Council Priorities 2019-2022 Refresh
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City Council approved its strategic priorities in May, 2019.
See them on the Kingston 2019-2022 Strategic Plan microsite.
Council wants to hear from you about the strategic priorities that Council set in 2019. Do they still make sense in light of COVID-19? Offer Council your comments on any or all of these priorities:
- Demonstrate Leadership on Climate Action
- Increase Housing Affordability
- Improve Walkability, Roads and Transportation
- Strengthen Economic Development Opportunities
- Foster Healthy Citizens and Vibrant Spaces
Your input will be provided to Council for consideration at a Sept. 24 Special Council Meeting - Council Strategic Planning Session to review the 2019-2022 Council Priorities.
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City Council approved its strategic priorities in May, 2019.
See them on the Kingston 2019-2022 Strategic Plan microsite.
Council wants to hear from you about the strategic priorities that Council set in 2019. Do they still make sense in light of COVID-19? Offer Council your comments on any or all of these priorities:
- Demonstrate Leadership on Climate Action
- Increase Housing Affordability
- Improve Walkability, Roads and Transportation
- Strengthen Economic Development Opportunities
- Foster Healthy Citizens and Vibrant Spaces
Your input will be provided to Council for consideration at a Sept. 24 Special Council Meeting - Council Strategic Planning Session to review the 2019-2022 Council Priorities.
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Demonstrate Leadership on Climate Action
over 3 years agoCLOSED: This brainstormer has concluded.Provide any comments you have related to the Climate Action priority. Input opportunity period ends Sept 15 at 4 p.m.
gerrytmmover 3 years agoA bicycle connector path from existing east-end reach out to Middle Road/Butternut Creek or Abbey Dawn.
Encourage healthy activity and protect environment.
0 comment12Gordon.taylor.109-6ejrwvuover 3 years agoRe-instate the tree planting project from the Samsung Community Benefit Fund . There are 15 years remaining in this funding stream.
Replace the clear cut trees
0 comment5GlenRover 3 years agoZoning and land use policy should not require car-dependency in new projects.
New commercial and residential projects outside of the core give a priority to car-only access. more drive throughs, 2 story commercial and office buildings are surrounded by massive empty parking lots. This design makes access by walking, cycling, and transit more difficult and hazardous, and requires employees and customers to drive individual cars to reach the building. Which results in a car-dependent city like we have This is a result of the C1&C2 zoning and the city support of large parking lots occupying 50-60% of the property, and restricting building density along Bath, Gardiners, Hwy 15&38, Dalton Rd. New development is being built for cars access only, which is as per the city planning policy.
0 comment1lisaasbreukover 3 years agoActive separated pathways across the city
More multi-user separated pathways (biking, running, walking, for strollers, and older folks, etc) which link between neighbourhoods + allow people to commute or travel safely, away from traffic. Not on roads. Most people who want to bike do not feel safe on the roads. Most existing distinct pathways are limited to within pockets of certain neighbourhoods, so you don’t get far. Ideally wrap a waterfront pathway across the entire waterfront and basin. Be inspired by Calgary and Vancouver cycling pathways
0 comment1Annabelsmillsover 3 years agoPicking up litter as a community service
We are still struggling with litter in the streets, and as we are on Lake Ontario, this is particularly worrisome. If students could collect litter as part of their community service, and offenders could do so as their community service, it might help to clean up the area.
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Increase Housing Affordability
over 3 years agoCLOSED: This brainstormer has concluded.Provide any comments you have related to the Housing Affordability priority. Input opportunity period ends Sept 15 at 4 p.m.
Susan Redheadover 3 years agoneeds to be a top priority with the impact of the pandemic
0 comment0npover 3 years agoActually build more affordable housing
Depending on private developers to add a sprinkling of "affordable" units in their buildings is not cutting it. The city needs to step up and build the units. Efforts so far have been a drop in the bucket.
1 comment13Susan Bover 3 years agoDiversify Shelter Options
Go back to a diversified shelter system, not a one-provider system HBH has proven itself unable to provide the kinds of shelter that respect the dignity of all, and to facilitate healing and wellness. Some people don't mind HBH/IFTC, but many really can't be there. City should be more careful about their service provider relationships in the future. The Housing and Homelessness Plan is done. DIdn't work the way you thought it would. Try something Different.
0 comment9Mmeciceroover 3 years agoMake affordable housing mandatory in all neighbourhoods and buildings to limit red line districts, encourage community and mental health.
End ‘Othering’.
0 comment6lifebettergreenover 3 years agoThere's only one way to fix affordability: build more housing.
New social housing is a powerful economic multiplier contributing to local, provincial and national prosperity and economic recovery efforts. It's the only way forward. The private sector will never fix this issue on its own, neither will loosening requirements for families to rent out their basements.
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Improve Walkability, Roads and Transportation
over 3 years agoCLOSED: This brainstormer has concluded.Provide any comments you have related to the Walkability, Roads and Transportation priority. Input opportunity period ends Sept 15 at 4 p.m.
Pdouglas.smithover 3 years agoOverpass across Highway 15 for Students attending SJAM and St. Martha's
As a Memorial University student in 1982 I learned the name of Judy Lynn Ford. Judy had been struck and killed by a car crossing a four lane road that bisected the campus. Students protested the dangerous level crossing until the city and the university agreed to take action to limit the risks of crossing the road. The actions included installing two overpasses. I urge the city to take preventive action and proactively provide a safe way for children to get across Highway 15 to access SJAM and St. Martha schools. Please don't wait for a tragedy and protest to take prudent action.
1 comment3Susan Bover 3 years agoPedestrian Districts
Downtown for sure, but also encourage West-end development to be more pedestrian-centred.
0 comment10tomtom77over 3 years agoRe-pave earl street + add dedicated bike lane
Re-pave earl street between victoria and albert. Add bike lane. Consider making Earl street a bike boulevard, by making it a one-way alternating directions every block to deter traffic (similar to some roads in Toronto)
0 comment3Brenda79over 3 years agoEnsure all building developments include a minimum amount of hard landscaping and trees that last longer than just a couple of years.
The redevelopment of a Princess between Division and McDonnell is a positive step, however, in an area where many walk as transportation, the street risks being a concrete eyesore with only a minimal amount of greenery included.
0 comment1Ralphyover 3 years agoOverpass/something needed for students and others to cross HWY 15 at Riverview subdivision or the shopping plaza to Rose Abby Dr.
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Strengthen Economic Development Opportunities
over 3 years agoCLOSED: This brainstormer has concluded.Provide any comments you have related to the Economic Development Opportunities priority. Input opportunity period ends Sept 15 at 4 p.m.
Calypsomoonover 3 years agoI am hoping that projects geared towards tourism will now take less of a priority (e.g. deep-water dock for cruise ships).
Prioritize other projects over tourism
2 comments8Mannie2020over 3 years agoGood jobs for people with skills
Look at Economic development with an employee lens, not just a. Business focused lens. What is being done to create good well paid living wage (at a minimum) jobs. Many are not employed in spite of good skills, training, education. Creation of jobs should be a prioirty. Investment and incentives for businesses should be based on the quality and quantity of jobs being sustained in the community, not warehouses or minimum wage jobs
0 comment0Derekover 3 years agoLegalize missing middle housing to empower small-scale developers
Missing middle housing (duplexes, fourplexes, cottage courts, etc.) will not only help solve our housing crisis, but it will help empower small developers and construction teams, rather than only those who have the financing to build large-scale development. In addition, missing middle housing types seem to be an easy way to densify citywide without potentially causing political turmoil (unlike recent mid- and high-rise proposals).
0 comment2Pgaudreauover 3 years agoTalent attraction campaign
With many workplaces going remote, now is a great opportunity to bring more high skilled workers to town from overcrowded cities with poorer quality of life.
2 comments2skipperjohnover 3 years agoSmarter Shopping
The Rideau Center East end is getting a new mall. It will have a $ Store and there is already one there, which has been serving us well. I’m sure the new store will put the old one out of business. I guess competition reigns supreme.
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Foster Healthy Citizens and Vibrant Spaces
over 3 years agoCLOSED: This brainstormer has concluded.Provide any comments you have related to the Healthy Citizens and Vibrant Spaces priority. Input opportunity period ends Sept 15 at 4 p.m.
Susan Redheadover 3 years agofocus on essentials of society, safety, shelter, food
0 comment0mcart037over 3 years agoWhat happened to community water fluoridation?
Get community water fluoridation back on city council's radar.
4 comments7Brenda79over 3 years agoCombine public art into functional bike racks at all shopping spaces.
0 comment1Mannie2020over 3 years agoBIPOC - equity diversity inclusion
all residents feel included -what is City Council doing to include representation and direct input from BIPOC?
0 comment1Scott Leeover 3 years agoGet Queens to enforce social distancing
If students are stopped by bylaw officers, have Queens also punish them academically. Expulsion would work better than fines which their parents would probably pay.
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Key dates
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September 01 → September 15 2020
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September 24 2020
Project timeline
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Sept. 1-15
Council Priorities 2019-2022 Refresh has finished this stageonline engagement is open
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Sept. 24
Council Priorities 2019-2022 Refresh has finished this stageSpecial Council Meeting - Council Strategic Planning Session
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October 2020
Council Priorities 2019-2022 Refresh is currently at this stageCouncil re-confirms strategic priorities.
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