2008 MAPPING PROJECT YOUMAP VANCOUVER NEIGHBOURHOOD AMENITY Grandview Woodlands and Douglas Park IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN VANCOUVER CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOUMAP VANCOUVER NEIGHBOURHOOD AMENITY MAPPING PROJECT GRANDVIEW WOODLANDS AND DOUGLAS PARK CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS AT SMART GROWTH BC ADVISORY SERVICES: Tom Lancaster Kristi Tatebe Erin Welk Claire Williams YOUMAP COMMITTEE OF THE VANCOUVER CITY PLANNING COMMISSION: Neil Griggs, Chair Jillian Glover, Commissioner David Godin, Commissioner Michael Klassen, Commissioner Bob Ransford, Commissioner Andrew Yan, Commissioner Alan Boniface, Commissioner and VCPC Chair Elizabeth Ballantyne, VCPC Manager SPECIAL THANKS TO SHIRLENE COTE, PROJECT INTERN THANKS ALSO TO SGBC STAFF VOLUNTEERS: Jason Emmert Cheeying Ho Hilary Mandel Alice Miro Amanda Mitchell YouMap Vancouver Neighbourhood Amenity Mapping Project Grandview Woodlands and Douglas Park pg2 CONTENTS 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 7 2.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 8 2.0.1 WHO/WHAT IS THE VANCOUVER CITY PLANNING COMMISSION? ................................................................ 9 2.0.2 WHO/WHAT IS SMART GROWTH ADVISORY SERVICES? ............................................................................... 9 2.0.3 THE YOUMAP VANCOUVER TEAM ................................................................................................................ 10 2.1 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................................. 10 2.1.1 RATIONALE ................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 INTERPRETING THIS REPORT ...................................................................................................................... 10 2.2.2 SYMBOLS AND DESIGNATIONS USED ON THE MAPS ...................................................................................... 11 2.2.3 INTENDED USE OF THIS REPORT .................................................................................................................... 11 3.0 PILOT NEIGHBOUROODS ............................................................................................. 12 3.1 PLAN AREA ............................................................................................................................................. 12 3.2 NEIGHBOURHOOD BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................... 15 3.2.1 GEOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.2 BRIEF HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................. 15 3.2.3 RESIDENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................................................................... 15 3.3 ACCOMMODATION OF PROJECTED GROWTH IN NEIGHBOURHOODS ............................................................. 16 4.0 PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ADVERTISING PROCESS ...................................................... 17 4.1 STAKEHOLDER ASSESSMENT & IDENTIFICATION ....................................................................................... 17 4.2 DEVELOP COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS ............................................................................................... 18 4.3 OUTREACH TO STAKEHOLDERS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD GROUPS.......................................................... 18 4.5 YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 20 4.6 INVITATIONS TO PARTICIPATE .................................................................................................................. 21 5.0 FESTIVAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 23 5.1 DATES ...................................................................................................................................................... 23 5.2 LOCATIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 23 5.3 FACILITY SET-UP ....................................................................................................................................... 23 5.4 FESTIVAL PARTICIPANT MATERIALS ........................................................................................................... 23 5.5 FESTIVAL STATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 24 5.6 THE WALK’N ROLL NEIGHBOURHOOD TOUR ......................................................................................... 25 5.7 ONLINE MAPPING TOOL ......................................................................................................................... 26 6.0 FESTIVAL RESULTS .......................................................................................................... 27 6.1 GRANDVIEW WOODLANDS ................................................................................................................... 27 6.1.1 GRANDVIEW WOODLANDS MAP DESCRIPTIONS ......................................................................................... 28 6.2 DOUGLAS PARK ...................................................................................................................................... 33 6.2.1 DOUGLAS PARK MAP DESCRIPTIONS ........................................................................................................... 34 7.0 EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................... 39 7.1 COMMON THEMES IN PARTICIPANTS’ COMMENTS .................................................................................. 39 7.2 NEIGHBOURHOOD DATA FROM FESTIVALS ............................................................................................. 41 7.3 FEEDBACK TO NEIGHBOURHOODS .......................................................................................................... 42 7.4 ONLINE MAPPING TOOL ......................................................................................................................... 42 7.5 YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 43 7.6 LANGUAGES ............................................................................................................................................ 43 8.0 YOUMAP PROCESS TOOLKIT ......................................................................................... 44 8.0.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 44 8.1 YOUMAP PROCESS TOOLKIT .................................................................................................................. 44 8.2 TASK DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................. 47 8.2.1 FINALIZE WORKPLAN WITH PROJECT COMMITTEE ........................................................................................ 47 8.2.2 ALLOT TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................................. 47 8.2.3 IDENTIFY HIGHER-LEVEL STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................................ 47 YouMap Vancouver Neighbourhood Amenity Mapping Project Grandview Woodlands and Douglas Park pg3 8.2.4 CONSULT WITH CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS ..................................................................................................... 47 8.2.5 DEFINING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BOUNDARIES ............................................................................................ 48 8.2.6 SECURE VENUE(S) ......................................................................................................................................... 48 8.2.7 NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL STAKEHOLDER IDENTIFICATION .............................................................................. 48 8.2.8 DETERMINE ISSUES TO BE RESEARCHED .......................................................................................................... 48 8.2.9 RESEARCH AND WRITE ISSUES PAPERS .......................................................................................................... 48 8.2.10 BUILD THE ONLINE MAPPING TOOL MAPS ................................................................................................ 49 8.2.11 DEVELOP/CUSTOMIZE PROCESS WEBSITE ................................................................................................ 49 8.2.12 DEVELOP COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY................................................................................................... 49 8.2.13 DEVELOP YOUTH ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY .............................................................................................. 51 8.2.14