Request for Decision. Proposed City-Wide Nodes and Corridors Strategy. Resolution. Finance Implications. Presented: Monday, Sep 26, 2016

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1 Presened To: Planning Commiee Rees for Decision Proposed CiyWide Nodes and Corridors Sraegy Presened: Monday Sep Repor Dae Thrsday Sep 8 26 Type: Managers' Repors Resolion THAT he Ciy of Greaer Sdbry endorses he repor from he General Manager of Infrasrcre Serices daed Sepember 8 26 regarding a recommended approach o nderae a ciywide Nodes and Corridor Sraegy. Finance Implicaions There are no financial implicaions associaed wih his repor. I is anicipaed ha Ciy Concil will hae he opporniy o prioriize Node and Corridor Design Sdies annally hrogh he bdge process. acgrond The Ciy of Greaer Sdbry s 2528 Corporae Sraegic Plan Greaer Togeher ses a nmber of prioriies nder for pillars: Growh and Economic Deelopmen; Qaliy of Life and Place; Responsie Fiscally Prden Open Goernance; and Ssainable Infrasrcre. Prioriy A nder he Growh and Economic Deelopmen pillar is o implemen he Downown Maser Plan and deelopmen of downowns and increase densificaion by conersion from commercial o residenial. Signed y Repor Prepared y Ed Landry Senior Planner Digially Signed Sep 8 6 Reiewed y Kris Longson Manager of Commniy and Sraegic Planning Digially Signed Sep 8 6 Recommended by he Diision Jason Ferrigan Direcor of Planning Serices Digially Signed Sep 6 Recommended by he Deparmen Tony Ceci General Manager of Infrasrcre Serices Digially Signed Sep 6 Recommended by he C.A.O. Ed Archer Chief Adminisraie Officer Digially Signed Sep 4 6 The Ciy recenly released is implemenaion plan o sere as a roadmap of some of he larger more resorceinensie and ransformaional proecs expeced o be nderaen dring Concil s erm. To achiee Prioriy A he Ciy wans o begin o realize he Nodes and Corridors Sraegy ensring he Downown is beer conneced o reialized Town Cenres oher sraegic commercial and core areas by allowing for mixed ses connecing ciizens across Greaer Sdbry while proiding excellen pblic ransi. Acion a2 of he Implemenaion Plan commis saff o creaing an approach o a ciywide Nodes and Corridors Sraegy by Sepember 26. A Nodes and Corridors Sraegy will help reialize and beer connec or Downown he Town Cenres sraegic core areas and corridors of he Ciy. Sch a sraegy will help creae new and disincie corridors and cenres all fearing mixed ses pblic realm improemens and pblic ransi. The Ciy s draf official plan lays he grondwor of his sraegy by recognizing he Downown Town Cenres possecondary

2 edcaion and oher maor insiions as nodes and mixed se arerials as corridors. The Ciy s Nodes and Corridor Sraegy will conform o he reiremens of he Proince s Growh Plan for Norhern Onario GPNO); he Ciy s draf official plan idenifies he sraegic core areas of he ciy as reired by he GPNO. The GPNO is a sraegic framewor ha gides decisionmaing and inesmen planning in Norhern Onario nil 236. Sraegic core areas and heir nodes and corridors will be he preferred locaion for maor capial inesmen in: a) pos secondary edcaion and raining; b) regional hospials andor specialized healh care; c) maor redeelopmen proecs; d) research and innoaion cenres; e) maor clral insiions and enerainmen faciliies; and f) inegraed pblic ransporaion sysems. Prpose This repor proides Concil wih a recommended ciywide Nodes and Corridors Sraegy. The recommended sraegy olines a schedle for he compleion of nodes and corridors design sdies oer he nex year period. Discssion Conex Greaer Sdbry is an imporan cenre in norhern Onario and focal poin for regional inesmen and growh. Greaer Sdbry s role as a regional cenre for bsiness and professional serices higher learning healh and medicine research and innoaion shopping and orism will be solidified hrogh renewal and expansion of exising asses. Sraegic inesmens in infrasrcre and proecs in he meeing and conference secor spors and ars and clre will frher expand or role. Growh in hese economic asses creaes a ripple effec hrogho he economy and will liely fel frher economic and poplaion growh. Srcrally Greaer Sdbry consiss of a large cenral rban area srronded by more han 2 smaller rban and nonrban selemens ha are all ied ogeher hrogh an exensie newor of hard and sof infrasrcre. This selemen paern is he resl of or geography he locaion of resorces he hisory of hman selemen and he echnology of ransporaion amongs oher hings. While or rban and nonrban selemens consie approximaely 6 percen of or oal land area he dispersed paern of growh poses challenges for he creaion of a cohesie rban form and he efficien proision of infrasrcre and pblic serice faciliies. A Nodes and Corridors Sraegy will help he Ciy address hese isses by creaing complee commniies and connec he commniies ogeher hrogh inensified mixedse corridors ha sppor pblic ransi and acie ransporaion. eween 2 and 236 he ciy is expeced o grow by beween 2286 obs beween 2 people and beween 88 3 hoseholds. Throgh a series of bacgrond sdies compleed as par of he recen Official Plan Reiew he Ciy has fond ha i has sfficien lands se aside o mee residenial and employmen demand in he shor medim and long erm. The Official Plan Reiew also examined he isse of inensificaion. Inensificaion is essenial o compleing or commniies maing he mos efficien se of land resorces infrasrcre and pblic serice faciliies minimizing negaie impacs on air aliy and climae change promoing energy efficiency and spporing pblic ransi acie ransporaion and he efficien moemen of goods. Throgh he Official Plan Reiew i was deermined ha he Ciy shold arge an inensificaion rae of 2 for new deelopmen. I is anicipaed ha a significan amon of inensificaion will ae place in he exising Downown Town Cenres and along maor corridors in he Ciy. A Nodes and Corridor Sraegy wold allow he Ciy o beer gide fre growh and deelopmen and inensificaion) by idenifying he inensificaion poenial of exising nodes and corridors hrogho he ciy and creaing a framewor o gide inesmen in hese areas ha wold resl in more complee

3 commniies and a more complee inegraion of acie ransporaion and ransi. The Nodes and Corridors Sraegy Or Regional Cenres and Town Cenres hae long been he sraegic areas wihin or commniy. These nodes are Downown Sdbry he Town Cenres hrogho Greaer Sdbry he hree Regional Cenres arry DowneLaSalle The Kingswayarry Downe and he For Corners area) and maor pblic insiions lie Healh Sciences Norh Larenian Uniersiy and he Colleges. They hae radiionally been he focs of inesmen in hard and sof infrasrcre. The nodes capialize on and hae grea opporniy for enhanced modes of acie ransporaion and ransi spporie deelopmen. Corridors are significan connecions eiher leading o a node or connecing one node o anoher. These significan corridors are made p of mixed se areas and are prioriy areas for longerm inesmen and reializaion. These corridors capialize on and hrogh enhanced rban and landscape design hae grea opporniy for inegraed modes of acie ransporaion and ransi spporie deelopmen. These corridors inclde sch areas as LaSalle oleard arry Downe Road The Kingsway and Nore Dame Aene. See Aachmen A for a isal represenaion of Greaer Sdbry s Nodes and Corridors. A Nodes and Corridor Sraegy will prioriize sdy areas o help gide inesmen and inensificaion wihin he commniy. Indiidal nodes and corridor sdies will: Idenify and srenghen areas of significan capial inesmen and reinesmen; Promoe posiie change; Improe rban design; creae complee srees; Recommend how appropriae land ses densiies and bil form can be inrodced creaing new economic opporniies; Recommend where pblic open spaces can be creaed and exising pars improed; Improe he pedesrian enironmen; Inform fre capial planning; Opimize ransi serice; and Inform Ciy policy bylaws and gidelines. The Ciy of Greaer Sdbry has already nderaen hree componens of a Nodes and Corridor Sraegy. The Downown Maser Plan was receied by Concil in early 23 while he Town Cenres and Capreol 28 Commniy Improemen Plans were adoped by Concil in 2 and 25 respeciely. The Corporae Sraegic Plan idenifies he LaSalle oleard corridor from Nore Dame Aene o Falconbridge Road and he Chelmsford Town Cenre node as he nex sdy areas for Greaer Sdbry. The Lasalle Corridor Sdy bilds on he momenm gained by Concil s recen Maley Drie decision. I also capializes on he anicipaed redcion in raffic along LaSalle oleard giing he Ciy an opporniy o esablish a new framewor o gide he fre eolion of he boleard. The Chelmsford Town Cenre node sdy conines he momenm of deelopmen and implemenaion of CIPs for all idenified own cenres mos recenly he Capreol 28 Commniy Improemen Plan and helps sppor he reializaion of Chelmsford s hisoric Main sree. As noed aboe bacgrond sdies compleed for he Official Plan Reiew find ha Greaer Sdbry will grow by p o 86 obs 2 people and 3 hoseholds. The bl of his growh is expeced o occr in Sdbry followed in order) by Valley Eas Walden Raysidealfor Nicel Cenre Onaping Falls and Capreol. These anicipaed leels of growh confirm ha hese longesablished cenres conine o be he focs of growh and reializaion.

4 ased on he proeced poplaion growh of he cenres saff recommends ha Nodes and Corridors Sraegy be compleed by prioriizing one Sdbry node or corridor and one Town Cenre node or corridor per year as illsraed in he able below: Year 2728 LaSalle Corridor Chelmsford 282 The Kingway Corridor inclding arrydownethe Kingsway Node) 222 arrydowne Corridor inclding arrydownelasalle Node) Valley Eas inclding Val Caron Hanmer Val Thérèse) Liely 2222 NoreDame Ae Corridor Azilda Regen Sree Corridor GarsonFalconbridgeConison Paris Sree Corridor Inclding For Corners Node) LeacOnapingDowling Lorne Sree Corridor Erringon Sree Corridor Hwy Long Lae Road Corridor I is imporan o noe ha while he Uniersiy and he Colleges are idenified as sraegic core areas hey nderae separae and independen maser planning processes. The Ciy has been engaged and will conine o paricipae in he longerm growh and ongoing planning of hese campses. I shold also be noed ha Ciy Concil will hae he opporniy o prioriize node and design sdies annally hrogh he bdge process. The aboe will herefore be moniored and reised where appropriae on an annal basis. Smmary and Nex Seps Creaing an approach o a ciywide Nodes and Corridor Sraegy is idenified as an acion o implemen Concil s prioriy of implemening he Downown Maser Plan and he deelopmen of downowns and increasing densificaion by conersion from commercial o residenial. This prioriy ress nder he Growh and Economic Deelopmen Pillar of Concil s 2528 Corporae Sraegic Plan. The Ciy s Nodes and Corridor Sraegy will implemen Concil s direcion as olined in he Official Plan and 2528 Corporae Sraegic Plan. The Sraegy will also conform o he reiremens of he Growh Plan for Norhern Onario.

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