Public engagement

• Present Engagement Report #2

• Review Next Steps

• Launch First Video

Tonight’s Agenda

• Submitted for Council’s acceptance

• Covers public engagement activities from April 1 to June 30, 2010.

• Made available through the PlanSJ Storefront & website

Today’s AgendaPublic Engagement Report #2

• Made in Saint John

• Inspiring people

• Reaching out across the City

• Bringing different perspectives together

• Many ways to get involved

Today’s AgendaEngagement Goals

Today’s AgendaJune 12th Directions Workshop

• Over 120 participants from across the city

• Feedback continued with workbooks available online and in the Storefront

• feedback forms the bulk of Engagement Report #2

Today’s AgendaEngagement in numbers

• The feedback received from a wide range of Saint Johners has helped us understand Saint John’s challenges and opportunities for change and growth over the coming 25 years

• Smart Growth

• Employment

• Arts, Culture & Heritage

• Urban Design

• Mobility

• Sustainability

• Inclusiveness

Today’s AgendaEngagement Themes

Community Feedback

Redefine the size and boundary of the city and stop sprawling outward ♦Build compact and complete communities/neighbourhoods ♦ Provide

access to amenities and daily needs by making walking, cycling and public transit more attractive and feasible ♦ Create diverse housing for a range of

ages, income levels and lifestyles ♦ Build a plan on the assumption that Saint John’s population is stable and will not increase ♦ Develop Saint John

using green principles and practices ♦ Promote a mix of land uses and housing types throughout the City ♦ Fill in under-utilized and vacant spaces in existing neighbourhoods before building in new areas ♦ Make restoration

of heritage buildings easier, allowing flexible uses and providing financial incentives ♦ Increase public access to the waterfront – lakes, rivers, the

Harbour and bay ♦ Support entrepreneurs and arts and culture with facilities and services

Emerging Directions

• On-going work drafted through public feedback

• Establishes a strong set of overall intentions

• Used to evaluate choices for growth and change

Saint John proactively makes choices to shape the best future for the City.

Saint John is a thriving Urban Centre at the heart of the Greater Saint John Region

Saint John celebrates its many waterfronts and positions them as prominent and defining elements of the City.

Saint John is comprised of healthy, unique and inclusive neighbourhoods

Saint John actively pursues a progressive, robust and prosperous economy.

Saint John values and protects its natural environments and ecosystems.

Saint John grows the City smaller and smarter by developing complete and compact communities.

Saint John offers an enviable quality of life, choice and experience for all of its citizens.

Saint John is committed to a strong plan for action and making change.

Today’s AgendaProject Timeline – Next Steps

“Choices for Growth and Change”•Newsletter and Videos•CAC, Council and staff workshops•Open House – October 14•Youth Engagement

Summer & Fall 2010

Today’s AgendaProject Timeline – Next Steps

• Confirming the Growth Plan• Draft Municipal Plan• Final Municipal Plan

Winter 2010 to Fall 2011

Save the Date!

Choices for Growth & Change

Open House

Simonds High SchoolThursday October 14

4-9pm

• Leading edge engagement, reaching youth & a wider audience

• Building awareness & communicating opportunities

• Features Saint Johners sharing their hopes for PlanSJ

• Call to action to get involved in PlanSJ

Today’s AgendaLaunch of Opportunities Video

1. Accept Public engagement report #2 as recommended by the project team and the Citizen Advisory Committee as a critical input for guiding the next stage of public engagement for PlanSJ

2. Adopt revised date of Sept. 2nd at 4 pm for Council session on the Options for Growth

Today’s AgendaRecommendations

Thank You

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Phone: 506 635 2000