Westminster Area Redevelopment Plan Advisory Committee Meeting 1 - March 16, 2017
Meeting Preview • Introductions • WARP Advisory Committee Background and Role • Establish Foundations for Successful Meetings • All about Area Redevelopment Plans • Westminster 101 • What we know • What we heard • What we missed • Next Steps • Homework
Introductions Your Name connection with Westminster
WARP Advisory Committee Background and Role • The idea to form the Advisory Committee came about after our first open house for the WARP. • The project team found that there is a diverse group of residents that live in Westminster and decided the best way to get a cross section that fairly represented Westminster was to form this Advisory Committee. • Made up of Westminster neighbourhood stakeholders (either live, work or own a business in Westminster)
WARP Advisory Committee Background and Role • Advisory Committee • Advisory Committee Members • City Staff • Technical Experts • Advisory Committee Outputs 1. Relationship building between community members and City staff 2. Identify challenges, recommend solutions and policy priorities for City staff 3. Feedback to draft policy documents 4. Development of a Newsletter to keep the neighborhood informed
WARP Advisory Committee Background and Role • Expected Time Commitment • 25 – 30 hours of work for the entire project (10-12 months), including: • Attendance at 8-10 in-person evening meetings over the next 10-12 months (approx. 20-25 hours) • Review of various written material every 2 – 3 months (approx. 5-10 hours) • Who makes up the Advisory Committee • Members of the Advisory Committee represent the various values and interests that exists within the neighborhood.
Goal of the Advisory Committee 1. Collaborative and Respectful 2. Contribute Local Knowledge 3. Be Community Leaders
Foundations for Success Integrity Fair and Equal Representation • Speak your mind respectfully • Everyone will have their opportunity to share • Honesty is the best policy • Everyone has something important to contribute • Your voice is not heard if you don’t participate Orderly Participation Respect • Listen when others are speaking • Respect every comment that comes forward • Please raise hand to share your thoughts • Respect each other’s opinions and perceptions No Repetitive Discussion Information Sharing & Gathering • Share what you think is important • There is limited time within meetings, discussion of • Everyone works together to make decisions topics already covered may have to occur outside scheduled meeting time
All about Area Redevelopment Plans
Neighbourhood Life Cycle It is important that our existing neighbourhoods retain YEARS 13 – 20 Community is completed; their ambience and not be affected by unplanned families continue to grow and redevelopment. However, we cannot restrict population reaches its peak. redevelopment completely as our neighbourhoods have life-cycles and without thought out redevelopment, neighbourhoods eventually lose their vitality – built environment and population diversity. Redevelopment welcomes more people and creates YEARS 21-36 renewed vibrancy which benefits the neighbourhood and Population begins to decline as children grow up and the city as a whole. leave home. OR Years 37 – 50 Years 37 – 50 YEARS 1 – 12 When revitalization begins, the Without revitalization Community Development neighbourhood gains vitality, new neighbourhoods decline, schools nears completion; the families move in, businesses begin may close, transit is reduced, local residents who move in are thriving again, new investments business struggle to thrive, lack of typically young families. improve infrastructure. investments leave infrastructure unmaintained.
Planning Legislation and considerations
What is included in an Area Redevelopment Plan? An Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) is a policy document to guide positive long-term redevelopment in an existing neighbourhood. The policies in an ARP consider: COMMUNITY’S VALUES NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER DATA BASED KNOWLEDGE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT The policies in an ARP speak to : COMMUNITY’S VISON TRANSPORTATION SERVICING PROVISION PUBLIC SPACE LAND USE
What is the potential of an Area Redevelopment Plan? NEW INVESTMENT WIDER RANGE OF JOBS IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE BETTER SHOPPING & SERVICES INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES
What does it take to create an Area Redevelopment Plan? Phase 4 Phase 5 Phase 6 Phase 1 Phase 3 Phase 2 Guiding Principles Drafting the Implementation Initiation Visioning Analysis & Policies Plan
Westminster 101 • What we know • What we heard • What we missed
Building Condition Index (2016 Field Work Data) The rating rubric is available in your package Importance of information: Excellent • Our first approach to get to know Westminster was to learn about what was on the surface: The condition of the buildings in the Neighborhood. Our goal: • To learn the condition the buildings in the neighbourhood are in Process: • The ratings were determined by following the criteria on a building condition rating rubric, included in your package ! • Each house was rated individually and the most frequent value was Average used to represent the block. Poor
Building Condition Index (2016 Field Work Data) Excellent What we learned: • 74% of the rated blocks as a whole are in Excellent Condition • Only 25.% of blocks as a whole are in Average Condition • And only 1% of blocks as a whole are in Poor Condition There are unkempt homes in Westminster, but that is not Average the norm, throughout the neighborhood there is a significant number of homes that are well cared for. Poor
Age Demographics (2016 Municipal Census) Westminster specific numbers are available in your package W-N City W-N City W-N W-N City City 10% 15% 39% 35% 23% 24% 28% 27% 65+ 35- 64 0-19 20-34 In comparison to the City as a whole, Westminster neighbourhood has a significantly lower proportion of seniors and a slightly higher proportion of children, young adults, and middle aged adults.
Household Composition (2011 Federal Census) Westminster specific numbers are available in your package W-N W-N W-N City W-N City City City 19% 17% 14% 45% 23% 44% 16% 22% Room-mate Arrangement Families With Children Families with no Children Individuals Living Alone The types of households living in Westminster are has a similar the those in the city. In Westminster there are slightly more Individuals living alone and slightly less families, with or without children than in the city as a whole
Address Change - within the last year (2011 Federal Census) Westminster specific numbers are available in your package Westminster Lethbridge Neighbourhood 24% 17% The proportions of individuals moving to a new address in Westminster in 2011 is slightly higher than the proportions of the City as a whole.
Tree Counts Average Trees per Acre City Mature Neighbourhoods Westminster
Alleyway Condition What is the proportion of paved alleyways? Mature Neighbourhoods Total alleyway length: 64 km Percentage paved 60% Westminster Total alleyway length: 15 km Percentage paved 50%
Educational Institutions Immanuel Christian Elementary School Westminster School Enrollment Galbraith School Enrollment Enrollment 200 600 400 500 150 400 300 100 300 200 200 50 100 100 0 0 0 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Galbraith Enrollment Westminster Enrollment Immanuel Christian Elementary School Trends in school enrolment in Westminster have steadily increased from 2011 with Galbraith school showing significant increase.
Land use Zoning Adams Ice Galbraith School Center & Park Predominately zoned R-L (Low Density Residential) Strips of Commercial along 13 th street North and Immanuel North Mayor Magrath Drive/23 rd Street North. Christian School Westminster Pool & School
What we Heard • 1. Residential Goal “To encourage primarily low density residential uses in the Westminster neighbourhood but identify those areas in the neighbourhood where medium density development can best be accommodated .” Majority of individuals feel the goal is still relevant today but 37% feel that something should change. 52% of individuals fell that Westminster has fulfilled this goal.
What we Heard • 2. Institutional Goal “ To recognize the importance of institutional uses and ensure that these uses will continue in the neighbourhood.” Majority of individuals feel the goal is still relevant today but 37% feel that something should change. 54% of individuals feel that Westminster has fulfilled this goal.
What we Heard • 3. Commercial Goal “To maintain the viability of the neighbourhood’s commercial areas while minimizing the impacts generated by these areas on surrounding Majority of individuals at 76% feel the goal is still relevant today but 24% feel that something should change. 68% of individuals fell that Westminster has fulfilled this goal.
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