Guiding Questions (The Service Environment)

On 20 March 2008, as a part of its ongoing review the Fulford Study Group

will focus on understanding the Service Environment.  Here are some issues and questions on which the Group would appreciate response.  Passages in italics are issues from the Group’s Terms of Reference:

1. What [new] facilities or services (e.g. [businesses, public space], sewage treatment) would be required to fulfill your vision?
2. What changes are necessary to address public safety and emergency services such as fire fighting, ambulance, and evacuation routes?
3. Consider the consumption of resources and energy, the supply and delivery of water, and the treatment of sewage [see also paper on Water and Waste-water approaches].  What infrastructure might be necessary to accomplish your vision of the village?
4. Understanding that the ferry terminal will not be moved to another location or closed, and that the final design of a new terminal clearly rests with BC Ferries, what recommendations would you make about the terminal in order to accomplish community goals?  Do you support the recommended design in the final report of the OCP Fulford Focus Group?
5. How much space will be required for parking, and where should that go? 
6. What is required to make the village become more pedestrian and bicycle friendly, and how should that be accomplished?
7. Should the village boundaries be changed in order to facilitate your vision of the village and the immediate surrounding area, and if so, how?  Do your responses to the above questions imply a change in the way we view the village boundaries?