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The Chair delegated to the Joint Meeting of Housing and Planning and ARAC on February 18. While not contesting the population projections, he cast doubt on the validity of the assumptions underlying their conversion to household counts and dwelling types. His delegation, and a similar one by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, seemed to resonate with several committee members and led to a motion co-sponsored by Councillors Gower and Kitts that was passed to submit the household and dwelling projections to further tests and alternative scenarios during the next phase of the process, including a no-expansion scenario. The Committee report was heard at full Council at its meeting of February 25, including the Gower-Kitts motion, where it was carried by a large majority.