Over the last little bit, I’ve been posting about Langley City’s Citizens’ Assembly on Community Safety, including about the Assembly and their first recommendation, their second recommendation, and their third recommendation. This is my last post on their recommendations.
The Assembly also made four supporting recommendations. The first supporting recommendation is to improve how Langley City communicates with residents and businesses, and how residents and businesses can communicate with the City. This means information from the City should be proactive, consistent, accessible, in plain language and available across multiple mediums (online, print, in-person). It also means that residents and businesses should have a one-stop shop for connecting with the City and service delivery partners.
The Citizens’ Assembly members felt strongly that housing is the foundation for safety and well-being, and that a Citizens’ Assembly on Housing would add value by focusing on practical options to deliver affordable housing in Langley City. The members also felt that it would help build community consensus around delivering housing, as it can be divisive at the neighbourhood level today.
The Assembly members also recommended that the City continue to advocate to the province for a Mobile Integrated Crisis Response team for Langley, where a police officer and a health care professional work as a team for certain calls. The Assembly also recommended that the City continue to advocate for the federal and provincial governments to fund the construction of affordable housing in the community across the housing continuum.
As the next step, City staff are working on an implementation plan for the Assembly’s recommendations. Council will then have the opportunity to discuss and potentially approve the implementation plan to put the Assembly’s recommendations into action.
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