The Committee considered Development Services Department report DSD-2021-164, dated September 23, 2021, recommending submission of the Kitchener Growth Management Strategy 2021 Annual Monitoring Report, to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in fulfillment of the Administrative Agreement between the City of Kitchener and the Region of Waterloo, regarding delegated approval authority. The Committee was also in receipt of a written submission on this matter from Hal Jaeger.
T. Donegani and T. Seyler presented the Kitchener Growth Management Strategy 2021 Annual Monitoring Report to the Committee. They reported on the rate of development, intensification levels and areas, density targets, and housing supply.
S. Burrows appeared before the Committee to share questions regarding the estimated development of the available capacity of the Urban Growth Centre (UGC); the estimated number of residents in the UGC; the estimated parkland for the UGC; how Victoria Park is considered in the UGC; averages for density in urban versus greenfield areas; trends for housing in the different areas; and, the implications of the listed planning principles. The Committee referred the questions to staff.
In response to the Committee's questions, staff discussed intensification rates and targets, housing supply deficits and the capacity for growth, and Urban Growth Centre (UGC) targets. Staff further discussed parkland and downtown planning, development rates of housing stock types, and affordability reporting.