[1:28] There we go. Uh, welcome everyone to the
Municipal Planning Commission. Uh, Jan
[1:35] July 15, 2026. It is 4:58 and I'll call
this meeting to order.
[1:43] Um I think just because it's been a
while and I don't think everyone knows
[1:49] the uh manager of I think you just
introduced but if you don't mind just
[1:54] going around and introducing each other
that'd be great because it's sure.
[1:59] » Good evening everyone members of NPC. Uh
my name is Moira Backaway. I'm the
[2:03] manager for the planning and development
department and you won't see me at many
[2:07] of these meetings, but I just thought
I'd come this evening to introduce
[2:10] myself and also chat a bit about one of
the items we have going forward tonight.
[2:14] » Thank you.
>> All right. Good evening. I'm senior
[2:18] development officer Jennifer Kerr. You
will see me at likely every single one
[2:22] of these meetings.
[2:26] » Hi. And I'm senior development officer
Debbie Hill.
[2:31] and we'll see you as well.
>> Good. And
[2:35] » uh I'm Ruben Kellyo. I'm a I can't
remember what it's called.
[2:39] » Member
>> member at large. I was at large about
[2:42] something. Um yeah. Um this is my first
year uh with the MPC and we've had a lot
[2:48] of meetings that have been not needed.
So it's been a pretty hard pressing deal
[2:53] so far. [laughter]
>> Thanks R. Appreciate that. Go ahead,
[2:57] Matt.
I'm Matt Span, uh, city councelor for
[3:02] city of Lome. [clears throat]
>> Good. And I'm Chris Contenti, city
[3:06] councelor, city of Lome and chair of the
municipal planning commission.
[3:13] » Oh, sorry, Karina. Forgot about you. Go
ahead. [snorts]
[3:17] » You're not here.
>> Yeah. Emergency and Regina. But you know
[3:21] what? I was very grateful that this you
guys were able to give me an invite so I
[3:25] can be virtual, right? So, Absolutely.
Karina Hubert, uh, member at large and
[3:30] this is my second year being part of
this fantastic team. Very grateful.
[3:37] » Good. Appreciate that. Thank you. We
don't have any members of the public or
[3:41] anything, so I don't need to address
that at all. Um, so what we do need need
[3:45] to do is uh have a motion to adopt the
adopt agenda as presented. So if someone
[3:51] would do that, that'd be great.
[3:55] I'll make the motion to adopt the agenda
[4:00] as presented. Thank you.
[4:07] » All in favor? Are we
We're not
[4:11] » favor.
>> Favor. Thank you, Karina.
[4:17] Uh, so the next item is adoption of the
minutes from January 7th,
[4:23] 2026. So it's been a while. So I assume
everyone has had time to review them.
[4:29] Kina Karina, have you had time to review
them? Okay.
[4:33] » Yep. Everything's good.
>> Okay. So if I can get a motion for
[4:36] someone to adopt those minutes, please.
>> I move to adopt the minutes from the
[4:43] last meeting.
Thank you.
[4:46] All in favor?
[4:50] Thank you.
Well, being that we don't have any
[4:54] applications to address this evening, um
we're going to move on into a summary of
[5:00] variance and discretionary use
development permits issued by our
[5:04] uh development officers um and the
through the development authority. So, I
[5:10] don't know who wants to start with that
first. Thank you. Senior officer Kirk,
[5:16] if you wouldn't mind getting us going,
that'd be great.
[5:18] » Thank you.
All right. So, I'll just start off with
[5:22] an annual permit comparison. So, in
2025, from January 1st until July 14th,
[5:28] we had 99 development permits and four
MPC meetings. this year. So far, from
[5:34] January 1st to July 14th, we've had 106
development permits and only one MPC
[5:39] meeting. So why why only one? So far
this year, uh many of our applications
[5:44] have been fully permitted uses with
variances under 15%. So those don't
[5:48] require neighborhood notification and
the development officer can issue those
[5:51] permits. Applications for discretionary
uses and variances over 15% have all
[5:57] received support from the neighborhood
notification. So that allows the
[6:00] development officer to make the decision
and approve that development permit. We
[6:04] are currently also in our busy permit
season for decks, accessory buildings
[6:09] like sheds, garages, carports, those
kind of things with most of those
[6:13] applications being fully compliant. So
they've been issued by the development
[6:16] officer. And then however to support
ongoing MPC engagement, administration
[6:21] will begin referring certain
discretionary use applications and those
[6:25] larger variance requests to the
municipal planning commission. So you
[6:28] guys will likely see an increase in
applications soon.
[6:32] » Okay. Thank you.
>> All right. So here's some permits that
[6:35] we've issued since January 7th.
And we do have a large list in front of
[6:41] us. Not every single one on the list is
going to have a little presentation. Um
[6:45] so just bear with me. I know it would
have been really long guys. [laughter]
[6:50] So the first one is a triplex with a 45%
north sideyard setback variance and a
[6:56] 25% south sideyard setback variance.
That's at 473748th
[7:01] Avenue. And there's a little picture of
it there on the screen.
[7:06] Our next one was a daycare outdoor play
area. That's at Sunshine Childare.
[7:11] That's over by the Lone Mall. Um so you
can see the play area there in the top
[7:15] right of the screen. That one was put
there. Um there was a mural on the side
[7:18] so they had to work around that mural.
Um and then I just put a note on there
[7:22] that daycare locations are subject to
municipal zoning and provincial
[7:26] regulations. So the property is zoned
shopping center district where day
[7:33] is
a discretionary use. Uh the daycare
[7:37] facility was applied for and issued in
2024. the on-site plate area was applied
[7:42] for in 2026 and the province is the one
who approved that daycare location next
[7:47] to a liquor store.
>> So, we've had a couple questions about
[7:50] that. So, thought we would mention that
at this meeting.
[7:53] » So is council.
>> Yeah. All right. Perfect.
[7:57] All right. The next one is a daycare
facility expansion. So, they were
[8:01] bringing their capacity from 30 children
to 50 children and that was to
[8:05] accommodate some out of school child
care. That's at 502956A
[8:10] Street. That's um the beehive if
anyone's aware with that one.
[8:15] The next one is not on the screen, so
I'll just read it out here. It's a home
[8:18] occupation to for some beauty services
at 7129 Henners Road. Um that was a
[8:24] discretionary use that no opposition was
received for, so that permit was issued.
[8:29] The other one is also not on the screen.
Um, it's a demolition of two accessory
[8:34] residential buildings, uh, both detached
garages and then an addition to existing
[8:39] detached dwelling. That's at 5960 CE
trail. Um, typically these applications
[8:46] would be permitted. However, with this
zoning being the future district, they
[8:51] were discretionary uses and that's why
we had to go with that procedure for
[8:54] this one.
The next one is on the screen. It's the
[8:58] one in front of you. Um, it is a forplex
with a 36% sideyard variance, a 33%
[9:05] one-unit max density variance, and a 16%
oneelement variance to the Queen and
[9:11] required architecture. So, they
requested just no turret. And then we've
[9:15] got a picture there showing you guys
what a turret is.
[9:18] » That was at 512352
Street. So, kind of over by the post
[9:22] office.
The next one is um apartment housing
[9:27] developments. So there's two unit or two
buildings there with a 12% 13 unit max
[9:33] density variance and a waiver to the
requirement for loading space. This is
[9:37] at 4545 Homestead Way. So this is going
to provide 123 units total for the
[9:43] community. You're going to have 60 units
in building A and 63 units in building
[9:47] B. It's a mix of studio, onebedroom,
two-bedroom, and three-bedroom units.
[9:52] There's amenity areas of an indoor
lounge and gym, an outdoor sports court,
[9:57] community garden, pergola, and a dog
run. 25% of the lot required to be
[10:02] landscaping. They're proposing 27%.
202 parking spots were required. They're
[10:07] proposing 203. And the loading space
requirement was waved due to their
[10:12] on-site management. They coordinate
their move in and moves out and move
[10:15] outs and make sure that no parking
spaces are being taken up for that. Do
[10:20] you sorry just do when do you expect
construction on that?
[10:25] » They are near construction. They've got
a fire safety plan left to do and their
[10:30] water and wastewater servicing and then
they can get their building permits. So,
[10:33] » yeah, they're moving along quickly.
>> Thank you.
[10:35] » Yeah. So, I've got a couple more
pictures of this one for you since it is
[10:39] a larger development. Here you can kind
of see an aerial view of what the site
[10:43] will look like. And then on this screen
here, you can see more of that outdoor
[10:48] sports court, the community gardens, dog
run, and a pergola.
[10:51] » Nice.
>> Yeah.
[10:54] Okay. And then the next one is
not on the screen yet. It's a secondary
[11:01] suite at 7021 Deer Street. So those are
discretionary in that neighborhood. No
[11:05] opposition was received. That permit was
issued.
[11:09] The next one is up here on the screen.
It's a dangerous goods occupancy for a
[11:14] bio-refinery.
So the biorefinery will receive and
[11:18] convert waste organic material into safe
high-grade organic nutrients using a
[11:22] proprietary thermal hydrarolysis
process. The facility will also use ano
[11:28] anorobic digestion process to convert
waste organics into bio gas. So that bio
[11:34] gas will be processed to pipeline
satisfaction gas and sold into the
[11:38] renewable natural gas markets via an
existing gas transportation
[11:42] infrastructure which is operated by ATCO
pipelines.
[11:47] Okay. Um and just for a little bit more
background on this development permit um
[11:53] application, the chair Chris Contenti
would be familiar with it somewhat as it
[11:57] was approved previously in 2024. This
application has been reapplied for
[12:02] multiple times. I I think we're at the
fifth or sixth iteration. So that's why
[12:08] this time um it didn't go forward to NBC
for a decision because it's been
[12:12] approved multiple times and there was no
concerns received this time around.
[12:16] » Okay.
>> Yeah. And largely um most of the reasons
[12:20] why it's been applied for many times is
because they're working on their
[12:23] provincial and federal approvals. So,
all right.
[12:28] » Can I ask
>> Can I ask a question about is that the
[12:32] one um I think like they burn wood and
is and is it just wood they burn or what
[12:37] else do they burn for the bio
>> the bow-waste?
[12:42] » Go ahead.
>> Uh through the chair to member Karina.
[12:46] » Yeah. No, you're you're all good. It's
just weird because you're not on the
[12:49] screen anymore, so I'm just talking to a
PowerPoint. [laughter]
[12:52] Um, so this one I believe you might have
been sitting on MPC when this got
[12:56] approved last time. Um, but it is not
wood. It is organic waste material. So
[13:02] they it includes um animal waste, animal
carcasses um and that type of material.
[13:09] I if you remember, and I know we're
stretching our memories a little bit
[13:13] here, one of the conditions that MPC
included last time around was that they
[13:18] use the bypass route for their hall
route. So that condition was included
[13:22] this time around again because there
were concerns about smell um and
[13:26] potential
>> traffic incidents. So that condition
[13:30] remained on the development condition
set. Um but it isn't just wood. It is
[13:36] organic material.
>> Oh yeah. Well, thanks for refreshing it
[13:41] because yeah, I was wondering about I
think I remember a sort about that
[13:44] because there was going to be a bit of a
smell but I think they said it wasn't
[13:47] going to be that bad or something to
that effect. Right. So,
[13:51] but who knows? We'll see when it
happens. All right. Thanks for sharing.
[13:57] [clears throat]
>> Through the chair to administration. Uh,
[14:00] it looked to me like this on the map.
This one was right across the road from
[14:03] Betta. Is that accurate? Is that partly?
>> Yes. I think it's right close there by
[14:10] the co-op.
>> It's right.
[14:13] » Yeah.
>> Okay. Yeah, that looks like it's right
[14:16] by the Betta pro processing plant.
Uh yeah, close to that. It's not right
[14:22] across. I think it's a bit further
north.
[14:28] » It's where that park is. The dog park is
um on that side by the brewery. It's on
[14:32] the back side of that.
[14:36] » There's the lot there, right?
>> Yeah.
[14:38] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[14:44] » Yes, you you're right. It is close to
the Bernetta Farms. And so if they were
[14:48] within the 60 meter radius, they would
have gotten a letter for comment and we
[14:53] didn't receive any opposition. So yeah.
>> Good. Thank you.
[14:56] » You're welcome.
All right.
[15:00] And so I'll just leave this one up while
I go through the rest of the permits
[15:04] that we've issued. Um none of the other
ones are on the screen, so we're reading
[15:08] off a paper now. Um the next one is a
secondary suite at 6 Metcafe Way. Again,
[15:13] that was discretionary. No opposition
was received. Then we've got a home
[15:17] occupation two for fitness and health
coaching at 563356
[15:22] Avenue. Another discretionary use that
didn't receive opposition. We've got an
[15:27] accessory residential building. It was a
shed with a 33% rear yard setback
[15:32] variance at 14 Riviera Drive. Variances
over 15% can be approved by the DO if no
[15:38] opposition was received. None was
received for this one. The next one is
[15:42] an addition. It was a sun room with a
17% rear yard setback variance at two
[15:47] Eva Crescent. Again, that was a variance
over 15% where no opposition was
[15:52] received. The next one is a 28% sideyard
setback variance on an existing addition
[15:58] at 482345A
Street where no opposition was received.
[16:03] The next one was a home occupation two
for beauty services at 14 Westview
[16:08] Drive, another discretionary use where
no opposition was received. And the last
[16:13] one was a food production facility minor
at number 55372
[16:18] Len Thompson Drive. Another
discretionary use. And that is actually
[16:23] um sixth on the block that's going into
the blueco collar garage.
[16:28] » Okay.
>> All right. And that is it for the
[16:30] permits issued by the development
officers. So let me know if you have any
[16:34] questions.
>> Thank you. Any questions? Karina, you
[16:39] have any questions?
No, I'm good. They're all fine.
[16:44] » So, I've had some positive feedback from
our clients in regards to the
[16:49] willingness for the development
authority to work with them. And I think
[16:53] that's part of the reason why too we
haven't had a lot of uh applications is
[16:58] because of the good work you're doing.
So, it's muchly appreciated and uh uh
[17:02] both myself as a chair and as a council
too. So, thank you for that.
[17:07] Um so next I think we are going to go
through uh some proposed innovation land
[17:13] use bylaw amendments and proposed
changes that are coming and manager
[17:19] uh are you going to lead us through
that?
[17:22] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[17:24] » Yes. So this portion of the meeting is
just going to be very informal. Um right
[17:28] now on the city's website there is a
survey multiple surveys that are live.
[17:34] So, council endorsed our innovation
amendments plan and timeline back in
[17:40] May. And so, the plan is to do the
public consultation piece on the front
[17:45] end. And then we're going to take all
the comments and concerns back and then
[17:49] develop a report and recommendation from
there to bring back to council for
[17:53] consideration in the fall, potentially
into the winter of this year. Um, so the
[17:58] three items we're tackling right now are
landscaping, mixeduse developments, and
[18:02] a commercial district review. Uh, and
then later, more likely into 2027, we'll
[18:08] be tackling a fourth component, which
will be housing diversity.
[18:12] Um, so for our landscaping amendments
right now, we're exploring potential
[18:16] opportunities to modernize landscaping
standards, support sustainability, and
[18:21] enhance the long-term health and
appearance of our urban environment. So
[18:24] this could consider a range of topics.
So zerrycaping, drought tolerant
[18:29] landscaping options, green roofs,
sustainable storm water options, low
[18:33] impact development features, and updates
to permitted ground covers and plant
[18:37] species. Um, so here's some examples
that Jen put in this the PowerPoint here
[18:42] of types of landscaping that we're
considering. And those are also included
[18:46] in some handouts that we'll have
available at the farmers market and at
[18:49] our front desk to show people what we're
actually talking about. Um because when
[18:54] some people think of say clover for
example um they might think of like the
[18:58] purple creeping clover versus um
something like shown on the slide here.
[19:02] So um that's one of the surveys that is
live right now and that is live until
[19:08] August 31st for public comment.
Um the second one we're going through is
[19:14] mixeduse developments. Um so sorry so I
guess I'll backtrack here for the
[19:18] landscaping. uh senior development
officer Kirk will be the lead on that
[19:22] application and then for the mixed use
developments it'll be senior off senior
[19:26] development officer Hill um who will be
handling that component. So for the
[19:30] mixeduse developments um the city's
considering ways to encourage
[19:33] development that provides additional
housing options while supporting local
[19:37] businesses and creating vibrant walkable
neighborhoods. Um so this one will
[19:41] consider a range of topics including uh
opportunities to support mixeduse
[19:45] development within the DARP area. um
appropriate locations and design
[19:49] considerations for mixeduse development,
housing options that can be integrated
[19:53] with commercial uses, and potential
updates to land use districts,
[19:56] development regulations, and approval
processes along with strategies to
[20:00] support walkability, neighborhood
vibrancy, and economic development. So,
[20:04] yes, the counselors just saw me on
Monday night where we had an application
[20:08] that was proposing something like this
that required a direct control district.
[20:12] So administration is proposing to find
ways to maybe streamline or smoothen out
[20:18] that process so that we're not having to
have uh a reasonzoning or a land use by
[20:22] amendment every time one of these um you
know innovative developments is being
[20:26] proposed.
[20:29] » And then lastly we have a commercial
district review. So this is just a
[20:33] general overview of our commercial
districts reviewing the lists of the
[20:36] types of permitted and discretionary
uses in all the commercial districts.
[20:40] Uh, one of the big changes that we're
going to be proposing is including the
[20:43] definition for multi-tenant lease bay
buildings within some of the commercial
[20:46] districts and including specific
regulations for lot coverage,
[20:50] landscaping and parking. So, right now
in some of our commercial districts, we
[20:54] don't have multi-tenant lease bay
building. So, what happens is the
[20:58] developer has to apply for a specific
use, but then if they apply for that use
[21:02] and their tenant, let's say, isn't
personal services, then another
[21:06] development permit is required for a
change of use. M
[21:09] » so if someone just wants to build a
shell building, it's a little convoluted
[21:14] right now. So that's one of the changes
we're proposing. Um but we are going to
[21:18] do an overview of all of the uses and
see if maybe some can be moved from
[21:22] permitted to discretionary or vice
versa. Um if some need to be added or
[21:26] removed and then we're going to do a
comparison with our municipal
[21:29] comparators to see if they align
somewhat with where our comparators are
[21:33] at. So, um, they're all very different,
uh, types of reports that'll be going
[21:38] forward, but we're each assigned one.
So, I'll be doing the commercial review,
[21:43] so it's separated out, [clears throat]
um, pretty nicely. And so, this is the a
[21:50] little screenshot of where the surveys
are living right now. Um, and so the
[21:54] community survey went live at the
beginning of July and it'll be live
[22:00] until the end of August. So, August 31st
is the cutoff. And then I'll let you
[22:04] guys look at this. And sorry you're uh
it should be in the agenda package,
[22:07] Karina. So you won't see this one, but
this is what we'll have for you guys to
[22:10] take a look at. Um I will be attending
the Lome Farmers Market tomorrow. Uh so
[22:16] people will have access to that uh
pamphlet and then access to me I guess
[22:21] to ask questions. Um and then we plan to
have an open house in September to
[22:27] invite the public to come and comment.
We are going to be doing some
[22:31] advertising on the website for the open
house um and some social media
[22:36] advertising and then in September as
well we will have a focus group specific
[22:39] to our developers and realtors. That one
might be pertaining more so to the
[22:44] commercial developments and mixed use
but they might be very passionate about
[22:48] landscaping too. So um after all of that
has been completed, we will do our
[22:54] comparator review and any impact to
infrastructure like review we'll need to
[22:59] do and then we hope to bring it back
forward to council in October or
[23:03] November of this year. Um so that's
where we're at right now. Um if you guys
[23:10] have any general comments that you want
to make, we're totally happy to accept
[23:14] those. Um, you can also fill out the
survey as a citizen. And then the plan
[23:18] would be once we compile all of the
comments and we've actually got [snorts]
[23:25] a proposal somewhat in place prior to
going back to council. The aim would
[23:30] become to come to MPC as the technical
advisory component and MPC could make a
[23:36] recommendation or provide comments to be
included in the report to council. Yeah.
[23:41] So, um, you will see this again when
it's a little more substantial. Just
[23:45] know that you won't be the
decision-making authority. You'll just
[23:48] have the chance to comment as a
committee.
[23:53] » Excellent. Thank you. Yeah, I know
council is very interested on us being
[23:58] more adaptable and flexible in our
development and so that we can be
[24:03] development ready. When someone wants to
come, the answer is I think we can make
[24:08] that work. let's see what we can do
rather than well we'll have to go back
[24:12] to the drawing board and redo this and
redo that. So I'm really excited about
[24:17] uh getting this going and see where it's
going to lead us. So thank you for that.
[24:22] Any questions from anybody else or
comments? Yeah, go ahead.
[24:26] » Uh through the chair to manager backway.
Uh I'm just curious. I like some of
[24:30] these things that are that are going on.
I'm curious about what where they came
[24:34] from. Like was that direction from
council? Is it something that you review
[24:38] from time to time due to what other
municipalities are doing?
[24:44] » Yes to all of that. Um so originally
there was a motion made by council back
[24:51] in I want to say 2023 or 2024
um to proceed with a complete it's not a
[24:59] complete review a phased review of the
land use bylaw. So there was four
[25:04] different components I believe. One was
red tape reduction, one was
[25:07] administrative amendments, one of them
was innovation. So prior to your council
[25:12] term starting, the majority of the work
had been completed which included the
[25:15] administrative amendments and the red
tape reduction. We're now completing the
[25:19] third phase of that project.
um we decided that we should break it
[25:25] down even further just because all of
these
[25:28] » components are so different that we
wouldn't want one to fail because of
[25:32] others. So,
>> um on top of that, we do keep a running
[25:36] list administratively of edits we would
like to see or where we see there are
[25:41] pinch points um to make things a bit a
little bit easier. Um but the land use
[25:46] bylaw is a living document. So, we have,
do you guys know what we're at for how
[25:51] many changes we want to make right now?
Like, it's the hundreds, I think, right?
[25:55] So, we can only do so many at a time.
Uh, and this is one way to get a few
[25:59] that we think like the mixed use is a
big one.
[26:02] » And we have heard some concerns from
developers about landscaping just
[26:06] historically. So, especially with what
was supposed to be a drought year, um
[26:12] it's good to have some of that drought
resistance stuff come forward because it
[26:15] could help Lome long term if we have
that in place.
[26:20] » Ask a question.
>> Yeah, go ahead.
[26:22] » I have a question um through the chair
to I guess it would be um I whoever can
[26:28] answer this. Um I know that we have the
municip like the the bylaws and
[26:33] everything for the development. Are we
also going to go back and um redo the
[26:39] Sorry, I don't have the book in front of
me. I think it's like the fabric the
[26:42] fabric part of the
Do you know what I'm talking about? Like
[26:47] there's another booklet. It's kind of
like the underlaying of how the talent
[26:50] is supposed to look and feel. Are we
going to go back to that and look at
[26:53] that as well and redo that one at all?
>> Does that
[26:58] Sorry, Karina. Uh are you talking about
the municipal development plan? uh the
[27:03] one but there's another one after that
like before that it's based on it's like
[27:07] it's like it was done like almost 15
years ago or something like that or 10
[27:11] 15 years ago
>> would line up with the MDP timewise
[27:17] um that the municipal development plan
is an overarching document that governs
[27:21] how development and community uh occurs
in lome so it deals with economic
[27:28] development active transportation
types of develop Like is that what
[27:34] you're talking about
>> or is it am I missing the mark?
[27:39] » There was another one. There was another
one. I want to say it's like I know that
[27:41] they did like a study with the town with
a whole bunch of the um the locals and
[27:45] they were kind of like identifying what
the um the culture and what the feel of
[27:50] the town was going to look like and
stuff like that. So it was kind of like
[27:53] that's why I say fabric, right? So it
>> was the community needs assessment
[27:57] survey.
>> You know what? I don't know. But how
[28:00] about this? I'll come and visit you when
I get back and I'll [laughter]
[28:04] » But I was wondering if But I was
wondering if that was part of it. But
[28:07] yeah, because it seems like if you guys
are going for this part, it might also
[28:11] affect the other part that I thought
would have been done too. But I I'll
[28:15] I'll chat with you later about that.
Sorry about it.
[28:17] » Yeah. No, good. That's that's the best
thing to do because
[28:21] » none of us are really sure.
>> Uh through the chair to member Hubert.
[28:24] Um just I guess to I we can speak
because the strategic plan passed and it
[28:29] is public.
>> Um so for the planning and planning and
[28:34] development department's role, we're
doing these land use bylaw uh innovation
[28:38] amendments. The municipal development
plan is now reviewed annually on a
[28:43] report card basis. So we will provide an
annual report back to council as to how
[28:47] we're doing with satisfying the
conditions and criteria. we call them um
[28:51] measuring metrics for how we're dealing
with achieving the MDP.
[28:56] » Um and then there is a housing needs
assessments
[29:01] update
>> that was passed as part of council
[29:03] strategic plan that is scheduled for I
believe I think it's starting in 2027
[29:09] but the strategic plan is public. Um
it's on the council agenda from Monday
[29:14] night. So, if you want to take a look at
that, Karina, it will give you a bit of
[29:17] an idea as to some of the topics our
department specifically will be handling
[29:22] moving forward. Um, one that I think
will be relevant to this committee will
[29:27] be the short-term rental bylaw
potentially. Um, and then there is an
[29:32] area redevelopment plan as well that is
slated to start at the end of Q4 of
[29:37] 2026. So, there's a few planning related
documents, but right now we're just
[29:43] focused on the land use bylaw. So other
things will come forward in the future
[29:46] and some of them aren't necessarily our
department. It's more our directorate.
[29:50] » Gotcha.
>> Thanks.
[29:53] » Yeah, you're welcome. Thanks, Karina.
Any other comments, questions? Yeah, go
[29:57] ahead.
>> Yeah, through the chair to the
[29:58] development team. Does this um for the
for the landscaping use and the changes
[30:04] there? Does that coincide with any um
like funding or grants from the
[30:08] provincial government? Because when when
I was part of the team that did the
[30:12] father lome school when we went
transition from the old school to the
[30:15] new school we had lots of meetings about
what we would like to see and a lot of
[30:19] the things that we talked about were
like the living [clears throat] roof the
[30:22] green roof the this and that and we
spent a lot of time on that and then by
[30:26] the time the final plan got approved
through the province I'm sure it was all
[30:31] that was wiped off the table because it
was not in any sort of budgetary you
[30:36] know so is this is this I was just
curious this change coincided with any
[30:41] changes from the provincial government
or no just a general feel
[30:47] » uh through the chair to I actually
didn't catch your last name I don't
[30:51] think Calio Calio
>> um no in short it's stuff that we've
[30:56] seen as pinch points and some of it is
um
[30:59] » maybe a little utopian of our department
but I would love to see some green roofs
[31:03] downtown um so it's allowing that
flexibility that if someone ever did
[31:07] have the funds or the desire ire to make
it happen. Um, we do have green roofs in
[31:12] our land use bylaw right now, but it's
just maybe strengthening some of the
[31:15] parameters around it.
>> Okay.
[31:20] » Excellent.
Any more questions?
[31:23] » Yeah.
>> Um, I actually figured out the municipal
[31:26] sustainability plan. That's the one I
was looking at.
[31:30] Uh, did do you recall that? Because it
seems like when we were talking about
[31:33] all that green space and stuff, I was
wondering if that kind of follows the
[31:36] mis municipal sustainability plan.
That's what I was thinking
[31:42] for the landscaping stuff. Is that why
we're doing all the landscaping?
[31:46] Like, um, are you looking at it?
[laughter]
[31:48] » Go ahead.
>> through through the chair member uh,
[31:51] Hubert. Uh, I have not seen the document
you're talking about uh before and I
[31:57] just kind of did a quick knowledge check
with uh Jen and Debbie here and they
[32:01] haven't seen it either. So, if you want
to send it to me, I wouldn't mind taking
[32:04] a look at it. Um, but this is
independent of the municipal
[32:09] sustainability
>> plans that was in there.
[32:13] » Plan plan.
>> Yes, [laughter]
[32:16] » that big thick binder that we got,
right? So, okay, that's all right.
[32:20] » Yeah. And I mean some of these um
proposed amendments that will be coming
[32:24] forward, they do help with
sustainability. Um but that's just a
[32:28] nice to have I guess from our
department's perspective.
[32:33] » Thanks, Karina.
>> Yeah.
[32:36] » Uh looks like everybody's good. Any
further
[32:41] input? Any wrap up from
authority that you want to add? No,
[32:47] we're good.
Well, that's pretty well the end of our
[32:51] agenda.
Uh, looks like our next MPC meeting
[32:56] tentively is August 5th, 2016. So,
everyone put that in there.
[33:02] » Well, the deadline was actually today
and we didn't receive any applications.
[33:07] So, you can remove that from your
calendar from your calendar.
[33:09] » And the next one is tentatively August
19th. So, I will also send out a
[33:13] confirmation email that the August uh
5th is cancelled tomorrow. So, you guys
[33:19] will have that.
>> All right. So, everybody put August 19th
[33:24] in their calendars.
>> Is that uh next meeting date up for
[33:28] discussion at all?
>> It could be.
[33:32] » Can we push it back one week?
>> 26th.
[33:40] Just a minute. I don't think I'm here.
>> You're not here?
[33:44] » Okay,
>> then don't worry about it.
[33:46] » If we receive an application for August
19th, we'll do um a quorum call and if
[33:52] we can't make quorum, then we can ask
for August 26th and see if we can get
[33:55] quorum there. We do have flexibility on
the dates as long as we have quorum.
[34:00] » Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
[34:01] » 26 the chair will not be here.
[34:07] » All right. So, we'll put that uh 19th as
tenative for now and we'll see where we
[34:14] can go from there. So, all right. And
with that, I'll just ask for a motion
[34:20] for German.
Oh, sorry. Go ahead. Did you
[34:25] » Sorry. We don't need a motion for the
adjournment. Uh we just do a time.
[34:30] » Thank you. You're right. I'm so used to
the other
[34:33] » I had to double check, too. So, don't
worry. This meeting is officially
[34:36] adjourned at 5:31
p.m. Thank you,
[34:41] » senior development officer.