Date: March 8, 2005

To: Committee of the Whole

From: Jim Baird, Commissioner of Development Services

Valerie Shuttleworth, Director of Planning and Urban Design

Prepared by: Tim Williams, Planner

Subject: Phase II Environmental Assessment

Commercial Self-Storage Facility

Ruskinvale Developments Inc.

337 John Street

Development Services File: OP 05 006243 and ZA 05 006240

Recommendation

That the Official Plan and zoning by-law amendment be enacted,

That, the matters outlined on the memo from the Engineering Department, dated March 8, 2005 be addressed prior to final site plan approval,

That site plan approval be subject to the final conclusions of the Phase II environmental assessment report in accordance with the Ministry of the Environment guidelines, including any necessary clean up of soils that may be identified as exceeding the MOE guidelines.

And that, if necessary, a Record of Site Condition be filed with the Environmental Site Registry Office of the Ministry of Environment and be acknowledged by the Ministry of Environment in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act, as a condition of site plan approval.

Background

Ruskinvale Developments has applied for an Official Plan and Zoning By law amendments to permit commercial self storage, in response to an OMB adjournment of a site plan appeal (January 11, 2005). The OMB has adjourned the site plan application until March 22, 2005.

Current Status

Development Services Committee held the statutory public meeting related to the applications on March 1, 2005. One concern raised at the public meeting was the potential of contaminants on the site. At the time of the public meeting Planning Staff proposed that clearance of the Phase 2 Environmental Assessment would be a condition of site plan approval. Development Services Committee has asked for a status of the contamination investigation and specifically the status of the peer review of the Phase II Assessment from the engineering department. The status summary from the engineering department is attached to this memorandum.