<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Folks,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks again for a good meeting yesterday afternoon. I will follow-up more with many of the things we discussed over the days ahead however, the OGA just received this update from Hamilton on the results of their Urban Growth Survey Results where the City asked citizens for their preferred growth option. Over 18,000 households responded and you’ll see that over 90% voted to hold their urban boundary and not expand onto surrounding farmland. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We may have to engage in a similar exercise here this autumn as the Region of Waterloo investigates three growth scenarios. There’s lots we can learn from Hamilton.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin. <br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Tim Gray <<a href="mailto:tgray@environmentaldefence.ca" class="">tgray@environmentaldefence.ca</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">FW: GRIDS 2 / MCR - Urban Growth Survey Results</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">September 18, 2021 at 9:45:54 AM EDT</span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Some very good news and underscores that people power can make a difference!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></p><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </p><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">GRIDS 2 and MCR</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:grids2-mcr@hamilton.ca" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">grids2-mcr@hamilton.ca</a>><br class="">Date: Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 1:29 PM<br class="">Subject: GRIDS 2 / MCR – Urban Growth Survey Results<br class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">CC: Thorne, Jason <<a href="mailto:Jason.Thorne@hamilton.ca" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Jason.Thorne@hamilton.ca</a>>, Grant, Matthew <<a href="mailto:Matthew.Grant@hamilton.ca" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Matthew.Grant@hamilton.ca</a>>, Robichaud, Steve <<a href="mailto:Steve.Robichaud@hamilton.ca" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Steve.Robichaud@hamilton.ca</a>>, Travis, Heather <<a href="mailto:Heather.Travis@hamilton.ca" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Heather.Travis@hamilton.ca</a>>, Vraets, Lauren <<a href="mailto:Lauren.Vraets@hamilton.ca" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Lauren.Vraets@hamilton.ca</a>></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><div class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><img align="right" hspace="12" class="" apple-inline="yes" id="42D34C04-52CA-4069-AEF9-1E8E8ABEC001" src="cid:17bf4d9644ada4bd5162"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Good afternoon,</span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">This is a GRIDS 2 / MCR project update email regarding the Urban Growth Survey.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In late June/early July 2021 a mail-out survey was distributed to households in Hamilton to ask for opinions about how the City of Hamilton should grow to the year 2051. The City received a total of 18,387 survey responses by mail and email as of July 23, 2021.</span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The results of the mail and email survey submissions are as follows:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="263" valign="top" style="width: 197.6pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; background-color: rgb(231, 230, 230); padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Option</span></b></p></td><td width="77" valign="top" style="width: 58.05pt; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; background-color: rgb(231, 230, 230); padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Responses (#)</span></b></p></td><td width="85" valign="top" style="width: 63.45pt; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; background-color: rgb(231, 230, 230); padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Responses (%)</span></b></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="263" valign="top" style="width: 197.6pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Option 1 – ‘Ambitious Density’ scenario</span></p></td><td width="77" valign="top" style="width: 58.05pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">1,088</span></p></td><td width="85" valign="top" style="width: 63.45pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">5.9%</span></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="263" valign="top" style="width: 197.6pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Option 2 – ‘No Urban Boundary Expansion’ scenario</span></p></td><td width="77" valign="top" style="width: 58.05pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">16,636</span></p></td><td width="85" valign="top" style="width: 63.45pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">90.4%</span></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="263" valign="top" style="width: 197.6pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Option 3 – Other Suggestions</span></p></td><td width="77" valign="top" style="width: 58.05pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">663</span></p></td><td width="85" valign="top" style="width: 63.45pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">3.6%</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The Staff report (PED17010(m)) and appendices for the Urban Growth Survey will be presented to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><a href="https://www.hamilton.ca/council-committee/council-committee-meetings/general-issues-committee" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">General Issues Committee</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(GIC) on October 25, 2021</b>. The Urban Growth Survey staff report and appendices are now available in advance of this meeting on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.hamilton.ca/city-planning/official-plan-zoning-by-law/grids-2mcr-urban-growth-survey" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class="">GRIDS 2 / MCR Urban Growth Survey webpage</b></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><a href="https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=ccc9a3de-5779-4a8a-9e47-a7125f855953&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">General Issues Committee agenda</a></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for October 25, 2021.</span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">General Issues Committee (GIC)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>meeting on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">October 25<sup class="">th</sup>, 2021<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>will begin at<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>9:30am</b>. This meeting will be conducted virtually.</span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Further information on the General Issues Committee meeting, including how to register as a delegate, will be provided closer to the meeting date.</span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Heather Travis, MCIP, RPP</span></b></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 54);" class="">Senior Project Manager, Growth Management Strategy</span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 54);" class="">Planning Division</span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 54);" class="">Planning and Economic Development</span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 54);" class=""><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/City+of+Hamilton,+71+Main+St+W?entry=gmail&source=g" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">City of Hamilton, 71 Main St W</a>, 4<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>floor, L8P 4Y5</span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 54);" class="">(905) 546-2424 Ext.4168</span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 48, 54);" class=""><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1026" alt="cid:image002.png@01D78AB0.05935DA0" class="" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:17bf4d9644a7605c1151"></span></p></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1027" alt="Image removed by sender." class="" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:~WRD397.jpg"></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>