Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan

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After an extensive community consultation process, and building on four decades of work from the community, previous Councils and staff, the Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan was endorsed by Council on Monday, June 13, 2016.

Since then, consultants have been working with Parks staff, stakeholders and advisory groups to refine and develop the park plan. The plan includes something for everyone to enjoy—more green spaces and public waterfront access, multi-use plazas, improvements to community facilities, and much more.

This work is planned to begin in phases over the next several years. Staff will continue to seek input from key stakeholders and keep the community informed.

Plan and engagement summary report

The public consultation provided key insights that shaped the implementation strategy and in some cases led to changes to the plan.

The Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan was created in accordance with the 11 Council-adopted Official Community Plan Guiding Principles

Implementation

After the Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan was endorsed by Council in June 2016, implementation of the plan was done in phases over several years.

Learn more about implementation of the plan by visiting:

Ambleside Waterfront Park Implementation Project

Public engagement: 2016

Community and stakeholder consultation began with the launch of an online public survey and a presentation at the Kay Meek Centre on February 10, 2016. The survey asked for feedback on the different components of the concept plan.

Following the presentation event, three open houses were held at the West Vancouver Community Centre (February 17, February 25, and March 1). The open houses provided an opportunity for the public to ask staff questions about the Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan, and learn more about the survey.

Each open house was attended by over 100 residents. The survey was open from February 10 to March 9 and received 310 responses.
A key part of the consultation included a community survey that ran in conjunction with the public events from February 10 to March 9, 2016. The survey was available online on westvancouverITE and as a hard copy distributed at the Municipal Hall, Community Centre and Seniors’ Activity Centre.

Staff have compiled survey responses and prepared a summary report:

Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan: survey results
More than 200 people attended the community update meeting on May 9, 2016, at the Kay Meek Theatre to discuss the updated Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan. Citizens and stakeholders were able to see the updated plan for the first time and were provided with an overview of how the various projects could be implemented.

The evening included a presentation of the updated plan, a "town hall" style question and answer period, followed by a question and answer session in the Theatre Lobby with staff from various divisions

The display boards from this event are available here:

Display boards from May 9, 2016 update meeting