Planning Advisory Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:

3

Date:

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Time:

5:30 P.m. - 8:30 P.m.

Location:

Electronic Participation

Present:

• Chair Carolyn Mackenzie, 
• Vice-Chair Colin White, 
• Alexus Ball, 
• Dean Karakasis, 
• Anna Lenk, 
• Josiane Roberds, 
• and Changhong Sun 

Absent:

• Jason Burggraaf, 
• Jason Huang, 
• Busingye Nurudin, 
• and Francois Rivest 

Present non-voting Member:

• Councillor Jeff Leiper 

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1.

Notices and meeting information for meeting participants and the public

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2.

Declarations of Interest

No Declarations of Interest were filed.

3.

Confirmation of Minutes

3.1

PAC Minutes 2 – December 17, 2024

• Carried

4.

Office of the City Clerk

4.1

Adoption of Planning Advisory Committee Procedure By-law

File No. ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0029 – City-wide

• Report recommendation(s)

  That, as set out in the 2022-2026 Mid-term Governance Review report (ACS2025-OCC-GEN-0001), approved by City Council on January 29, 2025, the Planning Advisory Committee approve the replacement Planning Advisory Committee Procedure By-law (Document 1).

  Carried

5.

Planning, Development and Building Services Department

5.1

Presentation of the draft 2025 Work Program for the Planning, Development and Building Services Department

Connie Gleason, Manager, Business and Technical Support Services, Royce Fu, Manager, Policy Planning, and Court Curry, Manager, Right-of-Way, Heritage and Urban Design Services, presented an overview of the item and answered questions from the Committee.  A copy of the slide presentation is filed with the Office of the City Clerk.

There were no public submissions on this item. 

Committee discussion included the following topics:

• The renovation licence and relocation by-law feasibility study
• The staff-led task force to advance housing projects and decrease application approval times
• The development of a housing dashboard
• The impact of the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024, on future Official Plan reviews
• The timeline for the enactment of the New Zoning By-law
• The Official Plan’s five big moves as objectives for the work program
• How and why work program items are prioritized and re-prioritized
• The New Zoning By-law consultation plan, including dedicated workshops for stakeholders
• The alignment of Urban Design Guidelines and Urban Design Guidelines for Mid Rise Buildings with the New Zoning By-law
• The impact of the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024, on the timing of the follow-up to the 15-Minute Neighbourhoods Baseline Report
• How secondary plans enable appropriately-located housing

Following discussions, the Committee considered the item recommendation as follows:

• Recommendation

  That the Planning Advisory Committee receive the presentation for information.

  Received

6.

Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

There were no Notices of Motion.

7.

Inquiries

There were no Inquiries.

8.

Other Business

There was no other business.

9.

Adjournment

Next Meeting: to be determined.

The meeting adjourned at 6:15 pm.