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Tag Archives: Urban Boundary Expansion
Sustainable Vaughan believes The City of Vaughan and York Region’s Official Plans do not meet the Provincial Criteria for an Urban Boundary Expansion
1) Not providing the six missing intensification numbers in the official plan results in non compliance to Places to Grow Act 2.2.8.2 a) (See Hemson, “Housing Analysis and Employment Land Needs, Final Report” Table 2). Places to Grow Act 2.2.8.2 … Continue reading
Letter to the Mayor and Council
Mayor and members of council, Politically you have nothing to gain from approving the urban boundary expansion. Approving the expansion opens the door to an OMB appeal and allows your opponents and critics to blame you during the upcoming municple … Continue reading
Sony Rai Deputation to Vaughan Council June 14th, 2010
I’m not quite sure how anyone is suppose too properly comment on the secondary plans when there is so much information missing in the Hemson Housing Analysis and Employment Land Needs Report. Without this information it becomes difficult to compare … Continue reading
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Tagged Hemson, high density housing, Housing Analysis and Employment Land Needs Report, housing units per hectare, Jane Street Corridor, Places to Grow Act, Residential Potential Land Use Review, secondary plans, Sony Rai, Urban Boundary Expansion, Vaughan, Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, Vaughan Mills Centre, Vaughan Official Plan, White belt
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Shawn Smith Deputation to Vaughan Council May 17th, 2010
I’m speaking as a transportation engineer, citizen concerned for the future of my city, and father of two kids who stand to inherit the decisions made by our generation. I believe we need a more compact city, which is why … Continue reading
Sony Rai Deputation to Vaughan Council May 17, 2010
Mayor and council, thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak. Sustainable Vaughan is a grass roots community organization focused on issues of sustainability and the environment. This is not an anti-development organization. This organization is supported by both … Continue reading
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Tagged Deputation to Vaughan Council, economic impact, environmental impact, intensification, public process, Sony Rai, Spadina subway, Sustainable Vaughan, undemocratic, Urban Boundary Expansion, urban sprawl, Vaughan Official Plan, Viva rapid transit system, where and how to grow, white belt lands
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Sustainable Vaughan’s Letter to the Province
Dear Hon. Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, Hon. James Bradley, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Victor Severino, Housing and Assistant Deputy Minister (Growth Secretariat) Sustainable Vaughan is a collection of concerned and active local citizens representing an organized and educated … Continue reading
Vaughan Official Plan Calls for Sprawl
The City of Vaughan is set to release a draft of its new Official Plan May 3rd and council will vote on adoption of the plan on September 7th. This leaves citizens the summer to study the document and voice … Continue reading
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