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There we go. Uh, welcome everyone to the
Municipal Planning Commission. Uh, Jan

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July 15, 2026. It is 4:58 and I'll call
this meeting to order.

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Um I think just because it's been a
while and I don't think everyone knows

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the uh manager of I think you just
introduced but if you don't mind just

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going around and introducing each other
that'd be great because it's sure.

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» Good evening everyone members of NPC. Uh
my name is Moira Backaway. I'm the

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manager for the planning and development
department and you won't see me at many

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of these meetings, but I just thought
I'd come this evening to introduce

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myself and also chat a bit about one of
the items we have going forward tonight.

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» Thank you.
>> All right. Good evening. I'm senior

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development officer Jennifer Kerr. You
will see me at likely every single one

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of these meetings.

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» Hi. And I'm senior development officer
Debbie Hill.

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and we'll see you as well.
>> Good. And

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» uh I'm Ruben Kellyo. I'm a I can't
remember what it's called.

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» Member
>> member at large. I was at large about

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something. Um yeah. Um this is my first
year uh with the MPC and we've had a lot

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of meetings that have been not needed.
So it's been a pretty hard pressing deal

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so far. [laughter]
>> Thanks R. Appreciate that. Go ahead,

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Matt.
I'm Matt Span, uh, city councelor for

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city of Lome. [clears throat]
>> Good. And I'm Chris Contenti, city

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councelor, city of Lome and chair of the
municipal planning commission.

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» Oh, sorry, Karina. Forgot about you. Go
ahead. [snorts]

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» You're not here.
>> Yeah. Emergency and Regina. But you know

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what? I was very grateful that this you
guys were able to give me an invite so I

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can be virtual, right? So, Absolutely.
Karina Hubert, uh, member at large and

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this is my second year being part of
this fantastic team. Very grateful.

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» Good. Appreciate that. Thank you. We
don't have any members of the public or

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anything, so I don't need to address
that at all. Um, so what we do need need

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to do is uh have a motion to adopt the
adopt agenda as presented. So if someone

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would do that, that'd be great.

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I'll make the motion to adopt the agenda

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as presented. Thank you.

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» All in favor? Are we
We're not

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» favor.
>> Favor. Thank you, Karina.

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Uh, so the next item is adoption of the
minutes from January 7th,

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2026. So it's been a while. So I assume
everyone has had time to review them.

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Kina Karina, have you had time to review
them? Okay.

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» Yep. Everything's good.
>> Okay. So if I can get a motion for

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someone to adopt those minutes, please.
>> I move to adopt the minutes from the

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last meeting.
Thank you.

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All in favor?

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Thank you.
Well, being that we don't have any

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applications to address this evening, um
we're going to move on into a summary of

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variance and discretionary use
development permits issued by our

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uh development officers um and the
through the development authority. So, I

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don't know who wants to start with that
first. Thank you. Senior officer Kirk,

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if you wouldn't mind getting us going,
that'd be great.

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» Thank you.
All right. So, I'll just start off with

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an annual permit comparison. So, in
2025, from January 1st until July 14th,

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we had 99 development permits and four
MPC meetings. this year. So far, from

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January 1st to July 14th, we've had 106
development permits and only one MPC

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meeting. So why why only one? So far
this year, uh many of our applications

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have been fully permitted uses with
variances under 15%. So those don't

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require neighborhood notification and
the development officer can issue those

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permits. Applications for discretionary
uses and variances over 15% have all

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received support from the neighborhood
notification. So that allows the

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development officer to make the decision
and approve that development permit. We

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are currently also in our busy permit
season for decks, accessory buildings

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like sheds, garages, carports, those
kind of things with most of those

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applications being fully compliant. So
they've been issued by the development

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officer. And then however to support
ongoing MPC engagement, administration

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will begin referring certain
discretionary use applications and those

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larger variance requests to the
municipal planning commission. So you

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guys will likely see an increase in
applications soon.

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» Okay. Thank you.
>> All right. So here's some permits that

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we've issued since January 7th.
And we do have a large list in front of

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us. Not every single one on the list is
going to have a little presentation. Um

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so just bear with me. I know it would
have been really long guys. [laughter]

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So the first one is a triplex with a 45%
north sideyard setback variance and a

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25% south sideyard setback variance.
That's at 473748th

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Avenue. And there's a little picture of
it there on the screen.

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Our next one was a daycare outdoor play
area. That's at Sunshine Childare.

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That's over by the Lone Mall. Um so you
can see the play area there in the top

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right of the screen. That one was put
there. Um there was a mural on the side

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so they had to work around that mural.
Um and then I just put a note on there

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that daycare locations are subject to
municipal zoning and provincial

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regulations. So the property is zoned
shopping center district where day

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is
a discretionary use. Uh the daycare

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facility was applied for and issued in
2024. the on-site plate area was applied

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for in 2026 and the province is the one
who approved that daycare location next

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to a liquor store.
>> So, we've had a couple questions about

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that. So, thought we would mention that
at this meeting.

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» So is council.
>> Yeah. All right. Perfect.

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All right. The next one is a daycare
facility expansion. So, they were

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bringing their capacity from 30 children
to 50 children and that was to

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accommodate some out of school child
care. That's at 502956A

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Street. That's um the beehive if
anyone's aware with that one.

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The next one is not on the screen, so
I'll just read it out here. It's a home

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occupation to for some beauty services
at 7129 Henners Road. Um that was a

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discretionary use that no opposition was
received for, so that permit was issued.

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The other one is also not on the screen.
Um, it's a demolition of two accessory

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residential buildings, uh, both detached
garages and then an addition to existing

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detached dwelling. That's at 5960 CE
trail. Um, typically these applications

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would be permitted. However, with this
zoning being the future district, they

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were discretionary uses and that's why
we had to go with that procedure for

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this one.
The next one is on the screen. It's the

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one in front of you. Um, it is a forplex
with a 36% sideyard variance, a 33%

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one-unit max density variance, and a 16%
oneelement variance to the Queen and

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required architecture. So, they
requested just no turret. And then we've

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got a picture there showing you guys
what a turret is.

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» That was at 512352
Street. So, kind of over by the post

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office.
The next one is um apartment housing

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developments. So there's two unit or two
buildings there with a 12% 13 unit max

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density variance and a waiver to the
requirement for loading space. This is

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at 4545 Homestead Way. So this is going
to provide 123 units total for the

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community. You're going to have 60 units
in building A and 63 units in building

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B. It's a mix of studio, onebedroom,
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There's amenity areas of an indoor
lounge and gym, an outdoor sports court,

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community garden, pergola, and a dog
run. 25% of the lot required to be

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landscaping. They're proposing 27%.
202 parking spots were required. They're

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proposing 203. And the loading space
requirement was waved due to their

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on-site management. They coordinate
their move in and moves out and move

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outs and make sure that no parking
spaces are being taken up for that. Do

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you sorry just do when do you expect
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» They are near construction. They've got
a fire safety plan left to do and their

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water and wastewater servicing and then
they can get their building permits. So,

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» yeah, they're moving along quickly.
>> Thank you.

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» Yeah. So, I've got a couple more
pictures of this one for you since it is

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a larger development. Here you can kind
of see an aerial view of what the site

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will look like. And then on this screen
here, you can see more of that outdoor

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sports court, the community gardens, dog
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» Nice.
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Okay. And then the next one is
not on the screen yet. It's a secondary

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suite at 7021 Deer Street. So those are
discretionary in that neighborhood. No

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opposition was received. That permit was
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The next one is up here on the screen.
It's a dangerous goods occupancy for a

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bio-refinery.
So the biorefinery will receive and

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convert waste organic material into safe
high-grade organic nutrients using a

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proprietary thermal hydrarolysis
process. The facility will also use ano

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anorobic digestion process to convert
waste organics into bio gas. So that bio

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gas will be processed to pipeline
satisfaction gas and sold into the

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renewable natural gas markets via an
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infrastructure which is operated by ATCO
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Okay. Um and just for a little bit more
background on this development permit um

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application, the chair Chris Contenti
would be familiar with it somewhat as it

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was approved previously in 2024. This
application has been reapplied for

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multiple times. I I think we're at the
fifth or sixth iteration. So that's why

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this time um it didn't go forward to NBC
for a decision because it's been

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approved multiple times and there was no
concerns received this time around.

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» Okay.
>> Yeah. And largely um most of the reasons

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why it's been applied for many times is
because they're working on their

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provincial and federal approvals. So,
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» Can I ask
>> Can I ask a question about is that the

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one um I think like they burn wood and
is and is it just wood they burn or what

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else do they burn for the bio
>> the bow-waste?

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» Go ahead.
>> Uh through the chair to member Karina.

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» Yeah. No, you're you're all good. It's
just weird because you're not on the

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screen anymore, so I'm just talking to a
PowerPoint. [laughter]

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Um, so this one I believe you might have
been sitting on MPC when this got

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approved last time. Um, but it is not
wood. It is organic waste material. So

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they it includes um animal waste, animal
carcasses um and that type of material.

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I if you remember, and I know we're
stretching our memories a little bit

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here, one of the conditions that MPC
included last time around was that they

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use the bypass route for their hall
route. So that condition was included

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this time around again because there
were concerns about smell um and

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potential
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remained on the development condition
set. Um but it isn't just wood. It is

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organic material.
>> Oh yeah. Well, thanks for refreshing it

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because yeah, I was wondering about I
think I remember a sort about that

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because there was going to be a bit of a
smell but I think they said it wasn't

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going to be that bad or something to
that effect. Right. So,

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but who knows? We'll see when it
happens. All right. Thanks for sharing.

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[clears throat]
>> Through the chair to administration. Uh,

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it looked to me like this on the map.
This one was right across the road from

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Betta. Is that accurate? Is that partly?
>> Yes. I think it's right close there by

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the co-op.
>> It's right.

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» Yeah.
>> Okay. Yeah, that looks like it's right

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by the Betta pro processing plant.
Uh yeah, close to that. It's not right

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across. I think it's a bit further
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» It's where that park is. The dog park is
um on that side by the brewery. It's on

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the back side of that.

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» There's the lot there, right?
>> Yeah.

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» Yes, you you're right. It is close to
the Bernetta Farms. And so if they were

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within the 60 meter radius, they would
have gotten a letter for comment and we

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didn't receive any opposition. So yeah.
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» You're welcome.
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And so I'll just leave this one up while
I go through the rest of the permits

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that we've issued. Um none of the other
ones are on the screen, so we're reading

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off a paper now. Um the next one is a
secondary suite at 6 Metcafe Way. Again,

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that was discretionary. No opposition
was received. Then we've got a home

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occupation two for fitness and health
coaching at 563356

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Avenue. Another discretionary use that
didn't receive opposition. We've got an

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accessory residential building. It was a
shed with a 33% rear yard setback

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variance at 14 Riviera Drive. Variances
over 15% can be approved by the DO if no

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opposition was received. None was
received for this one. The next one is

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an addition. It was a sun room with a
17% rear yard setback variance at two

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Eva Crescent. Again, that was a variance
over 15% where no opposition was

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received. The next one is a 28% sideyard
setback variance on an existing addition

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at 482345A
Street where no opposition was received.

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The next one was a home occupation two
for beauty services at 14 Westview

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Drive, another discretionary use where
no opposition was received. And the last

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one was a food production facility minor
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Len Thompson Drive. Another
discretionary use. And that is actually

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um sixth on the block that's going into
the blueco collar garage.

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» Okay.
>> All right. And that is it for the

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permits issued by the development
officers. So let me know if you have any

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questions.
>> Thank you. Any questions? Karina, you

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have any questions?
No, I'm good. They're all fine.

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» So, I've had some positive feedback from
our clients in regards to the

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willingness for the development
authority to work with them. And I think

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that's part of the reason why too we
haven't had a lot of uh applications is

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because of the good work you're doing.
So, it's muchly appreciated and uh uh

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both myself as a chair and as a council
too. So, thank you for that.

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Um so next I think we are going to go
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use bylaw amendments and proposed
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uh are you going to lead us through
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» Yes.
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» Yes. So this portion of the meeting is
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now on the city's website there is a
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So, council endorsed our innovation
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May. And so, the plan is to do the
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end. And then we're going to take all
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develop a report and recommendation from
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consideration in the fall, potentially
into the winter of this year. Um, so the

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three items we're tackling right now are
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a commercial district review. Uh, and
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be tackling a fourth component, which
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opportunities to modernize landscaping
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enhance the long-term health and
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this could consider a range of topics.
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landscaping options, green roofs,
sustainable storm water options, low

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impact development features, and updates
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species. Um, so here's some examples
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of types of landscaping that we're
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in some handouts that we'll have
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our front desk to show people what we're
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some people think of say clover for
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purple creeping clover versus um
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August 31st for public comment.
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mixeduse developments. Um so sorry so I
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landscaping. uh senior development
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application and then for the mixed use
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development officer Hill um who will be
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mixeduse developments um the city's
considering ways to encourage

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development that provides additional
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businesses and creating vibrant walkable
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consider a range of topics including uh
opportunities to support mixeduse

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development within the DARP area. um
appropriate locations and design

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considerations for mixeduse development,
housing options that can be integrated

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with commercial uses, and potential
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development regulations, and approval
processes along with strategies to

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support walkability, neighborhood
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yes, the counselors just saw me on
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that was proposing something like this
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that process so that we're not having to
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amendment every time one of these um you
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» And then lastly we have a commercial
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general overview of our commercial
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types of permitted and discretionary
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Uh, one of the big changes that we're
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definition for multi-tenant lease bay
buildings within some of the commercial

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districts and including specific
regulations for lot coverage,

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landscaping and parking. So, right now
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don't have multi-tenant lease bay
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developer has to apply for a specific
use, but then if they apply for that use

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and their tenant, let's say, isn't
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development permit is required for a
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» so if someone just wants to build a
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right now. So that's one of the changes
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do an overview of all of the uses and
see if maybe some can be moved from

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permitted to discretionary or vice
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removed and then we're going to do a
comparison with our municipal

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comparators to see if they align
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at. So, um, they're all very different,
uh, types of reports that'll be going

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forward, but we're each assigned one.
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so it's separated out, [clears throat]
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little screenshot of where the surveys
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community survey went live at the
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until the end of August. So, August 31st
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guys look at this. And sorry you're uh
it should be in the agenda package,

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Karina. So you won't see this one, but
this is what we'll have for you guys to

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take a look at. Um I will be attending
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people will have access to that uh
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to ask questions. Um and then we plan to
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invite the public to come and comment.
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advertising on the website for the open
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advertising and then in September as
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to our developers and realtors. That one
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commercial developments and mixed use
but they might be very passionate about

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landscaping too. So um after all of that
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comparator review and any impact to
infrastructure like review we'll need to

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do and then we hope to bring it back
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November of this year. Um so that's
where we're at right now. Um if you guys

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have any general comments that you want
to make, we're totally happy to accept

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those. Um, you can also fill out the
survey as a citizen. And then the plan

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would be once we compile all of the
comments and we've actually got [snorts]

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a proposal somewhat in place prior to
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become to come to MPC as the technical
advisory component and MPC could make a

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recommendation or provide comments to be
included in the report to council. Yeah.

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So, um, you will see this again when
it's a little more substantial. Just

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know that you won't be the
decision-making authority. You'll just

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have the chance to comment as a
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» Excellent. Thank you. Yeah, I know
council is very interested on us being

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more adaptable and flexible in our
development and so that we can be

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development ready. When someone wants to
come, the answer is I think we can make

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that work. let's see what we can do
rather than well we'll have to go back

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to the drawing board and redo this and
redo that. So I'm really excited about

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uh getting this going and see where it's
going to lead us. So thank you for that.

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Any questions from anybody else or
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» Uh through the chair to manager backway.
Uh I'm just curious. I like some of

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these things that are that are going on.
I'm curious about what where they came

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from. Like was that direction from
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from time to time due to what other
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» Yes to all of that. Um so originally
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in I want to say 2023 or 2024
um to proceed with a complete it's not a

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complete review a phased review of the
land use bylaw. So there was four

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different components I believe. One was
red tape reduction, one was

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administrative amendments, one of them
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term starting, the majority of the work
had been completed which included the

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administrative amendments and the red
tape reduction. We're now completing the

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third phase of that project.
um we decided that we should break it

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down even further just because all of
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» components are so different that we
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others. So,
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list administratively of edits we would
like to see or where we see there are

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pinch points um to make things a bit a
little bit easier. Um but the land use

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bylaw is a living document. So, we have,
do you guys know what we're at for how

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many changes we want to make right now?
Like, it's the hundreds, I think, right?

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So, we can only do so many at a time.
Uh, and this is one way to get a few

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that we think like the mixed use is a
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» And we have heard some concerns from
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historically. So, especially with what
was supposed to be a drought year, um

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it's good to have some of that drought
resistance stuff come forward because it

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could help Lome long term if we have
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» Ask a question.
>> Yeah, go ahead.

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» I have a question um through the chair
to I guess it would be um I whoever can

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answer this. Um I know that we have the
municip like the the bylaws and

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everything for the development. Are we
also going to go back and um redo the

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Sorry, I don't have the book in front of
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fabric part of the
Do you know what I'm talking about? Like

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there's another booklet. It's kind of
like the underlaying of how the talent

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is supposed to look and feel. Are we
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that as well and redo that one at all?
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Sorry, Karina. Uh are you talking about
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one but there's another one after that
like before that it's based on it's like

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it's like it was done like almost 15
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15 years ago
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um that the municipal development plan
is an overarching document that governs

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how development and community uh occurs
in lome so it deals with economic

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development active transportation
types of develop Like is that what

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you're talking about
>> or is it am I missing the mark?

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» There was another one. There was another
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they did like a study with the town with
a whole bunch of the um the locals and

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they were kind of like identifying what
the um the culture and what the feel of

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the town was going to look like and
stuff like that. So it was kind of like

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that's why I say fabric, right? So it
>> was the community needs assessment

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survey.
>> You know what? I don't know. But how

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about this? I'll come and visit you when
I get back and I'll [laughter]

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» But I was wondering if But I was
wondering if that was part of it. But

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yeah, because it seems like if you guys
are going for this part, it might also

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affect the other part that I thought
would have been done too. But I I'll

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I'll chat with you later about that.
Sorry about it.

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» Yeah. No, good. That's that's the best
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» none of us are really sure.
>> Uh through the chair to member Hubert.

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Um just I guess to I we can speak
because the strategic plan passed and it

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is public.
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development department's role, we're
doing these land use bylaw uh innovation

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amendments. The municipal development
plan is now reviewed annually on a

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report card basis. So we will provide an
annual report back to council as to how

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we're doing with satisfying the
conditions and criteria. we call them um

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measuring metrics for how we're dealing
with achieving the MDP.

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» Um and then there is a housing needs
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update
>> that was passed as part of council

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strategic plan that is scheduled for I
believe I think it's starting in 2027

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but the strategic plan is public. Um
it's on the council agenda from Monday

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night. So, if you want to take a look at
that, Karina, it will give you a bit of

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an idea as to some of the topics our
department specifically will be handling

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moving forward. Um, one that I think
will be relevant to this committee will

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be the short-term rental bylaw
potentially. Um, and then there is an

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area redevelopment plan as well that is
slated to start at the end of Q4 of

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2026. So, there's a few planning related
documents, but right now we're just

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focused on the land use bylaw. So other
things will come forward in the future

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and some of them aren't necessarily our
department. It's more our directorate.

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» Gotcha.
>> Thanks.

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» Yeah, you're welcome. Thanks, Karina.
Any other comments, questions? Yeah, go

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ahead.
>> Yeah, through the chair to the

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development team. Does this um for the
for the landscaping use and the changes

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there? Does that coincide with any um
like funding or grants from the

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provincial government? Because when when
I was part of the team that did the

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father lome school when we went
transition from the old school to the

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new school we had lots of meetings about
what we would like to see and a lot of

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the things that we talked about were
like the living [clears throat] roof the

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green roof the this and that and we
spent a lot of time on that and then by

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the time the final plan got approved
through the province I'm sure it was all

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that was wiped off the table because it
was not in any sort of budgetary you

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know so is this is this I was just
curious this change coincided with any

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changes from the provincial government
or no just a general feel

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» uh through the chair to I actually
didn't catch your last name I don't

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think Calio Calio
>> um no in short it's stuff that we've

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seen as pinch points and some of it is
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» maybe a little utopian of our department
but I would love to see some green roofs

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downtown um so it's allowing that
flexibility that if someone ever did

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have the funds or the desire ire to make
it happen. Um, we do have green roofs in

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our land use bylaw right now, but it's
just maybe strengthening some of the

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parameters around it.
>> Okay.

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» Excellent.
Any more questions?

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» Yeah.
>> Um, I actually figured out the municipal

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sustainability plan. That's the one I
was looking at.

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Uh, did do you recall that? Because it
seems like when we were talking about

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all that green space and stuff, I was
wondering if that kind of follows the

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mis municipal sustainability plan.
That's what I was thinking

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for the landscaping stuff. Is that why
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Like, um, are you looking at it?
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» Go ahead.
>> through through the chair member uh,

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Hubert. Uh, I have not seen the document
you're talking about uh before and I

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just kind of did a quick knowledge check
with uh Jen and Debbie here and they

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haven't seen it either. So, if you want
to send it to me, I wouldn't mind taking

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a look at it. Um, but this is
independent of the municipal

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sustainability
>> plans that was in there.

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» Plan plan.
>> Yes, [laughter]

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» that big thick binder that we got,
right? So, okay, that's all right.

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» Yeah. And I mean some of these um
proposed amendments that will be coming

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forward, they do help with
sustainability. Um but that's just a

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nice to have I guess from our
department's perspective.

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» Thanks, Karina.
>> Yeah.

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» Uh looks like everybody's good. Any
further

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input? Any wrap up from
authority that you want to add? No,

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we're good.
Well, that's pretty well the end of our

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agenda.
Uh, looks like our next MPC meeting

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tentively is August 5th, 2016. So,
everyone put that in there.

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» Well, the deadline was actually today
and we didn't receive any applications.

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So, you can remove that from your
calendar from your calendar.

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» And the next one is tentatively August
19th. So, I will also send out a

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confirmation email that the August uh
5th is cancelled tomorrow. So, you guys

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will have that.
>> All right. So, everybody put August 19th

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in their calendars.
>> Is that uh next meeting date up for

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discussion at all?
>> It could be.

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» Can we push it back one week?
>> 26th.

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Just a minute. I don't think I'm here.
>> You're not here?

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» Okay,
>> then don't worry about it.

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» If we receive an application for August
19th, we'll do um a quorum call and if

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we can't make quorum, then we can ask
for August 26th and see if we can get

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quorum there. We do have flexibility on
the dates as long as we have quorum.

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» Thank you.
>> You're welcome.

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» 26 the chair will not be here.

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» All right. So, we'll put that uh 19th as
tenative for now and we'll see where we

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can go from there. So, all right. And
with that, I'll just ask for a motion

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for German.
Oh, sorry. Go ahead. Did you

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» Sorry. We don't need a motion for the
adjournment. Uh we just do a time.

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» Thank you. You're right. I'm so used to
the other

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» I had to double check, too. So, don't
worry. This meeting is officially

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adjourned at 5:31
p.m. Thank you,

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» senior development officer.