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Sunset Community Visions Program

The Sunset Community Vision, approved by City Council in 2002, was developed by people who live and work in Sunset, with the assistance of City staff. The Vision will be used at City Hall to guide decisions affecting Sunset, and to set priorities for funding, programs and services. For the community, the Vision provides a focus for local actions and initiatives.

Sunset Community Vision

Sunset Community Vision Complete Vision document approved by Council, including what local residents had to say about community involvement, crime, traffic, and new housing choices. Available in small PDF files.

Implementing the Vision in Sunset

The key to making the Vision a reality is the continued involvement of the community in working together and in partnership with the City.

The Sunset CityPlan Committee is an independent committee set up by the community in 2002 to monitor the implementation of the Community Vision and to facilitate ongoing community involvement. The committee meets monthly to share information and to discuss the status of implementation actions as they relate to the Vision. While City staff attend most meetings, the opinions expressed in the meeting notes are those of the Committee and not the City. The Sunset CityPlan Committee meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Sunset Community Centre.

For more information on how to get in touch with the Sunset CityPlan Committee, please contact Louise Seto.

Sunset CityPlan Committee Meeting Notes

Initiatives

"Community residents should have greater, and more timely, input into decision making
about changes in their community, involving matters like provision of facilities and services,
development projects, street and traffic changes, transit changes, and park design." - Sunset Vision

In addition to the City actions outlined in the Sunset Community Vision Action Plan, the community has initiated several projects based on ideas in the Vision. Find out more about these Initiatives and how to get involved.

Pan Visions Meetings

Pan Visions Meetings are jointly hosted by the chairs of the CityPlan Committees and held at their discretion. The purpose of the Pan Visions is for areas with completed Community Visions (Dunbar, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Victoria-Fraserview/Killarney, Sunset, Renfrew-Collingwood, Hastings-Sunrise, Arbutus Ridge-Shaughnessy-Kerrisdale, and Riley Park-South Cambie) to meet each other, share their successes and challenges, and identify opportunities to work collaboratively.

On November 26, 2006 the Renfrew-Collingwood and Sunset CityPlan Committees hosted a workshop with Jim Diers, the former Director of Seattle’s Department of Neighbourhoods. At the workshop, participants discussed how to mobilize their assets—their passion, knowledge, skills, and relationships—in support of caring communities, and revitalized neighbourhoods.

For more information about Jim Diers and a review of his book “Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way”, visit www.neighborpower.org.

At a meeting on January 28, 2006, Ian Lockwood, a Senior Transportation Engineer with the firm Glatting Jackson in West Palm Beach Florida, met with over 40 residents to discuss traffic calming measures (see pictures below). View Ian Lockwood’s transportation paper (PDF, 3.94MB).

Pan Visions Minutes

More about this community: Sunset Community Web Page

Questions or Comments? E-mail: cityplan@vancouver.ca

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