VANCOUVER – Vancouver city council has approved a new city-wide planning and engagement process launching this fall.
The City of Vancouver will start a broad public consultation process to determine the needs of its communities up to 2050 and beyond. Consultation begins in fall 2019 with a public launch of the planning process, followed by determination of common values, key issues and guiding principles via consultation until spring 2020. Strategic direction and risk assessment will take place from spring 2020 to winter 2021 and the plan will be drafted, refined and finalized between winter 2021 and spring 2022.
“This is the first time in over 20 years that the City of Vancouver has undertaken a city-wide planning process, and it will be far more than planning future land use and transportation connections. While those are integral parts to any city plan, this strategic planning process will consider social well-being, economic health, environmental sustainability and cultural vibrancy while ensuring that all communities can be a part of collectively guiding our future,” City of Vancouver general manager of planning, urban design and sustainability Gil Kelly said.
“This is a major opportunity for residents to get involved and plan their future together and chart a course for how our city can continue to grow while helping to make life more affordable. This plan will help us make sure that people can continue to live in the communities they love while welcoming in new neighbours,” Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart added.
The city-wide plan is expected to cover neighbourhood needs, climate change resiliency, affordable housing, environmental systems including green spaces and water networks, and infrastructure that improves mobility, housing options and access to community amenities.
The process will also “acknowledge the colonial history of Vancouver, and the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations care and stewardship of this land,” a City of Vancouver news release stated, as well as “broadly engage residents, workers, employers, institutions, non-profits, civic and neighbourhood groups throughout the city, highlight key choices, trade-offs and strategies that will allow us to realize a shared vision for the future, and align with, and inform, existing planning and policy efforts at the City and by other regional agencies.”
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