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District of Sooke District of Sooke OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY JANUARY 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS Introduction 4 Online Survey 10 Stakeholder Workshops 28 Community Sounding Boards 32 Print Surveys 36 Youth Survey 39 Next Steps 45 APPENDIX A 46 APPENDIX B 47 APPENDIX C 48 INTRODUCTION -5- PROJECT BACKGROUND WHY WE ENGAGE In short, land use and development are key ingredients that shape the identity and success of Picture Sooke is the largest and most significant our community… and this OCP review offers an planning process currently being undertaken by the important and exciting opportunity to decide what District of Sooke to update the Official Community this means in Sooke. Plan (OCP). An OCP is the most important tool With that in mind, it is essential that Sooke in the municipality’s policy toolkit influencing the residents are engaged early and throughout way a community grows and develops. An OCP the OCP process so it reflects their concerns, contains policies that dictate the way land is used aspirations and priorities. and developed, including for homes, shops, offices, industry, public institutions, and more. PROJECT PROCESS Land use and development influence our lived experiences every day, from the moment we start The OCP update is a four-phase process that will our day to the moment we end it. They influence culminate in 2021. Phase 1 - Building a Baseline the types of homes we live in and the types of included technical analysis and review. We are destinations and amenities in our neighbourhoods. presently in the process of developing a Vision, They influence how we move around, including Goals and Growth Scenarios. There will be multiple whether it is easy and enjoyable to get around opportunities to engage throughout this phase. by foot, on a bike, or by transit, which in turn Keep an eye out on www.sooke.ca/ocp for the influences our personal health, and the health of latest engagement opportunities and project our environment. updates. Land use and development influence our pocketbooks, including how much it costs us to pay for District services such as sewers and roads. They influence public spaces and the look and feel of our neighbourhoods, which can play an important role in our sense of community, our ability to retain and attract businesses and residents, and our overall quality of life. District of Sooke OCP Phase 2 Engagement Summary -6- OCP Advisory Committee members share why the OCP matters to them -7- OCP ADVISORY COMMITTEE The purpose of the OCP Advisory Committee is to Ellen Lewers: Local force of nature and super- provide Council with input on a range of community engaged citizen who served on Sooke’s two issues related to the creation of an updated Official previous OCP Steering Committees, chairing the Community Plan. The OCP Advisory Committee 2008-10 edition; member of Sooke’s Board of will provide technical guidance at key project Variance since its foundation in the early ’00s; milestones including issues identification, long- former president of the Sooke Fall Fair; founding range planning matters, policy options, community board member with Sooke Region Food CHI; outreach, and ideas for leveraging local skills and owner/operator/grower-in-chief at Mrs. Lewers’ expertise to accelerate implementation strategies Farmhouse, among much else. that support the overall vision and guiding Linda MacMillan: Another much-respected #Sooke principles of the community mover/shaker dating back to when she supervised OCP Advisory Committee members have been the Sooke Cooperative Preschool in the 1980s; appointed for a term of approximately 18 months, former board member with EMCS Society, Sooke and it is expected that six (6) meetings will be Family Resource Society, Sooke Fine Arts Society, required throughout the duration of the project. Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra, the Classical Boating The members are: Society and the Chamber of Commerce; and Remax realtor (1992-2018) who shared an untold number Norman Amirault: Career firefighter with the of listings around town with her husband Bruce Department of National Defence; former elected (who himself was on the 2001 OCP committee). councillor with the town of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, where he also chaired the Public Works Siomonn Pulla: Academic and specialist in Dept. and served on the planning commission; Indigenous rights, governance and language former owner/operator of Belvista Retreat B&B in revitalization; former senior research associate with Sooke. the Conference Board of Canada; family man with three young children living in the town centre. Terry Cristall: Former CEO of Number Ten Architectural Group with offices in Winnipeg Helen Ritts: Marketing and communications & Victoria; extensive CV includes dozens of professional with Local Practice Architecture who commercial, residential and institutional projects telecommutes from Sooke while focusing on topped by the Winnipeg Convention Centre sustainable buildings and infrastructure for such expansion; current board member with Harmony clients as Metro Vancouver, the CRD, the University Project Sooke and trailblazing collaborator with of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University; the District and the JDF Community Trails Society former Marketing Director with Bing Thom for three new signed public pathways now in the Architects in Vancouver; smart growth champion works. for the town centre. Steve Grundy: Newly retired as VP Academic Councillor Al Beddows is council’s non-voting and Provost at Royal Roads University while appointee. Mayor Maja Tait will participate as is remaining a professor in its School of Environment her ex-offico right with all District committees and & Sustainability; served with Sooke’s Economic commissions. Development Commission; ex-board member with the Sooke Chamber of Commerce; ex-chair of the Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee; Saseenos resident and mountain biking enthusiast. District of Sooke OCP Phase 2 Engagement Summary -8- -9- OCP Student Guide Sample Pages HOW WE ENGAGED WHAT WE’RE HEARING We offered seven streams for providing input The feedback shared in this phase of engagement including: was equally broad and deep. While individual • An online survey advertised through District comments are nuanced and specific, we are hearing of Sooke website, email, social media, the overarching themes that inform our understanding community sounding boards and posters of Sooke today and priorities for the future. displayed in the community, and the Sooke We’re hearing about... News Mirror. • the value of the natural landscape for • A print survey distributed through the Sooke recreation, views, ecosystem services, habitat News Mirror as well as paid advertisement of and climate change resilience the OCP process • the importance of developing the local • Community Sounding Boards economy in order to provide jobs, services, • Elementary School Student Engagement amenities and attractions Program • the need for housing options to accommodate • A youth survey (still ongoing at the time of this a diversity of households and incomes survey) • the concern for vehicular traffic congestion and • Two stakeholder workshops safety now and as Sooke grows • Letters to District Staff • the need for safe cycling and pedestrian connections through Sooke • OCP Advisory Committee Engagement Toolkit: Advisory Committee members were • the desire to age in place: ensuring that empowered to share opportunities to engage housing, transportation and services are with their networks and communities attainable to seniors Over 500 individuals took part in the surveys and • the interest in a renewed relationship with the workshops, with dozens more participating in waterfront through encouraging public-access community sounding boards, writing letters and and locating shops and services in the area more. • the need to develop the OCP through the lenses of compassion and climate action These themes, along with the detailed feedback shared through this process, will be used to develop the Vision and Goals for the OCP. District of Sooke OCP Phase 2 Engagement Summary ONLINE SURVEY -11- OVERVIEW PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY An online survey ran from October 9 through November 7, 2020 as a way to seek input on community assets, issues, ideas, and priorities for Sooke, as well as visions for its future. A total of 394 people offered input. This section presents information on the demographics of participants, and summarizes the emergent themes from their input. The online survey opened with an introductory screen to orient participants to the process and input opportunities contained within. District of Sooke OCP Phase 2 Engagement Summary Participants were invited to share information about themselves and their past involvement in the project. -13- WHO PARTICIPATED RELATIONSHIP TO SOOKE Participants were asked: “What is your relationship to Sooke?”. Since participants had the ability to select multiple options, the total number of people who answered this question is unknown. However, from the total of participants who identified they are residents of Sooke, the large majority are homeowners (i.e. 88% of survey participants compared with 76% of Sooke’s population). This means that renters are somewhat under- represented in the demographics of the survey, as they represent 12% of participants compared with 24% of Sooke’s population. From the responses, we see that we heard from participants who are retirees, business owners and employees. A small handful of participants identified themselves as students,
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