Item - 2014.MM48.12

City Council on February 19 and 20, 2014, adopted the following:

1.         City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in conjunction with the appropriate City staff, to begin the process of making an application to the Province for Urban River Valley designation for public lands in the Humber and Don River Valleys and Etobicoke Creek. Specifically, City staff shall:

            a.         initiate coordination with other public landowners to identify lands suitable for Urban River Valley designation;

             b.        develop a cost estimation for the Urban River Valley designation;

            c.         work with the Province of Ontario to agree on the scope and extent of public consultation required before proceeding;

             d.        work with the Province of Ontario on ways in which the Greenbelt Plan can be improved to better assist municipalities with Urban River Valley-designated lands in necessary restoration and stewardship actions; and

            e.         report back to the Planning and Growth Management Committee by May 2014 with a plan and cost estimates to expand the Provincial Greenbelt by designating selected public lands as Urban River Valley, as outlined in Provincial legislation.