Chapter A - Introduction - City of Pickering

COMMENT
that are under the jurisdiction of the City of Pickering.
The MESPA has identified three road projects which are subject to the requirements of the
Schedule C, MEA Class EA process. These road projects include:
• Road I – North – South Type C Arterial Road (Sideline 24)
• Road IV – East-West Special Type C Arterial
• Road VI – East-West Employment Collector
Phases 1 and 2 of the MEA Class EA process has been completed for three road projects, and
Phases 3 and 4 of MEA Class EA process will be undertaken prior to road construction.
City staff recommends that alternative design concepts for the preferred solution (Phase 3) and
Environmental Study Reports (Phase 4) for each Schedule C road project be completed before
the draft plan approval stage. We also understand that Phases 3 and 4 of the MEA Class EA
process for these road projects will be undertaken by the Seaton Landowners Group (SLG).
Please confirm.
comments on Chapter A.
RESPONSE
The current lower threshold of $2.3M does not add or change the roads requiring MEA Phases 3 and 4.
As well, Chapter C2 was clarified in response to these City Comments as follows:
• The conditions of draft plan approval will make the completion of the Environmental Study Reports a requirement of the Planning
Act approvals for the relevant plans of subdivision.
• Phases 3-4 will be undertaken by Seaton Landowners Group
• City will be an active stakeholder in this process
• Updates to Road cost limits were addressed
Please see previous responses in Chapters A and B.
REPORT CHAPTER
AND SECTION
Given the fact that City’s role during this MEA Class EA process will be as an active stakeholder
and not as a commenting agency, we request that staff be consulted during the Phase 3 and
Phase 4 MEA Class EA process for the above mentioned City arterial and collector roads.
This section refers to Ontario Regulation 345/93, which outlines the Schedule C MEA Class EA
requirements for the arterial and collector roads based on the estimated capital cost of the
road construction project. The latest update to this regulation shows that the limit of $ 2.7 million
is reduced to $ 2.4 million (2012 value). This statement should be revised to reflect updated
construction cost value.
MEA Class EA Requirements
The MESPA states that the CPDP Regional Services Class EA Study is expected to be
completed in mid 2012.
Noted. Expected date of completion of the CPDP Regional EA is May 2013. The date is revised in the MESPA.
Chapter C2
Revise the statement with updated completion date of May 2013.
Problem Statement – Arterial and Collector Roads
The third paragraph of this section refers to a CPDP policy that requires this MESPA to “confirm
the overall major transportation system requirements, including bridge locations and open space
crossings and Neighbourhood traffic calming measures”.
This document fails to confirm the neighbourhood traffic calming measures for all proposed
neighbourhoods in Seaton. Secondly, it is unclear who is responsible for formulating and
implementing these neighbourhood traffic calming measures. Therefore it is recommended that
the neighbourhood traffic calming measures for all Seaton neighbourhoods be described and
suggest which measures should be implemented.
It is our expectation that each Neighbourhood Functional Serving and Stormwater Report would
provide further details on the traffic calming measures including type and location.
Based on the CPDP policy, we also recommend that the MESPA establish and document
transportation system requirements for the Special Type C Arterial road with direct frontages.
As a point of clarification, traffic calming measures are not projects subject to the MEA Class EA and it is believed that this was included
in the CPDP in case there were specific calming measures recommended.
We suggest that the integrated planning for Seaton eliminates the need for traffic calming on Arterial and Collector Roads. Moreover,
the modified grid network and traffic capacities on the higher-order roads will function with satisfactory levels of service, and hence
traffic infiltration onto the lower road designations will be eliminated and traffic calming should not be required.
Traffic calming measure options will be addressed in the Traffic Sensitivity Analysis to be submitted in support of the draft plans of
subdivision and detailed within the Traffic Impact Studies to be submitted as part of the detailed engineering submissions for each plan
of subdivision.
Chapter C2.1
The Sernas Group Inc., Stonybrook Consulting Inc. December 2011, Revised February 2013 Master Environmental Servicing Plan - Amendment
SPL Beatty, Bird and Hale Limited, Earthfx Inc. 07161 Seaton Community, City of Pickering
AMEC Earth & Environmental, R.J. Burnside Appendix A7 – Page 17
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