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' ‘ t I; ' ~ , developments with green space and ‘ I. 1;; § , ' l i _» 55;; ‘ I i x. high-quality utban design. said ward . » - , 9 V‘ b I Q5" 5 E5“ - in : , Conn-MHmfy- I ' - ' , i. IIIIf "9 1 L lessons learned in a complex am I f, i “ 1' i t I I V i like Northdale can be applied city- I v. 5 ‘ .1 I ‘ I -, * ‘t - wideandintegrutedplarmingowldbe I ’17 fl; ' ,: i l .: : l [a ,. thenorminsteadofafiousindividual ~ :I ‘ I H,- .t i 3 til 55 ' ‘ t Prom 5; » l.‘ It :5; .j , = up: , l 'Whatl'mlookingftxwardtoirom , g' . g t ' f '1 . ii a "‘ I the master plan to detailed designed '45 ,I ", .4 . I ‘ & o “a a 3' n < ,1 isspeclfiallytomnkesureit‘seasybr ' '- .- ‘ {I ; '-- fl 1 I , '1» . " pedestrians and cyclists to cross the ‘II, If t -'. ’ V “ majorsueem'saidlienryatthenmst " ‘, i ‘ ’ ' ' r t ‘ ' recent public meeting held about the - ’ - . I . l l ‘ Northdale. 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