Council protective of Staff as should be. Fact is tho @cityofnanaimo doesn't have the experience required for a project this big, important
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) August 1, 2015
The report —http://www.southdowntownwaterfront.ca/p/home.html
strongly urged Council to consider the establishment of a public development corporation governed by a detailed charter, to oversee development of the site which Larry Beasley described as having “transformative” potential for Namaimo and which former Councillor Fred Pattje called “Nanaimo’s last urban frontier.” From the report—
There is a long tradition in Canada and the United States of local governments creating special purpose public development corporations. These corporations are designed to implement longer term public policy objectives, particularly for special areas of a municipality that require extraordinary attention, and a unique combination of public and private sector participation. Clearly legislation in British Columbia provides for such entities, and there are many variations across the province.On July 20, three months after the last committee meeting and five months after the last meeting minutes were posted, Staff presented the following Master Plan Terms of Reference report to Council—
The Planning and Design Section will be responsible for this project, with consultants engaged for key plan components including land economics, stakeholder engagement, land use and transportation planning. The necessary Request for Proposals will be prepared for issuance in July 2015.
Has the committee been disbanded? • Why were its key recommendations rejected by City Staff? • The "potentially transformative" site needs not only to follow Dr Witty’s guidance, it requires an open design competition.
Time for fresh ideas Nanaimo.
In these sleepy days of summer I have been unable to get clarification from any of the principles who were involved with the excellent work done Dr Witty’s committee but I will continue to try get feedback. Has the committee been disbanded? Why were its key recommendations rejected by City Staff?
Here's what #Nanaimo CM Swabey says improved urban design and streetscape look like... https://t.co/49gjJvvXBM
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) August 2, 2015
#Nanaimo industrial to Commercial conversion results in much improved urban design and "streetscape" in "big box"area pic.twitter.com/DTrt0AlVpU
— Ted Swabey (@TedSwabey) July 30, 2015
When “urban planning” “economic development” “traffic engineers” tell us what’s best for us things go terribly wrong https://t.co/VIqpbk8ONH
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) August 2, 2015
