INTENSIFICATION CITY OF BARRIE WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? FAST The - PDF document

INTENSIFICATION CITY OF BARRIE

WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? FAST • The fastest growing CMA in Canada. YOUNG • Average age of new residents 10 years younger than the provincial average. ON THE • Low (70%), Medium (25%), High (5%) Density GROUND ON THE • Expanded municipal boundary 9 times since MOVE 1954 CITY OF BARRIE

INTENSIFICATION WHAT • Building at a higher density than currently exists WHY • Grow more efficiently • Make best use of resources • Infrastructure, transit, community facilities • Healthy communities, walkability • Provincial requirement – Places to Grow and provincial policy CITY OF BARRIE

GROWTH TO 2031 • 180,000 by 2031 Schedule 1 of Places to Grow is to occur in the City’s 2008 boundary. • 2010 population 135,000 – 140,000 • Another 40,000 population • 40% New growth in City’s built up area by 2015 • Total of 88,000 Jobs CITY OF BARRIE

WHERE BUILT BOUNDARY CITY OF BARRIE

OFFICIAL PLAN FRAMEWORK FOR INTENSIFICATION Primary Area (Urban Growth Centre) Secondary Areas • Intensification Corridors • Major Transit Station Areas Elsewhere within Built Area • Policies / Applications judged on their merits • Urban Design Guidelines CITY OF BARRIE

SCHEDULE A CITY OF BARRIE

URBAN GROWTH CENTRE CITY CENTRE CITY OF BARRIE

BLUE SAILS – CITY CENTRE 590 UNITS 1100 POPULATION 300 PERSONS PER HECTARE CITY OF BARRIE

NAUTICA – CITY CENTRE CITY OF BARRIE

INTENSIFICATION CORRIDOR EXISTING DETACHED TOWNHOUSES HOUSE CITY OF BARRIE

INTENSIFICATION CORRIDOR CITY OF BARRIE

TRANSIT STATION AREA CITY OF BARRIE

MIXED USE – UGC CITY OF BARRIE

MID-RISE INTENSIFIED INFILL - UGC CITY OF BARRIE

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LIVABILITY / URBAN DESIGN / • New Planning Act gives municipalities greater control over Urban Design / Built Form. • Intensification needs to be both profitable & sustainable. • Next 4 to 5 generations will call this home for 75 to 100 years. CITY OF BARRIE

CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTATION • Need to offer a full range of housing types not just Intensified forms. • Cultural shift and market demand. • Distort demographics with a disproportionate share of new housing in medium & high density residential. • There will be a need for community facilities and community infrastructure in the areas of focus. • Uncertainty in terms of timing and household characteristics. CITY OF BARRIE

SOME APROACHES TO DEAL WITH CHALLENGES 1. INCENTIVES e.g.: design Awards 2. INCENTIVES – Residential intensification and mixed use developments, Community Improvement Plans 3. Other – HNS Grassroots engagement of communities in defining their neighbourhood character, defining what is valuable and how to maintain that and provide direction for the implementation of intensification. 4. Partnerships CITY OF BARRIE