SERVICES FOR PEOPLE SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Objectives Providing services for people How we can work together & produce good work Process Challenges
Summary
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City of Vancouver Services for people • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Police, Fire & rescue Emergency services Community planning Housing Design & maintenance of streets, utilities, drainage Water works Public art Social policy Waste management Libraries Parks & recreation Community centres Food policy Animal control 5
Local Governments From assets to services • • • • • •
Information Physical assets - infrastructure Facilities Natural areas Historical knowledge People • Engineers • Planners • Biologists • Social policy • Artists • Communications • Funding opportunities • Community relationships
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Partners & Processes Partner Group
Partners
Formal Linkages
Academic institutions
UBC, SFU, Emily Carr, Langara, BCIT
Greenest City Scholars, CityStudio, Artist-inResidence, specific course and projects
Health Authorities
Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver Coastal Health, Indigenous health care providers
Projects, Healthy Built Environment Committee, emergency planning
Crown corporations
BC Housing, BC Hydro
Projects & programs
Local government
First nations, Vancouver Library, Park Board, VPD, City of Surrey, Metro Vancouver etc
Fraser Basin Council’s Joint Program Committee, Climate Protection Subcommittee, MEMC
Provincial & Federal agencies
CAS, Inspector of Dikes, Infrastructure Canada, NRCan, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Dialogue, workshops, research, projects, Green Communities Committee, Vancouver Immigration Partnership
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Wish list Partner Group
Partners
Subjects
Academic institutions
Vancouver School Board
Resilience, heat, flooding
Health Authorities
Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver Coastal Health, Indigenous health care providers
Extreme heat, green building, sustainable consumption
Crown corporations
BC Housing
Extreme heat, green building
Local government
First nations
Adaptation planning – sea level rise and heat
Provincial & Federal agencies
Inspector of Dikes, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Environment, DFO, Health Canada
New coastal infrastructure typologies, asset management & natural assets, vulnerable populations, environmental adaptation, heat 8
Changes in our climate Not enough rain causing drought & changes in species distribution
To much rain causing flooding, landslides & poor water quality
Sea level rise causing flooding & coastal squeeze Higher temperatures contributing to wildfire, storms, freeze/thaw, extreme heat & changes in species distribution 9
People experience the impacts
Flooding & extreme heat Landscape & urban forest damage Road damage
Drainage issues
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Working together: Policy & advocacy What it looks like: • Seeking input & information • Sharing input & information
Outputs: • Systemic change • Cohesion • Consistency Examples: • Greenest City Action Plan, BCBC, advice to CAS on CLP 11
Greenest City Framework ZERO CARBON
ZERO WASTE
Green Buildings Green Transportation Zero Waste Access to Nature
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS
Clean Water Local Food Clean Air
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high-level objectives
10 goal areas 12
Working together: Programs What it looks like: • Contributing cash, in-kind and/or facilities • Joint programming • MOUs Outputs:
• Robust & comprehensive programs • Co-located assets & services • Reduced stress & confusion Example: • Vancouver Immigration Partnership
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Working together: Research What it looks like: • MOUs • Cash and in-kind • Creativity & flexibility
Outputs: • Useful information • Bold ideas • Solutions Examples: • Citystudio, Greenest City Scholar 14
Working together: Relationships What it looks like: • Attending neighbour’s events • Interdisciplinary committees • Joining something you’re not sure of Outputs: • Expanded network & new learnings • Help to call on • Potential funding opportunities Examples: • HBEC, Green Communities Committee, JPC, internal Green Operations groups 15
Moving Forward Challenges: • • • • •
Time constraints Information gaps History Rigidity Fear of the unknown
Suggestions: • Include partnerships in work plan • Designate junior staff • Manage expectations
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Summary
• Different services, common mandate
• Policy & advocacy, programs, research, and relationships
• Numerous partners & linkages
• Make partnerships a line item
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QUESTIONS? 18
