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Westminster Area Redevelopment Plan Advisory Committee

Meeting 1 - March 16, 2017

Meeting Preview

• Introductions
• WARP Advisory Committee Background and Role
• Establish Foundations for Successful Meetings
• All about Area Redevelopment Plans
• Westminster 101
• What we know
• What we heard
• What we missed
• Next Steps
• Homework

Introductions Your connection with Westminster Name

WARP Advisory Committee Background and Role

• The idea to form the Advisory Committee came about after our first open

house for the WARP.

• The project team found that there is a diverse group of residents that live in

Westminster and decided the best way to get a cross section that fairly represented Westminster was to form this Advisory Committee.

• Made up of Westminster neighbourhood stakeholders (either live, work or
• wn a business in Westminster)

WARP Advisory Committee Background and Role

• Advisory Committee
• Advisory Committee Members
• City Staff
• Technical Experts
• Advisory Committee Outputs

1. Relationship building between community members and City staff 2. Identify challenges, recommend solutions and policy priorities for City staff 3. Feedback to draft policy documents 4. Development of a Newsletter to keep the neighborhood informed

WARP Advisory Committee Background and Role

• Expected Time Commitment
• 25–30 hours of work for the entire project (10-12 months), including:
• Attendance at 8-10 in-person evening meetings over the next 10-12 months (approx.

20-25 hours)

• Review of various written material every 2–3 months (approx. 5-10 hours)
• Who makes up the Advisory Committee
• Members of the Advisory Committee represent the various values and interests

that exists within the neighborhood.

Goal of the Advisory Committee

• 1. Collaborative and Respectful
• 2. Contribute Local Knowledge
• 3. Be Community Leaders

Foundations for Success

Integrity

• Speak your mind respectfully
• Honesty is the best policy
• Your voice is not heard if you don’t participate

Respect

• Respect every comment that comes forward
• Respect each other’s opinions and perceptions

Information Sharing & Gathering

• Share what you think is important
• Everyone works together to make decisions

Fair and Equal Representation

• Everyone will have their opportunity to share
• Everyone has something important to contribute

Orderly Participation

• Listen when others are speaking
• Please raise hand to share your thoughts

No Repetitive Discussion

• There is limited time within meetings, discussion of

topics already covered may have to occur outside scheduled meeting time

All about Area Redevelopment Plans

OR

It is important that our existing neighbourhoods retain their ambience and not be affected by unplanned

• redevelopment. However, we cannot restrict

redevelopment completely as our neighbourhoods have life-cycles and without thought out redevelopment, neighbourhoods eventually lose their vitality – built environment and population diversity. Redevelopment welcomes more people and creates renewed vibrancy which benefits the neighbourhood and the city as a whole.

Neighbourhood Life Cycle

YEARS 1 – 12 Community Development nears completion; the residents who move in are typically young families. YEARS 13 – 20 Community is completed; families continue to grow and population reaches its peak. Years 37 – 50 When revitalization begins, the neighbourhood gains vitality, new families move in, businesses begin thriving again, new investments improve infrastructure. Years 37 – 50 Without revitalization neighbourhoods decline, schools may close, transit is reduced, local business struggle to thrive, lack of investments leave infrastructure unmaintained. YEARS 21-36 Population begins to decline as children grow up and leave home.

Planning Legislation and considerations

What is included in an Area Redevelopment Plan?

An Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) is a policy document to guide positive long-term redevelopment in an existing neighbourhood. The policies in an ARP consider: The policies in an ARP speak to :

COMMUNITY’S VISON TRANSPORTATION SERVICING PROVISION PUBLIC SPACE LAND USE

COMMUNITY’S VALUES NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER DATA BASED KNOWLEDGE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT

What is the potential of an Area Redevelopment Plan?

NEW INVESTMENT WIDER RANGE OF JOBS INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE BETTER SHOPPING & SERVICES

What does it take to create an Area Redevelopment Plan?

Phase 1 Initiation Phase 4 Guiding Principles & Policies Phase 2 Analysis Phase 3 Visioning Phase 5 Drafting the Plan Phase 6 Implementation

Westminster 101

• What we know
• What we heard
• What we missed

Building Condition Index (2016 Field Work Data)

Importance of information:

• Our first approach to get to know Westminster was to learn about what

was on the surface: The condition of the buildings in the Neighborhood.

Our goal:

• To learn the condition the buildings in the neighbourhood are in

Process:

• The ratings were determined by following the criteria on a building

condition rating rubric, included in your package!

• Each house was rated individually and the most frequent value was

used to represent the block. Poor Average Excellent The rating rubric is available in your package

Building Condition Index (2016 Field Work Data)

What we learned:

• 74% of the rated blocks as a whole are in Excellent Condition
• Only 25.% of blocks as a whole are in Average Condition
• And only 1% of blocks as a whole are in Poor Condition

There are unkempt homes in Westminster, but that is not the norm, throughout the neighborhood there is a significant number of homes that are well cared for. Poor Average Excellent

Age Demographics (2016 Municipal Census)

0-19 W-N City 20-34 W-N City 35- 64 W-N City 65+ W-N City In comparison to the City as a whole, Westminster neighbourhood has a significantly lower proportion of seniors and a slightly higher proportion of children, young adults, and middle aged adults.

24% 23% 28% 27% 39% 35% 10% 15%

Westminster specific numbers are available in your package

Household Composition (2011 Federal Census)

Families With Children W-N City Families with no Children W-N City Room-mate Arrangement W-N City Individuals Living Alone W-N City The types of households living in Westminster are has a similar the those in the city. In Westminster there are slightly more Individuals living alone and slightly less families, with or without children than in the city as a whole

19% 23% 14% 17% 45% 44% 22% 16%

Westminster specific numbers are available in your package

Address Change - within the last year (2011 Federal Census)

24% 17%

Westminster Neighbourhood Lethbridge

The proportions of individuals moving to a new address in Westminster in 2011 is slightly higher than the proportions of the City as a whole. Westminster specific numbers are available in your package

Average Trees per Acre

City Mature Neighbourhoods Westminster

Tree Counts

What is the proportion of paved alleyways?

Mature Neighbourhoods

Total alleyway length: 64 km Percentage paved 60%

Westminster

Total alleyway length: 15 km Percentage paved 50%

Alleyway Condition

Educational Institutions

100 200 300 400 500 600 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016

Galbraith School Enrollment

Galbraith Enrollment 50 100 150 200 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016

Westminster School Enrollment

Westminster Enrollment 100 200 300 400 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016

Immanuel Christian Elementary School Enrollment

Immanuel Christian Elementary School

Trends in school enrolment in Westminster have steadily increased from 2011 with Galbraith school showing significant increase.

Land use Zoning

Predominately zoned R-L (Low Density Residential) Strips of Commercial along 13th street North and North Mayor Magrath Drive/23rd Street North.

Adams Ice Center & Park Galbraith School Westminster Pool & School Immanuel Christian School

What we Heard

• 1. Residential Goal

“To encourage primarily low density residential uses in the Westminster neighbourhood but identify those areas in the neighbourhood where medium density development can best be accommodated.”

Majority of individuals feel the goal is still relevant today but 37% feel that something should change. 52% of individuals fell that Westminster has fulfilled this goal.

What we Heard

• 2. Institutional Goal

“To recognize the importance of institutional uses and ensure that these uses will continue in the neighbourhood.”

Majority of individuals feel the goal is still relevant today but 37% feel that something should change. 54% of individuals feel that Westminster has fulfilled this goal.

What we Heard

• 3. Commercial Goal

“To maintain the viability of the neighbourhood’s commercial areas while minimizing the impacts generated by these areas on surrounding

Majority of individuals at 76% feel the goal is still relevant today but 24% feel that something should change. 68% of individuals fell that Westminster has fulfilled this goal.

What we Heard

• 4. Open Space Goal

“To recognize the importance of institutional uses and ensure that these uses will continue in the neighbourhood.”

Majority of individuals at 87% feel the goal is still relevant today and only 13% feel that something should change. 68% of individuals fell that Westminster has fulfilled this goal.

What we Heard

• 5. Transportation Goal

“To improve the safety, efficiency and convenience of the transportation system in the Westminster neighbourhood, taking into account pedestrian, cyclist, public transit and motor vehicle traffic movements.”

Majority of individuals at 81% feel the goal is still relevant today but 19% feel that something should change. 24% of individuals fell that Westminster has fulfilled this goal.

What we Heard

• 6. Design Goal

“To ensure that infill multi-unit housing sites are designed with consideration of the characteristics of the surrounding environment.”

Majority of individuals at 67% feel the goal is still relevant today but 33% feel that something should change. 20% of individuals fell that Westminster has fulfilled this goal.

What we Heard

MEDICAL SERVICES PARKING LAND USE SAFETY REDEVELOPMENT Lack of medical services (specifically doctors, walk in and lab) Residents in area by train tracks matter!!!! Lack of parking in residential streets (16th St N and 8 a Ave N) around Westminster School during after school pick up and events at the school more range of housing

• ptions (i.e. low and mid-

rise apartment buildings) especially close to 13th Street and 5th Avenue. Modern , innovative and multi purpose dynamic flow and use

What we Heard

MEDICAL SERVICES

PARKING LAND USE SAFETY

REDEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION

DESIGN

What we missed

Does this information paint an accurate picture? Did anything surprise you? Is there anything missing?

Next Steps

Advisory Committee Outline

• Meeting times and dates
• Next meeting: week of April 24-28?
• Will send out another doodle to confirm time and date
• Expected activities
• Working sessions for vision creation
• Bucket approach to identify policy areas and policy guidance
• Time frame
• Roughly ten month commitment
• One meeting per month

Action Items

Visioning

• Homework: PhotoVoice
• PhotoVoice is a group analysis method combining photography

with community-based action, commonly used in community development, public health and education.

• Participants are asked to photograph scenes that speak to a

topic.

• Photos are then collaboratively interpreted and narratives are

developed that explain how the photos speaks to the topic.

• This is a unique way for us to capture the voice of many different

community stakeholders

Visioning

• As a way of showing us your thoughts regarding

Westminster…

• We want you to go out and take 5-10 pictures that capture how

you imagine Westminster in a way that speaks to…

• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats
• When you are taking photos, it is important to bring a note pad

with you to capture your thoughts immediately after taking the pictures (to remember why you wanted to capture that scene).

Visioning

• Email me your photos a week 2 weeks from today (March 30th

2017).

• Pictures should also be accompanied by a description so we can

understand the significance and where it fits in the SWOT analysis framework.

Final Questions and Comments?