COUNCIL AGENDA CONSOLIDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 Page 1 of 2 CITY OF GUELPH COUNCIL AGENDA 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) 5. 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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COUNCIL AGENDA CONSOLIDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Page 1 of 2 CITY OF GUELPH COUNCIL AGENDA
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)
5.
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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Growth / Land Use Planning Workshop
September 30, 2015
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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
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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Questions?
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Development Charges Act and Bill 73
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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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Questions?
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Greenbelt Plan and
“Growing the Greenbelt”
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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.