Item - 2023.MM5.47
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023 without amendments.
MM5.47 - Supporting Employers in the Tapscott Employment Area (Middlefield Road) - by Councillor Jamaal Myers, seconded by Councillor Chris Moise
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Ward:
- 23 - Scarborough North
City Council Decision
City Council on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023, adopted the following:
1. City Council classify the lands identified in Map 1 in Attachment 1 to the Member Motion MM5.47, generally around McCowan Road, Placentia Boulevard, Middlefield Road and Finch Avenue East, as a Class 4 Noise Area pursuant to Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks Environmental Noise Guidelines - Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning Publication NPC-300, August 2013.
2. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to conduct outreach with the affected businesses abutting the Class 4 area to discuss the impact of the Class 4 designation with respect to land use compatibility between Employment Areas and nearby noise sensitive land uses.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-235511.pdf
Attachment 1 - Map 1: Class 4 Area of Noise Sensitive Lands in Scarborough North (Ward 23)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-235512.pdf
Motions (City Council)
That Councillor Myers be permitted to add to the agenda of today's meeting an urgent Motion without Notice concerning:
Supporting Employers in the Tapscott Employment Area (Middlefield Road)
Reason for Urgency:
The reason for urgency because without the ability to run a third shift at night (which the Class 4 noise exemption would help to enable) there is a strong possibility that Surati will make future investments and expansion decisions in its Ohio plant rather than in Toronto.