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Public Participation

Two well attended public workshops were held in March 2006 in order to gather information and receive input from the public about their aspirations and desires for downtown Victoria. Information was gathered from more than 210 participants and this information was then used to help formulate the vision, principles and goals for the new Plan.

The proposed vision, principles and goals for the new Plan were then presented at a public information meeting in June 2006.

March 2006 Workshops - "Map the Future of Downtown Victoria"

At the end of March 2006, two public workshops were held to collect public input and vision for the future of Downtown Victoria. Over 220 people participated in the hands-on and highly interactive process. There are photos of the workshops and some of the completed vision trees. Information gathered from the exercises gathered from the exercises has been transcribed and is available by clicking on workshop results below.

Some of the questions explored in the workshops were:

  • What do you value about downtown?
  • What are the problems? What are the opportunities?
  • What should the boundaries of downtown be?
  • How do you envision downtown land-use 20 years from now?
  • What can we borrow from past downtown projects/processes?

June 2006 Public Information Session - Update of the Downtown Victoria Plan

On June 7, 2006 a Public Information Session was held in order to present and collect feedback on the draft Vision, Principles and Goals that were developed from the March Workshops. Over 18 boards of information were presented and participants were able to interact with members of Council, the Downtown Plan Steering Committee and Planning staff.

Materials Presented:

Photos from the Public Information Session:

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Committee of the Whole Reports related to the Downtown Plan update

  • Presentation to Committee on Coriolis Consulting Corp. research on Urban Development Potential in Downtown Victoria: 2006-2026 - January 18, 2007 [PDF 20KB]
  • Update on the Downtown Plan - Phase 2 Process and Scope - January 18, 2007 [PDF 86KB]
  • Update to Committee on draft Vision, Principles and Goals for the Downtown Plan and acknowledgement of the Steering Committee - September 29th, 2006 [PDF 19KB]
    • Minutes [PDF 166KB]- See item #4 on page 8
  • Update to Committee on March 2006 public workshops - May 12th , 2006 [PDF 19KB]
    • Minutes [PDF 201KB] - See item #5 on page 16
  • Update to Committee advising of the appointment of an Architect to the Steering Committee - April 10th , 2006 [PDF 19KB]
    • Minutes [PDF 156KB] - See item #2 on page 9
  • Update to Committee on upcoming public workshops and changes to the steering committee - March 6, 2006 [PDF 33KB]
    • Minutes[PDF 150KB] - See item #5 on page 8
  • Update to Committee on phase one progress, and changes made to the steering committee - February 9th , 2006 [PDF 37KB]
  • Visual representation of phase one of the Downtown Plan update, including confirmation of phase one deliverables - December 8th, 2005 [PDF 23KB]
  • Revised Downtown Plan update process with terms of reference and detailed timeline for phase one - September 7th, 2005 [PDF 32KB]
    • Minutes [171KB] - See item #6 on page 11
  • Recommended process for the preliminary phase, (phase one) of the Downtown Plan update - June 10th, 2005 [PDF 21KB]
  • Presentation of potential process for the update of the City's 1990 Downtown Plan, includes public consultation, terms of reference - December 16th, 2004 [PDF 3.0MB]

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee was created for Phase 1, and provided advice and feedback in guiding this initial phase. Meeting agendas and minutes for all Steering Committee meetings are available. The work of the Steering Committee was concluded in June 2006.

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