- Citizens should determine development.
- Neighbourhood associations encourage engagement.
- The AAA network is crucial to the connection of neighbourhoods.
- Transform Victoria, without using densification as a panacea.
- Market-based housing should give locals first purchase option.
- Densification mitigates neither urban sprawl nor the climate crisis.
- Return AirBnb’s to the rental market.
- House conversions, and Residential Rental Tenure zones increase housing stock.
- Place size limits on new single-family homes.
- Pressure the federal and provincial governments to provide necessary housing.
- Prioritize co-op housing and median-income based housing.
- Consideration of native flora and fauna must go beyond tokenism.
- The urban forest reduces flood risk and cools neighbourhoods.
- The urban forestry director and Parks must become a fundamental part of any development proposal, weighted equally with engineering.
- Built systems must incorporate suitable habitat and natural system regeneration.
- Community gardens, pollinator pathways, and backyard biodiversity are vital to the health and well-being of all