My Plan for Our Community
North Vancouver is heading in the right direction, but I believe that there is so much more that we can do. Find out more about my plans to build a brighter future for North Vancouverites of all ages, backgrounds, and needs.
Housing
Our city should support diverse housing that allows young people, seniors, and families to stay in our community and share the same neighbourhoods. It’s not just how many units we need to build, it’s about who we are building them for. The people who live and work here should be able to choose North Vancouver as their home. This means mixed-use density in transit corridors, small-scale multi-unit gentle density in residential neighbourhoods, and increasing non-market housing and tenant protections.
Transportation
Our city should be easy and safe to get around for all our residents, businesses, and commuters. Our major transportation infrastructure isn’t municipal, but the city can help to develop solutions. Whatever our ride we’re all pedestrians with places to be, but we need good options to get us there. This means advocating for the expansion of Bus Rapid Transit, supporting an active transportation network, and providing those who already work here with more options to live here.
Parks & Public Spaces
Our city’s parks and public spaces should build community and promote wellbeing. They can provide social opportunities through recreation, gathering, and incidental encounters with neighbours. With increasing growth and density our parks and public spaces will be even more important. This means multi-functional, adaptive, and inclusive design. It is also an opportunity to engage local First Nations as partners to develop spaces that reflect the cultural heritage of the land.
Accountability
Our city should responsibly and transparently manage the funds that residents and businesses provide. If we can effectively promote civic literacy more people will engage with city hall proactively and positively. Council must manage difficult financial decisions with our long-term interest in mind. This means incorporating the new community engagement framework into the next council’s strategic plan, following through on the call for a public inquiry into the wastewater treatment plant, and monitoring debt servicing and the health of our reserves.
Resilience
Our city is increasingly vulnerable to climate change-related disruption and critical infrastructure failures. We all know what happens when one of our two crossings is compromised for hours, just imagine a week, or a month. Emergency preparedness requires redundancy to ensure our safety and security. This means mitigating climate change with more tree canopy and better drainage, reviewing our emergency management plans, and advocating for a redundant and seismically resilient crossing not for transportation, but for resilient critical infrastructure.