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PRESENTATION CONCERNING DRAFT NEW OFFICIAL PLAN AND URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES
T. Wierzba, Planner provided a presentation concerning the draft New Official Plan and City-Wide Urban Design Guidelines
Mr. Wierzba discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• An overview on developing the new theme based Official Plan (OP) and Urban Design Guidelines;
• The approach to the new Official Plan;
• Urban Design principles;
• A map identifying the heritage elements of the new draft Official Plan;
• A summary of the proposed cultural heritage resource policies;
• The key policy highlights related to protecting heritage resources; and
• The timelines and approval process to moving forward with the Plan.
Members of Committee asked a number of questions to the presenter and received responses.
The Committee agreed to form a Sub-Committee to further review the content and layout of the Draft New Official Plan. The following Committee members volunteered for this Sub-Committee: Councillor, C. Riepma, C. Colebatch, S. MacKinnon and D. Excel and will report back at the next Committee meeting.