p90 WestVan residents first
p90 WestVan first – WestVan residents should have priority in all facilities and resources, including schools, recreation programs, parks and parking.
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p80 Maintain our own homes and community
p80 Maintain our own homes and community – No amount of expensive and destabilizing municipal intervention will create “affordable” housing in WestVan. Housing is a regional issue and a provincial and federal responsibility; a responsible WestVan council should serve and protect existing residents, not subsidize an ever-expanding population.
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p70 Respect our local and global environment
p70 Respect our local and global environment – including clean streams and oceans, and vibrant green space. All development must be environmentally sustainable, counting not just its future operational efficiency, but also the immediate effect of embodied carbon (the 40+% carbon load committed during construction), as well as the development-driven burden on transportation and service infrastructure.
Short BBC video about the carbon impact of demolition of buildings and constructing new buildings … especially high rise steel and concrete and the embodied carbon
Brief description of embodied carbon
Short video explaining embodied carbon … what are emissions associated with creating material in first place?
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p60 Enforce compliance with our OCP
p60 Enforce compliance with our Official Community Plan, local area plans and current zoning – WestVan residents must have significant input into neighbourhood character and local area plans – and council should act in good faith, holding referendums on significant exceptions and accepting community guidance.
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p50 Manage finances responsibly
p50 Manage finances responsibly – Taxpayer money should be respected – spent carefully and thoughtfully. Council should focus on maintain core services and capital assets, limiting property and utility tax increases to the rate of inflation, and accepting that services may have to be reduced or eliminated.
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p40 Stop excessive population growth
p40 Stop excessive population growth – High-density development adds traffic, congesting our streets and straining our infrastructure. There is no room in WestVan to add roads, and public transit is impractical for 70% of residents, so population growth should be limited to the historical 0.25% per year, or less.
Planned Population Growth … rate 6 times higher than historical
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p30 Implement Direct Democracy
p30 Implement Direct Democracy – WestVan Council must listen attentively and act consistently on the wishes of the majority, holding referendums like votes on all significant decisions, and accepting the voters’ guidance. If we do not change the decision-making process, we will just get more of the same.
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p20 Preserve our quality of life
p20 Preserve our quality of life – WestVan families must feel and be physically and emotionally safe in our homes, schools, and community facilities, and on our streets
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p10 Conserve our livable seaside village
p10 Conserve our livable seaside village – enhanced by beautiful parks and green spaces, plentiful recreational opportunities, well-maintained community facilities and prosperous local shops. Support our local shops and services.