Jenna Puletto, Coordinator of Community Initiatives - Community Planning Department, provided the committee with a presentation (attached) regarding the Major Transit Station Areas (MTSA) project that includes the areas around Aldershot, Burlington and Appleby GO Stations.
Questions:
How are parking minimums handled for developments?
During the implementation phase, policy directions will be created that will address parking rates. The city-wide parking review and the new Zoning By-law will reflect updated parking rates. There will be rates for the entire city and others for intensification areas. Further studies will also be undertaken to see how the areas will intensify and that will further reduce the parking standards.
How are development applications being handled now?
When a development application is made, the policy framework in effect on the date the application was made is what is used to review the application. Recognizing that there will be policy changes in the future, staff will ask for active transportation measures in exchange for parking reductions.
Is Burlington GO the only place where there is an application freeze?
The city brought a motion to the Ontario Lands Tribunal to life the freeze on all lands except those around the Burlington GO Station. Refer to the city's media release for further details.
Next steps:
Public engagement is currently underway and committee members are encouraged to complete the workbooks for each of the GO stations. Further details and videos from the public meetings are available at https://www.getinvolvedburlington.ca/mtsa.
Further questions can be sent to: mtsa@burlington.ca.
ACTION:
- Tim, Nick, Don and Alexander will complete the workbooks. The completed workbooks will be emailed to the committee for approval prior to submitting to city staff.
- Georgie to invite Kyle Plas, Acting Manager of Development in the city's Community Planning Department, to attend the next meeting to talk to the committee about the Interim Control By-law and the lift to the freeze.