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Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan: Phase 1 Progress Report

Council Meeting July 22, 2019

Presentation Outline

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Purpose / Outline

Purpose: to update Council on Phase 1 and seek direction to proceed to Phase 2 of the Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan (LAP) 1. Phase 1: Overview 2. Phase 1: Key Findings 3. Next Steps & Recommendation

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Phase 1 Overview: What did we do?

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What is a Local Area Plan (LAP)?

• Implements District-wide OCP objectives
• Contextually sensitive, local response
• Land use, form and character of new

development, and spaces between buildings

• Terms of Reference approved March 11

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Approved LAP Process

Finalize a proposed plan for community review and Council decision

Phase 1

Understand perspectives and create a vision for the future

Spring 2019 Anticipated timeline:

Vision Phase 2

Prepare potential planning and design

• ptions based on

the vision

Fall 2019

Options Phase 3

Refine preferred

• ptions into

planning and design foundations

Winter 2019/2020

Foundations Phase 4

Spring 2020

Plan Report to Council with summary of engagement findings and proposed next steps, seeking direction to proceed. Formal Council consideration with Public Hearing.

Outreach

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• 700 mailed postcards
• Digital media (1,200 unique site views &

16,000 social media impressions)

• Print media (5 adverts)
• Meetings (around 80 attendees):
• BC Ferries
• Gleneagles Community Centre Advisory Committee
• Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary School & PAC
• Horseshoe Bay Business Association (HBBA)
• Western Residents Association (WRA)

Advisory Roundtable

• A “sounding board” to assist staff throughout the process
• 15 members with broad representation & skills:
• Local stakeholder representation

(WRA, HBBA, Gleneagles Advisory Committee, Gleneagles Ch’axáý)

• Broad public involvement

(Library Board, Design Review Committee, HSB Park Revitalization Advisory Group, District working groups, West Vancouver Foundation, Chamber of Commerce, BC Ferries liaison, ‘86 HSB downtown revitalization)

• Skills span architecture, design, public process, land use planning
• Two meetings in Phase 1:
• Walking tour  fact checking on the ground
• Reviewed preliminary Phase 1 findings

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Community Events

Spring Fest West & Taste of the Bay

• Over 400 people reached
• Invitation to participate in visioning workshops
• Vision Scrawl: telling us their vision of HSB

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Youth Workshops

• 65 youths
• Two events:
• High-schoolers with Youth Services Division
• Gr. 6 & 7s with Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
• Housing, shops, services, mobility, area perspectives, vision

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ImagineHSB Visioning Workshops

• 3 workshops – over 180 participants
• Area perspectives, land use, building form & scale,

character, mobility, and vision

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Phase 1 Findings: What did we hear?

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Preparing Key Findings

• Appendix A summarizes all input
• >700 instances engagement, >2,600 pieces of feedback
• Local participation, broad demographics

Key findings capture a short “what” (the Vision) and 12 “hows” to get us there (Working Principles).

14% visitors 84% live/work in HSB & other western neighbourhoods 3% elsewhere in DWV

Live/work/visit HSB Age

Drafting a vision statement…

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Adjectives used to describe a future HSB?

1. Vibrant (e.g., dynamic, thriving, buzzing) 2. Charming (e.g., small town / village feel, cozy, quaint) 3. Welcoming (e.g., friendly, neighbourly, caring, respectful) 4. Beautiful (e.g., wonderful, splendour, tasteful) 5. Seaside (e.g. working, recreational waterfront)

Nouns used to identify what’s wanted in a future HSB?

1. More housing diversity 2. Gathering spaces & opportunities 3. Increased commercial offerings 4. Transportation options & connections 5. Sense of Community

Horseshoe Bay 2041 Vision

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“In 2041, Horseshoe Bay will thrive as a charming and livable seaside community and a vibrant and welcoming destination village.”

• 1. Respect our roots and heritage

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• HSB has a highly valued “place-based identity”
• LAP should express its distinct history & geography

• 2. Maintain our neighbourliness

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• HSB has a strong sense of community
• LAP should support sensitive and “friendly” design

• 3. Recognize we are many things

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• HSB is both…
• a close-knit community and a visitor destination
• a place of discovery and of departure
• an active waterfront and a residential neighbourhood
• LAP should reflect this plurality through multipurpose spaces

• 4. Enhance our commercial village

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• An existing “visitor economy”, but additional commercial
• fferings would enhance HSB
• LAP should enable the creation of day-to-day shops and

services for a more complete local hub

• 5. Identify opportunities for more diverse housing

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• HSB currently has

single family, duplex, and (upcoming) apartments

• There is interest in

providing the “missing options”

• 5. Identify opportunities for more diverse housing

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• LAP should “fill in the gaps” in appropriate locations

• 6. Prioritize low rise forms

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• The current built-form “fabric” of low-rise buildings, with larger buildings

in restricted and appropriate locations resonates with people

• LAP should limit height to 3 or 4 storeys and consider additional height
• nly in limited circumstances and for demonstrable benefits

• 7. Keep it “kooky”, don’t make it “cookie cutter”

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• HSB is neither generic nor uniform
• LAP should promote land use patterns and built-form

guidelines that reflect HSB’s variability and charm

• 8. Celebrate and work with nature

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• HSB has a rare setting that should be celebrated
• LAP should respond to HSB’s natural and physical attributes

• 9. Connect and gather

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• HSB is a social hub and a place for local interaction
• LAP should support formal and informal gathering spaces

• 10. Getting here and being here

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• HSB balances those who visit and those who live here
• LAP should address access to and through the village for

both residents and visitors

• 11. Make a good first impression

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• HSB is our western gateway, but the arrival points are
• ften weak / confusing
• LAP should improve the “welcome experience”

Identified gateways

• 12. Expand the study area and clarify the context

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• HSB is defined by its natural and physical boundaries, but

is also a part of a wider social context

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• 12. Expand the study area and clarify the context
• Many opinions on where the LAP boundaries should be

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• 12. Expand the study area and clarify the context

Expand “study area Contour Duplex DP area Commercial DP area OCP approved boundary 1960s planning boundary

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• 12. Expand the study area and clarify the context

Expanded LAP study area

LAP should…

• Consider land use changes

between the waterfront, Highway 1, Wellington Avenue and Marine Drive

Expand “study area

Whytecliff Park Gleneagles Golf course Gleneagles Community Centre

OCP approved boundary

Expand “study area”

• Consider the connections to

nearby social assets

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Next Steps & Recommendation

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Proposed Next Steps

• Proceed in accordance with Terms of Reference
• Prepare planning and design “Options” for Phase 2 engagement
• Brief and receive feedback from CEC (September 11 meeting)
• Schedule “Options” engagement (October / November)
• Report back to Council prior to moving on to Phase 3 (“Foundations”)

HORSESHOE BAY LOCAL AREA PLAN Finalize a proposed plan for community review and Council decision

Phase 1

Understand perspectives and create a vision for the future

Spring 2019

Vision Phase 2

Prepare potential planning and design

• ptions based on

the vision

Fall 2019

Options Phase 3

Refine preferred

• ptions into

planning and design foundations

Winter 2019–20

Foundations Phase 4

Spring 2020

Plan

Recommendation

THAT

• 1. The Horseshoe Bay LAP: Phase 1 Public Engagement

Summary (Appendix A) be received for information; and that

• 2. Staff be directed to proceed to Phase 2 of the Horseshoe

Bay LAP process in accordance with the next steps

• utlined in this report.

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