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Land and Development Conference
Difficult Proposals and the NIMBY
May 28, 2013 Jeffrey Davies
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Difficult Proposals and the NIMBY May 28, 2013 Jeffrey Davies 1 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Difficult Proposals and the NIMBY May 28, 2013 Jeffrey Davies 1 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Land and Development Conference Difficult Proposals and the NIMBY May 28, 2013 Jeffrey Davies 1 2 3 4 5 Too high Decreased Property Intrusive Values Too dense Shadows Sewers Environment Backup Noise WaterPressur e Skyview
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Decreased Property Values Shadows Sewers Backup WaterPressur e Privacy School Overlook
Too high Intrusive Too dense Environment Noise Skyview Dust
Energy Waste Big box Light Pollution Visual Blight
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Prepare a Solid Foundation
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- Good planning underlies each solution
- Attention to Policy
- Resolve technical considerations
- Politics
- Community
- Compatibility
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1) Community and City Building
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- Start Early
- Focus Groups
- Wide and Deep
Consultation
- Work with Opinion Leaders
- Work with Community
Groups
- Workshops - Charettes
- Plan
- Strategize
- Constantly Monitor
Feedback and Social Media
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2) Numbers Based Negotiation and Compromise
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3) Incentives to the Community
- A spoonful of sugar
- If the community can
support
- We’ll provide …
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Compatibility
- Development existing in harmony with adjacent
development; it need not be the same or even similar
- The appropriate objective test of compatibility is
whether or not the proposal will have an undue adverse impact on the existing development
- Upheld
- (Graywood Investments Ltd. v. City of Toronto)
- Nature’s Example: The Egyptian Plover and the Nile
Crocodile enjoy a compatible relationship. The Plover gets a meal for cleaning the Croc’s teeth
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Good Planning and Compatible
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Good Planning and Compatible
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4) Merit Based
- Approach: preparing for
OMB adjudication
- We have an excellent,
fully thought through proposal
- We’re not changing it
unless you can
- bjectively show it
causes an undue adverse impact
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Conclusion
- Prepare a Solid Foundation
- Three Approaches to Resolution
- Community Planning and City Building
- Numbers Based Negotiation and Compromise
- Incentives to the Community
- Compatibility
- Preparing for Adjudication
- Stick to it unless merit based changes needed
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Land and Development Conference
Difficult Proposals and the NIMBY
Jeffrey Davies
Davies Howe Partners LLP 416-263-4508 j effd@ davieshowe.com www.davieshowe.com
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