master Plan (TMP), which is to begin in 2020, will consider broader traffic flow 4.2 Study Approach and Timelines concerns. For the purpose of the Secondary Plan Review, the Project Consultant will complete a The Hamlet of Glen Williams Secondary Plan scoped review of the recommendations listed in Review will be completed between fall of 2019 and the detailed Transportation Study (2009) and spring of 2021. The Study will be defined by the identify the initiatives that have been implemented following key phases: 2 | Glen Williams Scoped Secondary Plan Review Phase 1: Background and Policy Options (fall o Imagine Halton Hills 2013 2019 ─ winter 2020) (Integrated Community Sustainability Strategy) Phase 1 involves a comprehensive background and o The Town of Halton Hills Strategic policy options review, which includes an analysis of Plan the current policy context of the Secondary Plan o The Town of Halton Hills Private and identified issues of local concern. The Tree Management Strategy framework of provincial, regional, and local (currently being developed) planning policy is inclusive of, but not limited to: The Town of Halton Hills Active Transportation Master Plan(currently being developed) Provincial Policy Framework o The Town of Halton Hills Climate o The Greenbelt Plan 2017 Emergency Resolution 2019 o A Place to Grow (Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe - Other Agencies 2019) o Credit Valley Conservation policies, o The Provincial Policy Statement regulations, and mapping 2014 (including Subwatershed Studies Regional Policy Framework 11, 12, and 14) o Halton Region Official Plan ROPA The review of the Background and Policy Options 38 will culminate in a Draft Background and Policy Municipal Policy Framework Options Report, which: o The Town of Halton Hills Official Plan Consolidated in 2017, Identifies and analyzes provincial, regional, o The Hamlet of Glen Williams and local planning policies pertinent to the Secondary Plan 2007 (including Hamlet of Glen Williams Hamlet Design and Heritage Discusses implications of the policy Protection Guidelines and Terms of framework on the Glen Williams Secondary Reference for Environmental Plan Implementation Reports) Identifies objectives, policies, schedules, or o The Glen Williams Traffic Study- appendices of the existing Secondary Plan Final Report (2009) that require revision in order to conform to o Green Development Standards, the policy framework 2014 (currently being updated) o The Town of Halton Hills Recommends revisions to the existing Transportation Master Plan 2011 Secondary Plan in response to provincial, o The Town of Halton Hills regional, or local policy direction. The Draft Recreation and Parks Strategic Background and Policy Options Report will Action Plan 2007 (currently being be presented to the Technical Advisory and updated) Steering Committees, and any subsequent o The Town of Halton Hills Cycling revisions or recommendations will be Master Plan 2010 addressed or accommodated in a Final o The Glen Williams Mature Report Neighbourhood Study o The Town of Halton Hills Deliverables: Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2010-0050 Deliverables required in Phase 1 of the Secondary The Town of Halton Hills | 3 Plan Review include: Attending a kickoff meeting with the Summarizes and categorizes public Planning Management Team to discuss comments and feedback into an issues the Project goals, milestones and matrix introduce the consulting team Analyzes comments and feedback, and Preparing a Public Engagement and identifies major themes Consultation Plan Indicates which of the above issues and Creation of Draft Background and themes are subject to provincial, regional, Policy Options Report. Two revisions of and local policy directions the report will be required: revision Addresses questions and concerns of one considering Planning Staff residents and stakeholders comments, and a final iteration Recommends revisions to the existing capturing comments from the Secondary