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Mount Pleasant Community Planning Program
Program Steps
Step 1: Start-up and Getting in Touch
This step included initial outreach to community groups, businesses, and service agencies; an initial newsletter ( PDF, 724KB); and recruitment of members for a Community Liaison Group (CLG). A Feedback Form seeking community input on priorities for action was developed. Two Community Plan Fairs were held as kick-off events to increase community awareness of the program, publicize opportunities to participate, and help set priorities for subsequent program steps.
Step 2: Workshops and Community Action Projects
a. Shopping Area Plans and Policies for Key Themes
The Shopping Area Plans involved concurrent work on the three existing shopping areas and for the light industrial/commercial area on Main Street from 2nd to 7th Aves. The Key Themes explored in the planning process included Housing, Transportation, Safety and Services, Parks and Open Space, Heritage and Character, and Culture. To produce these plans and policies, the process steps included:
- reviewing existing issues and policy, and land use and transportation patterns in Mount Pleasant;
- discussing needs, challenges, and opportunities in a series of public workshops, open houses, focus groups, and other engagement vehicles;
- urban design analysis of built form options, including alternative land uses, public realm, traffic and parking, and public open space opportunities.
b. Community Action Agenda/Projects
This part of the program focussed on taking coordinated action on pressing social issues. The main steps included:
- drafting a Community Action Agenda based on Feedback Form responses;
- forwarding the Community Action Agenda to Council for approval;
- forming a Social Coordinating Group (SCG) of key stakeholders;
- developing action plans for specific community projects;
- recruiting additional working group members to implement action projects/plans;
- implementing 12 projects to address 4 key social issues: homelessness; support for the vulnerable; open alcohol, drug, and sex trade; and community safety and security; and
- coordinating and monitoring project implementation.
Step 3: Open Houses and Completing the Plan
At this stage all the elements of Mount Pleasant’s Community Plan were brought together for broad community validation and Council approval. The main steps included:
- a final broad public review of the draft Community Plan through a series of five Open Houses held across the community;
- modifying and refining the draft Plan based on feedback; and
- presenting the draft Plan to Council for adoption.
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| Community members at the Residential Area Workshop, held on Nov. 16th, 2008 at the Native Education College |
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City Staff at the Mt. Pleasant Community Plans Fair, June 2007 |
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Kicking off the Mt. Pleasant Community Plan program at Fair Days, June 2007 |
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