CSD-11-133 - Kitchener Growth Management Strategy 2011 Annual Monitoring Rept

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Staff Re apt KITCHEI~'ER Communr'ty SeruicPS Department www.kitchenertu REPORT TO: Planning and Strategic Initiatives Committee DATE OF MEETING: October 17, 2011 SUBMITTED BY: Alain Pinard, Director of Planning PREPARED BY: Alexandra Pires, Planning Technician (519 741-3400 ext. 3177) WARD(S) INVOLVED: All wards DATE OF REPORT: October 12, 2011 REPORT NO.: CSD-11-133 SUBJECT: KITCHENER GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY - 2011 ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT RECOMMENDATION: A. That Report CSD-11-133, Kitchener Growth Management Strategy - 2011 Annual Monitoring Report be received for information; and B. That Report CSD-11-133 be submitted to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in fulfilment of Clause 22.1 of the Administrative Agreement between the City of Kitchener and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo regarding delegated authority. BACKGROUND: In 2009, Council approved the Kitchener Growth Management Strategy (KGMS). The KGMS introduces an ongoing growth management program to manage growth-related change in an effective and co-ordinated manner (Goal 6). One of the action items of KGMS Goal 6 is to prepare an Annual Growth Management Monitoring Report to track the supply of development opportunities and the achievement of intensification and density targets. The first Monitoring Report was prepared in 2010. This year's Annual Monitoring Report coincides with the biannual Kitchener Growth Management Plan. REPORT: Growth management is a community priority. In response to numerous directions, including Compass Kitchener and the "Who-are-you-Kitchener" surveys, Council approved the Kitchener Growth Management Strategy (KGMS) in support of the City's Strategic Plan. Kitchener is expected to accommodate a relatively significant amount of residential and employment growth over the next twenty years. We are also mandated by the Province to achieve certain numerical targets and other planning objectives. The KGMS provides along-term framework for planning where and how future residential and employment growth can be accommodated in Kitchener. To ensure that growth contributes positively to our quality of life, the KGMS provides a framework for co-ordination of the provision of infrastructure and services with new development. The goals and actions support the Province's Growth Plan and the Regional Growth Management Strategy. The KGMS introduced 2-1