Whereas on June 23, 2025, City Council considered Report ED-25-76 dated May 28, 2025, which contained City staff’s recommended City-initiated amendments to Zoning By-law 60-94, as amended (“Zoning By-law”), to implement the following two (2) Protected Major Transit Station Areas (“P.M.T.S.A.s”):
- The “Central Oshawa P.M.T.S.A.”, surrounding the planned Central Oshawa GO Station; and,
- The “Thornton’s Corners P.M.T.S.A.”, surrounding the planned Thornton’s Corners GO Station; and,
Whereas these P.M.T.S.A.s are intended to serve as strategic growth areas surrounding the planned Central Oshawa GO Station and the planned Thornton’s Corners GO Station, which comprise two of the four new stations proposed to be constructed along Metrolinx’s Oshawa-to-Bowmanville GO Train Extension; and,
Whereas following their consideration of Report ED-25-76 dated May 28, 2025, Council adopted the following as part of a multi-part recommendation:
That pursuant to Report ED-25-76 dated May 28, 2025, Council endorse the draft Terms of Reference for a Stormwater Management Study for the Central Oshawa Protected Major Transit Station Area and Thornton’s Corners Protected Major Transit Station Area, as generally set out in Attachment 6 to this Report, for the purpose of retaining a qualified professional consultant through the regular procurement process to undertake such a Study”; and,
Whereas on June 23, 2025, after considering Report ED-25-76, City Council passed By-law 75-2025, being a by-law to enact City-initiated amendments to Zoning By-law 60-94 to implement P.M.T.S.A.s; and,
Whereas on June 26, 2025, City staff issued Notice of the Passing of By-law 75-2025 in accordance with the requirements of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended (the “Planning Act”), and the City’s Public Notice Policy; and,
Whereas on July 16, 2025, the City received one (1) appeal to the Notice of the Passing of a By-law from Ira Kagan of Kagan Shastri DeMelo Winer Park LLP, on behalf of the owners of 555 Simcoe Street South, within the 20-day legislated appeal period under Section 34(19) of the Planning Act, which period expired on July 16, 2025; and,
Whereas one of the issues highlighted within the subject appeal is a concern with respect to the timing to complete the above-noted Stormwater Management Study for the Central Oshawa P.M.T.S.A. and Thornton’s Corners P.M.T.S.A., which pursuant to Subsection 4.5.3 of Report ED-25-76, is anticipated to take approximately six to nine (6 to 9) months to complete; and,
Whereas pursuant to Subsection 4.5.3 of Report ED-25-76, Council directed staff to issue a Request for Proposals for qualified consultants to complete the above-noted Stormwater Management Study, which was issued on August 1, 2025 and closes on September 12, 2025; and,
Whereas pursuant to Subsection 4.5.3 of Report ED-25-76, Council directed that once a recommended consulting team has been selected, that staff report back to the appropriate Standing Committee, and Council, to seek approval of the recommended proponent; and,
Whereas based upon a combination of the Committee and Council meeting schedule (i.e. the summer recess) as well as an extended bidding window necessitated by efforts to obtain bids during the summer months, the commencement of the six to nine (6 to 9) month timeline noted above is currently projected to be six (6) weeks later than an alternative commencement date that could be achieved by instead delegating to staff authority to award the project; and,
Whereas an earlier commencement date would assist in demonstrating the City’s commitment to getting the above-noted Stormwater Management Study underway as expeditiously as possible, particularly in consideration of the fact that the above-noted appeal is based in part on a concern with respect to the timing to complete the study; and,
Whereas to allow a consulting team to be awarded the project six (6) weeks earlier than currently projected, staff are recommending that the requirement to report back to seek approval of the recommended proponent be waived, and the Manager, Procurement, or their designate, be delegated authority to award the project, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, Economic and Development Services Department, or their designate; and,
Whereas pursuant to Section 5.0 of Report ED-25-76, the Stormwater Management Study will be funded using Planning Services’ Professional and Technical account for the work undertaken in 2025;
Therefore that based on Item ED-25-94 dated September 8, 2025, the Manager, Procurement, or their designate, be authorized to award a contract for R.F.P. C2025-076 Stormwater Management Study to the highest ranked proposal as determined through staff’s consensus evaluation process, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, Economic and Development Services Department, or their designate.