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Community Engagement
The inclusion of more voices in civic affairs helps to ensure that Council is both responsive and accountable to the community’s input and priorities. I am committed to finding new and better ways to establish a meaningful dialogue with our taxpayers on issues that affect them – issues such as the taxes they pay and the services we provide. For example, citizen advisors were added to almost all of our Council’s standing committees at the beginning of this Council’s term. We’re also making greater use of web-based tools, such as online surveys, social networking websites and blogs, as well as bringing back town hall meetings, where we will come together as a community to discuss what’s important to us.
The City is committed to engaging its stakeholders in a variety of ways to meet increasing demands for information, involvement and interaction as part of the City’s decision-making processes. The overall objective is to foster a welcoming environment for public participation that will make local government more accessible to a wider range of residents. This will, in turn, increase the community’s ability to have an impact on local government policies and decisions.
With the cooperation and involvement of everyone in our community, Port Coquitlam will continue to be the kind of place where we all want to live, work, play and retire.
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Milestones:
- April 14, 2009 - First Town Hall Meeting of 2009 to be held at Westwood Elementary
- March 2009 - Port Coquitlam Residents Surveyed on Transit Plan and Services
- January 2009 - Successfully used online survey to engage more than 200 citizens in financial planning process
- January 2009 - Launched Council Community Connections Program
