Victoria Park Development Committee Presentation on Parkland to the Community and Infrastructure Committee Meeting, June 8, 2022

The Victoria Park Development Committee (VPNADC) has been working to present a motion on parkland. At the PCIC meeting on June 8, Councillor Chapman presented a motion on behalf of the VPNADC stating: 

That staff be directed to consider prior to the sale of any City-owned property, that such property be considered for use as parkland in any community having a high or critical need for parkland acquisition, in consideration with affordable housing and economic development; and 

That staff be directed to remove the downtown exemptions for parkland dedication requirements such that all development within the downtown will be subject to parkland dedication requirements. 

Direct staff to investigate and bring a report to Council before the 2024 budget cycle, on other ways in which parkland acquisition might be advanced and funded, including exploring tools such as a special tax program that would support the Parkland Reserve fund to acquire parkland above and beyond the tools proposed in Spaces and the Parkland Dedication Bylaw. 

The motion passed!  

See the following presentation that the VPNADC presented at the meeting.