14. Provide greater municipal control over land use and siting – the OPA should continue to reflect government policy priorities and set baseline land use (e.g., zoning and soils) restrictions in a similar fashion to FIT, however, municipalities should be allowed to relax the restrictions if this would better align with the local municipality’s goals. 15. Require community engagement sessions and council deputations during the RFP phase – engaging the local community early is a key message that has been received in all recent outreach activities conducted by the OPA and our electricity partners. As there may be different feedback provided from the grassroots, Aboriginal and local government levels, pre-contract engagement activities should include these audiences. 16. Minimum community acceptance criteria should be considered – these criteria could extend beyond environmental or regulatory requirements, and focus on acceptable standards for a project in a community. Aboriginal communities and municipalities would be able to get more involved if interested, and if disinterested could defer to the standard.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:56:16 +0000
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