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AL Georgieff MCIP RPP Commissioner of Planning and Economic Development

May 21 2014 4 Ms S Krane Clerk City of Oshawa 50 Centre Street South Oshawa ON L 1 H 3Z7

Re Proposed Performance Indicators for the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe File L 14-41 Commissioners Report No 2014-P-27

Ms Krane at their meeting held on April 30 2014 the Durham Regional Planning amp Economic Development Committee considered the above matter

Enclosed for your information is a copy of Commissioners Report No 2014-P-27 excluding Attachment 1 (Towards Performance Indicators for the Greater Golden Horseshoe 2006 Preliminary Indicators for Discussion) The Performance Indicators Discussion document may be downloaded at wwwplacestogrowca

Should you have any questions or wish to discuss the report please contact John Connolly Manager Policy Planning and Special Studies at 905-668-7711 ext 2545

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The Regional Municipality of Durham To The Planning and Economic Development Committee From Commissioner of Planning and Economic Demiddotvelopment

Report No 2014-P-27 Date April 29 2014

SUBJECT

Proposed Performance Indicators for the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe Fi le L 14-41

RECOMMENDATION

THAT Commissioners Report No 2014-P-27 be forwarded to the Ministry of Infrastructure as Durham Regions response to the document entitled Towards Performance Indicators for the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe 2006 Preliminary Indicators for Discussion

REPORT

1 PURPOSE

11 On March 3 2014 the Ministry of Infrastructure (MOl released a document entitled Towards Performance Indicators for the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) 2006 Preliminary Indicators for Discussion (Discussion Document) requesting comments by April 30 2014

12 The purpose of this report is to provide a Regional response to the Discussion Document (Attachment 1 )

2 TOWARDS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR THE GROWTH PLAN

21 The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan) includes a policy (5431) requiring MOl to develop a set of indicators to measure the implementation of Growth Plan policies

22 The release of the Discussion Document serves to address Policy 5431 by proposing twelve indicators to assess the implementation of the Growth Plan This will also help inform the mandated 1 0-year review of the Growth Plan

Report No 2014-P-27 Page No2

23 According to the Ministry the indicators and initial results are not intended as a report card or comparison chart for municipalities They are not meant to assess municipal conformity with the requirements of the Growth Plan Rather the indicators are designed as a tool to help evaluate how growth and development in the region are unfolding against the Growth Plans policies middot

24 The majority of the data used for the proposed indicators comes from four main sources Statistics Canada the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) Land Information Ontario and mapping of Growth Plan geographies from various municipal official plans

25 The twelve proposed indicators are organized under four key themes

bull building compact and efficient communities (4 indicators)

bull creating vibrant and complete communities (4 indicators)

bull planning ampmanaging growth to support a strong and competitive economy (3 indicators) and

bull protecting conserting enhancing and wisely using natural resources (1 indicator)

26 The Discussion Document includes prel iminary results on some of the proposed indicators for the entire Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) area others are provided by upper and single-tier municipality and a few are provided for four test pilot municipalities (City of Barrie and Regions of Peel Waterloo and York)

2 7 The following provides a summary of the proposed indicators and preliminary results by theme

Building Compact and Efficient Communities

28 The Growth Plan supports the creation of more compact mixed-use and transit-supportive communities It also establishes targets for densities and intensification The four indicators in this theme are intended to measure progress toward achieving the quantitative targets in the Growth Plan

Report No 2014-P-27 Page No 3

Achieving Intensification

bull Indicator - The percentage of new residential units constructed within the built-up area of the municipalities in the region

bull Result- Many municipalities are achieving or exceeding the required minimum of 40 per cent intensification ahead of the 2015 target date The result for Durham is 46 per cent

Urban Growth Centre Density

bull Indicator- The number of people and jobs per hectare within Urban Growth Centres (UGC)

bull Result - UGCs are making progress toward their targets Downtown Oshawa increased from 101 people and jobs per hectare (pjha) in 2006 to 103 pjha in 2011 and Downtown Pickering increased from 57 pjha in 2006 to 61 pjha in 2011 (Note the Growth Plan target for Downtown Oshawa and Downtown Pickering UGCs is 200 pjlha)

Major Transit Station Area Density

bull Indicator - The number of people and jobs per hectare within major transit station areas

bull Result - This indicator is intended to provide a baseline for measuring further changes to densities in major transit station areas over time Since the exact boundaries of many of the major transit station areas have not been determined through area municipal Official Plan conformity amendments accurate information is not available

Designated Greenfield Area Density

bull Indicator - The number of people and jobs per hectare in built portions of the designated greenfield areas and the characteristics of development that has occurred in these areas (minimum 50 persons and jobs per hectare)

bull Results- Only provided for the four pilot municipalities Results showed relatively low residential densities within the built portions of the


designated greenfield areas possibly reflecting early stages of development in these areas

Creating Vibrant and Complete Communities

2 9 The Growth P~an promotes the development of complete communities where people can live work shop and access services in close proximity Municipalities are required to plan for a mix of housing types land uses employment opportunities and an urban form that supports walking cycling and transit

Mix of Housing Types

bull Indicator- The range and mix of housing types that have been completed each year in upper and single-tier municipalities

bull Results- Between 2006 and 2012 there was a shift toward higher density development formats across the GGH In Durham the percentage of housing completions shifted from 70 per cent singles in 2006 to 65 per cent in 2012

Three (3) Other Indicators

Diversity of Land Uses

bull Indicator- The diversity of land uses within areas where the Growth Plan directs intensification including UGCs major transit station areas and the built-up area

Community lnfrastrueture

bull Indicator - The percentage of the population in a UGC major transit station area and the built-up area with in walking distance of a community centre park and school

Street Connectivity

bull Indicator - The number of intersections per hectare in UGCs major transit station areas and the built-up area


bull Results- these three (3) indicators were tested in four pilot municipalities (ie Barrie and the Regions of Peel Waterloo and York) with results only being provided by way of an illustrative map for Barri~ (refer to Attachment 1 pages 19 21 and 23) For each of these three indicators outlined in the report further considerations suggest more detailed andor accurate data Given these limited results more work is required to refine these specific indicators

Planning and Managing Growth to Support a Strong and Competitive Economy

210 Strengthening the economy through better integration of land-use planning and infrastructure investment is a key Growth Plan objective The Growth Plan requires municipal ities to plan for all types of economic activity

Transportation Model Split

bull Indicator- The percentage of trips to work made by car bike transit or walking for each Census Division in the GGH

bull Results -The results are intended to provide a baseline of information thatmiddot will allo~ comparison over time The modeshare across the GGH in 2011 is reported as 77 per cent car truck van 17 per cent public transit 1 per cent bicycle and 5 per cent walk In Durham it is reported as 86 per cent ca~ truck van 1 0 per cent public transit 1 per cent bicycle and 3 per cent walk

Commute Time by Mode

bull Indicator- Commute time by Census Division in the GGH by mode of transportation broken into 30 minute intervals

bull Results - The results are intended to provide a baseline of information that will allow comparison over time For the Inner Ring (GTHA) in 2011 it is reported that for commuters travelling by car truck or van 52 per cent had a commute of less than 30 minutes 38 per cent had a commute of 30 to 59 minutes 9 per cent had a commute time of 60 to 90 minutes and 2 per cent had a commute time in excess of 90 minutes For Durham the results are 51 per cent 32 per cent 13 per cent and 4 per cent respectively for the same commute times by auto in 2011


Location of Major Office Space

bull Indicator- The percentage of major office space that has been developed inside UGCs and major transit station areas since 2006

bull Results- Since 2006 169 million square feet (16 mil lion sq m) of major office space (ie buildings larger than 25000 sq ft or 2322 sq m) was built or under construction in the GTA Approximately 59 per cent was located within UGCs and major transit station areas mostly in the City of Toronto

Protecting Conserving Enhancing and Wisely Using Natural Resources

211 The Growth Plan works in collaboration with the Greenbelt Plan and other provincial policies and plans to protect cons~rve and wisely use natural resources The Growth Plan provides for the development of compact and complete communities which use land efficiently and reduce development pressures on natural areas outside of settlement areas

Land Consumption

bull Indicator- Ratio of percentage change in planned population and employment to percentage change in amount of settlement area

bull Result - Baseline data measures the population and employment forecasts and the corresponding settlement areas contained in approved upper- and single- tier municipal official plans This indicator will be calculated after the next official plan review to provide an initial measure of the efficiency of land use

3 COMMENTS

31 The initiative to develop indicators to assess the implementation of the Growth Plan is welcomed and supported However these indicators should only be used as a guideline to assist the Province and municipalities in their evaluation of how growth and development in the GGH is progressing in accordance with Growth Plan policies These indicators could also be used to assess how individual municipalities are performing or trending rather than


being used to compare or illustrate differences in performance between

municipalities

32 In addition to the Provincial indicators municipalities should be encouraged to

develop additional indicators that maybe more reliable or appropriate in

evaluating growth and development at the local level

33 The Provincial indicators represent a reasonable initial effort to help set a

baseline for beginning to assess the performance of Growth Plan policies

However there is limited benefit of proceeding with further analysis of these

prel iminary results given that many of the single and upper-tier official plans

and very few of the iower-tier official plans across the GGH have received

final approval of their Growth Plan conformity amendments

34 Attachment 2 provides general and more detailed comments according to the

themes and specific performance indicators contained in the Discussion

Document

4 CONCLUSIONS

41 Should Planning amp Economic Development Committee support the

recommendations of this report in order to meet the April 30 2014 deadline

for comments a copy will be forwarded to the Ministry of Infrastructure prior

to Council consideration on May 14 2014 with applicable qualifications

42 A copy of this report will also be sent to the Regions area municipalities


RECOMMENDED FOR PRESENTATION TO COMMITTEE


Attachment 1 Towards Performance Indicators for the Greater Golden Horseshoe 2006 Preliminary middotIndicators for Discussion

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2 Proposed Performance Indicators for the Growth Plan for the GGH - Detailed Comments

Attachment 2

Proposed Performance Indicators for the Growth Plan for the GGH Detailed Comments

The following provides general and specific comments on the proposed performance indicators outlined in the Discussion Document and the compendium Technical

Report

General Comments

bull There are concerns that all of the proposed indicators may not apply to every municipality in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) in particular as it relates to municipalities within the inner ring (Greater Toronto Hamilton Area) versus the outer ring

bull In a number of instances the proposed indicators make a comparison between 2006 and 2011 Statistics Canada Census data Such comparisons should be used with caution due to the change in collection from the mandatory Long Form Census in 2006 to the voluntary National Household Survey in 2011

bull Data such as that from Statistics Canada is only available once every five years while other data is available annually (eg MPAC data) or monthly (eg CMHC) As such the Province should prepare a comprehensive report every five years following the release of Census data However other available data should be collected annually and made available for more frequent research and analysis on relevant indicators (eg intensification)

bull It is not clear from the Discussion Documents who is responsible for collecting data (ie Province upper- or single- tier municipalities lower-tier municipalities) nor who is responsible for reporting the results The Province should clearly define its expectations particularly as it relates to any rel iance upon data andor analysis to be provided by municipalities

Specific Comments on the Proposed Indicators by Theme

Theme Building Compact and Efficient Communities

1 Achieving Intensification

bull The use of MPAC properly assessment data to measure the percentage of new residential units in built-up areas as a tool is generally supported

However MPAC data may not always be up to date as there can be significant time lags (several months) between a transaction and when the data is entered into the system and made available to a municipality

2 Urban Growth Centre Density

bull The Discussion Document recognizes that the customized Statistics Canada Census employment data used to measure th is indicator for 2006 and 2011 should be used with caution due to the change in collection from the mandatory Long Form Census to the voluntary National Household Survey as mentioned above On this point there is agreement

middot bull middot In addition based on Durhams experience custom Statistics Canada employment data by small geographic areas (transportation zohes) are not reliable and cannot be used to confidently define employment in UGCs There are also issues with data suppression when utilizing smaller geographical areas

bull Regional employment surveys such as Durhams which is entering its third year provide a more accurate data source on a regular basis However not all upper- and single-tier municipalities in the GGH may have the resources to conduct such surveys The Province should consider providing financial assistance for municipalities to complete employment surveys and ensure that there is a minimum level of standardization in the data collected

3 Major Transit Station Area Density

bull No specific comments

4 Designated Greenfield Area Density

bull One of the data sources used for this indicator is the number of occupants per property using MPAC data Experience has shown that the MPAC population and occupancy data is not reliable The Ministry should liaise with MPAC to determine ways of increasing the reliability of this data for Growth Plan monitoring purposes

Theme Creating Vibrant and Complete Communities

5 Mix of Housing Types

bull CMHC housing completions data is a reliable source for determining the mix of housing types for new units However it would be beneficial if the data could be provided by CMHC on smaller geographical levels so that housing types can be distinguished between units within the built boundary and those in the designated greenfield area The Province is encouraged to liaise with CMHC to determine the type of data that can be rel~ased to municipalities at a smaller geographical level

6 Diversity of Land Uses

bull The Simpson Diversity Index is difficult to understand and will require an agreed upon set of standards and definitions

7 Community Infrastructure

bull It is unclear if this indicator only applies to active recreational facilities such as playgrounds sports fields etc or if it includes more passive open space as well This should be clarified to ensure consistent results

bull Libraries could be added to this indicator as many community based activities occur in these locations

8 Street Connectivity

bull This measure is feasible across the GGH as every jurisdiction can identify intersection loc~tions whereas data may be limited on walking networks in some jurisdictions (ie sidewalks multi-use paths walkways crossing locations etc)

Theme Planning and Managing Growth to Support a Strong and Competitive

iiftllimiddot 9 Transportation Modal Split

bull With respect to the technical report the statement made on Page 33 regarding the National Household Survey (NHS) excluding non-peak travel trips and underestimating non-peak trips is misleading The Census and NHS Place of Work data do not pertain to trips but moreover workflow (ie location of where someones work location is) As such an indication of home to work trip patterns can be inferred from the data but by no means is this trip data

bull The Transportation Tomorrow Survey (TTS) is a much more reliable source of data for measuring modal split but unfortunately does not cover the entire GGH The 2011 survey area should be expanded to include the remainder of Wellington and Peterborough Counties and Haldimand and Northumberland Counties

10 Commute Time by Mode


11 Location of Major Office Space


Theme Protecting Conserving Enhancing and Wisely Using Natural Resources

12 Land Consumption


The Regional Municipality of Durham To The Planning and Economic Development Committee From Commissioner of Planning and Economic Demiddotvelopment

Report No 2014-P-27 Date April 29 2014

SUBJECT

Proposed Performance Indicators for the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe Fi le L 14-41

RECOMMENDATION

THAT Commissioners Report No 2014-P-27 be forwarded to the Ministry of Infrastructure as Durham Regions response to the document entitled Towards Performance Indicators for the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe 2006 Preliminary Indicators for Discussion

REPORT

1 PURPOSE

11 On March 3 2014 the Ministry of Infrastructure (MOl released a document entitled Towards Performance Indicators for the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) 2006 Preliminary Indicators for Discussion (Discussion Document) requesting comments by April 30 2014

12 The purpose of this report is to provide a Regional response to the Discussion Document (Attachment 1 )

2 TOWARDS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR THE GROWTH PLAN

21 The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan) includes a policy (5431) requiring MOl to develop a set of indicators to measure the implementation of Growth Plan policies

22 The release of the Discussion Document serves to address Policy 5431 by proposing twelve indicators to assess the implementation of the Growth Plan This will also help inform the mandated 1 0-year review of the Growth Plan






































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