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OCP @ Westview

A 2nd evening of informative public input

Public input session +++++

People caring and thinking about their community’s future

Summary

After Ted Becker of UMA Engineering gave a short overview of OCCP – there were break out groups discussing specific sections of OCP

Points were written down and then

Larger group reconvened and each sub-group made presentation on what ‘decided’ / discussed

 

 

Here is an example of presenter

Concept of Trails expanded – bicycle path along waterfront—trails for kids using mountain bikes etc with jumps etc

This same group wanted more official recognition to heritage trees etc so not cut down so readily by City

 

Seniors Housing and School Boards

Need for Seniors housing – not only with ‘assisted living’ but also for able bodied seniors --- And it should be downtown

 

Ted Becker had mentioned how in some areas the ‘lines of communication’ between city council and school board functioned well – and participants at both evenings wanted >communication to happen here --- e.g. school closings etc

 

Development Permit Areas & ‘mixed housing’ issues

DPAs are good example of trying to avoid being prescriptive while retaining ability to accept/ modify/ reject larger developments – from industrial to multi-family housing (4+ ‘units’ (here not meant to be rooming houses but separate entrance for each apartment – thus townhouse etc

 

While need for ‘Mixed Housing’ in plan for new neighbourhood development (and redevelopment of older sections?) the term left undefined – various strategies used elsewhere as carrot/ stick strategy suggested – also wanted a fixed ration in plan of different types housing etc

 

 

Harbour Access by public

Signage

Whle the OCP presenters seemed to have inside information that City and CN are both willing to develop a downtown harbour access master plan ---still many groups wanted to see access from Rushbrook (CN Tracks) and Seal Cove areas brought into discussion

 

OCP presenters descried the lack of good signage along McBride entrance corridor – and this was extended to tourism signage for cruise ship passengers etc

Context --- The container reminds us

The Westview gym had reminders of where we are culturally that were missing in OCP --- I made the perhaps frivolous suggestion that we, the City, should adopt Coast Tsimshian crests to refer to East and West sides of town (a village would be divided into moieties – the Eagle side the ‘Killerwhale’ side etc)

 

Moieties and ‘Sides’ of PR

We refer to the East Side and contrast it with the West Side in common day speech

 

 

Multiculturalism

Plus the gym also had the National Anthem in both ‘official languages’ as if to remind us of the other groups that have helped build Prince Rupert – from Japanese to Scandinavian to Vietnamese etc ---- This was approached by adding ‘cultural’ to concept of heritage in overview and visions statements

Created by LG on 25/5/2007

Last updated on Friday, May 25, 2007