Community Engagement Framework
Take the survey by July 30, 2024!
We're inviting residents, businesses, and organizations to help shape the City’s first-ever Community Engagement Framework.
Let us know how you prefer to give feedback, get information, and learn about City services.
We want to hear from voices around our community to understand what’s important to you when it comes to community engagement, any challenges you face, and how you want to have your say.
Complete our survey and enter to win a $50 gift card!
How to Participate
Input can be provided by:
Completing our online survey (see below) before July 30.
Visit us at a pop-up booth as we attend various events around town this summer (events and dates to be announced).
City staff will also meet with a diverse range of community groups, organizations, and municipal partners over the summer.
About the Community Engagement Framework
The City's Community Engagement Framework will support our goal of being an open and engaged organization - offering meaningful opportunities for residents, businesses, and organizations to provide input into decisions.
The engagement framework will be developed over 2024 based on the established practices of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), which provides a spectrum of public participation levels ranging from informing to empowering people in decisions that affect their lives.
The framework will:
Guide how the City designs, plans, and implements engagement with the community.
Provide clear criteria for when the City will seek public participation in a decision and when it will inform the public about a decision.
Provide a consistent approach to how the City engages with community members.
Foster inclusiveness to increase participation from diverse voices.
Provide staff with tools and resources to plan engagement processes that allow for diverse and meaningful opportunities to participate in decision-making.
The engagement survey, events, and meetings will provide valuable public input to support the development of the City’s Community Engagement Framework along with best practices research and staff/Council feedback.
For additional information on the City's full community engagement program, visit MapleRidge.ca/Your-Government/Community-Engagement.
What is Community Engagement?
Well-planned and authentic community engagement supports informed decision-making and better outcomes; ensures members of the public are connected to the municipal decision-making process; fosters trust in local government; and helps meet City priorities to be open and transparent and build a vibrant City.
Project Timeline
Engagement opened with the launch of the survey on June 4, 2024 and will continue until July 30, 2024. For additional details, please refer to the Project Timeline section to the right.
Level of Engagement - Consult
The engagement for this project is at the "consult" level of the International Association for Public Participation's (IAP2) Spectrum of Public Participation. This means that we will obtain public feedback on analysis, alternatives, and/or decision. We will also keep you informed, listen to and acknowledge concerns and aspirations, and provide feedback on how public input influenced the decision.
Learn more about how we use the Spectrum as a foundation for community engagement here!
Translations
There is an automatic translation tool available at the top-right of this page. Languages include: Traditional Chinese [繁體中文], Simplified Chinese [简体中文] Punjabi [ਪੰਜਾਬੀ], Filipino [Tagalog], Vietnamese [Tiếng Việt], French [Français], Korean [한국어], Japanese [日本語], Spanish [Español] and more.
Please Note: Google Translate is a third-party service and we cannot guarantee the quality or accuracy of the translated content. If you require additional support, email engage@mapleridge.ca.
Who's Listening
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Email Engage@MapleRidge.ca