City Plan - Nanaimo ReImagined to soon become road map for the City's future

Key Points

• “City Plan Bylaw 2022 No. 6600” passed first and second reading and will proceed to public hearing on June 22, 2022.
• The draft City Plan is proposed to be Nanaimo’s new Official Community Plan; Parks, Recreation, Culture and Wellness Plan; Transportation Plan; Active Mobility Plan; Climate Action and Resiliency Plan; and Accessibility and Inclusion Plan.
• The development of the draft City Plan involved thousands of inputs from the community, interested and affected agencies, and organizations including government-to-government engagement with Snuneymuxw First Nation.

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Quick Facts

• The draft City Plan (Bylaw 2022 No. 6600) reinforces and builds on existing directions considered effective in the 2008 Official Community Plan, while at the same time integrating new policy directions.
• Despite the impacts and uncertainty posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the development of the draft City Plan involved thousands of inputs from the community received through surveys, online platforms, emails, virtual and in-person meetings, student classroom participation, workshops, an open house and other methods.

Links

• REIMAGINE NANAIMO

• A copy of the City Plan Bylaw 2022 No. 6600 Council Report can be found on the May 30 Agenda

• Get Involved Nanaimo Engagement Platform

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