ARKS Community
Visions Program
ARKS Community Vision
ARKS CityPlan Committee Meeting Notes
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Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy (ARKS)
Community Visions Program
The Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy (ARKS) Community Vision, approved by City Council on November 1, 2005, was developed by people who live and work in ARKS, with the assistance of City staff. The Vision will be used at City Hall to guide decisions affecting ARKS, and to set priorities for funding, programs and services. For the community, the Vision provides a focus for local actions and initiatives.
Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision
Complete Vision document approved by Council, including what local residents had to say about community involvement, crime, traffic, and new housing choices.
Implementing the Vision in ARKS
The key to making the Vision a reality is the continued involvement of the community in working together and in partnership with the City.
ARKS CityPlan Committee
The ARKS CityPlan Committee is an independent committee set up by the community in 1999 to monitor the implementation of the Community Vision and to facilitate ongoing community involvement. The committee meets monthly to share information and 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 ARKS CityPlan Committee meets the third Wednesday of each month (except July, and August) from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. at Kerrisdale Community Centre.
For more information on how to get in touch with the ARKS CityPlan Committee, please contact Tina Atva, Planner, at 604.871.6652.
ARKS CityPlan Committee Meeting Notes
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
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