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PRESENTATION - 5 YEAR REVIEW OF THE CITY OF BARRIE’S OFFICIAL PLAN
Merwan Kalyaniwalla, Manager of Planning Policy provided a presentation concerning the 5-year review of the City of Barrie’s Official Plan. He noted that a Public Meeting was held on June 15, 2015.
Mr. Kalyaniwalla discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The history associated with the current Official Plan including 1997, 2006 and 2009 updates to of the Official Plan;
• A map illustrating the City of Barrie boundaries pre and post 2010;
• Maps illustrating Salem and Hewitt’s Secondary Plans;
• The Provincial Planning Policy framework including the Provincial Policy Statement and Growth Plan targets;
• The City of Barrie’s 2014 to 2018 Strategic Plan goals and how they will be incorporated into the Official Plan;
• Maps illustrating growth in the City of Barrie for the years of 1954, 1991, 2001 and 2012;
• The three pillars of Economic Prosperity, Environmental Stewardship and Inclusive Community that will be the basis of the development of a new Official Plan focused on a sustainable, resilient Barrie;
• The studies and plans that have been completed in support of each of the three pillars as well as images related to each of the pillars;
• The new Official Plan as a 20-year plan that is flexible and adaptable for demographic, technological and social changes; and
• The four themes for the Official Plan are as follows:
• Creating diverse complete neighbourhoods
• Planning for prosperity
• Protecting what’s important
• Building a sustainable community.
In closing Mr. Kalyaniwalla provided details concerning the next steps in the process including reaching out to stakeholder groups, local school boards and the community of all age for input and report back to City Council at a future meeting.
Members of the Committee in attendance asked a number of questions related to the information provided and received responses from staff.