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durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ August 16,2006 ♦ Page A5 Regional, provincial plans still not aligned Official plan not working out as many had hoped BY ERIN HATFIELD Staff Writer DURHAM -- Plans still aren't unfolding as the Region would like, but it is forging on with its official plan. "The Province is not giving the process Durham went through with the (Region Official Plan) the appropriate attention," Durham Durham Region Chairman Roger Anderson said. This after a July 28 meeting on the plan (ROP) attended by Mr. Anderson, David Caplan, Minister Minister of Public Infrastructure Infrastructure Renewal, the chairwoman of the planning committee, committee, Gerri Lynn O'Connor, and a. planning staff member. When the Province released its Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe in June it was apparent it did not align completely with the ROP, which has been under review since 2000. The ROP establishes a growth-management growth-management structure. "We met with the minister and he instmeted his staff to meet with our staff," Mr. Anderson said. However, the meeting bore no fruit, Mr. Anderson said, "They haven't worked anything out," he said. . Mr. Anderson, who was in Ottawa Ottawa for the Association of Municipalities Municipalities of Ontario conference, said he hoped to find some time while in the capital to meet with Minister Caplan again. "I think we will have to work with the minister to see if his staff Roger Anderson didn't understand or if we didn't understand," he said. Mr. Anderson said he took from the meeting that the plans would be incorporated, but that didn't seem to be the case after the two teams of staff met. He said for now, however, staff at the Region will proceed in the direction previously outlined by council, omitting areas in conflict with the provincial plan. "There will be no urban boundary boundary expansion, which is what the (planning) committee was looking looking for," Mr. Anderson said. "Subject to what will happen by the end of the month," Mr. Anderson Anderson said. "I don't know where our official plan will go." On July 5 Regional Council adopted a resolution establishing the direction for the ROP review. . Staff was told to pro r ceed with the proposed ROP review amendment and it would be considered considered by planning committee committee on Aug. 29, with the exception of all policy policy and mapping revisions that do not conform with the Province's growth plan. The report was released early to the public, standard procedure at the Region, according to Nestor Chomobay, director of strategic planning. . "That is so people can review it and decide if they like it or they don't like it," Mr. Chomobay said "And whether or not they want to,appear to make deputation." deputation." The purpose of the report is to seek council's adoption of an amendment to the ROP for the transportation, commercial, rural, environmental, and certain aspects of the population, employment and urban land components of the ROP review. Throughout the ROP review process more than 400 submissions submissions have been received. In the last phase of the process, Mr. Chomobay said 100 submissions were considered in the amendment. amendment. As a result of the submissions, submissions, some minor changes have been made. "The overall policy thrust, it hasn't changed," he said. The report lays out two options for committee's consideration: deferring a decision on urban area boundary expansions pending pending completion of the growth plan implementation exercise; or deferring a decision on urban area boundary expansions, but adding a new supplemental attachment to the ROP recognizing future growth areas. The recommended amendment amendment to the ROP implements the approved directions for transportation, transportation, commercial, rural, environmental, environmental, and certain aspects of the population, employment and urban land components of the ROP review. The amendment docs not address the aspects of the population, employment and urban land component that are not consistent with the provincial provincial plan. The report is available on the Region's website, www. region.durham.on.ca. Older Adult Association BOWMAbjVILLE -- The Clar- ington Older Adult Association will hold its annual open house Friday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thé association provides social, educational and physical activities for older adults, at the Clarington Beech Centre, 26 Beech Ave., in Bowmanville. Yearly memberships, memberships, which are available at the open house and throughout the year, are $25. . 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