The Official Plan Amendment application re: Shining Hills Development

The proposed plan strives to adhere to the requirements of the Greenbelt Act for protection of the natural features and to contain development within the Oak Ridges Moraine boundary within the Settlement Area.

My objection to this Official Plan Amendment is that:

1. It seeks to remove the Environmental Protection Oak Ridges Moraine designation from lands that are currently agricultural lands and re-designate those lands as Emerging Residential.

2. Development limit is to the edge of the dripline, or edge of the wetland, through most of the site. "most" is not defined.

Due to the effect of global warming, and understanding that crop yields decrease as temperature increases, I believe that all existing agricultural land should remain as agricultural, green space or wilderness, not paved. Farmers should be compensated accordingly.

When farmland is lost to development, it is lost forever.