Planning for an Environmentally Friendly Community
Submission on Chelsea Master Plan Review
Action Chelsea for Respect of the Environment (ACRE)
December 6, 2004
Other Comments
PAE designations:
It would appear that the use of PAE designations has potential to apply to a range of planning issues, not simply multi unit buildings. We support the idea of using the PAE to apply to all remaining large undeveloped areas to ensure protection of groundwater and landscape connectivity as well as other environmental and social objectives.
Committees:
All Committees of Council, need to be given clear terms of reference that link directly to the principles and objectives of the Master Plan. At present it is not clear that Committees are making recommendations based on consistent and clear criteria.
Developing a "meaningful test of sustainability" would provide a means of testing proposals against a common set of decision-making criteria.
The Planning and Sustainable Development Committee currently operates without terms of reference or any mandate to engage in broad planning or sustainability issues. Their main focus has been on variance issues. A meaningful test of sustainability is necessary to guide the work of the Committee. A clear terms of reference that broadens the scope of the committee's work is in keeping with the committee's title.
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