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BOOK REVIEWPitting the Olives Might Help

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Some Notes on Urban Design

CLIC for Better Decision-making in Prince George

World Town Planning Day Film Screening: The Human Scale

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New Year, New Milestones, and a New Look for Planning West

appy 2017 to one and all! With the coming of the new year, I am so pleased and excited to introduce the new look and format of Planning West, our flagship publication for profes-sional planning in British Columbia and the Yukon. Thank you very much to our volunteers and staff who oversaw this redesign, and especially to Siobhan Murphy MCIP, RPP, our

Planning West editor.Two significant initiatives met their required milestones to

close off the year. On November 25, 2016, PIBC convened a Special General Meeting to amend our Constitution and Bylaws in order to meet the requirements of the new provincial Societies Act, under which our organization operates. I am pleased to an-nounce that we met quorum, and that the two special resolutions comprised of the proposed amendments to our Constitution and Bylaws were approved by the members at the SGM. Special thanks goes out to Dave Crossley, our Executive Director, for shepherding the required revisions in a timely fashion, given that the new legis-lation impacts every non-profit society in the province.

In December, we initiated and convened the first meeting of the Climate Action Task Force, which is co-chaired by PIBC Council members Suzanne Smith, MCIP, RPP and Iain Bourhill, MCIP, RPP. Thanks to all who expressed interest in joining the Task Force, and to the Task Force volunteers who have the chal-lenging task ahead of compiling research, engaging with mem-bers, and recommending possible actions to Council, in advance of the Provincial election this coming May.

Looking ahead to my last six months as your President, we have struck a Nominating Committee and begun the formal

process to seek candidates for the upcoming elections to PIBC Council for the 2017-2019 term. My time on Council has been a truly rewarding experience, and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as PIBC’s President and to represent our profession. I would encourage you to consider putting your name forward for nomination to PIBC Council this spring; especially if you happen to get a virtual “tap on the shoulder” from the Nominating Com-mittee in the near future!

Activities are shifting into high gear for the PIBC 2017 Annual Conference in Prince George, from May 30th to June 2nd. This year’s theme is “Equilibrium” and we are pleased to be welcoming opening keynote speaker, Charles Montgomery, well-known au-thor of Happy City. The volunteer committee has curated a fan-tastic program, in what is sure to be a great conference. Registra-tion opens in February, and I hope to see you all in Prince George!

In closing, thank you to everyone who has volunteered, in any capacity, towards the activities and operations of PIBC over the past year. Without all of you, we would not be able to achieve the goals and objectives of our institute, in terms of advancing the profession and shaping the future of our communities for fu-ture generations. Please take a moment to review the list of many, many members who volunteered for the Institute over the past year, and thank you to all of them!

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We begin the year with some highlights from World Town Planning Day, a review of the documentary film The Human Scale with Jan Gehl from members of the PIBC South Coast Chapter, and an up-date on an asset management tool that was introduced last year and has won awards from both PIBC and CIP. We also have some Notes on Urban Design and a book review about working in Mos-cow and some lessons for planners. Enjoy!

EDITOR’S NOTEby Siobhan Murphy, MCIP, RPPHappy New Year and welcome to the new Planning West! It was time for the magazine to be refreshed and here it is! We are very excited to be working with Paper Rabbit Publishing, a dy-namic team that has a comprehensive range of editorial, design and layout experience and artistic flair. Take a browse through the format, which has been developed by Paper Rabbit and PIBC staff to reflect the survey results from our PIBC members.

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ocial media is about more than just sharing cat videos. Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media platforms are now often the first (and fastest!) sources many people use to keep up-to-date on the latest news and trends in their pro-fession and areas of interest. So what’s trend-

ing for planning? In each issue, we hope to highlight some great finds and sources from planners, planning advocates, and organizations from around the social media world.

Blog worthy reads - Women in Urbanism Series with Melissa BruntlettAside from being the co-owner of modacitylife.com and the significant other “wheel” to bike advocate Chris Bruntlett, Melissa Bruntlett is also the eloquent blogger of the “Women in Urbanism” series, featur-ing Vancouver women who are making a difference through their roles in urban planning and develop-ment. Informative and inspiring, this blog series is not only worthy of a read but also a must share. You can

What’s Trendingby Cindy Cheung, PIBC Communications & Marketing Specialist

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MELISSA BRUNTLETTCo-owner of modacitylife.com and blogger at Woman in Urbanism

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Starting Close to Home – Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)You don’t have to search far to find some of the lat-est and most intriguing planning-related articles. The CIP Twitter feed is updated frequently with great arti-cles and links on national and international planning issues as well as helpful reminders on member-related updates. A must follow for planners! @CIP_ICU on Twitter and www.cip-icu.ca online.

And of course, be sure to follow PIBC!Don’t have time? New to social media? Start by con-necting with us at PIBC! We make it easy for you by sharing the latest interesting planning-related news and articles we find, as well as PIBC updates on mem-ber events, news, and reminders. Follow us on Twitter or our other social media channels. @_PIBC on Twit-ter and www.pibc.bc.ca online.

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Jada Basi MCIP, RPP, Manager of Housing and Community Planning at CitySpaces Consulting

MEMBER IN FOCUS

“As planners, we have the tools and the responsibility to make communities more inclusive and better for everyone.”

by Cindy Cheung, PIBC Communications & Marketing Specialist

IN THIS ISSUE, WE ARE EXCITED to bring you a new feature that highlights the perspectives, experiences and insights from a fellow PIBC member. In this issue, we’re pleased to be featuring someone who is a passionate advocate for social planning issues such as housing affordability and women’s rights.

We caught up with Jada Basi MCIP, RPP, Manager of Housing and Community Plan-ning at CitySpaces Consulting, to ask her some questions about how planning became her calling. Having grown up in a small town in rural BC, she’s now worked with clients and communities from all over Canada and internationally, specializing in areas of social policy planning, housing strategies, and fea-sibility studies.

Was there a specific event or person in your life that propelled you into the planning field?Yes to both actually! I grew up in Quesnel and I worked at a grocery store as a cashier during high school. My coworker at the time invited me to go to Prince George for the day and sit-in on her University of Northern Brit-ish Columbia (UNBC) planning class. At the time, I didn’t even know what university was. Most people that I knew - family, friends, my friends’ families - nobody had gone to uni-versity. In fact most adults I knew didn’t even finish high school. When I got this invitation, I had no idea what she was talking about but it was a free ride to Prince George and some-thing to do, so I took her up on it.

The two-hour Planning 101 class lecture


opened my eyes to higher education and the world of community planning. It was one of those moments that changed my life. My worldview expanded and for the first time I focused on a major per-sonal aspiration. I knew this was it - I was going to go to university and I was going to be a Planner. I was 16 years old.

To me, establishing a university in the North is so important be-cause it provides access to post-secondary education to youth who otherwise would not have considered attending. I was part of the first generation of youth to attend UNBC and the first to go to university in my family - I am very proud of this and of the university.

How about your co-worker? What is she doing now?She is now the Director of Development Services for the City of Quesnel. Thank you, Tanya Turner!

Speaking of influential people and experiences, it is so important to meet with students and young professionals who are just starting in their career. Mentorship and guidance provided by senior profes-sionals have a significant influence on young people and their future, like they did me.

You are a strong advocate for affordable housing and women’s rights. How has being a planner enabled you to make a difference in these areas?One thing I love about the planning profession is that you can cre-ate a career that aligns with your passion, values and interests. For me, I gravitated towards projects that create inclusive communities. Through policy and project development, this includes planning and developing affordable, suitable, adequate and livable housing. It means meeting the needs of vulnerable populations through the pro-vision of social infrastructure like childcare facilities, women’s cen-tres, and seniors’ facilities. It means designing spaces that meet the needs and programming for LGBTQ, for persons experiencing crisis such as homelessness and mental health issues.

Being a professional planner enables you to make incremental differences through policies and, as this evolves over time, we (hope-fully!) get better at it. As planners, we have the tools and the respon-sibility to make communities more inclusive and better for everyone.

Can you tell us about a huge challenge you’ve had to face & what you learned?One challenge I experienced early on was breaking into the urban and lower mainland market. Having grown up in the interior and specializing in Northern and Rural Community Planning, there was a real barrier for south coast public and private sector organizations to hire someone with more of a small town lens. I also had no local networks, professionally or personally, to guide me or provide intro-ductions. It was very challenging to get employment.

Eventually I did break in, and now that I’ve worked as a con-sultant on projects in major urban centres from Vancouver to Hal-ifax, to Denver and even Seoul, South Korea, I’ve come to realize that small and rural communities experience a lot of the same plan-ning issues that major urban centres do, but rural communities have less resources, capacity and tools available to address their issues. A good example is density bonus - this tool works well in urban cen-tres where you can leverage development but in communities where there is little development, it’s often not feasible to make it happen. To-day, I work in both major urban cities and small communities and I have a better appreciation for the complexities of planning in small towns.

It’s funny how things go - I had worked so hard to break into the urban market and now that I’m in, I gravitate towards projects in small-er communities because they are both interesting and challenging.

If you can go back 10 years and can tell your younger self one thing, what would it be?That’s a fun one! For me, colouring, playing with Lego, pondering, wondering, and giving high-fives are all part of the job! But most im-portantly, I’d tell my younger self and others to: Show up. Speak up. Look up. Team up. Never give up. Lift others up.

Please note: For space and clarity, some answers from the interview for this article may have been summarized or paraphrased.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF JADA BASI, CITYSPACES CONSULTING

ncreasing urbanization and the challenges that it brings are top-ics in the mainstream of popular discussion. Along with that discussion, the discipline of urban design has come to the fore-front as a critical, if not the most critical link in determining the kinds of cities we want to live in.

Recent books, most notably Happy Cities: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery, have resonated with a lay audience concerned for the quality of life within a vortex of advancing technologies, global population growth, and climate change. Yet, despite its popularity as a top-ic, urban design is not well understood; in some instances, not

even by its practitioners. Although a basic definition is not difficult to come by, e.g., “urban design is the design of cities”, such definitions don’t capture the essence of one of civilization’s oldest disciplines.

A principal reason urban design is not well understood is that it lacks a cohesive theoretical foundation. Because it borrows principles and techniques from other fields of endeavor, it is often confused with those disciplines. Is urban design architecture? Is urban design land-scape architecture? Is urban design the same as urban planning? Is it a bit of all of these and then some?

It’s seldom taught as a degree program, being relegated for the most part as an adjunct to other degree programs. It’s not surprising then that urban design isn’t a profession, which gives it less status than

iCITY MODEL OF SHANGHAI at the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre in China. The scale model shows all existing and approved buildings. Photo: Ekrem Canli/Wikimedia

URBAN DESIGNBY PATRICK MCCORMICK, MCIP, RPP

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URBAN DESIGN

the professions that claim more precise the-oretical justifications from which urban de-sign borrows. The result is that the handle to grab onto when we talk about urban design is sometimes hard to find.

Urban design is about the design of build-ings…but not exclusively. We might think of buildings as the principal components of the urban environment and at one level, urban designers are concerned for how the form of one building relates to the others around it. However, the urban designer isn’t solely in-terested in a building in isolation of other buildings - the urban designer is interested in relationships among buildings.

More importantly, the urban designer’s focus is on the spaces around buildings. In particular, the urban designer is focused on the public realm: the spaces that all of us are entitled to occupy simply by being citizens of our communities. These spaces are typically outdoors and the majority, e.g., parks, plazas, streets, etc., are owned by municipal govern-

ments in trust for the citizens they serve. The public realm is where we strengthen

our connectedness to others, individually and collectively, so that we can build pro-ductive and stable societies; where we learn to respect group values and to celebrate in-dividuality. A healthy public realm, infuses, nurtures, and reflects the values of a healthy society. In this regard, public space is not just visual; it is spatial and experiential and by necessity, pedestrian-oriented.

We can think of public space as being the glue that holds our cities together physically, as well as emotionally and psychologically. As such, a fundamental underlying princi-ple of urban design is community and a keen understanding of the concept of the public realm is essential to effecting positive urban design outcomes.

A common perception seems to be that urban design is about what the urban envi-ronment looks like; that it’s solely or prin-cipally about aesthetics. Although the visual aspects of public space are integral to how we experience urban landscapes, aesthetics are not sufficient in and of themselves to create meaningful public spaces.

Aesthetics must be accompanied by atten-tion to other experiential aspects of public space. While not all public spaces function, or are intended to function the same way, urban design asks key questions that apply to all components of the public realm: Will people be motivated to spend time there? Will there be opportunities for programmed and/or spontaneous activities? Will there be opportunities for social interaction? Will people feel safe over extended periods of the day and throughout the four seasons?

Architecture is a key component of urban design because buildings typically form the edges that define public spaces, but also be-cause the form and character of buildings, particularly at and near ground level, impact our physical and psychological responses as we move through space. Architects who design buildings with an understanding of their contexts within, and their relationships to the public realm, are urban designers.

While architecture contributes a com-prehensive set of skills, other disciplines also inform urban design. Landscape architecture is defined as, “the art and science of creating open-air spaces as environments for human life.” If public space is the focus of urban de-sign, then landscape architecture must be a key contributor to the dialogue on urban design. Another discipline of note, not typically seen as an urban design-related discipline, is trans-

portation engineering. In fact, in contempo-rary cities, arguably no discipline has had as much influence on the evolving patterns of our cities and the quality of our public spaces.

Planning plays a critical role because plan-ners articulate the goals and policies that guide our cities into sustainable futures. Official Community Plans and sub-area plans mold the patterns of future land use from which infrastructure projects, including the construc-tion and renovation of public spaces follow.

More specifically, planners draft and administer the zoning bylaws that dictate maximum building heights, site density, al-lowable setbacks, site coverage limits, and parking requirements. These variables place limits on the massing of buildings as well as how they’re situated on their sites, and by ex-tension, influence the relationship of build-ings to the public realm.

We can think of public space as being the glue that holds our cities together physically, as well as emotionally and psychologically.

When planners oversee the development of plans that envision the physical form of the city, they’re engaged in urban design. When planners administer development ap-plications, they’re engaged in urban design. Planners therefore have a powerful say in determining the spatial relationships among buildings and the resulting public spaces within the overall form of the city.

In conclusion, urban design is the sum of decisions that affect not just how we move through, but how we experience the urban environment, and a range of disciplines bring diverse perspectives and skills to the confluence of thinking we call urban design. If we’re going to approach design of cities holistically, we need a better understanding of what disciplines should be part of the process and what each brings to the process. Moreover, we need an appreciation of urban design as an overarching framework within which the contributing disciplines can best cooperate and work synergistically to help lead our cities into the 21st century.

by Lourette Swanepoel MCIP, RPP and Tiina Schaeffer MCIP, RPP

Photographs by Tourism Prince George


CLIC FOR BETTER DECISION-MAKING IN PRINCE GEORGE

n the Spring 2015 issue of Planning West, the Community Lifecycle Infrastructure Costing (CLIC) tool – then known as the Community Infrastructure Planning Decision Support Tool - was introduced as an essential tool to help local governments explore the impacts of land use decisions on their infrastructure lifecycle costs. CLIC is the result of a multi-year process driven by the British Columbia Ministry of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development (MCSCD). During the pilot phase, six BC communities were engaged and in 2015 the first version was released to the public. One of these pilot communities was the City of Prince George, which has continued as an active participant in applying the tool and providing advice on ongoing tool development.I

“What we’ve found with CLIC is that we’ve been able to break down silos and see alignment of our work.”


In 2007, the City of Prince George es-tablished an Asset Management Division. During the initial years, the focus was on implementing software to model the life-cycle cost of infrastructure networks and to analyze the current situation. In 2012 the results were shared with Council indicating an annual infrastructure liability (gap) of approximately $12 million. This was a wa-tershed moment for the City’s infrastructure and financial management.

The journey that ensued in search of rem-edies led the Asset Manager to reach out to the Long Range Planner. After all, it was the planning decisions that commit the com-munity and their tax dollars to assets for de-cades, if not centuries.

The City of Prince George pursued CLIC as part of its Asset Management Policy and Asset Management Workplan to get at the front-end land use decision making of how they take new assets on, through the long-range planning function. CLIC further linked to a number of Council Strategic Goals, the OCP’s growth management di-rection, and the City’s Sustainable Finance Guidelines.

Led by the long-range planning function, Prince George used the CLIC tool to com-pare two typical development scenarios.

In comparing these two planned neigh-bourhoods with similar land area, residential area, and road length, it provided an oppor-tunity to better understand the implications of 100-year life cycle costs based on servicing needs, density changes and location.

Tiina Schaeffer, Manager of Sustainable Community Development, led the update of data inputs. Input values were sourced with the help from subdivision development en-gineers, infrastructure engineers, long range planner, asset managers, finance staff, and GIS technicians. Sources included:

• Greenfield costing data from subdivision applications and financial reporting require-ments where this data was already being collected • City capital project data to source costing data for infill• Finance department budgets (actuals from previous years)• GIS to source typical development char-acteristics (such as length of road and total units) for the two scenarios• External sources such as school district

budgets and the BC Transit shared cost mod-el to populate costs for schools and transit

Once costing values were defined, the remaining steps were relatively straight for-ward. The process of identifying the data in-puts took about 10 days effort over a period of one to two months.

Using CLIC, the City was able to demon-strate that:

• Initial capital costs in the infill scenario are a mere fraction (about 94-97% lower) than that of the subdivision scenario. This difference is due to the upfront investment required in new infrastructure for the low density neighbourhood, compared to the infill scenario where infra-structure already exists. The infill scenario ac-counts for the age of ex-isting infrastructure (in terms of when replace-ment is needed) but capital cost for capacity upgrades to existing in-frastructure were not re-quired as a result of the redevelopment.• Annual operating costs in the infill sce-nario are slightly less (about 14% lower) per household. It should additionally be noted that the O&M cost for the subdivision scenario would add an addition-al cost in the municipal operating budget (i.e. new assets being added that requires addition-al O&M), whereas the O&M cost for the infill scenario are, for the most part, already part of ex-isting O&M cost. • Annual lifecycle costs in the infill scenario are less (about 21% lower) per household. • Annual lifecycle revenues in the infill sce-nario are less (about 12% lower) per house-hold. This can be expected given the higher number of small units in the infill scenario (i.e. apartments vs. single detached) that produce less tax revenue per unit due to the smaller lot size. Also, the City’s proactive

policies on charging DCCs for subdivisions and providing subsidies to infill scenarios are reflected here. However, when consider-ing total revenue collected per hectare, the infill scenario produced substantially higher (about 61% more) revenue per annum over the 100-year lifecycle. • Households also experience other non-tax-based savings (about 18% less) with the more compact infill scenario, such as lower home energy costs, driving costs, transit costs, vehi-cle collision costs, air pollution, and climate change costs.

One of the most valuable outcomes from the process was the intentional “digging” to compile costing data from various groups

into one common inventory of typical costs for critical infrastructure. Some information sought was not available and thereby identi-fied some gaps in data and financial under-standing.

The use of CLIC to provide a high lev-el comparative lifecycle costing analysis has been a valuable part of Prince George’s asset management process. CLIC was effective in

PRINCE GEORGE’S JOURNEY

Excerpt from Asset Management Policy:The organization shall make informed decisions, identifying all revenues and expenses (including operations, maintenance, renewal, replacement, and decommission) associated with asset deci-sions, including additions and deletions.

The organization shall manage assets sustain-ably considering the City’s environmental, social and economic responsibilities and the life cycle costs of assets.

Excerpt from OCP:The City should prioritize public investments for Growth Priority Areas, including capital invest-ments…Repairs and maintenance should also be prioritized in these areas…To establish clear community preferences, increase certainty for redevelopment and infill projects, and establish detailed priorities for capital investment, the City should prioritize neighbourhood planning in and around Growth Priority areas…

Excerpt from Sustainable Finance Guideline:The City’s Capital Expenditure Plan is closely co-ordinated with its OCP so that land use policies reflect the City’s ability to fund growth and devel-opment and so that financial planning reflects the need to invest in infrastructure.

APPLYING CLIC IN PRINCE GEORGE

THE PRINCE GEORGE RESULTS

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THE VALUE OF USING CLIC

facilitating an understanding of costs associ-ated with development across departments and was seen to be an important step before committing to the implementation, servicing and maintenance of assets over time.

Tiina Schaeffer, Manager of Sustainable Community Development, indicated that “What we’ve found with CLIC is that we’ve been able to break down silos and can see alignment of our work - planners now “see” alignment with the financial plan and asset management plans; asset management sees alignment of their work with the OCP and financial guidelines; and finance is starting to see alignment with the OCP and asset man-agement plans”.

Other ways in which CLIC added value included:

• Transforming planning arguments for more compact growth that focus on liveability and sustainability into quantifiable terms that demonstrate a business case for planning de-cisions from a long-term financial perspective• Simplifying lifecycle costing to a few easy steps• Increasing awareness of who pays for the long-term costs of development (community infrastructure)

• Connecting short-term decisions on how the City manages assets to the long term fi-nancial and land use planning decisions• Exploring development options, policy directions or what-if scenarios (such as in-creased density, cost allocations, develop-ment cost charges, user fees, etc.) to see what the impact of variables decisions are on the lifecycle cost.

CLIC highlighted the benefit and need for the City to build and maintain better in-ventories that can help inform their subdi-vision approvals process (e.g. evaluating the accuracy of development costs and assessing if development fees are in line and fair with lifecycle costs) and inform their own capital project construction costs proposals.

Through their experience with CLIC, Prince George has several lessons to share with other communities looking to this tool:

• Starting is the first step. CLIC is free to download in an Excel format. Communities of all sizes are encouraged to download it and spend some time “playing “with it.• Identify a champion. This can be a planner,

engineering, asset manager or financial offi-cer - anyone with familiarity of other func-tions of the organization and/or willing to learn and ask questions.• Engage a cross disciplinary team. CLIC requires the integration of planning, engi-neering finance, and IT services departments for supporting data and getting everyone on board. A cross-departmental team effort will make the data collection effort smoother, and the process of getting buy-in on results easier.• Facilitate corporate buy-in from the outset. Leadership and relevant departments should be aware of the value of CLIC and the pro-cess needed to engage in the use of it. Clearly explain it at the outset. Let others explore the tool to better understand how it may con-tribute to broader objectives.• Let go of certainty. CLIC is intended as a high-level land-use costing tool, not a bud-geting tool, so let go of absolutes. The pur-pose of the tool is to provide high-level cost-ing during the early land use planning. This kind of front-end thinking is typically never done. There will be gaps, inaccuracies, and assumptions, make a note of them and keep moving forward.• Maintain focus. CLIC can be completed in a few weeks with dedicated effort. The most

LESSONS LEARNED & NEXT STEPS

Net Density (u/ha)

Population

Gross Area (ha)

Residential area

Connectivity

Mix of land use

Roads total length

LOW DENSITY NEW SUBDIVISION SCENARIO

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8,635

188

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• interconnected road network, some trail and bike• some transit access• 9.4 km from central business district

• Primarily residential: single-family detached, townhouses

20,672 m

MEDIUM DENSITY INFILL SCENARIO

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10,824

127

70%

• interconnected road, trail and bike network• excellent transit access • 1.0 km from central business district

• Primarily residential: sin-gle-family detached, narrow lots single family, townhouses, mid-rise & low-rise apartments

21,624 m


Snapshot of Prince George’s CLIC Results

Internal RoadsPotable Water Distribution and TreatmentSanitary Sewer Collection and TreatmentStorm Sewer CollectionSchool TransitRecreational FacilitiesTransit ServicesFire ServicesPolice ServiesWaste Management

Medium Density Infill

Low Density Subdivision

$0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000

INITIAL CAPITAL COSTS (PER HOUSEHOLD) LEGEND

Driving Costs Transit Fares Home Heating Costs Motor Vehicle CollisionsAir Pollution Climate Change

Initial Develop. Charges Ann User Fees Ann Property Tax

$0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000

ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS (PER H.H.)

$0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 $6,000

ANNUAL LIFECYCLE COST (PER H.H.)

$0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000

ANNUAL LIFECYCLE REVENUES (PER H.H.)

$0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000

PRIVATE & EXTERNAL COSTS (PER H.H.)










effort is setting up the costing values, but once that is set, it does not need to be repeat-ed for future scenarios. • Reflect and learn. Take time to reflect on the results and what the tool has enabled staff to learn. Explore future applications and next steps to embed it into the ongoing deci-sion-making process.

The pilot was just the start of Prince George’s exploration with CLIC. The Sustainable Community Development division contin-ues to expand internal awareness of the tool and is looking at utilizing CLIC for a land use example under application review. Di-alogues with staff are underway to explore ways in which to integrate the tool into the decision-making framework, including pos-sibilities of:

• Considering CLIC’s integration with devel-opment applications • Testing land use policies (e.g. urban con-tainment boundaries, densification, cost charges)• Exploring CLIC’s potential to help inform public engagement on growth and asset management• Providing triple-bottom-line/lifecycle cost-ing information to Council and/or senior management for holistic decision-making.

The Prince George experience was helpful in identifying how CLIC can connect a com-munity’s land-use planning and asset man-agement planning processes. CLIC provided a high-level costing of the age-old planning principles regarding the cost of sprawl and if there is a business case for densification in Prince George’s context.

Lourette Swanepoel MCIP, RPP, ENV SP Lourette is a Registered Professional Planner and accredited Envision® Sustainability Pro-fessional with Stantec Consulting in Vancouver BC. She is the recipient of the 2016 Canadian Institute of Planners’ Award of Merit and the 2016 Planning Institute of BC Award of Excel-lence for the CLIC tool.

Tiina Schaeffer MCIP, RPPTiina is the Manager of Sustainable Commu-nity Development at the City of Prince George. Her work in advancing the CLIC Tool in Prince George has received recognition through the 2016 Canadian Institute of Planners’ Award of Merit and the 2016 Planning Institute of BC Award of Excellence for the CLIC tool.

NEXT STEPS FOR PRINCE GEORGE

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THE HUMAN SCALE TPIBC South Coast Chapter’s 1st Annual World Town Planning Day Film Screening


o celebrate this year’s World Town Planning Day (WTPD), PIBC’s South Coast Chapter

organized a screening of the 2012 provoca-tive documentary “The Human Scale”, fol-lowed by a panel discussion, at Vancouver’s Rio Theatre.

The film prominently features Danish ar-chitect and professor Jan Gehl, illustrating a number of his ‘human scale-focused’ projects from around the world. The select projects illustrated the various challenges the global population faces due to our rapidly urban-izing society including peak oil, climate change, loneliness and severe health issues. For example, 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, which is projected to in-crease to 80% by 2050.

Dr. Gehl’s film primarily highlights the human population challenges that relate to our mega- cities – cities with populations greater than 10M. However, we can apply the lessons and principles espoused by Dr. Gehl in his film to any size of urban centre.

Documenting how modern cities repel human interaction, through the lens of the past 40 years of studying cities, Dr. Gehl makes the case that we can build cities in a way which is able to take into account human needs for inclusion and intimacy. Showcasing projects that have been planned, designed and built at the human scale, the film provides visually stunning glimpses into some of our globe’s most significant urban

challenges and the efforts to unravel them. The Human Scale questions our assumptions about modernity, exploring what happens when we put people at the center of our equations.

Following the screening, a panel of urban planning and design professionals contrib-uted greater insight and anecdotal points of interest to the film’s primary messages, pro-viding lively commentary on the film and how its approaches could be followed or achieved in the Metro Vancouver context. The panelists included Marta Farevaag (Prin-cipal, PFS Studio), Andrew Pask (Planner, City of Vancouver), Jennifer Fix (Associate, Dialog Design), Lorraine Copas (Executive Director, SPARC BC), and Stewart Burgess (Carscadden Architects).

Marta Farevaag shared her enjoyment of how Dr. Gehl incorporated metrics to plan-ning; as Gehl asserts, “If you measure it, you care about it”. Marta went on to suggest that professional planners need to study each space for what it is, thus creating a sense of place for that specific space - while avoiding the creation of ‘cookie cutter’ places. Focus-ing one’s planning practice on a specific space involves studying things thoroughly and en-gaging with the people the space is primarily intended for.

The film illustrated the powerful impact and usefulness of initiating pilot projects, and fine-tuning the various ideas that come to the fore as input is received. Marta encouraged the use and effectiveness of the pilot project

approach as pilot projects often do not re-quire significant funds and provide ongoing iterative learning and outcomes. She also be-lieves that the professional planner is often in the role of primary communicator and im-plementer of initiatives. Professional plan-ners are in a unique position in this regard and thus have an important role in executing a human scale framework that is accessible and implementable. Marta concluded with commending all the people who have in-vested significant effort in energizing spaces, noting that as space becomes employed by the intended users, the value of meaningful space gains momentum. However, she also stressed that the initial energy requires cham-pions like Jan Gehl, professional planners, and community activists.

Reflecting on the film, Andrew Pask shared his perspective regarding the public realm: it serves as the ‘connective tissue’ linking ‘spac-es of encounter’ together throughout a city. Andrew questioned what ‘human scale’ really means. The film, he said, provided a reduc-tionist perspective rejecting the idea of tall buildings because the buildings are seen to contribute to loneliness. However, the film neglected to focus on how tall buildings are designed. Andrew noted that if tall buildings are well-designed, they can encourage social interaction rather than diminish it. Height can be married with a rich public space/realm, stringing these realms like a necklace – threading together public spaces. To An-drew, the professional planner’s role includes

“The public realm is the city’s ‘connective tissue’, linking ‘spaces of encounter’ through-out the urban fabric.T

STILLS FROM THE HUMAN SCALE, a documentary by Danish architect and professor Jan Gehl. Copenhagen Square (top); Bangladesh riverside (bottom)


BANGLADESH RICKSHAWA still from The Human Scale, a documentary by Danish architect and professor Jan Gehl

that of the community advocate, ensuring that human scale is achieved regardless of the height of the building.

Jennifer Fix expressed support for many of the human scale examples in the film and how these are reflected in our own commu-nities, including the growing interest in ur-ban laneway activation. However, she also noted that due to Canada primarily being ru-ral or suburban, the design of human focused spaces will differ from many of the examples seen in the film as the critical human mass required for human scale development envi-sioned by Dr. Gehl largely eludes most ur-ban centres in Canada. As a result, designing spaces and communities at the human scale requires modified thinking as these relate to desired development that reflects each indi-vidual community.

Jennifer shared a story of how planners often rely upon their own assumptions

when working with communities – often minimizing that value of local knowledge in the planning process. She encouraged plan-ners to draw upon the community being served or you too could be in the situation whereby the professional planner makes an assumption that a main street coffee shop is the place where neighbours meet up when, through consultation, it is identified that the town’s post office is actually the community hub. The creation of human scale develop-ment requires professional planners to ear-nestly gain a sense of the space in question with guidance from the community the hu-man scale space is to serve.

Lorraine Copas highlighted that the film’s presentation of the destruction of Christ-church’s downtown (2011 earthquake) re-vealed the web / connections throughout the city created by the residents through their involvement in their community. These ob-served connections are opportunities that need to be created for all community mem-bers to participate in fostering vibrant hu-man scale spaces.

Lorraine emphasized the importance

of economic inclusion, describing how so-cio-demographic paradigms shape a person’s perspective of community, of home, of com-fort. She emphasized that residents bring the local voice to the planning process. Lorraine shared her experience as a resident in an ur-ban downtown, stressing the importance of the feelings that cities can provoke. For ex-ample, a person living in a well-connected neighbourhood will typically think about their home minutes before arriving there, but those who live in places where they feel unsafe may only think about their home when they walk through the door – the term ‘home’ takes on different scales depending upon one’s feelings and perceptions.

Lastly, Stewart Burgess echoed the senti-ment that design is more complex than ex-pressed in the documentary regarding build-ings taller than 6 stories. He explained how tall buildings (greater than 6 stories) can be vibrant places by providing communal spaces throughout these buildings, not only in the lobbies or entryways. He stressed the im-portance of thoughtful, human scale design of the first two or three stories of a building as this is the portion that contributes to the sense of space on the street. The “good” or “bad” between short and tall buildings comes more from design than simply the number of floors; there are great examples of tall build-ings that contribute positively to the public realm, with an equal number of examples of shorter buildings detracting significantly from the public realm. Stewart concluded with the assertion that planners play a signifi-cant role in the development of public aware-ness and knowledge regarding planning, and the value of tall buildings. He encouraged professional planners to avoid the ‘awareness vacuum’ regarding the role of tall buildings in human scale focused development and in-stead to enable development options based upon the specific spaces and the communi-ty’s needs and desires.

Overall, the panel members agreed that good public space planning and design is not just about creating public space, but it is also about programming to create lively encoun-ters, on an ongoing basis, in these public spaces.

The Human Scale film was a great selec-tion for educating, engaging, and empow-ering the members of the community who joined us for our very first World Town Plan-ning Day film screening. The South Coast Chapter executive looks forward to the next World Town Planning Day Film Screening in 2017; see you there!


BY SIOBHAN MURPHY,

MCIP, RPP

EACH NOVEMBER, World Town Plan-ning Day is celebrated in 30 countries on four continents. It is a special day to recognize and promote the role of planning in creating liv-able communities.

The PIBC 2016 celebration of World Town Planning Day was at the Hyatt Regen-cy Hotel in Vancouver on Saturday, Novem-ber 5, 2016. The event recognized the admis-sion of all new certified members (Registered Professional Planners) in 2016, recognition of members who have held professional membership in the Institute for 25 or more years, as well as presented special awards for a new Life Member and an Honorary Mem-ber. Entertainment for the evening was by the jazz trio led by the Juno-nominated bass-ist, composer, bandleader, and educator Jodi Proznick.

The Life Member designation was award-ed to Jagdev Dillon FCIP (Ret.), who was in attendance to receive this most distinguished honour from the Institute. Jag has been a member of PIBC since 1967, and has a long history of volunteering locally, nationally and internationally for various organizations. He has also been a mentor to many planners over the years.

The Honourary Membership was grant-ed to Norman Hotson, Architect, AIBC, AAA, OAA, FRAIC, RCA. Norman is a Principal at DIALOG, a leading architec-tural, planning and urban design firm with offices in Vancouver and across Canada. THE EVENING BEGAN with informal cocktails, where planners and guests mingled and caught up to the music of Jodi Proznick’s trio. This was followed by the formal part of the program, which began with a welcome

by the MC for the evening, Lindsay Chase. She then turned it over to Jay Wollenberg of Coriolis Consulting, who provided opening remarks highlighting how thankful he was for the profession and congratulating both Jag Dhillon and Norman Hottsen.

Lindsay Chase introduced the Life Mem-ber award, emphasizing the high honour that is bestowed upon the recipient by this recognition. Recipients must be a PIBC member for at least 25 years, be known for maintaining exemplary professional conduct, be respected as a practitioner who has made significant contributions to Planning, and be a member in good standing. Her introduc-tion summarized some of Jag’s many achieve-ments as follows: Jag Dhillon joined PIBC in 1967. He is a Fellow of CIP (FCIP), former PIBC Planner of the Year, and a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal. He is a diverse practitioner in the public and private sector, and a strong mentor and supporter of students. He has contributed to many Cana-dian communities and others throughout the world through his international work. He has served on PIBC Council, and CIP Council, and mentored students.

“Words in the submission package de-scribed him as ‘intelligent, innovative, com-passionate, determined, thoughtful‘ — all skills used to describe an exceptional plan-ner,” she said.

After coming to the stage, Jag began by saying how greatly honoured he was to be receiving this award. “I didn’t do this alone. My family supported me all along the way. I don’t have time to name all of the people that have helped me, but there is one in particular: Peter Oberlander. I was a new immigrant to Canada. After three months, he accepted me

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to the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC in 1964. It was a class of nine students. After I graduated, he was my mentor and guru.”

The other person that helped him and taught him to think outside of the box was the late John Taylor of Toronto. One morning he called up and asked him to go to Guyana for six weeks and do a project there. “Because of him, I went to Guyana and that was start of my journey to do international work. I did about 46 projects all over the world on my holidays away from my regular job. I start-ed in South America, then Africa, China, the Philippines and Eastern Europe. Those jobs were very gratifying. Not your regular land use planning jobs. You would work 15-16 hours a day. There your plan wasn’t shelved; you could get things happening in six weeks.”

But it was not all work, he said. “I saw the Great Wall of China. I saw the ruins of Ma-chu Pichu.” Jag closed by saying, “I’m very grateful and it has been an enjoyable journey. While the awards are wonderful, my greatest reward is being associated with the Planning Institute of British Columbia and the Cana-dian Institute of Planners. Thank-you. ”

THE LIFE MEMBER DESIGNATION segment was followed by Lindsay Chase in-troducing and acknowledging those members that had been PIBC members for 25 years, followed by recognition of the newly certi-fied Registered Professional Planners (RPPs). Those persons recognized for 25 years of ser-vice were presented with a certificate and a

pin commemorating the award. New RPPs were presented with their formal membership certificates.

This was followed by the presentation of the newest Honourary Member. For over 40 years, Norman Hotson has designed and led a diversity of award winning projects in archi-

tecture, planning, and urban design, includ-ing the redevelopment of Granville Island. He has directed the design of numerous wa-terfronts in Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. Through his work, Norm has pursued his personal interest in the “street” as the lifeblood of a neighbourhood or an indi-

vidual project, and in making places in the built environment that people truly enjoy.

“This is quite humbling,” he said. “I got a letter in the mail. I was blown away.” His connection is a bit of a long story, but, “I’ve practiced urban design and planning even though I’m an architect.”

When he started his practice in 1973, he said, he based his approach on the foun-dational idea of taking this broader view of design. Today, creatively improving our com-munities through design is embedded in the DNA of DIALOG, he said.

His first job was to develop an Open Space Framework for the West End, working collab-oratively with a Landscape Architect. “It was my first collaboration with another design professional. It was a series of mini parks in the north/south street allowances to stop cars making shortcuts to the Lions Gate Bridge. It was I guess our first traffic calming in Van-couver. “(Cheers in the audience) “This close collaboration between disciplines,” he said, “is the key to great city building.”

“No one professional can deal with all of the complexities of a project,” he said. “Think of the rezoning process and all of the things you have to do: environmental review, con-sultation, sustainability targets, transporta-tion planning, land use and density studies, economic modelling, and of course, great de-sign. Only by working together can we solve the challenges of urban development.”

Norman showed a retrospective of some of his work. The projects reflect invaluable col-laboration with professionals, some of whom

2016 PIBC HONOURARY MEMBER Norman Hotson talks about lessons learned from a selection of award-winning projects


PIBC FOR LIFE Newest PIBC Life Member Jag Dhillon, FCIP (Ret.), on the right, with family and colleagues

• Mixed use is essential to create vibrant communities.• We have to look at our streets. We need to look at multi-modal corridors in the city.• The public realm is the key to city-building.• We need density - not sprawl. I personally believe we should stop building single family housing. I just don’t think it’s sustainable.• Transit – we must develop transit hubs and there must be rental housing at those locations.• I like the idea of generators like public markets that will draw people and precincts like Yaletown, Gastown where like-minded activities come together to make a great place.• We have wonderful waterfronts but we need to do more with them.• Affordability is a hot topic these days but it goes beyond housing, we need spaces for non-profits, artists, etc. for groups to be able to afford to do their activities.• History must be preserved.• Engagement and Sustainability are terribly important.• BEAUTY: too often we are so driven by the bottom line.

are sitting in this room, he said. “I also enjoyed close relationships with city planners on many of these projects. By involving municipal representation in the process, I believe that professional trust is built and better plans are made and plans certainly have a higher probability of political support. I’ve just had such a great opportunity to work on so much of the central area of the City of Vancouver.”

Some thoughts on some of his work included a number of iconic local projects, such as Granville Island. “Granville Island was that sem-inal piece that really jump started my own career. It was a great run to be part of a project that is so near and dear to the hearts of so many people. It was here that I began to get a better sense of placemaking as we know it today. There were so many lessons learned from that project.”

On Southeast False Creek: “We had 50 acres of public land and 30 acres of private land to build a community with. The first phase [is now] the Olympic Village, but the real story here was trying to seek out a new form for Vancouver. Not the high rise and podium form of the North Shore and North side of False Creek, but a new form of mid-rise development, or as Brent Toderian refers to it as ‘stretched’ mid-rise. It got a little bit too stretched, actually.”

On UniverCity at SFU: “This has been a really exciting piece of work to be part of, to really get your hands dirty actually designing the public realm; it’s been a great opportunity.”

Norman said DIALOG is also doing work with private interests – such as the re-imagining of shopping centres, looking at infill de-velopment such as Arbutus Centre. “We are going to tear down the shopping centre and reconstitute it into a piece of the city. These are very exciting mixed use projects that we hope will really change the face of some of these really large, somewhat desolate sites in the City.”

One international project that stood out was a 25-acre site in Bei-

jing, China, which was a mixed-use project. “What is remarkable about that experience is from beginning to end – from the sketch until people moved in - was one year!!!”

TO CLOSE, NORMAN TOLD ONE LAST STORY. “One time I looked into becoming a registered planner with PIBC. They told me over the phone about all these courses, and exams, and instead I thought, “Maybe one day I could become an honorary member!”

Lindsay Chase congratulated Norman again on his Honourary Member award and thanked everyone for joining the 2016 World Town Planning Day Gala, which ended the formal part of the evening.

NORMAN SAID LESSONS COULD BE SUMMED UP IN A NUMBER OF PLANNING PRINCIPLES:


SAINT BASIL’S CATHEDRAL in Moscow. Photo: Asguskov/Wikimedia

“Those lucky enough to have a job had often not been paid for months at a time.”


Full Disclosure: The author is my younger brother.

THIS IS NOT A BOOK ABOUT PLANNING PER SE, but it has observations that are relevant to planning. It chronicles the experiences of an international development consultant in Moscow from 1994 to 1997 after the ‘fall of communism.’ Indeed, he arrived a scant few months after an armed confrontation between President Boris Yeltsin and the Russian Parliament, some of whose members were still communists, that led to the shelling of the Russian White House and the death of two hundred to one thousand combatants in related street fighting.

This book has a dramatic opening: on a recon-naissance trip to Moscow, the author and his future boss are walking down the street on his first day in the city only to be swarmed by a pack of kids aged from roughly six to fourteen, punching kick-ing and jabbing fingers into pockets. They even-tually fend off the attack, but only after his boss is $100.00 lighter.

Despite these two events, the author and his wife decide to move to Moscow where he would work with Russian partners to set up an operation providing business services to fledgling entrepre-neurs in Moscow and elsewhere. Throughout the book, he describes their experiences – with corrup-tion, transportation and communication challeng-es, and the rigours of everyday life in a country with nine time zones – with a dry wit that is at times side-splitting.

Initially, the transition was a tough one involving a shift from a soci-ety in which choice, convenience and affluence are the norm for many to one in which scarcity, poverty, and poor accommodations predominate, even for many expatriates. Many couldn’t adapt and wound up going home early and, despite some dark nights of the soul, the author and his wife resolved to stick it out and to embrace the compensations associated with living in a new and exciting place and culture. In this, their attitude contrasted sharply with most expats who tried to replicate the suburban experience, while hating everything Russia had to offer, and being quite vociferous in saying so.

In time the author and his wife came to love Moscow and its environs and admire the resilience of the people who had completely lost whatev-

er safety net they had once had, and yet still found ways to survive. They thoroughly explored the hidden crevices of the city on foot, by bus, and metro, and were often surprised by the things they found – tiny under-ground nightclubs, hidden back alley restaurants, and massive outdoor flea markets. They were also struck by the extraordinary polarization of wealth. In the aftermath of communism, twenty oligarchs had managed to appropriate nearly half of the country’s GDP while most Russians lived in grinding poverty. Those lucky enough to have a job had often not been paid for months at a time. In the years immediately following the Gorbachev era, due to the devaluation of the Russian ruble, some commodities – such as metro tickets – increased in price 5000-fold.

The mention of pitted olives in the title refers to the astonishment that the Russians could be the world’s leading space technology innova-tors and yet not be able to create a device for pitting olives for restaurant use. They were also disconcerted by their maid’s practice of dunking her improvised mop in the toilet in order to wash the floor. But gradually it dawned on them that at least some of things that they took for granted back home, and saw as so important, maybe weren’t.

There were a number of paradoxes they noted during their stay. In theory, communism was supposed to promote the public good, but in fact the constant scarcity meant that, when an opportunity presented it-self to grab a desired commodity, it was ‘every man for himself ’ as people elbowed each other out of the way in a feeding frenzy. Also, people were so accustomed to squalor in their living conditions that when Linda,

the author’s wife, attempted to clean up communal areas, she was met with hostility and indifference. In this sense, John Kenneth Galbraith’s observation about “private wealth and public squalor” in North America was reversed in Russia. The public realm was often magnificent and imposing while people lived in atrocious domestic living conditions. Not only were the residential buildings in terrible repair, but the new structures built under Khrushchev and Brezhnev were hideous in design and made of the shoddiest materials.

So what are the take home messages for plan-ners? Expend more effort on creating a meaningful public realm, but not one that is built on the backs of the people as was the case in both the Tsarist and Soviet epochs. Not that that is likely to happen given that people here are so tax-averse. Second, build on our on-again, off-again commitment to multiculturalism in Canada to create built envi-ronments that help make people genuinely curious about other people and cultures, something that is singularly lacking amongst many Americans. Most

of the American expats the author met had not the slightest interest in Russia or the Russian people; they only wanted to live like they had lived back home.

Third, while paying attention to the public realm give attention to bread and butter issues like decent housing, jobs and income, social programs, and health care – items in short supply for the vast majority of Russians. Apart from housing, these are things that planners – with the possible ex-ception of social planners – have scant influence over. They are the prov-ince of senior governments. Only in the U.S. have significant numbers of people been allowed to fall to Russian levels of poverty and, there, the built environment is even worse in many cases. Only in America, amongst de-veloped nations, would an economic and social sacrifice zone like Detroit be allowed to exist. Canada is still in relatively good shape by comparison.

SAINT BASIL’S CATHEDRAL in Moscow. Photo: Asguskov/Wikimedia

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On September 30th, 2016 the PIBC Coun-cil met in Vancouver.

DELEGATIONS: UBC SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY & REGIONAL PLANNINGDr. Penelope Gurstein MCIP, RPP of UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), met with Council and provided an update on recent activities at the School.

PRESIDENTDaniel Huang MCIP, RPP provided an up-date on various activities, including: meeting with other Provincial and Territorial Insti-tutes regarding opportunities and challeng-es with respect to “right to title” and “right to practice” for planners across the country, and meetings with Gold winners of the 2016 Awards for Excellence in Planning.

COUNCIL & GOVERNANCECouncil reviewed the work to-date on the various goals and tasks from the 2015-2017 Strategic Plan and discussed opportunities and activities related to advancing the Stra-tegic Plan.

The Chairs of the Institute’s Education & Student Affairs, Membership, and Continu-ous Professional Learning Committees pro-vided general updates on recent activities for their respective committees.

Executive Director, Dave Crossley provid-ed an update and outlined a proposed plan of action with respect to compliance with the new Societies Act, which will come into effect on November 28, 2016. Council approved the plan as discussed. It was noted a Special General Meeting of the membership would be held on November 25, 2016 to vote on necessary changes to the Institute’s Constitu-tion and Bylaws. It was also noted that further optional Bylaw changes could be explored

and considered for the next regular Annual General Meeting in the spring of 2017.

Council approved the appointment of immediate past President, Andrew Young MCIP, RPP, to Council to fill the vacant po-sition of Past President on Council for the remainder of the current Council term. The vacancy arose from his earlier resignation to seek election to the CIP Board of Directors.

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCEExecutive Director, Dave Crossley, reported on ongoing and key activities at the PIBC Office.

Secretary-Treasurer, Andrew Ramlö MCIP, RPP, presented the Institute’s unaudited 2016 year-to-date finances for information.

Council reviewed and approved a res-olution regarding collection and remit-tance of applicable CIP membership fees and insurance premiums for members, in accordance with the affiliate agreement with CIP. Council also discussed proposed membership fees for 2017, and resolved to review and decide upon the 2017 fee schedule as part of the 2017 budget de-liberations in November. Council also ap-proved the proposed schedule of other fees and charges for 2017.

MEMBER PROGRAMS & SERVICESExecutive Director, Dave Crossley, provided an update on progress and planning for the Institute’s upcoming 2017 Annual Confer-ence, including: the creation of the confer-ence tagline “Equilibrium”, shortlisting of potential keynote speakers, and the launch of the Call for Program Proposals.

NATIONAL AFFAIRSCouncil reviewed the report of recent activi-ties of the CIP Board of Directors, including: development of a 2017-2020 Strategic Plan for CIP, the hiring process for a new Exec-

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SEPTEMBER 2016 utive Director, and initiation of the process to trademark the designations MCIP, MICU and FCIP in Canada and internationally.

COMMITTEE REPORTS & BUSINESSMembership: Council reviewed the report of the Membership Committee, which met re-cently in Vancouver and identified the need for the committee to shift its focus away from membership certification administra-tion, and towards membership recruitment, retention and strategic development. Coun-cil also approved the admission of a number of new members, and a number of member-ship transfers and changes. It was noted that Norman Hotson had accepted his admission to Honourary membership in the Institute, as previously approved by Council.

Council reviewed and approved the draft Terms of Reference for the new Climate Ac-tion Task Force, to replace the previously struck Climate Change Task Force.

INSTITUTE REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS & BUSINESSCouncil received and reviewed an update re-port from Emilie Adin MCIP, RPP, the In-stitute’s representative regarding the provin-cial Stretch Code Implementation Working Group.

The meeting adjourned, and two pieces of correspondence were deferred to the Novem-ber meeting.

OCTOBER 2016On October 21st, 2016 the PIBC Council met for a special meeting by telephone tele-conference.

COUNCIL & GOVERNANCENew Societies Act – Bylaws Update & Spe-cial Resolution: Council reviewed and ap-proved, for the consideration of the member-ship, certain special resolutions related to the


Professional Practice Review CommitteeNOTICE TO MEMBERS: CASE OUTCOME SUMMARIESAs members are aware, the Planning Institute of British Columbia’s regulatory function includes investigation of com-plaints of professional misconduct against members and resolution of such complaints by discipline, where appropriate.

The following summaries of recent professional conduct matters are published in keeping with PIBC bylaws and in the interest of education to all members and the public.

CASE SUMMARY #1THE COMPLAINT In late 2014, the PIBC received a complaint from a member working for a local gov-ernment regarding the conduct of a fellow planner employed by the same local govern-ment (the subject member). The allegations of potential misconduct involved the accep-tance of a gift by the subject member from a developer who, at the time of the receipt of the gift, had planning and development business under consideration by the local government for which the subject member worked in a senior management role over-seeing planning and development functions. The gift in this particular case was a set of tickets and a parking pass for an event with a total value of just over $900.

INITIAL INVESTIGATION & RECOMMENDATION A case officer was appointed from amongst the members of the Institute’s Professional Practice Review Committee to conduct an initial investigation into the complaint, in keeping with the bylaws of the Institute. Following the initial investigation, which in-cluded reviewing the complaint, a response from the subject member, and the review of other relevant information, the case officer concluded that the complaint had merit and recommended that the matter be referred for resolution by means of a formal review hearing. The conclusions and rec-ommendation of the case officer were then subsequently confirmed and ratified by an evaluation sub-committee of the Profession-al Practice Review Committee in accordance with the Institute’s bylaws.

REVIEW PANELFollowing the initial investigation and the re-ferral of this case for a formal review hearing by the evaluation sub-committee, a review panel of members of the Professional Practice Review Committee (consisting of three mem-bers and one alternate review panel member) was established and appointed as stipulated by the Institute’s bylaws. The review panel scheduled the date, time, and location to hold the review hearing, and issued the for-mal ‘Notice of Hearing’ in this case.

In advance of the formal review hearing the Institute’s prosecuting legal counsel and the subject member (represented by legal counsel) reached agreement on a joint submission and proposed consent discipline to resolve the matter in this case. Consent discipline is an option provided for in the Institute’s bylaws.

At the commencement of the review hearing the joint submission was presented to the review panel. It included agreed facts, admissions of misconduct by the subject member, and proposed discipline, as well as analysis and reasons for the proposed con-sent discipline. Additionally the submission acknowledged that there was no allegation or evidence of actual influence with respect to the gift and the subject member’s exercise of authority, and further noted that the subject member had repaid the monetary value of the gift.

RESOLUTIONThe review panel sought clarification, gave consideration, and provided feedback regarding the joint submission and proposed consent discipline. The subject member (represented by legal counsel) and the Institute’s prosecuting legal counsel agreed to a revised consent discipline proposal for the consideration of the review panel. The review panel ultimately accepted the joint submission and resolved to confirm and rat-ify the revised consent discipline proposed.

The consent discipline that resolved this case included admissions by the subject member to breaches of the Institute’s Code of Professional Conduct including: failing to ensure full disclosure to the member’s employer of a possible conflict of interest arising out of receipt of a gift (PIBC bylaws

Institute’s transition under the new Societies Act, which comes into affect on November 28th, 2016.

A Special General Meeting of the mem-bers will be convened on November 25th, 2016 in Vancouver to consider and vote on two special resolutions (updating the Insti-tute’s Constitution and revising the Insti-tute’s Bylaws). The Institute’s transition will then be filed with the Province of BC on or following November 28th.

NOVEMBER 2016The Institute held a Special General Meeting (SGM) on Friday November 25th, 2015, in Vancouver.

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONSPIBC President Dan Huang MCIP, RPP presided over the SGM and welcomed members and guests. It was noted that the purpose of the SGM was to consider two special resolutions recommended by PIBC Council. Copies of the two special resolu-tions were available as part of the meeting package, and had also been circulated to members in advance, along with formal no-tice of the meeting.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONSPresident Dan Huang introduced each spe-cial resolution individually for consideration. The first proposed revisions to the Institute’s Constitution, and the second proposed a number of revisions to the Institute’s Bylaws – all related to the Institute’s transition under the new Societies Act, which came into effect on November 28th, 2016.

PIBC Executive Dave Crossley provided an overview of the transition process necessi-tated by the new Societies Act, and reviewed each of the two special resolutions, highlight-ing and summarizing the proposed revisions to the Constitution and Bylaws, and answer-ing questions from members.

There was discussion and a vote on each of the two special resolutions, which were both approved unanimously by the members present.

ADJOURNMENTPresident Dan Huang thanked everyone for at-tending the SGM, and adjourned the meeting.


section 14.5.8); and acceptance of a gift that could appear to influence or affect planning advice in the context of the subject mem-ber’s position with their employer (PIBC bylaws section 14.5.9). Once the hearing was convened, but prior to making the joint submission, the Institute stayed an addition-al one allegation of misconduct against the subject member related to another section of the Code of Professional Conduct (PIBC bylaws section 14.6.2).

The consent discipline also included the following disciplinary actions against the subject member in this case:

• The registration of a reprimand against the member;• A requirement for the member to provide a written apology to the Institute;• The publication of a summary of the circumstances of the complaint and the discipline in this case to the members of the Institute; and• Payment of $1,500 by the member to the Institute towards partial recovery of the Institute’s costs in this matter.

PRACTICE ADVICE All members are reminded that conflicts of interest or possible conflicts of interest in the planning profession can arise easily and without ill intent, particularly when planners are employed in local government settings where planning and development proposals from various third parties are under review and consideration.

Members are further reminded of the need to identify and disclose any potential conflict of interest that might arise from any third party relationship or interaction. Being in a possible conflict of interest is not necessarily inherently unethical. The Institute’s Code of Professional Conduct, (PIBC bylaws section 14.5.8), creates the expectation that planners will identify and disclose possible conflicts so that they can be addressed without prejudicing the planner, the employer, or third parties.

With respect to the receipt of gifts or benefits, members should exercise extreme caution and make all reasonable efforts to avoid personal acceptance or receipt of any kind of gift or other personal benefit from a third party who might have business with or planning proposals under consideration be-fore the organization for which the member works. Such gifts or benefits might easily be perceived as a potential inducement, even though they might otherwise appear innoc-

uous and be offered with no obvious quid pro quo or explicit strings attached.

Any members finding themselves in a possible conflict of interest situation should, wherever possible, make prompt and full disclosure to their employer or client so that adequate steps can be taken to address any concerns. In addition, members may contact the PIBC for advice or assistance, including a referral to a colleague, to help determine whether a possible conflict of interest has arisen and how disclosure may best be made.

The PIBC Professional Practice Review Committee is developing a more exten-sive practice advice article addressing the circumstances and professional practice issues raised in this case, which will appear in a future edition of Planning West. Watch this space.

CASE SUMMARY #2THE COMPLAINT In late 2015, the PIBC received a complaint from a member working as a consultant regarding the conduct of a fellow planner who was also working as a consultant for a different firm (the subject member). The allegations of potential misconduct involved the representation of the planning skills and experience of the subject member as outlined on the consulting firm’s website. In particular the allegations were that the subject member had claimed professional planning skills and experience that the member did not possess, and that wording used by the subject member was plagiarized from the complainant’s own website.

INITIAL INVESTIGATION & RECOMMENDATION A case officer was appointed from amongst the members of the Institute’s Professional Practice Review Committee to conduct an initial investigation into the complaint, in keeping with the bylaws of the Institute. Following the initial investigation, which in-cluded reviewing the complaint, a response from the subject member, discussions with the parties, and the review of other relevant information, the case officer concluded that the matter that gave rise to the complaint had been satisfactorily resolved in a manner not necessitating further review or disci-plinary action by the Institute.

In particular, the case officer deter-mined that the situation arose, in part, due to confusion stemming from an earlier professional relationship and potential

collaboration between the complainant and the subject member. In addition the case officer determined that the subject member had not acted with any inappropriate intent, and ensured that appropriate clarifications and revisions to the published information regarding the subject member’s planning skills and experience had been made.

RESOLUTIONThe conclusions and recommendation of the case officer were subsequently confirmed and ratified by an evaluation sub-committee of the Professional Practice Review Com-mittee in accordance with the Institute’s bylaws. This case therefore concluded with no further review or action by the Institute.

PRACTICE ADVICE This particular case provides an opportunity to remind members that when potential issues of minor dispute or conflict with another member arise, it is often best to first attempt to resolve the matter directly with the other member in a straightforward collegial manner before involving the Insti-tute’s disciplinary process. Notwithstanding the precise circumstances and outcome of this case, it also presents a general opportu-nity to remind all members to be cautious and only practice or offer professional services within their areas of profession-al competence, and to always accurately communicate their individual professional expertise and skills, as stipulated by the Institute’s Code of Professional Conduct (PIBC bylaws sections 14.5.2 and 14.6.3). And when working or offering services in collaboration with other professionals with other skills and experience (e.g. in partner-ship, or through sub-contractual arrange-ments) always be clear about exactly how particular skills or services are being offered, and by whom.

“With respect to the re-ceipt of gifts or benefits, members should exer-cise extreme caution.”


Membership Committee Report

CERTIFIEDChristine Batchelar

David BellGraeme BrownJohn CalimenteSlavenko Cugalj

Janine de la SalleChloe Fox

Jeffrey Ginalias Ian Hall

Adam HyslopMichelle Kam

Nadine KawataVanessa Kay

Christopher McBeathGlenn MorrisTom Pearce

Robert PublowLaura Roddan

Maria SandbergCarla Schuk

Heather SheddenNeil Smith

Ren ThomasMarianne Wade

Mary Wong Brian Zurek

CANDIDATEElizabeth Chapman

Emma ChowMark GroulxDilys Huang

Alec JohnstonEmily Macdonald

Hannah McDonaldKyle McStravickSarah Thomas

PRE-CANDIDATEAfrooz Fallah Manshadi

Morgan McLeodDaniel Penner

STUDENTMary Grace Agapito (UBC)

Saki Aono (UBC)George Benson (Reinstate, UBC)

Richard Buchan (Waterloo)Robert Catherall (UBC)Stephen Clark (UBC)

Oliver Dunn (UBC)Laurel Eyton (UBC)

Filippos Gkekas (UBC)Stuart Hamre (UBC)Devon Harlos (UBC)Navid Helal (UBC)

Teagan Kuling (Univ. of Sask.)Jessica Lee (UBC)Austin Lui (UBC)

Christopher Mah (UBC)Dawn Marsden (SFU)

Michael McBurnie (UBC)Emily Morales (UBC)Brittany Morris (UBC)

Marjan Navab-Tehrani (UBC)Kai Okazaki (UBC)Danielle Palumbo

(Ryerson U.)Katelyn Stewart (UBC)

Alexander Taciuk (UBC)Cyril Tomlinson (UBC)Meagan Twissell (UBC)Sasha van Stavel (UBC)

Emma Watson (UBC)Lillian Wilson (UBC)Amitai Zand (UBC)

PUBLIC SUBSCRIBERElizabeth Ballantyne

Nicholas DhaliwalStephanie Gerbrandt

Krista GilbertAnke HurtJustin Jay

Tory LawsonVictoria Salisbury

Steve TornesCelina VosillaAlec Young

At its meeting of September 30, 2016, it was recommended and approved that Council admit the following individuals to membership in the Institute in the appropriate categories as noted:

At its meeting of September 30, 2016, it was further recommended and approved that Council approve and/or acknowledge the following membership transfers and changes in membership status for the following individuals:

NEW MEMBERS

MEMBER CHANGES

Laura Frank From Certified To Member on LeaveLuciana Moraes From Candidate To Member on LeaveMark Brodrick From Member on Leave To CertifiedDallas Clowes From Member on Leave To CertifiedG. Robert Heaslip From Member on Leave To CertifiedSheila Herrera From Member on Leave To Certified Heather Kamitakahara From Member on Leave To CertifiedShahista Shaikh From Member on Leave To Candidate Kierstin Bird ResignedMichelle Larigakis ResignedAnna Page Deceased

INSTITUTENEWS


Kristin Aasen MCIP, RPPLinda Adams MCIP, RPP

Felicity Adams MCIP, RPPEmilie Adin MCIP, RPP

Andrew Allen MCIP, RPPTimothy Barton MCIP, RPP

Erica BeasleyKris Belanger MCIP, RPPLaura Bentley MCIP, RPP

Catherine Berris MCIP, RPPDavid Block MCIP, RPPAndré Boel MCIP, RPPIain Bourhill MCIP, RPP

Chloe BoyleGeraldine Boyle

Lisa Brinkman MCIP, RPPCraig Broderick MCIP, RPP

Richard BuchanRobert Buchan FCIP, RPP

Bill Buholzer FCIP, RPPLesley Cabott MCIP, RPP

Christine Callihoo MCIP, RPPKen Cameron MCIP, RPPBen Campbell MCIP, RPPAllan Campeau MCIP, RPP

Lui Carvello MCIP, RPPChee Chan MCIP, RPP

Ada Chan Russell MCIP, RPPSamantha Charlton

Lindsay Chase MCIP, RPPLilian Chau MCIP, RPP

Joan Chess-Woollacott MCIP, RPPJeffrey Chow MCIP, RPPHazel Christy MCIP, RPP

Jason Chu MCIP, RPPMarc CittoneKerri Clark

Neil Connelly MCIP, RPP

Thank You to Our 2016 Volunteers!

Throughout the year, the Planning Institute of British Columbia relies on the volunteer contributions and efforts of our members in moving forward with the impactful projects, events, and activities that advance and improve the planning profession. It is with heartfelt thanks and appreciation that we recognize our 2016 volunteers for their contributions.

THANK YOU!

Bill Corsan MCIP, RPPKen Cossey MCIP, RPP

Michael CoulsonTerry Crowe MCIP, RPP

Birte Decloux MCIP, RPPRebecca Delorey

Jag Dhillon FCIP, RPPMichael Dickinson MCIP, RPP

Nancy Dubé MCIP, RPPJulian Dunster MCIP, RPP

Paul Dupuis MCIP, RPPRhonda Eager MCIP, RPP

Carla Eaton MCIP, RPPAshley Elliott MCIP, RPPBrent Elliott MCIP, RPP

Katherine FabrisMarta Farevaag MCIP, RPP

Daniella Fergusson MCIP, RPPAllyson Friesen MCIP, RPP

Corine Gain MCIP, RPPMike Gau MCIP, RPP

Hardev Gill MCIP, RPPLinda Gillan

Charlene Grant MCIP, RPPEd Grifone MCIP, RPPAmanda Grochowich

Tom Gunton MCIP, RPPTomoko Hagio MCIP, RPPSusan Hallatt MCIP, RPPGordon Harris FCIP, RPP

Shaun Heffernan MCIP, RPPRyan Hennessey MCIP, RPP

Jennifer Hill MCIP, RPPSharon Horsburgh MCIP, RPP

Daniel Huang MCIP, RPPKari Huhtala MCIP, RPP

Christopher Hutton MCIP, RPPLeah Irvine MCIP, RPP

Barbara Jackson MCIP, RPPDeborah Jensen MCIP, RPP

Carole Jolly MCIP, RPPKenna Jonkman MCIP, RPP

Chani Joseph-Ritchie MCIP, RPPTeresa Kaszonyi

Lisa King MCIP, RPPRobert Knall MCIP, RPPNancy Knight MCIP, RPP

Mark Koch MCIP, RPPJane Koepke

Jane KohLisa Krebs MCIP, RPPKaren Kreis MCIP, RPP

Karin Kronstal MCIP, RPP


Simon Lapointe MCIP, RPPBlake Laven MCIP, RPPHelen Lee MCIP, RPP

Gregory Leighton MCIP, RPPSpencer Lindsay

Dustin LupickDavid Marlor MCIP, RPP

Patrick Marples MCIP, RPPRod Martin MCIP, RPP

Ronald Mattiussi MCIP, RPPHannah McDonald

Alison McNeil MCIP, RPPChelsea Medd

Gregory Mitchell MCIP, RPPJames Moore MCIP, RPP

Hillary Morgan MCIP, RPPZoë Morrison MCIP, RPP

Jhon MozoSara Muir-Owen MCIP, RPP

Kent Munro MCIP, RPPSiobhan Murphy MCIP, RPP

Travis NagyKathryn Nairne MCIP, RPPClaire Negrin MCIP, RPP

Russell Nelson MCIP, RPPPolly Ng

Gary Noble MCIP, RPPKerry Pateman MCIP, RPP

Madelaine Peters MCIP, RPPOdete Pinho MCIP, RPP

Andrew Ramlö MCIP, RPPEvelyn Riechert MCIP, RPP

Carly RimellTeresa Rittemann

Ryan Roycroft MCIP, RPPKaren Russell FCIP, RPP

Francesca Sanna MCIP, RPPKatrin Saxty MCIP, RPP

Jamai SchileAndrew Seidel

Gwendolyn Sewell MCIP, RPPPamela Shaw MCIP, RPP

Chris Sholberg MCIP, RPP

Finlay Sinclair MCIP, RPPCarlie Smith MCIP, RPP

Suzanne Smith MCIP, RPPRoss Soward MCIP, RPPLisa Spitale MCIP, RPP

Mandy Stanker MCIP, RPPJohn Steil FCIP, RPP

Mark Stevens MCIP, RPPAlison Stewart MCIP, RPPJillian Tamblyn MCIP, RPP

Shannon Tartaglia MCIP, RPPAlex Taylor MCIP, RPP

Amanda TaylorPaul Thompson MCIP, RPP

Margaret-Ann Thornton MCIP, RPPTanya Turner MCIP, RPP

Eric Vance FCIP, RPPMichelle VandermoorRobert Veg MCIP, RPP

Gloria Venczel MCIP, RPPBarry Waitt MCIP, RPP

Dan Wallace MCIP, RPPRobert White

Richard White FCIP, RPPKasel Yamashita MCIP, RPPAndrew Young MCIP, RPP

Raymond Young MCIP, RPPJeff Zukiwsky MCIP, RPP

BASE OF OPERATIONS The Planning Institute of British Columbia is located on the 17th floor of the Marine Building in downtown Vancouver, an art deco-inspired skyscraper built in 1930. Photo: 3dpete/flickr

INSTITUTENEWS

WORLDVIEW

As Great Places in Canada’s 2016 Winner for Great Street, historic Water Street in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, is an attraction for the community’s over 80,000 visitors each year. The award-winning five-block area’s design and architecture references the community’s over 200 years of history, but the place itself continues to evolve to remain a daily part of its 1,800 residents’ lives for both commercial and recreational purposes.

HISTORIC WATER ST—ST. ANDREWS, NEW BRUNSWICK

TAKE A LOOK at this inspiring street at greatplacesincanada.ca/2016-winnersPhoto: Hap Stelling, M.Pl., MCIP, RPP


2017 PIBC AWARDS for Excellence in Planning & Individual Achievement

The call for submissions for the 2017 PIBC Awards Program is now open!

Members can make submissions for the Awards for Excellence in Planning and for Individual Achievement

The 2017 PIBC Awards call for submissions & nominations close

Monday, February 27, 2017 For complete details on making a submission, please visit www.pibc.bc.ca

Applied Planning POST-DEGREE DIPLOMA: 12-MONTH, FULL-TIME PROGRAM

This cohort-based, applied, technical program provides graduates with the skills they need to obtain an entry-level job in urban or rural planning.

This innovative course delivery model features:• Evening courses to facilitate employment while taking the program

• Special topics one-day courses on hot topics in planning

• Major Project: allows students to explore the topic of their choice in greater detail

• Optional work experience opportunity for students after finishing course work

Receiving applications now for Fall 2017.

Learn more. Kathryn Nairne604.323.5710 | [email protected]/applied-planning

INFORMATION SESSION: March 8th, 2017

Visit website for more information.

TAKE A LOOK at this inspiring street at greatplacesincanada.ca/2016-winnersPhoto: Hap Stelling, M.Pl., MCIP, RPP

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERSCHARLES MONTGOMERYAward-winning author of Happy City - Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design and founder and principal of Happy City, the consultancy

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NINA-MARIE LISTER, MCIP, RPPGraduate Program Director and Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University in Toronto where she founded and directs the Ecological Design Lab

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