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Growth prompts Vaughan to review ward boundaries

Yorkregion.com
June 17, 2016
By Adam Martin-Robbins

The city is looking at redrawing its electoral boundaries in response to the rapid growth that’s happened in Vaughan during the past several years.

And the consulting team working on the project wants to hear from you.

Three options - aimed at creating an equitable representation system in time for the 2018 municipal election – are currently being weighed.

Those options are:

The third option is based on the Ontario Municipal Board’s recognition of the role local and regional councillors play in helping share the workload of local ward councillors, according to a report prepared by the consulting team working on the project.

The Region of York is considering increasing the number of regional councillors representing Vaughan to four from the current three.

Before a decision is made on the preferred option, the consulting team behind the project – comprised of the Canadian Urban Institute, Beate Bowron Etcetera, The Davidson Group and Hemson Consulting – is seeking feedback from residents.

To that end, three public meetings take place next week:

If you can’t attend, you can complete an online survey at http://fluidsurveys.com/s/vaughanwbr-optionssurvey/.

A hard copy of the survey can also be filled out at the public meetings.

The goal is to identify a preferred option by September.

Once that happens, there will be another round of public consultation.

A final report, with a recommendation for ward boundary changes, is expected to go before city council in January 2017.