Monday night Prince Rupert City Council and those that sloshed through the snow learned details of the Quality of life survey that Jennifer Wilson Consultants conducted between November 13 and February 21.
The findings were to be posted on the City of Prince Rupert website and a review of the council meeting and the presentations can be found at princerupert.com.
Roughly 475 Rupertites participated in the survey designed to be part of the review of the city’s Official Community Plan.
In Monday’s Daily News, the paper provided some background on the survey and what it was to produce for the city.
QUALITY OF OUR LIVES UNDER MICROSCOPE
By Leanne Ritchie
The Daily News
Monday, March 19, 2007
Page one
The city has completed a study that will help planners ensure a good quality of life for current and future citizens.
Jennifer Wilson, of Jennifer Wilson Consultants will present the findings from the City of Prince Rupert’s Quality of Life Community Plan Project at a special meeting tonight at city hall at 7 p. m.
The idea behind the project was to ensure future planning is based on a community-wide perspective – not drive by the loudest voice, nor limited to self-interests, nor constrained to those who typically get involved.
Between November 13 and Feb. 21, local people were consulted about four elements – the community’s definition of quality of life and what the essential ingredients are, the level of personal satisfaction with how the vision is being achieved, areas that are working well and need to be retained, and serious issues needing to be addressed.
Around 475 people participated in a random community-wide survey and 20 community meetings.
According to the results, 10 specific attributes were identified as essential to good quality of life – six attributes measured personal satisfaction in terms of living in Prince Rupert, civic pride, and optimism about the city’s future. Residents identified 17 attributes as performing well and 22 serious issues were identified as being highly inadequate – serious detractors from quality of life in Prince Rupert and in things that are in need of improvement.
The report is part of the city’s Official Community Plan review and will also be used in future years to help assess whether Prince Rupert is changing for the better.
The full report is available at City hall, on the city’s website (http://www.princerupert.ca/), the library and the Economic Development Office.
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