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Home My WebLink About74-262t • COl` MTA1 T5 ON PROPOS -R) iuURit PROGrUll FOR THE NE1,,A ASTLi L' I, T J,'ICT PLAN The proposod work frog rani by tLe Re�,iona.l Planning; comments Lo this report. undertook a review of t''Cle still a 11u1nte' of c1t �n; cs outlined below; REPOET NO. 1 sia11 1 fitted by o „r consultrints has teen rov Lowed �e )a) - bient and I nave ) tt tched a copy of their hft,,r r,-)c(iving ttie = legion's comrrnencs on it, I work program z,,iyself and concluded that there are whicn sl_ould to made in it. These changes are 1, Short and L011,1 RUn P1_ tnning The Region lncenc+ to remain firm on choir esi al-Dlished policy that they will not a,), -rove any development co ,mitments beyond 19779 i-) District Plans now Loing prepared, Tclerefore, if we are to obtain Regional approval of a District flan tefore 1'779 the plan which we are now ;)reparing must be a separate one from any longer term planning which we intend to do. I think that we will also wish to produce a longer tern deT,elopment concept as an Input to Regional and Provincial thinking,, but this will Have to ire prepared alrost as a separate document although, of course, it could be Lovnd in the salve cover as the plan submitted for formal approval 1-y Regional Council, The need to produce a, plan which is lit reality two separate documents must be reflected in the Goals and Objectives (Phase I (a)) of the work progra1n9 and in Phase III, The division into short and long term planning will have to be reflected throughout Phase; III with <3 j ew )ossib,le exceptions (presumably the Environmental Protect iorj Areas will remain constant in both tine short and long runs). I know that our corisvltants do not favour a separation into s port and long tert plans, and I agree that t11is is less than the ideal way to plan. hovrever, in tiie prese,at political and administrative, situation, it is necessary; ai)d our consultants must revise their work program to take this into account, 2. Base 14apping. Base ma,)ping for oua municipality h,is Already been prepared ry the Regional Planning Department at scales of 1” =1000' and 1 "= 2000'. This should be used 1.n the wort, program l�y our consultant to avoid duplica- tion of worm already done, The consultant has nlre,ady baen in touch with the Region rega.rdino use of their materials. 3. Sources of Data I recognize that the amcvunt of research which we can now out Into the planning study referred to in Phase III is very lioited dup to constr- aints of Lime, ni,inpowe_,, and financial resources. Therefore, I consider it very important ttiat we do not overlook any existing sources of itafornlation which .tre readily avoilable. I refer in porticulor to the O.A.P,A.D.S. study winlch is available to us through the Fegi_on - 2 - REPOET NO. 1 (cont.....) and can provide Much valuable information already assembled in a convenient form, Por erg pie O.A.P.A.D.5. have already mapped the capability of land is our area for agriculture recreation, for mineral extraction, conservation etc. I think that at would be worth - while for tae c9 snitants and oyself to spend a day or two going over this material and extr wtinrg information we can "se. fig any case the work pro ;r`3H swo ld f e sat u,, to wake use of toe infornati on a.vailatle throuz'n other a;eoci_s ia addition to the previors foi r nonicipalities. 4. 1lunici1) a1 Serv1c(,, s a V appear to have reached the li pits of one or more of tho services in each of our three urban co�'.unities unich have hard services, and we are encountering poly -tion problems in many of the other small-r urban centres such as 1amDton and Newtonville which mile out any significant development u ltil services are provided. Wither we accept the fact that all significant urban development will stop until the Regional Plan is oroduced in 1977cx retry to find some short term servicing solutions in co-operation with the Region or we try to irdoce the Region to make some long term decisions on servicing (eg. water sodply in Newcastle Village) t efore the Regional Plan is finalized. kith regard to t4e third alternative,, I have already had at least a verbal undertaking that the hegion wil) conside making some long term decisions on servicing before 1977. Although we do not want to get involved in detailed engineering studies at this stage, some investigation of feasible areas for servicing and some decisions in principle regarding new plant etc. seem to be required during this interim period✓ I do not think that an analysis of existing reports will provide all the answers we need. I think that we and our consultants must sit down with the appropriate provincial and regional officials and try to resolve some of the more presjing issues regard- ing servicing as a Dart of the District Plan work program. 5. Local Input'. I run a bit concerned about tae way in which the work program jumps directly from the information gwthe=6 st: ;e to the plan production stage. nembei s of uay ✓Tannin, advisory Commil tee who wore involved in the preparation ol Official Plans in the previogs four municipali- ties may be fa 11iar with the procedure `fiat has often been followed in producing Official Plans for small municipalities throughout Ontario. What La dens is that the consultPQ undertakes his study and obtains ,}uidance fruw various Provincial agencies ns to the kind of plan which is axpec ted o Theis ne produces his plan more or less on his own and suLwitts the finished draft to the municipality for approval. The municipality often knows very little atout what is going into the plan until it is completed. This is an easy trap to fall into when the plan is being produced at some remove from the local scene I think that there is a danger thDt this plan could folloy n siTilor route and become a matter for negotiation between the Province, the "eglon, ind the consultant with little opp02tanity for laput fro- the local municipality. To avoid this I mink that the Planning Study 3 -- REPOLT NO. l (cont.....) produced 111 Phase II sizouid conclude with a summary statement of the short teri,l onJ Ion, terl+ options which are availal_le in connection with eacii componeiA of tie pi,uposed plan. Tile ch,,Ices -unich are available slioiild tiler tc disk:llssed with the - Tannin g 1�dvlsory Commi- ttee and so,,ie consl1isions re,3ched tuZore Please III hlie actual prepar- ation of thu �Acan) begins. It is ii,iportant that the contents of the draft plan I e dotpria-_ ied ty the Co,,wii_ttee and not merely reflect implicit decision; de ty staff, consultants, Regional and Provincial officials, etc. Lon; Term Pla �-!ni,ig o We must produce a short tern plan for hopefully quick approval ry the Legion in order to resolve tale many difficulties and uncertainties which arise from workln.- witn the four existing Official Plans some of which are not in thetiselves approved. Nevertheless, the long term planning of the municipality is also of importance to us, and I do not think -vie shod 1 d draw our horizons at the limited time span the Region has allocated for our initial interim District -Plan (ie. 1977). It is ii, portant that we maintain the initiative created by the initial exercise and go on to develop a longer term concept which conveys our thoughts about the long term future of our area to the Legion and the Province. Our whole planning program will yield very little value for money to us if we accept 1977 as the Zinal date of olir forward planning. In this connection I think that -Phase V should be extended to include a "Future Development Concept" including the proposed items V(a) and (b) and other sections as required to give its a welL mounded input into the production of tho Regional Offlcl,31 Plan. The alternative, which I think i,iost 1)eople in this area would find unacceptar-le, is to wait until the Reg 2_on decides the f lte oj_ this muni_cil3ality without making any positive input irito the decision ourselves. %. Sumivaryo In summary I mould r(.,o_oi.l,,end tli t t xe l)roposed wo it prograri to modified as follows,- (a) to provide fo3° separate production of a sho-ot term flan and a long tern develo � (lent concept In order to meet Regional requirements. (b) to provide for rise of :-Pse mapping and other technic it work done by the Loglonal -Planning Departrzont. (c) to provide for the lase of L�Aformatzon ravailab] e from sources other th,nn the stied ies d Dne for the prev lo>>s four municipalities, Particularly the O.A.P.A.D.S. study. (d) to Znclude9 if possible aad without en aging In detailed engineering studies, an lovesti.gatron of the feasibility of providing new or extended water acid sewer services in the urban coiniminities. (e) to include u,a analysis of the short and long run policy alterna- tives open to the municipality as a part of the planning stildy. ® 4 m REPORT N0, 1 (cont,,o) M to include a long term Future Uevelopment Concert as a follow On Lo the initial Intai in Distr3 ct P1 In. I have t Len the l i t uvty of forwarding v copy of this report to our consultants so the t they will 1. e awp ve of the Ppcompendati.ons herein when the Conmittee opets to finalize the York program. Respectfully submitted 9 George ?. Lowden, Planning Director,