Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee

the report titled “Taking a Closer Look at the Downtown: Preliminary Preferred Concept“, January 2020, prepared by SGL Planning & Design and attached as Appendix A to community planning department report PL-02-20; and Endorse the recommended concept (also

Endorse the recommended concept in PL-02-20, Appendix A, subject to the following modifications: Exclude from endorsement, subject to the considerations in 2, the recommended concept for the lands identified as: Village Square Precinct V2 sub area; and Downtown East Precinct located east of Elizabeth Street and south of Lions Park, and the block bounded by John Street, Maria Street, Elizabeth Street, and James Street; and Direct the Executive Director of Community Planning, Regulation, and Mobility to consider the following during the development of policy modifications to the Adopted Official Plan: appropriate built form; enhancement of transition provisions in the Downtown East Mixed-Use Precinct, to ensure an appropriate interface with the areas to both the east and the north; enhancement of provisions to protect the existing character and streetscape of the Downtown East Mixed-Use Precinct, with particular attention to the pedestrian experience on Elizabeth Street; appropriate built form in the V2 area of Village Square Precinct, with appropriate performance standards to avoid or mitigate potential impacts from new development on the existing low-rise buildings on Martha Street and existing low-rise buildings west of Pearl Street; policy or mapping-based solutions to acknowledge, protect, and enhance existing community institutions or other private organizations that provide public services or amenities.

Endorse the recommended concept in PL-02-20, Appendix A, subject to the following modification: Recognize the need for a transportation corridor through the Mid-Brant Precinct without presupposing that it must be a road, to allow consideration of the appropriate function of the new transportation corridor during the block planning exercise.

Direct the Executive Director of Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility to consider, during the development of policy modifications to the adopted Official Plan, enhancement of transition provisions in the Upper Brant Mixed-Use Precinct north of Ghent Avenue to ensure an appropriate interface with the established neighbourhoods to the east.

Direct the Director of Community Planning, in consultation with Heritage Burlington, to assess the heritage value and appropriate protections (including possible Heritage Act designations) for the potential built heritage resources and potential cultural heritage landscapes identified by ASI in their September 2019 “Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment of the Downtown Mobility Hub”, with funding source to be determined, and report back to Council with the assessment and associated recommendations by Q4 of 2020.

Direct the Executive Director of Legal Services, working with the Executive Director of Environment, Infrastructure, and Community Services, to report back with options for the future of Lions Park.

Receive and file the following 23 items, having been given due consideration by the Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee.

Receive the report titled “Taking a Closer Look at the Downtown: Preliminary Preferred Concept“, January 2020, prepared by SGL Planning & Design and attached as Appendix A to community planning department report PL-02-20; and Endorse the recommended concept (also

Endorse the recommended concept in PL-02-20, Appendix A, subject to the following modifications: 1. Exclude from endorsement, subject to the considerations in 2, the recommended concept for the lands identified as: i. Village Square Precinct V2 sub area; and ii. Downtown East Precinct located east of Elizabeth Street and south of Lions Park, and the block bounded by John Street, Maria Street, Elizabeth Street, and James Street; and 2. Direct the Executive Director of Community Planning, Regulation, and Mobility to consider the following during the development of policy modifications to the Adopted Official Plan: a. appropriate built form; b. enhancement of transition provisions in the Downtown East Mixed-Use Precinct, to ensure an appropriate interface with the areas to both the east and the north; c. enhancement of provisions to protect the existing character and streetscape of the Downtown East Mixed-Use Precinct, with particular attention to the pedestrian experience on Elizabeth Street; d. appropriate built form in the V2 area of Village Square Precinct, with appropriate performance standards to avoid or mitigate potential impacts from new development on the existing low-rise buildings on Martha Street and existing low- rise buildings west of Pearl Street; e. policy or mapping-based solutions to acknowledge, protect, and enhance existing community institutions or other private organizations that provide public services or amenities.