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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT T.T.EDWARDS,M.C.I.P.,Director
HAMPTON,ONTARIO LOB 1JO TEL.(416)263.2231
REPORT TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
MEETING OF FEBRUARY 7, 1983
REPORT NO. : PD-22-83
SUBJECT: ONTARIO NEIGHBOURHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
(ONIP) 1983/84 PROGRAM YEAR
OUR FILE: PLN 11 .5
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the
following :
1 . That Report PD-22-83 be received for
information.
BACKGROUND:
On December 21st, 1982, the Town received an invitation from
the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Community
Renewal Branch, for submission of applications for funding
under the Ontario Neighbourhood Improvement Program, 1983/84
Fiscal Year. Applications for such funds must be received
by the Community Renewal Branch by no later than February
15th, 1983.
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The Neighbourhood Improvement Program was originally
introduced in 1974, and continued until 1978. During that
period the Neighbourhood Improvement Program was funded
jointly by Federal , Provincial and Municipal governments.
In 1979 and 1980 the NIP Program was a component of the now
cancelled Community Services Contribution Program.
In February of 1981 , the Province of Ontario introduced a
new Provincial /Municipal Program, referred to herein as "the
Ontario Neighbourhood Improvement Program (ONIP)". Under
this Program, cost sharing for neighbourhood improvements is
equally divided fifty-fifty between the Province and the
Municipality. The objectives of the Program are as
follows:
1 . To encourage and assist municipalites in implementing a
municipal improvement strategy.
2. To improve conditions in older, deteriorating but
potentially stable and predominantly residential
neighbourhoods occupied by low and moderate income
households.
3. To assist municipalities in improving municipal
services, public utilities and social and recreational
facilities in eligible residential neighbourhoods.
4. To encourage investment in the rehabilitation of
existing housing stock and new infill development by private
and/or socially assisted housing.
5. To encourage energy conservation through energy
efficient land use.
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Although there are a number of municipal eligibility
criteria, the most important of these are that the
municipality have neighbourhoods which comply with the
neighbourhood eligibility criteria; have an approved
Official Plan in effect; have adopted a Property Maintenance
and Occupancy Standards By-law; and have the financial and
administrative capability to implement the redevelopment
plan. With respect to neighbourhood eligibility criteria ,
for the purposes of the Program, a neighbourhood is defined
as any area having boundaries relating to existing
geographic, social , physical and functional features.
To be eligible for assistance under the Program, the
neighbourhood should have at least twenty-five percent (25%)
of its housing stock in need of rehabilitation; exhibit
deterioration or deficiency in certain municipal ,
recreational or social facilities; be composed of
predominantly low and moderate income households; be
predominantly residential and potentially stable in terms of
continued residential land use and density.
COMMENTS:
As indicated in the background, to participate in the ONIP
Program, the Municipality would be required to match any
Provincial funds made available. In addition , it would
require the Town to prepare a Redevelopment Plan; an item
which has not been included in the Department 's 1983 Work
Program, and in view of the 1983 budget guidelines and the
present departmental workload, it would not appear that the
Town would have the financial or administrative capability
to get involved in the Program in the 1983/84 fiscal year.
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Furthermore, given the time constraints for identifying
areas in need of improvement, staff would be hard pressed to
identify a particular neighbourhood or particular
neighbourhoods which meet all of the Provincial eligibility
criteria. We would therefore recommend that the Town of
Newcastle not get involved in the Ontario Neighbourhood
Improvement Program at the present time, and that this
Report be received for information.
Respect 1 itted,
T. T. Edwards, M.C.I.P.
Director of Planning
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January 25, 1983
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