SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AGENDA

Thursday, November 19, 2020

3:30 P.m. - 8:00 P.m.

Brantford City Hall, 100 Wellington Square

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1.

INVOCATION

2.

ROLL CALL

3.

DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

4.

STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING/ PUBLIC MEETING

4.1

Envisioning Our City: 2051 – The New Official Plan for the City of Brantford [Financial Impact – none], 2020-139

• 1. THAT Report 2020-139, Envisioning Our City: 2051 – The New Official Plan for the City of Brantford, which includes the “Municipal Comprehensive Review – Final Addendum Report, November 2020”, prepared by SGL Planning and Design, attached as Appendix A, BE RECEIVED; and
  2. THAT Council ADOPT the new City of Brantford Official Plan – Envisioning Our City: 2051, attached as Appendix B to Report 2020-139; and
  3. THAT the By-law to adopt the new City of Brantford Official Plan – Envisioning Our City: 2051 BE PRESENTED to City Council for adoption in January 2021; and
  4. THAT Planning Staff BE DIRECTED to submit the Council-adopted City of Brantford Official Plan – Envisioning Our City: 2051 to the Province of Ontario for final approval in accordance with Section 17(22) of the Planning Act; and
  5. THAT in accordance with Section 26(7) of the Planning Act, Council DECLARES to the approval authority, being the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, that the Council-adopted City of Brantford Official Plan – Envisioning Our City: 2051:
     1. conforms with provincial plans or does not conflict with them, as the case may be,
     2. has regard to the matters of provincial interest listed in Section 2 of the Planning Act, and
     3. is consistent with policy statements issued under subsection 3(1) of the Planning Act; and
  6. THAT the Comprehensive Block Plan Terms of Reference, attached as Appendix C to Report 2020-139, to guide and assess future Block Plan applications within the lands that are subject to block planning in the new City of Brantford Official Plan – Envisioning Our City: 2051, BE ENDORSED; and
  7. THAT the Urban Design Manual, attached as Appendix D to Report 2020-139, to guide and assess future development proposals and applications in the City of Brantford, BE ENDORSED; and
  8. THAT the Infrastructure Staging Report, attached as Appendix E to Report 2020-139, to guide the provision of infrastructure and services within the expansion lands, BE ENDORSED.

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NOTICES OF MOTION

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ADJOURNMENT