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Is THIS the Trafalgar Road/Cross Avenue
Intersection of the Future???
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Wake Up Oakville.
Midtown Oakville's Development
Could Impact Your Property Taxes for Decades Into the Future
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PLEASE!
- Read this information
- Send an Email to our Mayor. Just Copy and Paste the Email at the Bottom of this newsletter and email it.
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- The city of Vaughan has a growth area, called the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC), very similar to Midtown Oakville - an area characterized by big box store locations, light industrial, etc. Just like Midtown Oakville, it had no schools, no shopping, no emergency services, etc.
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Vaughan planned their growth area with a majority of high-rise buildings. They established a maximum building height of 35 Storeys. The developers took over and now, the area is full of 60-storey buildings!
- Vaughan planned for a maximum population of approximately 50,000 people in the VMC. It is now on a trajectory for over 130,000 people!
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This rapid rate of growth has resulted in insufficient supply of parkland, schools, community services and other facilities.
- City of Vaughan staff advised City Council that substantial public investment (property taxes) would be required to balance service demands.
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If the current tall-tower concept being promoted by Oakville is allowed to proceed, we are at risk of having the same thing happen. Residents will foot the bill for decades to come.
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It's time to sit up and pay attention.
It's time to take action.
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For the past several months, Town staff and its consultants have been promoting a tall-tower concept for the redevelopment of Midtown Oakville. It envisions multiple tall buildings across the Midtown area. The intersection of Trafalgar Road and Cross Avenue would represent the confluence of two 6-lane roads (see illustration below)
The images below represent development applications already on hand that seek permissions to build to 50, 58 and 61 storey heights.
Think About This: Just three of proposed developments shown below would, alone, create a population of over 6,500 people. Try to imagine a population of that size living their daily lives in an area where, today, there are no schools, no medical facilities, no library or community meeting place, no parks, no emergency services, no developed shopping area, etc.
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Trafalgar Road/Cross Ave. Intersection | |
Near the present Home Depot location at 44, 49 and 58 storeys; 1,748 units | |
Proposed Development Davis Road, east of Trafalgar Rd., 388 Units in a 58-storey building. | Proposed Twin-Tower development at 157,165 Cross Avenue. Tallest tower will reach 61 storeys. | |
Proposed Development 590 Argus Road (present Holiday Inn location), 50, 58 and 50 storeys and 1,730 units | |
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* Oakville's Tall-Tower Concept for Midtown Risks
the Same Outcome as Vaughan.
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* ALL of Oakville's Tax Payers Would Be On the Hook For the Costs to Create Parkland, Roads, Stormwater & Water Infrastructure, Community Amenities and More.
* The Tax Burden Would Continue for Decades.
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- Please share this important news with friends, neighbours and families in Oakville. Encourage them to join you in sending an email to Mayor Burton. He is the only individual member of Council who is able to change the direction of the current plan. Please feel free to cut and paste the points below and add to them with your personal comments.
Citizens across town must speak up.
Copy and Paste The Sample Email Below.
Add your own comments if you wish.
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(Sample Email:)
Copy and Paste This Message Into Your Email.
Address it to membersofcouncil@oakville.ca
Dear Mayor Burton,
I have reviewed the information emanating from the City of Vaughan's Metropolitan Centre growth area which based its plan on incorporating tall towers.
Reports from staff state that actual growth is far exceeding population targets and development proposal FSI represents an approximate average rate of 1.6 times the as-of-right permissions. If this trend continues, the population at full build-out could reach 117,000 to 138,000 people. This is a far cry from the planned 50,000 people!
One of the most troubling facts is that City of Vaughan staff advised City Council that community service amenities, parkland and other vital needs to service the population have not kept pace with population increases. As a result, forecasts clearly reveal that substantial public investment (taxes) will be required to balance service demands.
I have serious concerns with Oakville's current approach to Midtown's redevelopment:
- Oakville wants a made-in-Oakville plan for Midtown - one that will provide gradual growth based on human scale, mixed built form, reflecting lower densities and housing types that will serve families and provide time and resources to create the required elements of liveability that ALL residents deserve.
- It would be irresponsible of us to ignore the experiences and mistakes being encountered in Vaughan and not act on them.
- We cannot support leadership that would expose us to the same risks, nor could we cast a vote for them in future.
Sincerely,
(Your Name)
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Get More Info on Midtown.
See Photos of Vaughan VMC - A Living Example of How NOT to Design a Growth Area
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As many of you know, our Midtown Oakville area is currently under review to determine its redevelopment as one of Oakville's growth centres. Midtown has two classifications in terms of Provincial planning:
- It is identified as an Urban Growth Centre (UGC)
- It is identified as a Major Transit Station Area (MTSA)
As a municipality it is Oakville's mandate to plan to achieve a density target of 200 people and jobs per hectare in Midtown by 2031. As the approximate overall size of Midtown is 103 hectares and in keeping with the target above, that translates to approximately 20,600 people and jobs, or stated another way, about 13,390 people and 7,210 jobs.
Although the overall area of Midtown is about 103 hectares, things such as the presence of the railway line, hydro corridor, 16-Mile Creek and other restrictions mean that the total area that can actually be developed is much smaller - about 50%. Thus, whatever number of people we house in the area, they will have to be accommodated in an area that is half the size of the overall. That means increased density.
Finally, the boundaries of Midtown are as follows:
In the West: 16 Mile Creek
In the South: Cornwall Road
In the North: QEW
In the East: Chartwell Road
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