Item - 2017.PG22.2

The Planning and Growth Management Committee:  

1. The Planning and Growth Management Committee received the report (August 4, 2017) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning for information.

This report responds to City Council's direction requesting that City Planning report on ways for the Official Plan to reflect policies that support and complement a commitment to age-friendly principles.

This report highlights the importance of age-friendly planning and urban design principles and summarizes the current and future city-building initiatives that will apply to these principles, including:

- Incorporating age-friendly policies and guidelines as outcomes of city planning initiatives including secondary plan studies.

- Engaging seniors through established networks of stakeholders such as the Seniors' Roundtable.

- Undertaking an environmental scan of age-friendly policies in municipalities across Canada and other cities recognized as a global age-friendly by the World Health Organization (WHO).

- Incorporating policy language in the Official Plan through the next legislative review to ensure that development responds to the needs of users of all ages and abilities, including seniors.