All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes

Steven Martin

City/Township Council · Wilmot Ward 4

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All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes
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Growth & Planning

How should councils weigh the long-term cost of maintaining existing infrastructure when making decisions about outward growth and expansion?ranked from highest to lowest importance
  1. Require detailed cost and risk analysis before approving
  2. Use development phasing tied to infrastructure capacity
  3. Prioritize infill and intensification where infrastructure
How should councils balance provincial and regional mandates for increased housing density with neighbourhood opposition and local infrastructure constraints?select up to 4 per part
A. Planning & zoning tools
  • Focus incremental density near transit, schools, and commercial areas
  • Allow small-scale housing forms city-wide as-of-right (e.g. up to four units per lot)
B. Managing neighbourhood opposition
  • Use public engagement to inform design, not to veto density
  • Continue to work with the community on what makes sense
C. Infrastructure & servicing
  • Approve density where infrastructure capacity already exists
  • Pair density approvals with targeted infrastructure upgrades
  • It is an ongoing process to make good decisions that fit in that community

Describe one concrete zoning, planning, or development decision you would support (or oppose) that reflects how you would balance these priorities.candidate's own words

I think that we need to look at building up, rather than sprawling out in our rural township to protect farmland.

Please describe one concrete example of a growth or infrastructure decision you would support or oppose using this approach.candidate's own words

Intensifying the areas where there already are settlements

Other priority not listed abovecandidate's own words

Work with the community to make good decisions

What can the municipality/region do, if anything, about land which sits vacant for years because it is being used as an investment (land banking)?candidate's own words

In Wilmot township, encourage the land use for agriculture.