THE CITY PLAN November - December 2018

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES What We Are Hearing THE CITY PLAN November - December 2018

Attachment 3 CR_6408 Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the traditional land on which Edmonton sits, the Territory of the Treaty 6 First Nations and the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 4.

We would like to acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose ancestors footsteps have marked this territory for centuries such as: Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Blackfoot, as well as the Métis and the Inuit.

It is a welcoming place for all peoples who come from around the world to share Edmonton as a home. Together we call upon all of our collective honoured traditions and spirits to work in building a great city for today and future generations.

The authors would also like to thank the Edmontonians who participated in the engagement sessions. Your contributions are greatly appreciated and we hope you see your values and ideas reflected in these pages. TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE CITY PLAN 4 Building on Vision 2050 5

Guiding Values 6

City Building Outcomes 7

Identifying the City Moves 8

INDIGENOUS RELATIONS 9

HOW WE ARE HEARING FROM EDMONTONIANS 10 Approach 10

Principles of Engagement Activities 11

Engagements to Date 12

Who We Are Hearing From 13

How We Listened 14

WHAT WE ARE HEARING 16 What People Love About Edmonton 16

What Needs Our Attention 18

About Possible City Moves 20

Testing Draft City Moves 26

Next Steps 32

Addendum A: Guiding Values - What We Are Hearing and Public Engagement Data 33

Addendum B: Identifying City Moves - Public Engagement Data 48

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 3 THE CITY PLAN As Edmonton verges on becoming a city of one million people, we need to look forward. We need to be ambitious in our outlook and clear in our intention. As Edmontonians, we make things happen; it is that drive that will push us beyond what we are today and help us plan and define our city at two million people. Because, like you, other people want to make Edmonton home. Edmonton is ours. We need to plan together for the two million people who will choose Edmonton.

The City Plan is about our people today but also about the people who are not yet here. It is about the young who will grow old in our community. It is about babies that are yet to be born. It is about the people who make up this place - the Indigenous peoples, newcomers, settlers, investors, longtime residents and visitors. It is also about our spaces and places and how we move around the city. It is about our community and what we will need to do to together to grow, adapt and succeed in a resilient future city.

PAGE 4 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING The City Plan is about making choices together. What do we want our city to be? How can we build better connections? Who will we become?

Public consultation has started and Edmontonians are telling us what they value about our city and the bold moves we can make as a city that set our foundational and visionary direction. The first What We Are Hearing Report (Oct/Nov 2018) documented the results of engagement on guiding values and city-building outcomes. This second What We Are Hearing Report emphasizes ideas generated by residents to inform the development of City Moves. Building on Vision 2050

Foundational to The City Plan are Council’s four goals identified as part of Vision 2050 - Healthy City, Urban Places, Regional Prosperity and Climate Resilience - and one principal “connected.”

The core principle, Connected, drives all of the work for the goals: We create as a community to connect people to what matters to them We care about the impact of our actions on our social, economic, cultural, spiritual and environmental systems We serve those here today and those who come after us

GOALS Healthy Urban Regional Climate City Places Prosperity Resilience Edmonton is a Edmonton Edmonton grows Edmonton is a city neighbourly city neighbourhoods are prosperity for our transitioning to a with community and more vibrant as density Metro Region by low-carbon future, personal wellness increases, where driving innovation, has clean air and water that embodies and people and businesses competitiveness and is adapting to a promotes equity for thrive and where and relevance for our changing climate. all Edmontonians. housing and mobility businesses at the local options are plentiful. and global level.

This link to the four goals provided administration the opportunity to use Vision 2050 engagement data as a starting point for conversations with residents. To date, there are approximately 4,000 individual engagement records from Vision 2050, gathered by consulting with residents and numerous stakeholders over a two-year period. If the four goals are foundational to our plan, the engagement needs to be as well. This data, alongside the current City Plan engagement, provided the foundation for the development of The City Plan’s guiding values and city-building outcomes.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 5 Guiding Values Six guiding values articulate how Edmontonians want to experience their future city.

I WANT TO BELONG AND CONTRIBUTE

I WANT I WANT TO LIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN A PLACE TO THRIVE I WANT THAT FEELS ACCESS LIKE HOME WITHIN MY CITY

I WANT TO PRESERVE I WANT TO BE WHAT ABLE TO MATTERS CREATE AND MOST INNOVATE

PAGE 6 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING City Building Outcomes

Twenty-four City Building Outcomes describe what conditions will emerge in Edmonton’s future when Council’s four goals are actualized considering the desired experiences of Edmontonians. These guiding values and associated city building outcomes were presented to, and received for information by, Urban Planning Committee in November 2018.

For a full-sized matrix reference Attachment Four of the February 12 Urban Planning Committee Report on City Plan Phase III or The City Plan website at www.edmonton.ca/thecityplan.

I WANT TO I WANT TO LIVE I WANT I WANT I WANT TO I WANT TO BE BELONG AND IN A PLACE THAT OPPORTUNITIES ACCESS WITHIN PRESERVE WHAT ABLE TO CREATE CONTRIBUTE FEELS LIKE HOME TO THRIVE MY CITY MATTERS MOST AND INNOVATE

Edmonton fosters Edmontonians feel Edmontonians are Edmonton Edmontonians HEALTHY CITY personal wellness safe and secure in all Treaty 6 people encourages protect and Edmonton’s and mental health their communities who acknowledge community steward the natural community by promoting and benefit from and celebrate participation environment, wellness fosters connection for public spaces and diverse cultures through access local biodiversity, citizen leadership, people of all ages and infrastructure and welcome to barrier-free agriculture and capacity building supporting those systems that perspectives and spaces, facilities food systems, and and co-creation. who feel isolated or support experiences from and transportation cultural landscapes. vulnerable. physical health. around the world. networks.

Edmontonians Edmontonians Edmonton’s Edmonton’s river

URBAN PLACES have the ability live closer to what Edmontonians commercial valley, natural to live locally, in they need and are active in their areas support a environment, parks Edmonton is all seasons, with are supported by community, events, diverse economy and open spaces where creative access to diverse more walkable connected to its by attracting are protected spaces emerge and attainable communities, safe diversity of people, skills, talent and and expanded for and arts and housing options in bicycle routes, and celebrate its investment while future generations culture flourish. communities and greater heritage and image. supporting to connect with, that support their connectivity across small business. explore and enjoy. daily needs. all travel modes.

REGIONAL PROSPERITY Edmonton’s transportation Edmontonians Edmonton’s city Edmonton’s Edmontonians, system connects invest in the Edmontonians are design fosters a infrastructure, entrepreneurs and residents and maintenance and creative, develop sense of place by businesses, investors have businesses, care of regionally and invest in new celebrating our schools, and opportunities and creating significant ideas and sectors unique attributes, services are supports to grow a opportunities ecological assets, that contribute diversity and sustainable, diverse and resilient and supporting natural resources, locally and are opportunities benefiting the city economy. partnerships and infrastructure recognized globally. within the region. and region in turn. throughout services. the region.

CLIMATE RESILIENCE Edmontonians Edmonton’s natural Edmonton supports Edmontonians benefit from and physical Edmonton uses its Edmonton is a a diverse economy demonstrate improved public systems ensure economic strength leader in efficient, by embracing shared leadership transit and high- security and to foster innovation sustainable services and as stewards of their quality active resilience against in technology, lead community design, technologies environment and transportation extreme weather new initiatives development adaptable to the investors in their networks which events and other and strengthen its and living. impacts of community. reduce GHG environmental future prosperity. climate change. emissions. hazards.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 7 Identifying the City Moves

City Moves are bold, visionary, and foundational The moves chosen should serve the community well direction to advance Council’s four goals and regardless of whether we decline in population, or Edmontonians were engaged to identify and explore grow fast or grow slow. possible City Moves. In November and December 2018, the City undertook approximately 23 engagement Edmontonians’ work was relayed directly to The City events across Edmonton. These events ranged from Plan team. Edmontonians and The City Plan team stakeholder workshops, open call public workshops, created five City Moves: city hall school, pop-up events at malls and recreation Greener As We Grow - Through new physical growth centres, a World Town Planning Day event, and and development the city becomes greener and social media. more sustainable by reclaiming underutilized sites, adopting regenerative design practices, becoming Engagement activities were designed to hear from more energy efficient, and expanding urban residents about three things: biodiversity and access to nature. What they love about Edmonton A Rebuildable City- Edmonton’s neighbourhoods, What they believe needs our attention as we grow non-residential areas and infrastructure are from 1 million to 2 million people adaptable; they are constantly evolving, intensifying What might be possible choices and City Moves and becoming more multifunctional and efficient needed as we grow in response to new demands, opportunities and design ideas. The data gathered in this phase of engagement A Community of Communities - Distinct districts revealed there is a variety of reasons why people are comprised of many neighbourhoods and sub- excited about Edmonton right now: our entrepreneurial areas of the city are supported by community hubs spirit, our sense of community, our festivals and and gathering places and connected by a range of celebrations, the value of the North Saskatchewan efficient mobility options which helps to make life as River valley, and our small town feel. Many are excited easy as it is seamless. about how Edmonton is in the process of changing, Inclusive and Compassionate - Edmonton is a place and there are key things we must pay attention to while where people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities the city is changing: accessibility and mobility in the can not only survive, but thrive; poverty reduction transportation system, making wise design decisions, strategies that focus on providing adequate preserving parks and natural spaces, supporting our affordable housing and eliminating homelessness entrepreneurial spirit, advancing the social supports drives positive change for individuals and diverse needed, being aware of technological change, and communities alike. connecting to the land and our unique stories. Catalyze and Converge - Edmonton is a place where Discussions were raised during engagement about ideas, opportunities and talent come together and Edmonton’s potential growth to a city of two million innovation, and where technology and investment people, but more prevalent was discussion around are aligned with purpose and energy to steward our planning a more compact and complete community. shared economy and support personal prosperity.

PAGE 8 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING INDIGENOUS RELATIONS

This phase also saw the beginnings of engagement with Indigenous communities in and around Edmonton. To start, we initiated contact with the City’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) partners including Enoch Cree Nation, the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, Métis Nation of Alberta Region 4, and the Métis Nation of Alberta. This process is part of the City’s commitment to build and maintain connections with First Nations and Métis communities with historic and cultural connections to the land where Edmonton is now located.

Work on Indigenous engagement will advance as we enter the next phase of the project. This work will include further participation of MOU partners through dedicated engagement events facilitated by The City Plan Team, and recently retained Indigenous engagement consultants. As the project progresses, feedback and results from those processes will be reported in a dedicated Indigenous engagement What We Heard document.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 9 HOW WE ARE HEARING FROM EDMONTONIANS It is critical to ensure the voice of Edmontonians is heard through the development of The City Plan.

Approach

The City Plan will guide where and how Edmonton grows physically, economically, ecologically, socially, culturally. We recognize there are many systems, directions and policies that work together to build and care for our city. The City Plan needs to consider a full range of perspectives to ensure that it is responsive to the needs of the city. To do this, the engagement methodology is structured to incorporate four perspectives:

PAGE 10 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Source: Dr. Marilyn Hamilton, The Integral City Model

As the whole city system makes the city-citizens, civil society, the businesses and public institutions-the whole system will contribute to what the collective city is reaching for. The City Plan is a plan for the whole city, not a ‘city hall plan’.

The purpose of Phase II engagement was to explore and confirm what is most important about Edmonton to retain and sustain, and to begin to articulate the city moves we wish to make to attain the Edmonton we wish to attain, as a community of two million people. At this stage, engagement activities have begun to differentiate the perspectives of citizens, community organizations, the business community and public institutions.

Future engagement, activities and feedback summaries will reflect all four perspectives - citizens, community organizations, the business community and public institutions - allowing each to be heard clearly, and enabling wise integration of varied ideas and values. Principles of Engagement Activities

Each phase of engagement, and the design of each activity, will: Demonstrate to Edmontonians that The City Plan is their plan, and that input will impact decision-making in The City Plan process. Create places where the community can interact with high-level, long-term, city-wide planning ideas and information in tactile and technical ways. Create places for gathering diverse feedback from the community about our city. Engage at multiple scales (such as, metro, district, local). Engage the whole city system (citizens, community organizations, the business community and public institutions). Ensure The City Plan incorporates the Vision 2050 goals. Report back to the community in clear ways about what they have said.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 11 Engagements to Date Public Hearing

2018 2019 2020 PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 PHASE 4 PHASE 5 GROUNDWORK FOUNDATIONS PLAN FRAMING BUILDING UP PLAN APPROVAL

July-August 2018Sept - Oct 2018 Nov 2018 - Jan 2019 Feb- August 2019 Sept 2019 - June 2020 Pre-engagement: Reﬁne: what do Create: what is the Create: which scenarios Reﬁne: policy prepare ourselves we want to retain, future City we want are most appealing and development and the city for sustain and attain? and how do we what do we need to do engagement make it happen? to make them happen?

City Plan HQ Pop-Ups*

City Hall School - Read-in Week

Engage Edmonton

Core Stakeholder Workshops

World Town Planning Day

Open Call Workshops

Internal City Engagement

Online and Social Media Engagement

* originally reported in WWH Oct/Nov 2018, Data presented in Addenda A

PAGE 12 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Who We Are Hearing From

This phase of engagement included going out and meeting Edmontonians in places where they were already visiting. This included attending events in all four quadrants of the city and providing opportunities to engage at malls, and recreation centres as well as multiple opportunities to attend workshops throughout the city.

CITIZENS Young People Engaged Post-Secondary Students PUBLIC City Hall School INSTITUTIONS Edmonton Youth Council Core Stakeholder Engage Edmonton Workshops 460 interactions Two 3-hour workshops 742 comments received Representation from City City Plan Pop-Ups Administration, Enoch Cree 752 interactions Nation 850 comments received City of Edmonton Drop-In Open Call Workshops 531 comments received Five 3-hour workshops 35 attendees

CIVIL SOCIETY BUSINESS Core Stakeholder Core Stakeholder Workshops Workshops Two 3-hour workshops Two 3-hour workshops Representation from Representation from UDI- Edmonton Federation of ER, CHBA, IDEA Community Leagues

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 13 How We Listened The engagement activities for Phase III of The City Plan, summarized in this report, fall primarily in the ‘refine’ and ‘create’ elements of the Public Engagement Spectrum allowing them to revise draft content and ideas in light and nimble ways, or create by rolling up their sleeves with a significant time commitment.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SPECTRUM - REFINE SPECTRUM - CREATE POSTCARD CAMPAIGN WORLD TOWN PLANNING DAY In this phase, students of many ages were engaged On World Town Planning Day (November 8, 2018), The through City Hall School to talk about their ideas for City Plan Team attended an event organized by the Edmonton’s future. This involved talking with students Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) at the and their teachers, as well as presenting to a class of Metro Theatre in Garneau. After a screening of the film MacEwan University’s nursing students. To capture Whose City? (a film about Berlin after the fall of the their input, students were asked to write postcards to Berlin Wall), The City Plan Team encouraged attendees themselves from the future . to identify some large, transformational “City Moves” for Edmonton. Participants were encouraged to write their suggestion for a “City Move” on a sticky note, and then plot it on an axis according to the degree of change required to achieve the idea, and the likelihood it could be done.

PAGE 14 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING WORKSHOPS Workshop #2: OPEN CALL WORKSHOPS The second workshop was an opportunity for attendees to dive deeper into how to achieve the To engage with Edmontonians in a more in-depth way shared vision for The City Plan. Through a process called the City hosted five workshops open to anyone in Open Space Technology, participants were asked to Edmonton. The workshops were designed to enable identify City Moves in response the following question: attendance by a diverse range of Edmontonians. At the workshops, participants were asked to collaborate with their neighbours to identify answers What are the transformational to the following questions: moves for Edmonton as we What most excites you about Edmonton right now? grow from 1 million to 2 million What is most important about Edmonton to keep? people? What needs our attention as we growth from 1 million to 2 million people? During the second half of the workshop participants Each workshop ended with a model building exercise were asked to review a draft list of City Moves prepared where participants designed a conceptual model by the City Plan Team based on the input they’d of their future vision for the city using a variety received from Edmontonians. of materials. DROP-IN EVENT CORE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS CITY OF EDMONTON INTERNAL The City also hosted a pair of in-depth workshops with STAKEHOLDER EVENT participants representing key stakeholders in the city. After having heard from Edmontonians about possible This included representatives from all four stakeholder transformational City Moves for Edmonton as we grow groups including members of Edmonton business and from 1 million to 2 million people, a drop-in gathering not-for-profit sectors, and First Nations as well as was organized to introduce the emerging City Moves administrators at the City. to internal stakeholders across the corporation of the City of Edmonton. Stakeholders became familiar with Workshop #1: emerging City Moves, reviewed and commented on At the first of the two workshops participants were each emerging City Move and identified the degrees of asked to collaborate with their neighbours to identify impact and implementability. answers to the following questions: What most excites you about Edmonton right now? UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS What is most important about Edmonton to keep? Throughout 2019, The City Plan will continue to engage What needs our attention as we grow from 1 million with the public to create a plan for Edmonton’s Essential to 2 million people? City and Future City: things that Edmonton needs to retain and sustain, and things that we strive to attain The first workshop ended with a model building as we grow to a city of two million people. The City exercise where participants designed a conceptual Plan team will continue to engage public and technical model of their future vision for the city using a variety stakeholders in the creation of a future scenario for of materials. Edmonton. This scenario will then be used to create high-level policy to guide the choices Edmonton will make as we grow to a healthy, urban, and climate resilient city of two million people that supports a prosperous region.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 15 WHAT WE ARE HEARING

The following pages contain a summary of the Phase III feedback received based on the different topics of engagement.

REFINE What People Love About Edmonton

Throughout this engagement campaign we’ve asked Edmontonians to tell us about the the things that they like best about their city.

POSTCARD RESPONSES During this phase young Edmontonians were asked to tells us what things they love about Edmonton. Over 450 postcards received. The most common themes identified in the post cards were:

“You will love Edmonton in the future! You won’t believe it, but….”

There are more parks, natural areas and There are more electric vehicles on the road playgrounds (10% of responses) (5% of responses) We’ve increased services, support and There are more homes and plenty of housing for the homeless and an overall residential areas in the city (4% of responses) reduction in homelessness (7% of responses) There are lots of educational facilities, schools We live in a way that is more environmentally and related services (3% of responses) friendly and causes less pollution There is better public transit services (7% of responses) (3% of responses) We finally invented flying cars and vehicles The city is clean and there is more attention (5% of responses) given to having less litter on streets. The LRT transit system continues to expand (2% of responses) (5% of responses)

PAGE 16 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING WHAT MOST EXCITES YOU ABOUT EDMONTON RIGHT NOW? Edmontonians were asked to share what things about Edmonton are the most exciting. The following graphics outline some of the keywords that were identified by participants.

Business Downtown Core Education Community Food Iconic Buildings Downtown Inﬁll Infrastructure Revitalization Opportunities for Investment Changing Redevelopment Multi-Cultural Perceptions Parks Progressive Potential Institutions Reconciliation Festivals Winter City Regional View River Valley People First Sense of Diversity Young People Community LRT Expansion Royal Alberta Simplicity Postsecondary Museum Space to Grow Schools Public Art Trees Small Town Feel Activities Fiscal Aﬀordable Agriculture Responsibility Risk Taking Change Rogers Place Arts and eatre City Walterdale Volunteerism Climate Bridge Cycling Leadership

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT EDMONTON TO KEEP? In addition, The City Plan Team asked participants to identify what aspects are most important to protect as we move forward towards a population of 2 million. The following graphics outline some of the keywords that were identified by participants.

River Valley Main Streets Business Festivals Trail System Attraction Parks Choose Cultural Aﬀordability Edmonton Amenities Arts and Culture Communities Education Scene Multi-Cultural Food Scene Historic Buildings City LRT Expansion Small Town Feel Opportunity Neighbourhood Community People First Reinvestment Leagues Post Secondary Progressive Community Public Regional Spaces Engagement Perspective Diversity Safety Shopping Malls Entrepreneurial Transit Small Culture Transportation Businesses Recreation Options Winter Activities Facilities University of Cycling Trails Sense of Alberta Volunteerism Community Walkable NAIT Edmonton Neighbourhood MacEwan Culture Winter City

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 17 CREATE What Needs Our Attention What needs our attention as we grow from 1 million to 2 million people?

The following tables are the themes and key concepts identified by participants in response to the above question.

THEMES KEY CONCEPTS

ACCESSIBILITY ›› Connectivity ›› Living without a car ›› Roadway Functionality AND MOBILITY ›› Ease of Mobility ›› Growing Traffic ›› Cycling Network ›› Flexible Networks ›› Transportation Options ›› Pedestrian Oriented

TRANSIT ›› Transit Corridors ›› Park and Ride ›› LRT Traffic Impacts ›› Transit Functionality ›› Transportation Mode ›› Transit Changes Shift

BUSINESS ›› Economic Diversification ›› Red Tape ATTRACTION ›› New Partnerships ›› Employment ›› Scale-up Businesses

DESIGN ›› Winter City ›› High Quality Design ›› Specialized Areas ›› Housing Design ›› Complete Communities ›› Car Dependance ›› Pedestrian Oriented ›› Multiple Core Areas

PARKS AND ›› Preserve Natural Spaces ›› Agricultural Lands NATURAL SPACES ›› River Valley ›› Increase Park Space ›› Parks

MATURE ›› Conversations about ›› Downtown Core Change NEIGHBOURHOODS change ›› Mature Neighbourhoods Change

CLIMATE RESILIENCE ›› Energy Use and ›› Sustainable Production Infrastructure ›› Environmental Impacts ›› Flooding

COMMUNITIES ›› Diversity/ Demograpics ›› Multi-cultural ›› Leadership opportunities ›› Sense of Community ›› Empower Citizens

GROWTH ›› Constraints to Growth ›› Transforming new ›› Potential for Negative Growth Growth ›› Manage Suburban

PAGE 18 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING THEMES KEY CONCEPTS

REGIONAL ›› Big Picture Efficiencies ›› Intergovernmental PERSPECTIVES ›› Multiple Core Areas Cooperation ›› Annexation

DENSITIFCATION ›› Missing Middle Zoning ›› Co-operative Housing ›› Densification of ›› High Density Amenities ›› Centralization of Commercial Spaces ›› Mixed Use Development Businesses

SOCIAL ISSUES ›› Homelessness ›› Minority and Majority ›› Affordability ›› Discrimination Rights ›› Reconciliation ›› Social Isolation ›› Displacement ›› Social Determinants of Health

SOCIAL SUPPORTS ›› Flexibility and capacity of ›› Social Connections ›› Arts and Culture support networks ›› Aging in Place ›› Multi-generational ›› Mult-generational ›› Volunteerism interactions housing

PERCEPTION OF ›› Edmontonians ›› Why people choose ›› Perception of City EDMONTON percpetion of Edmonton Edmonton Actions ›› Perception of Change ›› Small Town Feel ›› Pride versus Embarrassment

GATHERING PLACES ›› Main Streets ›› Community Amenities ›› Places to go ›› High Quality Urban Design

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE ›› Digital Privacy ›› AirBnB ›› Electric Vehicles ›› Disruptive Technologies ›› Rideshare ›› Artificial Intelligence

INFRASTRUCTURE ›› Infrastructure Capacity ›› Sustainable ›› Fiscal Sustainability INVESTMENT ›› Funding and location of Infrastructure ›› Underground utilities infrastructure ›› Ongoing Maintenance ›› School Planning

HISTORY ›› Connections to the Land ›› Revitalizing Heritage ›› Historic Connections ›› Historic Buildings

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 19 What choices do we need to make to be healthy, urban and climate resilient city of two million people that supports a prosperous region?

About Possible City Moves The City Moves will be the key actions to help achieve The City Plan and the goals of Vision 2050. As part of this phase of The City Plan project, workshop participants were invited to develop three dimensional models that incorporate the big ideas, or city moves, we can make as a community. Attendees at the World Town Planning Day event also generated a list of ideas for the City Moves.

The following section summarizes the ideas generated for the City Moves.

PAGE 20 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING CITY MOVES IDENTIFIED BY PARTICIPANTS The table below documents ideas that emerged from participants at the open call public workshops as well as the World Town Planning Day event, City Plan HQ and the internal stakeholder workshop. The City Moves summarized here do not represent frequency of ideas; they are a list of ideas that emerged from the data.

For details on the complete data received, see Addendum B: Identifying City Moves-City Plan Engagement Data (November to December 2018).

Let’s focus on the river valley Let’s make buildings, blocks and How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - streets for people Greener as We Grow How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Potential Ideas: A Rebuildable City Preserve and enjoy the city’s ribbon of green as Potential Ideas: a city of green neighbourhoods all connected to Shift our perspective to community living, the river valley system and as a transportation wherever we live in the city corridor on and beside the water. Build within current boundaries Provide facilities and amenities along Do we want to be 2 million people? the length of the river (washrooms, gathering areas, markets) Contain growth Create affordable residences with access/views to the valley Let’s make a city with Protect the ecological integrity of the river system identifiable urban villages/ districts/ neighbourhood hearts across Edmonton Let’s protect ecologically How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - sensitive lands A Community of Communities How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Potential Ideas: Greener as We Grow Create many walkable and enjoyable high Potential Ideas: density distinct hubs/hearts of the city where most needs are met Protect the ecological integrity of sensitive lands Create density targets for areas of the city Preserve the river valley Create processes where the community decides how to accommodate the population High quality green spaces, commons Invest in and create the conditions for better services to our existing neighbourhoods Create equitable opportunities for Edmonton’s diverse neighbourhoods Socially supported densification with community amenities, integrated affordable housing

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 21 Let’s identify nodes and corridors to Let’s be a city for people focus our activity and investment How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Inclusive and Compassionate A Community of Communities Potential Ideas: Potential Ideas: Be a place where different cultures live together Have dense areas in addition to downtown, Welcome people from all over the world focused along transportation corridors and at distinct nodes End racism Design for compact and walkable communities Foster gender equity in all ways that will be community hubs/hearts End poverty Maximize existing infrastructure by developing along existing corridors Cultivate citizen leadership and co-creation Increase amenities to neighbouring communities Allow people to live closer to where they work Let’s be a city of climate refuge How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Inclusive and Compassionate Let’s make a city with a multi-modal, interconnected transportation Potential Ideas: network Prioritize food self-sufficiency (food vs. sprawl) How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Radical water use reform A Community of Communities Alternate energy sources Potential Ideas: Resilience hubs as refuge in emergencies Create expansive and integrated active and public transportation networks Preserve headwaters Shift our modes of transportation from the car Infrastructure that accommodates an influx of by making other modes more accessible climate refugees Decrease car infrastructure (roads, parking lots) and increase shared transportation options Make alternate investments in the Let’s be a Treaty City transportation network How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Provide more useful transportation system Inclusive and Compassionate to citizens Potential Ideas: Allow people to move according to needs, Improve relationships between Indigenous and encouraged to live, work and play in the non-Indigenous peoples same area Make reparations to Pappaschase First Nation Connect the green grid: food, flood, wildlife Live and breathe the Treaty spirit active transportation, nature and leisure Urban reserves Land acknowledgement

PAGE 22 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Let’s be a food city Let’s actively manage the change this How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - will require of us Catalyze and Converge How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Potential Ideas: Catalyze and Converge Grow food in Edmonton: Potential Ideas: Zone land for urban farming Acknowledge and ‘manage’ the culture change that comes with making our city more Support urban farming densely populated Allocate local food growing areas throughout How do we help people welcome change? whole city How do we empower people to make changes? Turn some industrial areas into vertical farming What are the different cultural expectations? Ability to grow our own food (to help feed 2 million) Let’s create flexible policy that Enjoy food in Edmonton: accommodates innovation Community kitchens How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Local restaurants and markets Catalyze and Converge in community hubs Potential Ideas: Renew zoning regulations to accommodate: Increased density Let’s be a fiscally responsible city Diverse ways of working How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Ease of changing zoning Catalyze and Converge Mixed land use (residential and commercial) Potential Ideas: Model how to be a fiscally responsible city Make good use of existing infrastructure Time public investment with care and responsibility (ie how much public investment before development?)

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 23 A DEEP DIVE INTO POSSIBLE CITY MOVES The second core stakeholder workshop involved participants identifying their own City Moves. These moves are described below and additional details are available in Addendum B: Identifying City Moves - City Plan Engagement Data.

PROPOSED CITY MOVES FROM CORE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP #2

Edmonton will explore the river Consider alternate Growth Strategies and the river valley for fast public (Static, Degrowth) transportation options How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - A Rebuildable City A Rebuildable City Important to consider alternate growth Consider opportunities for the city to use the scenarios where Edmonton is not growing. river for public transportation options. Provides an opportunity to make Edmonton Largest urban green space in North America. more resilient to change. Move to increase function, usability and access Ensures policies are flexible for 2M people or to the River Valley. static growth. This will help to shift the River Valley from a symbol to a tool. Edmonton is a city where Provides an opportunity to increase density near and in the River Valley. development is easy and encouraged How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - A Rebuildable City Enable density in our Establish an improved process for development mature neighbourhoods in Edmonton. How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Allow for innovative development; A Rebuildable City Improve predictability through ARPs (Planned Consider opportunities for enabling additional growth and density increases); density in mature neighbourhoods. More big picture thinking for planning Allow more population to existing infrastructure; redevelopment and revitalization; and Incorporate national historical sites and Plan for appropriate growth throughout the contributions; city with high rises and medium rises where Applies to residential but also commercial, it makes sense. roadways etc.

PAGE 24 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Transportation mode and choice How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - A Community of Communities, Inclusive and Compassionate Invest in infrastructure for other modes - bike lane, bike shares, wider sidewalks, and bike parking. There is currently a disparity between transportation infrastructure spending. Edmonton is and will There are many costs associated with private be a “Screen City” vehicle infrastructure (especially in our climate); How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Also consider how best to re-use private right- Catalyze and Converge of-ways and parking sites. Encourage the installation of digital screens throughout the city. These signs provide an opportunity for Creating artistic hubs in all establishing Edmonton as a unique city. communities accessible to all Provides an opportunity to achieve a number of Edmontonians outcomes including: How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Unique ability- change to any environment A Community of Communities, at will; Digital Connectivity; Public Art; Inclusive and Compassionate Wayfinding; Amber Alerts/Emergencies; Establish a number of smaller artistic hubs within communities. Advertising Revenue; Data used positively. This provides a more community focused place for artistic spaces, cultural interactions as well as gathering places for children’s programming, Edmonton is a great place to start and as well as teens and adults. grow a business How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - Catalyze and Converge Future of work Consider opportunities for the city to reduce How this shows up in the Draft City Moves - barriers to starting and growing a business. Catalyze and Converge Encourage was to connect people to the Need to consider any necessary changes related business community so they will build their to the changing nature of work. company and stay in Edmonton; Edmonton must grow its capacity to create and Encourage coordination between businesses attract talent. and post secondary institutions; and Related ideas: Gig Economy; Vibrant Cores; Encourage and provide fairness in Satellite Hubs; and Live-Work Balance. taxation regimes.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 25 Testing Draft City Moves

Following the first rounds of consultation, The City Plan Team identified a series of high-level directions that captured the diversity of ideas and values presented by Edmontonians who attended the engagement sessions to date. These Draft City Moves were then tested during events at the end of November and early December 2018. The following pages contain some details of the five Draft City Moves and initial responses to each one. For additional detail on the comments, please see Addendum B: Identifying City Moves-City Plan Engagement Data.

GREENER AS WE GROW

THE WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN ACTION IDEAS Improving access to the River Valley through Preserve local farmland connections and extensions. Encourage integration of drainage infrastructure Supporting biodiversity in the city by design. and environmental goals Transforming asphalt/gravel lots into new green Provide programming resources to support buildings and spaces. this objective Greening our infrastructure (to support residential, Reduce the environmental impacts of City-owned commercial and industrial) buildings and vehicles. Becoming biophilic and bringing about ecological Consider methods to reduce vehicle dependence restoration. and use in the city Using new growth to add green energy to the grid. Promote energy efficient homes, net zero Preserving natural areas and open spaces. development and local energy and food production Expanding and enhancing the mass transit network MISSING PIECES to reduce GHGs from single occupancy vehicles. The following ideas were described as missing WHAT WE HEARD by participants: Respondents indicated that they felt the some of Market demand for green buildings the Ways to Make it Happen felt “too small” and were Opportunities for economic diversification not ambitious enough . Other comments indicated Sustainable energy production that there needs to be additional focus placed on communicating the quality of life impacts of becoming a “greener” city.

PAGE 26 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING A REBUILDABLE CITY

THE WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN a mix of feelings about the feasibility and usefulness of the City Move. This included multiple comments that Increasing infill across the city and expanding the the idea was “too small” but also comments that the diversity of housing and employment options idea seemed “too big”, “too fancy” or that questioned Transforming under-utilized sites (e.g., power its feasibility. centres, vacant lots) into new development opportunities for residential, commercial, ACTION IDEAS mixed use etc. Allow for batch rezoning/redevelopment that is Taking an asset-based perspective on first-version neighbourhood focused and respects different development conditions within existing neighbourhoods. Designing existing and new neighbourhoods/sites Prioritize re-development over greenfield with to change, intensify and grow funding and service provision and reinvest in Building adaptable infrastructure, public realm, community-level facilities and treating City assets as transformable Ensure community voices are heard when things are (i.e. road rights-of-way) changing and be sensitive to the desires of existing Improving street networks for efficiency home owners. and adaptability Establish “build back better” standards to increase Building to meet our social needs as they change design and infrastructure quality over time Recognizing that we are a point in time and Implement regional cost-sharing standards to the role of Edmontonians as temporary stewards reduce the burden on industrial lands in the city for the future MISSING PIECES Designing places that are easy, playful, creative The following ideas were described as missing and transitional - not just perfect, permanent, places by participants: to redevelop. This should refer also to the city’s ability to adapt WHAT WE HEARD and be resilient to change Participants noted that the ideas related to this City These ideas should expand beyond infill to include Move needs to be communicated more clearly. There other forms of renewal were multiple comments regarding the use of jargon, Include recreational uses, and environmental and vague ideas or inaccessible language. There was also economic considerations

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 27 A COMMUNITY OF COMMUNITIES

THE WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN Concern that some of the ideas may be outside of the city’s “mandate” to provide services Creating urban villages and local community hubs and good government. for gathering (facilitating connection, decreasing isolation) ACTION IDEAS Designing our city so that daily needs are Develop a transit system that is flexible to meet within reach changing needs Designing a city where simplicity of living and living Co-location and integration of facilities to make local is possible effective use of infrastructure, promote creativity Meeting basic needs (food, shelter, work, education) and ease of access. easily/simply Promote additional mixtures of uses within Aging in place is possible and desirable communities including neighbourhood level Designing our transportation and land use so that commercial spaces, parks and events. you are never in a place where the only option is to Integrate placement of community hubs, active drive transportation infrastructure and green spaces. Supporting walkable neighbourhoods and providing many mobility options for diverse users MISSING PIECES Life is easier; this saves our time and attention so The following ideas were described as missing that we can apply our attention where we want by participants: Supporting ease of living with technology Need to also consider communities of “affiliation” Designing a city with District Planning in mind not just neighbourhoods Actions need to look beyond illustration the existing WHAT WE HEARD conditions towards solutions and options Concern that there was too much focus on transit in Needs to clearly show how this may show up in how the City Move would be applied, and concern that different types of communties there will be lots of ‘analysis’ done but uncertain about Need to clearly define the expected role of the City how it will be used or implemented. with regard to services that it provides.

PAGE 28 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING INCLUSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE Originally presented as “Foster a Healing City”

THE WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN define the outcomes of this move. Other comments indicated that this move should be pursued and that its Supporting a healthy city through design aspirations should also be folded into the other moves. (mobility, environment, food) Healing the land and earth by reducing resources ACTION IDEAS and reusing them Consider additional actions to make more inclusive Increasing and celebrating cultural diversity spaces that move beyond tokenism Creating arts and culture spaces Mandate affordable and supportive housing in new Ending poverty and promoting recovery developments and neighbourhoods Improving physical safety and ease of access Consider the impact of land use decisions on for users of all ages and abilities community health Working towards Truth and Reconciliation through Provide land and economic opportunities as a path the physical/ public environment towards reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples (i.e. art, streetnaming,etc) Increase opportunities for intercultural communities Recognizing mobility as a right to meet, share and interact Equitable access to public amenities and natural areas MISSING PIECES Creating affordability in our city (including housing + The following ideas were described as missing other essential needs) by participants: Creating spaces for spirituality and connection Move beyond easy actions that can be received as tokenism Creating spaces for formal and formal gathering and recreation (rec. centres) Need specific principles and actionable ideas to make this move more concrete WHAT WE HEARD Consider ways that additional partners in civil Comments indicated some disagreement about this society, the business community and residents can move. Some comments indicated that the City Move participate and take action on this topic was “too large” in scope. This includes concerns Consider applying the lens of “social determinants that there might be too many non-land use related of health” (poverty, location, race, family history) considerations and that it would be important to clearly and how that impacts planning decisions

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 29 CATALYZE AND CONVERGE Originally presented as “City of Convergence”

THE WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WHAT WE HEARD Creating opportunities for innovation There was agreement among many comments that this in physical space City Move needed to be further defined and fleshed out Spurring/shaping economic development through for it to be truly effective and inspire cooperation. Other infrastructure investments comments noted that the original language of the City Move might be perceived as being too tied to physical Developing the idea of mobility as a service while connectivity and could be expanded. being technology agnostic Imagining how universities, art hubs, new ACTION IDEAS technology can come together Consider opportunities to have existing Supporting start-up companies that will retain institutions and partners participate in innovation talent in Edmonton and attract new talent (i.e. UofA, NAIT, MacEwan, Edmonton Federation of Curating the idea of a the ‘city as lab’, piloting and Community Leagues, AHS as well as community testing precursor ideas/technology with purpose, and advocacy groups) to ensure we’re prepared for global changes Improve job prospects for new grads (university and Harnessing, managing, manipulating data (big data) high school) with stronger connections between through a smart city lens schools and industry A collaborative economy (e.g. multifunctional retail Ensure that capital projects are built on time and spaces) and economic diversification (boom-bust under budget with help from private industry proofing, preparing for an oil-less future) Look into how to grow/manage boom-bust cycles Youth mobilization (pre post secondary, how do we keep them here) Intergenerational spaces MISSING PIECES Facilities and infrastructure that attracts businesses The following ideas were described as missing and large international events by participants: Improve our competitiveness and readiness to Include more than just physical connections thrive in the global economy Provide spaces for intergenerational connections outside of the family Actions need to move beyond mappig towards tangible community impacts

PAGE 30 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS Internal stakeholders identified a wide variety of Technology – The City Plan should provide a process for actions and considerations which they identified as the City to meet and negotiate emerging technological being missing from the five City Moves or that were considerations like data privacy, autonomous vehicles important to include in the implementation of the City and smart infrastructure. Moves. These themes are summarized below: Environmental – The City Plan needs to provide clear General Principles – To be effective, The City Plan direction on environmental targets and provide detail should to include specific details of implementation, on the actions needed to achieve those targets. hard targets, and clear priorities for key areas like new Key objectives of the plan need to consider climate growth, environmental impacts, and fiscal sustainability. resilience, greenhouse gas emissions and protection of To be useful for citizens, the document also needs to be agricultural areas. written in plain language. Regional Dynamics – The City Plan should consider Different perspectives – The City Moves must Edmonton’s regional context including collaboration consider the role of different parts of the Integral City with neighbours, actions of neighbours and regional in implementing The City Plan. This includes not only outcomes of the City Moves. the four stakeholder types but also different cultural Fiscal Impacts – For this plan to be effective, it must perspectives and Indigenous world views. The Plan also consider the fiscal impacts of the City Moves should be supported by a diverse range of stakeholders including how the Moves may be funded, what the tax but must acknowledge that it may not be 100% aligned impacts, economic competitiveness and the cost of with 100% of people’s values. long-term maintenance and operation. Geography – The City plan should consider the Implementation – The City Plan needs to be impact of City Moves at different geographic scales implementable. This includes identifying clear targets including the region and the community. It should also for important objectives. It also includes identified roles provide direction for specific parts of the city including of specific players and details about the actions needed downtown, growth areas and re-development sites. to achieve these objectives.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 31 NEXT STEPS Conversations with Edmontonians will continue at engagement sessions in 2019. Members of The City Plan Team will begin meeting with members of different cultural communities to gather input from groups which may not attend traditional engagement events. In addition, The City Plan Team, along with engagement consultants, are planning engagement with representatives from Edmonton’s Indigenous Memorandum of Understanding partners.

PAGE 32 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING ADDENDUM A GUIDING VALUES - WHAT WE ARE HEARING AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT DATA DATA FROM OCTOBER 2018 The following pages provide a summary of the ongoing engagement events about guiding values for The City Plan that took place primarily in October 2018. These events were not included in the October 2018 What We Are Hearing document, as engagement was ongoing.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 33 WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT CITY BUILDING VALUES Engage Edmonton

In October and November 2018, the City of Edmonton hosted Edmontonians at six events held across Edmonton. Engage Edmonton provided an opportunity for diverse Edmontonians to drop-in and engage on a variety of topics including The City Plan.

ENGAGEMENT DATES ENGAGE EDMONTON #1 - SOUTHGATE CENTRE (OCTOBER 11, 2018) ENGAGE EDMONTON #2 - NORTHGATE CENTRE (OCTOBER 18, 2018) ENGAGE EDMONTON #3 - LONDONDERRY MALL (OCTOBER 25, 2018) ENGAGE EDMONTON #4 - WEST EDMONTON MALL (OCTOBER 30, 2018) ENGAGE EDMONTON #5 - MILLWOODS TOWN CENTRE (NOVEMBER 8, 2018) ENGAGE EDMONTON #6 - EDMONTON TOWER (NOVEMBER 15, 2018)

During the Engage Edmonton events, participants were asked to respond to the following prompts connected to the City Building Values of The City Plan. I feel like I BELONG in Edmonton when… Edmonton feels like a home I can LIVE in when… I THRIVE in Edmonton when… I find Edmonton easy to ACCESS when… In Edmonton, I want to PRESERVE… To CREATE and innovate in Edmonton I need…

Across all six City Plan Guiding Values participants highlighted many interrelated topics including housing affordability, natural areas, sense of community, transit, transportation, and economic growth. Both recurring and unique ideas suggested by Edmontonians in these responses are helping The City Plan Team to focus their attention on the topics Edmontonians think are important.

PAGE 34 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING WHAT WE HEARD - SUMMARIZED RESPONSES The following tables show sentences comprized of key words drawn from participant responses to the prompt related to each City Building Value.

I FEEL LIKE I BELONG IN EDMONTON WHEN… Community… I am connected to Engaged Citizens… When I have a Feelings… I feel safe, trust my my community through events, chance to influence how the city neighbours and people are kind engaged citizens and friendly grows through a process that is to each other and we take care of neighbours. meaningful, transparent and where everyone. I feel my voice is heard.

Festivals… I have access to a Inclusion and diversity… When variety of community events and Edmonton is an inclusive and festivals that include food, music, diverse place that welcomes culture and events in all seasons. everyone regardless of ethnicity, sexual orientation or ability.

EDMONTON FEELS LIKE A HOME I CAN LIVE IN WHEN… Accessible… I can move Parks… There are lots of green Walkable communities… I live in a around easily spaces all over the city including community that I can walk in and community gardens, sports fields, where I can walk to parks and local dog parks and places near the businesses. water.

Affordability…. Housing is Safety… I feel safe to walk at affordable where I want to live night, take the bus and ride my bike, especially as a women, child, senior or other vulnerable person.

I THRIVE IN EDMONTON WHEN… Culture and Entertainment… There Jobs and Economy… We are Recreation… There are lots of are lots of opportunities to be globally competitive and where opportunities for recreation entertained through art, music, there are diverse jobs in many indoors and outdoors and in the sports and participate in cultural sectors for people regardless of summer and winter. experiences. their income or education.

Taxes… The city keeps taxes low Transit… .I have the ability to take and makes smart investments in the bus or train wherever I am and infrastructure that we need. it is reliable and easy to use.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 35 I FIND EDMONTON EASY TO ACCESS WHEN… Bike Routes… There are safe and Parking… I can easily find Traffic… Traffic congestion isn’t too connected bike routes that make affordable and accessible parking, bad and I can get where I need to biking a more viable option for especially Downtown, at school go quickly and efficiently. getting around. and at transit centres.

Transit Service… Transit is Transit Hours… I can access high- LRT… There is more LRT that affordable, accessible and safe. frequency transit at different times connects me to the rest of the city. of day and night.

Walking… I know that walking to my destination will be safe, efficient and easy.

IN EDMONTON, I WANT TO PRESERVE… Agricultural lands… Our high Community… The sense of Historic Buildings… .Historic quality agricultural lands. community I have from knowing buildings and places that tell my neighbours and community Edmonton’s story and ensure that league. those places can be restored and retrofitted to meet modern needs.

History… Edmonton’s history Parks and Open Space… Our Natural Areas and River Valley… including Indigenous and settler parks and open space network to Our beautiful natural areas so stories. ensure we have opportunities for that they can continue to provide recreation and connections with places for wildlife and natural nature. processes.

TO CREATE AND INNOVATE IN EDMONTON I NEED… Affordability and Social Supports… Arts and Innovation Funding… Gathering Places… Unique places .Affordable housing, transportation Continued funding and support for to gather, create and be inspired by and creative spaces throughout artists and innovators to create others. the city. jobs and regulations that allow people to innovate.

Sustainability… Support and incentives to build and test sustainable initiatives that address climate change and pollution.

PAGE 36 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING WHAT WE HEARD - VERBATIM RESPONSES The following pages are a compilation of the responses received throughout the Engage Edmonton events in October and November 2018. This data is not summarized. For a summary of this data, please see the primary report.

I FEEL LIKE I BELONG IN I participate in When I receive Small community events EDMONTON WHEN… community events meaningful and truthful and activities create communication opportunities to interact The nameless people We have events going from COE Corporate and connect with people who have made this city on - we come together Communications instead e.g., community leagues, great are supported and and become a close knit of being deliberately left churches, etc. acknowledged community in the dark More music at festivals North Edmonton gets Keep City conversation Administration listens to the same attention as going about what we are The city is festive and the citizens rather than South & West Edmonton doing, building, planning festivals are occuring ignoring us and telling us does (LRT) The City listens to I attend festivals and what we should want. My contributions what I have to say local markets My opinion is considered (whatever they may be, asa citizen and a I can go to and volunteer according to project) community member My participation in civic at festivals activities is meaningful make a difference and All the communities Participate in festivals and and I have plenty get acted upon are included & share events outdoors of opportunities to The City Clerk’s same concerns contribute I can find great quality Office provides timely When members of City homemade food information on the items Council Host authentic When the city, through Your race or ethnicity due list. town hall meetings for these kinds of events, takes time to listen. doesn’t matter I live in a community their constituents Awesome! When we are all equal. with a variety of people My feedback is heard by There is less trouble, and and housing the City of Edmonton I can actively participate in neighbourhood it feels good when there is There are family and I am heard and validated changes/initiatives and no violence kid-friendly amenities I will “belong” when my feel listened to I see myself represented in central/walkable comments are actually My family can all live here in leadership neighbourhoods printed a What We Heard together and find what we Creating valued/valuable When we take care document instead of all need to thrive opportunities for those of each other being sanitized from it Everyone is nice with disabilities or as my I’m living in a community The Council’s Initiative to each other life - disabilities change of engaged people. It for public engagement over time. I can add value... It makes me feel good means a safe, welcoming was a multi-million dollar I want to feel inclusion. community taxpayer funded joke! We feel nice to stay in All people (including Edmonton, with our There are communities Thank you Mike Nickel & people with and without community I can be a part of/ Andrew Knack for hosting disabilities) can exist participate town hall meetings and A friendly city together in the same Engage! Hello How Are Facebook/Youtube Live I trust everyone in my spaces meaningfully town hall meetings. You initiative is GREAT at community It is handicap friendly neighbourhood City Council listens We belong because Plan for new communities: block parties to those who voted Edmonton supports I’m tired of everything for them! Community events Gay Pride being an afterthought

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 37 Homelesss need space There are vibrant I can ride my bike from Needs to be more options where they can feel they pedestrian & cyclist areas home to my destination for people to afford to are safe, belong and that are not dominated easily (and pick up friends live here have dignity by cars on the way). Our block Affordable housing (and surrounding) have Infill is a good idea, but Uniformity in curb cuts Rents are reasonable need to find a way to make and need cuts on greatly block parties I can safely bike it more affordable sloping curbs Accommodate that we are everywhere We are striving to lower There are people on the a car city & a winter city I can get places on my bike our footprint and explore streets and sidewalks, I see the city reflecting my without feeling threatened modern solutions to in parks, etc. green values by cars current problems Always something to do in Edmonton has a I have a diverse mix Need clearing of sidewalks the summer cowboy mentality - of people living in my in winter that’s Edmonton! The excellent trail system neighbourhood When I have stuff to do! is easily accessible Always something to do When we aren’t hateful, in winter: Festivals, cross You have to know people Good job for when and we don’t judge. Sure, country skiing, skating, etc. to care about them... feel I get older hate is inevitable though, connected… meet more I can go to school here and EDMONTON FEELS if we can always see people… kids activities get jobs in my field LIKE A HOME I CAN LIVE the bigger picture and help with this People smile on the LRT IN WHEN... respect other thoughts I come home from and opinions, like sexual or Bus Easier access from a vacation orientation, or race, Transit stops service to point A to point B gender, etc. it can be much It’s my hometown accommodate growth The city prioritizes the more of a home. You have I feel like I can ask a Disconnect between needs of all abilities to think of the generation neighbour for help needs like bus access for (through the built growing up here around us. When I see the city lights seniors, but yet we’re environment) We just got to try to love in the distance spending on LRT & I can bike/walk/transit one another, no matter I know my neighbours rapid transit easily so the city is still who we are I see familiar faces Help bus drivers - when accessible if I can’t drive There are friendly people are walking I can be active throughout It is handicap friendly neighbours the day throughout Transit is not only catering I can afford a home in my I can contribute the city to students! preferred neighbourhood. meaningfully to my Feel safe outside I’m not annoyed at ETS Empty office space community alongside my peers (including all people) Everyone feels safe & that ETS gets me around downtown is converted they belong: homeless, More free parking to affordable housing I know my neighbours and for families, seniors and feel a sense of community residents, etc (design We need to have homeless space for this) enough parking I can speak with people I Housing affordability meet in the River Valley I walk safely down the I am able to get around by (houses for rent, not just streets with my dog ETS/walking When I know my apartments) neighbours I feel safe To reduce slow speed I can afford a house on my Women are safe times by schools - it Neighbourhood own and work in the city block parties Not too crowded causes angry drivers A city where families can Tim Hortons hands me I can walk and bike to work There are more pedestrian afford to live without so free coffee when I am cold and the services I need areas in Downtown and many cars Whyte Ave. waiting to get in to Muttart More emergency services! on free admission day Mixed uses Police, Hospitals, EMS

PAGE 38 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Small businesses Stop spreading out - infill Sports fields! More recreation centres needed for communities. More infill housing but with Off-leash areas and other Fantastic restaurants e.g. independents matter character recreational opportunities always building to neighbourhoods. Children are comfortable, Space to walk our dog I can sit comfortable at Local sources of water. lots of parks and restaurants without a lot Not just houses Develop our waterfront playgrounds, free indoor (like Winnipeg!) of traffic around (and let A friendly downtown playgrounds & activities kids stray a little) Swimming pools When there is equal (like in malls in Calgary) to stay open I can safely bike opportunity for everyone Kids can ride their bikes in the river valley The area continues to There’s community events everywhere safely nourish me with nature, Fix & maintain the existing & festivals Green spaces, trees, beauty, cleanliness, roads and infrastructure People come together for roses & colourful plants & and access we have new and make festivals & public events flowers that appeal developers pay for new There are quality parks, to children growth costs I go to festivals, like Ice on open space... not just Whyte and The Fringe Places to play. Sports, “space” but places that I can leave my windows Walking to my favourite rec centres, swim, parks, are meaningful open at night places to bike. festivals in the summer. Cozy, welcoming We feel safe and not River Valley walking trails There is little garbage architecture live in fear More family oriented There are a mix of It is clean and beautiful When I can protect my housing and spaces housing types in my family & home. More The City is beautiful More affordable family neighbourhood officers on the road To live in a high quality, activities, e.g. zoo, Everyone is nice My area is quiet and safe soundproof, safe, high museum No cannabis stores, standard, livable home that A safer city: less violence. Friendly, family oriented, no liquor shops in will last like in Europe It causes me a lot of stress people work but also have neighbourhoods. Plan a When I can walk into Feeling safer on the time to live! separate avenue a store and I don’t get buses & LRT Don’t mold into something Decrease in noise pollution the “look” Keep our we’re not (enforcement) Stop stereotyping/racism communities safe! People are happy The Oilers are winning Knock down old houses How I feel safe as a woman and job opportunities I can see heritage buildings & build something vibrant walking alone at night. are plentiful preserved and repurposed like a community centre, Bus shelters are better Look nice - clean up Turn parking lots into space for families now too. green space - we can the garbage Redevelop inner city Walk safely down my sacrifice a few! Peaceful instead of farmland street at night without fear More green space in north Build higher like in Europe Great to see new condos Everyone has safe & Lots of green spaces all reliable shelter End homelessness and increased density over the city, community downtown Be safe walking and biking Homelessness - we need gardens and outdoor in the city. Want my space that isn’t camping in Compact development, activity spaces granddaughters to be safe parks & river valley infill, renovate old Good balance between neighbourhoods from crime Homelessness is resolved. green space & developed More infill and less Neighbourhoods are safe Mental health has support areas in neighbourhoods suburban development and well lit End homelessness Green space that is very expensive Downtown is a nice, Each district has its Fence areas under power Bring the city up to safe place to visit own identity lines for off-leash areas modern standards SAFE areas

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 39 Transit is safe and LRT Public transit gets me to Walk/bike places Embrace & create culture. goes more places work on time and easily Shop at local authentic (Winnipeg as an example) I know agriculture is You get what you pay businesses I am enjoying around to feed our for! Transit that is quiet, performing arts I THRIVE IN population. Don’t waste Dense, quiet housing, Think about what’s EDMONTON WHEN… our best land Better parks with more good for a variety of tax increases are maintenance I can get to places on my people & that basic needs reflected on maintenance I can actually use the own (wheelchair/scooter are being met friendly) and improvement of transit system! We all pride ourselves on services More frequent transit It is handicap friendly the quality, advancement As a senior I will never service during winter Variety of entertainment, and beauty of the leave my apartment, even months because we are a activities, festivals, city. Keep doing these though I’m renting, it is my winter city restaurants outreach events! home. My landlord is great Transit is easy and cheap There is something We can bike as a family Find ways to keep seniors to use to do! We need more to downtown in their homes (rebates I can walk to buy groceries entertainment Streets are clean and tax incentives) culture, events Walkable & bikeable Be climate resilient Seniors housing Music and things to do neighbourhoods Small pockets of human other than watching As we grow, we work I can walk to buy milk populations with to get rid of the sewer hockey Bakeries & delis, ecological corridors in smells in some places Supportive housing within walking distance between for climate Address the bad smell from home It is accessible and change resilience & from sewers affordable ecological sustainability Walkable downtown, People in need have what pedestrian-only People have affordable Edmonton needs colours! they need streets downtown housing e.g. Plants and flowers I can attend a baseball Pedestrian scale More affordable housing in Neighbours are friendly game at Remax Field in environment, easy to all areas of the city - not More facilities like the summer access green space just where we put it now Muttart to access “green” I don’t like that old Walkable communities Housing is affordable for in the winter neighbourhoods subsidize with local shops, etc. everyone; rent controlled More libraries and new development if necessary. I can walk to get what recreation centres in When I am in the suburbs I need I can afford to choose new north communities where I live and how I Our home is our Local bakeries that I can Good museum, arts, move around the city sanctuary - even though walk to new arena, river boat it is an urban setting. We Affordable housing I have access to all of the I love our neighbourhood feel most “at home” when services & amenities Affordable housing communities (leagues) we are not bombarded I need within 25-30 in central areas - There is a strong sense of with cut-through traffic minutes of travel via bike no urban sprawl community supports & transit through the or transit, and I don’t Different art is showcased. interior of residential Build up, not out. Diversity have to risk my safety Either it be in the parade neighbourhoods. Please of rental options. Support to do that or graffiti or bake sale. plan transit/transport transit & amenities with I feel like expression is routes along arterial I can walk to the higher density important, and when I see roads not cutting through grocery store There is a strong, vibrant it, I feel at home mature residential Love the winter! It should city core Being a big, capital city neighbourhoods. be safe for everyone Good social equity

PAGE 40 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING The more festivals We develop existing built Small business needs I see lots of the better! up areas so that local lots of places to operate healthy wildlife need to be “alive” to businesses, schools, etc. from/in. Need authentic Is a good home compete globally can survive. More infill will businesses help us thrive. I FIND EDMONTON EASY Growth boundary (too Spend tax dollars TO ACCESS WHEN… much brownfield) Keep working in responsibly revitalization of The Affordable central & Spaces that work for When property taxes get Quarters downtown housing homeless and neighbours lowered or at a minimum Make rec centres more do not go up Bike lanes need to Rich and poor are equal affordable for families: connect to each other enough The City stops competing helps us be a healthy city with the private sector Safe Bike lanes The gap between the Lots to do, love the rec (e.g. waste management) everywhere rich and the poor is not centres, not too hard to too great More fiscal city council - Biking is a safe, sign up for activities too much waste with convenient and reliable Prioritize infrastructure Regional thinking, idealistic ideas option to access the city to support growth integration Need to make sure we I can bike in a lane that Encourage private I can access the river can pay for all the water/ isn’t shared with cars or sector investment (e.g. valley easily. (In need of sewer infrastructure as pedestrians budgeting for capital more accessible access we go investments in new tech) I feel safe walking points & trail surfaces) Fast & accessible transit a cycling When there is enough I cycle in the River Valley employment for I can access the places I have access to separated our citizens When I walk/ride bicycle I need with public transit bike lanes in the river valley Career opportunities -> Mode shift for safety, I have access to safe/ diverse economy beyond I’m riding single track in support ETS, keep people protected bike lanes oil & gas the river valley or cross- out of cars There are separated country skiing at Gold Bar I am employed with No trains in outlying areas bike lanes (or another Park please) disposable income City Boundary More bike lanes & Extend river valley trails There are multiple kid- The transit system is a pedestrian-friendly from Devon to Fort friendly & free/low cost viable option infrastructure Saskatchewan events to attend I can use the bus There are safe bike routes When we are safe! There are less streetlights frequently because it Bike lanes everywhere Feel safe outside goes all over! in residential areas There is safe (protected) Mixed commercial There is growth, we feel I can bus/train or bike bike infrastructure safe in the areas we live, anywhere in the city with residential There are protected decrease in crime within 45 minutes Air is clean, water is clean, bike lanes I feel safe in dedicated Transit is affordable & critters have places, lots In new residential bike lanes riding with my accessible for all of trees neighbourhoods we need children Everyone thrives as well Larger LRT network bus or accessible parking as nature! Less litter! My children can play I can move about easily to get anywhere safely outside Oilers play! by means of a variety of We like our Aging in place is a choice ways (car, bike, transit) There aren’t fields of neighbourhood but we dandelions! Work & live without When I can find my way need to not have to drive commuting for hours. around. Use the grid # A public market I can get somewhere streets... named streets at Northlands Developing the suburban without a car are hard! areas of the city No cars in downtown

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 41 Communities Free parking on the edges Less focus on car Stairs from river valley & suggestions are heard of the downtown, park & transport and more ravines to top of bank & acted on - especially ride to get people on the on walking, cycling Diverse uses in river marginalized groups LRT/transit and public transit valley to increase Every neighbourhood “Ease of access” can be I’m riding my bike or accessibility, e.g. shops should have access to relative based on mobility. taking transit that doesn’t at rossdale power plant. green areas I will be motivated to involve multiple transfers Proper roads get built. Developing the suburban access areas that are Our streets are walkable, Stuck in traffic all of the part of the city (so it’s not built on a human scale, bikeable, and connected time. Need terwillegar so separated from the regardless of mode of to transit FIXED. Paying taxes for transportation used city centre) There are a range of 32 years is NOT FAIR! So When the needs of Spaces are inclusive and transportation options not fair! everyone are considered accessible to everyone (bus/LRT/bike lanes/ Main streets overlay (Children, seniors, (people with and without pathways) with high on Fort Road is a terrible GBA+ lens) disabilities) frequency, reliable routes idea! Should be an Few options to visit More emphasis on infill Accessible parks: easier express road!!! downtown during and building up instead to walk to attractions like Sidewalks are non-peak hours of out Fort Edmonton & the Zoo mobility-accessible! Downtown needs to be Underpasses, (for children especially). Road construction takes easier to access - paying overpasses, bridges that Public transit stops are too long & poor quality connect areas too far from attractions for park & ride + LRT Use street space doesn’t make sense I can fly international More disabled parking in more creative ways: Walking, active without going to Calgary... Pedestrians e.g. monorails to not transportation downtown we are connected to the are prioritized crowd streets world as Alberta’s capital Easier to park I can cross the street I feel safe crossing in Downtown Less bike lanes, without waiting (i.e. the street downtown currently More free parking pedestrian light changes Walk areas/paths are lit disrupts car travel downtown right away) for safety Access to EPL to help Parking is difficult, bike Pedestrian only streets. I feel safe walking in the access opportunities; lanes make it impossible Improved cyclist evening improves economics to drive downtown infrastructure healthy city Taxi/uber should Pedways downtown are When recreational places be subsidised for Need schools & great in a winter city & no are cheaper and more Edmontonians with commercial nearby traffic lights! available reduced mobility to make our areas Coordinate (better) One transit fare across up for more distant There are options for construction in the the region bus stops people with low income Downtown Using the Henday More than prime (subsidized bus pass) More gas stations The Henday isn’t jammed time access Transit, amenities, downtown There is no traffic and housing located More places to rest along on the roads Parking is free/ in the core & mature the river valley paths easily available neighbourhoods (as There is more access into Traffic makes it impossible I can find somewhere to opposed to greenfield) & out of the river valley. to get around park that doesn’t cost an We need infrastructure, *** need more access to Easy to get around, roads arm and a leg like a 119 street bridge to places along paths aren’t congested, good It’s safe to ride LRT move more people There is good bus service public transit

PAGE 42 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Incentivise carpooling to Better LRT Reduce transit fares - Heated bus shelters decrease car congestion Better transit system very overpriced currently Easy to get around, transit Move trains on existing Good bus service is I can get there in an hour drivers are very helpful, lines vs. $ to go to available - even on or less BY BUS! friendly, and informative! Yellowhead Trail weekends! Transit is done in a way Buses that run after 9pm North/south routes are Better LRT and buses that makes getting LRT is the key for ETS improved (75 street) places quickly Better transit service to I would rather take LRT LRT expansion new areas. (longer hours Public transit runs where than the local bus I’m going with on efficient Design buses and higher frequency) You don’t have to walk route. If it takes an hour to accommodate People know how to too far to the LRT: too to bus a 15 minute drive, walkers, wheelchairs, access the bus long of a walk with stairs scooters, strollers I won’t use it I would rather take & overpasses Free LRT in the downtown Better transit for people a bus than transfer on to Maintain LRT with mobility issues like in Calgary the LRT LRT to north Edmonton Affordable transit: LRT free park and ride on Need transit & sidewalks - My kids take bus to LRT I won’t be able to take w ning I prefer to use the bus but buses are not reliable my grandkids on trips. More free parking How do you walk to the as they are stuck in the Edmonton is very at LRT stations front of the LRT to ask traffic also expensive Free transit helps lower the driver a question. Bus More buses for suburbia, Affordable LRT to events commuter congestion - drivers are very friendly Don’t need more on and attractions to more accessibility and helpful Jasper Ave. encourage ridership for citizens Easier to know what bus Buses come more there & back More frequent transit, to take & the schedule frequently! Like come Late night or 24 hour larger park & rides, free Cheaper transit every 10 minutes transit service so people parking at transit centres instead of 30 minutes. can get around Cheaper ETS & LRT bus service is more If Vancouver can do this, When there’s bus After hours (after 6pm) frequent & buses all so can we (please)!! transit service stops near my house. connect at transit centres! Current bus stop is More service to Good bus service; Lots of buses that work 8-10 minute walk. northwest including on weekends together at transfer (Cumberland) areas & on-time Easy transit points frequently and lots connections. Friendly, Excellent, on-time More late night service of stops accommodating drivers bus service for buses DATS and LRT are I use DATS LRT park & ride Better late night service frequent and accessible LRT is running More DATS buses & vans Bus/LRT service Update the transit consistently. I can park to shorten ride times is more frequent app of an problems & jump on LRT that are occuring DATS drivers are top Frequent bus service, notch & work very I can get away from Better LRT planning easy to get to major hard: they deserve my home to the LRT and not blocking traffic destinations a compliment! without fighting for Public transit Don’t get rid of all the affordable parking Decrease transit fare & enters suburbia bus routes increase ridership I need to be able to park (e.g. south of henday) Transit is fully operational at the LRT & pay not Express busses work There is better transit - (no reduced routes, using a credit card very well! shut down stops are buses running in all areas Better Bus and more Free transit Rogers etc) & not being cut! Buses to school

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 43 Encourage people to use I’m 1-2 stops via transit IN EDMONTON, I WANT Downtown, stop the LRT by making parking away from my destination TO PRESERVE… highrises! easy/good bus connection LRT & transportation Affordable housing Development downtown - in the evenings I can use public transit to Instead of building on no need to keep Regional transit get around new land, build on building out Integrated transportation Get around by transit unoccupied houses Pedestrian-friendly (e.g. cabs, transit) across really well Preserve the space streets downtown regional boundaries Transit is a major road outside of the city (Relative) ease of LRT service is reliable block. Needs major and stop sprawling... access to services, More bus stops, better improvement! infrastructure roads not locations, community meant for increased timing, run more often Public transit Energy efficient (evenings & weekends) population. And the infrastructure public transit beautiful farm land outside I’m an epileptic and Festival City Plan for a city that is the city is some of the the transit system is a transit-friendly instead of best we have. Stop putting Our drive to be at the major part of my life. It’s a driving city “bird houses” on it! global forefront! If we can important for me that pride ourselves in being Better accessibility to Farmland - it’s reliable and I can forward thinking and transportation, especially STOP urban sprawl! understand the service it advance ourselves, for seniors to keep provides. It is beneficial to Farmland we will thrive have a variety of places them mobile Avoid urban sprawl Goldbar should not be that it will go to, and Easy to get around without Preserving existing a parking lot frequently walking long distances farmland and existing Save Gold Bar Safer LRT I can walk to the green space trail parkland! Safe buses grocery store Preserve high Appropriate measures I feel safe walking Shuttle service in edge value farmland for goods movement communities to avoid More sidewalks Arable land for farming The Royal Alberta people choosing driving If you know where you urban agricultural land! Museum Building when they move in are you feel safe, secure, The Arts (Events, galleries) Preserve historic facades If we had streetcars l confident. Wayfinding & modernize inside ike Toronto matters Arts and culture! River Valley, Museums Preserve the old buildings The bus is on time Good wayfinding for (historical buildings), the the river valley Bike lanes Better LRT system that parks, rivers, forest, plants is also on-time! I like the ideas behind Bike lanes Rexall Place used in new the Winter City Design Feeling like living local... Better transit to free up way, for recreation (ice, Guidelines: I get so cold small community... but some space levels for eights, track, etc) waiting for the bus opportunities a big city Don’t have to walk too far in winter provides Old historical buildings to transfer to the LRT should have stayed from the bus Winter cultural facilities for Trust in each other Edmonton’s historic families with art, music, Community centres in If LRT was right on the buildings or building in activities inside! suburban areas road like it is overseas (too historic styles (i.e. infill) many barriers right now) Regional access impacts Increase density in a way Old historic buildings! Don’t on access (eg parking, that maintains green Washrooms at tear down them down. We transit) need to be & heat absorbing plant transit stations need to preserve history! considered material Transit revamp hopefully! Heritage buildings, but Dog parks make them repurposed

PAGE 44 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Preserve facades, no need Support of local Green space & Community league to keep the entire building businesses! park system system & community (e.g. McLaren) Local commerce! Trees, forests, recreation centres Historic buildings Oliver square and low rise green spaces Do more infill & restore Historic buildings and trees buildings in this area Natural parks older neighbourhoods Canadian architecture Malls: I love sitting in the Older neighbourhood Remax Baseball Stadium - & design food courts and reading. designs are better! Bigger a jewel in the River Valley! Heritage buildings I can’t do that in box stores! lots & street width Small recreation facilities throughout the city The Royal Alberta Old trees on lots Park spaces, but recognize Museum Building where houses are that we may need to River Valley, but make being torn down change how they are it more accessible Old houses in heritage designed, used, function, areas (no more infill) Edmonton’s River Parks, especially Valley Park! in the future for more river valley Valuable old homes people, etc. Nature, river valley River Valley, wildlife Important to not tear down Community green spaces landmarks & important old Natural environment The River Valley! Our park space buildings Green Spaces (park areas) River Valley park trails Green spaces, gardens, Heritage buildings - within the City The river valley does single family homes with more preserved and funds Wild spaces not need a solar farm trees along boulevards, to do so Green spaces and treed wild spaces, historical The greenbelt through Old/historic buildings areas. The River Valley architecture, the the river valley Save our Greenspaces, especially “small-town” community The river valley - could heritage buildings! the River Valley feeling of knowing your use more frees for History & architecture, Urban forests, walkable neighbours. successional growth funky vibes, compact city, neighbourhoods, historic Green areas for people River valley trails trees and parks buildings, local businesses, & pets (currently lots of Keep our old buildings green spaces Parks, older buildings, garbage & homeless in the river valley) Historic buildings Keep nature natural, plant fun places for kids more native plants, low Protect the river valley - Historic buildings of Heritage buildings, maintenance no development formative societies. e.g. green spaces Orange Hall, Freemasons Our air, our nature, urban Green spaces People spaces throughout wilderness, i.e. river valley river valley, trees, Don’t just keep Parkland is so important! Preserve ecologically walkability bulldozing buildings! Parks and nature sensitive lands, farmland River Valley is very Edmonton history & Clearly lay out criteria for Green Spaces. It would valuable, don’t build historic buildings when parks & amenities be nice to have much in sensitive areas or Our history shift to other uses less urban sprawl. flood zones History and true tales, and Infrastructure should be Parks & open spaces River Valley remembering the soldiers done before a community The great selection of day (no more condos) who fought in wars is added to the grid camps and kids programs River valley - Indigenous history, Parks, open, natural spaces Public libraries clean & beautiful & river valley Natural beauty - Build in lots of fun place to visit History & park space river valley redundancies so each area The River Valley & ravines History Nature to clean our air has what it needs River Valley and History and greenery and relax our minds River Valley ravine trails

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 45 Private development Trees, yards, parks Edmonton should not Renewable resources shouldn’t be allowed to Whyte Ave be ghettoized. There That our homeless are build on/ruin natural should be low income That I can see bluejays & being properly supported city property in the river housing in more affluent rabbits & coyotes - would and not funneled to places valley, (e.g. cutting trees neighbourhoods be great to preserve like Jasper Ave. for their view) wildlife connections Downtown pedestrian Integrated social River valley parks & other only sections. Wildlife, nature systems to address green spaces Eco-friendly incentives vulnerable populations & River valley TO CREATE AND (tax breaks for hybrid/ homelessness River valley park system INNOVATE IN electric) Walkable laneways in EDMONTON I NEED… River valley More renewable Downtown & whyte ave. More affordable incentives to reduce River valley trees & A better Mayor bus transit pollution in big cities nature trails, clean river A better mayor who i.e. solar, electric car “Creators” & “innovators” actually listens to River valley chargers need meaningful paid Edmontonians! River valley & heritage employment at what Raise the standards for More missing Rossdale development they “create & innovate”. design of buildings.Give middle growth River valley access Jobs needed in this the EDC veto power Modern low-rise River valley sector would alleviate More river valley trails having to keep the “day multi-family buildings Not too much crime, on both ends job” in order to fund “the in city core, e.g. Oliver, emergency services Convenient shopping passions” Old Strathcona aren’t over-busy places mixed with Important to have Expand ETS coverage entertainment Safety for families flexible & convenient Set up bike corrals at LRT Our neighbourhood feel Safe, outdoor evening transport for people Local artists!! the experiences for families. Promote community & with mobility needs Biodome project cultural diversity More safe spaces More parking at Frequent bus service for children ETS & LRT, especially transit centres! to the City Centre Car/truck sharing Design systems (like More parking at services. People could recycling) easy to use, The ability to get to work LRT stations advertise trips and comply. e.g. consider no on time using transit (not Net zero and passive offer rides recycling fee, just recycle currently possible) structures - residential, Coordinate development. it! Make services easy Easy access to municipal, commercial City buys blocks of land to use. transportation for The city to encourage and redevelops it. GHG reduction strategies seniors & parks innovation and not risk Clean air! ETS should use better Trees on streets private sector investment analytical tools GIS and/ Increase density Need ways to live easier Trees along Stony Plain or mobile telecom Road (old ones) when It would be good to & more affordably to Heated sidewalks LRT is built. Move line to better explain designs for free up opportunities (winter friendly) opposite side of road facilities - why they are to be creative! designed a certain way Vote the right person or TREES. Old buildings Efficient road systems Appropriate supports for candidate that thinks of & public transit Trees and parks the welfare of the people, people with disabilities Rooftop parks on Trees and parks especially the homeless, to contribute alongside highrise buildings Trees, transportation peers without disabilities elderly, children for future generations. Technology to assist in Trees Free park and ride reducing pollution

PAGE 46 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING more affordable seniors Child friendly events Improve road speed residences in northeast Festivals and events Create a spirit of Edmonton I need free parking Edmonton - we need buzz What is Edmonton doing & energy Freedom to maintain the existing Action on climate sidewalks. Who is taking Cheap places to gather We need to be tourism- responsibility for this & create in proactive & friendly & problem? Magical urban spaces: interesting... promote & creative lighting, building Can we design more invest in these elements materials, public art, etc. simply washrooms & to be liveable for 2 million! facilities e.g. outdoor i.e. creating places. Better transit! Quaint/unique places Retain and repurpose Quicker transit options to to gather old buildings get downtown More spaces to work Indoor cultural/event A better transit system! together & create centre for families! (not just sports & rec) Better transit system Need to have more things I need close by Triggers for when Plant more trees and accessible we hit thresholds Universal basic income for infrastructure Affordable housing Creating youth investments - roads “hangout” areas Affordable housing, expansion, bike lanes, etc. transit, and public Good regulation can amenities create innovation Public art being vs. bad regulation celebrated and supported which suffocates Culture and arts City of Edmonton be Social funding in arts, open to creative ideas media, production and that have worked in digital creation. Small other cities time creators get so Less government little support. Reduce graffiti Access funds (art, tech). Expand freeway access System to build a thriving (Gateway, Calgary Trail, arts & other communities Groat Road) to innovate. Less red tape. Support for non-profits Bike lanes Opportunity! “Better data collection and analytics Inspiring outdoor spaces & activities data dashboard More engagement like this real time decisions” Frequent civic More off-leash dog parks engagement sessions in the north like this one Continue to grow our Public programs vibrant downtown at libraries and Equal pay leisure centres

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 47 ADDENDUM B IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES - PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT DATA DATA FROM NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2018 The following pages are a compilation of the responses received throughout the different engagement events in November and December 2018. For a summary of this data, please see the primary report.

PAGE 48 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES - WHAT WE HEARD Open Call Workshops

To engage with Edmontonians in a more in-depth way the City hosted five workshops open to anyone in Edmonton. The workshops were designed to enable attendance by a diverse range of Edmontonians.

ENGAGEMENT DATES OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #1 - J.A. FIFE SCHOOL (NOVEMBER 14, 2018) OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #2 - TERWILLEGAR RECREATION CENTRE (NOVEMBER 16, 2018) OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #3 - MEADOWS RECREATION CENTRE (NOVEMBER 20, 2018) OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #4 - GRAND TRUNK LEISURE CENTRE (NOVEMBER 22, 2018) OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #5 - BOYLE STREET PLAZA (NOVEMBER 28, 2018)

At the workshops, participants were asked to collaborate with their neighbours to identify answers to the following questions: What most excites you about Edmonton right now? What is most important about Edmonton to keep? Examples of the model building exercise undertaken as What needs our attention as we grow from 1 million part of the open call workshops. Groups were asked to use to 2 million people? a variety of materials provided by the Re-Use Centre to create a conceptual model of their vision that highlighted key growth principles and objectives of their plans. Each workshop ended with a model building exercise To support this work, they were also asked to write out where participants designed a conceptual model of their the key Big moves, choices that need to be made and future vision for the city using a variety of materials from implications of their work. the Re-Use Centre.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 49 OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #1 DATE: NOVEMBER 14, 2018 PARTICIPANTS: 7

What most excites you Good public school option Mixed use space about Edmonton right now? River valley!! Hard working attitude Comfortable Beaches! What needs our attention as we grow Simple way of life Outdoor space + green space from 1 million to 2 million people? Travel is easy from one side of the New bridges Fiscal management / financial city to the other Winter things to do sustainability Limited social problems Ski hills Better analysis of potential transit Pace of life is good Festivals networks (facts over intuition) Potential Skating More knowledgeable / educated Blue collar town councilors Curling We’re doers Density Neighbourhoods are close knit What is most important How to integrate density efficiently + about Edmonton to keep? Change of seasons (activities wise) effectively River valley Opportunities to celebrate Maturing population our diversity Community spirit Keep that small community feel Educational Community league structure Transportation system Health care facilities Cultural resources Unseen utilities (sewage, Community spirit Artist communities underground) Volunteer base Artist space Looking at the big picture and being efficient River valley Opportunities Our relationship with our Natural attributes Health care facilities neighbouring communities Social aspects Public school system Ethnic diversity Opp → extra events → things to do Events + connectedness Using our past to connect and move outside of school Affordable + sustainable housing forward Reputation on improving options Reconciliation with indigenous Mature neighbourhoods New LRT + new arena →tours come population to Edmonton ! → festival and seasonal Innovation River Valley activity → all of them Variety of transportation options Parks + natural space Deadmonton → bye Affordability (housing etc.) Playgrounds (safe +accessible) Renew → downtown Sense of community Multigenerational living Taller buildings! And navigation Good, diverse educational arrangements New options in old neighbourhoods → institutions Maintenance to historic buildings different styles, not just cookie cutter Recreation facilities (indoor + City policies restrict business (red New neighbourhoods → better outdoor) tape + bureaucracy) suburbs River valley Give people the freedom, U of A really good Ice district accountability and empower them MacEwan → fancy downtown campus Entrepreneurial spirit / opportunities All areas of policy vs. judgement

PAGE 50 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING MODEL BUILDING THE BIG MOVES THE CHOICES IMPLICATIONS ASSUMPTIONS WE’RE NOT MESSING AROUND

›› Create 11 urban villages ›› Changing the way ›› Costs money ›› Must be done in a fiscally ›› Assign population revenue is collected to ›› Complex revision of responsible manner targets for each and rationalize spending policies and bylaws ›› Must have community involve the community in ›› Lessen restrictiions on ›› Change management buy-in and not simply how to accomodate the innovation driven by the City ›› Communities are assigned population ›› Decentralize density more empowered to ›› For everyone there now from core to mature make decisions neighbourhoods as well ›› For everyone who needs ›› Clearly manage the as new areas to be there when we got increase to 2M from 1M to 2M ›› Change the way we think ›› Flexibility in policy to about infill allow for future change How we understand what it is Why we need it ›› Change management

DEBRIEF

At the conclusion of the workshop, participants took a moment to reflect on their work: It is nice to work with younger generations What we want isn’t new, we are just shaping it in new ways Overall complexity of the city is increasing We can plan better with more discussion We are not starting with the structure of the city What can we do? It is hard to work with few constraints

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 51 OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #2 DATE: NOVEMBER , 2018 PARTICIPANTS: 3

What most excites you Sense of community Discrimination exists – hidden about Edmonton right now? Entrepreneurial mindset and underlying distrust and backstabbing, suspicious Parks and festivals Green space, river valley A.I and technology Having the university Connect to retion Privacy protection Community gardens Enable tourism Infrastructure in place before Bike trails Festivals and events development Sense of community Mindset behind on open mind House density and small spaces a Permaculture Sense of belonging negative Entrepreneurial spirit… Safety of citizens small business thrives What needs our attention as we grow from 1 million to 2 million people? Ring roads – Henday (ext) and Capture new ideas, permaculture, whitemud/75 (int) city farming Impact of technology – transportation, energy and how we Multicultural respect Local food use it, save it Diversity New technology A.I. impact on privacy Understanding multicultural Edmonton “small town” Manage physical growth, cap it like oil communication Has a unique characteristic--- can sands emissions Immigration marshall itself to a cause Let people get to where they want to Transportation Physicality. Keep the parks and trails be. Best efficient way possible. Bad selection of LRT Avoid separate ethnic areas in What is most important Bike lanes that don’t take away development about Edmonton to keep? from driving Discrimination – systemic Parks and trails Roadways not servicing traffic Discrimination – personal Festivals Too many special zones Minority rights, superseding majority Historic buildings Eliminate “cash cow” $ for city - City to keep citizens engaged in Displacement of long-term residents cameras planning and opportunities and Slow down development solutions

PAGE 52 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING MODEL BUILDING THE BIG MOVES THE CHOICES IMPLICATIONS ASSUMPTIONS INTEGRATED FLOW HOLISTIC + INCLUSIVE

›› Heated parking ›› Do we want to be 2 ›› Manage the social cost of ›› Wholistic, cohesive, facilities, including million people? Costs urbanization flow, integrated, power generator and ›› Transportation ›› Is arena district a viable intergenerational solar panels ›› LRT? model? Is it sustainable ›› Multi model networked ›› Density development without subsidy? transportation ›› Ride Share ›› Community based ›› Overcoming previous bad ›› Healthy, affordable + ›› AVs employment decisions new jobs ›› Personal vehicles ›› Citizen safety ›› Disagreement / ›› What technologies to ›› Integrate arts and music diversity issues focus on + plan for into health care, broaden ›› Change management ›› Health and wellness – perspective of being well, ›› Food security build on #yeg expertise integrate where we play with where we live ›› Gardens ›› Another city ring road and learn ›› New tech past Anthony Henday ›› How to utilize the school ›› Vertical farms ›› Improve transportation property more in network ›› Impact on traditional ›› Deal with the “have” and farming/jobs ›› Think of transportation “have not” issues as a network with ›› Congestion + why multiple modes of transit ›› Value of open space and ›› False promises from city LRT, ride share, walking, personal vehicles AEUs, bikes, bridges ›› Infrastructure before ›› Key words: flow, development congestion, unimpeded, ›› Bridges to connect city accessibility, decentralization ›› Privacy

DEBRIEF

At the conclusion of the workshop, participants took a moment to reflect on their work: It is helpful to take this time to think on behalf of the city in a snowstorm

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 53 OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #3 DATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2018 PARTICIPANTS: 6

What most excites you Hubs What needs our attention as we grow about Edmonton right now? Creating districts from 1 million to 2 million people? Distributed infrastructure Inconcoting [sic] – outlining areas Edge of developm [sic] Community events opportunity Historic districts Farms out here! Our river valley Quality of spaces Connections mass transit “Build out” our sprawling metropolis Variety of scale, i.e. facades on Consider density vs affordability Green space Whyte Ave (replace 500K house w. w 1M houses – more dense but Cultural recreation activities “Shopping street” scale – pedestrian less affordable) diversity Walking areas Health focused – grid vs. Communities that are communities Alberta, 124 St, Jasper twisty roads A growing downtown Play house Infrastructure Opportunities to connect More farmers mrkt More effective utilization Places Unique shopping areas of public transit Experimental zoning area Green space, parks More jobs for all Encourage precedent (worldly) Unique architectural historical places Transit that works ex: Rexall Plan Homes What is most important Transit about Edmonton to keep? How to $ & place needed Community leagues infrastructure If it is heritage & can be preserved, then preserve it (Recognize quality Citizen engagement More community building supports when it is there) Shared infrastructure Increase capacity of citizens to A well integrated trail system City resources e.g. libraries, Rec shape city Community spaces that support Centres No more sprawl families, health & wellness Build 4 people not cars Use common space, make attractive Facilities that are local & promote a Green spaces More transit (now private movement) walkable neighbourhood Safety @downtown core Use the in between spaces Views of river valley – viewpoints River valley access for all Infrastructure that does not need to that we can all use Indoor malls be re-done every 26 years! Green space Indoor malls (0 outdoor, car-ruled Align the plan with community Walking / cycling trails commons!) partnership Diversity of housing prices + River valley Get the right community leaders landscapes @ the table Trails Some historic buildings Find out how to get more people Green spaces Communities volunteering

PAGE 54 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING MODEL BUILDING THE BIG MOVES THE CHOICES IMPLICATIONS ASSUMPTIONS EDMONTON PLAN AREAS NOT LOTS

›› Build up ›› Develop along exiting ›› opping areas ›› No more urban sprawl transportation core LRT + transit corridors ›› Separating industrial ›› Edmonton POP + 2 million ›› Redevelop ›› Stop spread from residential ›› Utilizing existing transp. riverbank density ›› Rezoning ›› Creation of hubs creates Corridors + building hubs ›› North Industrial ›› Plan areas not lots community of residences + shopping along these ›› Pedestrian historic area ›› Using self driving buses ›› Less vehicle emissions (ex close off Whyte Ave instead of trains will ›› Less maintenance of road to traffic→ walking street enable pop hubs as ›› Increase / upgrade – only) – same with other needed servicing in power / historic areas ›› No more urban sprawl storm sewer ›› Visibility (more lights) → ›› Edmontonians will love to efficient (cost less) STAYCATION GOOD CHOICE ISN’T ALWAYS THE EASY CHOICE

›› More LRT + BRT ›› Decrease cars ›› It’s gonna cost $$$ ›› Good design (check ›› NODES ›› People-scale buildings Christopher Alexander!) ›› → seeds for more “Whyte ›› Not huge Ave Style” ›› Walkable ›› → also bigi ‘node’ for ›› Something to see second CBD core (la ›› Facades of interest defence) ›› Every building decision ›› Connect regional transit considered in terms of nodes to EDM livability for people not ›› Develop a new funding cars, for weather model for making (wind/sun) it happen ›› Limit façade lengths ›› More urban design ›› Choose good design (less planning) ›› Choose to support ›› Diversify community ›› Choose transit

DEBRIEF At the conclusion of the workshop, Quality matters, of built form, Sense of community in various participants took a moment to reflect streetscape, livability and active places in the city, with needs met and on their work: transportation amenities Density not only downtown: we need We need destination parks We are making an assumption about nodes and corridors Flexibility needed for self-driving equitable distribution of amenities We need more Whyte Avenue stuff, buses to serve areas between There are so many moving pieces! and missing middle density corridors Cities need new funding sources

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 55 OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #4 DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2018 PARTICIPANTS: 9

What most excites you Great Downtown pedway system SUSTAINABLE urban agriculture about Edmonton right now? and we have W.E.M. Southgate + community gardens, preserve Museum rules Kingsway + Londonderry essential land use for local FOOD production Leading research shopping centres Recreation Centres Support local foods and arts Festivals (free events) (new developments) Great education + post-secondary Swimming pools Affordability! choices Arenas Education! Possibilities Green Spaces Arts and community events Public transportation Dog parks Theatre and arts Green space (parks, river valley, Small children parks yards, etc) South LRT Walkways on old train tracks North LRT What is most important What needs our attention as we grow West LRT! about Edmonton to keep? from 1 million to 2 million people? Volunteer opportunities Arts district Housing that encourages community International spotlight (sports) Community gardens + ownership Conference centres shaw/Jubilee NAIT Better use of CPTED / LID New libraries Education facilities U of A Free transportation downtown like Calgary Festivals Skating Rinks – outdoor S C train line from 8th street Parks Community Leagues to city hall Boulevard trees shrubs Small + local businesses Better alternative transportation Arts and theatre scene Updating old infrastructure options and routes and more Tourism Infill affordable options Healthy city Multicultural Rec centres for growing population – How much room edmonton has Green space (parks, river valley) bigger, complete to grow into the city it will be in Quality of education + post- Human scaled architecture the future secondary choices Raise/increase land use Saving historic neighbourhood Alternative transportation requirements for green / park space, character + integrity Festivals → being a year round green roofs and rooftop gardens, That we have options for festival city plazas / open spaces alternative transportation Historic buildings and neighbourhood Mixed use Infill! integrity + character While upgrading to ensure spaces are WE’re becoming a “Winter City” Energy security safe + inviting still but have 4 distinct seasons Multiculturalism Social connectivity Wonderful leisure centres The arts Inter-generational interaction (Positive Inclusive society) Rec centres Sharing society (energy, food, housing, skill sets, tools, etc Multicultural Park space

PAGE 56 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Green energy Hospitals Parking parkades Remember we are a Winter city – Better bike path vision Pedestrian build roadways to accommodate Block off major roadways Bike snow/ice Better LRT lines Cars, electric vehicles Police force + fire force growth must Route buses to LRT Central community centres go with population Physical connectivity of More interaction K-12 schools – downtown + all areas transportation options 5 min walk distance radius Transit

MODEL BUILDING THE BIG MOVES THE CHOICES IMPLICATIONS ASSUMPTIONS COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE EDMONTON

›› Transit ›› Transit connecting all ›› Shifting perspective on ›› As the city grows so will ›› Cultural / art hubs areas of the city, more community living rather the police force + or focus dispersed around city stops in res. Communities then focus on suburban on safety and security encourages growth type living ›› Denser communities in neighbourhoods ›› Rec centres / community (commercial and hubs (include more city living space) health resources) ›› Walkability (between ›› City mental health residential + commercial organizations + cultural centers) ›› Multipurpose spaces ›› Hubs – improved (integrated shopping upgraded, new, more? centers / surrounding ›› Affordable housing – community + rec + mixed use (students, transit centers) seniors, families) ›› Focus on winter city (year round activity centers, green spaces???) ›› More (+new) affordable housing dispersed around the city

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 57 THE BIG MOVES THE CHOICES IMPLICATIONS ASSUMPTIONS NEW AGE EDMONTON

›› LRT to airport ›› Annexed land from Leduc ›› More land taken / sprawl ›› Unlimited budget ›› MRT ring road / shared use / tax when we don’t want to continue urban sprawl ›› More hospitals ›› More towards ‘green’ renewable energy → stop ›› Share costs w/ Leduc ›› Protective sensitive relying on oil for providing better ecological wetlands ›› Walkable communities transportation to airport ›› Conserve park / green → kinda like the go train ›› People being proud of space in T.O. their neighbourhoods ›› Green energy ›› Less pollution by ›› Easier zoning changes ›› Create / produce in providing better house ›› Easier variances to alternative transpo ›› Farm what you need ›› Every neighbourhood ›› We can’t create as the possibility to ›› Create in house from everything locally be a ____ sustaining that ›› We need support from community so it needs the city ›› Local shop to be easier to make it ›› Notes following LRT happen w/ infill + zoning creating villages ›› New technology hubs

DEBRIEF

At the conclusion of the workshop, participants took a moment to reflect on their work: Bike lanes are needed We need to shift from house and yard to building and community garden More facilities to gather are needed Need highrises Hospitals and mental health services are needed Need to preserve social interactions Need intergenerational and multicultural spaces Protect wetlands Lots of undeveloped land Lots of common ideas and we are from all over town

PAGE 58 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING OPEN CALL WORKSHOP #5 DATE: NOVEMBER 28, 2018 PARTICIPANTS: 10

What most excites you Human scale Mature neighbourhoods – tree-lined about Edmonton right now? Allow for finer grain of planning / streets, charm Housing initiatives intentions development What is most important Festivals (folk, fringe, heritage, etc.) Not just 1 cookie cutter approach about Edmonton to keep? LRT Expansion Want unique neighbourhoods with Existing iconic buildings eg Rexall? Jazz festival unique qualities West Ed Mall Abundant community People River valley Leadership on climate Young, average age – Whyte Ave and other commercial ambitious / hungry Telus dome main streets (124, Jasper), walkability Big small town feel – friendly, down of some mature areas River valley special project to earth Festivals (Fringe, Folk Fest, street 4 new goals Resilience – brave winter city performers, task, etc) expansion of LRT Still in Edmonton – sense of Move towards more winter-city Edm is willing to take chances e.g. ownership festivals and events safe consumption sites People care and learn to love the city Commitment to keeping up w/ Lots of great volunteer spirit here Potential infrastructure investments (LRT, etc) SEESA benches for seniors Entrepreneurial spirit, ideas generate Public community centres and initiative ☺ programming Cultural / arts, live music, theatre Complete streets framework Sports teams (Oilers, Esks) Infrastructure investment Theatre, arts RAM Arts + culture scene (big and small) – Leader in many areas – vehicle for Leadership on climate change issues RAM, Art Gallery, Citadel, etc hire, infill, open Data, agile Public art everywhere Post-secondary presence Post secondaries Downtown revitalization Small biz +entrepreneurial spirit – Open to new ideas (arena, RAM, LRT) mom + pop shops Natural space Regional cooperation → food scene – ideal River valley – that we vigorously (regional transit) diversity → expanding that→ protect it Densification welcoming spirit, friendliness, “the Climate change LRT big small town” feel, down to Earth Taken bold steps Transportation Helpful spirit, willingness s to Business / innovation volunteer to good causes Ring road Small, independent business – Willingness to take the lead, not be Love the local governance model that supportive afraid of innovation community leagues have Start-up Edmonton Edmonton’s “vibe” Local hubs of civic life Need to do better job of telling this Keep services public → transit Largest in N. America story → nanotechnology, 3D sensors, Mature trees, urban canopy Like the grid of neighbourhoods! quantum computing River valley Walkable bikeable Built environment Street car keep + expand Big trees Main street (Whyte, 124 Street) (bring it back)

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 59 Libraries! EPL is incredible Implement ideas on social Disruptive and emerging Minimal, thoughtful, small footprint determinants of health (eg senate technologies development report) Constraints and opportunities to Heritage resources Resource efficiency (consider leverage renewable options) LRT (and busses) AirBnB etc Maintain quality of public realm (eg Festivals, cultural, intercultural, Plan needs to be agile to nature + built environment community, arts accommodate Housing that promotes density Community leagues and EFCL Integrate w/ other orders of (focus on families) government and other agencies → City of connectors Evaluations regularly +iteratively to how do we work together? Entrepreneurial spirit ensure objectives are being met Employment opportunities / hubs Multimodal transportation density, Maintain sense of community / social How that affects our city diversity dynamics despite growing pop. Bring businesses from suburbs / Transportation plan Transportation outlying municipalities closer to core Public transportation as a human More accessible transit, better bus / Need to grow this as much as our right LRT network housing stock More LRT better Improving mode-shit / split Need to be “open for business” and Community leagues – keep them Improve walkability attract employment + new large Small town feel Increase density across the city, employment industries → diversify Young children not just core our economy Ideas Housing choice – neighbourhood Developing hubs People here – kindness, resilience life cycle, all stages of life, issues w/ Specializing certain areas of the city adult only buildings Festivals in summer Don’t over focus on Downtown Infrastructure investment / River valley Multimodal transportation and placement to support density density Winter What is a good density target Public transport Warm and coziness Affordability Walking, biking, etc. Ski Housing – rent vs own, $800,000 Not prioritizing cars over other forms Ski trails houses are not affordable, density Annexation too Easily accessible needs to be affordable Densify mature neighbourhoods Community feel Amenities Less single-detached Keep the municipal boundary as is Affordable housing, encourage it, Changing, expanding zoning Maybe even reverse Leduc addressing homelessness annexation? Complete communities Mid-rise development in mature neighbourhoods Smaller footprint Not everything in core, multiple Climate change adaptation Save farm land “cores” / hubs across the city Walkable Flood/drainage infrastructure What needs our attention as we grow All amenities close together Mindful urban design from 1 million to 2 million people? Good amenities and culture scene Expanding services + capacity Accessible and affordable housing Pressure on public schools and living Rideshare Pollution (air quality, noise, waste) Wrap around services Handling increased maintenance

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LIVABLE EDMONTON

›› Measuring ›› Do health impact ›› Transitions b/w different success / progress assessments types of development, ›› De-centralize downtown before building particularly when building in mature areas ›› Hubs ›› Where to invest in infrastructure to support ›› Costs/budget ›› ____ used development constraints ›› Residential ›› What do we prioritize ›› Commercial and how do we decide ›› Compact / walkable priorities? communities ›› Role of city vs. ›› Re-zone for mixed use developers vs other ›› Leverage around T.O.D. + orders of gov, etc main streets corridors ›› How do they work ›› Strategic infrastructure together? investment / placement ›› What levers to they for densifying + Hubs all have? ›› Housing choice / ›› Municipalities / federal diversity provincial work together ›› More mid + high density ›› Balancing individual ›› Missing middle interest w/ collective good/vision ›› Policies to realize this ›› How will the plan ›› Mode shift address this? ›› More accessible transit ›› Agile to emerging technology (i.e. Uber, car share, autonomous cars)

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 61 THE BIG MOVES THE CHOICES IMPLICATIONS ASSUMPTIONS

TIME TO GROW UP, EDMONTON!

›› High density hubs ›› Changes to zoning ›› More culturally rich city ›› Political will is throughout the city (5+) ›› $$ ›› More locations / hubs for unanimous / together ›› “Spider web” transit; ›› property tax gathering ›› Affordability in long term connect LRT with BRT ›› land value tax ›› Property values will ›› Density is good and ›› 4 new cultural hubs change deeded throughout all ›› Development incentives throughout the city neighborhoods for TOD ›› There will be public ›› Zone for urban forms for opposition in some areas ›› Public engagement about food security cultural hubs ›› Cant’ be soft… go ahead! ›› Regional governance ›› BRZ incentives model (eg GTA GVA) ›› BIZ vitalization for new communities ›› Political will to value org as a vital resources

DEBRIEF

At the conclusion of the workshop, participants took a moment to reflect on their work: Nice to see different perspectives We are from different parts of Edmonton Mix of city, community and business This is a master plan!

PAGE 62 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING CORE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS NOVEMBER 5 AND NOVEMBER 26, 2018 The City also hosted a pair of in-depth workshops with participants representing key stakeholders in the city. This included representatives from all four stakeholder groups including members of Edmonton business and not-for- profit sectors, neighbouring municipalities and First Nations as well as administrators at the City.

WORKSHOP #1: At the first of the two workshops participants were asked to collaborate with their neighbours to identify answers to the following questions: What most excites you about Edmonton right now? What is most important about Edmonton to keep? What needs our attention as we grow from 1 million to 2 million people?

The first workshop ended with a model building exercise where participants designed a conceptual model of their future vision for the city using a variety of materials from the Re-Use Centre.

WORKSHOP #2: The second workshop was an opportunity for attendees to more deeply explore potential city moves. Through a process called Open Space Technology, participants were asked to identify “City Moves” in response the following question: What are the transformational moves for Edmonton as we grow from 1 million to 2 million people?

During the second half of the workshop participants were asked to perform a “temperature check” on a first draft list of City Moves prepared by The City Plan Team, based on the input received to date from Edmontonians. Attendees reviewed and provided feedback on these first ideas for City Moves.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 63 WORKSHOP #1 - WHAT WE HEARD

What most excites you Growth of entrepreneurship, small There is a willingness to experiment. about Edmonton right now? businesses and risk We could make mistakes but also Healthy Private Sector Young entrepreneurs need to take risks. Vision into reality (Edmonton is cool now) Infill is no longer a boogeyman. Connectedness 3 out of 10 best restaurants Built environment is changing. in Canada Part of a region So many people in the city right now People willing to give you a chance who want to and can work together River Valley (CEOs take calls) to make things happen and we have a Home of the Provincial Capital Openness to new ideas, innovation track record to build on. (Willingness to leverage, impact on A generational change to the built workforce, healthcare, geography, New vibe of downtown and central environment. Skyline is changing for intellectually strong) Edmonton the first time since the 70s. Affordable (full range of options) People moving back to the core Excited about the types of Potential of transforming the city to Not hockey information we have available (able be ‘people first’ Room to grow to use to inform our decisions). Lots of new development in mature Post-secondary schools (UofA, Subjective conversation, objective neighbourhoods MacEwan) data to inform decisions, global National recognition (food scene, International Airport experience from those not from artificial intelligence, ice district) Edmonton. Downtown redevelopment Rebirth of Central Edmonton Loads of potential Open to risk Bike lanes/grid Don’t lose our people Multicultural A lot of good work, but a lot of work first personality $60,000 advantage over Calgary to do Cosmopolitan, a metropolitan city, Young population Population Diversity, including new things to do. Potential to be a beautiful city immigrants (20% of population) Food caliber is increasing Talent attraction Festivals Quality of experience is better Vibrant downtown Emerging winter festivals People, community, opportunity Smaller intensity pockets (124 Ice Castle Rising sense of pride in our city. Street, Whyte, Downtown) Iconic infrastructure (bridges, Lots of opportunity for Small-town feel but a big city facilities, EPL, Walterdale, RAM) transformational/ large site re- Sense of community A new transportation plan and ways development Seriously talking about eliminating of moving around Biggest small town poverty The River Valley (uniqueness) Excite Revitalization of old neighbourhoods Reconciliation and Treaty 6 Growth in downtown core with infill Opportunities (Possibilities to Variety of activity A sense of potential NOW strengthen identify) People are folksy Putting people first NOW Edmonton is becoming open to change and new ways of operating Bonnie Doon site development Edmonton surprises people who had Excitement an old perspective of the city City is ripe for this conversation right now. Infill is happening. Forward thinking council Oilers making the playoffs! (Civic pride, confidence) YEG has aspirations it didn’t Economic potential used to have. Urban cycling, focus on health Transformation and momentum

PAGE 64 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Maturing Edmonton spirit/culture River Valley Strength in diversity Responsive Affordable housing and ending Climate resilience Civic engagement homelessness Openness Can do, common sense Connected city building (not silos) Affordable housing Resourceful/volunteerism/give back Arts and culture scene Budgeting - impact focus Affordability Retaining Edmontonians Diversification Easy commutes Playing a non-traditional role in advocacy (championing ideas Cannabis Open to opportunity - (draws people that aren’t always municipal) Artificial Intelligence in, welcomes immigrants) People first Identify Embrace good change/ evidence-based Involving and empowering youth Urban World class and local libraries/ Inclusive Character recreation centres Housing choice Cuisine Multicultural safe city Affordability of housing market Immigrant population Mature neighbourhoods require University of Alberta Starting to celebrate indigenous reinvestment to stay vibrant. Local food scene culture Look for benefits to many over desire Need an attractive business What is most important of few. environment about Edmonton to keep? Trend towards being open to change. Spirit of explorers, adventurers, Fundamental Diversity is a strength. perseverance Entrepreneurial Cultural Ability to grow with safety in mind, River Valley and ravine system River Valley Preservation investment in city services such as Non-residential tax basis police, education etc. Affordable Housing Don’t have but want start-ups, Affordability is important for quality Attractiveness (Competition, scale-up infrastructure to be of life and diverse populations. Business, Talent) leaders in climate resilience Quality support Regional Perspective Professional sports and identify mechanisms depends. we can share in Welcome to new Canadians People as a priority, making room for Diversity of people Forward thinking healthy choices. Community-based festivals Small town friendliness but big city People can work from anywhere but Cultural diversity Sense of community (hockey etc.) they chose to do so from here. Personality Equity of opportunity (Education, Community spirit of Edmonton. Open Spaces - Health, Post Secondary) People who live here don’t know how (gathering, recreation) Safety good they’ve got it. Festivals Northern gateway Safety River Valley Trail System Large opportunities for Down-home feel Festival, critical mass entrepreneurs (big sites) River Valley is a huge asset (it is what Building on our strengths we should be known for) Having space UofA and other post secondaries Revitalizing mature/core Sharing diversity (tech, energy, engineering, agritech) neighbourhoods and heritage Airport We think too much like a town and River Valley not like a city, which holds us back.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 65 What needs our attention as we grow Affordability Transportation that is affordable from 1 million to 2 million people? Diversity opportunities and available easily Preservation of natural spaces Supports for scale-up Dedicated bus corridors Accessibility to mobility Climate resilience Diversity, infrastructure Jasper Avenue Social spaces/isolation Affordability, density, airport, healthcare facilities, safety, regional Places that offer opportunities Potential for de-growth for gathering service delivery, entrepreneurship. Transition growing - (Growing how Affordability Social isolation, cultural we have been is not an option) ghettoization, want to maintain (Urban form) Perception of change and growth diversity as strength Economic diversification (post oil) - Revitalizing heritage Downtown core - (how do people Innovation ecosystem, scale-up, Aging in place - (Adaptable interact there) companies construction) Maintain the ability to easily Our connection to the land beyond Transportation networks - get around the physical connectivity of our city Movability for everybody - Be more flexible in the rules Zoning bylaw to allow (immigrant communities to help Connections increased “missing middle” decrease isolation) family-oriented units. Regional and National factors How do we use energy? How do we Multi-generational homes get our energy? Density - (More than residential but commercial and industrial density) Possibility of living without a car Rec Centres - (have to drive to, far Mature neighbourhoods away, accessibility) Sustainable infrastructure (densification, access to amenities, Affordable housing Schools, city centre at risk affordability) The environment as we grow Pride versus embarrassment Traffic is starting to show the Reason to come is employment - Where the other million comes from impact of growth (demographics, job expectations) (Need to ‘sell’ Edmonton for more Recognition of where growth is than that) What are the real constraints occurring and plan transportation Technological Change (AI, impact on to growth? nodes. White and Blue Collar, Manufacturing Networks/stakeholders to reflect Retrofitting will no longer be an and technology) and be flexible enough to respond to option without significant impact Transportation (Pedestrians, Cycle, doubling population. to the feel of the city. Transit (LRT, Bus, Auto-vehicle), Transportation networks - Open conversations about change Roads (Goods and Services)) flexible and LRT Capacity challenges of existing Environment and impacts (climate Variety of good transportation infrastructure change) options, expanded train network Increasing homelessness and Growth (Shelter, Talent draw, Interesting places to go. decreased affordability Employment, People (need to Attractive business and Opportunities for new partnerships create spaces and opportunities investment climate for efficiency for connections of public services, Modern sustainable city schools, health care (demographic Dynamic LRT - not just the central aging and now), Tax base, Education, Attention to mobility and our destination Built form, Business) natural systems

PAGE 66 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING MODEL BUILDING THE BIG MOVES THE CHOICES IMPLICATIONS ASSUMPTIONS URBAN VILLAGES

›› Water access transport ›› What transportation ›› Focused on maximizing ›› Building UP NOT OUT needs to expand? existing infrastructure ›› Building on STRENGTHS ›› Improved crossing ›› Pointing ‘inward’ not ›› More infrastructure in on river outward for growth river valley ›› To invest in connections HUB CITY

›› Increase density in ›› Make choices w/ ›› Neg: some residents ›› Disruptive transportation mature neighbourhoods neighbourhoods that want it. Some technology w/ amenities + are desirable + need it communities that aren’t ›› There are including schools the most chosen may feel ignored neighbourhoods ›› Embracing and ›› Change bylaws for ›› Pos: higher property desperately in need of encouraging innovative home office / work values, increased densification. Ppl want work spaces (from home, spaces / business amenities, population to live there but can’t co-working etc) ›› Change zoning bylaws growth, more families afford to ›› Create working for co-working ›› Neg: transportation + ›› Ppl want to live close to hubs / districts ›› More multi-use parking issues where they work ›› Less roads, parking development ›› Pos: more ppl living lots (car infrastructure) ›› Encourage businesses to where they work, less more shared move to hubs traffic, commute transportation options (ie. incentives) ›› Land saving ›› Incentives for ppl to work ›› Pos: bonus for business in hubs to be w/ like minded biz, ›› Create environment that easier access there’s more benefit / ›› Neg: some ppl + biz may financial benefit to ride not want to move. share / resources Too costly ›› Pos: money saving time, maintenance of car ›› Neg: resistance to change ›› Not wanting to give up car

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 67 THE BIG MOVES THE CHOICES IMPLICATIONS ASSUMPTIONS CONNECTED WITH NATURE

›› TOD ›› Transit to more business ›› Cost and land ›› Employment outside of ›› Connectivity employment and around ›› Funding and prioritization Edmonton where people the city work + live in different ›› Access to transit ›› Access to the city + ›› Rapid transit municipalities ›› Access to space region via transit ›› Edmonton has its own ›› More infrastructure ›› GHG ›› Gathering spaces identity and a desire to ›› Zoning to support ›› Increased mobility preserve it increased density ›› Increased density ›› Welcoming 1M people ›› Commercial, industrial, everywhere without expanding the residential density boundary ›› Preserve the river valley TOD ACTIVE TRANSPORT MODEL

›› Intensification along ›› Walk the walk & talk ›› Unwanted change from ›› 2M people LRT & more investment the talk some perspectives ›› urban growth boundary in LRT ›› Reinvestment in mature ›› Reduced auto reliance ☺ ›› 2040 LRT plan ›› 4x population in neighbourhood schools / downtown proper communities (95-109 & 97 105 ave) ›› Removing barriers for ›› Bike lane investment accelerating infill ›› AV 1st/last km, to LRT ›› Choosing to work (no buses, way more together to create LRT) efficiencies (social ›› High Level Line & financial & environmental) ›› River Crossing / Rossdale ›› Priority conservation of our natural areas NEIGHBOURHOOD HEARTS

›› Transportation systems ›› Affordability & ›› Acceptance of change ›› moving people housing options ›› Basing city-building on ›› goods ›› Transportation options FIXED assets such as LRT or infrastructure that ›› Density around nodes ›› Will people live in is tangible and corridors denser areas? ›› Flexibility to adapt to ›› Vision for built form and ›› Directing employment technology & changing directing development to nodes demand (i.e. 2 storey & growth ›› Employment schools) ›› Technology changes diversification (away ›› Re-imaging our needs e.g. online from oil-based) community building shopping, uber, AI, autonomous vehicles

PAGE 68 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING DEBRIEF

After reviewing their work, participants Thoughts about growing from 1 million Need to embrace change: noticed the following in their work: to 2 million: Certain neighbourhoods: All models had some common features: Choice: how to attract another 1 built form, increase density million. What would bring people Emphasis on, and connectivity to, the Amenity so people don’t here/keep them here? (oil and gas, river valley corridor resist change health professionals, greenspace, Downtown as an anchor, tied to hubs work/life balance and an active life Do we need to treat every area of the around the city where people can outside 9-5) city in the same way? work and decrease commute Why do we want 2 million people? About the workshop Transit Oriented Development Will growth decrease quality of life? it was too short, with good No additional freeways Is this even a choice? networking and it was nice to meet Built on existing infrastructure We need to consider economic other innovative people Increased residential density resilience. It is possible there could Filled ‘holes’ downtown be no growth, or could decline in Did not address annexation lands population Where is million coming from? Are Some observations and thoughts about they more diverse and interesting? doing this work: Waves of immigration driven by A big shift is needed to achieve a external politics larger mode split-it is hard to live life now only using transit Role of City government Autonomous vehicles can be used for CoE policy vs. organic growth/ the first/last mile of transportation development. What can the City We are shifting from suburban to encourage? urban (more urban, less space, City and government leading vs. more crowds) society of individuals, private Good density vs. bad: our city has industry, communities some bad examples Need to be flexible for changes we can’t predict

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 69 WORKSHOP #2 - WHAT WE HEARD The following are the City Moves proposed by stakeholders attending the second Stakeholder Workshop.

THE CITY MOVE EDMONTON AS A “SCREEN CITY” ALTERNATE GROWTH STRATEGIES EDMONTON WILL EXPLORE CONCEPT THE RIVER AND THE RIVER VALLEY FOR FAST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS

SUBTITLE Not “Blade Runner” but Static or Degrowth Scenarios “Anti-Blade Runner”

IS THIS A MOVE No, there is a gap; This is how we No, there is a gap Future aspiration (River Queen, CAPTURED IN THE could become to ourselves and Accidental Beach, Funicular, DATA SO FAR? the world. Recreation)

WHAT DOES THIS Unique; Physically - change to Resilient City; Flexible for Largest urban green space in MOVE MEAN FOR any environment at will; Socially 2M people or static growth; North America. Move to increase THE CITY? - Connectivity; Artistic - Public Look at investing in current function and usability and Art; Utility - Wayfinding; Safety transportation infrastructure. access.; Shift the River Valley - Amber Alerts/Emergencies; from a symbol to a tool; Increase Commerce - Advertising density near/in the River Valley. Revenue; Network - Social, Environmental; Interaction - Data used positively.

WHICH GUIDING Live; Access; Create Preserve; Access; Thrive Preserve; Access; Live VALUES ARE MET WITH THIS MOVE?

WHAT ARE SOME 1% for screens (like for public Test every policy at a different All seasons, ETS involvement, WAYS THIS art); Rent surfaces for screen population (500k, 1M, 2M) encourage private investment MOVE CAN BE displays; Link to devices. (water taxi/uber); More access IMPLEMENTED? to the valley (Funicular); Gondola

WHAT TOOLS Technology; Weather Proof; Willingness of Edmonton to do it; COULD MAKE THIS Public/Private Partnerships; Political buy-in HAPPEN? Public Access for content creation.

HOW WILL WE Number of screens; content Success is that all policies Boats on the river - More KNOW WE HAVE metrics; measure interactivity/ function at different population people on the river; Hovercrafts ADVANCED THIS uptake sizes. (driverless; automated; MOVE? WHAT sustainable) WILL INDICATE SUCCESS?

WHO WILL MAKE All 4 quadrants. Government (Elected Officials THIS MOVE and Administration); Ongoing HAPPEN? consultation; Flexible policy

THIS HELPS US From a less defined to a well- Move from continued growth People value nature; reduce MOVE FROM WHAT defined identity. to considering alternate growth traffic congestion; offer options TO WHAT? models. for transportation; increase utilization of the river valley; creation urban context.

PAGE 70 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING THE CITY MOVE CREATING ARTISTIC HUBS IN ALL TRANSPORTATION MODE AND FUTURE OF WORK CONCEPT COMMUNITIES ACCESSIBLE TO CHOICE ALL EDMONTONIANS

SUBTITLE (Along with heritage, culture, Move to Active and Public agriculture, horticulture) Transportation

IS THIS A MOVE Artist Quarters in planning; Yes?; # of drivers licenses/ Emerging CAPTURED IN THE Libraries, Communities, Open Air vehicle registrations per capita; DATA SO FAR? Movies, Gap: Coordination kms travelled and how; Live- work demographic study.

WHAT DOES THIS Better communication; More Incongruence/ congruence Capacity to create and attract MOVE MEAN FOR community focus, cultural between mode use and talent - Related ideas: Gig THE CITY? interaction, safety, more play for transportation infrastructure; Economy; Vibrant Cores; younger children/teens/adults. Costs of private vehicle Satellite Hubs; Live-Work infrastructure (especially Balance. in our climate); Chicken and egg: transportation systems and urban development; How do we better plan or re-use; Private Right-of-Ways and Parking; Could we add “on-site” stormwater management.

WHICH GUIDING All guiding values Access; Preserve; Live Create; Thrive VALUES ARE MET WITH THIS MOVE?

WHAT ARE SOME Empty storefronts; public Invest in infrastructure for other See 3 WAYS THIS buildings; Gardening- modes - bike lanes, bike shares, MOVE CAN BE communities. wider sidewalks; bike parking; IMPLEMENTED? ramps, shorter crosswalks; accessibility; sustainable/ resilient public transit; Stop induced demand.

WHAT TOOLS Money; Donations; Volunteers; Bikeshare, car share, bike lanes, Low unemployment; diverse COULD MAKE THIS Crowdfunding; taxes Autonomous Vehicle Policy, job/career options; No brain HAPPEN? Land Use Bylaws, Tolls (roads, drain regions etc.)

HOW WILL WE Empty storefronts are filled; Modeshift KNOW WE HAVE Increased participation in the ADVANCED THIS arts (and heritage, community MOVE? WHAT WILL and identity); Self sufficient; INDICATE SUCCESS? generating revenue and contributed to taxes; increase in jobs/interaction

WHO WILL MAKE Community organizations Citizens making choices, Private, Public, Institutional THIS MOVE working with government, advocating; Businesses - Sectors working together HAPPEN? business organization, and support, advocacy, private citizens infrastructure; Government - investment choices.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 71 THE CITY MOVE CREATING ARTISTIC HUBS IN ALL TRANSPORTATION MODE AND FUTURE OF WORK CONCEPT COMMUNITIES ACCESSIBLE TO CHOICE ALL EDMONTONIANS

THIS HELPS US Decentralized, accessible, Move from single occupancy Traditional to new economy MOVE FROM WHAT inclusive, filling arts gaps in vehicle trips to walking, biking, TO WHAT? education. public transit, car share and carpooling.

THE CITY MOVE CREATING ARTISTIC HUBS IN ALL EDMONTON IS A CITY WHERE EDMONTON IS A GREAT PLACE TO CONCEPT COMMUNITIES ACCESSIBLE TO DEVELOPMENT IS EASY AND START AND GROW A BUSINESS ALL EDMONTONIANS ENCOURAGED

IS THIS A MOVE Yes for greenfield, No for infill. Growth - Yes; Easy development - No answer CAPTURED IN THE Not really DATA SO FAR?

WHAT DOES THIS More population to existing More efficient and effective Relief from regulation; Connect MOVE MEAN FOR infrastructure; incorporate 1st development; Allow for innovative people to community so they will THE CITY? nations historical sites and development; predictability - ARP build and stay; Quality of life for contributions; Applies to residential (Planned growth and density community, health and activities; but also commercial, roadways etc. increases); More big picture thinking Co-ordination between business for planning redevelopment and and post secondary; Fairness in revitalization; Setting/planning taxation. for appropriate growth (high rises where it makes sense, medium rise where it makes sense).

WHICH GUIDING Feels like home; Access; Thrive; Live; Belong; Preserve; Create; Thrive, Create, Innovate, Belong and VALUES ARE MET Preserve Thrive Contribute WITH THIS MOVE?

WHAT ARE SOME Recycle older, underutilized Rethink ASP, ARP process; Funding Advocacy, communications, WAYS THIS buildings; create small green spaces; mechanisms for infrastructure; awareness MOVE CAN BE community gardens; architectural Community redevelopment levy; IMPLEMENTED? overlays for historic areas. equitable funding model; cost- benefit analysis.

WHAT TOOLS Diversification of built form; Ensure User friendly LUB; Eliminate Government; Business groups, COULD MAKE THIS access to open space. NIMBYism; Certainty in how to public HAPPEN? increase density or redevelop for all citizens; Make it easy; Transparency; Communities with a high quality of life.

HOW WILL WE Comparable densities in mature Benchmarks on: Density, quality Metrics and Scale Ups and Start Ups KNOW WE HAVE neighbourhoods and new (40 du/ of life, ease of building, population ADVANCED THIS Ha) diversity. MOVE? WHAT WILL INDICATE SUCCESS?

WHO WILL MAKE Changes must be driven by Everyone - Buy-in from everyone as Business/government/citizens and THIS MOVE community rather than city or much as possible, decisions based community organizations. HAPPEN? developer; More interaction and on a broader perspective. consultation required; Infrastructure impact/adequacy must be considered.

THIS HELPS US From the current state to a live, Workforce retention; more MOVE FROM WHAT work, play community. businesses; increased tax base. TO WHAT?

PAGE 72 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING WORLD TOWN PLANNING DAY NOVEMBER 8, 2018 On World Town Planning Day (November 8, 2018), The City Plan Team attended an event organized by the Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) at the Metro Theatre in Garneau. After a screening of the film Whose City? (a film about Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall), The City Plan Team encouraged attendees to identify some large, transformational “City moves” for Edmonton. Participants were encouraged to write their suggestion for a “City move” on a sticky note, and then plot it on an axis according to the degree of change required to achieve the move, and the likelihood it could be done.

MASSIVE IMPACT MEDIUM IMPACT SMALL IMPACT Absorb St. Albert and Revamp the after-hour For more culturally diverse Sherwood Park usages of City Center (mall): inclusive artistic creations Car-free Downtown night markets, craft sales, added to the city flea markets Paint beige concrete buildings Fountains where people can sit happy colours downtown Urban farming and and visit (with angels + cherubs) community gardens Completely build within current More tolerance of street art boundaries Transitional uses i.e. old Leons Autonomous traffic on 107A maybe a cool night New development has a central Provide incentives for market spot node with cafes, business, preserving our architectural daycare, health centre, etc. Less disruption from freight heritage, and penalties for trains Active local spaces = richness of destroying it. experiences, people need food, Parks downtown Create incentives for places to eat Neighbourhood renewal for housing co-ops More families downtown downtown and oliver Condo Board (living) Teaching Transit oriented development, 3-5 bedroom condos them about good living mixed uses Child-friendly spaces More separated bike lanes We need a 2nd city hall Smaller city bocks encourage Access to the river south side small businesses, walkability, Kids playing in the streets again Better public transportation convenience We need 60 alderman Green space in densely built (councillors) not 12 areas, dogwalk, kids parks, etc More LRT and bike Alleyway focused businesses infrastructure from edge of think Vancouver’s Blood Alley town to downtown Meaningful engagement and inclusion of indigenous people

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 73 CITY HALL SCHOOL/MACEWAN UNIVERSITY VARIOUS DATES The City Plan Team also shared information with 16 classes participating in City Hall School during the city’s Read- In Week as well as a class of nursing students at MacEwan University. Attendees at the sessions were asked to share their thoughts in a postcard from the future based on the following prompt.

“You will love Edmonton in the future! You won’t believe it, but….”

Across the over 750 postcards received, the most common themes identified in the post cards were: There are more parks, natural areas and playgrounds (10% of responses) We’ve increased services, support and housing for the homeless and an overall reduction in homelessness (7% of responses) We live in a way that is more environmentally friendly and less pollution (7% of responses) We finally invented flying cars and vehicles (5% of responses) The LRT transit system continues to expand (5% of responses) There are more electric vehicles on the road (5% of responses) There are more homes and plenty of residential areas in the city (4% of responses) There are lots of educational facilities, schools and related services (3% of responses) There is better public transit services (3% of responses) The city is clean and there is more attention given to having less litter on streets. (2% of reponses)

PAGE 74 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING CITY OF EDMONTON INTERNAL DROP-IN SESSION DECEMBER 5, 2018 On December 5, 2018 The City Plan Team hosted internal staff at a drop-in event to gather their input on the proposed City Moves. The following pages detail their input.

The City Plan Team invited stakeholders from across the corporation to a drop-in event to learn about and assist with shaping The City Plan. Two questions guided the event: What choices do we need to make to be a healthy, urban and climate resilient city that supports a prosperous region, at a city of 2 million people? What is the story of Edmonton’s future?

Participants were able to choose from several activities to both learn about The City Plan and be involved in how it will take shape. The activities included: 1. READ: Basic information about The City Plan (Council’s four goals, the guiding values, city building outcomes, technical and policy development, city moves and levers) 2. READ and COMMENT: For each of the 5 possible City Moves: 3. Gut reaction? Is the move to big or too small? 4. What other ways are there to make this happen? 5. How else will this show up out in the community? 6. NOTICE and COMMENT: What is missing from the City Moves? 7. PLOT the City Moves according to degrees of change and possibility 8. PRIORITIZE the City Moves 9. CREATE a definition for “mobility” 10. INFORM how to transition from The Ways documents to The City Plan 11. IDENTIFY how to organize The City Plan to make it useful 12. CREATE a model of your future Edmonton

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 75 TESTING THE DRAFT CITY MOVES The following comments were received from internal City of Edmonton stakeholders who participated in the drop-in session on December 5, 2018.

GREENER AS WE GROW

General Comments Drainage/infrastructure policy Reward property owners for Try “Grow Greener” to support trees surviving more environmentally friendly (ones we have) development Have other cities used their culturally informed models succesfully? Can Measure tree health - Emphasis on natural existing we learn from them? e.g. canopy growth, remote sensing systems and wildlife, not just of addition of green (LiDAR, imagery energy technology Comments on Ways to Make it Happen change comparison) influence other levels of government Point 1 - less pavement in river valley Access points to trails and awareness to green the grid (while still maintaining accessibility) Net zero homes Gut Reaction Ecological resiliency Levers to reduce and eliminate Too small Climate change adaption driving and parking Focus less on GHG, more on quality Encourage “Eco-industrial” Educational programming of life & wellbeing development in local schools Too small Encourage/accomodate Does this just consider our current industrial symbiosis There need to be programming legislative toolset, or imagine future resources to support this Point 4 - how much demand do we roles and responsibilities that could actually have for Green buildings? Define “green” as much as be enabled? What incentives will go along possible to facilitate clarity Plan more district energy areas and stronger outcomes with this? Transition to electric buses GREEN needs to be BIG Ban plastic bags Retrofit City owned buildings Pieces missing: Heat exchange, Point 6 - Frame these energy First (or one of) upon annexation - densification, Expand & enhance goals as economic development/ extend RV ARP along NS through active transport diversification opportunities Leduc and push the boundaries of Point 7 - are the new Edmontonians/ Make infill easier ER. Use new conservation reserve to home buyers funding all the Too small - many other acquire more non-MR/ER land while green energy? actions needed it’s cheaper Point 8 - Preserving and protecting This feels predictable... Will naturally Spend enough to meet Paris natural areas & open spaces happen but what will we do to exceed Densify/slowly reduce greenfield Preserve local farmland! Edmonton natural outcome development has rich soil (in place) which has a Other Ways to Make this Happen Continued investment “higher use” as food production than in public transit another suburb Green City buildings and fleet protect the #YEG areas most urban growth boundary and fertile soil Comments on How Actions will Appear prioritize/redevelopment at in the Community increased rate Stop sprawling growth Preparing for climate change shifting Toll roads to enter city What does winter bike infrastructure Edmonton from trees to grasslands look like? Quicker reponse at traffic City more actively manages signals, for one Confusion about last point- does this air quality mean less or more? to what end? Bus lanes

PAGE 76 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Support in some mature Daylighting Mill Creek & More composting and less waste communities for tree maintenance strengthening other significant Need an active transportation More space for urban food ecological connections demand management program production embedded in Buses not just “mass transit” More trees - incorporated into urban landscape Too small: Low density urban growth, roadways (e.g. boulevards), along Upstream protection of North especially Greenfield. Incentivize paths & in parks & plazas Saskatchewan headwaters living in core nbhds and infill More district energy systems Vehicle emissions testing for Reevaluate requirements for parking More, smaller passive green areas operating in downtown spaces. Consider porous concrete for Daylight Mill Creek and others Control/contain sprawl parking stalls (e.g. half concrete, half grass or sand) Quickly raise buildings standards to Prioritize & protect farmland increase building energy efficiency Enhanced landscape architecture Where do we reflect collaboration requirements & standards More solar panels & partnerships to help activate this number of river valley, ravine and outcome (other stakeholders, other How Else will this show up out in the park users orders of gov’t) Community? residential cogeneration for each STOP growing out and grow up Waste reduction: Household & house (CHP) TRANSIT! Free! industrial Permits for more solar/wind Eliminating redundant road Fewer cars Net zero bldgs infrastructure, especially in the Denser housing, narrower roads, more users of our “green corridors” River Valley Ground-mounted solar and fewer vehicle miles travelled Property tax reductions for Programs to support condos to Good emphasis on adding green implementing LID, healthy, trees, take green initiatives: waste mgmt, space, this can also be done etc. at lot level gardens, solar power, composting inside buildings Any public structure to capture More electric vehicles on the road solar, e.g. park shelters should have Naturalization (less grass) many more bikes & cycling solar panels infrastructure

A REBUILDABLE CITY (ORIGINALLY PRESENTED AS “DEVELOP A RE-BUILDABLE CITY”)

General Comments Need to prioritize redevelopment Stop subsidizing developers putting Adaptable? City over greenfield with $ and housing at City edges - subdivision service provision needs to include the real cost of No idea what this means! Not just infill, but also renewable extending infrastructure Life cycle thinking alternatives, i.e. replacement How to make sure nbhds voices Too “fancy” and not easy of housing heard to reflect the change. If there is to understand Point 2 - add recreational no comprehensive nbhd plan What? Edmonton could be a low rise city - Critical for effective transit All the boards need to use a GBA+ not wind tunnels, not just single Where do City priorities show up? lens and newcomer lens family & high rise Are we spreading ourselves thin with “Build for Life” Urban places? Blatchford Exhibition, Rossdale? Point 7 - Just social? Comments on Ways to Make it Happen Point 3 - ? Jargon Also Economic, environmental Allow for batch rezoning/ “Asset based” an idea worth Point 8 - assumption that humans redevelopment; not site by site exploring are all altruistic Who designs existing nbhds?

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 77 Don’t plan at nbhd level for new This proposed a meaningful shift Allow denser development within growth, plan at city level... Shape how that elected officials, developers, inner loop. new nbhds will interact... they all cant residents, and others may not Consider selling air rights (build over be 100% self supporting understand or be supportive of. How parking lots) do we communicate the benefits Ask kids what they like to play on/ Placemaking, less circuitous urban and importance of this shift? Beyond where they like to play streets, transit friendly streets long-term cost saving have a set percentage for education, Comments on How Actions will Appear Hard/long process to knock hospitals, police, fire, commercial in the Community down derelict properties for each district. Base the growth Consider technological advances Infill should not be equal, should fit in on economic drivers not just social in planning communities. Will malls each area’s reality trends still exist 20 years from now with Adaptable development: 20 yrs, emergence of online shopping, Stronger heritage focus with infill 40 yrs, 80 yrs, Transitional for example Human centred design building blocks is this different than what would Cornerstone work increases This should refer to the city’s appear with just service delivery? adaptability & resilience Incentives to parcel assembly to Point 1 - “Study” instead create unified development - tie to Concept interesting. Doability? of “mapping” convergent themes Not sure. Point 2 - Encourage parking Row housing opportunities should be Must be council $ and service priority replacement in development. Parking RF1, RF2, RF3 - make it easier to get to be big move structures underground or hidden approvals inside development Other Ways to Make this Happen Way more mixed use - commercial What to measure? So what if Plan spaces to increase & improve on bottom residential on top mapped out? How do we use it? bus network transit Define values - stick with them, dont I don’t feel like “rebuildable” is the Put blvds back into new communities change them with social trends/ correct term - more pleasant walk for pedestrians winds Be sensitive to existing homeowners & snow storage Simplify redevelopment who are already invested in the Regional cost sharing to reduce need Eliminate parking requirements community for industrial tax base Revitalize commercial areas in Point 5 - not clear Establish “build back better” mature nbhds Point 8 - Agree! Also, shortcut standards to ensure new Integrate land use planning with trails/paths to reduce walking development improves over time transit planning distances to transit Improve transit: Rates, Speed, Utilize output of action 11 on Infill Why just modelling and not planning? LOS. And invest in accessible Roadmap to help inform mapping Gut Reaction transportation exercises & optimal infill locations Too small Proposed re-building and densifying All projects are evaluated against entire blocks rather than individual Too small future climate conditions lot-splitting Too small Life cycle assessment of city Think about road space we can reuse. projects, development Too small Reduce/slow suburban growth & Infill should be nbhd focused Too small - failure to plan adequately focus on densification will result in an unsustianable city District planning, specialized planning Lead how suburban development use all available regulatory tools Too big: start with one community/ should happen (form, structure) district and move on based on its rather than react. What are Integrate city land/building planning own needs the ingredients? What are the Big move through small steps? performance measures?

PAGE 78 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING How Else will this show up out in the Residential homes designed for Build tall things with little to Community? phased expansion over time no parking. Improve other Align with EPCOR for drainage Need less restricted collector/ transportation options assessment arterial networks that allow for Build with permaculture principles on Road diets rebuild-able transit networks large & small scales pilot projects Prioritize group over individual Complete nbhds (buses/bikes - more space), etc hard municipal boundary? Grassroots community development

COMMUNITY OF COMMUNITIES

General Comments Point 4 - so problematic. Cultural/ Point 1 - how can this be done in I like this social bias implication. YEG is still a existing areas with circuitous road racist city networks? Struggle with this label - not fully clear to one scope/intent? Point 4 - Throughout the city, not Point 1 - Transit system contains just some parts (inclusive) flexibility to respond to population This is speaking to the people shifts over geography aspect - reason for the whole plan! Points 4 and 5 - social support system to support this? Point 3 - Community hubs/buying Is this just about transit? Being power statement is really unclear a multicultural city means not all Offer/recognize diversity in our cultures are building their spaces nbhds - some are walkable, dense; Point 5 - what does this mean? the same. others less so Point 6 - What is to be Ecological communities achieved by this? Comments on Ways to Make it Happen Point 8 - This is an aspiration, not a Point 6 - Do we mean “age” spaces without plans for animating/ way to make it happen or “ability”? program usually sit dormant Point 10 - How to define “District”? Point 6 - No! Think more about Can this theme replace Point 10 - Geographical District life stages/life transitions rather convergent theme? OR Thematic District (indicators) than chronological age. As we Point 1 - Get the commercial there - is there really a difference btwn a age we become more and more Point 1 - what does urban villages mature nbhd in the East or West of heterogeneous mean? Who create and design? the City? What about ethnocultural diversity? Point 1 - how does this ensure Where is the Building Community Healthy city? people, neighbours integration and inclusion rather than through Recreation? Spatial representation of exclusion and ghettoization of visible Complete Communities = community services and other minorities? complete streets = mixed housing = Question of rec. facilities - Point 2 - Needs to be done accessible standards community based or large super comprehensively, not determined by “Ways to make it happen” don’t centres? Rec. Facility Approach each developer proposed nbhd all appear in “how the actions will Co-locate to maximize creativity, Point 3 - Recreation? appear”. e.g. more than just mapping, similar industry; corridors of Playgrounds? Parks? are we doing anything? excellence Point 4 - Quality of life Comments on How Actions will Appear How does this foster community? Point 4 - How? are these in the Community As a city show walkable/ City mandates? Plain Language completeness of nbhds... Point 4 - need to be more clear as to sell ourselves vs. relying on Point 1 - why not Hub and Spoke? what this means. COE does not meet market trends basic needs, i.e. provide shelter Point 1 - isn’t this counter to the current restructure of transit?

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 79 Add plain language for “active mode Other Ways to Make this Happen How Else will this show up out in the infrastructure”, “modal priority Who are the partners we need to Community? outcomes”, and “age cohort” have in mind to achieve this? More small community centre for intercultural, integenerational, Gut Reaction Would this be similar to “garden communities”? interaction & activity “Live Local” Though better connected? Really appreciate the District Too Small - this does not speak of a Some of these require provincial/ Concept - should appear distinct & “Community of Communities” federal (e.g. basic needs, ageing unique to the public This move is not as clear or easy in place) Efforts must be made to work to understand Nbhd corner stores with multicultural, indigenous, & I have trouble connecting the title to white settler groups to develop Lower or more flexible parking the ways to make it happen. Seems communities together with nbhds requirements like a loose connection of items. Is Most focus seems to be on “place Replicate plan for Bonnie Doon at this land use planning or where a lot based” community. Some focus on other dying malls of the “Way We Live” component communities of “affiliation” must should fall Requires stong political leadership & also be considered identification of priorities to address People focused goal but transit Mixed use, decentralized commercial where money is required to support focused outcome & recreational opportunities (not big redevelopment. We cannot say yes Under there are trade-offs, i.e. box grocery) to everything transit grid system may result in Community celebrations accessibility issues for residents Pocket playgrounds (not always Commercial areas in residential who are aging in place and walk going with mega) places work/life/play further to stops Abundant social side Make community hubs green, What about policy options or (community leagues) aesthetically pleasing spaces to draw solutions? These focus on Significantly increase cycling people to them illustrating conditions infrastructure. People can stop Will require shifts in how we think Tension for me in understanding more easily to do something/shop/ about us vs. them what this means for/looks like eat/etc. on a bike, increasing sense for existing nbhds vs. old builds of community Good attention to the aesthetic and inclusive elements of public Too abstract Design streets that are walkable that give people access to everything spaces, so they feel welcoming to all, Yes. We need to be building cities including transit beautiful and well cared for within our city with intention & Plan at a city level, not a nbhd level - infrastructure Design community as self-sufficient (Edmonton is a collection of towns) too adversarial Lots of imp data being captured/ The idea of local community hubs is shown... but what will be done Community resilience Hubs where active transportation should with it/how will it be used? (destination for community activity & refuse) shine Could not disagree with any of Less need for power centres the “ways” Renting vacant pedway/LRT CRUs to community groups/artists/ Community market spaces businesses for cheap or free This will show by measuring how Look at current communities and much time is used for leisure extra- pilot a walkable nbhd curricular activities, how much disposable income is used/not used for each community centre

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General Comments Consider making further connections show up informally for people, This sounds like we’re broken. between “The Ways...” and “How not just through institutions, It’s negative it will appear” as they don’t match public spaces up fully. E.g. arts & culture spaces “healing” in an odd choice of labels... should be seen & easily accessible Other Ways to Make this Happen How would this encapsulate (or not) Living wage for people losing jobs Active Living and social inclusion? Comments on How Actions will Appear in the Community through automation This needs to be the basis of every yes to road diet! board in the room w.r.t point 2 - Beautiful and liveable (gray -> blue + green space) Need partnerships that are “Edmonton for everyone” w.r.t point 5 - proximity to meaningful & last with all “Healing” needs some work commercial access? Ease of access diverse groups Maybe consider something like by all modes? Improving basics of accessibility “A City of Well-being” & year round maintenance Gut Reaction I like “healing” Adaptability & resilience (through A healthy city is one united in its Urban reserves on good land physical and social environments) diversity, the means being able to For reconciliation - need land & Prioritize greener waste practices, fluidly move in the different ways economic opportunities for Metis, i.e. grasscycling, composting, source- cultures operate and NOT one size First Nations, Network of gathering, separated organics fits all ceremony, camping sites Building workforce skilled at working Is City Plan doing too much that’s not Comments on Ways to Make it Happen with culturally diverse communities - land use? e.g. celebrating diversity, requires robust training & support W.r.t. point 2 - yes! ending poverty, etc.? Bike Routes from Suburban to W.r.t. point 2 - Does this mean This seems like a collection of a very Mature areas to encourage reducing our use of resources? broad range of topics. Not completely commute by bike clear w.r.t point 5 - two different goals - Consider reffering to the “Social maybe they should be separate Too big: too “trendy” of a direction Determinants of Health” as they TRC - consider adding something with reconciliation, stick to basic relate to a number of actions needs of society about inclusive practices, inclusive Applying/adopting a trauma spaces. Art and street names can feel Very broad topics - very informed lense? like tokenism ambitious. Realistic? Monitoring and regulating air quality W.r.t point 7 - and in public Indigenous wellness centre Reducing noise pollution engagement decision making (foster to understanding & heal more aggressively TRC) urban indigenous Homeless shelters in every nbhd w.r.t point 7 - what does this mean? What levers/motivators are there means follow TRC actions? to encourage private business/land Recognizing cost of service provision in responce vs. infrastructure w.r.t point 7 - not just token? ownership etc, to participate in this big move? provision at onset Health impact assessments for Increase opportunities for projects Love the idea, but this is way too big. I fail to see the connection between intercultural communities to share w.r.t. point 10 - Mandate affordable the actions and intended outcomes. and interact housing for all developments X units Not sure how this could all be or greater in all nbhds How Else will this show up out in the implemented. Inject health lens into city decisions/ Community? Too big - not enough specifics budget/plans Planning for mental in addition to Identify where connection & healing physical health

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 81 Changing how decisions are Anything concrete, beyond maps? Maintain our enormous park system arrived at and how impact is Policies? Physical investment to the best of our ability. Don’t forget weighed/measured or changes? What will we do about its healing capacity Resilience hubs with maps? Citizen science for Healthy living through our everyday Fewer people will be in poverty, monitoring outcomes life. Transportation that is they will have greater awareness of More diverse communities human-propelled opportunities for financial well-being & understanding Land donatio to indigenous Narrower roads, bike paths and communities walkways beside all roads

CATALYZE AND CONVERGE (ORIGINALLY PRESENTED AS CITY OF CONVERGENCE)

General Comments w.r.t Intergenerational space - The economic models may change What does this mean? Intergeneration has value both ways, This feels more related to Convergence - opportunity to and must have purpose for all ages. programming as opposed to connect this to diversity, inclusion, Also value those who built the city changing the built environment. “ignite community of communities” The presence of UofA, NAIT, Illustrating potential innovations Convergence vs. Integration MacEwan, should be leveraged would help illustrate Use Plain Language by the City how does this fall into the How do we support newcomers to be Partenering with AHS & UofA to “Community of Communities”? economically successful and thrive? inject Health into City decisions Use Grade 6 Language - a city Could anyone disagree with the that connects? Support, create more centres “ways to make it happen”? of excellence Comments on Ways to Make it Happen Other Ways to Make this Happen Comments on How Actions will More private sector-public sector Mobility as a priority Appear in the Community W.r.t “developing the idea of mobility transformational projects Gut Reaction as a service while being technology Why are just “universities, art hubs” agnostic” - what does this mean? Be inclusive in your language - say singled out? What about other what you mean Wouldn’t constrain to mobility... stakeholders (local schools, other need to shift City to accomodate How much of this is land use/ non-profits, EFCL)... that people subscribe to service transportation related? Highlight/improve local job platforms (less infrastructure) Showing/spatial/modelling/ opportunities for new post- To try out uniquely Edmonton ideas mapping to what end? What is secondary grads. Better connectors that work here/for Edmonton (i.e. action, how do these play out? between school to work transition curating “City as Lab”) Overarching ideas do not inspire Infrastructure is critical for w.r.t boom-bust - How can working together; the “common economic development Edmonton boom-bust proof while goal” is too intangible to be a unifying Ecological/natural being a city in Alberta? point to work towards areas convergence w.r.t youth mobilization - How we Simple technology: more Regional Transit Commission accessibility, more affordable inspire youth, citizens, to champion, Address cultural perceptions especially in transportation choices advance city. of space (‘burbs dream)

PAGE 82 // IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING Regional service delivery, including Building projects or Capital Projects Think beyond just innovation hub... infrastructure 7 utilities need to be built on time and under Arts hub, LGBTQ district, etc. Integrated post-secondary to the budget for the City to have credibility. Need to relate this to regular prosperity community (permiable) Get resources from industry to help plan, manage, and execute projects Where is the regional value; regional How do we (finally) get school boards convergence opportunities? to help the city meet infill goals Don’t let Council sway good business Recognize our city’s solar power decisions or Capital Plans. Let (which would be necessary for potential and develop our industry a move this big) them be part of the plan so they (technologied and services) to understand the cost and benefit Develope world class transit system replace our previous view of as its planned ourselves as the “Oil City” to help transform city Administrative change based How Else will this show up out in the Corridors would need to be on community needs supported by people-moving Community? Across all the moves, the “how it will “Join the Dots” infrastructure appear in the community” are maps Actions are pretty cool and Consider greater innovation & & modelling. Those are academic forward-thinking. I think limiting partnership for infrastructure exercises, not community impacts this to an “innovation corridor” is Relationships that work in Greater and new tech by partnering with problematic. Keep fleshing this out, Edmonton areas (borders) First Nations super neat ideas! Building Climate resilient agriculture Needs a guiding vision Not just a corridor, why not to better explain a network, lots of hubs?

DEFINITION FOR MOBILITY KEY IDEAS DESCRIPTION TRANSPORTATION Transportation is a leading cause of emissions. AND CLIMATE Shifting the patterns of mobility towards more active and efficient modes will have a major impact on Edmonton’s environmental impacts

TRANSPORTATION Technology can help to make the systems more efficient. AND TECHNOLOGY This includes smart infrastructure, mobility on demand, new transportation options, and evolving technologies.

TRANSPORTATION Encouraging options for improving active mobility. AND HEALTH Changing the transportation system can encourage active transportation options that improve the health of Edmontonians.

TRANSPORTATION Transportation systems can be a means for creating a more equitable city. AND EQUITY This includes focusing energy on people with less means and who may benefit the most from added mobility options.

TRANSPORTATION Good mobility is an important aspect of achieving economic development. AND ECONOMIC This includes maximizing efficiency of more sustainable transportation options while DEVELOPMENT also maintaining driving where it is needed.

IDENTIFYING CITY MOVES WHAT WE ARE HEARING // PAGE 83 LEARNING FROM THE WAYS A decade ago, the City of Edmonton approved its last Municipal Development Plan and supporting policy documents: The Ways. Internal stakeholders were asked to identify the lessons learned from The Ways that can be carried forward into The City Plan. The City Plan needs to set clear and explicit objectives and targets to judge the success of policy in achieving the vision of the plan. Policy needs to be specific and directive. Past policy was too vague and could be used to justify any decision. The Ways were too complicated and too large a body of policy. This meant that there was not clarity about the policy implications of each of The Ways in the day-to-day functioning of government. The City Plan should take consideration of actions to be taken by both the City of Edmonton and other players in the Integral City system. It should also clearly identify who can take any action and how different players can help achieve the goals of The City Plan.

MISSING DIRECTION In addition to the lessons learned, participants were asked to identify ideas or direction that was missing from The Ways. Responses are presented allow: Public health impacts of environmental design Direction of physical change Connections and clear relationships between different plans and policy Planning and design in a Winter City Direction about key transportation related initiatives and changes including bus rapid transit, park and ride and high occupancy vehicle lanes.

EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES Since The Ways were approved a number of topics and changes have begun to materialize. These new topics include: Impacts of smart cities and emerging technology Wider variety of parks and open spaces Commitment to food systems and urban agriculture Focus on risks of isolation and loneliness on health and quality of life Importance of engaging in the process of Reconciliation and improving communication with the City’s Treaty partners. Changes to the regulatory planning environment.

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