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

Kitchener — Ward 3

3 candidates responded

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All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes
Joanne Delaney-Fraser See responses
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
No response
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
No response
B. Managing neighbourhood opposition
No response
C. Infrastructure & servicing
No response
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Lurdes Jordao See responses
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. Prioritize infill and intensification where infrastructure
  3. 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
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
C. Infrastructure & servicing
No response
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Matt Parker See responses
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
No response
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
  • Phase or adjust density in response to neighbourhood concerns about design or servicing capacity
C. Infrastructure & servicing
  • Pair density approvals with targeted infrastructure upgrades

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 am against phased or delayed development based on specific neighborhood preservation.

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

I'm in favour of a series of traditionally minor zoning variances being incorporated into SGA zoning to bypass some of the planning backlog required for re development

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

Forward looking service agreements with timelines for construction and occupancy

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On the ballot but have not responded to survey (3)

  • Shawn Bradshaw
  • Jason Deneault
  • Ismail Mohamed

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