A COMMUNITY PLAN FOR
MEADOWS WEST NORTH
OPEN HOUSE #2: LAND USE, HOUSING, AND NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
WELCOME
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
1. Review of Community
Preferences
2. Proposed Land Use
3. Neighbourhood
Design
4. Next Steps
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
The quality of our neighbourhoods are defined by our open spaces, our
streets, our housing types and mix of land uses.
We showed you 30 slides for the following categories:
1. Single family Character
2. Town House/Multi-family Character
3. Neighbourhood Commercial Character
4. Neighbourhood Street Character
5. Recreation and Open Space
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DIDN’T LIKE
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LIKED
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
SINGLE FAMILY CHARACTER – WHAT YOU LIKED
• Housing with unique
architectural features
+55
+41
• Housing which
incorporates a mix of
styles
• Housing served by both
front driveways and rear
lanes
+31
+21
+17
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
SINGLE FAMILY CHARACTER – WHAT YOU DIDN’T LIKE
• Monotonous and
repetitive house design
• Garages that dominate the
landscape
• Un-imaginative
landscaping design
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1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
TOWN HOUSE/MULTI-FAMILY CHARACTER – WHAT YOU LIKED
• Unique architectural
features (differing roof lines
and projections)
+64
+47
• Multi-family that is
pedestrian focused and
walkable
• Variety of ‘look’ and ‘feel’
+20
• Multi-family that fits with
neighbourhood singlefamily residential character
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
TOWN HOUSE/MULTI-FAMILY CHARACTER – WHAT YOU DIDN’T LIKE
• Uniformity
-73
• Design dominated by
surface parking lots
• Repetitive visual character
• Large box scale
-45
• Green spaces that are not
functional
-38
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL CHARACTER – WHAT YOU LIKED
• Strong pedestrian
focused environment
+89
+36
• Incorporate aesthetics
into streetscape
including planting,
lighting and
architectural details
• Signage designed for the
pedestrian scale
+21
• Building setback
designed to create an
intimate relationship
with sidewalk and the
street
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL CHARACTER – WHAT YOU DIDN’T LIKE
• Poor pedestrian environment (cars
and parking lots rule)
• Buildings set back from the street
with no pedestrian connections
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• Poor visual character (‘strip mall’
commercial buildings)
• Little or no green space
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• Signage is car orientated
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
NEIGHBOURHOOD STREET CHARACTER – WHAT YOU LIKED
• Focused on landscape
and pedestrian
amenities
+51
+14
• Walkable environment
+24
+8
• Building setbacks
designed to create an
aesthetically pleasing
relationship between
buildings, sidewalks and
the streets
• High quality fencing
+7
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
NEIGHBOURHOOD STREET CHARACTER – WHAT YOU DIDN’T LIKE
• Poor visual character
• Spaces that are not
designed for people
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• Inconsistent design
standards for
streetscape fencing
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
RECREATION & OPEN SPACE – WHAT YOU LIKED
• Green spaces that
incorporate trail systems
+86
+108
• High quality functional
landscape with
contemplative spaces
• Retention ponds that
incorporate naturalized
shoreline plantings
+60
+50
• Places that provide a
variety of recreation
opportunities
• Play spaces for children
+45
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
RECREATION & OPEN SPACE – WHAT YOU DIDN’T LIKE
• Green spaces that do not
provide for recreation
activities beyond
walkways
• Green spaces that are not
pedestrian in scale
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1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
REVIEW OF POSTER BOARDS – NORTH BOUNDARY
Include multi-family condominiums
on north side of Jefferson Avenue.
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Provide for seniors housing .
Jefferson Ave.
Dr. Jose Rizal Way
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1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
REVIEW OF POSTER BOARDS – EAST BOUNDARY
Concern about traffic on Keewatin
(its only 2 lanes)
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Keewatin should be a four lane
divided median roadway
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Keewatin should be extended to
meet with Jefferson Avenue and
Chief Peguis Trail
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Traffic lights should be placed at
major intersections along Keewatin
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Keewatin frontage would be a good
location for smaller houses and
townhouses
Jefferson Ave.
Dr. Jose Rizal Way
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1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
REVIEW OF POSTER BOARDS – SOUTH BOUNDARY
Residential traffic from new development
are should be discouraged from infiltrating
into Meadows West neighbourhood streets.
Connections to Stillmeadow Cove,
Meadowland Dr. and Garton Ave need to
consider neighbourhood traffic impacts.
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Incorporate recreational spaces behind
Marianne Rd. and preserve the trees
planted by local residents.
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Inter-connect the neighbourhoods through
sidewalks to encourage walking and biking
instead of car use.
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Do not connect Adsum Dr. west through the
new development to the Industrial Area
because it might invite truck traffic from the
industrial area onto King Edward and into
our residential streets.
Jefferson Ave.
Dr. Jose Rizal Way
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Marianne Rd
1 - REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PREFERENCES
REVIEW OF POSTER BOARDS – WEST BOUNDARY
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Place commercial land uses on
western side of King Edward Street as
well as schools, community centre, fire
and police services to buffer industrial
uses
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Transform King Edward into a four lane
roadway and do not allow truck traffic
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Incorporate a bike path along King
Edward Street north to Jefferson
Avenue to connect to the future Chief
Peguis Trail bikeways
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Keep King Edward Street residential in
character. No truck traffic.
Dr. Jose Rizal Way
Jefferson Ave.
2 - PROPOSED LAND USES
NEIGHBOURHOOD CONCEPT PLAN
Single family homes
Townhouses
Multi-family
Neighbourhood
Commercial
Dr. Jose Rizal Way
Jefferson Ave.
2 - PROPOSED LAND USES
PARKS, GREEN SPACES AND RECREATION
Retention pond is
naturalized and
incorporates a pathway
system to interconnect the
neighbourhoods
Jefferson Ave.
Dr. Jose Rizal Way
Green Space to provide a
variety of different options
for passive and active
recreation play spaces
2 - PROPOSED LAND USES
CIRCULATION & CONNECTIVITY
Safe and efficient road
network
The planned internal “loop”
street system makes it easy to
get around and provides
connectivity within the
neighbourhood and to collector
streets connecting to the city at
large
Jefferson Ave.
A roundabout at Jefferson
Avenue and Dr. Jose Rizal Way
proposed as a safe and efficient
traffic control and community
“entry” feature that creates a
sense of place and arrival
Arterial Street
Collector Street
Dr. Jose Rizal Way
Roundabout
2 - PROPOSED LAND USES
NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL CENTRE
Pedestrian focused environment
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Sidewalks
Human scale lighting and signage
Patios and seating areas
View Corridor/Neighbourhood
Connectivity
Greenspace “view corridor” from the
intersection of Adsum and Keewatin through
the village commercial centre to the “Street
Promenade” park entrance and lake
Types of uses
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Restaurants/coffee shops
Health services
Grocery/ Retail shops
Personal services
Dr. Jose Rizal Way
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Adsum Dr.
2 - PROPOSED LAND USES
PROPOSED MEADOWS WEST NORTH CONCEPT PLAN
Housing
Provides a variety of housing options that meets life cycle housing
needs and responds to demographic trends in the community (i.e.
young families and seniors)
Neighbourhood Commercial
Provides a neighbourhood commercial centre that is easily accessible
by foot, meets local commercial needs, and creates a community
gathering space
Green Space Network
Meets the passive and active recreational needs of residents in a linked
pathway network that creates a unique sense of place and defines the
quality character of the community to residents and visitors
Connectivity and Circulation
Creates an efficient roadway network that takes into account choice of
mobility accessibility to bus routes and that provides quality spaces for
pedestrians
3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
PUBLIC REALM THAT PLACES PEOPLE FIRST
1 - Public Realm that Places People First:
THIS
Designing for people means communities and
neighbourhoods need to consideration how people
experience space.
This will include, but not be limited to the following:
1. Having sidewalks on collector streets to
provide a comfortable and safe pedestrian
environment and improve connectivity;
2. Having green spaces that connect people
within the neighbourhood and to the
broader community;
3. Having public realm elements (e.g. lighting,
street furniture, public art, and plantings)
that are pedestrian in scale, contribute to
an inviting environment and add visual
quality of the streetscape .
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3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
ACTIVE FRONTAGES
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2 - Active Frontages:
Commercial buildings have the ability to enliven and
positively contribute to the public realm. By facing the
street they create pedestrian sensitive environment.
To promote active frontages, buildings, should where
possible, include the following:
1. Main entrances and extensive window
treatment fronting the streetscape/walkways;
2. Eliminate blank walls or tall non-transparent
fencing and buildings that ‘back onto the
street’;
3. Provide facades that articulate (e.g. bays,
porches, etc.); and
4. Provide plazas, patios and other public seating
areas.
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3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
GATEWAYS AND VIEW CORRIDORS
THIS
3 - Gateways and View Corridors:
• incorporate gateways and view corridors where
possible
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celebrate the unique character of the
neighbourhood,
• foster a sense of place, and
• create a sense of ‘arrival’ when entering the
community at a major gateway (i.e. Adsum at Dr.
Jose Rizal Way and Jefferson Avenue at Dr. Jose
Rizal Way).
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3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
PEDESTRIAN & CYCLIST CONNECTIONS
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4 - Pedestrian and cyclist connections:
• Bus stops will be located at natural pedestrian “hot
spots” or nodes.
• Pedestrian crossings will be located at strategic
locations which connect to public spaces and key
thoroughfares.
• Cyclists will be separated from vehicle traffic where
possible to create a safe environment.
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3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES
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5- Sustainable Landscapes:
The green space network designed to:
• promote a sustainable relationship
between human activity and the
landscape;
• biodiversity ; and
• incorporate the use native plant species
to reduce maintenance costs.
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3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
QUALITY ARTERIAL STREETS
THIS
6 - Quality Arterial Streets:
Keewatin/Dr. Jose Rizal Way to be designed
as four lane arterials to move traffic
efficiently while also providing comfortable
spaces for people and bikes.
Create “people streets” where residents are
encouraged to walk, bike and take the bus
in a comfortable environment.
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3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
DR. JOSE RIZAL WAY BIKE/PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY
3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
QUALITY ARTERIAL STREETS
Wider back lanes to
allow off-lane parking
within private driveways
Walking/Biking lane
4 lane roadway
with divided median
Keewatin/Dr. Jose Rizal Way
3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
WIDER BACK LANE
Keewatin/Dr.
Jose Rizal Way
3 - NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN
LANE LOTS
ATTACHED GARAGE
DETACHED GARAGE
House width
Lot width
30ft
40ft
House width
Lot width
30ft
40ft
Front yard
15ft
Front yard
15ft
House depth
40ft
House depth
with garage
53ft
Backyard
14.5ft
Garage depth 20ft
Driveway
10ft
Driveway
32ft
Lane ROW
Lane ROW
40ft
40ft
NEXT STEPS
• Complete Precinct policy plan for Community Committee approval
(March 2012)
• Based upon community input refine the plan of subdivision and
rezoning proposal
• Review refined plan at public open house #3 – Final Plan (March 2012)
• Projected subdivision and rezoning hearing (April 10th, 2012) – LSWK
Community Committee
• Start of Construction – Fall 2012
• First home construction – Summer 2013
NEXT STEPS
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
CONTACT INFORMATION
DAVE PALUBESKI, PROJECT PLANNER
MEADOWS WEST NORTH
C/o Lombard North Group Ltd
Planners and Landscape Architects
505-93 Lombard Avenue
Winnipeg MB R3B 3B1
Email – dave@lombardnorth.com
Phone – (204) 943-3896
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