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Vancouver’s Next Community Plans: :: Renewing Our Approach

Community Planning: Themes

Community Planning: Participants The City Family Community Senior :: Planning :: Residents Government :: Engineering :: Community Groups :: Social Development :: Businesses :: Metro Vancouver :: Cultural Affairs :: Non-profits :: Translink :: Real Estate :: Landowners :: BC Housing :: Sustainability :: BC Hydro :: Communications :: Coastal Health :: Financial Services :: Federal :: Parks :: Police & Fire Development :: Libraries industry :: School Board

Policy hierarchy

Local Area Plans: 1974-1995

CityPlan, Visions: 1990s-2010

Community Plans: 2007-Present

Next Community Plans?

Four Challenges 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

1 Climate change & resource depletion 2 Housing affordability & homelessness 3 Auto-dependence 4 Public health 5 Demographic shifts

BALANCING: 1 Global, Regional & City-wide challenges with Neighbourhood perspectives

ENGAGING: 2 Deepening and diversifying public involvement

MANAGING: 3 Development Pressures & Priority- Setting for Public Amenities

EFFICIENCY: 4 Making clear and effective plans for everyone…in less time

Next Steps 1. Posted results of workshop Mid-May June 2. Drafting Council Report :: Improved approaches :: Resource implications 3. Drop-in session Late June 4. Report to Council July Fall 5. Launch next Community Plan(s)