AMENDMENT,
Moved by Councillor Farrell, Seconded by Councillor Carra, that the SPC on
Planning and Urban Development Recommendations contained in Report PUD2014-0312
be amended by adding new Recommendations 3, 4 and 5, after amendment,
as follows:
“3. Direct
Administration to bring forward through the SPC on Planning and Urban
Development and then to Council a framework for communities to receive the
benefits of increased density through land use amendments as they occur along
Urban and Neighbourhood Corridors:
a) Create a
list of potential bonus items for community consideration that lists items
that support community character, heritage, affordable housing, and general
community improvements.
b) Create
and institutionalize a process for individual communities to identify
community priorities as they relate to community character, heritage
amenities, affordable housing and local improvements.
c) Develop
a process for Administration and developers to negotiate the value of
developer contributions, including creating evaluation criteria and standard
valuation techniques, as developers apply for land use amendments that
increase density.
4. To
ensure that heritage and affordable housing priorities can be met through the
allocation of community benefits, direct Administration to:
a) Research
and implement tools to protect and mitigate the loss of heritage amenities in
communities.
b) Ensure
that identified corridors in the Corridor Program can support intensification
beyond the existing land-uses without damaging the valued character of a
corridor; if further intensification would damage the valued community
character or amenities of a corridor and could not be mitigated with bonusing
and other tools, then inclusion of the corridor in the Program should be
reconsidered.
c) Ensure
alignment between the Corridor Program and the Affordable Housing Strategy.
d) Research
and implement tools to protect and encourage more affordable housing in
communities, to offset potential gentrification effects.
5. Direct
Administration to bring forward to the SPC on Planning and Urban
Development no later than 2014 September, an interim report to support
Recommendations 1 and 2.”.
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