VMC Urban Design Guidelines STAKEHOLDER SESSION V October 2015
Meeting Agenda October 26, 2015 - 9:00 am PART 1 - DRAFT GUIDELINES 9:00 PRESENTATION • What we heard • What’s new since July • Finalizing the document • Next steps • Implementation Plan PART 2 - DISCUSSION 9:30 DISCUSSION 1: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 10:00 DISCUSSION 2: DRAFT FEEDBACK 10:50 CLOSING COMMENTS 11:00 ADJOURN
UDG Updated Schedule OCT 2014 DEC 2014 JAN 2015 MAR 2015 MAY 2015 JUL 2015 SEP 2015 NOV 2015 Stakeholder Meeting URBAN DESIGN BEST Stakeholder DRP 1 PRACTICES Meeting DEVELOPMENT OF Stakeholder TYPOLOGIES Meeting TODAY DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES VMC REFINEMENT Sub- Stakeholder Stakeholder OF GUIDELINES DRP 2 Committee Meeting Meeting FINAL PLAYBOOK
July Meeting
What we heard in July What is the schedule for completion and approval by Council and how will that process coordinate with the ongoing mediation process The fjnal document will be presented to Council for approval upon completion of the mediation Request receipt of hard copies of the full draft Urban Design Guidelines in order to complete a detailed review, prior to approval A full draft was released October 5 Desire to use the preliminary document as a guide for current development applications DRP has reviewed the document and believe it will be a helpful tool to guide the discussion of development applications. Moving forward, this document will serve as a platform for design discussion related to development applications
What we heard in July The presented materials were welcomed and members of the stakeholder group appreciated the clarity of the presentation Thank you! A working session was requested to be scheduled a short time after the draft Guidelines were circulated, in order to facilitate detailed feedback Here we are today
DRP Meeting II
What we heard from DRP Putting together the Urban Design Guidelines has been a participatory process. The intent of the guidelines is place making and supporting economic development. The challenge was ensuring a balance between prescription and fmexibility After early feedback from landowners and DRP, the document has been developed to support these objectives It was recognized that Urban Design Guidelines have limitations, preventing bad development but not necessarily ensuring excellence Excellency in design requires full commitment throughout the entire process of architectural development Section 6.0 Design Guidelines could be restructured into logical categories The subsections under 6.0 will be reorganized to follow a logical order
What we heard from DRP Insert a more detailed key map / matrix providing clarity on how to read the cross references and annotations between sections Will add as a pullout Insert an overall summary sheet graphically depicting the relationship to other VMC documents and guidelines and clarifying the jurisdiction each one have Will add to intro The landscape guidelines need to be further development Will do Provide a ‘Glossary of Defjnitions’ Will add as an appendix
What we heard from DRP Insert text that clarifjes that this is a working document and will evolve and be reviewed as the VMC develops over time Will add to Implementation section Include guidelines for transition in the implementation section. Phasing needs to demonstrate transitions across blocks, heights, typologies, land uses and densities Cross-section between blocks will be included to demonstrate such transitions The document is well structured and has a logical progression, organized in an index-based logic. It is also graphically very attractive Thanks!
What we heard... UD = + + + Framework December March March May Landowner Landowner DRP Landowner Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting = + + Revisions July September October Landowner DRP Landowner Meeting Meeting Meeting S S E = R Launch G O R P N I November Presentation to Sub-committee
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