JERICHO LANDS 1 ʔəy ̓alməxʷ1 / Iy̓ álmexw2 GETTING TO KNOW THE SITE
The project team has been analyzing the Jericho Lands site, including consideration of technical information, existing policies, and input gathered during open houses, asset mapping exercises and Inspire Jericho Talks. This has helped us develop an initial understanding of the site, which has been structured around 4 key themes as shown in the diagram opposite: • Natural Systems and Open Space • Connections and Mobility • Inclusive Communities • Sustainability and Resilience The following panels provide a summary of key information about the Jericho Lands site. They are intended to help build an understanding of the site and to provide a foundation for the more detailed design and policy work to come. Each of the following panels synthesizes site analysis details, indicates relevant City policy, and highlights input received from the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and comments from the public. The City of Vancouver has prepared Jericho Lands DRAFT Guiding Principles based on community feedback, City objectives and policies, and the landowners’ aspirations for the site. The Guiding Principles provide high-level direction for the creation of the Jericho Lands Policy Statement.
N What We Heard: W 8th Ave The ‘What We Heard’ call outs on each panel are based on comments received during Phase 1 of the Jericho Lands planning program. The information was collected via a series of open houses, site walks, presentations, Highbury St asset mapping exercises, a W 4th Ave survey, and Co-Design sessions.
To learn more about the Jericho Lands planning program, please visit: 1 ʔəy̓ alməxʷ is the place name in the hən̓ q̓ əmin̓ əm ̓ language shapeyourcity.ca/Jericho-lands spoken by Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh ancestors. 2 Iy ̓álmexw is the place name in the Sḵwx ̱wú7mesh language spoken by Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh ancestors. EMBEDDING INDIGENOUS VALUES 2 Planning for the future of ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓ álmexw / Jericho Lands is informed by learnings from MST Nations’ cultures and stories.
ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy̓ álmexw (pronounced Ee’yullmough) is part of an interconnected network of cultural sites that exist throughout Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. For thousands of years, it was part of the lands and waters on which the MST Nations hunted, gathered, and followed their cultural customs. ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy̓ álmexw was an important village located close to Jericho Beach, a place to gather with relatives, to share food, and to settle. It was connected to other villages and campsites by a network of trails radiating across MST territories. Recognizing the cultural and spiritual significance of ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy̓ álmexw / Jericho is central to building an understanding of the Jericho Lands site. Listening to, and learning from, MST cultures, values, and stories provides a core foundation for the design process, and will inform our site analysis and development of a concept plan.
These lands have a deep personal connection for me, as the great-great-granddaughter of Jericho Charlie. People from up and down the coast have talked about their families coming to ʔəy ̓alməxʷ/Iy ̓álmexw for celebrations. What I enjoy most about my role as a Cultural Liaison is working with the great design teams who are listening carefully to us and are bringing our vision and rich culture to life. I look forward to the day that we can welcome people from all walks of life to share in a modern celebration of our culture on these lands.” – Sxeláltenaat | Adrienne Charlie, CLC-MST Cultural Liaison, The Jericho Lands face the waterways of the Salish Squamish Nation Sea, which provided important travel and trade routes for the Coast Salish people.
It is an honour to serve our people as a Cultural Liaison. As a grandmother, I see the opportunities that these projects will provide in terms of careers and prosperity for my grandchildren and their grandchildren. But most of all, I see and feel pride in our people regaining what was taken away from us, and using these lands to be able to take care of one another. The blood that flows through my veins flowed through qiyǝplenǝxʷ, and my family embodies the coming together of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil- Waututh. I look forward to helping bring the footsteps of the past forward, to guide us on a positive path for Large communal cedar plank longhouses, often our future.” measuring hundreds of feet in length, offered shelter – Charleen Grant, CLC-MST Cultural Liaison, Musqueam for many families, and housed large numbers of Indian Band guests during gatherings. EMBEDDING INDIGENOUS VALUES 3 Planning for the future of Jericho / ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓ álmexw is informed by learnings from MST Nations’ cultures and stories.
Our three Nations have taken our rightful place on these lands, with an opportunity to finally generate economic prosperity for our people. Our role as Cultural Liaisons is vital to honouring the resilience of our ancestors and making them proud. We serve as a conduit between the Nations and the designers, to make sure our Elders, our youth and all Nation members have a say in what they want to see on the MST lands. We’re bringing our Nations’ collective spiritual energy into our work, and ultimately to the landscape, the pathways, and the buildings we will create here.” – Whonoak | Dennis Thomas, CLC-MST Cultural Liaison, Tsleil-Waututh Nation
The landscape of ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy̓ álmexw / Jericho, defined by sea, forest and ridge, historically offered abundance for the MST Nations. The streams, mudflats and ocean were invaluable for what they provided in drinking, cooking, fishing, and cleansing. Smelt, coho and chum from the creeks and sea, and deer and elk from the uplands, provided nourishment. The landscape offered a place to gather materials for homes and families. For example, the cedar tree has always been an important resource for the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Different parts of For the MST Nations, everything the tree and bark were, and are still used to carve canoes, build shelter, starts with the land; nature lies at weave clothing and create art. When stripping the bark, attention is paid the centre. to never taking more than necessary, and never so much as to harm the tree. Today, the Jericho Lands offer the MST Nations, the descendants of the original peoples, a new form of abundance, and an opportunity to optimize the value of the land. MST Nations’ respect for natural systems and sustainability is an important driver of the design process and will inform forthcoming concepts for the site.
The cedar tree is a significant The landscape of ridge, forest, and views to / from the sea is an important resource and cultural asset for feature of the site. MST Nations. EMBEDDING INDIGENOUS VALUES 4 Planning for the future of Jericho / ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓ álmexw is informed by learnings from MST Nations’ cultures and stories.
The Jericho Lands offered abundance: the creeks and sea were replete The natural condition of the with smelt, coho and chum. The surrounding forest landscape was adjacent oceanfront included abundant with wildlife, flora and fauna and was a site for hunting and mudflat ecosystems fed by foraging. historic creeks.
What We Heard: Based on input from the MST Nations, the following learnings and approaches have been identified as a starting point for thinking about the future of the Jericho Lands: – Nature lies at the centre of everything; – An ongoing role as stewards of the land is intrinsic; – The landscape of the sea and ridge, and connections between them; – Water is the giver of all life; – The historic role of ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy̓ álmexw / Jericho as a The site is defined by a ridge that offers remarkable place of gathering and views across the water. Historically it provided an connection important vantage point for observation and defence. THE SITE 5 The current land uses on ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands include residential, education, employment and recreational buildings and activities.
Following European contact, most of the Jericho and Gymnasium, West Point Grey Academy, and Lands site was logged and subsequently regraded and recreation uses. developed for institutional, recreational, and military There are a number of spaces and amenities for purposes. The natural mudflats and historic streams community gathering and recreating that are located along the adjacent oceanfront areas were manipulated on the Jericho Lands today, including recreation to create a golf course, Royal Canadian Air Force (float amenities in the Jericho Hill Centre, a public disc golf plane base), and Jericho Beach Park’s sand beaches. course that crosses the western portion of the site, and Today, the 90-acre site is made up of two distinct a well-loved tobogganing hill naturally created by the properties. The eastern property (Jericho Garrison) steep topography. contains homes for military personnel and The trees, topography and landscape continue to offer administrative / service buildings associated with distinct natural features, remarkable views, and natural previous military functions. The western property habitats – welcoming both passive enjoyment and (Jericho Hill) is occupied by the Jericho Hill Centre active recreating. CITY POLICY The Jericho Lands is a The Rezoning Policy large site in a rapidly for Sustainable Large growing region. It is Sites ensures that located close to major developments on large open spaces that are of land parcels deliver on the regional significance. established priorities of A new transit link is City policies including the being studied that could Greenest City Action Plan, connect the site to UBC Vancouver Food Strategy, and the rest of the region. Housing Vancouver Strategy and others.
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The natural condition at Jericho Country Club Golf The Jericho Lands and Completion of Jericho Beach included Course and development surrounding properties construction on the mudflat ecosystems along of Jericho Beach Air are significantly Macdonald Hall building the coastline, fed by Station at Locarno Beach, developed during and of the Jericho Hill School historic creeks.1 with the Jericho Lands in after use by the Royal for the Deaf (closed in the background (then a Canadian Air Force during 1992), later occupied provincial government WWII. Extensive regrading by the West Point Grey 1 Image: Vancouver reserve, home to the and several new military Academy. 2 Archives British Columbia School and institutional buildings 2Image: Royal BC for the Deaf and Blind). 1 are completed by the Museum Archives 1960s. 1 THE SITE 6 The current land uses on ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands include residential, educational, employment and recreational buildings and activities.
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The site’s edges are W 4th Ave The 90 acre site is W 4th Ave 4 Highbury Highbury currently defined and occupied by the 5 fenced, with significant Jericho Hill Centre and 6 1 8 hedgerows in some areas. Gymnasium, West Point 7 2 3 Grey Academy, and W 8th W 8th housing for military staff.
What We Heard: Members of the public highlighted an aspiration for a diverse range of housing types and tenures with an emphasis on affordability for a variety of incomes and households. People value the existing amenities located on the site, and believe the neighbourhood would benefit from new and improved community amenities. Important spaces and amenities for gathering and recreating are located on the Jericho Lands. 7 NATURAL SYSTEMS:3-3 TOPOGRAPHY 7-2 6-1 9-3 A distinguishingSurrounding feature land uses of ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho connect to broader ecological network Lands is itsNW Marine Dr topography of significant grade changes,the ridge steep is a defining feature of the site Follow the land for movement
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W 8th ave NATURAL SYSTEMS: BIODIVERSITY & TREES 9 ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands is characterized by unique ecological features and assets that play an important role in the larger ecological network of the city.
The natural systems of ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands are supported by and anchored within a larger ecological network. To the north lies Jericho Beach Park with its rich foreshore, forest, meadow and wetland ecologies, and Spanish Banks with its salmon bearing streams, and sub-tidal and inter-tidal ecology. To the west is the University Endowment Lands (Pacific Spirit Park) which is the largest natural area on the Point Grey peninsula. Today the site hosts an array of trees and canopy, ranging from hedgerows and forest, to individual N stands of trees. While much of the ecology of the site has been disturbed by development, and the tree canopy is largely new succession growth, there are nonetheless ecological assets of note on the site. The current ecological value is largely concentrated in the forested area in the center of the site, in smaller groupings of trees, and in several larger legacy trees (such as those on the ridge near West Point Grey Academy). The forested area in the centre of the site is comprised primarily of short-lived Alder, however the concentration of trees, rich understory, shrub and ground cover vegetation represents the highest biodiversity value on the site. Some invasive species – including ivy and blackberry bushes – have established throughout the site. The site is close to an ecologically rich network of significant parks and open spaces, including Jericho Beach Park and Spanish Banks to the north, and Pacific Spirit Park to the south and west.
Map of existing trees on site. The health of the trees will be evaluated. NATURAL SYSTEMS: BIODIVERSITY & TREES 10 ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands is characterized by unique ecological features and assets that play an important role in the larger ecological network of the city.
Large Oak grouping on Cedar, Pine, Douglas Fir A large forest in the A freshwater wetland is the west side of the site. and Spruce are present on centre of the site creates adjacent to the site in the site. habitat and biodiversity. Jericho Beach Park.
What We Heard: People emphasized the importance of natural greenspaces, habitat, and open spaces that exist on the Jericho Lands. The mature trees, trails, and other greenery are highly valued on the site. The peaceful nature of the site is appreciated. Enhanced connections to the surrounding parks is desired by a large portion of respondents. Some respondents see the redevelopment of the Jericho Lands as an opportunity to reintroduce native plant species to the area. NATURAL SYSTEMS: WATER 11 ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands offers a unique opportunity to manage rainwater on-site and to improve the quality of water released to adjacent high-value receiving waters.
The relationship of ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands to water is a defining physical feature of the site: corners of two historic streams used to run through the edges of the site to the sea; the site sits at the confluence of three drainage areas in the Point Grey watershed; and the site’s water ecology was connected to tidal wetlands that created an interface between land and sea at the current Jericho Beach Park area. Urban development over the years has removed the natural streams. Constructed piped systems now drain these and surrounding lands. The unique topography of the site influences how water moves and pools. As water moves across the site, the natural topography invites water to run downhill and pool at the bottom of the ridge and the Water flowing from the site traditionally drained into flat parts of the site. the tidal flat and wetland foreshore at Jericho Beach.
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CITY POLICY The Biodiversity Strategy has as a priority goal to use park acquisition, tree planting, and the development planning process to expand and connect parks and build the city’s ecological network. The Urban Forest Strategy includes a goal to increase the urban forest canopy in the city to 30% by 2050. Historic Streams
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discovery St discovery W 8th ave discovery St discovery w Broadway w Broadway The majority of the catchment areas surrounding the Jericho Lands are serviced by a combined sewer system. 9-6 This system is generally sized to convey dry weather and smaller storm event flows to Metro Vancouver’s follow the urban form & desire Lines wastewater treatment plant. During wet weather, pipes can become overwhelmed, causing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in local waters. Vancouver has a regulatory obligation to eliminate CSOs by 2050,8-4 including jericho beach park 6-4 to 4th avenue through redevelopment projects. Weavi ng & Revealing water with the land Que en mary solar orientation elementary school
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CITY POLICY One Water looks at the full water RainCity Strategy reimagines and cycle in all its forms: drinking water, transforms how the City manages 10-6 wastewater, rainwater, surface rainwater, and provides direction to wind + natural ventilation water, and groundwater. capture and clean 90% of annual
Innovative water capture, rainfall on the site. The goal is to W 4th ave Highbury St treatment and reuse methods will improve water quality, resilience, What We Heard: be considered along with broader and livability by creating healthy People expressed a desire to placeholder sustainability and renewable urban ecosystems. make water visible on the site. W 8th ave energy strategies. These holistic There was also interest expressed measures have the potential to in utilizing green infrastructure mitigate sewer and water servicing to manage stormwater and to impacts while providing a pathway incorporate it into the public to a net zero development in line realm and overall design of with the City of Vancouver’s ‘One the site. Water’ goals and framework. MOVEMENT AND MOBILITY 13 Movement to, through, and within ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands has an important impact on local and city-wide mobility, connectivity and accessibility.
ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands is bounded by an established network of streets and blocks. There are two distinguishing characteristics to the existing local network: a grid pattern to the north, east and west of the Jericho Lands, and a curvilinear pattern informed by the ridge topography, to the south and northwest of the Jericho Lands. A combination of topographic and natural features, as well as historic land uses, currently create challenges for pedestrians and cyclists moving across the site. On the western portion (Jericho Hill), steep slopes, large clusters of vegetation, and large institutional The site is surrounded by an established network buildings result in meandering and indirect routes of streets and blocks that offer a fine grain of through the site. Fencing and/or dense vegetation connectivity. limit access points. On the eastern portion (Jericho Garrison), public access is restricted, creating a barrier for movement within the neighourhood. Similarly, vehicle movement across the site is discouraged by limited access points, indirect roads, and speed bumps. Access is limited to one entry and exit point on the north and south edges of Jericho Hill. ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands is close to a number of key arterial streets and main street retail areas. These include West 4th Avenue, West 10th Avenue, W Broadway and Alma Street. West 4th Avenue, on the site’s northern boundary, is an arterial street with a boulevard that currently operates as a vehicular thoroughfare. A limited number of uncontrolled and controlled pedestrian crossings provide access between the site and Jericho Beach Park.
The 1925 West Point Grey Plan of Government Subdivision responds to the topography of the area.
CITY POLICY The Climate Emergency Action Plan “Big Move #2” Transportation 2040 seeks to guide and support establishes that two-thirds of trips will be by active transportation options in Vancouver that are easy, travel and/or transit, including 80% of trips by these accessible, and flexible to allow people to save time modes in areas near rapid transit stations. and money while increasing their health and well- being. MOVEMENT AND MOBILITY 14 Movement to, through and within ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands has an important impact on local and city-wide mobility, connectivity and accessibility.
The site is well connected to a network of existing cycling routes, including local-street cycling routes such as West 8th Avenue, Discovery Street and Highbury Street - which connects to the AAA Seawall bike-route. A painted bike lane also runs along West 4th Avenue. Due to the steep grades and ridge that define much of the site, the cycling route along West 8th Avenue is considered a ‘moderate uphill route’. The grades along this stretch of road are seen as restrictive to some cyclists. Transit access to the site is currently found along West 4th Avenue with the 4, 44, 84 and 258 bus routes, along Broadway and West 10th Avenue with the 9, 14 and 99 B-Line bus routes, and along Alma with the 7 bus route. The site is well connected to a network of existing The Frequent Transit Network (FTN) along Broadway cycling routes. and West 10th Avenue runs close to the site. Another FTN route (heading east) terminates at Alma Street. The potential future extension of the Millennium Line SkyTrain from Arbutus to UBC means that transit proximity could become a defining feature of the site. Potential future stations either on or close to the site may connect the Jericho Lands to a wider regional transit network, reducing travel times from the site to local and regional destinations for work, services and pleasure; improving access to downtown Vancouver, Vancouver International Airport (YVR), and adjacent municipalities (Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Surrey, and beyond), as well as west to UBC.
What We Heard: There is a desire to improve the mobility and connectivity to and through the site by leveraging and expanding existing public and active The existing and planned transit network linkages transportation networks. play an important role in supporting mobility and People also shared a desire to ‘future- connectivity. proof’ the site by considering future Source: Vancouver Today Reference Guide, City of modes of travel and by employing Vancouver. strategies to reduce vehicle use. INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES: 15 NEIGHBOURHOOD CONTEXT ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands shapes and is shaped by the local neighbourhood, the city, and the region.
Jericho Lands is a large site in a rapidly growing region. It is located close to major open spaces and parks that are of regional significance, and is What We Heard: along a potential new rapid transit link now being There is a desire to improve studied that would connect with UBC and the region. connectivity from the site to the The site is situated between the City’s three largest surrounding neighbourhoods and to employment clusters: downtown Vancouver, Central the city beyond. Access to the beaches Broadway, and UBC. and ocean, as well as to nearby parks and West Point Grey is a predominately residential trails, is highly valued. neighborhood in Vancouver with some mixed-use People also shared a strong desire for a commercial and retail development. network of accessible public spaces to Three highly walkable main streets are located help facilitate communal gathering nearby: West 10th Avenue (from Discovery to Tolmie); and community connections. West Broadway (from Alma to Larch); and West 4th Avenue (from Highbury to McBride Park). Some of the retail areas have recently been in decline and experienced increasing store vacancies, a condition which is amplified across the City by challenges with the pandemic.
Locally, surrounding land uses include single and multi-unit residential dwellings; mixed-use retail and office commercial units; and a dense network of valuable public spaces and community amenities, including Jericho Beach Park. INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES: 16 NEIGHBOURHOOD CONTEXT ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands shapes and is shaped by the local neighbourhood, the city, and the region.
West Point Grey is characterized as a lower-density neighbourhood, with a higher proportion of single- detached housing (40%) as compared to the rest of the city as a whole (15%). West Point Grey has a higher rate of home ownership (62%) as compared to other neighbourhoods across the city (46%). The percentage of dwellings rented in West Point Grey (38%) is lower than Vancouver as a whole (53%). West Point Grey neighbourhood has the third highest household income in the City, after Shaughnessy and Dunbar-Southlands. 19.2% of the population in West Point Grey is over the age of 65 as opposed to 15.5% in Vancouver as a whole. This is an increase from 2011 when the number of seniors was 16%, indicating an aging population. The number of children (aged 0-19) has increased by 0.5% since 2011, to 21.5% of the population in West Point Grey in 2016. West Point Grey has experienced minimal growth over the last 20 years. During the same period, the population of Vancouver grew by over 115,000. Redevelopment of the Jericho Lands seeks to address some of the inequities present in the West Point Grey community by providing a range of housing tenures (including at least 30% of the units as rental housing), and providing for a range of income groups. A greater range of housing types within the West Point Grey neighbourhood will also provide housing options for seniors looking to downsize from single family housing. CITY POLICY The Housing Vancouver Strategy recognizes that an affordable and varied housing stock, including a full spectrum of housing types, supports a diverse, vibrant, and growing city. VanPlay is a suite of master plan documents that guides Population density and median household the work of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. income in Vancouver. A key goal is to grow and renew parks, community centres and other assets, to keep pace with population growth and Source: Vancouver Today Reference Guide, City evolving needs. of Vancouver. The Employment Lands and Economy Review is a long- range policy plan to ensure an appropriate supply of land in Vancouver for business and jobs to support the future growth of the local economy. CLIMATE EMERGENCY & RESILIENCE 17 The City has adopted a long-term climate target of being carbon neutral before 2050. Planning for the ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands is an opportunity to address climate change and the climate emergency.
Creating a future-ready new neighbourhood at Seismic Risk ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands involves ensuring that attention is paid to a changing climate and the impacts of global warming. A review of the current and anticipated climatic conditions has been undertaken. As a starting point, the following climatic conditions and risks have been identified as being considerations to understand for the Jericho Lands site: – Increasing winter precipitation and extreme weather events;
– Increasing summer temperatures, and drought; – Reduced air-quality caused by wildfires; and – Seismic Risk; Vancouver is located in an area of significant seismic – Impacts of rising sea levels, king tides, and storm risk. This map shows a modelled scenario of the surges. potential concentration and severity of damage ʔəy ̓alməxʷ/Iy ̓álmexw /Jericho Lands offers the to existing buildings as a result of a simulated 7.3 opportunity to align with the City’s broader earthquake, located about 30km west of Vancouver at commitments, including the recently adopted Climate a depth of 5–10km. Emergency Response, and to ensure that the future Source: Vancouver Today Reference Guide, City of new neighbourhood is resilient and sustainable over Vancouver. the long-term.
Wildfire Risk Increasing Temperatures
Source: Flickr: LosPaseos
Increasing wildfires across the region will pose Vancouver and the Lower Mainland can expect higher significant impacts on Vancouver’s air quality. summer temperatures, as well as an increase in the length and intensity of heat waves. CLIMATE EMERGENCY & RESILIENCE 18 The City has adopted a long-term climate target of being carbon neutral before 2050. Planning for the ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / Jericho Lands is an opportunity to address climate change and the climate emergency.
Rising Sea Levels and Overland Flooding
N An increase in sea levels due to climate change is expected to change the site’s, the city’s and the region’s relationship with the coastline.
Extreme Weather Events/More Frequent and Intense CITY POLICY Rain Events The Climate Emergency Action Plan was approved by Council in November 2020. It seeks to tackle Vancouver’s biggest sources of carbon pollution (buildings and transportation), and to capture carbon from the atmosphere. The Resilient Vancouver Strategy seeks to transform the way communities understand risk and prepare for local hazards. The Climate Change Adaptation Strategy provides direction to increase the resilience of the built environment to future climate conditions, and to ‘future-proof’ the building stock.
King Tide at Jericho Pier Source: Flickr: Sherwood411 What We Heard: Many people see the Jericho Lands More frequent King Tide events are expected to affect redevelopment as an opportunity to model the shoreline and Jericho Beach/Park. best-practice sustainable development. There is support for considering how to build resilient communities. 19 WHAT’S NEXT?
In early 2021 a series of conversations and engagement opportunities are planned, leading up to the Jericho Lands Workshop(s) in the Spring 2021.
DISCUSSION GUIDES: STAKEHOLDER DESIGN WORKSHOP(S): Discussion Guides focused on ENGAGEMENT: Design Workshops will bring key themes relevant to the A series of stakeholder workshops people together in an interactive Jericho Lands will be distributed will be held with local and citywide format to consider emerging ideas to facilitate discussion and seek community groups, organizations for the future community at input about the key site planning and specialists. These meetings ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / opportunities. Feedback gathered will gather focused ideas and Jericho Lands. Outputs from from the Discussion Guides will be comments on specific topics. the workshop(s) will support used to inform direction for the The input from the stakeholder the development of DRAFT site Design Workshop(s). engagement will inform directions concept and emerging policies. for the Design Workshop(s) and sharing of emerging ideas with the broader public. Timeline for Next Steps Panel
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