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LEAD Maple Ridge – a Community Social Safety Initiative (CSSI)

LEAD Maple Ridge

Maple Ridge Council has deployed an integrated approach to ensure residents are able to live their best lives today and into the future. The approach is called ‘LEAD Maple Ridge.’ LEAD is an acronym for Listen, Engage, Assess and Deliver.

LEAD Maple Ridge, a Community Social Safety Initiative (CSSI), is an integrated planning approach to build community resilience through greater community vitality, access to healthy pathways that enable people to mutually support each other, and achieve well-being and a good quality of life.

The LEAD Maple Ridge public engagement process intends to build understanding about what a safe City looks like, what are the public safety issues and concerns, what initiatives and solutions are working, and what else would Maple Ridge residents like to see.

The intention is to identify and document neighbourhood specific issues and concerns to inform the development of a City of Maple Ridge Community Safety Strategy.

What is the aim of the Community Social Safety Initiative?

The intended outcome is to develop a strategy to help ensure:

That citizens feel safe and are engaged in their community
That citizens are protected
That their well-being is supported

What is the LEAD Maple Ridge Process?

Communities are diverse and issues and concerns often vary from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. We want to engage the broader Maple Ridge community to understand how you experience safety in the community. Inviting your input is a key step in this process and we want to hear your perspective and what issues are important to you on a day to day basis.

Engagement Opportunities

Over the summer of 2021, a number of engagement activities were scheduled to give residents the opportunity to share to share their thoughts and experiences related to community safety.

Community Safety Comment Map

Over August, a pilot project "Community Safety Comment Map" was available for citizens to provide their comments and observations on Community Safety themes in Maple Ridge. The Comment Map is now closed. Stay tuned for more information on this initiative.

Virtual Neighbourhood Meetings

A series of virtual neighbourhood meetings took place to allow for thoughtful discussion, creative brainstorming and individual contribution. The neighbourhood meetings collected specific insights into community safety priorities. Please view the map to see the City's neighbourhoods.

Introduction to LEAD Maple Ridge Community Social Safety Plan

Silver Valley and Yennadon Areas
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
7:00 - 8:30 pm - this session has concluded.
July 7, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation

Albion and Cottonwood
Monday, July 12, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 pm - this session has concluded.
July 12, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation

Hammond
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 pm - this session has concluded.
July 14, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation

West Maple Ridge, including South Alouette and Alouette
Thursday, July 15, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 pm - this session has concluded
July 15, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation

Town Centre and Central Maple Ridge
Monday, July 19, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 pm - this session has concluded
July 19, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation

Thornhill and Spilsbury Areas
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 pm - this session has concluded
July 21, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation

Whonnock and Ruskin Areas
Thursday, July 22, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 pm - this session has concluded
July 22, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation

East Maple Ridge including Webster’s Corner, Whispering Falls, Smith and Rothsay Neighbourhoods
Monday, July 26, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 pm - this session has concluded
July 26, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation

Silver Valley and Yennadon Areas
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
7:00 - 8:30 pm - this session has now concluded
July 28, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts by attending these virtual neighbourhood meetings!

Learning Event: Virtual Community Safety Panel Q &A

Thursday, July 29, 2021
7:00 - 8:30 pm -this session has now concluded
July 29, 2021 CSSI Public Consultation Presentation - Learning Event
Thank you to everyone who attended this session and a big thank you to our panel of safety experts.

Online Survey

The online survey is a primary method of hearing from the wider Maple Ridge community. The survey provided an opportunity for residents to share and reflect on their experiences, challenges, and successes related to community safety. The online survey was open from June 25^th till July 31^st. If you have additional feedback that you would like to provide the City, or questions about the survey, please send us an email. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts!

Community Pop-ups

City staff will be popping up in some popular community locales to talk about this important process. City staff have been available to answer questions at the following locations:

Saturday, July 10 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at Memorial Peace Park
Thursday, July 22 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm at Whonnock Lake
Tuesday, July 27 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm at Albion Park located at 104 Avenue and Jackson Road and at Telosky Stadium
Wednesday, July 28 from 2:00 - 3:30 pm at Hammond Pool

If you are unable to attend any of the above events, we still want you to have your say, via the survey, email or phone at 604-463-5221

Why engage?

As part of its commitment to include the public in important decision making, the City has policies and processes to ensure public engagement is inclusive, accessible, transparent, and measurable, and that results are shared with the people who have helped shape the outcomes.

For more information about the LEAD Maple Ridge engagement goals and principles, please click here.

LEAD Maple Ridge Work To Date

LEAD is a public engagement framework for community safety in Maple Ridge involving four steps: Lead, Engage, Assess, and Deliver. It is an innovative planning approach designed to build trust, participation, transparency, and communication about City led initiatives through measurement and reporting that enhances accountability.

In the context of LEAD and the CSSI the City of Maple Ridge has successfully initiated community conversations with the business community and health, housing and social services stakeholders to better understand related to the downtown and specific geographic locations.

Please visit our Background and Resource page for more information. This page includes staff reports, presentations as well as community resources.

How will LEAD Maple Ridge be implemented?

The Community Social Safety Initiative is a multi-faceted program that seeks to ensure citizens feel safe and engaged; citizens are protected; and citizens’ well-being is supported.

The City is working with community partners and other levels of government to gather their input and identify service gaps and opportunities to improve service levels where needed.

Programs and/or initiatives developed under the CSSI will encourage public engagement in positive activities and interactions, volunteer opportunities and will increase the vibrancy of our community.

Want To Stay In Touch?

Updates on LEAD Maple Ridge will be provided online as well as via email. If you wish to be included on the LEAD Maple Ridge E-Newsletter, please send us an email at leadtogether@mapleridge.ca