2023–2027 Council strategic plan

• Wendy Hobbes (Luxton Road)Asks · Strategic plan and other agenda items
  Asks council to hold a town hall on the strategic plan and strengthen public engagement across several agenda items.
• Florence DickAsks · Reconciliation and UNDRIP
  Asks council to distinguish reconciliation from UNDRIP, educate itself, and develop an implementation plan with Indigenous leadership.
• M. Wignell (Selwyn Road)Concerned · Public spaces bylaw
  Warns proposed sheltering rules will not address impacts on nearby businesses and residents, and suggests toilets or alternative shelter arrangements.
• Barb Pretty (Massey Drive)Concerned · Danbrook Park sheltering
  Describes ongoing safety and quality-of-life impacts near Danbrook Park and argues bylaw changes or added bylaw officers will not resolve them.
• Ren LouieMixed · Strategic plan
  Supports proceeding with the strategic plan but criticizes limited Indigenous consultation and asks council to prioritize meaningful engagement and reconciliation.
• M. Barry (Massey Drive)Asks · Strategic plan and parks bylaw
  Asks council to move ahead with the strategic plan and consider nearby ground-floor residences when setting shelter locations.
• L. Plomp (Winfield Drive)Supports · Park dedication and other agenda items
  Supports a natural pocket park, CRD borrowing for the RCMP facility, proposed sheltering changes, strategic-plan outreach, and lane-use fees.
• Norman Joel (Langford)Asks · RCMP facility and public-space enforcement
  Asks council to direct resources to RCMP rather than bylaw officers and to stop delaying the RCMP facility project.
• Lisa FoxhallMixed · RCMP facility and public spaces bylaw
  Supports the RCMP facility and calls the proposed bylaw staffing a band-aid, advocating police officers to address neighborhood safety concerns.
• Nicholas Joel (Walford Place)Concerned · RCMP staffing
  Raises concerns about community safety and asks whether council requested additional RCMP officers from Ottawa on schedule.
• Devin Dignam (Reunion Avenue)Asks · Strategic plan and renter engagement
  Asks council to design engagement that includes renters as full participants and addresses renters’ distinct experiences.
• S. Plank (Goldstream Avenue)Mixed · RCMP borrowing, lane closure, and strategic plan
  Supports CRD borrowing and renter priorities, seeks a shorter lane closure, and asks council to reframe homelessness and improve public engagement.
• B. King (Langford)Mixed · Strategic plan and public spaces bylaw
  Welcomes improved engagement and renter inclusion, and asks council to address public-safety concerns while recognizing unhoused people’s needs and dignity.
• A residentMixed · Public spaces bylaw and RCMP borrowing
  Supports seven-to-seven sheltering hours and is cautiously open to CRD borrowing, while asking for a separate tax line item.

• A resident (Walfred Road)Opposes · Strategic plan
  Opposes approving the strategic plan, arguing the survey was unrepresentative and recommending revisions to the existing OCP instead.
• R. LouieAsks · Strategic plan
  Asks council to defer approval, strengthen public engagement, and define measurable reconciliation actions with Indigenous participation.
• Wendy Hobbs (Luxton Road)Asks · Strategic plan
  Asks council to defer the plan and broaden outreach, including to renters, before seeking further community input.
• Mary Brooke (Merlin Road)Mixed · Strategic plan
  Supports the consultation approach while urging stronger food-resilience and renter priorities and topic-specific public sessions.
• L. PlompSupports · Strategic plan
  Urges council to prioritize practical quality-of-life actions, including gardens, transit, green spaces, services, housing, and construction-impact management.
• A resident · Item 8.1 application
  States: Offers to answer council questions about the item 8.1 application after presenting to the Sustainable Development Advisory Committee.
• A resident (Hoffman Avenue)Asks · Strategic plan
  Asks council to defer approval until feedback is analyzed, noting low survey participation and unresolved cumulative traffic impacts.
• Scott ParryConcerned · Strategic plan and October 10 minutes
  Raises concerns that fear of retaliation and intimidating engagement settings suppressed participation, and proposes a citywide mail-out.
• A residentAsks · Strategic plan
  Asks council to choose option one, expand outreach by mail, and hold facilitated focus groups on plan objectives.
• Glenn Glowinski (Brock Avenue) · Item 9.2
  States: Offers to answer council questions about item 9.2.
• A residentMixed · Strategic plan
  Calls for deeper First Nations consultation, sustainable development, renter and non-market housing, tree protection, and accessible parks and amenities.

Presentations were received from James Ridge (Strategic Plan) and Brent Toderian (Building Cities Better).

• Greg (Linkford)Asks · Property taxes
  Asks council to reconsider property-tax increases.
• Brooklynbaker Hobbs (Luxton Road)Concerned · Building Cities Better
  Raises concerns about tree removal and tall warehouses shading nearby homes, and urges better future planning.
• R. Louie (Bellamy Road)Mixed · Strategic plan
  Urges council to collaborate with residents on the strategic plan and create an Indigenous task force to implement TRC and DRIP calls.
• Wendy Hobbs (Luxton Road)Asks · Strategic plan
  Urges broad public engagement, including surveys, to let residents help set priorities at the start of the strategic planning process.
• Lisa Foxall (Players Drive)Mixed · Building Cities Better
  Supports downtown density but opposes reducing public input and criticizes transportation messaging that discounts electric vehicles and work trucks.
• Michael Sunshine (Lancaster Drive)Supports · Strategic plan and development guidance
  Supports the consultants’ work and public presentation, and sees early development guidance as a way to improve parks and active transportation.
• S. Costello (Roboli Place)Asks · OCP and development guidance
  Requests a major OCP refresh and broad resident input, including a town hall, before council sets early development guidance.
• S. Plank (Goldstream)Mixed · Strategic plan and development guidance
  Supports early developer guidance but urges public consultation on strategic priorities and green setbacks around buildings.
• Kay RM (Finlayson Arm Road)Mixed · Strategic plan and development guidance
  Supports expert-led planning and tree protection, but cautions that pre-zoning needs robust public consultation when communities face fundamental changes.