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A NEW DIRECTION: Saint John’s Choice for Growth and Change Growth Strategy & Municipal Plan Open House December 8, 2010
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A NEW DIRECTION:Saint John’s Choice for Growth and ChangeGrowth Strategy & Municipal Plan Open HouseDecember 8, 2010
Today’s Agenda
About PlanSJ
Why we need a strategy for growth and change
PlanSJ directions and options
What you told us
Saint John’s choice for growth and change
Open house format
Next steps
Phase 1Growth Strategy: Where we grow
Phase 2 New Municipal Plan: How we grow
How It Is Created
Future phases: Zoning Bylaw, Neighbourhood Plans
What is Plan SJ?
City of Saint JohnCitizens Advisory Committee
Urban Strategies and ADI
& You!
THE PROJECT TEAMPlanSJ Team
Building on City Initiatives
Research & Technical Studies
Community Engagement
PlanSJ Foundations
Choices for Growth & Change Workshop(Oct 2010)
Saint John’s Choice for Growth & Change Open House (Dec 2010)
Adoption of Growth Strategy Report(early 2011)n
Nearing completion of the Growth Strategy
We have reached a major milestone
A NEW DIRECTION:Saint John’s Choice
for Growth and Change
Summary of What We Heard
Why we needa Growth Strategy
New development on the edge disinvestment & vacancy in the core
Past patterns of growth are not sustainable
New directions are needed to guide growth and change
in Saint John
Shaping the best future for the City
Celebrating Saint John`s many waterfronts
The heart of the Greater Saint John Region
Healthy, unique and inclusive neighbourhoods
A progressive, robust and prosperous economy
Protecting the natural environment and ecosystems
Growing the City smarter with complete & compact communities
An enviable quality of life, choice and experience
A strong plan for action and making change
PlanSJ directionsPlanSJ Directions
Complete communities include: Compact Development , Diversity of Housing and Employment
Complete communities include: Mobility Options, Protected Natural Areas
Complete communities include: Arts & Culture, Heritage Resources
Complete communities include: Re-Use of Vacant Buildings, Good Urban Design
Review of the options for growth and change
Flood Risk Areas
Existing Developed Areas
Parks & Crown Lands
Rural Areas
LEGEND
Primary Development Area Boundary
Lakes and Rivers
100 Year Flood Risk Area
Places where Saint John won’t grow
Urban:50%Suburban: 35%Rural & Infill: 15%
Option 1: prioritizing the urban core
Millidgeville West
Millidgeville CentreUniversity Ave Corridor
Fairville Place
Central Waterfront
The North End
South End
Waterloo Village
Crescent Valley
Lower West Side
Option 2: distributing redevelopment
Millidgeville West
Millidgeville Centre
Forest Hills/ Lakewood
UNBSJ Plateau
Monte Cristo/ Gault Rd
Central Waterfront
The North End
South End
Lower West Side
University Ave Corridor
Crescent Valley
Urban:25%Suburban: 60%Rural & Infill: 15%
We heard strong support for…
Primary development area
Urban & suburban opportunity areas
All priority neighbourhoods
UNBSJ-Regional Hospital
The airport
Port lands
We heard strong support for:
The majority of Saint John citizens prefer Option 1
There was also strong interest in a blended Option
A small portion of the business and development community prefers Option 2
About the 2 options, we heard:
A NEW DIRECTION:Saint John’s Choice
for Growth and Change
A long term vision for Saint John
New office/major institutional development:41,000m2
New commercial/retail development: 360,000 m2
New industrial development: 315,000m2
New places to work: Development program and land budget
New places to live:Development program and land budget
New Places to Live = 5,000 housing units
Urban Opportunity Areas: 1530 Units
Suburban Opportunity Areas: 1360 Units
Rural Opportunity Areas: 170 Units
Infill development: 340 Units
Approved developments: 1600 Units
Lorneville
Martinon to South Bay
Treadwell Lake
Natural and rural areas
UNBSJ Plateau
The Uptown
New places to work: office-mixed use
McAllister Centre
Fairville Corridor
North Retail & Commercial Node
New places to work: retail-commercial
Spruce Lake Industrial
McAllisterIndustrial
New places to work: industrial
title
Saint John Airport
Saint John Port
Major transportation centres
titleCrescent Valley
The North End
Fairville Place
Lower West Side
Monte Cristo / Gault Road The South End
Waterloo Village
Forest Hills/ LakewoodUniversity Avenue Corridor
Millidgeville Centre
Urban Residential Opportunity Areas
Suburban Residential Opportunity Areas
New places to live
Rural Residential Opportunity Areas
We value your input
Tonight`s key questions
1. Public engagement and communications
2. Natural areas, rural areas and the primary
development area
3. Opportunity areas for growth
4. PlanSJ next steps & municipal plan policy areas
5. The overall growth strategy?
Our Next Steps1. Please share your thoughts on the Growth Strategy by Monday
January 10, 2011
2. Council adoption of the growth strategy early 2011
3. Development of and public consultation on the Municipal Plan policy framework (Phase 2 of PlanSJ )
Visit the PlanSJ Storefront in Brunswick SquareCall the PlanSJ Office: 635-2000 Visit www.saintjohn.ca/PlanSJ Become a fan of PlanSJ on Facebook Email: [email protected]: PO Box 1971, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L1
• employment uses
• residential uses
• mixed use
• parks, recreation and open spaces
• primary development area
• opportunity areas
• infill
• urban design
• arts, culture and heritage
• transportation
• resource uses
• natural areas
• rural and environmental areas
Phase 2: Municipal Plan policy topics
Thank you!
Please share your thoughts on the Growth Strategy by Monday January 10, 2011
Visit the PlanSJ Storefront in Brunswick SquareCall the PlanSJ Office: 635-2000 Visit www.saintjohn.ca/PlanSJ Become a fan of PlanSJ on Facebook Email: [email protected]: PO Box 1971, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L1
