GO Hub and Transit Stations Study Planning and Economic Development - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• St. Catharines GO Transit Station Secondary Plan

Official Plan Amendment (OPA 19)

Planning and Economic Development Committee

June 27, 2018

GO Hub and Transit Stations Study

• Municipalities are leveraging transit investment

to drive growth

• Provincial investment presents a unique
• pportunity to proactively plan land uses,

transportation networks and infrastructure around the GO station

• The Province’s Growth Plan directs

municipalities to plan for intensification around GO stations

• Transit stations and surrounding lands serve an

important function within the regional transportation system

• A secondary plan is the best mechanism to

proactively plan for change and enables the City to set its priorities for change

Evolving transit hub in Kitchener (GO rail and LRT station)

Why a secondary plan?

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Provincial Policy Statement (2014)

 Promotes the creation of complete healthy communities

Growth Plan (2017)

 Prioritize intensification and higher densities to make efficient use of land and infrastructure and support transit viability

Provincial policy context

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Amendment Process

• St. Catharines GO Transit Station Secondary Plan

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By the numbers  850 online survey respondents  600 public sign-up for emails  367 public sign-in for events Engagement Methods

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Online Survey  Paid Facebook ad  Personalized postcards  Downtown posters  Facebook & Twitter  Email notifications

Public engagement highlights

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• St. Catharines GO Transit Station Secondary Plan

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Protect existing stable residential neighbourhoods

 Existing land use permissions for low density land uses are unchanged  Traffic Management Study to identify best practices to discourage traffic infiltration/parking

Maintain and utilize the existing VIA Station

 Policy outlines desired role and function of the existing VIA Station heritage building

Transition building heights to reduce impact on existing neighbourhoods

 Provisions which guide design and landscape elements to buffer new development

Ensure existing employment can continue to operate

 Existing employment permissions are retained  Clarified employment conversion process

Improve access and circulation to the Station and within the Secondary Plan Area

 Identified planned improvements to the active transportation network

 Proposed new public road access from Ridley Road to the GO Station  Prioritized improvements to St. Paul Street West and Louth Street

What we heard

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Example

• Modifications are shown in Appendix 1
• f Report PDS 28-2018
• Region staff have proposed 97

modifications to the OPA 19

• All modifications are technical in nature

and do not change the intent of the policy

• City and Region staff have reviewed

and agreed upon all modifications

Amendment modifications

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Next steps

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• Schedule E6/7 GO Transit Station Secondary Plan (GTSSP)
• Schedule E6/7 (Land Use Designations)
• Schedule E6/7 - A (Building Heights)
• Schedule E6/7 - B (New Road Connections and Improvements)
• Schedule E6/7 - C (Public Realm and Active Transportation Plan)

Supplementary

Secondary Plan Schedules