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Niagara Regions Gr Greenbelt eenbelt Plan an Revie iew Community Consultation Round Two April 2013 Welcome! 1 Niagara Regions Greenbelt Gr eenbelt Plan an Revie iew Community Consultation Round Two April 2013 An OVERVIEW:
Community Consultation Round Two April 2013
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Community Consultation Round Two April 2013
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Benefits Challenges/Obstacles Opportunities for Change
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Welcome and Introductions (10 minutes) Overview Presentation (30 minutes) Roundtable Discussions (90 minutes) 2 x 40 minute discussions focussed on “Opportunity” areas Reporting Back (30 minutes) Next Steps (10 minutes) Community Consultation Forum #2 April 2013
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Agricultur culture (2), Planni ning ng, , Natural ral Herita tage ge, , Developm pment nt and Natural ural Resour urces, es, Economi mic Developm pment/ ent/Touri urism
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s, Tender erfr frui uit Producer cers, s, NOTL TL Agricu cultu tural al Ad Advisor isory Commi mmitt ttee ee and ot
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Lake e Gibson son, , Thor
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thill ill Ka Kame Rice e Road, d, Pelham am NOTL TL fa farm rm drain/ n/irr irrig igat ation ion system em West st Grimsb msby Farm rm on Thirty ty Road d out utsi side de Smith thville ville First st Stree reet, t, St Catha harine ines
Lake e Gibson
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l Ka Kame me, , Rice e Road, d, NOTL TL farm farm draina inage ge sy syst stem em, , farm farm on Thirty ty Road, d, West st Grimsb msby, , First st Stree eet t
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etiremen ment t lot
s, setb etback ack provisi sions
ultu tural viability ility, resp spec ect t for privat ate e property ty, taxat ation ion
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ects and d is a s symb mbol
en space e prot
ection
es the e great atest est form rm of prot
ection
speci cialty alty crop lands
ides policy cy su suppor
t to limit t outw utward d growth wth/w /whe here re growth wth shou
ld not t take e place
mproves es mana nagem gement nt of growth wth and devel elopme
nt/encourages courages infill ill and highe her r densit nsity y developme elopment nt to growth wth areas as
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crease ses s awarene reness ss of issues ues affecti cting ng rur ural and agricultura ultural l comm mmuni niti ties es
crease sed d pub ublic c sup uppor
t for fa farmer mers s mark rkets ts and local l food
iatives es
creased d tour urism and econo
mic developme elopment nt oppor
tunities nities
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FAILURE URE TO ADDRES RESS S AGRI RICU CULTURAL TURAL VIABILI BILITY LACK OF FLEXIBI BILITY CONFLI FLICT T BETWEEN EN OBJECTIV ECTIVES LACK OF TRANSPARE ARENCY CY MAPPI PING NG ISSUES UES LACK OF AWARENES ENESS TOO O MANY LAYERS RS INEQU QUIT ITY Y AND LA LACK OF FAIRNES RNESS IMPACT CT ON GROWTH TH
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Does s not
port t the viability ability of fa farming
etback requir quireme ement nts have limited ed the abilit ity of fa farmer mers s to expand and fa farming ing operati tions
e best st use of agricu cultu tural al land. . Need for additi tion
al oppor
tunit itie ies s for value ue added ed agricul ultu
e to promot
e and /or underst stand nd agricul cultu ture e as a busin iness ess and industr
struct ucture e like CanGr Gro is a signal al of lack of Provinci ncial al commi mmitme tment nt.
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Applie ies s a “One size fits all” approach.
r more re flexib xibilit ity to re reflect ect place e specif cific ic conditi ditions
ativ ive e conseq seque uences nces of the mappin ing g of the natural ural heritage age systems
ility ty to expan and fa farmin ing g operat ations
xibilit ity in dealin ing g with h legal non-co conf nformin
g commer mercia cial uses s that are re no longer ger in use. Limited ed flexib xibil ilit ity in severi ering ng and creati ting ng new fa farm m parcel
abilit ity to accommod
ate communi munity ty services
urse se for polici cies es or an appeals s process. ess.
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Natural ural heritage age prot
ection n takes es precedence dence
cultu tural al obje jecti ctives.
flict ict bet etween een agricu cultu ture e and tourism
nflict bet etween een natura ural herita tage ge and natural al resour urce ce (aggr gregat egates) es) objecti ectives.
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menta tal restrict iction ions are eroding ng the agricu cultu tural al land base se and agricultural cultural viabi abilit ity.
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Lack of process ess for appealin aling g Greenb nbelt elt bounda ndaries.
ping and creati tion
bounda ndaries es seems ms arbitrar
ifica icati tion
from the Province ce about ut changes ges prior to enactmen ctment.
cern for the lack of clarit ity for the 2015 Provinci ncial al review w process ess.
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Mappi ping ng of the natural ural heritage age system em was too broad.
emati tic c inclusion usion of non-act activ ive e fa farmland mland. Inclusi usion
t is not
priate e for r Gre reenb nbel elt t prot
ction.
ndaries aries fa fail to take into
siderati eration
the land uses s on the ground. Concern cern abou
t the met ethod hod for r class ssif ifyin ing g natura ural heri ritage ge featu tures res.
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Genera eral lack of awaren eness ess by the public ic and the Province nce of the realiti ties es of fa farmi ming.
ness ss of or suppor
t for fa farmi ming ng viability
Problem em with h illegal gal trespa pass ssin ing g on farmers’ property.
Lack of
inat ation
cies and leader ership ship to suppor
t fa farmi ming.
conten ent t with the multi tipl ple e layers s of regulat ation ion. Inconsist
ency cy bet etween een definiti initions.
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Reduce uced d market et value ues s of
properti ties.
ers s are still paying ng high h taxes es to the Province ce while e their ir option ions s have e been en reduce ced. d.
Seen to force ce developmen
t to south th Niaga gara.
dabilit ity of land and housi sing ng has signif ifica icant ntly decreased. ased. Limited ed avai ailab ability ility of land for new growth. th.
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TRODU ODUCE CE AGRI RICUL ULTUR TURAL VIABILI BILITY AS A KEY OBJECTIVE JECTIVE
DE FOR R COMPL PLETE ETE COMMUN UNITI TIES ES
URE A STREAMLIN AMLINED ED PROC OCESS SS WITH TH GREA EATER TER FLEXIBILITY IN PLACE-SPECIFI SPECIFIC C APPLICA CATION TION
HANCE NCE EDUCA CATION TION AND AWARE RENES NESS
/PROCESS CESS MOVE E TRANSP SPARE ARENT AND COLL LLABO BORA RATIVE TIVE
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Include the word and recognize the role of “farmers” in the Plan. Int ntroduce duce and strengthen ngthen policies cies to suppor port t viabi abilit ity of fa farmi ming g and fa farm-relat elated ed infrastructure/supp astructure/suppor
t services.
de recognit gnition
cial charact acteristi istics cs and needs s of specia cialty ty crop areas s and flexib xibility ility in policies cies to meet et those se needs. s. Plan shoul uld provide e for and suppor
t incent ntiv ives es such h as Rural CIPs Ps, Ecological
Goods and Services, other… Modify fy the defini niti tion
ture: e: disti tingui nguish sh man-ma made de from natural ally y formed med featu tures es – adopt pt definiti initions
Watercourse Mapping Update based on the Region’s new digital terrain model. Provide e incent ntiv ives es to encourage urage acti tive e fa farmi ming ng and suppor port t fa farmer
hance ce value ue added ed policies.
cogni nize e the fa farmed ed land/or /orch char ards ds provide de habita tat t and wildlife e linka kages ges.
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Recognize
e of ongoi
ng Best t Management gement Practi tices ces and envir ironme nment ntal al benefi efits ts of fa farmland
nsider der introducin ducing g ecologi
cal goods ds and services ices credit its. s. Encou
age the Friends ds of the Greenb nbel elt t Foundati dation
e a more activ ive e role in suppo porti ting ng the e broad d base se of fa farmer ers.
nbelt elt Plan needs ds to be a living ing plan - canno not t be stat atic ic and regulat ate e agricultural cultural lands.
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The Greenbelt Plan’s Vision seeks to protect the agricultural land base and on these lands support agriculture as the predominant use (1.2.1). The Plan has many policies that address or impact agricultural lands and uses. In particular, Agriculture is specifically addressed in:
Schedule 2 of the Plan identifies all lands in Niagara that are not in the Niagara Escarpment area or Towns and Villages as Tender Fruit and Grape Area.
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Ensure re policie cies s allow w Gre reenbel nbelt t commu muni nities ties opportu tuni nities ties to grow and be finan anci cial ally y susta stain inable
e polici cies es allow w for the provisi sion
ational ional, emergency gency services ices and commu mmunit ity y fa faci cilit ities es to suppor
t their commun muniti ties.
bounda ndary re refine neme ment nts: s: provide e for r a balance nce of live/w e/wor
k opportuni tuniti ties es withi hin n Greenbel nbelt t communiti munities; es; consid sider er the abilit ity to optim imize ize finan ancial cial investmen estment t in existin sting g municipa cipal services; ices; take e a comprehen ehensiv sive e approach ach to det etermi mini ning g bounda ndari ries; es; allow w for r swappi ping ng of land withi hin n a municip cipalit ity. . Enhance nce policie cies s to allow w for rural emp mployme yment nt uses.
de directi ction
s should d or should uld not
ablished.
d be the flexib xibility ility to change ge bounda ndarie ies s to accomm
th where re it is logical cal (eg eg around tra ransi sit t infrastr rastruct ucture ure). ). OTHER............. ER.............
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The Greenbelt Plan does not use the term Complete Community but states that part of the Vision is to provide for a diverse range of economic and social activities associates with rural communities, agriculture, tourism, recreation and resource use (1.2.1). The Plan has a number of policies that address the components that create complete, sustainable
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Create e an integr egrated ed and/or /or streaml amlined ined approach ach in policy cy applica icati tion
coordin dinat ation
etween een Provincia cial minist stries es – pot
ntia ial for a one-win windo dow w Greenb nbel elt t approach.
ine polici cies/ es/def defini niti tions ns so they are re clear r and consist sisten ent; t; definit initio ion n of
“property boundaries”, “development”. Bring ng legally y existin sting g uses s into confor
mity ty. Re Re-examin xamine the setback etback and buffer er requi quiremen ements ts from natural al herita tage ge featu tures, es, in particula icular, , pot
ntia ial to re redefine ne set etbacks backs in Tender er Fru ruit t and Gra rape e Are rea. . Flexib ibilit ity in the interpre preta tati tion/a
pplica icati tion n of setback etback provisi sions
ultu tural al lands. s. Prioriti tize e agricul cultu ture e to the best st exten ent t possib sible e over natural ural heritage age systems. ems. Consider sider flexibil xibility ty and or r para rameters ers that t allow w consid siderat eratio ion n of: : allowin wing g lot
creati tion
aller parcel els s or consol solida idati tion
farm m lot
s; appropria priatel ely sited d commun munit ity fa faciliti ilities, es, emergency gency and medical cal services, ces, recreat ation ional al fa faciliti ilities. es.
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Provide e for bounda ndary refine nemen ments ts on a no-ne net- t-los
s basis sis more frequ quen ently tly than n every 10 years.
reviewin wing g the Niagara gara Escarpm pment ent Plan and Gre reenb nbelt t Plan: : make e sure they y are strea eamline mlined/t d/there ere are not
tiona
s; study dy the possib sibilit ity of integr grat atin ing g the Niagar gara a Escar arpment pment Plan, Oak Ridges ges Moraine ne Plan, n, and Gre reenbel nbelt t Plan.
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The Greenbelt Plan establishes a broad range of policies which are to be applied across the 1.8 million acres of permanently protected land, a landscape that stretches from Niagara across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. While, the Plan’s policies acknowledge the importance of Tender Fruit and Grape lands and accord these the highest level of protection, the policies generally apply across the landscape without allowance for local interpretation or context. In particular:
Recognizing that there are many other Plans, policies and regulations in place that affect Greenbelt lands, Section 5.4 states that the Plan must be read in conjunction with all other applicable policies and where more specific provincial plans exist the more specific plan
from other Provincial policy (eg fish habitat, agricultural-related uses, normal farm practices).
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Increase rease aware rene ness ss of the re realiti ties es of fa farmi rming: ng: as a diver erse se industr stry (fa farm rm sizes, es, commodit modity sector
s, fa farm practi tices ces); ); as a busin iness ess and in some me aspects ects an industr stria ial operati tion.
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enti tial al partne nerships ships betw etween en agricul ultu tural, re recre reati tiona nal, , natural ral heri ritag tage e and Provincia cial agencies.
Re-exami xamine ne ot
er Greenbel nbelt t models s to asses sess s the effecti ectiven eness ess and imp mplemen ementa tati tion
Greenbel nbelt t and ot
ers elsewher where e in the world. Incr crea ease se awarene ness ss of the BMP alre ready dy being ng underta taken en by fa farme rmers rs and their ir role as stewards ds of the land. . Encou
age/invit ite/req e/requir uire e on the ground d site e tours s for the Provincia cial staff, stak akehol holders ers and through gh the 2015 Provinci ncial al review w and planni ning ng review w process.
culate and depict ct the contribut tributio ion n of and the challen enges ges fa faci cing ng fa farme mers s today y and susta stain ining ng a viabl able e fa farming ing commun munit
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The Greenbelt Plan does not explicitly include policies related to education and awareness. However, the Plan does speak to some aspects of the challenges identified in Round One consultations:
normal farm practices and an evolving agricultural/rural economy (1.2.2) and recognize that the stewardship of farm lands has facilitated both environmental and agricultural protection (3.1.1).
applicable land use policy and that the most restrictive provision prevails.
providing for periodic collation, publication and discussion of results.
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Seek partners ership ips s or r progra rams ms to help fund d publ blic ic works s or i r infrastr rastruct ucture ure projects cts that t suppor port t viable e fa farmi ming ng and set ettl tlemen ements.
e a soundin ding g boar ard/b d/bod
Greenbel nbelt t Commi miss ssion ion should uld be created.
w the public c to bring g forwar ard d appeals s to boundaries undaries and for r interpreta pretati tion
. There re should d be a re revised, ed, more re transpar sparent nt process ess for mappi ping ng natural al herita tage ge featu tures
d be put under the leader ership ship of the Ministr stry of Agricul cultu ture e and Food with a clear ar manda date e to prot
ct and promot
e agri ricul cultur ture.
ise the Plan to re require re re review w every 5 years.
w process ess must st be transpar sparen ent, t, access essib ible e and open n to the public. ic.
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Requ quire e clarity ty and det etail il about
cial review w process ess: ensure ure adequat ate e time e for review w and inp nput
s emp mphasize hasize the imp mpor
tance nce of having ng a voice ce in the Provinci ncial al review w process.
ate e of the Greenbel nbelt t Counci ncil should uld be reviewed d and it should d have e a greater er presen ence ce of fa farme mers. . Look for
tuni niti ties es for fa farme mers s and recreat ational ional stak akeh ehol
ders s to collab abor
ate. e. OTHER ER.............
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While under the Greenbelt Act there is no ability to appeal the Plan, the Plan identifies several mechanisms for review (5.6) and monitoring (5.8) of the Plan.
consider how the implementation of the Plan is proceeding, and in particular the 10-year review process.
proposed by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and shall not have the effect
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perspectives?]; review and expand on opportunities for change to the Greenbelt Plan; outline next steps in Niagara’s Greenbelt Review Process Ap April 2 El Elected d Officia cial Inter ervie views 1:00 00-3:30 3:30 Focu cus Group up 6:00 00-8:3 8:30 Focus cus Group up Ap April 3 El Elected d Officia cial Inter ervie views 1:30 30 -4:00 :00 Focu cus Group up 6:00 00 -8:30 :30 Comm mmuni nity ty Meeti eting ng Ap April 4 9:00 00-11:30 1:30 Focus cus Group up
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Welcom lcome e and d Intr troduct
ions (10 0 minutes) es) Ov Overvi view Presenta entati tion
(30 minut nutes es) Roun und d Table e Discussi ussion
s (90 minut utes) s) 2 x 40 minute discussions focussed on 1 or more “Opportunity” areas Repor
ing Back k (30 minut utes) s) Next xt Step eps s (10 0 minutes) es) Workboo kbooks ks will l help lp you and provide ide an oppor
tunity nity to recor cord d your r thou
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se a topic, c, Join a table le Ea Each is s focused ed aroun und
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sing g the e workboo book, k, discu cuss ss and respond pond to the e que uesti tion
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scuss uss for 40 minu nutes es
n anoth ther table, e, with th a differen erent t Opportu tunity nity Ar Area and disc scuss uss the e Opportu tunity/q nity/quest estions ions
portin ting g Back
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