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Ward 6 Town Hall
Councillor Chew, Councillor O’Rourke and City Finance Staff
November 9, 2023
South End, Guelph, ON
We are here
Future South End Community Centre
Our budget story: meeting current service levels
Our budget story: meeting current service levels
7:00 - 7:05pm 7:05 - 7:35pm
7:35 - 7:55pm
7:55 - 8:15pm 8:15 - 8:30pm
Building Guelph's budget
November 9, 2023
Watson Parkway, Guelph
Our budget story: meeting current service levels
Our budget story: meeting current service levels
// Main Entrance
Shovels are in the ground!
Construction is currently underway with scheduled completion for 2026.
October 17 Groundbreaking
• Ground broken on October 17th
• 85% Covered by Development Charges
• 15% Taxes
•
Facility Amenities
• Twin ice pads
• Twin ice pads
• Lap and teaching pool
• Lap and teaching pool
• Double gymnasium
• Walking track
• Double gymnasium
• Walking track
• Multi-purpose rooms
• Meets the City’s energy goals of Net Zero Carbon
MJMA // Entrance View
Current Progress
Orin Reid Park
Orin Reid Park Upgrades
City of Guelph
Parks and Recreation Master Plan
August 2023
Accessible formats available by calling 5198221260 extension 3371 or TTY 5198269771 Future Guelph Strategic Plan 2024–2027
Project Number PK0057
Future master plan features
• Central gathering space
• Splash pad
• Washroom
• Pavilion with seating area
• Softball diamond*
• More benches and bike rack
• Entrance wall off Goodwin Dr
• Additional tree plantings
Orin Reid Park North
100% funded by development charges
Gordon Street and Arkell Road
Gordon Street Improvements
Project Number PN0142
Gordon Street Improvements
Consultant has been retained to begin detailed design work.
Scope has expanded to improve drainage on Lowes Road.
Work to be tendered for 2024.
Infrastructure improvements to start in 2024.
Full road improvement to start in 2025.
Kortright Rd
Edinburgh Rd
Lowes Rd
Clair Rd
Addressing immediate issues
Major Storm Events
Lowes Road storm event July 21, 2023
Lowes Road frontage pre-development, google street view circa. 2014
Lowes Road frontage conditions post development gradechange
Lowes Road storm event July 21, 2023
The City hears your concerns
Future Studies and Upgrades
Improvement Study
The purpose of the study improvements and traffic management for Gordon Street between Edinburgh Road and Lowes Road, and recommend a preferred alternative solution to address identified problems
Class EA + Public engagement sessions.
Rd
Edinburgh Rd
speed of 50 km/hour north of Hands Drive and 60 km/hour south of Hands Drive to Clair Road. The posted speed increases to 70 km/hour south of Clair Road. Gordon Street 000 vehicles per day north of Arkell Road and 23,000 vehicles
Lowes Road upgrades and Alectra to move hydro on Gordon.
3.3.3 Comments from the Public
A total of 44 PIC #2 Surveys were submitted, including 3 by email or mail. These submissions
Gordon Road improvements to take place to bring in centre turn lanes.
Lowes Rd
The PIC #2 Survey was provided to attendees. The PIC #2 Survey included the same respondent profile and top concern questions from PIC #1 to serve as a comparison, as well as a question about whether the proposed solution addresses the top concerns identified in the PIC #1 Survey. The PIC #2 Survey also included the solicitation of comments on the study findings and overall support for the Preferred Option 4
Kortright
Clair Rd
Rotating automatic speed enforcement cameras at Westwood Road Public School
VisionZero
Traffic Calming and Road Safety
Current Priorities. Data-driven decision making.
Staff have recently focused on implementation of the speed limit reductions throughout the city.
City’s traffic engineering is building a road safety dashboard that will become available online soon. The dashboard will contain road safety related metrics, data, KPIs, and results.
Automatic
Speed Enforcement 2023-2024 locations
Rotating automatic speed enforcement cameras at Westwood Road Public School
Pedestrian Crossover Installations BEFORE
Colonial Drive at Sir Isaac Brock Public School
AFTER
Colonial Drive at Sir Isaac Brock Public School
BEFORE
Roundabout at Farley and Clairfields Dr E
AFTER
Roundabout at Farley and Clairfields Dr E
Gordon Street and Arkell Road
Creek with routing
20232031~
Janefield, and Route 50U Scottsdale service hours to 7:15 service hours to to 90 minutes, frequency to every 9 hours from Sunday service hours evening service
University Centre
University Centre Stone Road Mall Stone Road Mall West End
Guelph Central Guelph Central
Woodlawn Smart Centre
Woodlawn Smart Centre
Clair-Maltby Terminal
Hub and Spoke
2023 Route Implementation
Route 19
Boardings for Route 19
• Route 19 was switched from On-demand to full service in May 2023
• From May 2023 to September 2023 – total boardings were 50,396 (average of 94 boardings per day)
• From September 2023 to October 2023 – total boardings were 10,654 (av. of 204 boardings per day)
• This is a growth of 120% since the extension was introduced
2023 Route Implementation
Route 19
Hanlon Creek Blvd
Laird Road
Downey
Woodland Glen
Cooper Drive Clair
Quarterman Rd
Lost Aviator Coffee
DBL Golf Sim
Cafe 245
Guelph CrossFit
Creekside Kitchen
Why Not Italian
YMCA
Denso Canada
OntarioOne
Clairfield Plazas
Guelph Humane Society
Niska Lands
Niska Management Plan
Kortright Hills Area
Niska Lands
Niska Management Plan
Kortright Hills Area
• 117 acres of forest •5 acres of marsh
Niska Land Holdings Description 65 hectares
• 117 acres of forest
• 7.5 acres of meadow
• 5 acres of marsh
• 7.5 acres of meadow
• Hanlon Creek - cold water stream
• Hanlon Creek - cold water stream
• 31 acres of leased agricultural land
• 31 acres of leased agricultural land
Niska Lands
Niska Management Plan
Kortright Hills Area
• In 2018 the GRCA Board directs staff to develop MP.
• Draft MP released for public comment May 2023
• Public comments presented to GRCA Board with Draft MP
• Final version to be brought forward to the board Q4 2023.
Niska Lands
Niska Management Plan
Kortright Hills Area
Recommendation 1:
• Engage with the City of Guelph and other third parties to explore opportunities to enter into a maintenance agreement for parcels of land that can provide recreational or conservation opportunities.
Recommendation 2:
• Continue to advocate and promote partnership opportunities to manage and monitor the biodiversity and ecological systems within Niska.
Recommendation 3:
• Dispose of the 8 hectare parcel of land south of Niska Road identified as Agricultural Field B.
Lands
Niska
Moving forward into the future
Eileen Hammill, executive director of Kortright Park, June 10, 1975.
2005 Kortright Waterfowl Park closed to public by N.W.F.
2023 City of Guelph Comprehensive Zoning update
Kortright Waterfowl Park operated from 1965-2005
Commercial lease with Niska Wildlife Foundation from 1977–2014
Future opportunities after management plan is ratified: Co-design, trails maintenance, ecological rehabilitation, third-party collaborations.
Decision Meeting April 18, 2023
Decision
Meeting
April 18, 2023
oning Bylaw (1995) – 14864 was adopted on June 19, 1995.
y Council approved the new Zoning By-law (2023)-20790.
oning By-law (2023)-20790 is currently under appeal.
during the appeal period must comply with both Zoning By-laws.
Arkell Road Victoria Road
New UGDSB School Location
New UGDSB High School
• The new high school in south Guelph is now expected to open in fall 2025.
• The expected start date of construction is early 2024, says the Upper Grand District School Board.
Federal Riding Changes
• Federal electoral boundary redistribution in place for next federal election
• Affects 25,000 people in Ward 6 who will be part of Wellington-Halton Hills North
Our budget story: meeting current service levels