This public process has been led by the consulting firm
Brook McIlroy Inc./Pace Architects, which also led the
Waterfront
Parks Strategy.
To view the citizens’ White Paper on the District Policies Review
as
submitted to the City by VIVA Port Credit (TOPCA is a
member group), the PowerPoint presentation A Vision for Port
Credit
based on the White Paper, and media reports,
click here.
TOPCA sponsored a community meeting on June 4, 2008 to present:
A Vision for Port Credit, which has emerged from
all our collective ideas.Click here for details.
The Directions Report,
based on all the community input over the past year and the
consultants' recommendations regarding the Port
Credit District Policies Review was presented and discussed at a
public meeting of Council's Planning and Development Committee
on Nov. 17, 2008.
This report draws on the extensive citizen input given over the
last year, and affirms the
Port Credit District Vision: 'Evolving the Urban Village'.
Click here to read the Nov. 18 Mississauga News article:
'Report on future is prelude of things to come'.
NOTE:An electronic version
of the Directions Reportis available on the
City's webpage -- CHECK IT OUT
by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on the report
components.
TOPCA sponsored a public meeting on Nov. 26, 2008:
Developing Our 100 Acres: An
Urban Design Panel on Port Credit,which featured a variety of
urban design practitioners.
Click here for
details.
Place-Making workshops for Port Credit
took
place in earlier 2008, based on priority sites identified at the
Port Credit Visioning Session (December 11, 2007). These included
Lakeshore Road, and Port Street East, as well as the former Texaco
lands (75 waterfront acres) now owned by Imperial Oil, and the
federally-owned harbour lands (19 waterfront acres) south of Port Street East. Google Earth aerial
views are available here:
NEW: The City's
Planning Dept. has created the Port
Credit Local Advisory Panel, which includes reps from all the
local stakeholder groups (including TOPCA). This will enhance the already strong
public engagement process as the new Port
Credit District Policies are prepared by Planning staff in
2009/10.
The first (organizational) meeting of the Panel was May 25, 2009.
Click here for
background information about the Panel.
Port Credit District Policies Review: contact Paul
Stewart, Policy Planner for Port Credit at
paul.stewart@mississauga.ca or call at 905-615-3200 ext. 5813.
