Tony Stevens
City/Township Council · Woolwich Ward 1
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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
- Use development phasing tied to infrastructure capacity
- Prioritize infill and intensification where infrastructure
- Require detailed cost and risk analysis before approving
- Proceed with outward growth to address housing supply
- Limit outward growth unless full lifecycle 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
- Require area-specific planning studies before permitting additional density
- Maintain existing zoning; manage density primarily through new growth areas
B. Managing neighbourhood opposition
- Use public engagement to inform design, not to veto density
- Phase or adjust density in response to neighbourhood concerns about design or servicing capacity
- Require demonstrated city-wide benefits to justify local impacts
C. Infrastructure & servicing
- Approve density where infrastructure capacity already exists
- Use development charges or conditions to fund needed upgrades
- Delay density until infrastructure is expanded
Please describe one concrete example of a growth or infrastructure decision you would support or oppose using this approach.candidate's own words
Prioritize housing development that also contains the extra commercial, greenspace and transportation development for long term sustainability. Lots of houses need more than just roads.
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
Incentivize and approve the proper kinds of development to encourage vacant land owners to sell for good development.