COUNCIL AGENDA CONSOLIDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
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Meeting Room C, City Hall, 1 Carden Street
DATE Wednesday, September 30, 2015 – 6:00 p.m. Please turn off or place on non-audible all cell phones, PDAs, Blackberrys and pagers during the meeting.
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof
Growth/Land Use Planning Workshop Todd Salter, General Manager, Planning, Urban Design and Building Services Melissa Aldunate, Manager, Policy Planning and Urban Design Jason Downham, Planner II – Policy and Analytics Tom Bradbury, Manager, Financial Planning and Budget Services Christel Gregson, Senior Corporate Analyst, Development Charges and Long Term Planning
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Overview of Agenda and Workshop Purpose
4. Warm up Exercise (10 minutes)
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Presentation and Questions/Answers (50 minutes) Part 1
o Places to Grow o Growth Management and Official Plan Policy o Questions
Part 2 o Development Charges Act and Bill 73 o Questions
Part 3 o Greenbelt Plan and “Growing the Greenbelt” o Questions
6. Growth Perspectives Exercise and Break (15 minutes)
7. Table Discussion on Places to Grow and Growth (45 minutes)
8. Summary of Table Discussion and Growth Perspectives Exercise (5 minutes)
9. Workshop Wrap-up and Next Steps (5 minutes)
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RECOMMENDATION:
1. That the presentation on Growth/Land Use Planning be received.
ADJOURNMENT
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Workshop Agenda • Welcome
• Warm-up Exercise
• Presentation • Growth Plan
• Local Growth Management Strategy
• Fiscal Implications of Growth
• Question period
• Survey – Rating Perspectives on Growth
• Break
• Group Breakout and Discussion period
• Report Back on Survey Results
• Next Steps
Workshop
Agenda
Welcome and Introductions 1
Warm-up Exercise 2
Presentation 3
Question Period ?
Growth Perspectives Exercise and Break 4
Table Discussion on Places to Grow and Growth 5
Summary of Table Discussion and Growth Perspectives Exercise 6
Workshop Wrap-up and Next Steps 7
Adjournment 8
Places to Grow 3a
Growth Management and Official Plan Policy 3b
Development Charges Act and Bill 73 3c
Question Period ?
Overview of Agenda and Workshop Purpose 2
Greenbelt Plan and “Growing the Greenbelt” 3d
Question Period ?
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Jennifer Keesmaat
Chief Planner, City of Toronto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7bkl6gFq04
OWN YOUR CITY
Warm-up Exercise
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Growth Plan for the Greater
Golden Horseshoe
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Greater Golden Horseshoe
• One of the fastest growing
regions in North America
• Forecast to grow by 4.5 million
people and 1.8 million jobs
between 2011 and 2041
• Some of the best agricultural
lands and key natural areas in
Canada
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PEOPLE AND JOBS IN THE
GREATER GOLDEN HORSESHOE
Between 2011 and 2041,
4.5 million additional people
1.8 million additional jobs
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• Urban sprawl contributing to the degradation of our natural environment, air & water quality, and consumption of agricultural land
• Traffic congestion
• Inefficient use of infrastructure
• Loss of employment lands
Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Challenges
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Photo source: City of Guelph
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• Framework for managing the population and employment growth
• Create Complete Communities
• Offer more options for living, working, shopping,
and playing
• Provide greater choice in housing types to meet the needs of people at all stages of life
• Good Urban Design
• Revitalize Downtowns
• Curb Sprawl to protect farmland and Natural Areas
• Efficient Use of Land and Infrastructure
Key Growth Planning Principles
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Growth Plan Targets & Policies
• Population and Employment targets for municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
• Densities for Urban Growth Centres
• Minimum Greenfield densities
• Minimum annual intensification targets
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Greater Golden Horseshoe
The City of Guelph is located
within the outer ring municipalities
of the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Images: Neptis Foundation, Context for the Greater Golden Horseshoe,
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MIX OF NEW HOUSING
UNITS IN THE OUTER RING
Between 2011 and 2041,
An estimated 472,000 additional
households will be constructed
in the Outer Ring of the
Greater Golden Horseshoe
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LOT SIZES IN THE OUTER RING Outer-Ring Median developing designated greenfield area lot sizes, compared to historic lot sizes (sq.m)
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Growth Plan Timeline
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Draft Growth Plan released
Proposed Growth Plan released
Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe released
Guelph Growth Management Workshops
Official Plan Amendment no. 39 in full force and effect
Amendment 1 to the Growth Plan released
Amendment 2 to the Growth Plan released
Coordinated Land Use Planning Review announced
Growth Plan Discussion Paper released
July
2004
February
2005
November
2005
June
2006
2006 –
2008
June
2010
January
2012
June
2013
2015 –
2016
July
2004
February
2005
November
2005
June
2006
2006 –
2008
June
2010
January
2012
June
2013
2015 –
2016
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Growth Plan – Looking Forward
Amendment 2 (2013)
• Amendment 2 extended the population and employment targets to
year 2041
• Guelph’s Official Plan must be amended by June 2018
Growth Plan Review (2015/2016)
• The Province announced the Co-ordinated
Land Use Planning Review
• Over 3,000 written submissions
• Proposed changes to be released in early 2016
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Local Growth Management Strategy
Purpose:
• Establish a local framework to manage growth to 2031
• Develop a long term strategy to promote ‘sustainable
growth’ that values local public opinion
• Align the City’s infrastructure master plans with the
new growth targets
• Develop long term financial strategies to manage
growth related expenditures
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• Community Surveys
• GuelphQuest Workshops
• Building Guelph’s Future
Workshops
• Open Houses
• Stakeholder Meetings
• Public Meetings
Local Growth Management Strategy Public Engagement
Input from over 1000 citizens
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Local Growth Management Strategy Public Engagement
Community Surveys (2006 & 2008)
• Baseline perception of the current state of the City
• Planning issues and familiarity around growth
management initiatives
• Attitudes towards growth and support for key
growth principles
• How to accommodate population growth and future
housing choices
• Factors to consider as part of planning a complete
community
• Opinions on pursuing expansion of the Greenbelt
Plan into the City
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Local Growth Management Strategy Public Engagement
GuelphQuest Workshops (2007)
• How to accommodate future growth
• Where to encourage future people to live
• Where to encourage future employment growth
• How to accommodate challenges to the City’s
resource capacity
• Preferred housing mix and densities
• Transportation and Transit infrastructure
policies
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Local Growth Management Strategy Public Engagement
Building Guelph’s Future Workshops (2007)
• How to accommodate future growth
• Where to encourage future people to live
• What types of buildings make sense in Guelph?
• How big and how high should they be?
• How do we encourage more compact housing?
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Nodes, Intensification
Corridors and
Downtown
• Building Form
• Building Placement
• Population Density
Building Guelph’s Future Workshop Results
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• Focus on directing future development to the
City’s nodes, corridors and downtown
• Strong support for more compact growth
• Strong support for accommodating future
growth to 2031 within the City’s current limits
• Protection of environmental features,
groundwater resources, energy conservation
• Shift towards higher density developments to
allow for greater protection of green space
• Good urban design
• Maintain heritage features and character
Local Growth Management Strategy Findings
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Guelph Official Plan
Official Plan Amendment 39
• Guelph’s conformity amendment with the Growth Plan
• In full force and effect as of March 2010
• Sets the policy framework for managing population and employment growth in
the City to 2031
• Introduces new Growth Plan concepts and fundamental growth management
principles into the City’s Official Plan
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The City aims to build a compact, vibrant, and complete community for current
and future generations that meet the following objectives:
• Provide for an adequate supply of land within the City’s settlement area
• Direct growth to strategic locations within the built-up area
• Provide for a diverse mix of land uses at transit supportive densities
• Maintain a healthy mix of residential and employment land uses
• Support growth in a compact and efficient form
• Sustainable growth to support existing and future development
• Promote protection of the City’s natural heritage system
• Support the protection of water, energy, air quality, and cultural heritage resources
Guelph Growth Principles
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Growth Plan Elements
• Community Mixed Use nodes
• Intensification Corridors
• Major Transit Station T
Growth Plan Elements Schedule 1B of the City’s Official Plan
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Guelph Growth Targets
• Downtown density of 150 persons and jobs per hectare
• Greenfield density of 50 persons and jobs per hectare
• Minimum 40% intensification
2031 2041
191,000 175,000 Population
Employment 101,000 92,000
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Population 2014
128,000
2031 175,000
City of Guelph Progress Report 2041
191,000
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Jobs
2031 92,000
2011 74,000
City of Guelph Progress Report
2041 101,000
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2011 92 Persons and jobs per hectare
61% of target
Downtown Density
1991, 1996 employment was taken from the 2008 Development Charges Study Schedule 7.
Incremental change was subtracted from known employment figures.
No fixed workplace figures were then added for the two years.
Employment for 2001, 2006 was taken from the 2013 DC Background Study Schedule 9A
Employment for 2011 was taken from the 2011 National Household Survey.
City of Guelph Progress Report
It should be noted that since
the 2011 Census, nearly 1,200
a d d i t i o n a l u n i t s h a v e
been approved downtown.
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Greenfield Densities*
43 persons and jobs
per hectare
52 persons and jobs
per hectare
65 48
38 55
2006 2014
*within committed lands
City of Guelph Progress Report
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Annual Rates of Intensification
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
40%
City of Guelph Progress Report
minimum annual rate of intensification
2014
66% 2008
27%
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Built-Up Area
Population: 18,000
Employment: 8,500
Greenfield Area
Population: 36,000
Employment: 17,000
Downtown
Population: 6,000
Employment: 1,500
2031 Additional Population and Employment (2006-2031 minimum growth)
*Population figures include undercoverage
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• The DCA, 1997 allows Municipalities to charge new development a one-time fee that will fund the capital infrastructure required to support that new growth • Limitations:
• Ineligible Services • 10 year historic service standard cap • Statutory exemptions • 10% Deduction on Soft services
Development Charges Act, 1997
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• Ineligible Services
• Solid Waste Management • Culture and Tourism • Admin/Headquarter space
• Ineligible Capital • Vehicles and Equipment with avg. life of <7 years • Computer Equipment
Development Charges Act, 1997
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• Provincially Mandated Exemptions • 50% Industrial Building Expansion Exemption • May add up to 2 apartments for a single as long as size of home doesn’t double • Add one additional unit in medium & high density buildings • Lands owned by another levels of government and local boards
• On average, the City incurs $800K in statutory exemptions per year
Development Charges Act, 1997
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• A mandatory 10% deduction is taken from the following services:
• Parks • Recreation • Library • Parking • Transit • Administration • Ambulance • Health
Development Charges Act, 1997
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• Each service category is limited to a 10 year Historical Service Standard Cap
• Does not apply to water and wastewater service categories
Development Charges Act, 1997
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• Bill 73 • Forward looking 10 year service cap • Waste Management becomes an eligible service • Transit becomes 100% DC eligible instead of 90% • Introduction of area specific rates • Improved reporting, accountability and transparency
Development Charges Act, 1997
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• Provincial Legislation does not make it possible for growth to pay for growth
• Bill 73 will alleviate some of the financial pressures imposed by the DCA, however it will not completely absolve the financial burden
Conclusion
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Greenbelt Plan: Current Context
• The Greenbelt Plan and the Greenbelt Boundary were established under the Greenbelt Act, 2005.
• The Plan is one cornerstone of growth management in the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
• Purpose to identify areas where urbanization should not occur in order to provide protection of the agricultural land base and the natural heritage system occurring on this landscape.
• This Plan does not include any part of the City of Guelph
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Growing the Greenbelt
• In 2008, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MAH) issued criteria and a process for considering expansion of the Greenbelt.
• On July 27, 2010 Guelph City Council passed a resolution
“THAT the City of Guelph make an immediate request to the Province to add the publically owned lands along the Eramosa and Speed Rivers to the Ontario Greenbelt”.
• Requests need to follow and satisfy the “Growing the Greenbelt” process.
• Technical issues were identified that prevented the City from being able to meet the Growing the Greenbelt process at the time.
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Amendment 1 – Urban River Valleys
In 2013 the Province approved Amendment 1 to the Greenbelt Plan which:
• Introduced a new land use designation, supporting policies for “Urban River Valleys”.
• Added lands in the Town of Oakville as part of the Urban River Valley designation.
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Amendment 1 – Urban River Valleys
• Urban River Valley designation can include lands in urban areas that are publically owned and fall within river valleys that connect to inland lakes or the Great Lakes.
• The Protected Countryside policies of the plan do not apply except for: the external connections policies and; the parkland, open space and trails policies.
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Greenbelt Plan Review
• While there have been some ongoing expressions of community interest, the Greenbelt Plan has not been expanded to include the City of Guelph to date.
• Through the Co-ordinated Plan Review the Province may add lands into the Greenbelt Planning Area, revise designations and policies, and make other changes to the Greenbelt Plan.
• There will be additional opportunities to provide input on the Province’s review in early 2016.