Squaring Aspirational Planning & Infrastructure Financing

Squaring Aspirational Planning & Infrastructure Financing
Squaring planning objectives with municipal finance is particularly challenging in an environment of reduced or eliminated, grants and subsidies from upper levels of government. This session will explore the challenges of and solutions to this planning-finance conundrum. The discussion will be based on recent Ontario experience where the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and other plans seek aggressive change in the density of new housing and use of public transport. While development charges and other fees need to be consistent with the plans, what happens when this might turn into unsound financial planning? It has implications for land use planning, municipal finance, municipal governance and even how professionals execute their fiduciary responsibilities.

Learning Outcomes:
  • Understanding municipal finance tools, processes and challenges;
  • Appreciation of challenges and opportunities for infrastructure growth plan jobs for density and intensification; and
  • Understanding relationship between municipal finance and land use planning

Who Should Attend?
The workshop is designed for all finance staff who have an interest in land use planning and infrastructure financing.

Take-Aways
  • Understanding municipal finance tools, process and challenges
  • Appreciation of challenges and opportunities for infrastructure and Growth Plan goals for density and intensification
  • Understanding relationship between municipal finance and land use planning

About Your Speaker:

Russell B. Matthew - Partner, Hemson Consulting Ltd.

Russell Matthew is a Partner with Hemson Consulting Ltd, with over 30 years of professional experience. Russell is widely known for his expertise in areas of demographic and economic forecasting and land economics. Along with developing forecasting methods that are today used by numerous municipalities and regions in Ontario, he has developed a range of skills in strategic planning, land economics, fiscal and financial modeling and analysis. He is most widely known for the preparation of the long-term growth forecasts for the Greater Golden Horseshoe that provide the basis for Provincial, Regional and local planning in Southern Ontario through Schedule 3 of the Growth Plan. He has prepared numerous Growth Plan policy implementation studies, in particular as relates to planning for growth and urban land needs. 

CPE CREDITS:
This course is eligible for continuing professional education credits. Please check with your professional association to confirm that this qualifies for your personal CPD record.
When
1/26/2017 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Where
Online CANADA

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Thursday, 26 January 2017

Description
Squaring Aspirational Planning & Infrastructure Financing
Time
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1/26/2017 12:00 PM

 

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