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“Pecha Kucha Style”The Challenge …5 slides in 5 minutes

Strategic PlanOur Future MississaugaPublic Engagement for a new Strategic PlanLori Kelly

Engagement OpportunitiesStakeholder InterviewsCommunity Advisory GroupStrategic Advisory GroupPuzzle PiecesThe Lemonade StandCommunity MeetingsYouth EngagementMississauga Staff EngagementWebsiteSpeaker SeriesRogers Television ShowBig Ideas WorkshopVisioning SymposiumSymposium Survey resultsDrivers forchange

New Official PlanMarianne Cassin

Why a New Plan?Dundas St. - NowPlanning ActGrowth Plan (for theGreater Golden Horseshoe)Strategic PlanEnd of GreenfieldGrowthRethinking of PlanningFrameworkDundas St. - Future

New Mississauga Official PlanIntegrate Land Use, Transportation,Environment and DesignNew Urban SystemUrban HierarchyIntensification AreasMulti-Modal Transportation SystemGreater Emphasis on Urban DesignPromoting Strong Economy and Jobs

New Urban System•Green System•City Structure•Corridors

Timing and Process• Draft Mississauga Official Plan prepared and circulated forcomment in March 2010• Amended Plan adopted by City Council on September 29,2010• New plan forwarded to the Region of Peel for approval(180 days)• Once approved the Plan will be subject to appeals

New focus on urban designchallengingQualitative vs. quantitativeapproachEnd result should be adesirable urban formUrban designers play a keyrole in success ofimplementing the new PlanGoing Forward

Downtown21Master Plan

Downtown Context

Existing NetworkOverall New Street Network

Focus Area: Why Focus?Highway 403Queen StreetYonge StreetBurnhamthorpe RoadFront StreetHurontario

Focus Area: Where?

Focus Area: Main Street District

HHOTHurontario Higher Order TransitRob Hughes

City of Mississauga andCity of BramptonNovember 5, 2010

Hurontario - Main Street StudyMaster PlanCorridor Land Use:• Mississauga and Brampton Urban Growth Centres• Mobility Hubs at Port Credit, Cooksville,Downtown Mississauga, Steeles and DowntownBrampton• Character areas anticipated to grow by 59,000residents and 32,000 jobs by 2031Implementation:• Through Official Plan and Zoning amendments• City Urban Design Guidelines and Standards (i.e.,Amenity, Green, Accessibility)• Community Improvement Plans

Hurontario - Main Street StudyPhase 2: Alignment and Features• Centre median LRT system• Priority to ensure speed and reliability• Far side, on-street and accessible platforms• Challenges include lane impacts, increased stationspacing, City Centre alignment and accommodatingcontinuous cycling facilities

Hurontario - Main Street StudyMaster Plan - Planning/Urban DesignPermitted UsesDensity/HeightFrontagesSetbacksConnectionsPlacemakingTransitions

Hurontario - Main Street StudyMaster Plan- CooksvilleTest potential implementation ofpolicies in key character areasPlace-making connections

Hurontario - Main Street StudyMaster Plan- CooksvilleStreet leveltreatment andfuture transitplan

Mobility Hub StudiesJason Wu

Mobility Hubs StudyA City/Metrolinx Partnership Project

Station Area ContextCooksville Mobility HubCP Rail & GOConfederationHurontarioHillcrest

Cooksville Mobility Hub ConceptAn Integrated Master Plan Approach

Cooksville Mobility Hub Study Hurontario St.Frontage & Pedestrian Crossing

Parking StructureMassing Articulation/Active Uses At GradeKitchener Municipal GarageSan Jose Civic Centre Garage

Cooksville Mobility Hub StudyEastern Platform Entrance at Hurontario

Public SpaceAnimated Streetscape / Vibrant Civic SpaceScrivener Square at YongeMississauga City Centre Drive

Cooksville Mobility Hub StudySquare at GO StationTransit

Green DevelopmentStrategyMichael Karowich

"…development that meets the needs ofthe present without compromising theability of future generations to meet theirown needs".United Nations Brundtland Commissionon the Environment and DevelopmentMississauga Green Development Strategy• Action 3- Living Green Strategic Pillar forChange"Develop a Green Development StandardStrategy that addresses resourceconsumption and pollution emissions.”Green Development Strategy

Consultant’s Key Recommendations1 Demonstrate PoliticalLeadership and Commitment2 Establish a Green Development TaskForce3 Interim LEED Silver & Stage OneGreen Development Standards4 Utilize existing regulatory/planning tools,3 rd -party targets for mandatory req’mts.Green Development Strategy

Consultant’s Recommendations5 Incent Best Practice6 Establish Pilot ProjectsAwardsFee-batesFasttrackBonusingGreenLoans7 Ensure Ongoing Success 8 TimelineGreen Development Strategy

Stage OneGreen Development StandardsA) ON-SITE STORMWATERRETENTION TECHNOLOGIESB) SOFT LANDSCAPE MATERIALC) PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLINGD) BUILDING DESIGNGreen Development Strategy

Next Steps• Launch GDS on City website• Publish Green Development brochure withStage One Green Development Standards fordistribution at the counter• Start up the Task Force to oversee, implementand maintain the Strategy• Task Force to reviewTimetable/Implementation Plan and develop aproject charter and key stages and set goalsThank YouGreen Development Strategy

OPG Lands /Inspiration LakeviewSharon Mittmann

Former Ontario Power Generation Lands

“…that staff study and addressthe LakeviewOPG lands for uses other thana Power Generating Facility,and for staff to commence theplanningfor the redevelopment ofLakeview as a diverse,multi-faceted community for the21st Century.”Council DirectionFormer Lakeview Generating StationMississauga Rd.Hurontario Rd.Cawthra Rd.Dixie Rd.Winston Churchill Blvd.Imperial OilImperial OilPort CreditPort CreditLakeviewLakeviewMississauga’s Waterfront - The City is investing in 3 waterfront areas

LakefrontPromenade Park& Marina1840 Lakeview Community was established.1896 Long Branch Rifle Range was established1915 Canada’s first aerodrome and flying school wasestablished1940 Small Arms Limited was established1961 G.E. Booth Wastewater Treatment Facility1962 Power Plant was established1991 Lakefront Promenade Park and Marina wasestablished.

80 ha(200 acres)Study AreaAreaStudyof InfluenceAreaArea of Influence

October 6 th ‘Kick Off’ CommunityEngagement300 Residents, Stakeholders and Interested individuals attended

Upcoming Lakeview Sessions December 2, workshops during the day, with an eveningpresentation by Swedish experts on an exciting new sustainablewaterfront community in Sweden that was once a contaminatedindustrial site. December 3 , workshops during the day with an eveningpresentation by a Cultural expert, and New York based LandscapeArchitect who have worked on projects around the world such as theSmithsonian Institute, the Tate in London, Canada’s Nationalmuseum, and Battery Park in New York City. December 4, afternoon workshops and synthesis of ideas from theLakeview Sessions into an emerging Vision.Erik Freudenthal, Head ofCommunication, HammarbySjöstad, Stokholm, Sweden.Gail Lord President, LordCultural Resources,Toronto.Mathew Urbanski, Principal,Michael Van ValkenburghAssociates, Inc. LandscapeArchitects, New York, NY

On Display• Sheridan College• Celebration Square• Community Common Park• Bus Rapid Transit• Clarkson Village Study