Draft Mapping and Technical Report Feedback Extended

Thank you to everyone who came to last night’s open house on the First Draft Mapping and Technical Report for the Natural Heritage Study. We had more than 125 people attend to learn more about the study and its process.

The Natural Heritage Study is an important background study that maps and identifies important natural features and aspects of the environment. Once completed, the study will make policy recommendations for the new Official Plan about how to protect these natural features. At this stag,e we are working on the maps to make sure they reflect Kingston’s natural features.

If you haven’t yet provided feedback on these maps, we have extended the deadline to do so until Aug. 6. Your comments will help us make the maps more accurate and better able to protect Kingston’s natural features. Later this summer, we will report out on what we have heard during this first draft.

The input we receive on this draft will be used to improve the maps and in the fall, there will be more opportunities to give feedback. The revised mapping will show areas where applications have been received for expansion of the urban boundary. This will include a second open house. The date for that second open house still needs to be confirmed and will be announced once it is.

If you would like to view the slides from the open house, you can request them through Get Involved. Those slides are being reviewed for accessibility and will also be shared on the project page and with subscribers once that review is complete.