In 2004, the Council of Borden-Carleton authorized a review of the 1997 Official Plan. The plan review process was coordinated by the Planning Committee under the direction of Council. The planning Committee consisted of four members of Council and two resident members of Borden-Carleton.
The Plan Review Process consisted of four phases:
- Background study (Appendix 2) and interviews with key stakeholders
- Planning Board/Public consultation
- Documentation preparation
- Council consideration and adoption
A Background Study was prepared in 2004 to prepare a new Official Plan and Development By-law for the Community of Borden-Carleton to replace the current Official Plan and Development By-law (See Appendix 2)
The residents of Borden-Carleton were provided with several opportunities to participate in the Plan Review Process. A stakeholder visioning session was held during the winter 2005 in which approximately 12 residents from various neighborhoods and interests were invited to share their ideas on a range of land use issues and service issues facing the community. The results of this visioning session assisted with future planning board deliberations during the review of the Plan. As another component of the public consultation, three suggestion boxes were placed throughout the community during the fall of 2005 - at the post office, a local grocery store, and the community office, to solicit written input from the community at large. In February 2006, the community placed two separate ads in the Guardian newspaper, inviting residents to attend an Open House to review land use and future planning maps for the community, and to review key issues reviewed by the Planning Board during the community suggestion box and the Open House formed the public consultation component of the Plan Review Process in advance of the legislated requirement for Council to hold a public meeting to adopt the Plan.
As the final step in the Plan Review Process, Council held a public meeting on ------, 2006 as required by the Planning Act, as part of the formal adoption process.
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