Review of Data Model

 Major Office  Employment occurring in office buildings of 1,860 square metres (20,000 sq. ft.) or larger  Population Related  Serves the local population (e.g. retail, education, government, social and community services)  Employment Land  All jobs that exist on employment lands excluding major office

 Areas designated in an Official Plan for clusters of business and economic activities, including, but not limited to manufacturing, warehousing, offices and associated retail and ancillary uses (PPS, 2005)

Employment Category 2006 Jobs 2031 Forecast 2006 to 2031 Growth % of Growth Growth Rate Major Office65,600120,20054,60017%0.83 Population Related 192,900290,80097,90031%0.51 Employment Land 203,700369,000165,30052%0.81 Total462,300780,000317,700100%0.69

 Provincial interests include:  The adequate provision of employment opportunities  The appropriate location of growth and development  Local OPs permitted to contain no appeal policies for conversions.

 Protection and conservation of employment lands, particularly in proximity to major corridors, for current and future uses  Conversion permitted through a comprehensive review  May plan for long-term protection of employment areas (not beyond 20-year planning horizon.

 Plan for, protect and preserve employment areas for current and future uses, including ability to accommodate growth forecasts  Conversions permitted through a Municipal Comprehensive Review that considers a list of specific criteria.

Employment Lands Inventory Historical Employment Major Office Inventory Economic & Development Review Building Permit Database Employment Survey ROP Monitoring Traffic Zone Upkeep/ Forecasting

 Year-end 1995  Year-end 2000  Mid-year 2001  Year-end 2004  Mid-year 2006

Community Planning Long Range Planning Finance Economic Strategy  Intention to update inventory to mid-2011 (census base) and mid-2012 (most recent data)

Community Planning Long Range Planning Finance Economic Strategy Community and Health Services (SSIP) Transportation Planning Environmental Services

 Employment Area Boundaries (ecoEmpArea2011)  Parcel-based Inventory (ecoEmpParcel2011)  Underutilized Inventory (ecoEmpUndUtilized2011)  Conversion Inventory (ecoEmpConversion2011)

 Local Municipal Circulation complete for mid 2011  Attributes include:  Employment Area Name  Year Added  Gross Area (ha)  Developable Area (ha)

 Primary dataset for analysis  Includes hardcoded data as well as data links  Types of data collected:  Locational  Contact  Area  Built Information  Infrastructure  Conversion Requests  External Links

 Built parcels with further development potential  Created manually Underutilized, 2002 Built, 2006

 Parcels that were previously within Employment Areas, but have now been converted  Created manually

 Small group overview sessions (on going)  May 30 – Large group meeting  May 31 – Meetings with individual groups  June 21 – Large group meeting (proposed data structure)  Summer/Fall – Data collection and verification  Q – Report on data

Does the data structure work for you and your business needs? Are there additional attributes you would like to track? Existing datasets Wish lists