Figure 20: Uptown Hub Pilot Floor Plan

The Uptown Core / Shoppers World Branch

The Uptown Core / RioCan Shoppers World Anchor is envisioned as an integrated hub and walkable neighbourhood to meet social, educational, economic, tourism and environmental needs of all ages. The City is working with RioCan to explore a 7.5 acre “Hub Campus” where a new 21,500 square foot library branch is tentatively identified on the ground floor of a three-storey community facility referred to as the Uptown Pilot (Figure 20: Uptown Hub Pilot Floor Plan); library services identified through this plan include space for collections, programs, creative/maker areas, study areas and internet stations. The Uptown Pilot also combines recreation, arts and culture, technology and innovation, environmental, and health and social service components onsite alongside a new community park and proposed enhancements to Kaneff Park.

A CAA Neighbourhood Branch

A residential precinct has been identified for the CAA lands (formerly known as the PowerAde Centre) as part of the 20-minute walkable neighbourhood framework. As these lands are located approximately 3.5 kilometres from the Uptown Core / Shoppers World site – equating to a 30 to 40 minute walk – a Neighbourhood Branch would support the City’s walkable neighbourhood concept. In line with the recommended Library Facility Model (Section 4.1), the minimum space allocation should be 10,000 square feet as a Neighbourhood Branch.

South Fletcher’s Branch

Future opportunities associated with the South Fletcher’s Branch are presented in Section 5.4. No net additions to its total gross floor area are envisioned at this time.

Figure 20: Uptown Hub Pilot Floor Plan

Source: Uptown Brampton Urban Community Hub and Transit-Oriented Communities, November 2020 (Draft)

The Heritage Heights Community

The “Heritage Heights Community” is an undeveloped area located in Brampton’s northwest stretching from Mayfield Road to the Credit River valley, and from Winston Churchill Boulevard to Mississauga Road. The Brampton 2040 Vision designates a new Town Centre in Heritage Heights while the City’s Planning and Development Committee has endorsed a Conceptual Land Use Plan for the Heritage Heights Community. A number of Principles were created to guide future policies, design, and growth in Heritage Heights including: • the creation of walkable communities for people to gather, recreate, work, and live; • implementing sustainable and resilient plans, technologies, and design approaches; • inclusion of arts and cultural uses that leverage diversity and attract investment; and • planning for wellbeing of residents through the design of people-centric spaces.

Population forecasts for Heritage Heights are still being determined by the City of Brampton, however, the initial range could fall anywhere between 95,000 and 210,000 by the year 2051 according to the Council-approved Land Use Concept for the area.15 At 0.6 square feet per capita, this could result in a high-level forecast of between 57,000 and 126,000 square feet in the Heritage Heights Secondary Plan.

Heritage Heights District Branch

For the purposes of the Library FMP’s 10-year planning period, the preferred space allocation strategy begins with the provision of a District Branch to serve Heritage Heights. The Heritage Heights Visioning Report identifies the “Town Centre” slightly north of Bovaird Drive along the Heritage Road corridor that will be a main hub of activity of the area, anchored by a grand boulevard and in the vicinity of a future mobility hub.16 A future District Library would be a plausible and complementary component of the Heritage Heights Town Centre.

A 40,000 square foot District Branch is recommended in Heritage Heights but should be designed in such a manner that facilitates a future expansion if required based on the population ultimately attained in the area.

Heritage Heights Neighbourhood Branch

By providing a 40,000 square foot District Branch, approximately 17,000 square feet would remain unallocated if attaining the lower-end projection of 57,000 square feet in Heritage Heights. This 17,000 square feet allocated to a Neighbourhood Branch would support the 20-minute walkable neighbourhood concept contained in the Heritage Heights Land Use Concept; part of that 17,000 square feet could also be assigned to an expansion of the District Branch.

A Neighbourhood Branch is included in this Library FMP to illustrate implications on the space provision strategy but also the strong possibility that its construction may be required after the year 2031 depending upon the pace of residential development. The Neighbourhood Branch is envisioned along the Wanless Drive corridor where the Heritage Heights Visioning Report identifies two Nodes.

As an alternative to constructing two Library Branches in Heritage Heights, the space for the Neighbourhood Branch could be re-allocated to create a larger District Library in the range of 55,000 to 60,000 square feet. That said, a Neighbourhood Branch could still be required to ensure adequate space exists in the northwest post-2041.