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The developers, ONE Properties and 11087258 Canada Inc., are proposing to build the warehouses on two pieces of land in the Winston Churchill Boule- vard and Beryl Road area. The plan calls for three warehouses with a total floor area of 59,078 square metres to be constructed on 11087258 Canada Inc.'s 12.9- hectare property at 560 Winston Churchill Blvd., while two warehouses with a total floor area of 60,108 square metres will be con- structed on ONE Proper- ties' 15.5 hectare property at 772 Winston Churchill Blvd. The matter was dis- cussed during a Planning and Development Council meeting on Monday, June 27. The town's Director of Planning Services, Gabe Charles, noted the two properties would have a to- tal of 739 parking spaces and 226 loading spaces. He also pointed out the warehouses are permitted under the area's zoning. Council heard from 23 resident delegations, all of whom called on councillors to direct the developer to do more to mitigate the im- pacts they believe the pro- ject will have on their com- munity, located to the west of the site. Area resident David Mounce noted an online pe- tition he started, calling for the warehouse develop- ments to be stopped, has gotten more than 1,000 sig- natures. Some residents voiced concerns about the noise the large number of trucks and their backup beepers would make at the site. Others argued the truck traffic brought to the area would cause congestion on Winston Churchill Boule- vard, while others said they were worried about poor air quality resulting from idling trucks. Joshua Creek Residents' Association President Eliza- beth Chalmers said the zon- ing would permit the ware- houses to operate 24-7. She called on the town to require the developer to build a noise wall along the perimeter of the buildings on the western side of the site. She also called on the de- velopers to quantify a com- mitment they made that they would reduce usage of the loading docks after 11 p.m., provided the town ap- proved their site plan appli- cations on or before June 27. Scott Arbuckle of IBI Group, who spoke on behalf of ONE Properties, said the loading areas are located at the centre of the site, and as such, the buildings act as a noise barrier. The same argument was made for the 560 Winston Churchill Blvd. site. Arbuckle also noted there was a distance of about 240-250 metres from the truck courts at 772 Win- ston Churchill Blvd. and the rear yards of residential properties. The planner said road im- provements, including new turning lanes and a new in- tersection, have been pro- posed for this project. He said he couldn't pro- vide additional information about nighttime operations as neither site currently has tenants. Oz Kemal of MHBC Plan- ning, who spoke on behalf of 11087258 Canada Inc., said 2.5-metre berms are being proposed for the western perimeter of the 560 Win- ston Churchill Blvd. site. Despite these measures, Ward 3 Coun. Janet Haslett- Theall said she could not support the plan. "There are serious con- cerns with what is the level of mitigation that is really going to be agreed to," she said. "This is not about, 'Not in Your Backyard.' This is about us actually allowing a development to have land- use permissions that have scale and intensity that are just unimaginable abutting a residential property ... We need to do better." Mayor Rob Burton dis- agreed, noting the site plan approval council was vot- ing on is conditional on the developer moving ahead with mitigation plans such as the berms. "This is the best we are going to be able to do," said Burton. "We are going to get full mitigation for operation at full capacity, and there isn't any site plan decision better than that." Council voted nine to three in favour of the site plan approval, with Ward 3 councillors Haslett-Theall and Dave Gittings and Ward 4 Coun. Allan Elgar voting against. MASSIVE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT MOVING AHEAD DESPITE OPPOSITION DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS Concept art for the two warehouses proposed for 772 Winston Churchill Blvd. IBI Group image