05-01-2022, 10:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-01-2022, 10:21 AM by cherrypark.)
(04-30-2022, 10:28 PM)nms Wrote: Or perhaps, if the planning department is getting backed up because of incredible demand, raise the development fees (or perhaps have a "pay a higher price to go to the front of the line"). The Region is in a boom time, I agree. But simply sailing along on unbridled development and hoping that the market will eventually cool down enough to accommodate things like affordable housing or quality green space is not going to work.
Was in no way implying the status quo was sufficient or good, especially in those two aspects. Rather that a moratorium on new approvals does not achieve either outcome (better wholistic plans or addressing the present supply shortage) and supposes that the current resourcing in the city to manage those developments is sufficient to address the problem in a timely manner and is not a root cause of the problem.
Its a complex issue and you can be simultaneously pro-development and the potential it creates (e.g. - can Kitchener now more reasonably plan to use their Bramm St. property for parkland and a mix of affordable and family housing) while thinking portions of the current process are not good enough (variance in quality of proposals/final builds, actual benefits derived from 'bonusing', parkland allocation with above zoning density, etc.)