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INDEX TO AUTHORITY MEETING #7/14 Friday, September 19, 2014 MINUTES Minutes of Meeting #6/14, held on July 25, 2014 329 PRESENTATIONS Gray, Darryl, Senior Manager, Education, in regard to item AUTH7.1 - Bolton Camp Redevelopment Project. 329 Granger, Bill, Member of Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, 1984 - 1996, and Chair 1992-1996, in regard to New Streamside Habitat Law - Local Conservation Now More Important Than Ever. 329 BOLTON CAMP REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT 329 PEEL ECOSCHOOLS SUCCESS 335 EVERGREEN BRICK WORKS Extension of Loan Guarantee 337 CITY OF TORONTO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND CLEAN-OUT PARTNERSHIP UPDATE 341 PORTSIDE DEVELOPMENTS (KIPLING) INC. 345 AMBERLEA CREEK EROSION CONTROL PROJECT CONSTRUCTION Request for Tender #10000070 - Stone Material 352 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Professional Access and Integration Enhancement Program and Mentoring to Placement for Environmental Professionals Program 354 OAK RIDGES CORRIDOR CONSERVATION RESERVE MULTI-USE TRAIL PHASE 2 Contract RSD14-131 - Nature Trail Construction 371 ALBION HILLS CONSERVATION AREA ROADWAY BASE WORK Contract RSD14-141 Extension 373 GREENLANDS ACQUISITION PROJECT FOR 2011-2015 Flood Plain and Conservation Component, Duffins Creek Watershed, Tensilkote Limited (Pleasure Valley) 375 GREENLANDS ACQUISITION PROJECT FOR 2011-2015 Flood Plain and Conservation Component, Humber River Watershed Milne Property 376 GREENLANDS ACQUISITION PROJECT FOR 2011-2015 Flood Plain and Conservation Component, Humber River Watershed, City of Toronto, Bell Wall International Construction Ltd. 377 COATSWORTH CUT PROJECT Contract RSD14-112 - Channel Maintenance Dredging 379 BLUFFER'S PARK PROJECT Contract RSD14-123 - Channel Maintenance Deredging 379 RENEWAL OF INSTALLATION AGREEMENT WITH THE GREATER TORONTO AIRPORTS AUTHORITY 380 JULY 8, 2013 SEVERE FLOOD - DAMAGE RESTORATION WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TORONTO 381 UPDATE ON EXPANDING ONTARIO'S GREENBELT 381 REQUESET FOR DISPOSAL OF TORONTO AND REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY - OWNED LAND Behind 53 Timber Valley in the Town of Richmond Hill 381 REQUEST FOR DISPOSAL OF TORONTO AND REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY - OWNED LAND 17 Mill Street in the City of Markham 381 ALBION HILLS CONSERVATION AREA 382 PUBLIC RECORD Authority Resolution #A244/08 382 MEETING OF THE AUTHORITY #7/14 September 19, 2014 The Authority Meeting #7/14, was held in Weston Room B, Black Creek Pioneer Village, on Friday, September 19, 2014. The Chair Gerri Lynn O'Connor, called the meeting to order at 10:03 a.m. PRESENT Maria Augimeri Vice Chair Ben Cachola Member Bob Callahan Member Ronald Chopowick Member Michael Di Biase Member Jack Heath Member Colleen Jordan Member Gloria Lindsay Luby Member Mike Mattos Member Gerri Lynn O'Connor Chair Linda Pabst Member Anthony Perruzza Member Dave Ryan Member Deb Schulte Member John Sprovieri Member ABSENT Paul Ainslie Member David Barrow Member Raymond Cho Member Vincent Crisanti Member Glenn De Baeremaeker Member Chris Fonseca Member Mujeeb Khan Member Glenn Mason Member Ron Moeser Member John Parker Member Cynthia Thorburn Member Jim Tovey Member Richard Whitehead Member 328 RES.#A137/14 - MINUTES Moved by: Dave Ryan Seconded by: Gloria Lindsay Luby THAT the Minutes of Meeting #6/14, held on July 25, 2014, be approved. CARRIED _________________________________________ PRESENTATIONS (a) A presentation by Darryl Gray, Senior Manager, Education and Lisa Erdle, Ecology Crew Leader, TRCA in regard to item AUTH7.1 - Bolton Camp Redevelopment Project. (b) A presentation by Bill Granger, Member of Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, 1984 – 1996, and Chair 1992-1996, in regard to New Streamside Habitat Law – Local Conservation Now More Important Than Ever. RES.#A138/14 - PRESENTATION Moved by: Linda Pabst Seconded by: Dave Ryan THAT above-noted presentation (b) be received. CARRIED _________________________________________ SECTION I - ITEMS FOR AUTHORITY ACTION RES.#A139/14 - BOLTON CAMP REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT Overview of 2014 summer student employment program and next steps. Moved by: Ronald Chopowick Seconded by: Michael Di Biase THAT the presentation by Darryl Gray, Senior Manager, Education and Lisa Erdle, Ecology Crew Leader, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) in regard to the Bolton Camp Redevelopment Project be received; AND FURTHER THAT the Peel District School Board and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board be thanked for their support and participation in the design charrettes and the summer employment program. CARRIED 329 BACKGROUND History of Bolton Camp Bolton Camp opened in 1922, acting as a Fresh Air Camp for mothers with small children and boys and girls from low income families. It was operated by The Neighborhood Workers Association of Toronto and spanned over 92 acres of hillside and wooded glen. In its first year it is estimated that 160 city children and their mothers traveled from Toronto to the Bolton Camp site. During the great depression of the late 20’s and 30’s this camp was a bright place for many disadvantaged kids to escape the heat and extreme poverty of the city. The camp was available free of charge to many families (on a case by case basis) through the Fresh Air Fund. During this time, there were a total of four separate camps which shared property and resources - Rotary, Sherbourne, Hastings and Howell. As WWII began, Bolton Camp served as a Cadet Training Centre for the Oakville High School Cadet Corps. After the war ended, the site continued to operate as a camp for underprivileged youth with approximately 169 buildings and serving more than 5,500 campers at its peak. An outdoor education and conference centre was added in 1972, and the Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh Family Lodge in 1984 to accommodate new programming and provide services for a wider audience. However, the camp closed its doors in 1999 after 77 years of operation and has remain mostly closed since that date, with Toronto Montessori operating a school on the conference centre portion in the early 2000's. TRCA Acquisition and Community Consultation At Authority Meeting #5/10, held on June 25, 2010, Resolution #A102/10 was approved, in part, as follows: THAT a partial taking containing 105.6 hectares (260.91 acres), more or less, consisting of an irregular shaped parcel of land improved with in excess of 30 buildings and a private water system and sewage system including two sewage lagoons, said lands being Part of Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, Concession 8, Albion, Town of Caledon, in the Regional Municipality of Peel, municipally known as 13540-13650 Caledon-King Townline South, be purchased from the Hi-Lands of Bolton Corp.; Since purchase of the property, TRCA staff has been consulting with municipal partners and community groups on redevelopment of the property and what it should ultimately be used for. Through this process, staff has developed a concept plan for re-purposing Bolton Camp from its previous use as an overnight summer camp for youth and families of Toronto to an outdoor centre for participants of all ages. Proposed programming at the renewed Bolton Camp may include adventure, sports and fitness activities, community art and culture programs, outdoor education and training, leadership development and social entrepreneurship opportunities. The following agencies have been actively consulted in the initial phases of the development of the new Bolton Camp vision and/or have expressed an interest in participating in the project: Region of Peel; Town of Caledon; Family Services Toronto; Caledon Community Services; YMCA GTA; Peel Children and Youth Initiative; United Way; 330 Social Enterprise Toronto; Learning Enrichment Foundation; Peel District School Board and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board; Artscape; City of Brampton; Bolton Rotary Club; and Humber College. Staff envisions that this new facility will be a place where people come together to learn, live, play and share in experiences. The new Bolton Camp is proposed to have sports fields, a gymnasium, pool, green fitness equipment, yoga classes, running clinics, an outdoor community kitchen, smoothie or coffee bar, tree-top tours/canopy tours, ropes courses, theatre and art spaces, retail or market space and outdoor classrooms/collaboration and innovation spaces, amongst others. A key, and unique, aspect of the Bolton Camp plan is to allow and support a wide range of business models, including social enterprises, co-operatives, not-for profits, and others, that provide youth, community members, service club and local entrepreneurs the opportunity to take an active role in creating, developing and implementing programs, services and activities, while improving employment and economic outcomes in the region. In January of 2014, as a component of the consultation process, George Brown College's Institute without Boundaries was contracted to conduct a series of design charrettes for students from secondary schools in Peel Region. These charrettes were structured to allow participating students to develop ideas that can contribute to the revitalization of Bolton Camp and transform it into a destination place within the greater regional context. The outcomes of the charrettes were to provide unique and creative solutions/pilot projects for site programming and activity planning that may be implemented over the summer of 2014. On May 22, 23, 26 and 27, 2014 over 120 students from Peel Region schools participated in the two day sessions, led and facilitated by George Brown College faculty