Official Community Plan - District of North Vancouver

Plan Amendment and Review
12.1
This Official Community Plan provides a long-term vision for the District and policy guidance
to achieve this vision. For it to be effective, it is important that municipal decision-making
and policy implementation are consistent with the objectives and commitments laid out in
this plan. This approach provides direction and assurance to our stakeholders, partners and
residents alike. At the same time, due to the long-term horizon of a plan that looks out 20
years to 2030, it is also important for the OCP to be considered a “living document”. As such, it
is recognized that the OCP will be amended from time to time as the community evolves, our
needs change, and new opportunities to achieve a bright and sustainable future emerge. The
key will be for plan amendments to reflect genuine worth and value to the community.
To ensure the ongoing validity of this plan, an OCP review will occur every 5 years. At the time of
this review, and through the various implementation strategies detailed in section 12.3, public
involvement will be essential in keeping this OCP relevant and alive. Monitoring of progress
towards the OCP’s vision and goals will also be provided through the Plan’s Indicators and
Targets.
Plan Monitoring: Indicators
and Targets
12.2
As a living document that sets a path to the future, it is useful to establish targets to help
identify what it is we are striving to achieve in the OCP. For this reason, Chapters 1 through
11 of this plan each refer to a headline target to reflect one significant element of the chapter.
In some cases these targets reflect official regional or provincial figures, and in many cases
they represent “stretch” targets that may require further development with the community. In
addition to the headline targets, a series of community indicators have also been established.
These indicators are intended to capture the broader scope of our community’s objectives
and represent some of the indicators we need to monitor to assess our progress towards
realizing our vision for the future. Together, these targets and indicators measure a number
of the OCP’s social, economic, and environmental goals and can be thought of as constituting
a sustainability or “triple bottom line” approach to evaluation. The targets and indicators
proposed here may be modified and/or supplemented as needs change and progress towards the
OCP’s vision is made. These targets and indicators are provided for reference within the OCP.
Progress towards these targets and assessment of these indicators will inform periodic
monitoring of the OCP. In addition to the 5-year OCP reviews, a report to Council outlining
OCP status and progress is anticipated to be prepared every 1-to-2 years according to need
and the availability of data. It is also anticipated that members of the public and/or community
stakeholders be involved in the ongoing monitoring and implementation of the plan, through
citizen advisory-type working group(s).
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