Phase 1 of the City's Growth Management Study has been completed. Phase 1 provides valuable environmental and other background information on the study area as input to the other phases.

Map of Study Area Boundary [381kb PDF]

The three reports produced as part of Phase 1 are:

• Environmental Systems Analysis Report and Phase 1 Summary
• Agricultural Community Assessment
• Background Reports (Transportation; Water, Wastewater and Stormwater; Population and Employment; and Parks, Recreation and Greenlands)

Copies of these reports are available for viewing and short term loan at the Pickering Public Library.  They are also available for viewing at the Planning & Development Counter, and a limited number of reports will be available for purchase.

Environmental System Report

• Environmental System Report and Phase 1 Summary  [15.5 mb]

• Appendix A - Hydrogeology [4.6 mb]

• Appendix B - Natural Heritage [12.5 mb]

• Appendix C - Cultural Heritage [3.6 mb]

• Appendix D - Phase 1 Consultation Comments [1.2 mb]

Agricultural Community Assessment Report

• Agricultural Community Assessment Report [847 kb]

• Appendix 1 - Soil Productivity Index Calculations [85 kb]

• Appendix 2 - Land Use, Soils and Infrastructure Calculations [92 kb]

• Appendix 3 - Location, Land Use and Soil Capability Maps [3.1 mb]

Background Report

• Parks, Recreation and Greenspace [2.0 mb]

• Population and Employment [1.2 mb]

• Transportation [1.8 mb]

• Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Servicing [2.6 mb]

On May 21, 2002, Council received Report Number CAO 05-02 (Revised), which in part authorized the establishment of a Working Group to assist with the preparation of draft Terms of Reference for the City’s Growth Management Study.  The Study Area includes the Seaton lands and the Agricultural Assembly lands. The Study Area boundaries generally follow: Highway 7 to the north; Sideline 16 and the Pickering - Ajax boundary to the east; the St. Lawrence & Hudson (formerly the C.P. Belleville) Rail line to the south; and the Pickering - Toronto/Markham boundary to the west.

Also on July 29, 2002, Council confirmed membership on the Working Group.  The Working Group comprised representatives of Council, City staff, the Region of Durham, the Province of Ontario, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, landowners within the Study Area, and interested community groups. The Working Group met several times during October and November, 2002. With the Group's assistance, draft Terms of Reference have been prepared for the consideration of Pickering Council.

On December 9, 2002, Pickering Council received Report Number CAO 10-02 concerning the Terms of Reference for the Growth Management Study.  Council also endorsed the draft Terms of Reference, which were provided as Appendix I to Report Number CAO 10-02, and authorized staff to issue a Request for Proposals.

On February 17, 2003, Pickering Council received Report to Council CAO 02-03, and approved the proposal submitted by Dillon Consulting Limited, et al. to undertake the Pickering Growth Management Study.

At the same meeting, Council appointed David Pickles, City Councillor - Ward 3 to the Study Steering Committee. Councillor Pickles joins the following other members of the Study Steering Committee: Mayor Arthurs; the CAO; the Director, Planning & Development; the Division Head, Corporate Projects & Policy; a Durham Regional Planning Department representative; a major landowner representative (for the Agricultural Assembly); and two citizen representatives.