Ontario Trail Conference June 2010
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Ontario Trails Conference 2010
Ontario Trail
Conference
June 2010
Kara Van Myall, MCIP, RPP, OALA, CSLA
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Ontario Trails Conference 2010
Building Bridges or Trails?
How to Incorporate Trails? Political will Public involvement Professional knowledge Adequate funding
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Building Bridges or Trails?
Political Will Every town and city
has one – a street that no one wants to walk along
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Building Bridges or Trails?
Enable trails through everyday operations Share responsibilities Enable good decisions
to happen naturally
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Involve the Public Advisory committees
shape policy and plan new facilities
Community Champions promote, fundraise and supply volunteers.
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Building Bridges or Trails?
Municipalities need to: Learn from others Craft a strategy Implement strategy across municipal activities like
Land use planning; Economic development; Transportation & Park Planning; Road design; Health promotion; Budgeting; and Staff training.
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Planning Good planning involves all
aspects of transportation and land use planning
Ability to influence can range from Growth management strategies to site design
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Building Bridges or Trails?
Planning Strengthen land use plans
Amend Official Plans and Zoning By-laws Train Planning Staff
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Building Bridges or Trails?Planning
Physically healthy community
Quality of life Addressing economic
impacts Sense of place / identity Community
cohesiveness Crime prevention
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Land Use PlanningProvincial Policy Statement
Upper Tier Official Plans
Lower Tier Official Plans
Trails Masterplans
Subdivision Process
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Building Bridges or Trails?Planning
Bruce County Official Plan (BCOP) County Council encourages the development of recreational trails including
hiking trails, canoe routes, the Bruce Trail, biking skiing, snowmobile trail.”
“County Council encourages local municipalities to determine if the provision of trail linkages, as part of a new development, would facilitate the development of a comprehensive trail system throughout the County”
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Building Bridges or Trails? Trail Masterplans
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Ontario Trails Conference 2010
Building Bridges or Trails? Trail Masterplans
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Trail Masterplans Results in various types of trail throughout
the community
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Building Bridges or Trails?
Planning Subdivision Plans We
can impose conditions including dedication of lands for park purposes and highways (including pathways for pedestrians and bicycle)
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Building Bridges or Trails?
Subdivision Plans
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Subdivision Plans
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Trails / Infrastructure Have discussions with
municipal engineering Road Standards Bike Lanes Infrastructure
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Funding Dedicated dollars
are key but can’t pay for every initiative
Road budgets need to consider active transport
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Thank you!