CSD-13-076 - Kitchener Growth Management Strategy - Annual Monitoring Report

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REPORT TO:Community and Infrastructure Services Committee DATE OF MEETING: September 9, 2013 SUBMITTED BY: Alain Pinard, Director of Planning PREPARED BY: Sarah Coutu, Policy Analyst (519-741-2200 ext. 7069) Garett Stevenson, Senior Planner (519-741-2200 ext. 7070) WARD(S) INVOLVED: All Wards DATE OF REPORT: August 14, 2013 REPORT NO.: CSD-13-076 SUBJECT: Kitchener Growth Management Strategy 2013 Annual Monitoring Report RECOMMENDATION: 1. That Report CSD 13-076, Kitchener Growth Management Strategy – 2013 Annual Monitoring Report be received for information; and 2. That Report CSD 13-076 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: The purpose of this report is to provide Committee and Council with the 2013 Kitchener Growth Management Strategy Annual Monitoring Report (Monitoring Report) information. The Monitoring Report is an action item of the Kitchener Growth Management Strategy (KGMS) which requires tracking of the general supply of land and the achievement of intensification and density targets on an annual basis. REPORT: In 2009 Council approved the Kitchener Growth Management Strategy (KGMS). The KGMS provides a long-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 coordinates the provision of infrastructure and services with new development. The KGMS goals and actions support the Province’s Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Places to Grow) and Regional Growth Management Strategy (RGMS). The KGMS introduced 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 the KGMS Goal 6 is to prepare an Annual Monitoring Report to track the supply of development opportunities and the achievement of intensification and density targets. Monitoring reports were prepared in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The 2013 KGMS Annual Monitoring Report (Attachment A) monitors growth within the built-up (intensification areas) and designated greenfield areas of the City over the past year (June 2012 to June 2013) and provides a summary of observations and changes that may have occurred during this time frame compared to previous years. The report also provides an analysis of how this information relates to Places to Grow initiatives and the RGMS. There is an interest in ascertaining more information about small-scale “infill” housing. Staff will be working on ways to enhance the tracking of that information following this Monitoring Report. 1 - 1