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Cobourg
Official Plan
Review
Submission by Sustainable Cobourg
Official Plan Review Committee
October 29, 2009
For the health of the
planet and
ourselves, we need
to plan Cobourg
differently
We need to plan
Cobourg differently to:
-avoid runaway
climate change
-become healthier
-save our farmland
Climate
Change
Climate change
changes everything,
including how we
should plan
Cobourg
What we need to do:
-Reduce
CO2 levels from 390
(current) to 350 parts per million
(ppm).
-Reduce Canadian GHG emissions
by >50% from 2006 levels by 2020.
Therefore, the next 10 years to
2020 are crucial.
The most startling evidence yet…
is the MELTING OF THE ARCTIC.
% change in ice cover
New predictions
Satellite observations
Mean IPCC prediction
Most likely change (melt)
IPCC range
Actual observed melting
it has melted
nearly
80 YEARS
ahead of when
scientists predicted
YEAR
CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE
PARTS PER MILLION CO2
WE’RE HERE: 390
WE NEED TO BE HERE: 350
YEAR
IMPLEMENTING
A THOUSAND
DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS
How can
Cobourg’s Plan
be one of the
solutions?
Cobourg must
largely decarbonize by 2050.
Half of this should
occur by 2020.
This means largely
eliminating our use of fossil
fuels over the coming
decades.
And this means planning
for the post-automobile
era.
This needs to
change.
“There is something wrong with a society
that drives a car to work out in a gym.”
Bill Nye, scientist and producer of public TV science programs
Our Health
Sprawl
Pictures of CECSP
here
Each neighbourhood
planning area should
be focused around
these neighbourhood
centres
Existing conditions
Public street improvements
Sidewalk-oriented shopfronts
Mixed-use buildings at sidewalk
Show map of built up area
• Adding additional
development within the built
boundary of Cobourg is
required to make efficient use
of existing infrastructure.
• This will both strengthen
Cobourg’s economy,
improve its sustainability and
prevent further urban sprawl.
Pictures of CECSP
here
In the absence of this
planning amendment, no
public infrastructure
planning or investments
should be made to
develop the Cobourg East
Community Secondary
Plan.
Existing conditions
New infill mixed-use development on parking lot
Street trees
Replacement of stores on right with sidewalk-oriented mixed-use development
Further infill development