Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area Study Draft Land Use Scenarios – Technical Backgrounder October, 2019

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Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area Study Draft Land Use Scenarios – Technical Backgrounder October, 2019 Bronte GO Major Transit Station Area Study Draft Land Use Scenarios – Technical Backgrounder October, 2019 Appendix A. Community Services and Facilities Inventory Appendix B. MTSA Best Practices Appendix C. Public Engagement Workshop Summaries Appendix D. TAC Meeting #1 Summary Appendix A: Community Services and Facilities Inventory Summary of Community Services and Facilities Inventory Bronte Major Transit Station Area (MTSA) Study April 24, 2019 This document provides a summary of the inventory of existing community services and facilities (CS&F) within 1.6 kilometres of the Bronte GO Station, prepared as part of the Bronte Major Transit Station Area (MTSA) Study. The facilities, shown in Figure 1 and described in Table 1 below, include publicly-funded schools, cultural facilities, libraries, child care centres, parks, community and recreation centres, and human/social and emergency services. Although the MTSA Study Area focuses on lands within 800 metres of the Bronte GO Station, a wider 1.6 kilometre service Catchment Area is considered to capture facilities in the “first mile” and “last mile” of transit trips that would serve existing and new residents in the Study Area. The 1.6 kilometre radius that delineates the service Catchment Area is shown in Figure 1. FIGURE 1: Location of Community Services and Facilities Within the 1.6 kilometre CS&F Catchment Area Community services and facilities that are currently available within the 1.6 kilometre CS&F Catchment Area are described below. Page 1 of 6 Schools There are two public schools within the CS&F Catchment Area. Gladys Speers Public School and Brookdale Public School are located near the periphery of the 1.6 kilometre CS&F Catchment Area. Both schools are public elementary schools. Gladys Speers Public School offers educational programs for students from Junior Kindergarten up until Grade 6, while Brookdale Public School offers programs from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8. Neither school offers French Immersion programming. While there are currently no Catholic schools located inside the CS&F Catchment Area, the Halton Catholic District School Board has indicated that a new facility (St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School) is under construction on the site of the former St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School, located at 479 Warminster Drive. Schools that are in close proximity to, but are not within, the 1.6 kilometre CS&F Catchment Area include St. Dominic Catholic Elementary School, St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School, and Pilgrim Wood Elementary School. Both St. Dominic and St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary Schools offer educational programs for students between Kindergarten and Grade 8. Pilgrim Wood Elementary School also offers programs for students ranging from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8, as well as French Immersion for students starting in Grade 2. Kinderhuis Montessori Preschool is also located within the CS&F Catchment Area, but is a private school and therefore is not accounted for in this inventory. Libraries Oakville Public Library has six library branches across the Town of Oakville, none of which are located within the CS&F Catchment Area. As indicated in Table 2, the Glen Abby Branch and the Woodside Branch are the nearest locations outside of the CS&F Catchment Area. Child Care There are five licensed child care centres within the CS&F Catchment Area. All five of these child care centres are licensed by the Province of Ontario and managed/administered by the Regional Municipality of Halton. The existing child care centres are distributed throughout the CS&F Catchment Area and are listed by name in Table 1. There are seven additional child care centres located outside of, but in close proximity to, the CS&F Catchment Area. These seven child care centres are listed in Table 2, but are not shown in Figure 1 for the purpose of this summary. Parks, Open Space, and Natural Area Within the CS&F Catchment Area, there is an existing 57 hectares of parks, open space, and natural areas. The majority of the parkland and open space areas are located along the periphery of the CS&F Catchment Area. The existing parks and open spaces can be classified as being one of four categories: Neighbourhood Park, Community Park, Community Link Park, and Minor Valley Park. Table 1 identifies the individual parks by name, size, and location. Page 2 of 6 Neighbourhood Parks and Community Parks are typically between 1.0 and 2.0 hectares in size, and tend to be located in proximity to residential areas and/or schools. Community Link Parks generally surround trail networks, and therefore are linear in shape. They tend to serve as a connection between larger parks, and can also function as a buffer between various land uses. Minor Valley Parks tend to be larger in size, as they follow natural topographic features. The Minor Valley Parks run through the northwest and eastern edges of the CS&F Catchment Area and connect to a larger network of parkland through the Town of Oakville. The Merton Cemetery is also located within the CS&F Catchment Area. While this is classified as open space, it is not considered as part of the total public parkland and open space area within the CS&F Catchment Area. Community and Recreation Facilities The largest community centre within the CS&F Catchment Area is Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre. There is also an outdoor pool and ice rink within the CS&F Catchment Area. Human and Social Services Within the CS&F Catchment Area, there are three human and social services that are publicly funded. These include family support services and senior’s programs. Emergency Services There is one fire station located at the edge of the CS&F Catchment Area. This is the only emergency service located within the CS&F Catchment Area. There is also a fire training centre located on the periphery of the CS&F Catchment Area. TABLE 1: Community Services and Facilities Within the 1.6 kilometre CS&F Catchment Area No. on Service/Facility Name Service/Facility Type Location Figure 1 Schools 1 Gladys Speers Public School Halton District School 2150 Samway Rd Board 2 Brookdale Public School Halton District School 1195 Bridge Rd Board Child Care Centres 3 Monkey See Monkey Do/Abbeywood Halton Region 1395 Abbeywood Dr 4 Kinderhuis Montessori Halton Region 785 Pacific Rd 5 Oakville Family YMCA SACC - Gladys Halton Region 2150 Samway Rd Speers 6 Smart Little Children Daycare Centre Halton Region 2195 Wyecroft Rd 7 Today's Family - Brookdale Halton Region 1195 Bridge Rd Page 3 of 6 Parks, Open Space, and Natural Area 8 Brookdale Park - 1.05 hectares (fully Neighbourhood Park 1215 Bridge Road within study area) containing a softball diamond 9 Hopedale Park - 2.06 hectares (fully Neighbourhood Park 1436 Tansley Drive within study area) containing a soccer field, softball diamond, tennis court, and playground 10 Seabrook Park - 2.08 hectares (fully Neighbourhood Park 2069 Seabrook Drive within study area) 11 Rebecca Gardens - 1.28 hectares (fully Neighbourhood Park 2149 Shelley Road within study area) containing a soccer field and playground 12 Langtry Park - 2.70 hectares (fully within Neighbourhood Park 2186 Brays Lane study area) containing softball diamond, outdoor ice rink, and playground 13 Queen Elizabeth Park – 9.0 hectares (fully Community Park 2302 Bridge Road within study area) 14 Glen Abbey Trail 2 - 2.12 hectares within Community Link Park North quadrant, largely the catchment area (8.32 in total) outside of Catchment Area (no specific address) 15 Indian Ridge Trail 1 - 4.04 hectares within Community Link Park North quadrant near edge the catchment area (4.83 in total) of Catchment Area (no specific address) 16 Fourteen Mile Creek Trail 2 - 23.09 Minor Valley Northwest quadrant near hectares within the catchment area Langtry Park (no specific (76.19 in total) address) 17 Brook Valley Park – 5.21 hectares within Minor Valley 363 Warminster Drive the catchment area (8.30 in total) 18 Brays Trail – 3.01 hectares within the Minor Valley North quadrant, runs catchment area (4.08 in total) through residential areas (no specific address) 19 McCraney Creek Trail South 2 – 0.50 Minor Valley North quadrant, runs hectares within the catchment area (9.90 through residential areas in total) (no specific address) Community and Recreation Facilities 20 Brookdale Pool Outdoor Pool 1215 Bridge Rd 21 Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Community Centre, Pool, 2302 and 2310 Bridge Cultural Centre Basketball Court, Tennis Road Court, Playground 22 Langtry Park Outdoor Ice Rink Outdoor Ice Rink 2186 Brays Lane Human and Social Services 23 Senior Services Oakville Recreation and 2302 Bridge Rd Culture 24 Family Support Centre Safetynet Children and 1317 Speers Rd Youth Charities 25 One-on-one Support Services The Women's Centre of 1515 Rebecca St Halton Page 4 of 6 Emergency Services 26 Fire Station 5 Oakville Fire Department 1146 S Service Rd W 27 Fire Training Centre (Municipal Offices) Oakville Fire Department 1140 South Service Rd W TABLE 2: Community Services and Facilities Just Outside of the 1.6 kilometre CS&F Catchment Area (for reference only; not shown in Figure 1) Service/Facility Name Service/Facility Type Location Schools St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School Halton Catholic District Future location to be: 479 School Board Warminster Drive St. Dominic Catholic Elementary School Halton Catholic District 2405 Rebecca Street School Board Pilgrim Wood Elementary School Halton District School 1551 Pilgrims Way Board St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School Halton Catholic District 1201 Heritage Way School Board Libraries and Cultural Centres Glen Abby Branch Oakville Public Library 1415 Third Line Woodside Branch Oakville Public Library 1274 Rebecca St Child Care Centres Marian Montessori Halton Region 1265 Heritage Way Halton Centre For Child Care Halton Region 1151 Bronte Rd Les Coccinelles D'Oakville Inc.
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