Be Part of the Plan!

We want you to get involved! Neighbourhood participation is key to building a strong vision for the Williams area, so your input is vital.

A comprehensive stakeholder and public consultation program has been developed for the Williams planning process, that is in keeping with and follows the parameters of Council Policy (Council OCP Consultation Policy 07-621 ) The Williams Neighbourhood Planning process was launched in February 2016 with a series of Open Door Community Dialogue Session, the first Neighbourhood Team Workshop, and the first Public Open House. (view the display panels ) The next step in the process included a Neighbourhood Team Design Workshop, followed by the second Public Open House. The following provides links to key documents that provide background information, and guidance for the generation of beginning neighbourhood design ideas: Neighbourhood Design Brief 
Technical Backgrounder 
Design Target  The second Public Open House event that followed, provided an opportunity to the broader public to view materials maps, illustrations, and other ideas that were generated in the Neighbourhood Team Design Workshop. This ‘drop-in’ public event presented a draft Vision, goals and neighbourhood design principles for public review and feedback. Open House Panels #2  Team 1 Design Concept  Team 2 Design Concept  Team 3 Design Concept  Following this second Public Open House, stakeholder contributions and feedback were used to inform the development of land use concept options for the Williams neighbourhood.  The Township considered public and stakeholder input, technical constraints, and local and regional policy to refine the land use concept diagrams developed by the Neighbourhood Team, and reviewed at the second Open House for the Williams Neighbourhood Plan.   A third Neighbourhood Team workshop was held on Thursday, May 26, 2016, and focused on the continued process of defining land use concepts for Williams.  A Concept Options Summary Report has been prepared to provide some background material to inform discussions at the workshop:   ConceptOptions Summary Report 
ConceptOptions Summary Report - Appendix 
Feedback gathered at the workshop was used to review and further fine tune the concept options, that were presented at the Public Open House on June 14, 2016.  Open House Presentation Panels    Public input and feedback received through these public engagement events, along with staff policy and technical analysis, will be used to inform and provide a foundation for the next round of work on the Neighbourhood Plan development for Williams.