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Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan: Phase 2 Progress Report

Council Meeting January 27, 2020

Presentation Outline

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Purpose / Outline

Purpose: to update Council on Phase 2 and seek direction to proceed to Phase 3 of the Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan (LAP) 1. Phase 2 Engagement Overview 2. Planning with the Community 3. Recommended Next Steps

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Phase 2 Engagement Overview

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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

Vision Phase 2

Prepare potential planning and design

• ptions based on

the vision

Options Phase 3

Refine preferred

• ptions into

planning and design foundations

Foundations Phase 4 Plan

WE ARE HERE

Local knowledge and awareness

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• 700 mailed postcards
• Digital media (900 unique site views &

13,500 social media impressions)

• Print media (2 adverts)
• Meetings (around 60 attendees):
• BC Ferries
• Gleneagles Community Centre Advisory Committee
• Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary School & PAC
• Horseshoe Bay Business Association (HBBA)
• Western Residents Association (WRA)
• 2 meetings with Advisory Roundtable
• 15 member local “sounding board”

Reaching our younger residents

• Workshops with 60 youths
• Class exercise with Gr. 6 & 7s
• Concept mapping, classroom discussions and presentations
• Collaboration between Planning, Youth Services & Gleneagles

Ch’axáý Elementary

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Hosting ShapeHSB Discussion Cafés

• 5 workshops over different days & times (Oct 22 – 26, 2019)
• 100 participants, 45 table discussions
• 1,500 pieces of input on three high-level conceptual options

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Who did we reach?

• Local participation, broad demographics
• Appendix A summarizes input. A full transcript is online.
• There are a range of opinions – the proposed way

forward looks to balance them, tie them to sound planning, and provide room for flexibility in subsequent phases.

1% visitors 97% live/work in HSB & other western neighbourhoods 2% elsewhere in DWV

Live/work/visit HSB

38% Under 25 39% 25-64 24% 65+

Age

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Planning with the Community

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Three preliminary options prepared

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• Respond to existing conditions, using the Phase 1 vision &

working principles as guidance

• High level concepts that are not mutually exclusive
• People were not asked to “pick” an option; the intent was to

frame a nuanced discussion:

• What ideas are worth moving forward with in any of the
• ptions – and how?

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Option 1: Build on the existing village pattern

“Add Anchor” – a new plaza?

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• Recognized benefits (e.g., draw people into the

village, provide for social interaction)

• Some proposed other ideas (e.g., smaller space, or

a temporary space)

• No clear consensus on the suggested location,

(e.g., could instead be by terminal or waterfront)

• New plaza should be off-street, attractive, inviting

and inclusive for year-round use

• Need to see what this could look like

Shift + Shape? If the anchor plaza is a smaller village square (e.g. flanked by active retail)

What did we hear?

“More Ripples” – greater housing diversity?

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• Want to see row/townhomes, triplexes, cottages,

duplexes with coach house (not fourplexes)

• Desire to see different options for different life-stages
• Consistency with current character (e.g., varied,

natural landscaping)

• Need to find the balance: concentrated core that

lowers outwards vs. desire to see taller buildings on the lower hillside

• Few opposed any and all change

Shift + Shape? Fine-tune what goes where by suggesting a commercial core, then a townhouse area, and then a transition to a “multiplex” area

What did we hear?

“Link Anchor” – integrate the ferry terminal?

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• Clear support for stronger interface and development
• n west side of Keith Rd as entrance to village
• Existing parking as key spot for new mixed-use

building and improved streets/lanes

• Want to see grocery, public art, underground parking,

stepped back upper storey

Shift + Shape? Mixed-use development makes sense here… and this could be where a grocery store goes

What did we hear?

Option 2: Capture history & reconsider previous ideas

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“Switching Parks” – sell Tantalus to buy Tyee Point?

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• Desire to acquire Tyee Point Park and agree a

reasonable long-term “trade-off”

• With considerations:
• Long-term District ownership (land lease)
• Public use (e.g., trails, dog-walking, playground)
• Fit buildings to the slope
• Traffic management
• Range of housing, incl. possibly affordable housing

(but priority should be to acquire Tyee Point)

Shift + Shape: If we can keep some park, expand housing options, and lay out how this might work (economics and fit)

What did we hear?

“Living Smaller” – cottage-style homes on single lots?

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• Like cottage-style housing options, but concerns

with it extending to Wellington

• Those in support agree with adding units and

reducing off-street parking requirements

• Concerns raised about traffic and parking impacts,

although some countered with less car-reliant future and better transit

• Others suggested row/townhomes or other

attached forms that seem more feasible (e.g., underground parking, more accessible/livable for seniors, more energy-efficient)

Shift + Shape: Check this is viable, understand the implications (e.g. economics, parking) and consider the Nelson and Wellington interface

What did we hear?

“Getting Amenities or Services” – developing to get what you want?

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• Most supported site-specific height increases

to incentivize amenities or services

• Preference for increased height on the

periphery of the basin (e.g., Keith Road, lower hillside)

• Want a grocery store
• Few opposed increasing height for amenities

and services

Shift + Shape: Plan for a low-rise (3-4 storeys) mixed-use core, but consider modest height increases (5-6 storeys) on limited sites

What did we hear?

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Option 3: Enhance access & create a more welcoming arrival

“Grand Entrance” – townhouses, a park and shops along Royal?

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• Divided on where row/townhomes should go –

e.g. fronting Douglas also or instead of Royal

• Liked Douglas Park expansion, but want to see it

kept local (residential area, not visitor-oriented)

• Most liked low-rise mixed-use expansion at

Douglas and Royal to create stronger entrance

• Some concerned about changing HSB character

in the residential area

Shift + Shape: If the “grand entrance” is more of a friendly village arrival and doesn’t “dissipate” the commercial core

What did we hear?

“Complete High Street” – connect the terminal with Sewell’s

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• Support continuous waterfront-facing

commerce on Bay St from east to west

• Opportunities for live-work, 2nd floor offices,

and mid-block passages

• Some suggested further mixed-use

expansion up to Bruce St, with others concerned about economic viability

• Want to see village-style form and character

for new development (e.g., “The Galleries”)

Shift + Shape: Plan for how this could happen over time by respecting Bay Street’s scale and rhythm

What did we hear?

“Activate Lane” – new places to shop, better places to walk?

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• Support for activating “Little Bay” for a unique,

attractive space from east to west with mid- block passages to Bay and Bruce St

• Look into public realm improvements and

double-fronting retail

• Want to ensure that needs of all users are

managed (e.g., pedestrians, residents, commercial)

Shift + Shape: Explore the feasibility of balancing service needs with better commercial and pedestrian vibrancy

What did we hear?

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Recommended Next Steps

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Prepare and Engage on the “Foundations”

Nothing is pre-determined, but there are directions we propose exploring:

• A. Technical work
• Engage external consultants
• Land economics (financial feasibility) and urban design (proof of concepts)
• ~3-months undertaking (Feb – Apr), pending successful procurement
• B. Community engagement
• Brief and receive feedback from CEC (Mar/Apr)
• Engagement targeted for late spring 2020 (May – June)
• Report back to Council prior to moving on to Phase 4 (“Plan”)

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

Vision Phase 2

Prepare potential planning and design

• ptions based on

the vision

Options Phase 3

Refine preferred

• ptions into

planning and design foundations

Foundations Phase 4 Plan

Recommendation

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• 1. The Horseshoe Bay LAP: Phase 2 Public Engagement

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

• 2. Staff be directed to proceed to Phase 3 of the Horseshoe

Bay LAP process in accordance with the next steps

• utlined in this report.

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Reference Slides Follow

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Good planning & design comes from good understanding

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Good planning & design comes from good understanding

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Anchored by the waterfront

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Bookended by parks

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Long east-west blocks

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Land use “ripples”

Core

Good planning & design comes from good understanding

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Land use “ripples”

Core  Parking

Good planning & design comes from good understanding

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Land use “ripples”

Core  Parking  Duplex

Good planning & design comes from good understanding

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“Weak” entries (Royal, Terminal)

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Solar orientation

Good planning & design comes from good understanding

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50m contour 30m contour

Steep slopes

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Planning with the Community

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