feb 6, 2014 community meeting: city planning presentation

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The South Niagara

Planning Study


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Agenda

7:00IntroductionCouncillor Mike Layton

7:05Planning Presentation / RecapGraig Uens

7:20Community Design Exercise

8:45Group Feedback

8:55Wrap up and Next Steps


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- Consider mix of employment and residential uses

- Protect and enhance City services

- Secure Built form, Transition and Buffering

- Improve connections (Walking, Biking, Driving)

- Enhance and Connect Park Spaces

- Protect views to and from the Fort

- Reference the areas Contextual and Built Heritage

- Define and Protect Character

Why Are We Doing This Area Study?

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Oct 15, 2013Meeting #1

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Nov 21, 2013Planning and

GrowthManagement

May 13 or June 17,2014Final ReportTEYCC

June / July 2014City Council

Feb 6, 2014Meeting #2

Study Timeline

Mar, 2014Meeting #3

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Recap

October Meeting


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Area Context

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Strengths and Opportunities

Opportunities

What would you improveabout this area as it continues

to experience change?

What are some weaknesses toaddress?

Strengths

What makes thiscommunity great?

Why do you like to livehere (near here)?

What gives this area itsunique character?

Write These on a

Yellow Card

Write These on a

Blue Card

Grab some tapeand stick them to

the wall

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Once the Strengths andWeaknesses were posted,

everyone was given stickersfor the Dotmocracy part ofthe exercise.


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South Niagara Planning Study

Community Design Workshop


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Lead by a facilitator and a set of questions, eachtable will develop a vision for the area, given the

materials provided.


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What should your Concept Plan Consider?

- Different Types of Land Uses / Single and mixed uses.

- Potential realignment of the City Works Yard lands?

- Appropriate Built form, Transition and Buffering.

- Improved connections (Walking, Biking, Driving)

- Enhance and Connect Park Spaces / Community Garden

- Protect views to and from Fort York National Historic Site

- Heritage Preservation / ideas for referencing area heritage

- Anything your group feels is important to consider.


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City-Owned Lands


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Relatively Stable Areas


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Areas in Transition


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Quality Meats28 Bathurst St

Works Yard

Day Nursery / Shelter

Incinerator

Notable Lands within - Areas in Transition


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Reporting Back

Guiding Principles


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Wrap Up and Next Steps


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Bathurst-Strachan-Wellington

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aStudy

Oct 15, 2013Meeting #1

20142013

Nov 21, 2013Planning and

GrowthManagement

May 13 or June 17,2014Final ReportTEYCC

June / July 2014City Council

Feb 6, 2014Meeting #2

Potential Timeline

Mar, 2014Meeting #3


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Fill out a Community Meeting Comment Sheet

OREmail your comments to

[email protected]

OR

Mail /Fax your comments to:

Graig UensPlanner, Community Planning

City Hall, 100 Queen Street West,

18th Floor, East Tower

Toronto, ON M5H 2N2

P: 416-397-4647F: 416-392-1330

Contact Me


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Thank You!

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