WHAT WE HEARD REPORT January 2015 Prepared by: O2 Planning + Design Prepared for: Town of Okotoks TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 WHAT IS OCV 2014? .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1 2. OCV 2014 VISIONING ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 SHARE TO SHAPE KIOSKS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 2.3 WORKSHOPS .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.4 COMMUNITY EVENTS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.5 STAKEHOLDER COMMENT FORMS + WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS ...................................................................................................................... 5 2.6 IMAGINE THE FUTURE GALLERY EVENT ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.7 DRAFT VISION + PRINCIPLES OPEN HOUSE ............................................................................................................................................... 6 2.8 ONLINE COMMENT FORMS / WEB FORUM ................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.9 ON-LINE MAPPING TOOL .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.10 YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.11 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 2.12 ENGAGEMENT MONITORING ................................................................................................................................................................... 8 3. WHAT WE HEARD .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1 METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 PHASE 1: IDENTIFY VALUES + ASPIRATIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 10 3.2.1 Themes ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 3.2.2 Values ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 PHASE 2: REFINE IDEAS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.3.1 New Themes ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 3.3.2 Refined Themes ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13 3.3.3 Refined Values ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.4 PHASE 3: DRAFT VISION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.4.1 Comments on Draft Vision and Principles ................................................................................................................................... 17 3.5 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 4. NEXT STEPS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 List of Tables Table 1. Summary of OCV 2014 Engagement Activities .................................................................................................................................... 3 Table 2. Phase 1 Themes ................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Table 3. Phase 2 Refined Themes .................................................................................................................................................................... 13 List of Figures Figure 1. OCV in Relation to Existing and Future Plans. .................................................................................................................................... 1 Figure 2. OCV 2014 Timeline .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Figure 3. Coarse Grain Analysis ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 4. Fine Grain Analysis. ............................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Figure 5 Patterns Analysis ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Figure 6. Values Analysis. ................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 OCV 2014 | What We Heard Report 1. Introduction The Town of Okotoks is a leader in sustainability. As one of the fastest-growing communities in Canada, the Town will grow to 82,000 people over the next 60 years. Given this anticipated population growth, the Town must plan for its future. Okotoks Community Visioning 2014 is a community-wide visioning process to set out what the Town should look like in 60 years, and the characteristics that will be important to consider as this community grows. Extensive community engagement is needed to identify community values and shared aspirations to inform the Town’s vision. This report summarizes what we heard from the public over the course of the project, held from September – December 2014. A detailed record of all comments received is provided in Appendix A (Phase 1), B (Phase 2), and C (Phase3). 1.1 What is OCV 2014? The Town of Okotoks is developing a new vision to guide future growth and development. The vision guides Council decision-making and sets the direction for the plans, policies and programs and that govern the Town. There are three overall objectives for the project: 1. Conduct a Town-wide visioning process 2. Define a clear vision for what the Town will look like, and how the Town will get there 3. Gather input from all residents, Town staff, and Council The vision and planning framework developed out of this process will guide the Town in the preparation of documents, policies, tools and programs that manage community growth, including initiatives such as a new Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP), a revised Municipal Development Plan (MDP) and other planning documents. Figure 1 shows the relationship between the OCV 2014 process and other existing and future plans. To be developed in 2015. There will be 1.2 Public Participation opportunities to provide input throughout the development process. Public participation is critical to Integrated Community developing a successful vision. The Town and their consultants, Sustainability Plan O2 Planning + Design, is (ICSP) committed to involving residents and businesses in planning for the future. Municipal Intermunicipal