<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>City of Barrie - File #: 19-G-018</title><link>https://barrie.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3845617&amp;GUID=E890E87E-45E7-4F09-B269-D92F84C367CC</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://barrie.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?GUID=E890E87E-45E7-4F09-B269-D92F84C367CC&amp;ID=3845617&amp;M=LD" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>City of Barrie - File #: 19-G-018</title><link>https://barrie.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3845617&amp;GUID=E890E87E-45E7-4F09-B269-D92F84C367CC</link><guid isPermaLink="false">E890E87E-45E7-4F09-B269-D92F84C367CC-2023-02-22-19-47-04</guid><description>Title: PRESENTATION REGARDING AN OVERVIEW ON DEVELOPMENT CHARGES LEGISLATION AND RECENT CHANGES TO DEVELOPMENT CHARGES ACT.

Craig Millar, Director of Finance and Treasurer introduced Gary Scandlan and Nancy Neale from Watson &amp; Associates Economists Ltd.

Mr. Scandlan provided a presentation regarding an Overview on Development Charges Legislation and recent changes to the Development Chargers Act.  He discussed slides concerning the following topics:

·	An overview of the presentation;
·	The study process and timelines;
·	The purpose of Development Charges;
·	The history of Development Charges;
·	An overview of the Development Charges Act, 1997;
·	The limitations on forms of capital and services that can be included in the Development Charges;
·	The definition of Capital Costs;
·	The planning horizon in association with future capital needs;
·	The changes to the Service Standard measure in the Development Charges Act, 1997;
·	A summary of the existing and new services under consideration for Development Charges;
·	The relationship between the needs to service growth versus the funding avai</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:47:04 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>