GTAA Living City Project Etobicoke Creek Summary Report and Implementation Plan Summary Report and Implementation Plan

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 II Table of Contents

Summary Report and Implementation Plan page

Summary Report and Implementation Plan...... 1

1.0 Introduction ...... 1

2.0 Study Components and Findings ...... 5 Aquatic Ecosystems ...... 5 Terrestrial Natural Heritage...... 6 Stormwater ...... 9

3.0 Key Recommendations...... 17

4.0 Implementation ...... 21 Focus Area 1: Catchment 219 – Water Quality/Quantity and Habitat Restoration...... 21 Focus Area 2: GTAA Study Area – Terrestrial, Aquatic and Water Quality Enhancements ...... 22

5.0 Business Stewardship...... 35

6.0 Monitoring and Measuring Progress...... 41

Appendices...... 43 Appendix 1: Candidate Restoration Sites...... 44 Appendix 2: Etobicoke-Mimico Habitat Implementation Plan – GTAA Site Assessments and Priority Ranking ...... 47 Appendix 3: Business Community Outreach Prospects...... 61

List of Maps

Map 1: Study Areas...... 3 Map 2: Aquatic Ecosystems Findings and Recommendations...... 7 Map 3: Terrestrial Natural Heritage Findings and Recommendations...... 11 Map 4: Stormwater Management Findings and Recommendations...... 13 Map 5: Focus Area 1 – Catchment 219 Water Quality/Quantity and Habitat Restoration...... 25 Map 6: Focus Area 2 – GTAA Study Area Terrestrial and Aquatic Enhancements...... 31 Map 7: Habitat Implementation Plan Sites...... 33 Map 8: Business Stewardship Opportunities...... 39

III List of Tables

Table 1: Key Recommendations and Benefits to Greater Toronto Airport Authority...... 18 Table 2: Priority Implementation Schedule for Focus Area 1 – Catchment 219 (2007 through 2012)...... 23 Table 3: Implementation Schedule for Focus Area 2 – GTAA Study Area Terrestrial and Aquatic Enhancements (2007 through 2012)...... 28

IV GTAA Living City Project Etobicoke Creek Watershed Summary Report and Implementation Plan

1.0 Introduction

Lester B. Pearson International Airport (LBPIA) is the largest single land use within the Etobicoke and Mimico creeks watersheds, and comprises approximately six and seven per cent of the watersheds respectively. The Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) lands straddle three of the four Etobicoke Creek subwatersheds (all except Little Etobicoke Creek subwatershed), with the downstream confluences of the Upper Etobicoke and Spring creeks subwatersheds, as well as the upstream origin of the Lower Etobicoke Creek subwatershed, all located upon the GTAA property. The airport’s unique position as the nexus of the three major subwatersheds means that the key recommendations of this report have special significance to the airport lands, and conversely, as do the airport’s operations upon the subwatersheds, both upstream and downstream.

The GTAA and Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) share a mutual interest in the Etobicoke Creek and have a good working relationship regarding its protection and enhancement. Greater Toronto Airport Authority staff have contributed to the Etobicoke-Mimico Task Force, the development of Greening Our Watersheds: Revitalization Strategies for the Etobicoke and Mimico Creeks, currently sit on the Etobicoke-Mimico Creek Watersheds Coalition and have worked together to create the GTAA

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Living City Project as an interdisciplinary approach Creek; off-site and on-site stormwater to watershed management within this area of the management opportunities, and the TRCA Etobicoke and Spring creeks. Hydrology Model Update. These reports provide the basis for improved stormwater The GTAA Living City Project is a major undertaking controls in the watershed. involving four main components: 4. Integration and Priority Implementation 1. Terrestrial Natural Heritage Recommendations The Terrestrial System inventory and Key recommendations from the above modeling for the study area (LBPIA Wildlife studies are spatially and conceptually Control Area) includes management integrated to ensure land uses, recommendations, identification of water quality, fisheries and terrestrial potential/targeted natural cover and priority opportunities are prioritized within the restoration and enhancement sites to meet study area. Potential partnerships and TRCA’s local, as well as watershed, targets community outreach opportunities for for the terrestrial system. implementation are provided as part of the Business Stewardship Program. 2. Aquatic Ecosystems The Etobicoke Creek Watershed Fisheries Study Areas Management Plan (FMP) presents management recommendations for target The study areas for each component provide species at a subwatershed scale and multiple scales of addressing watershed restoration opportunities for priority aquatic management, as seen on Map 1. The Fisheries habitat in close proximity to GTAA lands. Management Plan (FMP) takes a watershed-wide scale in its recommendations, the Terrestrial Natural 3. Stormwater Management Heritage Report provides recommendations The Stormwater Management Study centered upon the GTAA study area1* and the includes five components: A Modelling Stormwater Management Report looks at upstream Assessment of Runoff Water Quality catchments draining into GTAA lands. While these Management in Etobicoke Creek for study areas may vary, their impact follows a process Catchment 219, which is a representative to realize watershed-wide targets. catchment upstream of the GTAA property; the Etobicoke Creek Watershed Spills 1* GTAA study area based on Lester B. Pearson Mapping Study; a Fluvial Geomorphology International Airport (LBPIA) Wildlife Control Area and Erosion Assessment of Etobicoke

 GTAA Living City Project Map 1 Etobicoke Creek Watershed

3 2.0 Study Components and Findings Aquatic Ecosystems – Etobicoke Creek Fisheries Management Plan (FMP)

The FMP provides recommendations to protect and enhance the aquatic ecosystem within the watershed and serves as a guide for land-use planners, consultants, farmers, private landowners, land developers, anglers and nature enthusiasts. It includes management objectives, target species and various implementation strategies to improve the ecological integrity of the aquatic ecosystem at a subwatershed scale.

Key findings of the report include:

• Fifty-two fish species have historically been found in Etobicoke Creek, of which only 28 were captured in 2001 and 20 in 2004. The 2004 surveys identified three species not previously documented in the watershed. • Of note is the historical presence of mottled sculpin and redside dace, as these are sensitive species – neither of these species was present in surveys completed in 2000 and 2001. All of the other species found are tolerant species indicative of degraded conditions. • Aquatic habitats in the Upper Etobicoke and Spring creeks are in relatively good condition, while the more urbanized Lower and Little Etobicoke creeks subwatersheds are more degraded.

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• The Etobicoke Creek has a total drainage area Terrestrial Natural Heritage of 211 square kilometres and 16.5 per cent, or approximately 45 kilometres of the watercourse, The Terrestrial Natural Heritage (TNH) study has woody riparian vegetation. This lack of employed TRCA’s Terrestrial Natural Heritage quality riparian cover negatively affects water System Strategy (TNHSS) methodology and quality and habitat. modeling at a more local scale to provide • Analyses of historic data indicate that over 7.4 recommendations for protecting and restoring the per cent of the watershed was once wetland. target natural system within the GTAA study area. Presently, only two wetland complexes have been evaluated and they, combined with all The scope of the inventories and proposed other identified wetlands, comprise only 0.8 per restoration work extend beyond GTAA lands to cent of the watershed. surrounding areas of the Etobicoke Creek corridor • Only two small reaches make up small riverine that include the LBPIA Wildlife Control Area. coldwater habitat with drainage areas less than This is consistent with contemporary ecosystem 10 square kilometres. management and landscape context approaches • The combination of considerable flows, and for the conservation and restoration of biodiversity. reduced invertebrate diversity and density are likely contributors to the substantial decline in The important message that permeates this report diversity and aquatic community. is that the health of the natural system is measured • The presence of in-stream barriers negatively at the regional or landscape scale, and specific affects the quality of the habitat and the sites must be considered for their benefits to the potential for access by both fish and larger system. The concern is the cumulative loss of invertebrate species. natural cover where little things quite literally add • Discovery of coldwater habitats in the up to the big things. headwaters of the Upper Etobicoke Creek subwatershed and Spring Creek subwatershed. Key findings of the report include:

These key findings are spatially interpreted on • The health of natural system ultimately depends Map 2. most directly on the quantity of land with natural cover. The GTAA study area comprises 8,465 hectares and features 870 hectares of natural cover. This represents 42.5 per cent of the 2,046 hectares of total natural cover in the

Etobicoke Creek.

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7 entire Etobicoke Creek watershed. This indicates • Only one patch features forest interior in the the GTAA study area contributes immensely GTAA study area. Located south of Highway to the overall health of the natural system 401, it supports the highest diversity of flora within the watershed. and fauna species of conservation concern, • The state of the terrestrial system within the and is the least disturbed within the study GTAA study area was evaluated as “poor” to “very area. The existence of this patch demonstrates poor” during the landscape analysis. This is not large habitat patches with good shape can surprising given the matrix influence of airport continue to support sensitive species in an operations and major transportation corridors. urbanized environment. • Surrounding any habitat patch is a matrix of • Aside from riparian linkages, connectivity land-use types, ranging from agricultural to between other natural patches in the GTAA urban uses, which influence the ecological study area are insufficient for the maintenance of function of the system. Adjoining natural cover is terrestrial species and ecological services. beneficial, while urban uses often exert a strong • Priority Candidate Restoration Sites identified negative influence, such as hydrological change, and ranked from high to low, based on ecological introduction of invasive species, and trampling gains to the terrestrial system and immediacy and collection by local citizens. for action. These Candidate Restoration Sites are • The majority of habitat patches in the study area included in Appendix 1 and are spatially related receive a “poor” to “fair” score for both patch size on Map 3. and shape. The GTAA study area does provide for a lot of natural cover; however, little forest Stormwater Management interior (100 metres from forest edge) exists. • Distribution of habitat and natural cover is One of the biggest issues facing the Etobicoke weighted to the north, with serious deficiencies Creek is stormwater management (SWM). Significant in the south. The south cannot support portions of the watershed were developed prior appropriate species of concern in its urban to SWM practices and in some places uncontrolled matrix, thus any change in higher quality discharges go directly into the creek, leading to portions in the north should be considered to degraded water quality and increased erosion. what has already been lost.

Restoring native vegetation communities is a key component of rebuilding a sustainable natural heritage system that has begun to fail after suffering decades of cumulative losses, and the impacts of human use and development.

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Discussions with GTAA staff have revealed new wet pond location has been identified for that there are very limited stormwater retrofit construction through the Catchment 219 Study opportunities on GTAA lands. Approximately $150 within the City of Mississauga and three ponds million has been invested over the last several years were identified for retrofit within the City of on numerous water quality enhancement projects, Brampton. In addition, 15 outfalls have been including state-of-the-art underground treatment identified for retrofit within the City of Brampton tanks, a two-celled treatment wetland and many and five in the City of Mississauga. other associated structures. There are few, if any, remaining feasible retrofit opportunities for • Spills Mapping Study – most oil and chemical effective stormwater management. As a result, the spills occurred in industrial areas of Brampton study of on-site retrofit projects was not advanced. and Mississauga, with spill hot-spots being the areas upstream of GTAA lands bounded A number of studies contribute to this report and in the west by Highway 401, Highway 410 and were conducted from a variety of spatial scales, Derry Road, and to the north by Dixie Road and from site-specific to catchment to reach and Highway 407. Due to presence of sand-clay and watershed, and are spatially interpreted on Map 4. clay-loam soil in the watershed, groundwater pollution associated with the soil-impact spills These studies and their key findings include: may not be very significant. Human error and equipment failure were the primary reasons for • Toronto and Region Conservation Hydrology the spills. Update – an update of the Etobicoke Creek hydrology model to a continuous model that identifies existing flow rates, volumes of runoff, future condition rates and volumes based on projected development scenarios.

• Fluvial Geomorphology Study and Erosion Assessment – data from 18 detailed study sites found that in the upper part of the watershed, the critical discharge values represented flow conditions well above bankfull conditions, while the lower reaches of the watershed experience erosive flow conditions much more frequently. These results will be used for a number of different purposes including siting of valleyland restoration projects, assessing erosion-prone areas for remediation works and, in the short term, this information can be used to prioritize stormwater management retrofit opportunities to maximize erosion control benefits.

• Stormwater Management in the Watershed – the cities of Brampton and Mississauga have Porous pavement. both undertaken retrofit studies that identify existing stormwater management ponds and uncontrolled storm sewer outfalls where it is feasible to implement works to enhance quality and quantity. Upstream of the GTAA lands, a

10 GTAA Living City Project Map 3 Etobicoke Creek Watershed

11 GTAA Living City Project Map 4 Etobicoke Creek Watershed

13 Wet ponds can be designed as an efficient end-of-pipe facility for water quality, erosion and quantity control. They may also be designed with recreational, and other values in mind contributing to the character of a community and becoming the centrepiece of a new development.

• Catchment 219 Stormwater Management Modeling, Assessment and Characterization Study – a catchment study focusing on a “characteristic” sewershed within the study area was completed in order to develop recommendations for the other upstream sewersheds. Catchment 219 was “characteristic” in that it includes various elements from a variety of similar industrial catchments, and therefore the results (and treatment scenarios) could be implemented in other areas of the watershed. The study produced nine treatment scenarios providing associated costs of increased stormwater controls and impacts on stormwater quantity and quality.

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16 3.0 Key Recommendations

The key recommendations from all three component studies provide direct and indirect benefits to the GTAA study area and the watershed as a whole. The key recommendations from each report and their associated benefits to the GTAA lands are provided in Table 1.

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Table 1 Key Recommendations and Benefits to Greater Toronto Airport Authority

No. Key Recommendations Overall Benefits to GTAA

Aquatic Eco-Systems – Etobicoke Creek Fisheries Management Plan

1. Protection and management of small riverine coldwater habitat just upstream of the airport for - Improved water quality and the target species of sculpin. erosion controls. - Protection of wildlife and habitat. 2. Protection and enhancement of Etobicoke Creek habitat (upstream and downstream of - Priority habitat banking GTAA) for darters and smallmouth bass in the small and intermediate riverine warmwater locations and habitat management zones. information for further runway construction on airport lands. 3. Riparian vegetation (dense woody vegetation to be established 30 metres on each bank).

4. Natural channel design during alterations (the GTAA has already employed natural channel design during the Spring Creek realignment and it is anticipated that it will continue with future projects).

5. The protection of baseflow through limiting or mitigating imperviousness in this area.

Terrestrial Natural Heritage

1. Restoration and creation of natural corridors: - Protection and enhancement of - Natural corridors to link existing patches in the GTAA study area should be maintained and habitat. enhanced whenever possible. - Provide for the movement, - Linkages need to be restored between the GTAA terrestrial system and natural areas dispersal and regeneration of surrounding the study area, as suggested in TRCA’s regional target system. flora and fauna species within - Enhance connections between forest and wetland habitats. the study area. - Establish an east-west connection on table lands. - Improved water quality and erosion controls. - Aid in the implementation of 2. Natural cover in the south needs to be preserved and increased to ensure there is an even the LBPIA Wildlife Control Area distribution of more desirable quantity of natural cover throughout the watershed. recommendations. - Several opportunities to restore 3. Future urban development should minimize stresses on the natural heritage system during GTAA-owned lands including development and redevelopment. agricultural fields. - It is well understood that large manicured fields and 4. Flora and fauna inventories should be consulted, as any change or alteration of habitats could agricultural crops create a result in the loss of habitat-dependent species. considerable hazard in attracting medium to large 5. Restoration activities should be undertaken to increase the size, improve the shape of existing flocking species (e.g., Canada habitat patches and promote forest interior conditions to support sensitive species and geese, important ecological processes. ring-billed gulls) into the vicinity of an airport. In light of this management 6. Land securement where possible in order to meet system targets. consideration, it is recommended soybean fields 7. Expansion of the target natural heritage system. and open meadows located in the western vicinity of the airport around the airstrips 8. Mitigation of the negative effects of the matrix (surrounding land use) by ensuring that new would be better managed as development and expansion take into consideration the location of sensitive species and forest and woodland habitat. communities to mitigate all potential threats.

9. That within the landscape surrounding the airport, restoration of natural forested cover should take preference over manicured, open habitat and agricultural crops such as soybean and corn.

18 Table 1 Key Recommendations and Benefits to Greater Toronto Airport Authority (cont.)

No. Key Recommendations Overall Benefits to GTAA

Stormwater Management

1. Spill control plans should be developed with priority given to those areas that have experienced - Improved water quality and the most historic spills erosion controls. - Main branch of Etobicoke Creek (Tributary #1) between Derry Road and Highway 401 in - Protection of wildlife and Mississauga. habitat enhancement. - Tributary #2 (east branch) between Queen Street and Highway 407 in Brampton. - Improved knowledge of spills - Tributary #2 in Mississauga north of Derry Road between Dixie Road and Torbram Road. for industrial/commercial area surrounding LBPIA to assist with spills prevention. 2. An ongoing system for monitoring and documenting spills within the watershed should be - Improved watershed practices developed in order to assess the state of the watershed. of local industry upstream and surrounding airport lands. 3. New wet stormwater pond to be constructed at Dixie Road for quantity and quality control. - Improved flows in the Etobicoke and Spring creeks as they approach and flow 4. Retrofit Upper Nine Pond and Grey Stoke Pond in the City of Brampton to wet ponds for quality through airport lands. control.

5. Fifteen stormwater outfalls within the City of Brampton and five in the City of Mississauga should be retrofitted for quantity and quality controls.

6. All residential and industrial areas should be serviced with wet ponds for quality controls.

7. Both existing and proposed ponds should be considered for chemical and bacterial removal if monitoring reveals that in-stream water quality targets cannot otherwise be achieved.

8. Industrial source controls should be encouraged on surrounding institutional/commercial/ industrial (ICI) properties.

9. Residential source controls should be encouraged and education programs developed.

10. Municipalities should update their water management strategies as new innovations in stormwater management become available.

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20 4.0 Implementation

In order to realize the desired benefits and all recommendations, a long-term implementation strategy is required. However, as a first step, a five-year implementation plan for priority recommendations is provided that has two focus areas:

1 Focus Area 1: Catchment 219 – Water Quality/Quantity and Habitat Restoration 2 Focus Area 2: GTAA Study Area Terrestrial, Aquatic and Water Quality Enhancements

Focus Area 1: Catchment 219 – Water Quality/Quantity and Habitat Restoration

The priority area for restoration is the Catchment 219 sewershed upstream of GTAA lands. As a sewershed the area provides drainage for water that would have under natural conditions traveled via rivers, streams and underground flow, but now due to urbanization travels to watershed outflows through municipal storm sewers.

A largely industrial area, with a small residential component in the north, Catchment 219 is upstream and west of GTAA lands. The area has a history of industrial spills and visibly poor water quality (Li, 2003). Given GTAA’s work to improve stormwater outflow from their site, concentration on this

21 GTAA Living City Project EtobicokeIntegration Creek and Implementation Watershed upstream source of pollutants offers an opportunity Recommendations for Catchment 219 are below to further improve water quality and watershed and combine the findings of the three component health on both GTAA lands and downstream. reports:

Utilizing a sewershed model has numerous • The Upper Nine stormwater pond in the City of benefits, including: Brampton should be upgraded to a wet pond for quality controls. • A science-based approach to watershed • A new wet pond for both quantity and quality management. controls should be constructed east of Dixie • The opportunity to have measurable results Road to collect stormwater east of Highway 410. based on a measurable land area. • Industrial source controls, such as roof-top • The ability to monitor improvements and gardens, rerouting of parking area runoff to grass provide further opportunities. and oil/grit separators, should be encouraged. • Residential/commercial source controls, such as The most important benefit provided is the ability downspout disconnects, pervious paving and to monitor. This benefit derives from the fact there rainbarrels, should be encouraged. are defined boundaries for the drainage area that • A spills monitoring and control system should be allow for monitoring of water quality from one end installed at strategic sites in Catchment 219. to the other through the sewershed. The ability • A spills response system should be implemented. to monitor not only provides the opportunity • One hundred per cent of riparian habitat to ensure successful watershed management vegetated (this is identified as a long-term goal practices, but also assists in directing funding to beyond the 5-year implementation). areas in need of attention. • Seventy-five per cent of riparian habitat to be forested (this is identified as a long-term goal The Catchment 219 study area provides potential beyond the 5-year implementation). hydrologic and water quality benefits from the implementation of stormwater management A full implementation schedule, with priority measures across the catchment, as well as estimated rankings and cost estimates, based on these costs associated with the implementation and recommendations can be found in accompanying operation of these programs in the area. These Table 2. opportunities also have the potential to be combined with spill control programs, potential Focus Area 2: GTAA Study Area Terrestrial terrestrial natural heritage sites and restoration and Aquatic Enhancements strategies from the FMP, to realize benefits on a This restoration focus takes the recommendations watershed-wide scale. from the Terrestrial Natural Heritage Report, FMP and stormwater report for the GTAA study area The recommendations, priority rankings and (excluding Catchment 219) to provide opportunities cost estimates provided in Table 2 and spatially for terrestrial and aquatic enhancements. related on Map 5 are based on Scenario 7 from the Modelling Assessment of Runoff Water Quality Management in the Etobicoke Creek Catchment Restoration Opportunities The GTAA study area includes almost 40 per cent 219 report. Scenario 7 provides the most effective of the Potential Natural Cover identified within plan for addressing stormwater quality considering the TNHSS for the Etobicoke and Mimico creeks cost constraints, while offering opportunities watersheds. Restoration, enhancement and for upgrading. securement of terrestrial system in this area is important to meeting the overall targets (minimum

22 Table 2 Priority Implementation Schedule for Focus Area 1 – Catchment 219 (2007 through 2012)

Preliminary Activity Benefits Priority Timeline Proposed Partners Notes Estimates* Catchment 219 Stormwater – Scenario 7 recommendations with maximum source controls based on Catchment 219 Stormwater Modelling using the HSP-F (Hydrological Simulation Program – FORTRAN) Downspout disconnect - Significant reduction in High One 530,000 - Toronto and Region - Launch a social and rain barrel program pollutant loads and peak to two Conservation (TRCA), marketing program flows years Region of Peel, cities with strong focus on - Lower cost of Brampton and source control and implementation Mississauga, private sustainable backyard capital and Greater practices Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) Fifty per cent - Reduced pollutant loads Low Year five 310,000 - Community residential rain gardens and peak flows Twenty per cent - Reduced pollutant loads Low Year five 610,000 - Region of Peel, - Promote benefits of catchment area and peak flows cities of Brampton through education pervious pavement and Mississauga and demonstration and bio-retention and institutional/ sites swales (excluding commercial/industrial - Opportunity to high-risk spill areas (ICI) sector be included in due to potential of soil TRCA Sustainable contamination) Technologies Evaluation Program (STEP) monitoring Tree planting - Reduced pollutant loads High Ongoing 20,000 - Toronto and Region and peak flows Conservation, Region of Peel, cities of Brampton and Mississauga, GTAA and ICI sector Twenty-five per cent of - Reduced pollutant loads Medium Three to 26,700,000 - ICI sector, GTAA, - Businesses may not industrial/commercial and peak flows five years Region of Peel, cities be receptive due to area with green roofs of Brampton and cost implications Mississauga - Education and demonstration necessary

Fifteen per cent oil/grit - Addresses higher risk Medium Three to 3,280,000 - ICI sector, Region of separators spill areas five years Peel, cities of Brampton and Mississauga Retrofit of Upper Nine - Reduced pollutant loads High One to 4,100,000 - City of Brampton Pond in the City of and peak flows three Brampton to a wet - Isolation and treatment years pond for quantity and of spills quality controls Creation of wet pond at - Reduced pollutant loads High One to - City of Mississauga Dixie Road for quantity and peak flows three and quality controls - Isolation and treatment years of spills

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Table 2 Priority Implementation Schedule for Focus Area 1 – Catchment 219 (2007 through 2012) (cont.)

Preliminary Activity Benefits Priority Timeline Proposed Partners Notes Estimates* Spills monitoring and - Identification of spill High One 640,000 - Toronto and Region - Currently ongoing response impacts on water and to two Conservation GTAA, with Spills initiative land years Ministry of the - Expand work on - Targeted outreach based Environment, ICI sector, pollution prevention on high-impact spill Industry Association, planning with areas identified Region of Peel, cities business outreach - Identification of best of Brampton and in high-impact management plans/ Mississauga spill areas improved spills response and mitigation - Effective monitoring and response between Derry Road and Highway 401 Fish Management Plan One hundred per - Reduce pollutant loads High Ongoing TBD - Toronto and Region cent of riparian area and peak flows Conservation , GTAA, ICI vegetated within - Healthier stream life sector, Region of Peel, Catchment 219 - Increased groundwater cities of Brampton and (62.4 hectares) infiltration and stream Mississauga baseflow Fish barrier mitigation – - Stream rehabilitation Low Years TBD - Toronto and Region six barriers identified in and decreased habitat four and Conservation , GTAA, ICI Catchment 219 area fragmentation five sector, Region of Peel, cities of Brampton and Mississauga

* Preliminary Estimates based on the procedure used in the Toronto Wet Weather Flow Management Master Plan Study (TSH, 2003) and adjusted for inflation. These costs are estimates and it is recommended that detailed cost estimates be developed for each component prior to implementation.

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25 11 per cent in Etobicoke Creek and eight per cent Further recommendations include: Mimico Creek) for a healthy TNHS in the Etobicoke • Spills control/response system for area between and Mimico creeks watersheds. Based on this need, Queen Street and Highway 407. Candidate restoration sites were selected using the • A spills monitoring program. following criteria: • One hundred per cent of riparian area vegetated (this is identified as a long-term goal beyond the 1. Presence of species of conservation concern 5-year implementation). that would benefit from an expansion of • Seventy-five per cent of riparian area to be habitats and increase/improvements to forested (this is identified as a long-term goal existing patch size, shape or connectivity. beyond the 5-year implementation). 2. Presence of vegetation communities of concern that would benefit from an The recommendations, priority rankings and cost expansion of its current size or by restoring estimates from the Terrestrial Natural Heritage connections to other natural areas. Report, FMP and stormwater report, can be found in 3. Area represents a significant gain to the accompanying Table 3 and are interpreted spatially targeted terrestrial natural system in such a on Map 6. way that improvements to overall landscape watershed function area achieved. In order to begin to address the key areas of interest noted above, aquatic sites have been integrated The priority Candidate sites have been ranked at a subwatershed scale with a number of the from high to low, based on ecological gains to Candidate restoration sites using TRCA’s Habitat the terrestrial system and immediacy for action. Implementation Plan (HIP) methodology. These However, all areas identified in Appendix 1 as integrated restoration opportunities can be viewed Candidate Sites represent excellent opportunities on Map 7 and full site assessments for high priority for restoration work if opportunities arise. sites can be found in Appendix 2.

A HIP restoration site identified upstream of GTAA Lands (EMM 105) 27 GTAA Living City Project EtobicokeIntegration Creek and Implementation Watershed

Table 3 Implementation Schedule for Focus Area 2 – GTAA Study Area Terrestrial and Aquatic Enhancements (2007 through 2012)

Preliminary Activity Benefits Priority Timeline Proposed Partners Notes Estimates* Terrestrial Natural Heritage Candidate Site 11 - 4.75 ha of additional/ High One - Toronto and Region improved terrestrial natural to two Conservation, GTAA, heritage (TNH) years Region of Peel, City - Improved TNH in the of Mississauga and southern part of GTAA ICI sector Study Area to enhance existing forest patch for area sensitive species (wood thrush) 53,000 Candidate Site 12 - 3.73 ha of additional/ High One - Toronto and Region improved TNH to two Conservation, GTAA, - Improved TNH in the years Region of Peel, City southern part of GTAA of Mississauga and Study Area 41,000 ICI sector Candidate Site 13 - 19.4 ha of additional/ High One - Toronto and Region - West Etobicoke Creek improved TNH to two Conservation, GTAA, - Riparian bugger and years Region of Peel, City linkages in valley system of Mississauga and - Twin Leaf ESA 175,000 ICI sector Candidate Site 14 - 2.69 ha of additional/ High One - Toronto and Region - West Etobicoke Creek improved TNH to two Conservation, GTAA, - Increase size of existing years Region of Peel, City black-walnut forest of Mississauga and 30,000 ICI sector Candidate Site 15 - 3.57 ha of additional/ Medium Three to - Toronto and Region - West Etobicoke Creek improved TNH five years Conservation, GTAA, - Improve the size and shape Region of Peel, City of one of the two walnut- of Mississauga and forest patches 40,000 ICI sector Candidate Site 16 - 1.48 ha of additional/ Low Year five - Toronto and Region - West Etobicoke Creek improved TNH Conservation, GTAA, - Increasing deer - Augmentation of existing Region of Peel, City population has been plantation of Mississauga and identified as an issue - Implement deer exclusion ICI sector by GTAA techniques 17,000 Candidate Site 17 - 14.27 ha of additional/ High One - Toronto and Region improved TNH to two Conservation, GTAA, ICI - Connection of native years sector, Region of Peel willow swamp with mature and City of Mississauga bitternut hickory patch - Enhanced riparian buffer 129,000 Candidate Site 18 - 4.1 ha of additional/ High One - Toronto and Region - Reforestation of improved TNH to two Conservation, GTAA, ICI marginal agricultural - Riparian and valley linkages years sector, Region of Peel lands to improve size 45,000 and City of Mississauga and shape EMM 101 - Addition/improvement of High One - Toronto and Region 0.5 ha of wetland, 0.15 ha of to two Conservation, GTAA, riparian, 0.3 ha of meadow years Region of Peel, City of and 6 Ha of forest cover 77,000 Brampton and ICI sector

28 Table 3 Implementation Schedule for Focus Area 2 – GTAA Study Area Terrestrial and Aquatic Enhancements (2007 through 2012) (cont.)

Preliminary Activity Benefits Priority Timeline Proposed Partners Notes Estimates* EMM 102 - Addition/improvement of Low Year five - Toronto and Region 4.5 ha of wetland, 0.3 ha of Conservation, GTAA, riparian, 0.8 ha of meadow Region of Peel, City and 14 ha of forest cover of Brampton, City of Mississauga and 227,000 ICI sector EMM 103 - Addition/improvement of Medium Three to - Toronto and Region 0.25 ha of riparian, 0.3 ha five years Conservation, GTAA, of meadow and 14 ha of Region of Peel, City forest cover of Mississauga and 131,000 ICI sector EMM 104 - Addition/improvement of High One - Toronto and Region 3 ha of wetland, 1 ha of to two Conservation, GTAA, riparian, 8 ha of meadow years Region of Peel, City and 15 ha of forest cover of Brampton, City of Mississauga and 275,000 ICI sector EMM 105 - Addition/improvement of High One - Toronto and Region 0.35 ha of riparian and 0.8 ha to two Conservation, GTAA, of forest cover years Region of Peel, City of 13,000 Brampton and ICI sector EMM 108 - Addition/improvement of Low Year five - Toronto and Region 0.3 ha of wetland, 0.7 ha of Conservation, GTAA, meadow and 13 ha of forest Region of Peel, City cover of Mississauga and - Improved TNH in the ICI sector southern part of GTAA Study Area 134,000 EMM 111 - Addition/improvement of Medium Three to - Toronto and Region 1.5 ha of wetland, 0.7 ha of five years Conservation, GTAA, meadow and 3 ha of forest Region of Peel, City cover of Mississauga and - Improved TNH in the ICI sector southern part of GTAA Study Area 71,000 EMM 112 - Addition/improvement of Medium Three to - Toronto and Region 2.5 ha of wetland, 0.05 ha of five years Conservation, GTAA, riparian, 10 ha of meadow Region of Peel, City and 11 ha of forest cover of Mississauga and - Improved TNH in the ICI sector southern part of GTAA Study Area 239,000 EMM 113 - Addition/improvement of Low Year five - Toronto and Region 3 ha of wetland, 0.7 ha of Conservation, GTAA, meadow and 16 ha of forest Region of Peel, City cover of Mississauga and - Improved TNH in the ICI sector southern part of GTAA Study Area 211,000

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Table 3 Implementation Schedule for Focus Area 2 – GTAA Study Area Terrestrial and Aquatic Enhancements (2007 through 2012) (cont.)

Preliminary Activity Benefits Priority Timeline Proposed Partners Notes Estimates* EMM 114 - Addition/improvement of Medium Three to - Toronto and Region 1.6 ha of wetland and five years Conservation, GTAA, 0.08 ha of riparian 42,000 Region of Peel, City of - Improved forest cover along Brampton and ICI sector coldwater stream Stormwater Spills monitoring - Identification of spill impacts High One TBD - Toronto and Region - Currently ongoing and response on water and land to two Conservation, Ministry with Spills initiative - Targeted outreach based years of the Environment, ICI - Expand work on on high-impact spill areas sector and Region of pollution prevention identified Peel, cities of Brampton planning with - Identification of best and Mississauga business outreach management plans/ in high-impact spill improved spills response and areas mitigation - Effective monitoring and response between Queen Street and Highway 407 Fish Management Plan One hundred per - Reduce pollutant loads and High Ongoing Sites within - Toronto and Region cent of riparian peak flows GTAA are Conservation, GTAA, area vegetated - Healthier stream life covered ICI and Region of Peel, (386.69 hectares) - Increased groundwater as part of cities of Brampton and infiltration and stream Terrestrial Mississauga baseflow Natural Heritage

* These are preliminary cost estimates that are variable depending on site conditions, planting methods and final design concepts. Final restoration costs are dependent upon further investigation and site design.

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33 5.0 Business Stewardship

The institutional/commercial/industrial (ICI) sector represents the largest land use surrounding airport lands. Given their prominence and the unique challenges they present to implementing site and lot-level stormwater control, spills abatement and habitat enhancement in valleylands, the ICI sector represents a key partner in the implementation of the recommendations of this report. The sector also represents a potential long-term steward of the watershed and a partner of TRCA in protecting, restoring and enhancing the health of the watershed.

Lester B. Pearson International Airport is ISO 14001 certified and has implemented various programs to improve its environmental performance, invested in state-of-the-art pollution abatement equipment and is committed to future environmental improvements in the watershed within the confines of its business operations. The intent is to expand GTAA’s leadership in environmental stewardship by encouraging businesses to adopt sustainable best management practices.

Toronto and Region Conservation has initiated several business outreach programs across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA): the Frenchman’s Bay Project in Pickering, Langstaff EcoPark in Vaughan, West Toronto Business Environment Group and the Bartley Smith Greenway. Likewise, TRCA has

35 GTAA Living City Project EtobicokeIntegration Creek and Implementation Watershed worked with the following companies on numerous West Etobicoke Creek Restoration Project projects surrounding airport lands within the currently underway in partnership with the Etobicoke watershed: City of Mississauga and City of Brampton.

1 Pratt and Whitney Valleyland 2 Daimler Chrysler Brampton Assembly Restoration/wetland creation Plant This project entailed the construction of a For four years TRCA has been a part of habitat wetland area within the floodplain Daimler Chrysler’s Earth Day information of the Etobicoke Creek in order to capture symposium, providing information on the seasonal overbank flow and provide for watershed, environmental giveaways and enhanced terrestrial/ephemeral aquatic building a partnership for future projects. habitat. It also includes the creation of four riparian forests. A partnership between 3 Canada Colours and Chemicals Pratt & Whitney, TRCA and the City of Toronto and Region Conservation worked Mississauga, it engaged the resources of with Canada Colours and Chemicals to all groups to enhance both aquatic and install a kestrel box and to develop a natural heritage habitat along the Etobicoke naturalization plan for their valleylands. Creek. Pratt & Whitney also championed the

Pratt and Whitney Wetland

36 The findings from these past projects provide a Project Description and foundation for a Business Stewardship Program to aid in the implementation of the recommendations Recommendations of this report. Those findings include: Building partnerships between business and TRCA • The development of an in-house champion is an important piece in the inception, completion and volunteer base provides the foundation of and stewardship of priority restoration sites within building on individual successes through social the watershed. While there is often a heavy focus on marketing. day-of events, such as plantings and clean-up days, • Short-term projects provide the best opportunity there is a real need to engrain stewardship into the to build this relationship and educate through daily lives of both citizens and their employers. meaningful in-the-ground actions. • Through the development of small projects, a The emphasis of Business Stewardship Program foundation of support can be built to develop is on the ICI sector as a community development larger projects with broader impacts. partner and valued long-term steward with a • Once projects have been completed it is mutual interest in environmental protection important to promote the projects to the wider for improved profile, employee morale and ICI community as a model for further action with community improvement. new partners. Goals: From the experience of these partnerships, a • To improve watershed practices of local foundation for future work has been set and the industries both upstream and downstream of profile of watershed issues elevated within these the GTAA. organizations. These projects provide a base from • To educate the ICI sector through meaningful which to develop a Business Stewardship Program in-the-ground actions. to engage the ICI sector as watershed stewards. • To develop an eco-ICI sector around GTAA lands.

A complementary program already underway Recommended approach: presents an opportunity for small- to mid-sized • Inventory potential business champions within manufacturing companies within the GTA to the GTAA study area. implement pollution prevention (P2) planning • Develop relationships with businesses in and action. This program could be marketed order to: aggressively in the GTAA study area to realize  Raise awareness of current best management water quality goals set out in this report. As practices. a partnership between the Toronto Region  Instigate a desire to change by demonstrating Sustainability Program and the Ontario Centre the benefits to the business by incorporating for Environmental Technology Advancement best management practices. (OECTA), it allows manufacturing companies with  Pursue commitments to have business fewer than 500 employees to have a pollution implement a small, manageable project. prevention assessment conducted by pre-qualified  Facilitate action by providing support to consultants that identify the root causes of priority businesses who have made a commitment. pollutants and wastes, and recommend technology,  Evaluate actions by polling, documenting case processes and operating practice improvements for studies, and the number of businesses that their facilities. wish to continue with other projects and/or further planning.  Celebrate and replicate success by promoting accomplishments.

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 Create long-term champions of business best  Development or redevelopment of spill management practices. response systems  Improve practices of the ICI sector in • Education and Stewardship the watersheds.  Begin Earth Day program  Involve employees in clean-up days Recommended project types:  Involve employees in watershed projects • Improve Natural Heritage  Riparian plantings There are a number of regulatory, economic and  Passive lawn naturalization and/or change in suasive arguments for achieving sustainable lawn management practices development in the watershed, ranging from  Shade trees on south to cut air conditioning reducing environmental impacts and reducing costs and evergreens on north to save on costs, to improving public relations and the local heating bills community. But the strongest argument is that a • Improve Stormwater Controls healthy economy relies on a healthy environment  Installing permeable pavement – the two are inseparable and both function best  Disconnecting downspouts/roof leaders when they are vibrant and diverse.  Create small swales and detention ponds  Establishing ponds with onsite storage Building valuable partnerships with the ICI sector  Installing oil/grit separators  Substitute salt-based de-icers with non-salt offers the opportunity to build a sustainable alternatives (calcium magnesium acetate, economy soundly implanted with a healthy sodium formate or natural substances such as watershed. A complete list of Potential Business bird seed or sand) Stewards can be found in Appendix 3 and Business  Constructing roof-top gardens Stewardship Opportunities can be viewed • Spills Abatement on Map 8.  Development of spills control plans (e.g., retrofit stormwater ponds, outfall oil/water separators, etc.)

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39 6.0 Monitoring and Measuring Progress

The monitoring of projects plays an important role in dictating where funding should directed and whether or not proposed restoration strategies have been successful or should be altered. This report recommends two ways for monitoring success:

• Sewershed Monitoring – Implementation in Focus Area 1: Catchment 219 should focus on measuring water quality within the catchment and as water leaves the catchment area. Monitoring on this scale will provide the needed feedback to address stormwater upgrades or whether or not the recommendations have been successful. • Regional Monitoring Network (RMN) – TRCA’s RMN monitors changes in habitat, terrestrial heritage and water quantity and quality throughout the watershed and provides a framework for monitoring changes over time. • Overall monitoring on the state of terrestrial natural heritage, aquatic system, water quality and quantity, and community stewardship is measured and reported on a regular basis through watershed report cards and Etobicoke and Mimico creeks watersheds Creek Time newsletter.

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42 Appendices

Appendix 1: Candidate Restoration Sites

Appendix 2: Etobicoke-Mimico Habitat Implementation Plan – GTAA Site Assessments and Priority Ranking

Appendix 3: Business Community Outreach Prospects

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Appendix 1: Candidate Restoration Sites (also refer to Map 3 – Terrestrial Natural Heritage Findings and Recommendations)

Site Location Details/Rationale Priority No.

1 South of Highway 401, Site contains the only native shallow marsh on organic soils within the study area (L3 HIGH east of Dixie Road community) and an associated duckweed mixed shallow aquatic community (L3). Buffer these rare communities with shrub and lowland/upland forest plantings to the east.

2 Adjacent to Site 1 Buffer/increase natural cover around rare cattail organic shallow marsh to the west. Restore HIGH hydrology to low-lying areas to encourage red/green ash swamp community remnant and restore connection between other isolated wetland communities within Sites 1 and 2.

3 South of Eglinton This site is a complex of upland and lowland forest types, with pockets of marsh and ash MEDIUM Avenue, west of Tomken mineral swamp. Opportunity exists to increase the size and improve the shape of the existing Road forest patch to protect and maintain the vegetation communities and flora that are rare within the urban land matrix. Invasive plant species are problematic within the site (e.g., European buckthorn, purple loosestrife); therefore, invasive species management should be considered. Reforestation would create a significant patch of forest but given its isolation, recruitment of avifauna could be problematic unless the hydro corridor is restored with patches of forest or thicket to improve the connectivity to the main riparian corridor.

4 South of Eastgate This site, along with Sites 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, fall within the hydro corridor. The area is complexed LOW Parkway, west of by various wetland communities, both native and exotic (purple loosestrife/reed canary grass Tomken Road mineral meadow marsh and narrow-leaved cattail mineral shallow marsh). Enhancements to these sites are limited by the constraints the overhead hydro wires impose; therefore, opportunities to promote wetland linkages, creation of swamp thicket habitat and invasive species management are the recommended activities for restoration and enhancement. Work here will contribute to overall biodiversity by increasing the amount and diversity of habitats and ameliorating lack of connectivity across a number of remaining patches of existing forest.

5 North of Eastgate See Site 4 details/rationale LOW Parkway, east of Tomken Road

6 South of Eastgate See Site 4 details/rationale LOW Parkway, east of Tomken Road

7 North of Eastgate See Site 4 details/rationale LOW Parkway, east of Dixie Road

8 South of Eastgate See Site 4 details/rationale LOW Parkway, east of Dixie Road

9 North of Audubon See Site 4 details/rationale. In addition, there appears to be a thriving community of meadow Boulevard, east of avifauna species in this location, which, to a degree, is compromised by the neighbouring Fieldgate Drive residential area (i.e., informal trails and roving pets in sensitive areas). Measures to encourage growth of thicket habitat or strategically placed wetland habitat would go a long way to mitigate these impacts.

10 North-east corner of This site is one of the few remaining patches of forest adjacent to the hydro corridor mentioned MEDIUM Eastgate Parkway and above. This patch is significant given the relative dominance of bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Fieldgate Drive in the canopy (L4 species) and an inclusion of a white ash mineral deciduous swamp (a vegetation community of concern within the urban matrix, L4). Recommendation is to buffer this community against external negative impacts and enhance its size through planting of representative species. As in Site 3, the isolation of this patch from other natural areas is problematic for its decolonization by species of concern unless the hydro corridor is restored with patches of forest or thicket to improve connectivity with the main riparian corridor.

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Site Location Details/Rationale Priority No.

11 Adjacent to the Canada The area is currently an open meadow, likely mowed a few times a year. It lies adjacent to a HIGH Bread factory, south of mature dry-fresh sugar maple/oak deciduous forest (L4) community that hosts a suite of flora Eglinton Avenue, west and fauna species of concern. Opportunity exists within this site to significantly increase the of Rakely Court size of this forest patch and provide opportunity for area-sensitive species such as wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina).

12 North of the Hewlett- Currently the site appears undeveloped and would represent an opportunity for reforestation HIGH Packard office building, that would significantly buffer and enhance patch size of the neighbouring forest. This existing at the corner of forest is a fresh-moist oak/sugar maple deciduous forest, an L3 community, with an inclusion Matheson and Spectrum of a rare dry-fresh white pine/oak-mixed forest community (L2). Reforestation within this area roads would significantly benefit these vegetation communities and the suite of rare flora they shelter (including the jurisdictionally rare twinleaf).

13 North of Courtney Park There are several young woodlands here of sugar maple-oak and hickory. Both of these HIGH Drive on the airport vegetation communities are very rare and sensitive, especially within the context of this study grounds, adjacent to area. There are also many resident L3 and L4 flora and fauna within these young woodlands. The Etobicoke Creek existing forest patch is extremely narrow, therefore exceedingly sensitive to external negative impacts. Recommendation here is to reforest adjacent lands to improve this community’s resiliency and to significantly increase patch size to benefit resident fauna.

14 Below Britannia Road, Within the site there are two vegetation communities of concern, a fresh-moist black walnut HIGH on the airport grounds lowland deciduous forest (L3) and a narrow-leaved sedge mineral meadow marsh (L4). Recommendations for this site include size increases to the black walnut lowland forest and enhancements to wetland habitats within this block.

15 East of the terminal end Along with the black walnut forest mentioned in Site 14, this black walnut lowland deciduous MEDIUM of Luke Road forest is the only L3 community within the immediate airport vicinity. Restoration activities here would seek to improve both size and shape for this forest community via the reforestation of adjacent lands, where height restrictions at end of runway allow for this. If soil and topographic conditions allow, a wetland creation may be another possibility.

16 Above Britannia Road There are several plantations here of ash, poplar and black walnut, with a silver maple LOW on the airport grounds understorey. There is also an adjacent reed canary grass mineral meadow marsh. Opportunities for restoration could include augmentation of the existing plantations, with further plantings of black walnut and ash. There is opportunity to also create silver maple swamp habitat, taking advantage of current topography and existing silver maple populations. Further work could also be undertaken to enhance the reed canary grass meadow marsh with plantings of native dogwoods and willow shrubs.

17 East of Dixie Road, north Opportunities exist here to connect a willow mineral deciduous swamp populated by native LOW of Courtney Park Drive peach leaf willow (Salix amygdaloides) (L4), with existing hedgerows containing another rare feature in the GTAA study area—mature trees. These hedgerows also contain another L4 species, bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis). Infill plantings between and around these hedgerows, and riparian plantings around existing wetlands would significantly increase the functionality and size of this habitat patch, along with buffering and contributing to overall biodiversity on site.

18 South of Derry Road, Restoration activities could encompass riparian plantings alongside the creek where several L3 MEDIUM east of Dixie Road to L4 flora can be found bank side. Reforestation of marginal agricultural lands and plantings to improve patch size and shape are recommended.

19 Mount Charles Park, There are several forest communities existing in this park, black walnut lowland (L3), ash LOW located at Cardiff lowland (L5) and fresh-moist sugar maple hardwood (L5). The maple forest is a very mature Boulevard and community that supports numerous flora species of concern — a rare feature within the Transmark Court GTAA study area, north of Highway 401. Recommended restoration activities would include reforestation of the adjacent meadow to the north-west of this forest patch to optimize patch size and buffer against external negative impacts.

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Appendix 1: Candidate Restoration Sites (cont.) (also refer to Map 3 – Terrestrial Natural Heritage Findings and Recommendations)

Site Location Details/Rationale Priority No.

20 South of Highway 407, There is a small fresh-moist white cedar/hardwood-mixed forest (L4) in the extreme south-west HIGH west of Dixie Road corner of this site that supports several flora of concern. This community should be increased in size through reforestation efforts. Across the greater site there is large-scale opportunity to increase natural cover and to create a mosaic of habitat types. Where hydro corridor constraints occur, native shrub thicket and meadow would be the preferred habitat. North of the creek, beneath the hydro lines, the moisture regime is such that opportunities exist here to also establish wetland community types. Running west from Dixie Road are several reed canary grass mineral meadow marshes, complexed with narrow-leaved cattail mineral shallow marshes. The functionality and quality of these habitats would greatly be increased by any restoration activities that would see these communities buffered and enhanced by tree and shrub plantings. In the extreme northwest of the site, reforestation with upland forest species is possible.

21 South of Highway 407, This site is best characterized as a complex of reed canary grass and narrow-leaved cattail MEDIUM west of Tomken Road mineral meadow marsh, with open aquatic (pond) habitat elements. Restoration activities recommended here would include promoting connectivity of remaining wetland pockets through plantings of suitable wetland shrubs, forbs and sedges. Additional restoration would include increasing the size of existing forest patches in the floodplain, and upland forest establishment on areas of higher topographical relief.

22 North of Highway 407, This site contains many remnants of the historical forest that once dominated the lands adjacent HIGH east of Kennedy Road to Etobicoke Creek. The area is populated by many L4 flora species of concern such as bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) and bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis). Recommendations for site restoration here include increasing the size of existing forest patches and improving overall patch shape through reforestation activities. By doing so, this area would represent a significant forest patch in the study area and would likely be large enough to support numerous species of concern.

23 South of Highway 407, Within this site, adjacent to the creek are numerous willow shrub beach vegetation communities MEDIUM east of Dixie Road. (L2), and broad-leaved cattail mineral meadow marshes (L4). Adjacent lands are largely thicket, cultural woodland, meadow and agriculture. Recommendations for this site include reforestation measures adjacent to the aforementioned sensitive vegetation communities through riparian plantings and reforestation to create new forested habitat, protect sensitive communities, and improve overall patch size and shape. Opportunities also exist to create wetland habitat within the hydro corridor to the southwest, in what is currently agricultural field (likely wet and marginally productive).

24 North of Derry Road, This site is largely open meadow, with wet pockets and small swales. L3 and L4 flora are LOW east of Dixie Road confined to aquatic habitat instream and bankside. Restoration opportunities here include riparian plantings to improve and protect sensitive aquatic habitats and prevent bank erosion. A large block of this site is isolated on three sides by Derry Road to the south, Etobicoke Creek to the west and a small creek to the north. There is an ideal opportunity within this area to create wetland habitat by modifying current topography and taking advantage of wet meadow conditions and the hydrophytic plant communities that are currently present.

46 Appendix 2: Etobicoke-Mimico Habitat Implementation Plan – GTAA Site Assessments and Priority Ranking

HIP Description areas identified in the GTAA Assessments were assessed and prioritized as an extension of the The Habitat Implementation Plan (HIP) is a targeted EMHIP. The priority results in this document are implementation strategy, rooted in watershed-wide the result of a geographic query based on GTAA habitat concepts, and prioritized according to site assessment locations. level criteria. In other words, the HIP will act as a mechanism by which the concepts of the Terrestrial GTAA Assessments Natural Heritage Program, Fisheries Management Plan, and Watershed Management Strategy, can In February 2005, assessments were performed be implemented. regarding selected areas surrounding the GTAA. Sites were selected based on Terrestrial The HIP contains a catalogue/database of potential Natural Heritage Target System ranking and restoration sites which are linked to GIS information Fish Management Plan priority areas. HIP field layers. The information stored within the database assessments identified current site conditions includes general site descriptions, existing habitat and potential for habitat improvements. Field components, the potential habitat opportunities assessment sheets and priority score sheets were identified, and an implementation priority score. completed on site for each area. All assessment The HIP database of projects functions through forms have been entered into the HIP database and a dynamic process based on querying data to are linked to the GIS layers based on their site code. determine the highest priority site for restoration. Map 7 indicates the areas that were given a priority ranking based on HIP assessments. Please note that Etobicoke-Mimico Creek Watersheds the ranking is based on only the sites identified on Habitat Implementation Plan the map, and does not reflect their overall ranking within the entire watersheds. Within this document, In 2003, the Etobicoke-Mimico HIP (EMHIP) was project backgrounders have been completed completed for TRCA properties and some adjacent for the high priority areas identified. These areas. Priority areas were identified through this backgrounders are preliminary only and should be process and portions of the recommendations subject to further planning and development upon have been implemented in subsequent years. The project initiation.

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side. This has created a small flood pond that may Habitat Implementation also receive stormwater runoff from the adjacent Plan: Restoration/Creation industrial park. Project Description Flora and Fauna - Species of Concern:

Kennedy Valley Park, Site EMM 101 Flora L Rank Fauna L Rank Michigan or L3 Eastern meadowlark L4 Date Assessed for HIP: February 22, 2005 Turk’s cap lily tall wood reed L3 Savannah sparrow L4 Location: West Etobicoke, Eastern wood- American beech L4 L4 Brampton peewee Kennedy Road and First Gulf Boulevard – bur oak L4 Grey catbird L4 See attached map common arrowhead L4 Eastern cottontail L4

Site Description Eastern hemlock L4 white baneberry L4 Site Conditions: bitternut hickory L4 This site consists of two main areas, mostly floodplain on both sides of Etobicoke creek. The *Note: only SOC with an L Rank 1-4 were identified in the above table north side of the creek is mainly flat floodplain dominated by old-field species with steeper valley ELC Classification: slopes toward the east and west ends of the site. The following ecological communities have These slopes and the northern section of the site been identified on this property through the are best characterized as deciduous woodlands TRCA Terrestrial Natural Heritage Program using with both cultural and native species. Recent Ecological Land Classification based protocols. plantings have occurred in the northwest section of the floodplain, as well as the northeast part of the site next to highway 410. A paved path runs Community L Rank Community L Rank the entire length of the site along the north side of Native Forb Old Field Deciduous Cultural L5 L5 Etobicoke creek. Meadow Woodland

The south side of the creek has a steep valley slope Native Deciduous Hawthorn Cultural L5 L5 that extends along most of the creek with some Sapling Cultural Thicket Woodland noticeable erosion occurring toward the middle Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple Native Deciduous L5 L5 of the site. The slopes have deciduous woodland Deciduous Forest Cultural Woodland communities including hawthorn, sugar maple- ironwood and cultural species. This part of the site Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple- Exotic Cool-Season also includes a level plateau above the creek that is Ironwood Deciduous L5 Grass Old Field L+ used as a sports park, which is dominated by exotic Forest Meadow old-field meadow species. Fish Management The river meanders through the site and includes The site includes a portion of the West Etobicoke sections of gabion fencing and armour stone, Creek. Under the Etobicoke Creek and Mimico Creek as well as a constructed berm and water control Fisheries Management Plans, that section of reach structure in the middle of the site on the north should be managed for darter species.

48 Restoration Opportunities and existing forest communities; and enhance existing vegetation communities. Constraints Riparian Planting: Adjacent Land-Use(s): A 30m-wide buffer should be established The north section is maintained for low intensity along the creek to protect the banks uses such as hiking, biking, and wildlife viewing, from erosion, provide water quality while the south side is used as a sports park with improvements and protect fish habitat. Due numerous playing fields and several buildings to fluctuations in water levels in the river including the Brampton Safety Village. The and the potential for ice damage during Brampton Public Golf Course and a medium density thawing periods, shrubs such as willows residential area lie to the west, just upstream of should be used in the flood plain area of the the site. North of the site is an industrial park riparian zone instead of trees, as they will be that is continuing to expand. East of the site, or more resilient to these conditions. downstream, are two major highways, the 410 and the 407, as well as a sewage treatment plant. Forest Expansion: The existing native deciduous woodlands Impacting Site Features: including the sugar maple forest on the The large section of floodplain on the north side of north and south sides of the site should be the creek has dense ground cover vegetation and expanded. If site conditions are appropriate limited trees and shrubs likely due to the intense ice plantings could also include conifer thickets flows that the creek may experience. Although the with eastern hemlock, as a small grove soils in this section of the site may be quite fertile, exists on the south side of the creek. Forest restoration plans should consider the fluctuating expansion would improve the habitat for water levels in the creek and the potential for ice forest dwelling wildlife including migratory damage as a limiting factor to planting this section bird species. Conifer thickets would increase of the site. the vegetation diversity of the site and therefore contribute to wildlife biodiversity. On the south side of the creek, adjacent to the sports park restoration planting and/or seeding Tree and Shrub Nodes: plans should include measures to control Portions of the site are currently dominated competition, including the use of both mulch by goldenrod and old-field grasses, mats and rodent guards. Mowing of the site prior therefore, this site has been identified for to planting should help to make the planting the establishment of tree and shrub nodes. process easier. Using site appropriate, native trees and shrubs will help to promote the natural Preliminary Restoration Concept Plan: succession of the site by providing a seed This site is has two main vegetation communities: source for future plants, increasing the old field meadow dominated by exotic species amount of forest cover in the area, and such as golden rod and field grasses and deciduous improving habitat opportunities for wildlife. woodlands with both native and exotic woody This type of planting will also maintain species. Portions of the creek corridor have steep the meadow component of the site. The slopes with obvious erosion and some sections types of species selected for the project of the creek on the north side lack riparian cover. should be tolerant of both wet and dry A flood pond exists in the middle of the site growing conditions, as the site will be on the north side of the creek. Therefore the prone to periodic flooding from the creek objective of the restoration efforts are to increase on the north side and will be subject to the amount of riparian cover in site; expand the drier conditions on the south side. The

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south side of the creek, including sections Potential Regulations and Approvals Required: of the Brampton Sports Park should also • Archaeological Assessment (TRCA) include the establishment of shade trees • Flood and Fill Regulations (TRCA) in appropriate areas around the playing • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources fields and, if suitable, rows of buffer • Municipal Agreement trees as natural fences and windbreaks. Furthermore, a wildflower meadow with Potential Community Participation educational interpretive signage would add Opportunities: another dimension to the sports park as an This project is well-suited to community educational facility. involvement, and the public will be important in ensuring the success of the project over the long- Critical Wildlife Habitat (CWH) Structures: term. Children from the local schools or community CWH structures such as raptor poles, bird groups such as Scouting organizations should be boxes, brush and rock piles, and coarse considered as participants in the planting events. woody debris should be included where Some of the activities, such as site preparation will appropriate throughout the site. The not be well-suited to community involvement, installation of these features on the site due to the heavy construction equipment will enhance the wildlife value of the site required to complete the tasks. In addition, some by providing additional wildlife habitat reforestation planting may be more effectively opportunities for small mammals, birds, and carried out by TRCA staff using the tractor-mounted amphibians. machine planter.

Preliminary Project Deliverables:

Contribution Habitat Type/Project Feature Area (ha,m2) or Length (km)

Riparian 4.2ha / 2km

Forest Expansion 5.6ha

Tree & Shrub Nodes 2.3ha

Bird boxes, fallen logs, brush Critical Wildlife Habitat Features piles, raptor poles, rock piles.

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51 Kuehne Park and Hydro Fields, Flora and Fauna - Species of Concern:

Site EMM 104 Flora L Rank Fauna L Rank giant or great bur-reed L3 white-tailed deer L4 Date Assessed for HIP: February 23, 2005 round-leaved dogwood L3 Spotted sandpiper L4 Location: East Etobicoke, blue flag L3 Willow flycatcher L4 barber-pole sedge or Brampton and L4 Savannah sparrow L4 Mississauga bulrush Bramalea Road and soft-stemmed bulrush L4 Highway 407 – broad-leaved cattail L4 See attached map smooth wild rose L4

*Note: only SOC with an L Rank 1-4 were identified in the above table Site Description ELC Classification: Site Conditions: The following ecological communities have The dominant feature of this large site are the two been identified on this property through the tributaries that run from west to east and meet in TRCA Terrestrial Natural Heritage Program using the middle of the site to form the east branch of Ecological Land Classification based protocols. Etobicoke creek. The westernmost sections of the creek are highly altered - they have straightened Community L Rank Community L Rank sections that employ velocity-slowing techniques Bulrush Mineral Willow Shrub Beach L2 L4 such as bafflers and drop structures and have Shallow Marsh very little riparian cover. In both tributaries are Broad-leaved Cattail Forb Mineral Shallow sections of the riparian area with wet meadow Mineral Shallow L4 L4 Marsh characteristics, but the dominant vegetation Marsh community consists of old field species. Native Forb Old Field Open Aquatic ecosite L5 L5 Meadow (deep or riverine) Native Deciduous East of highway 407 one section of the creek is Dry-Moist Old Field Sapling Cultural L5 L5 forested with a deciduous vegetation community. Meadow Thicket Upstream of the confluence is an agricultural Reed Canary Grass Native Deciduous field, bordered by highway 407 and both creeks. L5 Mineral Meadow L5 Cultural Woodland Downstream of the confluence is a hydro corridor Marsh that runs roughly north-south but is still used for Exotic Cool-Season agriculture. Just north of the confluence is a willow Grass Old Field L+ shrub beach and a mineral marsh dominated by Meadow reed canary grass. As the creek enters another industrial area it is again altered with channelized Fish Management sections and several drainage ditches that flow into The site includes portions of the East Etobicoke the creek. Creek. Under the Etobicoke Creek and Mimico Creek Fisheries Management Plans, that section of reach should be managed for darter species. Restoration Opportunities and Constraints

Adjacent Land-Use(s): The entire area is surrounded by industrial land use and the site is dissected by highway 407 and

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Bramalea Road. The core area of the site is bordered the hydro corridor to provide a buffer to the by agriculture fields and a large power grid and adjacent industrial area. power supply station to the north. Tree and Shrub Nodes: Impacting Site Features: Most of the site is currently used as The creek is highly altered in some sections of the agricultural land through the hydro site and lacks riparian cover. Restoration plans corridor. However, should the fields be that include plantings in the riparian zone should retired this site has been identified for the include measures to control competition, including establishment of tree and shrub nodes both mulch mats and rodent guards on all plants. suitable to a hydro corridor. Using site appropriate, native trees and shrubs will A hydro corridor runs north-south through the site help to promote the natural succession and is currently used for agriculture. This includes of the site by providing a seed source an old-field section of the corridor with some wet for future plants, increase the amount meadow characteristics. of forest cover in the area, and improve habitat opportunities for wildlife. This Preliminary Restoration Concept Plan: type of planting will also maintain the The parts of the site that are not used for agriculture meadow component of the site. The types are dominated by old-field species such as of species selected for the project should goldenrod, teasel and field grasses, with a small meet the height restrictions for planting in section of wooded river valley. Therefore, the hydro corridors. objective of the restoration efforts described here are to advance natural succession, increase wildlife Wet Meadow and Wetland Enhancement: habitat diversity, and provide riparian cover. Some small sections of west of highway 407 have been identified as having wet meadow Riparian Planting: characteristics. This habitat element should Where possible a 30m-wide forested buffer be emphasized and enhanced by increasing should be established along the river to the vegetative diversity of the site through protect the banks from erosion, provide plantings. A larger section at the confluence water quality improvements and protect fish of the creeks is also characterized as wet habitat. Planting in this area will also extend meadow. This area could be contoured the influence of the tree and shrub nodes down and designed as a flood pond towards the creek. Due to fluctuations in wetland. The surrounding old field should water levels in the river, and the potential also be enhanced with site appropriate for ice damage during thawing periods, shrub nodes and meadow species, as well shrubs such as willows should be used in as critical habitat features such as brush some sections of this riparian zone instead shelters and raptor poles. of trees, as they will be more resilient to these conditions. Moreover a section of Critical Wildlife Habitat (CWH) Structures: the creek falls within the hydro corridor so CWH structures such as raptor poles, bird height appropriate species should be used. boxes, brush and rock piles, and coarse woody debris should be included where Forest: appropriate throughout the site. The Portions of the area should be reforested installation of these features on the site with site appropriate species to provide a will enhance the wildlife value of the site larger river valley corridor that will be more by providing additional wildlife habitat beneficial to wildlife. Additionally a forested opportunities for small mammals, birds, strip should be planted along the edge of and amphibians.

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55 Preliminary Project Deliverables: Potential Regulations and Approvals Required: • Lakes and Rivers Act Habitat Type/ Contribution • Fisheries Act Project Feature Area (ha,m2) or Length (km) • Flood and Fill Regulation Riparian 24ha / 10km • Municipal Agreement Forest Expansion 10 ha • Archeology Tree & Shrub Nodes 6 ha Meadow 10 ha Potential Community Participation Opportunities: This project is not well-suited to community Wet Meadow & Wetland Creation 2 ha and Enhancement involvement, as it is located in a highly industrial Bird boxes, fallen logs, brush area, however local industries should be encouraged Critical Wildlife Habitat Features piles, raptor poles, rock piles. to participate. The site is highly visible from adjacent highways and roads therefore awareness can be raised through appropriate signage.

Balmoral and Aloma Parks, Flora and Fauna - Species of Concern: Site EMM 105 Flora L Rank Fauna L Rank Date Assessed for HIP: February 10, 2005 round-leaved dogwood L3 soft-stemmed bulrush L4 Location: East Etobicoke, *Note: only SOC with an L Rank 1-4 were identified in the above table Brampton Birchbank Road and ELC Classification: Avondale Boulevard – The following ecological communities have been See attached map identified on this property through the TRCA Terrestrial Natural Heritage Program using Ecological Site Description Land Classification based protocols.

Site Conditions: Community L Rank Community L Rank This site consists of two tributaries of the east Dry-Moist Old Field L5 Exotic Cultural L+ branch of Etobicoke creek that meet at the south Meadow Thicket end of the site. The creeks are part of two separate parks, Balmoral and Aloma, and have been highly Fish Management altered. They have been straightened and lined with The site is includes a portion of Etobicoke creek. concrete and include several drop structures that Under the Etobicoke Creek and Mimico Creek also act as fish barriers. Although most of the parks Fisheries Management Plans, that section of reach are mowed, much of the stream banks have been should be managed for darter species. left to naturalize, but they are almost completely lacking in riparian cover with the exception of the occasional non-native shrub thickets. In one area on Restoration Opportunities and the east tributary trees have recently been planted, Constraints however several were damaged or completely broken off possibly due to vandalism. Throughout Adjacent Land-Use(s): the site are storm sewer outfalls that adversely The parks are surrounded by a residential area and affect the water quality of the creek. are adjacent to several schools, as well as a community

57 GTAA Living City Project EtobicokeIntegration Creek and Implementation Watershed centre, an arena and several sports fields. The south Stream Rehabilitation: end of the site has more of an industrial character. The creeks have been excessively altered, but the proximity to the residential areas Impacting Site Features: and space restrictions limit extensive The degree of alteration to the creeks, the restoration of this site. Instead, efforts straightened concrete channel and the multiple should focus on the creation of riffle-pool drop structures, as well as the storm sewer input sequences and the removal of the concrete and the lack of riparian cover have a negative streambed where feasible. This will help impact not only on the site itself, but also to to enhance the system as a more natural downstream areas. The arena is located directly channel, improve the aquatic habitat of the beside the creek and the ice shavings likely also creeks and lessen the impact of the altered have adverse effects on the water quality. The creeks to downstream areas. industrial area to the south also affects the creek particularly near the confluence. Critical Wildlife Habitat (CWH) Structures: CWH structures such as bird boxes, brush and Preliminary Restoration Concept Plan: rock piles, and coarse woody debris should This site represents a degraded creek system, be included where appropriate throughout therefore the objective of the restoration efforts are the site. The installation of these features on to increase the amount of riparian cover, provide bank the site will enhance the wildlife value of the stabilization and improve instream habitat features site by providing additional wildlife habitat thereby increasing the value of the site to wildlife. opportunities for small mammals, and birds.

Riparian Planting: Preliminary Project Deliverables: The entire length of the creeks within the site should be buffered with riparian Habitat Type/ Contribution vegetation to provide habitat, shade, and Project Feature Area (ha,m2) or Length (km) bank stabilization. An increased amount of Riparian 7.7ha/6km riparian cover will also improve the water Tree and Shrub 1.1ha quality of the creek by intercepting and Stream Rehabilitation 6km filtering surface runoff. Species such as Critical Wildlife Habitat Features Bird boxes, fallen logs, willows, dogwoods, silver maple, and white brush piles cedar would be well adapted to this area, and will enhance the habitat opportunities Potential Regulations and Approvals Required: provided by the site. • Archaeological Assessment (TRCA) • Flood and Fill Regulations (TRCA) Tree and Shrub Nodes: • Department of Fisheries and Oceans Two areas of the park have been identified as • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources suitable for naturalization and the addition • Municipal Agreement of tree and shrub nodes. Mowing of the areas should be restricted and a selection Potential Community Participation Opportunities: of site-appropriate, native trees and berry- The planting portions of this project are well- producing shrubs should be planted in suited to community involvement, and the public nodes to enhance the habitat features of the will be important in ensuring the success of the site by providing a future seed source and project over the long-term. Children from the local wildlife habitat, as well as contributing to schools or community groups such as Scouting the amount of riparian cover. organizations should be considered as participants in the planting events.

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59 Appendix 3: Business Community Outreach Prospects

GTAA Business Outreach Prospects and Mapping Business Name Contact Information Street No. Municipality Postal Phone Fax Email Website Code GTAA Project/Central Mississauga - Etobicoke Creek 01 Communique 500-1450 Mississauga L5T 2N5 (905) 795-2888 (905) 795-0101 [email protected] www.01com.com Meyerside Drive A&M Heat 1815 Drew Mississauga L5S 1J5 (905) 676-0911 (905) 676-0271 [email protected] Treating Ltd. Road Aeromarine 2740A Mississauga L4T 1G3 (905) 676-8840 (905) 676-8843 [email protected] Canada Slough Street Unit 8-9 AMJ Campbell 1190 Mississauga L5T 1R7 (905) 795-3785 (905) 670-3787 www.amjcampbell.com Van Lines Meyerside Drive Applied Precision 2-7895 Mississauga L5S 1V9 (905) 405-8850 (905) 405-8852 api@appliedprecision. www.appliedprecision.on.ca Inc. Tranmere on.ca Drive Ambro Transport 6050 Dixie Mississauga L5T 1A6 (416) 213-7298 Inc. Road Assured 6080 Vipond Mississauga L5T 2V4 (905) 565-1410 (905) 565-1420 Packaging Drive Best Western 40 Admiral Mississauga L5T 2W1 (905) 795-1011 (905) 795-1712 Admiral Hotel Blvd. and Suites Bexco Pharma 28-1935 Mississauga L5S 1M7 (416) 231-4646 (416) 231-6637 Inc. Drew Road Canadian Golf 509-5580 Mississauga L4W 4Y1 (905) 602-8873 (905) 602-1958 [email protected] www.golfsupers.com Superintendents Explorer Assoc. Drive Custom Spring 1249 Kamato Mississauga L4W 2M2 (905) 625-1504 (905) 625-1635 [email protected] www.interlog.com/~cuspring Corporation Road Design Case 10-1080 Mississauga L4W 2T3 (905) 625-0004 (905) 625-0009 [email protected] International Inc. Fester Drive Disaster Kleenup 5770 Mississauga L4W 4W7 (905) 238-6288 (905) 238-6411 www.disasterkleenup.com Canada Ltd. Timerlea Blvd. Ecowater Canada 5240 Bradco Mississauga L4W 1G7 (905) 629-0190 (905) 629-0192 [email protected] www.ecowater.ca Ltd. Blvd. Emerald 49B-7050 Mississauga L5S 1S9 (905) 672-0183 Industrial Bramalea Caretakers Ltd. Road Federal Express 5985 Mississauga L4W 5K6 (905) 212-5385 (905) 212-5678 [email protected] www.fedex.ca Canada Ltd. Explorer Drive Freightcan Inc. 46-7035 Fir Mississauga L5S 1V6 (905) 677-0453 (905) 677-3556 [email protected] Tree Drive Indusite Realty 11-1015 Mississauga L4W 3A4 (905) 624-3500 (905) 624-2636 Corp. Matheson Boulevard 61 GTAA Living City Project EtobicokeIntegration Creek and Implementation Watershed

Appendix 3: Business Community Outreach Prospects (cont.)

GTAA Business Outreach Prospects and Mapping Business Name Contact Information Street No. Municipality Postal Phone Fax Email Website Code Industrial and 2-7475 Mississauga L5S 1E7 (905) 612-8071 Commercial Kimbel Street Cleaning Company of Canada Krytech 14-6965 Mississauga L5T 1Y6 (905) 565-5999 (905) 565-5887 lynda.humes www.krytech.ca Davand @krytech.ca Drive Lindberg Canada, 20-7625 Mississauga L5S 1A9 (905) 671-0544 (905) 671-3229 a unit of SPX Kimbel Street Canada Inc. Markland Wood 245 Toronto M9C 1R1 (416) 621-2260 (416) 626-7814 [email protected] www.marklandwood.com Country Club Markland Drive Nissan Canada 5290 Orbitor Mississauga L4W 4Z5 (905) 629-2888 (905) 629-6447 Drive Panasonic 5770 Ambler Mississauga L4W 2T3 (905) 238-2204 (905) 238-2443 [email protected] www.panasonic.ca Canada Inc. Drive Pepsi Bottling 5205 Satellite Mississauga L4W 5J7 (905) 212-7377 (905) 212-7327 www.pepsico.com Group Drive Rubbermaid 2562 Mississauga L4Y 1S5 (905) 279-1010 (905) 279-1054 www.rubbermaid.com Canada Stanfield Road Texico Lubricants 6975 Pacific Mississauga L5T 2H3 (905) 670-6470 (905) 670-6932 [email protected] www.texweb.texaco.com Company North Circle Unit A America Thyssen Canada 2560 Mississauga L4W 4Y9 (905) 602-1300 (905) 602-7668 Ltd. Matheson Blvd., Suite 425 Valle Foam 4 West Drive Brampton L6T Industries Canam Steel 1793 Drew Mississauga Works Road Bell Mobility Inc. 5099 Mississauga L4W 5N2 (905) 282-2000 (905) 282-3513 www.bellmobility.ca Creekbank Road General Mills 5825 Mississauga L4W 5P6 (905) 212-4000 (905) 212-4122 Explorer Drive Peel Village Golf 29-A Brampton L6W 4K2 Course Hartford Trail Hewlett Packard 5150 Mississauga L4W 5G1 (905) 206-4725 (905) 206-4739 Spectrum Way Parmalat Canada 405 The West Toronto M9C 5J1 Mall

62 Appendix 3: Business Community Outreach Prospects (cont.)

GTAA Business Outreach Prospects and Mapping Business Name Contact Information Street No. Municipality Postal Phone Fax Email Website Code Mimico Creek Prospects Black and 37-6415 Mississauga L4V 1X1 (416) 298-9977 (416) 298-2907 dkulasingham@ www.blackandmcdonald.com McDonald Northwest blackandmcdonald. Limited Drive com Business Aviation 47 Brampton L6S 2T2 (416) 806-2966 [email protected] Service Solutions Marchmount Inc. Crescent Orenda 3160 Derre Mississauga L4T 1A9 (905) 673-3250 (905) 673-5300 Aerospace Road East Corporation Royal Canadian 6577 Mississauga L4V 1L1 (905) 673-6555 (905) 673-7650 [email protected] Steel Northwest Drive Wackenhut 202-180 Toronto M9W 6A9 (416) 674-1300 (416) 674-1301 Attwell Drive Imperial Home 195 Walker Brampton L6T 3Z9 (905) 790-4860 Decore Group Drive att. John ULC Thompson ISO 14001 in Study Area Brake Parts 1400 Aimco Mississauga L4W 1E1 (905) 625-1830 Canada Blvd. Columbus Metal 6780 Mississauga L5T 2G1 (905) 565-8866 Finishing Ltd. Columbus Road Dana Canada 6226 Mississauga L5T 1B7 (905) 564-1220 Netherhart Road Danfoss Inc. 7880 Mississauga L5S 1L9 (905) 676-6000 Tranmere Dr. Divacco Ltd. 5191 Mississauga L4W 1R3 (905) 625-9593 Creekbank Road Faurecia 6141 Vipond Mississauga L5T 2B2 (905) 670-0218 Automotive Dr. Seating Canada Ltd. Fuji Graphic 6425 Airport Mississauga L4V 1E4 (905) 612-8111 Systems Road Innovative 6400 Ordan Mississauga L5T 2H6 (905) 564-9522 Cooling Dr Dynamics Stt Technologies Massive Die Form 7655 Brampton L6T 4Y5 (905) 458-4041 Bramalea Road

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64 GTAA Living City Project – Etobicoke Creek • Summary Report and Implementation Plan Toronto and Region Conservation