AGENDA

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AGENDA

• What is an Official Plan?
• The Official Plan Review Process
• The 2005 Provincial Policy Statement (PPS)
• Background Report Highlights
• Proposed Issues and Directions
• Where Do We Go From Here?

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WHAT IS AN OFFICIAL PLAN?

• It is a 20-year land use policy blueprint
  guiding the future development of a Municipality
  that is reviewed at least every 5 years
• It directs development, protects the environment
  and allows for the construction of new
  infrastructure
• The Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs
  Housing is the approval authority for Official
  Plans

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THE OFFICIAL PLAN REVIEW PROCESS

• The Beckwith Official Plan came into effect on
  November 15, 1989
• Section 26 of the Planning Act requires that
  Official Plans be reviewed and updated at least
  every 5 years and in keeping with current
  provincial policy initiatives
• The Beckwith Official Plan has not been updated
  although a series of Amendments have occurred

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THE OFFICIAL PLAN REVIEW PROCESS

• The Beckwith Official Plan Review is being done
  in 3 stages

• Stage 1
• Issues and Options
• Background Review
• Growth Projections and Land Needs
• 3. Prepare Background Report
• 4. Public Consultation

• Stage 2
• Draft Official Plan
• 1. Draft Text and Schedule Changes (September
  2009)
• 2. Public Consultation
• Consider Input and Prepare Final Draft Official
  Plan

• Stage 3
• Final Official Plan
• Finalize Text and Schedule Changes
• 2. Statutory Public Meeting
• Council Adoption

WE ARE HERE!
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THE 2005 PROVINCIAL POLICY STATEMENT (PPS)

• The PPS provides policy direction on matters of
  provincial interest related to land use planning
  and development
• Strong Communities Determining future growth
  areas and encouraging alternative and renewable
  energy systems in appropriate areas
• Resource Management Protecting natural
  heritage, prime agricultural, mineral and
  cultural heritage resources
• Protecting Public Health And Safety Restricting
  development in natural or human-made hazard
  areas
• All planning must be consistent with the PPS

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BACKGROUND REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

• Beckwith has averaged 3 growth per year since
  1991
• Beckwiths 2029 population projected to be
  11,230 people
• Beckwith has an aging population
• There are 1,093 available residential lots in
  Beckwith (subdivision, infill, redevelopment,
  consent)
• Beckwith needs 1,911 residential lots
• There is an 818 lot shortfall
• Beckwith needs 654 hectares of land (1.5 acres
  per lot)
• The 1997 loss of commercial lands along Highway
  7 has impacted local employment lands but the
  planned expansion of Highway 7 can provide land
  for growth

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PROPOSED ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS

• Potential future development areas to remain
  focused on the current Community Development
  Areas
• Development to remain restricted in areas having
  servicing or environmental constraints
• Review consent approval restriction to 2
  residential lots per parcel
• A strategic framework for a potential Highway 7
  Corridor land use designation
• The Green Energy and Green Economy Act exempting
  renewable energy projects from the Planning Act
• Identify development review criteria and require
  appropriate studies

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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

• Please review the mapping and discuss any issues
  or questions with us tonight
• We will review the comment sheets following
  tonights open house
• Based on input from you and Council, we will
  prepare a Draft Official Plan Amendment
• We will hold an open house for public review of
  the Draft Official Plan Amendment (early Fall)
• Based on this input, we will finalize the
  Official Plan Amendment and initiate the
  adoption process, which will include a statutory
  public meeting by Council (late Fall)