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Vancouver’s Next Community Plans:

:: Renewing Our Approach

Community Planning: Themes

The City Family

:: Planning :: Engineering :: Social Development :: Cultural Affairs :: Real Estate :: Sustainability :: Communications :: Financial Services :: Parks :: Police & Fire :: Libraries :: School Board

Senior Government

:: Metro Vancouver :: Translink :: BC Housing :: BC Hydro :: Coastal Health :: Federal

Community

:: Residents :: Community Groups :: Businesses :: Non-profits :: Landowners

Development industry

Community Planning: Participants

Policy hierarchy

Local Area Plans: 1974-1995

CityPlan, Visions: 1990s-2010

Community Plans: 2007-Present

Next Community Plans?

BALANCING: Global, regional and city-wide challenges with neighbourhood perspectives ENGAGING: Deepening and diversifying public involvement MANAGING: Development pressures and priority setting for public amenities EFFICIENCY: Making clear and effective plans for everyone…in less time

Four Challenges

Climate change & resource depletion Housing affordability & homelessness Auto-dependence Public health Demographic shifts

1 2 3 4 5

BALANCING:

Global, Regional & City-wide challenges with Neighbourhood perspectives

1

ENGAGING:

Deepening and diversifying public involvement

2

MANAGING:

Development Pressures & Priority- Setting for Public Amenities

3

EFFICIENCY:

Making clear and effective plans for everyone…in less time

4

• 2. Drafting Council Report

:: Improved approaches :: Resource implications

• 3. Drop-in session
• 4. Report to Council
• 5. Launch next Community Plan(s)
• 1. Posted results of workshop

Next Steps

June Late June July Mid-May Fall