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DN: CAUSE-OR.GPA
REPORT
Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File#
Date: Monday, June 17 , 1991 Res. #
By-Law#
Report#: PD-137-91 File#:
Subject: REQUEST FOR CAUSE STUDY - ORONO DOWNTOWN BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREA
RecornmendfV01%; respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD-137-91 be received;
2 . THAT the Orono Downtown Business Improvement Area and the
Orono Town Hall Board be advised that Council will continue
to keep the interests of Downtown Orono in mind but cannot
commit to undertaking a second CAUSE Study at this time.
1. On May 13, 1990, Council referred to staff for a report
pertaining to correspondence from Mr. Pat Lycett, Secretary
of the Board of Management for the Orono Town Hall
(Attachment #1) . Mr. Lycett, on behalf of the Orono Town
Hall Board and the Orono Downtown Business Improvement Area,
requested that the Town consider undertaking a CAUSE Study
for Orono.
2 . As Council is aware the CAUSE is a Program of the Ontario
Association of Architects (O.A.A. ) . The O.A.A. only offers
two study weekends per year (one in the spring and one in
the fall) . The CAUSE Study Weekend for Downtown Bowmanville
is in the final stages of preparation. It is scheduled for
late September 1991.
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3 . Staff contacted the O.A.A. with regard to a study for Orono
and were verbally advised that the Association would not
negatively view an Orono study simply because Newcastle
previously received favourable consideration for
Bowmanville. However, it is staff's opinion that, given the
number of municipalities in Ontario and the limited number
of CAUSE studies undertaken, it is unlikely the O.A.A. would
grant a second CAUSE in the Town of Newcastle for at least a
few years . Moreover, Newcastle Planning staff is fully
committed to the larger task of preparing a new Town of
Newcastle Official Plan.
4 . As a point of interest, Staff notes that a number of studies
have already been undertaken in Orono by the Town to address
some pressing concerns:
1) the Proctor and Redfern Downtown Orono Parking
Deficiencies Study;
2) the Proctor and Redfern Hamlet of Orono Study leading
to the creation (and adoption by Council) of the Hamlet
of Orono Secondary Plan;
3) the Community Services Department Woods Walk Park
Study; and
4) the municipal water and sewer services initiatives
undertaken by the Newcastle Public Works Department.
Currently, Orono is part of the Community Improvement
Policies Study as one of eleven ( 11) Candidate Community
Improvement Areas .
5 . It is Staff 's opinion that an urban design study for
Downtown Orono should be considered subsequent to the
completion of a new Official Plan and the similar studies of
the three urban areas which are under considerable growth
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pressure. Consequently, this matter should be held in
abeyance to be considered in subsequent years . At that time
a decision can be made with regard to hiring an
architectural consultant or applying for a CAUSE study.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee----&V r r
Franklin Wu, M.C. I.P. Lawrence . Kotseff
Director of Planning Chief A 'nistrative
and Development Officer
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7 June 1991
COUNCIL INFORMATION
Attachment 1
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT ORONO TOWN HALL
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April 24, 1991 APR 2 6 1991
TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
Mayor Hubbbard and Members of Council MAYOR'S OFFICE
Town of Newcastle
40 Temperance Street
Bowmanvilie
Dear Mrs. Hubbard :
The Town Hall Board Members, together with the DBIA,
had the opportunity to become informed on CAUSE, which
we understand has been operating for about 10 years,
Wafer Evans and Bob Russell visited our monthly dinner,
held at the Town Hall,
We would like you to know that we are very interested
in making application for a CAUSE stddy and ask that you
keep our interest in the front of your mind.
We will also be in touch with the Works Department in
the person o4- David Crone,
Thankyou for your interest.
I remain,
Yours sincerely,
DIS ` ON
CLERK
Pat Irwin Lycett
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Secretary i; ACK. M"
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