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Ms. Elsie Achugbue, Ms. Krystie
Babalos and Mr. Vince Verlaan, Modus Consulting, provided a
PowerPoint presentation on the City’s Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan
(CSP) and conducted a Workshop with Committee members.
Ms. Babalos advised the CSP is a
framework for the City working with stakeholders to make decisions about
community safety over the next ten years. The Plan will include:
·
Burnaby
Today;
·
vision
and mission;
·
priorities
and goals;
·
strategies
and actions; and
·
metrics
and performance indicators.
The speaker advised the project will
be in three phases, and the City is on Phase 1:
·
Phase
1 – Prepare to Plan (April – May 2019);
·
Phase
2 – Develop the Plan (May – July 2019); and
·
Phase
3 – Finalize the Plan (August – October 2019).
Ms. Babalos noted there will be six
methods to get the community engaged with the CSP:
1. communications;
2. interviews;
3. meetings and updates;
4. community workshops;
5. public workshops/pop up
events; and
6.
public
questionnaire and public kitchen table conversations.
The speaker noted the following
facts about Burnaby:
·
in
2016, Burnaby’s population was at 232,755 people – there are approximately
160 new residents each month;
·
the
City occupies over 3% of the land area of the region (98.6 square km),
accounting 10% of the region’s population;
·
third
most populated urban centre in British Columbia;
·
60%
of Burnaby residents are people of colour;
·
declined
incidents of crime including robbery, break and enters, automobile thefts
from 2017 to 2018; and
·
150
parks and 90 streams in 3 watersheds.
The presenters conducted a workshop
with activities for Committee members to focus on the following:
1. What are the main safety
issues and assets?
2. In ten years, what does a
safe city look like?
3.
What
initiatives and solutions will help us get there?
MOVED BY TRUSTEE HAYES
SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR KEITHLEY
THAT the Committee meeting do now
recess.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The meeting recesses at 6:38 p.m.
MOVED BY MR. REID
SECONDED BY MR. PAUL
THAT the Committee meeting do now
reconvene.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The meeting reconvened at 7:20 p.m.
In conclusion of the workshop, Ms. Achugbue
and Ms. Babalos summarized the following:
·
the City
is facing social, cultural, environmental, and transportation related safety
issues;
·
to
work with vulnerable communities (immigrants, homeless, elderly, LGBTQ
residents);
·
City assets
included green space, geography, local community and neighbourhood
organizations and recognizing the work of emergency responders;
·
ten
year vision included inclusion, integration, social connection, sense of
belonging in the community and local living (e.g. access to services); and
·
key
solutions included housing opportunities, need for City infrastructure and
services, a healthy community and connectedness (e.g. treatment centres).
Ms. Babalos advised the Committee’s
input will be integrated for further research, and the Committee will be
informed regarding the public communications and engagement process in late
May.
Staff advised the draft Plan will be
forwarded to the Committee in the future.
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