Item - 2023.MM5.30
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023 without amendments.
MM5.30 - Save Don’t Pave - The Duffins-Rouge Agricultural Reserve, the Rouge National Park, the federally owned former airport lands or the Greenbelt - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023, adopted the following:
1. City Council affirm its support for protection of the Greenbelt, the Rouge National Urban Park, the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, and the federally owned Pickering lands.
2. City Council support the unanimous decision by the City of Pickering, made on December 5, 2022, to protect all lands within the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve from urbanization.
3. City Council request the Federal Government to:
a. incorporate the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve and the federally owned Pickering lands within the Rouge Park;
b. protect the Rouge National Urban Park from “probable risk of irreversible harm to wildlife, natural ecosystems and agricultural landscapes within the Rouge National Park” if the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve is developed as proposed by the provincial government;
c. enforce the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the federal and provincial governments that requires consultation with the federal government before any policy changes are made that may impact the Park and include First Nations Treaty Holders in these consultations; and
d. conduct a federal Impact Assessment on all removals from the Greenbelt and any proposal to urbanize the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM5.30 be referred to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.