First, the Columbus Part II plan. 6 delegations shone a light on a lot of questionable background goings on. The delegations expressed their concerns about Report ED-23-117, which is the latest, very large growth plan coming to the prime agricultural zoned lands north of Hwy 407 in the City of Oshawa.
Soon to be added to the City's Official plan as Columbus Part II, it is planned for around 30,000 new residents, (coming on the heels of the 11 plans of subdivision in Kedron Part II (north of Taunton Rd, east of Ritson Rd. approved last term of Council which will see around 25,000 new residents added to Oshawa's expanding population.
The Positive: by a slim 4-3 majority the Columbus Part II Plan vote was deferred until the next Council meeting, which is October 2nd. (Councillor Nicholson and I had made declarations of interest so couldn't vote and the Mayor and Councillor Marks were absent for the vote)
The 6 delegations spoke against the Land Use and Road Plan the developers and City staff were expecting to have approved at the meeting.
Imo it is shocking and does not constitute good planning to learn how the developers, who own over 80% of the vast Columbus area have gone ahead and redesignated at least 5 private property owner'ss lands without consultation (see map below where I added dots to indicate developer owned land).
Adding Storm Water Management Ponds (SWM) to land that the developers don't own, imo is not only an erosion of property writes, but Not Good Planning considering it seems some of these developers are expecting the private property owners to sell to allow this. But when the private owner is unwilling to sell, (and two are indicating they can't be bought off) where do the SWM ponds go then? Answer: where they should be, on the developer's own property.
The map below where I've added the developers names and the dots, is the June 2023 Land Use and Road Plan Map showing all the Columbus property parcels delineated.
In my opinion, it is inexcusable that the public was not given this map showing the property parcels.
The map in Report ED-23-117 which Council was to pass at the June 26th Council meeting was from May, 2023 and shows NO property boundaries.
(I asked staff a couple weeks ago to add the property lines to the May 2023 map. When I received the new map last week I added dots to indicate the land owned by developers, and numbers indicating the names of the eleven developers.)
Note that the majority of the land North of Columbus Rd. South of Howden is owned by Sorbara/Tribute,
East of Simcoe St is Setcon, and Menkes
West of Simcoe St is Valley Mead -(current owner of the Columbus Golf Course),
Halloway Holdings, and
276 Columbus Rd. W.
South of Columbus Rd. are the others, including Setcon, G8 Investments, Oxford, Tercot, and Delpark Homes and Mykinder.
Soon to be added to the City's Official plan as Columbus Part II, it is planned for around 30,000 new residents, (coming on the heels of the 11 plans of subdivision in Kedron Part II (north of Taunton Rd, east of Ritson Rd. approved last term of Council which will see around 25,000 new residents added to Oshawa's expanding population.
The Positive: by a slim 4-3 majority the Columbus Part II Plan vote was deferred until the next Council meeting, which is October 2nd. (Councillor Nicholson and I had made declarations of interest so couldn't vote and the Mayor and Councillor Marks were absent for the vote)
The 6 delegations spoke against the Land Use and Road Plan the developers and City staff were expecting to have approved at the meeting.
Imo it is shocking and does not constitute good planning to learn how the developers, who own over 80% of the vast Columbus area have gone ahead and redesignated at least 5 private property owner'ss lands without consultation (see map below where I added dots to indicate developer owned land).
Adding Storm Water Management Ponds (SWM) to land that the developers don't own, imo is not only an erosion of property writes, but Not Good Planning considering it seems some of these developers are expecting the private property owners to sell to allow this. But when the private owner is unwilling to sell, (and two are indicating they can't be bought off) where do the SWM ponds go then? Answer: where they should be, on the developer's own property.
The map below where I've added the developers names and the dots, is the June 2023 Land Use and Road Plan Map showing all the Columbus property parcels delineated.
In my opinion, it is inexcusable that the public was not given this map showing the property parcels.
The map in Report ED-23-117 which Council was to pass at the June 26th Council meeting was from May, 2023 and shows NO property boundaries.
(I asked staff a couple weeks ago to add the property lines to the May 2023 map. When I received the new map last week I added dots to indicate the land owned by developers, and numbers indicating the names of the eleven developers.)
Note that the majority of the land North of Columbus Rd. South of Howden is owned by Sorbara/Tribute,
East of Simcoe St is Setcon, and Menkes
West of Simcoe St is Valley Mead -(current owner of the Columbus Golf Course),
Halloway Holdings, and
276 Columbus Rd. W.
South of Columbus Rd. are the others, including Setcon, G8 Investments, Oxford, Tercot, and Delpark Homes and Mykinder.
