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THE REGION OF PEEL & TOWN OF CALEDON LAND EVALUATION AREA REVIEW (LEAR) & MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION (MDS)REVIEW PUBLIC INFORMATION OPEN HOUSE April 3, 2014

OUTLINE one PROJECT SUMMARY two LEAR OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS three STUDY AREA four LEAR FACTORS, SCORES & MAPPING five THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION (MDS) six seven NEXT STEPS

PROJECT SUMMARY OUTLINE PROJECT SUMMARY Land Evaluation Area Review (LEAR) LEAR • Existing Prime Agricultural, Agricultural and Rural Areas in OBJECTIVES AND Region of Peel and Town of Caledon Official Plans COMPONENTS STUDY AREA • Confirm accuracy of Prime Agriculture Area mapping as a basis to protect the best agricultural land from impacts of LAND urban and rural non-farm uses EVALUATION AREA REVIEW FACTORS, • Peel and Caledon Official Plans enable LEAR study to SCORES & identify Prime Agricultural Areas MAPPING THRESHOLD Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) DISCUSSION • Review of Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 3

WHAT IS A LEAR? OUTLINE PROJECT SUMMARY • LE = Land Evaluation • AR = Area Review LEAR OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS • LEAR is a Regional exercise - a comparative study of STUDY AREA Agricultural Lands within the defined Study Area LAND EVALUATION • LEAR is a technical tool to assist municipalities in identifying AREA REVIEW Prime Agricultural Areas for protection in policy documents FACTORS, (i.e. Official Plan) SCORES & MAPPING • Developed by OMAF, a LEAR is the Provincial Standard for THRESHOLD the identification of Prime Agricultural Areas by Planning DISCUSSION Authorities MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 4

WHAT DOES A LEAR DO? OUTLINE PROJECT SUMMARY • Ensures Prime Agricultural Area mapping in the Region of Peel and Town of Caledon Official Plans are consistent with LEAR Provincial Policy and Guidelines OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS • Protects high quality agricultural land for future food STUDY AREA production LAND EVALUATION • Protects and enhance the agricultural economy AREA REVIEW FACTORS, SCORES & • Provides technical recommendations on refinement of Prime MAPPING Agricultural Area in Caledon THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 5

WHAT DOES A LEAR NOT DO? OUTLINE PROJECT SUMMARY • LEAR does not compare lands within the Region to Agricultural lands outside of the Study Area (Region) LEAR OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS • LEAR does not amend Official Plan land use designations. This is a separate process under the Planning Act STUDY AREA LAND • LEAR studies are not undertaken to satisfy municipal EVALUATION comprehensive review requirements for settlement boundary AREA REVIEW FACTORS, expansions SCORES & MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 6

COMPONENTS OF A LEAR OUTLINE Evaluation Units PROJECT • Individual parcels are the Evaluation Units SUMMARY LEAR L and E valuation Factor (50% Weighting) OBJECTIVES AND • Based on CLI for Agriculture COMPONENTS • Topography considered in LE score STUDY AREA LAND A rea R eview Factors (50% Weighting) EVALUATION • Fragmentation (12.5% of total score) AREA REVIEW FACTORS, • % of Agricultural lands in production in the Evaluation Unit SCORES & (12.5% of total score) MAPPING • % of land in agricultural production within one kilometre of the agricultural unit (12.5% of total score) THRESHOLD DISCUSSION • Conflicting Land Uses (12.5% of total score) MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 7

DETERMINATION OF STUDY AREA OUTLINE PROJECT Study Area Includes: SUMMARY • Lands designated Rural, General Agriculture and Prime Agriculture in the Town of Caledon Official Plan LEAR OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS • Lands designated Prime Agriculture Area in the Region of Peel Official Plan STUDY AREA LAND EVALUATION AREA REVIEW FACTORS, SCORES & MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 8

DETERMINATION OF STUDY AREA OUTLINE PROJECT Study Area Excludes: SUMMARY • Areas with contiguous Prime, General Agricultural or Rural designations that did not comprise an area of 250 hectares or LEAR greater and were not classified “farmed” by the Ecological OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS Land Classification data were removed from the study area STUDY AREA – OMAF recommends that prime agricultural areas should LAND be 250 hectares or larger EVALUATION – Ecological Land Classification Data is further verification AREA REVIEW that land is not farmed FACTORS, SCORES & MAPPING • Lands within Settlement Areas and urban area boundaries THRESHOLD DISCUSSION • Properties that have been previously evaluated and received site specific planning approval to be removed from the Prime MDS DISCUSSION Agricultural Area will retain their approved land use NEXT STEPS designation 9

STUDY AREA OUTLINE PROJECT SUMMARY LEAR OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS STUDY AREA LAND EVALUATION AREA REVIEW FACTORS, SCORES & MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 11

LEAR REVIEW COMMITTEE OUTLINE • The LEAR guidelines directs the establishment of an PROJECT agricultural advisory committee to guide the LEAR process. SUMMARY LEAR • In 2013, the Peel Agricultural Advisory Working Group OBJECTIVES AND (PAAWG) was formed as the LEAR Review Committee. COMPONENTS STUDY AREA • The LEAR Review Committee also includes staff representatives from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & LAND Food, Credit Valley Conservation and Toronto Region EVALUATION Conservation. AREA REVIEW FACTORS, SCORES & • The LEAR Review Committee provided input into the LEAR MAPPING process as it refined the Study Area and selected and THRESHOLD weighted the LEAR factors. DISCUSSION • The LEAR Review Committee assessed the LEAR scores MDS DISCUSSION and selected a recommended Threshold score and range. NEXT STEPS 12

LAND EVALUATION FACTOR OUTLINE PROJECT • 50% of Total LEAR Score SUMMARY • The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) soils LEAR OBJECTIVES AND data set was applied to the Evaluation Units COMPONENTS • OMAF data was cross referenced with slope data to confirm STUDY AREA Canada Land Inventory (CLI) rating LAND EVALUATION AREA REVIEW • The area and percent occurrence of each soil type inside FACTORS, each soil polygon within each Evaluation Unit was calculated SCORES & and a score was assigned MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 13

LAND EVALUATION FACTOR OUTLINE PROJECT • Evaluation Units based SUMMARY on existing property LEAR boundaries OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS STUDY AREA LAND EVALUATION AREA REVIEW FACTORS, SCORES & MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 14

LAND EVALUATION FACTOR OUTLINE • OMAF CLI information PROJECT overlay for the same area SUMMARY • Illustrates primary and LEAR OBJECTIVES AND secondary CLI for each COMPONENTS soil polygon STUDY AREA • Illustrates percent occurrence of primary LAND EVALUATION and secondary CLI AREA REVIEW FACTORS, SCORES & MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 15

LAND EVALUATION FACTOR OUTLINE PROJECT • Intersection of CLI and SUMMARY Evaluation Unit data LEAR OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS STUDY AREA LAND EVALUATION AREA REVIEW FACTORS, SCORES & MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 16

LAND EVALUATION FACTOR OUTLINE • Example of one PROJECT Evaluation Unit SUMMARY intersected with OMAF CLI data LEAR OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS • Illustrates primary and secondary CLI data (with STUDY AREA percent occurrence) LAND EVALUATION AREA REVIEW FACTORS, SCORES & MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 17

LAND EVALUATION FACTOR OUTLINE SCORES & MAPPING PROJECT SUMMARY LEAR OBJECTIVES AND COMPONENTS STUDY AREA LAND EVALUATION AREA REVIEW FACTORS, SCORES & MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 18

AREA REVIEW FACTORS OUTLINE PROJECT SUMMARY • 50% of Total LEAR Score LEAR OBJECTIVES AND • Four Area Review (AR) Factors were selected by the LEAR COMPONENTS Review Committee: o Fragmentation (12.5% of total score) STUDY AREA o Percentage of Evaluation Unit in Agricultural Use LAND (12.5% of total score) EVALUATION AREA REVIEW o Agricultural Uses within One Kilometre of Evaluation FACTORS, Unit (12.5% of total score) SCORES & o Conflicting Land Uses (12.5% of total score) MAPPING THRESHOLD DISCUSSION MDS DISCUSSION NEXT STEPS 19

AR FACTOR - FRAGMENTATION OUTLINE Each parcel was evaluated using a 300 metre buffer from the PROJECT parcel. Using GIS the number of additional parcels within that SUMMARY 300 metre buffer excluding the evaluation unit itself was LEAR determined. The fragmentation number was then ranked OBJECTIVES AND according to the following table. COMPONENTS STUDY AREA # of Lots Score # of Lots Score LAND < = 10 additional =100 20 lots = 50 lots EVALUATION AREA REVIEW 11 lots = 90 21 lots = 40 FACTORS, 12 lots = 90 22 lots = 40 SCORES & 13 lots = 80 23 lots = 30 MAPPING 14 lots = 80 24 lots = 30 15 lots = 70 25 lots = 20 THRESHOLD DISCUSSION 16 lots = 70 26 lots = 20 17 lots = 60 27 lots = 10 MDS DISCUSSION 18 lots = 60 28 lots = 10 19 lots = 50 > = 29 lots = 0 NEXT STEPS 20