Ms. Michelle Bested and Ms. Robin
Prest, Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University, appeared before
Council and presented on the Your Voice Your Home public engagement
activities. Mr. Prest reviewed the activities undertaken in Phase 1 that
included a Community Ideas Workshop, Community Ideas Survey, and the work
undertaken by Community Student Ambassadors to engage residents that were
underrepresented in the other engagement activities.
Ms. Bested, spoke to the public
release of the What We Heard Report that provides a detailed overview of the
Phase 1 results including:
·
reached
more than 2300 individuals,
·
survey
respondents broadly represented Burnaby’s population, diverse voice and
opinion, capturing a full-range of housing experiences of residents,
·
Phase
1 survey results.
The speaker reviewed the reported
key challenges identified by residents including but not limited to:
·
not
enough affordable rental housing,
·
speculative
buying and foreign capital are raising prices,
·
disconnect
between price and quality of housing,
·
loss
of community fabric and quality of life,
·
lack
of specific sized and types of housing.
The speaker also reviewed the key
solutions identified by residents including but not limited to:
·
strengthen
government oversight and regulation,
·
demand
accountability from developers,
·
allow
laneway homes,
·
encourage
densification in strategic areas,
·
stop
demovictions.
Ms. Bested reviewed the Public
Engagement Phase 2 activities and next steps, including:
·
Quick
start survey,
·
Discussion
Guide,
·
Community
Recommendations Workshop,
·
Community
Recommendations Report,
·
Task
Force Final Report.
The speaker provided an overview of
what the Recommendations Workshop, scheduled for 2019 May 25. The workshop
will build on the Phase 1 input and ideas.
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