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DN: COMM-ASS.GPA
REPORT
Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File# D
Date: Monday, July 8, 1991 Res. #
By-Law#
Report#: PD-159L-91 File#: Pln 12 . 8
Subject: COMMUNITY ASSIST FOR AN URBAN STUDY EFFORT
(C.A.U.S.E. ) DOWNTOWN BOWMANVILLE
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1 . THAT Report PD-159-91 be received for information.
1. Preparations for the CAUSE Event, scheduled for September
26th to 30th, 1991, have been moving forward with much of
the work already done. This work, undertaken by the CAUSE
Steering Committee, has proceeded smoothly because the level
of co-operation and enthusiasm has been high.
2 . The CAUSE Weekend Schedule (see Attachment No. 1) has been
prepared. This includes Lists of Invitees for the Public
Forum on Thursday which will be facilitated by the CAUSE
Study Team. The Invitees include: Newcastle Council;
representatives from Durham and Newcastle Departments;
representatives from Downtown Bowmanville businesses and
non-profit organizations; and individual Bowmanville
citizens . A portion of the evening session will be open to
members of the general public to provide comments.
3 . Mr. Tony Griffiths, the Ontario Association of Architects
representative, has informed the Downtown Bowmanville CAUSE
Steering Committee that a CAUSE Team Chairman has been
appointed. The Chairman is Mr. Gordon Smedley, B. Arch. ,
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OAA, MRAIC, of Sudbury. Both he and Mr. Griffiths will be
in Bowmanville on Thursday, August 29th, 1991, for the
reconnaissance visit. (This visit is a last check of
preparations before the CAUSE Weekend) . Currently, the
other CAUSE Team Members are being selected.
4 . To inform Council as to what a CAUSE Event can produce, an
article from the Peterborough Examiner outlining the
suggestions from the most recent CAUSE Event, the May 1991
Lakefield CAUSE, has been attached to this report (see
Attachment No.2) .
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
Franklin Wu, M.C. I .P. Lawrenc Kotseff
Director of Planning Chief nistrative
and Development Officer
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Attachment No. 1
PROPOSED CAUSE WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Day One - Thursday, September 26th
12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m. Informal lunch held at the Flying
Dutchman Hotel for Steering
Committee Executive and Team.
BRIEFS FROM PUBLIC OFFICIALS Each brief to relate to present
situation, proposed plans and
perceived problems in own area as it
relates to Downtown Bowmanville.
2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Briefs with question and answer
sessions - PANELS CAN BE
DISPLAYED - Citizens and Businesses
can come to hear the Briefs
2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Welcome from Mayor
2:10 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Any/all of the other six (6) Members of
Council who wish to speak
3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Commissioner of Planning (Durham
Region)
3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Director of Planning and Development
or designate
3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. Director of Public Works or designate
3:40 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Director of Community Services or
designate
3:50 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Fire Chief
3:55 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. Central Lake Ontario Conservation
Authority Representative
4:05 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Bowmanville Business Centre
4:35 p.m. - 5:35 p.m. Tour of Bowmanville (bus supplied by
Goodyear).
6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Dinner hosted by the Mayor's office.
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Day One - Thursday, September 26th - cont'd..
BRIEFS FROM PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS Each brief to relate to present
AND PRIVATE CITIZENS situation, proposed plans and
perceived problems in own area as it
relates to Downtown Bowmanville.
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 5 minute briefs with 4 minute question
and answer sessions from
organizations.
8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Comments from individual members of
the Public
ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INVITED:
1. (Bowmanville Creek) Anglers Association
2. Community Services Advisory Committee
3. Bowmanville Representative from
Museum Board
4. Bowmanville Representative from
Library Board
5. L.A.C.A.C.
6. Oshawa and District Real Estate Board
7. Northumberland and Newcastle Board of
Education Trustees
8. Churches (Ministerial Board - to cover all
Churches)(cc.4 Churches downtown)
9. Service Clubs
(Head of Lions Club -
for co-ordinated effort)
10. Community Care
11. Senior Citizens Representatives)
12. Memorial Hospital Board
13. Goodyear
14. Bowmanville Foundry
15, Restorama
10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. CAUSE Study Team meeting to discuss:
information presented
assignment of tasks
Day Two - Friday, September 27th
8:30 a.m. - Field Work
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. informal lunch by B.I.A. (at St. John's)
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1:30 p.m. - Field Work
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Set up drafting equipment:
STUDIO AND TYPING areas.
Work begins in the studio and typing
areas.
8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Internal
presentation of materials.
Day Three - Saturday, September 28th
Working Day for CAUSE Study Team
Day Four - Sunday, September 29th
Working Day for CAUSE Study Team
Day Five - Monday, September 30th
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. PRESENTATION OF CAUSE BY
STUDY TEAM
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Formal Thank You and then Reception
Mayor
BIA
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
BIA is a delegation in the Evening
Council Meeting and presents the
CAUSE Report to Council.
Waterfront plans recommended in study,
LAKEFIELD-An ectended wa-
terfront walkway,'a resort on the flooded in winter to provide a long velopment along the Otonabee TOURISM--
peninsula and a waterfront civic winding ice surface for recre- River and encourage industrial "The citizens of Lakefield must
park are several recommendations �_ �i-
ational skating. growth along Highway 134. all
r A marina behind the arena and �ty P
a Isobel bforris
for Lakefield by a team of visiting Park is also recom- DOWNTOWN C ommuni sn
architects. C-- The report states the strong civic risen must be developed ?r the
A team from the Ontario Associa- mended.A major marina/recrea- entrance to the south is not bal- areas of welcoming attitude,pro-
Lion of Architects completed a f tional complex would become the anted by anything at the north end grams and events as well as water-
study of the v0age May 13 and of- ---" anchor point for the riverfront of Queen Street There are gaps on front improvement and preserva-
fered recommendations for its de- >" 7 walkway and encourage boaters to the east side of Queen Street allow- tion of existing "small town"
1
velopmensta longer. in
g parking lots and inconsistant •qualities.It is important downtown
t The study examined �'{'�� Y remain a year around operation
the village's history,planning,ap w�J� `h,}/C r S '7 L akefield is a destination point roof lines.
roaches,the downtown,roads,the 1 ,{ r for boat 'states the report It suggests establishing strict de-' and seasonal business position
"The must decide whether to sign guidelines for materials, fe- themselves on the periphery of the
waterfront, tourism, neighbor- �F /, y gn gti
hoods,' railway and industrial �' eRr '> l t ^ ^' spend half a day to go downstream nesttion, entries,cornice]roes, core area.
lands. 3 �� r �t i to the city of Peterborough or go and shop fronts.It suggests the vil- It suggests turning the feed mill
' j ti ( ® r 1i back upstream to Young's Point.In lage establish an awards program-"Only recently are communities ` p1 y i 1990,8,710 boats
passed through P gram- into shops,marking the entry to the
being reminded of a beautiful heri- NlC 101 .1'^lif �'—+r 'L Young's Point lock while only the for Queen Street facade clean-up: vllage from Highway 28..
( � tage through architectural renova- V g Y and restoration,a stablish a mini- NEIGHBORHOODS
lion,"states study chairman Bruce •�%L�_;�S•l Jf passed through the Lakefield lock, mum height of buildings at two It found the residential neighbor-
Down?in-the'report's_introduc Since there is such
decision o d ge n storeys and a maximum of three hoods hold a wealth of history in the
don- Mast urban communities Y any and encourage LACAC to compile rural setting incorporating narrow
have many valuable qualities,but �d length of time is not seriously con- an inventory of significant'build- g � g
sldered by most" paved roads flanked by ditches and
.o bums frequently do not know how i ! ���/ rY{ ENTRANCES ings and designate as many as pos- cuiverts.This must be protected
obui}dontheiras�ets." Ji/ /,
sible immediately. and recognized
Downey states t2ce report is not a ~�t� ^ rnw:� Entrances to the village all re It suggests landscaping the nation. through destg
esearch:study, "but a catalyst r quire a definition through the vse of downtown with hanging pots of "Lot sizes are as unique as build-
�� which suggests optio�" _ I signage or landmarks establishing plants and raised planter.beds, ings and should not be made uni-
ng( / ` aaccharacter of entrance at each ga- lighting on the east side of Queen form.It is hoped that new devel-
In interviews residents, the ! sympathetic to the opments adjacent to older
eam found among.other things l y Street that are
hey wanted to maintain the inti- th ma oroentrnces into thevvil-- historical nature of the village neighborhoods reflect the existing
Hate scale and recreate asmall / - f I core, and future,sidewalk im- variety.Wherever one goes,there
lage,including li ghting up the ce provements should.feature local is a rural quality to this village that
ts'Jite atmosphere; acknowledge J �/ ��+ ment plant chimney and putting the stone versasaccentstri
is literary ret Lati purchase use town's name no the side as avilla a b many newer neighborhoods have
hor Margaret Laeirence's house g Off street parking could be better tried to capture. Lakefield is
beacon. defined with landscaping and buf blessed with a character within its
and turn it into a nhuseum•make 'A proposal for the southern entrance to Lakefield. The Highway 28 entrance from fern, and link off street parking older neighborhoods
offering the
he village more accessible to tour- the south should include a town with and l
sts but not become a tourist town; sign, and keep commercial/hi clearly marked pedestrian backdrop for a quality of life that
,nd develop a village theme and by the peninsula. It suggests the- sula park; and maintain a 100 to ther concrete or wood. A gazebo way development to a minimum- many old
time residents appreciate
ogo. . trailer park on the g y p Lakefield is a village that the and to which visitors are drawn.
pa peninsula is not 150-foot setback from the shoreline along the waterfront walk can add suggests"a broad landscaped me- team found can be easily negotia-
The study recominends estab- the most appropriate use for this for any development. interest,contribute to the heritage than is required to visually cut tied by bicycle." Cycle
paths
fishing a park at the�south end of 'village land.Since the land lease WALKWAY theme and also reflect the village's down on the sea of asphalt" should be established.If
bikes are
iueen Street by closing off Water for the cottage owners is due 1995, Because the river is the primary literary past" It suggests making reference to encouraged, very
important:treet between Bridge Street and "a decision must be made as to the recreational and aesthetic resource• ,The waikway.should be extended. he.village's nautical and literary
include b d,i racks in the pubic
he IGA building and extend it to .Estate of(his public]and" of Lake field,the study suggests im,;south of Bridge Street'I[snigests past It suggests a supporting tower ate_
he river's edge.It wod include `�'It��ests the village o resort ho- pig the links to the downtown the two abandoned concrete towers for the"bridge gate"to the village It suggests
Lakefield take full ad-
ublic lookouts, seating and new the 'po and develop a complete pedestrian could be used for observation of the with a supporting tower or light vantage of its cycling
history and
ivic structures that"sihould orient tel complex. The village should walkway along the waterfront with rapids,signs and advertising.`The beacons at each end establish a bike
race from Trent D
ems repo to states that maintain n nsttla existing
ballfield on
add tio- connections to the commercial old horse pathways along both The entrance from the east gives University or Peterborough to the rF
report states tilt residents the p core sides of the canal should be re- a sense of arriving by the back village. rF
�d accessibi3ty to Lake nal tennis courts;provide facilities "The abandoned, riverfront stored and used for walkways." door,it states.It suggests a sign,
and it's blocked for an annual festival in the penin- walkway should be rebuilt using ei- A portion of the walkway could be discouraging further industrial de-
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