I really think this is the future. Micro mobility. We are seeing delivery companies creating electric delivery bikes to efficiently move packages, families ditching the car for a cargo bike, seniors and others with limited mobility have a brand new way of getting around. We need to account for this and make sure we are building space for them. Not just taking these modes on to the periphery. But build them into our priority.

The e-bikes and scooters are very expensive relative to other bike shares like Mobi and the e-scooters are certainly getting on some people's nerves. I don't belief e-scooters are inherently bad, just that our infrastructure isn't in place to support them. Currently they are illegal to ride in most of the city. They are only allowed in bike lanes and on roads with no yellow dividing line. It is impossible to get almost anywhere in the city following those 2 rules, so of course people take them on the side walk. We need to improve the infrastructure, not demonize a very efficient, sustainable and accessible way of moving people.

The provincial rebates just aren't good enough. But taking cars off the road would save the city a ton of money on repairs, improve congestion, health and safety. So looking at ways that we can incentivize that for Richmond residents would be great!

If we are going to be leaders in this space we need to lead by example. The new Steveston Community Centre is very disappointing as they claim sustainability is at the forefront of the design but it is lacking affordable housing that should be attached, it has expensive and carbon intensive underground parking and it is only built to LEED Gold standards rather than net-zero. We are not putting action to our rhetoric.

The City owned district utilities are amazing and award winning. They have thousands of units connected into them in the City Centre, Oval district and Alexandra district and will eventually provide heat and hot water services to those buildings using either geo-thermal or waste heat energy recovery. Unfortunately while we wait for those to come online they are temporarily serviced with gas furnaces. It might be 10 years before they become operational so I want to look at the feasibility and cost/benefit analysis of switching those out for electric heat pumps.

The City is already doing amazing work in this space and I am fully committed to continuing it.

The Bee Turf requires much less watering and mowing (which saves resources and money) while also acts as an amazing pollinator source for our pollinators. Using this on city owned greenspace where appropriate and incentivizing it on private property could allow us to keep our water usage down as we continue to grow.

Public on street parking is paid for by everyone in the city. Whether we own a car or not. It also takes up valuable space to store private vehicles that could be used to move people. As we move to more active transport and fewer people are choosing to drive we will have and even bigger abundance of parking that we already do and can re-allocate that space.

Low fee parking permits should also be explored to create equity between who uses the space and who pays for it. These permits would be low cost and have exemptions for low-income residents who rely on their car.

I would explore extending Evo's home zone to include Richmond city centre at the very least with the goal of expanding it from there.

This is really good way to decrease the heat gain in homes. Especially when you look at our new glass tower buildings that just suck in heat. We should look at making sure our buildings are adaptable to the changing climate and external shading is a big part of that.

We need a mix of housing type, form, and affordability levels in every neighbourhood. We have ways that we can stack the deck in favour of non-profit development to provide more affordable housing options. We can increase density, speed up permitting, lower or eliminate some of the many fees developments have to pay.

Right now the only thing you are allowed to build on the vast majority of our residential land is detached mansions. We need the type of housing that is fit for young families, teachers, nurses, seniors looking to downsize, wage workers, for everyone! And we need it in every neighbourhood. Young families are fleeing Richmond's subdivisions and we have fewer overall kids today than we did in 2001. Schools are on the brink of closing and we to reserve that trend and zoning is orders of magnitudes the biggest thing we can change to create positive change.

A Richmond Housing Corp that can buy and develop its own land, in partnership with non-profits could be an incredible way to create affordable housing across the city. Burnaby is looking at using this tool, many Vancouver parties are promising it in their city and we should look at it as well.

We could take 2 of our large lots in Richmond and zone them so instead of two mansions you'd be allowed to build 8 1000-1500 square foot family sized houses with big porches, looking inward towards a big communal garden space with a playground, a large communal kitchen and living space for big gathering together, a guest suite, or even a child care centre. WIth parking for car shares, a bike storage shed, electric charging space. We can have this type of a community, we just need to allow it.

Parking is expensive and is one of the biggest factors that prevent developers building more affordable units. Many cities across North America have gotten rid of mandatory minimums and as we look to build near transit, it makes sense to do the same. We already have good measures in place to reduce parking in exchange for things like more bike parking, car share spaces etc... but it is time to take the next step and require those other things, while leaving parking up to the market.

Our vacancy rate is around 1%. We need thousands of new rental units in the coming years to catch up on years of inaction. We have the tools to deliver that rental housing, we just have to use them.

We saw from the heat dome last year that our most vulnerable residents need more protection in their own home. Air conditioning may not be the best for the environment but while we transition to adapting to our warming environment we need to make sure we are protecting our most vulnerable. Everyone should have the right to cooling in their home. While at the same time we work to upgrade city facilities with heat pump cooling systems, and mandating them in new builds, along with active solar protection and more energy efficient buildings.

Co-op housing and co-housing (where a home owner could decide to develop their own land with their family or some friends...) are incredibly important tools in delivering affordable housing. There are lots of ways we can prioritize and incentivize this type of development.

Apartments are much more accessible than townhouses and yet outside of the city centre there are almost no places where we can build low or mid density (4-6 storey) apartments. We need to change that to allow people with limited mobility the right to live in every neighbourhood. To allow seniors to downsize and stay close to their community. As our population ages this is so so important.

A municipal housing corp could work with the Indigenous community to identify needs and work together to acquire and develop land to suit those housing needs.

Instead of taking on debt and paying interest, Richmond is able to gain interest on our savings and put that towards projects significantly decreasing the cost to taxpayers for the infrastructure we get.

We need a mix of housing type, form, and affordability levels in every neighbourhood. We have ways that we can stack the deck in favour of non-profit development to provide more affordable housing options. We can increase density, speed up permitting, lower or eliminate some of the many fees developments have to pay.

Right now the only thing you are allowed to build on the vast majority of our residential land is detached mansions. We need the type of housing that is fit for young families, teachers, nurses, seniors looking to downsize, wage workers, for everyone! And we need it in every neighbourhood. Young families are fleeing Richmond's subdivisions and we have fewer overall kids today than we did in 2001. Schools are on the brink of closing and we to reserve that trend and zoning is orders of magnitudes the biggest thing we can change to create positive change.

A Richmond Housing Corp that can buy and develop its own land, in partnership with non-profits could be an incredible way to create affordable housing across the city. Burnaby is looking at using this tool, many Vancouver parties are promising it in their city and we should look at it as well.

We could take 2 of our large lots in Richmond and zone them so instead of two mansions you'd be allowed to build 8 1000-1500 square foot family sized houses with big porches, looking inward towards a big communal garden space with a playground, a large communal kitchen and living space for big gathering together, a guest suite, or even a child care centre. WIth parking for car shares, a bike storage shed, electric charging space. We can have this type of a community, we just need to allow it.

Parking is expensive and is one of the biggest factors that prevent developers building more affordable units. Many cities across North America have gotten rid of mandatory minimums and as we look to build near transit, it makes sense to do the same. We already have good measures in place to reduce parking in exchange for things like more bike parking, car share spaces etc... but it is time to take the next step and require those other things, while leaving parking up to the market.

Our vacancy rate is around 1%. We need thousands of new rental units in the coming years to catch up on years of inaction. We have the tools to deliver that rental housing, we just have to use them.

The Bee Turf requires much less watering and mowing (which saves resources and money) while also acts as an amazing pollinator source for our pollinators. Using this on city owned greenspace where appropriate and incentivizing it on private property could allow us to keep our water usage down as we continue to grow.

We need a mix of housing type, form, and affordability levels in every neighbourhood. We have ways that we can stack the deck in favour of non-profit development to provide more affordable housing options. We can increase density, speed up permitting, lower or eliminate some of the many fees developments have to pay.

Right now the only thing you are allowed to build on the vast majority of our residential land is detached mansions. We need the type of housing that is fit for young families, teachers, nurses, seniors looking to downsize, wage workers, for everyone! And we need it in every neighbourhood. Young families are fleeing Richmond's subdivisions and we have fewer overall kids today than we did in 2001. Schools are on the brink of closing and we to reserve that trend and zoning is orders of magnitudes the biggest thing we can change to create positive change.

A Richmond Housing Corp that can buy and develop its own land, in partnership with non-profits could be an incredible way to create affordable housing across the city. Burnaby is looking at using this tool, many Vancouver parties are promising it in their city and we should look at it as well.

We could take 2 of our large lots in Richmond and zone them so instead of two mansions you'd be allowed to build 8 1000-1500 square foot family sized houses with big porches, looking inward towards a big communal garden space with a playground, a large communal kitchen and living space for big gathering together, a guest suite, or even a child care centre. WIth parking for car shares, a bike storage shed, electric charging space. We can have this type of a community, we just need to allow it.

Parking is expensive and is one of the biggest factors that prevent developers building more affordable units. Many cities across North America have gotten rid of mandatory minimums and as we look to build near transit, it makes sense to do the same. We already have good measures in place to reduce parking in exchange for things like more bike parking, car share spaces etc... but it is time to take the next step and require those other things, while leaving parking up to the market.

Our vacancy rate is around 1%. We need thousands of new rental units in the coming years to catch up on years of inaction. We have the tools to deliver that rental housing, we just have to use them.

A municipal housing corp could work with the Indigenous community to identify needs and work together to acquire and develop land to suit those housing needs.

I really think this is the future. Micro mobility. We are seeing delivery companies creating electric delivery bikes to efficiently move packages, families ditching the car for a cargo bike, seniors and others with limited mobility have a brand new way of getting around. We need to account for this and make sure we are building space for them. Not just taking these modes on to the periphery. But build them into our priority.

The e-bikes and scooters are very expensive relative to other bike shares like Mobi and the e-scooters are certainly getting on some people's nerves. I don't belief e-scooters are inherently bad, just that our infrastructure isn't in place to support them. Currently they are illegal to ride in most of the city. They are only allowed in bike lanes and on roads with no yellow dividing line. It is impossible to get almost anywhere in the city following those 2 rules, so of course people take them on the side walk. We need to improve the infrastructure, not demonize a very efficient, sustainable and accessible way of moving people.

The provincial rebates just aren't good enough. But taking cars off the road would save the city a ton of money on repairs, improve congestion, health and safety. So looking at ways that we can incentivize that for Richmond residents would be great!

Public on street parking is paid for by everyone in the city. Whether we own a car or not. It also takes up valuable space to store private vehicles that could be used to move people. As we move to more active transport and fewer people are choosing to drive we will have and even bigger abundance of parking that we already do and can re-allocate that space.

Low fee parking permits should also be explored to create equity between who uses the space and who pays for it. These permits would be low cost and have exemptions for low-income residents who rely on their car.

I would explore extending Evo's home zone to include Richmond city centre at the very least with the goal of expanding it from there.