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CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Growth & Intensification Study Secondary Plan Stakeholder Session June 26th, 2017 Dillon Consulting Limited Watson & Associates Economists Curtis Planning Inc. Tim Welch Consulting Inc. AGENDA

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CITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Growth & Intensification Study

Secondary Plan Stakeholder Session June 26th, 2017

  • Dillon Consulting Limited
  • Watson & Associates Economists • Curtis Planning Inc. • Tim Welch Consulting Inc.
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AGENDA

EVENING SESSION

  • 7:00-7:15

Welcome and Panel Review

  • 7:15-7:45

Presentation

  • 7:45-9:00

Workshop Activity and Wrap Up

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AFTERNOON SESSION

  • 4:00-4:15

Welcome and Panel Review

  • 4:15-4:45

Presentation

  • 4:45-6:00

Workshop Activity and Wrap Up

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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

1. Study Purpose and Background 2. Secondary Plan Issues & Opportunities for:

  • Galt City Centre
  • Preston Towne Centre
  • Hespeler Village & Queen St. W

Node

3. Overview of Discussion Activities *Be sure to sign-in to obtain notice about future opportunities for input and public engagement

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PURPOSE

  • Prepare secondary plans

for the City’s main intensification areas:

1. Galt City Centre 2. Preston Towne Centre 3. Hespeler Village & Queen St. West Node 4. Hespeler Road Corridor 5. Main St. and Dundas St. South Area 6. Coronation Blvd. and Dundas

  • St. North Area

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WHAT IS A SECONDARY PLAN?

  • Cambridge’s Official Plan

provides the overall vision and policies for managing growth, protecting resources and promoting economic development

  • Secondary Plans are more

detailed plans for specific areas within the city, such as a neighbourhood or corridor

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Secondary Planning

Redevelopment & Land Use Change Urban Design & Public Realm Improvements (parks, streetscapes, etc.) Environmental Protection & Enhancements Transportation & Transit Improvements Guidance for Infrastructure Investment

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WHY DO WE NEED TO PREPARE SECONDARY PLANS?

  • Plan for intensification in a proactive

way

  • City’s Official Plan intensification target
  • f 45%

– Residential development to occur within the City’s Built-Up Area

  • Implement Provincial and Regional

policy

  • Coordinate land use planning with

transportation/transit investments

  • Comprehensive public process

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REGIONAL TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS

  • Approved in 2011, ION is Region’s rapid

transit plan for connecting Waterloo’s three main urban centres

  • It is being delivered in two stages:

– Stage 1 ION (LRT from Waterloo to Kitchener and BRT from Kitchener to Cambridge) – Stage 1 ION LRT is currently under construction; BRT is operational – Stage 2 ION will see BRT replaced by LRT

  • The Region is currently assessing options

for Stage 2 of the LRT in Cambridge

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CORE AREAS SECONDARY PLAN PROCESS

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  • 1. Issues & Opportunities
  • 2. Vision & Draft

Secondary Plan

  • 3. Implementation

Program & Final Secondary Plan

Stakeholder Session Public Event Public Meeting (Planning Act) Council Adoption WE ARE HERE

Spring 2017 Fall 2017 Winter 2017

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WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES?

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La Grange, Illinois

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WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES?

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  • 1. Pedestrian-friendly

street

  • 2. Healthy street tree

canopy

  • 3. Accented lighting

and other street furnishings

  • 4. Mix of uses and

densities

  • 5. Street-oriented

development

  • 6. Public art
  • 7. Heritage

restoration/ preservation

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

  • Cambridge City Council approved a

multi-year plan called Back to the Rivers.

  • The plan involves a number of

infrastructure efforts designed to enhance the city's river front areas in all three core areas to make them more enjoyable for businesses and residents.

  • Secondary Plans for the three core

areas will help to advance the revitalization efforts within the core areas by providing long range planning guidance for change

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GALT CITY CENTRE

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GALT CITY CENTRE

  • The central business

district for the City

  • Contains the Urban

Growth Centre (UGC)

  • The proposed Secondary

Plan area covers 159 hectares (394 acres)

  • Includes the Community

Core Area (125 ha/308 acres) and adjacent low/medium density residential.

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URBAN GROWTH CENTRES

  • The Province directs

municipalities to UGCs to be the focus for:

– Regional-scale uses – Transit investment – High-density employment – Accommodating population and employment growth

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PLANNING CONTEXT

  • The study area includes three

elements: – Urban Growth Centre – Community Core Area – Regeneration Area

  • The area designated a Urban Growth

Centre is planned to achieve a target density of 150 people and jobs per hectare

  • Majority of the Study Area identified as

a “Regeneration Area” in the City’s Official Plan.

  • Regeneration Areas are areas where a

transition of use from one use, such as industrial to another use is anticipated.

  • Regeneration Areas are to be the

subject of planning studies to determine appropriate land use designations

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PLANNING CONTEXT

  • Most of the floodplain area within the

core area falls within a Special Policy Area (SPA)

  • Development within the SPA is subject to

flood-proofing measures

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EXISTING LAND USE

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  • Core Area has a healthy mix of uses
  • Commercial and institutional uses

concentrated in central area

  • Residential neighbourhoods along

periphery

  • Some clusters of higher density

development close to Grand River and major roadways

  • A number of small parks and gathering

spaces throughout the area

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • There are a number of public

buildings and spaces within the core area

  • There is an opportunity to

continue to develop the public realm through streetscape and public space improvements

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

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Streetscape improvements in Collingwood, Ontario

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • The character of the Core Area is heavily

influenced and informed by the numerous collection of heritage buildings and structures

  • A portion of the Core Area is designated as a

heritage district

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  • Restoration and adaptive re-use of existing buildings helps to re-inforce the unique character and

sense of place within Galt’s Core Area

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  • Restoration and adaptive re-use of existing buildings helps to reinforce the unique character and

sense of place within Galt’s Core Area

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • There are not many vacant

properties

  • Those that are vacant are

located in the outskirts of the core

  • There is opportunity for

intensification of a number

  • f underutilized parcels

along key corridors and in proximity to the Ainslie Street Transit Terminal

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  • There is opportunity for intensification of a number of underutilized parcels along key corridors

and in proximity to the Ainslie Street Transit Terminal

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • There is a range of housing

choice provided in the immediate vicinity of the core

  • The market is evolving and

we are seeing more demand for mulit-unit infill developments

  • There is a need to proactively

plan for appropriate transitions between the stable residential neighbourhoods on the periphery of the core area

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • There are a number of parks

and natural features which enhance the area’s unique sense of place, such as: – The Grand River – Dickson Park – Soper Park (adjacent to the study area) – Mill Creek – Mill Creek Trail

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  • Promoting access and framing prominent views and vistas of the Grand River will help to maintain/enhance the strong

character of Galt’s Core

  • Maintaining important views and vistas is an important consideration for development proposals within the Core Area
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  • Promoting access and framing prominent views and vistas of the Grand River will help to maintain/enhance the strong

character of Galt’s Core (example, Richmond Hill)

  • Maintaining important views and vistas is an important consideration for development proposals within the Core Area
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POSSIBLE VISION ELEMENTS

  • We are preparing a secondary plan for Galt City Centre which:
  • 1. Preserves, enhances and celebrates the area’s cultural, historic and iconic

features

  • 2. Increases opportunities in appropriate locations for intensification - mixed

use, medium density and high density residential development to support the planned investments in transit

  • 3. Promotes active transportation through enhanced connections to and

through the Core Area

  • 4. Increases the quality of the pedestrian environment through streetscape and

public space improvements

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PRESTON TOWNE CENTRE

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PRESTON TOWNE CENTRE

  • Preston’s historic towne centre located
  • n the western side of the City at the

confluence of the Grand River and the Speed River

  • The proposed Study Area covers 202

ha (499 acres)

  • The area includes a number of

different uses: – Historic downtown/community core – Established residential neighbourhoods – Older industrial uses along the rail corridor – Parks, recreation and open uses, including the Speed River and Riverside Park

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PLANNING CONTEXT

  • Historic area (38 ha/94 acres) identified

as Community Core Area in the City’s Official Plan.

  • Majority of the Study Area identified as

a “Regeneration Area” in the City’s Official Plan.

– Regeneration Areas are areas where a transition of use from one use, such as industrial to another use is anticipated. – Regeneration Areas are to be the subject

  • f planning studies to determine

appropriate land use designations.

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PLANNING CONTEXT

  • A portion of the area is located within

the GRCA’s regulated floodplain area along the Speed River

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EXISTING LAND USE

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • Range of commercial uses

to serve the community

  • rganized mainly along

King Street

  • King Street has a number
  • f historic buildings
  • Also has a mix of styles and

densities, mostly low-rise development

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • Portions of King Street could

benefit from streetscape enhancements

  • There may be opportunities

to include enhancements at key gateway locations to reinforce local character, heritage and identity (example, Hess Village, Hamilton)

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • Portion of the area includes

an active rail corridor

  • Existing and former

industrial uses along the rail corridor

  • Both residential and

industrial uses are adjacent to residential uses

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Residential neighbourhoods abut both sides of the area and in a few locations are immediately adjacent to industrial uses

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • Range of residential

built form in immediate proximity to the towne centre

  • Some recent

development interests near the riverfront (largely midrise residential)

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ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES

  • Very small supply of vacant

parcels in the study area

  • However, there are a number of

underutilized parcels and those with low lot coverages in the central portion of the study area and in proximity to the rail corridor and along the Speed River

  • There may also be adaptive-

reuses opportunities

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ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES

  • There are employment land

intensification opportunities in the core area (example Cotton Factory, Hamilton) which could help diversify the employment base

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POSSIBLE VISION ELEMENTS

  • We are preparing a secondary plan for Preston Towne Centre which:
  • 1. Builds on the existing character and preserves the historic centre’s identity
  • 2. Leverages the natural and cultural assets of the area while improving

connections to the rivers

  • 3. Identifies opportunities for regeneration and helps to promote

redevelopment of under-utilized and vacant lands

  • 4. Protects stable employment activities in the area and addresses potential for

future land use compatibility issues and also promotes new economic development opportunities

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HESPELER VILLAGE & QUEEN STREET WEST NODE

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PLANNING CONTEXT

  • The study area includes

three elements:

– Hespeler Village Community Core Area: historic centre – Queen Street West Community Node: commercial area adjacent to the highway – Regeneration Area: majority of the study area (146 ha/360 acres), connecting the community nodes with the community core area

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PLANNING CONTEXT

  • A portion of the area is

located within the GRCA’s regulated floodplain

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HESPELER VILLAGE AND QUEEN STREET WEST NODE

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • Small historic village with

good pedestrian realm and cultural assets

  • Attractive public realm
  • 3-4 storey mixed use main

street

  • Adjacent to the Speed

River

  • Some recent development

interest adjacent to the riverfront

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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES

  • Many existing and former

land extensive industrial uses along the riverfront (48 ha/118 acres or nearly 30% of the study area)

  • Impact public accessibility

to the river front

  • Redevelopment likely

requires environmental clean up

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ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES

  • Some redevelopment is

underway:

– The Standard: 10 storey 152 unit luxury apartment – Riverbank Lofts: conversion of the riverside mill building into 45 condo units

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ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES

  • Queen Street West Community

Node is a distinct place, with a very different sense of place

  • Organized as a highway

commercial big-box area

  • Part of the broader commercial

cluster along Hespeler Road – although the area is separated by Highway 401

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ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES

  • Opportunity for intensification of these lands

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HESPELER VILLAGE AND QUEEN STREET WEST NODE VISION

  • We are preparing a secondary plan for the Hespeler Village and Queen Street West

Node which: – Preserves the historic village character of the community core – Leverages the important community assets and natural features – Strategically directs intensification and redevelopment to underutilized and land extensive sites along the Speed and near the highway – Preserves and enhances access to the river front

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PURPOSE OF THIS EVENING’S SESSION

  • We are looking for your preliminary feedback on issues, opportunities

and challenges for three of the Secondary Plan areas.

  • We encourage you to stay afterward to participate in a few activities

where we can discuss, debate and test ideas for improving the three secondary plan areas.

  • If you are unable to stay or have additional comments, please submit

comments to:

Valerie Spring, Senior Planner Reurbanization springv@cambridge.ca 519-621-0740 ext. 4213

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NEXT STEPS

  • We will review comments, suggestions and feedback received at this

session, as well as any additional submissions received by end of July 2017.

  • We will use this as input to prepare draft secondary plans for the three

downtowns.

  • We will be back out in Fall 2017 to present the draft plans and to

receive further public and stakeholder feedback.

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ACTIVITIES

Three break-out areas for each Secondary Plan: 1. What guiding principles should we consider when preparing the secondary plan? 2. Where are the opportunities for intensification? What scale/type of intensification would be appropriate? 3. Where are the opportunities for public realm improvements? What types of improvements would you like to see? 4. Are there any other issues/opportunities which need to be addressed?

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