County of Brant Council Special Meeting OP Public Hearing

That the agenda and addendum of December 9, 2021 be approved.

That item 5.2, 5.2.1, and 5.3 be

And that staff be directed to include the properties located at 143 Bethel Road & 183 Bethel Road in the Paris Primary Urban Settlement Area Boundary Expansion and be re-designated from Prime Agriculture to Prestige Employment lands to be shown in the County’s final New Official Plan.

Whereas a Site Specific Review proposal from 299-301 Oakhill Drive was submitted to consider an expansion to the Secondary Settlement Area Boundary to Oakhill/Airport. That, Council directs staff to redesignate portion of property located at 299 – 301 Oakhill Drive from Prime Agriculture to Residential for the purposes of a minor rounding out to the Settlement Boundary to Oakhill/Airport, and forward to the Province for review and consideration.

Whereas the County of Brant has identified excess residential lands with both its primary urban and rural settlement area boundaries. That staff be directed to not reduce current Rural Settlement Area boundaries.

That staff are directed to include a new policy in the New Official Plan which initiates the development of walkability/ active transportation networks which commits to creating safe walking/ cycling routes on all appropriate roads by 2032.

That staff be directed to include a new policy in the New Official Plan which creates innovative and tangible solutions to traffic congestion and parking challenges in conjunction with the Transportation Master Plan, Secondary Plans, Age Friendly Plan and other traffic studies as appropriate and includes a commitment specifically to address, as top priority, the current and anticipated congestion in downtown Paris.

That staff are directed to include a new policy in the Draft New Official Plan dated July 2021 in Section 11.3.3, that any proposed residential development on community area lands meets conformity with the affordable housing policies as per Section 5.6.2. And, that subject to Provincial approval of the new County of Brant Official Plan that special or inclusionary zoning related to affordable / attainable housing including a definition of such be implemented through a Zoning By-law Amendment as appropriate.

Whereas the County of Brant is undertaking a New Official Plan, to be in conformity with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan) by July 1, 2022; And whereas a major component of this New Official Plan is the completion of a Municipal Comprehensive Review as per Section 26 of the Planning Act; And whereas Council and Staff have received comments from Indigenous communities, the public, and stakeholders on the draft Municipal Comprehensive Review and draft New Official Plan which have been received by staff for review and consideration; And whereas the Province of Ontario has provided ongoing feedback through the partner Ministries One-Window-Review Process, which feedback is required to be included in the final New Official Plan; Therefore, that report RPT-21-317, which includes Site Specific land use re- designation requests, Draft New Official Plan comments, and major amendments proposed to the Draft New Official Plan, be received by Council as information; And that staff be directed to prepare a final Municipal Comprehensive Review and New Official Plan as outlined, including a Growth Management Strategy (GMS), based on input received from the Province, Council, the public, Indigenous Communities and stakeholders leading up to Council adoption in February 2022, subject to the following amendments: 1) Whereas a Site Specific Review proposal from 299-301 Oakhill Drive was submitted to consider an expansion to the Secondary Settlement Area