Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Project. Welcome to Community Workshop 1 January 9, 2019

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1 Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Welcome to Community Workshop 1 January 9, 2019

2 Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Lena Zordan POLICY COORDINATOR, LIQUID WASTE SERVICES January 9, 2019

3 Agenda

4 Workshop objectives Provide participants with background on the Project and the place Identify how the place is currently used and valued Identify opportunities and constraints

5 Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE Fred Nenninger DIRECTOR, POLICY, PLANNING & ANALYSIS Community Workshop January 9,

6 Metro Vancouver Wastewater Treatment Plants 2

7 Iona Island Secondary WWTP Regulatory Drivers Metro Vancouver s Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management Plan Government of Canada s Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations

8 Vancouver Sewerage Area Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, UBC, UEL, Squamish Nation & Musqueam Indian Band 4

9 N Iona Island WWTP

10 Iona Island WWTP Project Phases & Timeline

11 Iona Island Secondary WWTP Project Goals Secondary Wastewater Treatment Resource Recovery Community and Park Integration

12 The Project Definition Phase Deliverable A report that will: Provide a conceptual design Provide a project schedule for detailed design and construction Provide a detailed design and construction costestimate Recommend procurement method(s)

13 Integrative Design Process: Everyone engaging everything early 9

14 Integrative Design Process (IDP) 10

15 Integrative Design Process & Community Workshop Schedule Workshop Dates Theme Integrated Design Process Workshop 1 Nov 19-20, 2018 Goals / Objectives / Process Community Workshop 1 January 9, 2019 Site discovery and use, identify values Integrated Design Jan 2019 Objective hierarchy and evaluation Process Workshop 2 Community Workshop 2 March/April 2019 Identify potential concepts for community integration and resource recovery Integrated Design Apr 2019 Plant concepts integration Process Workshop 3 Integrated Design Jul 2019 Plant concept evaluation and screening Process Workshop 4 Community Workshop 3 Sept/Oct 2019 Review and discussion of 3 preferred concepts, how feedback incorporated & objective hierarchy process Integrated Design Oct 2019 Preferred concept selection Process Workshop 5 Community Workshop 4 TBD Review preferred option Integrated Design Process Workshop 6 Mar 2020 Preferred plant indicative design Integrated Design Process Workshop 7 Integrated Design Process Workshop 8 Jun 2020 Sep 2020 PDR draft review PDR final presentation 11

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17 IONA BEACH REGIONAL PARK Sylvia Pendl PARK PLANNER, REGIONAL PARKS, WEST AREA IWWTP Community Workshop 1, January 9,

18 Regional Park System 2

19 Regional Parks protect natural areas and connect people to nature. Regional Parks Plan,

20 Metro Vancouver s Regional Parks protect large scale landscapes in their natural state (usually larger than 100 hectares) with sensitively sited opportunities for access and trails. -Regional Parks Plan, 2016

21 REGIONAL PARK VALUES

22 Iona Beach Regional Park

23 Iona Beach Regional Park Located in Richmond visitors 114 ha land 733 ha incl. intertidal 13 km trails 7

24 Recent Iona Beach Regional Park Projects

25 Considerations Improving opportunities to connect with nature Improving habitat Plant/Park integration Educational, interpretive and programming opportunities Collaborating with agencies, park partners and volunteers

26 Thank you.

27 November, 2018 Story of Place Iona Island Presented by: Jeff Cutler space2place

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29 Vancouv er Seattle Victoria Salish Sea from the International Space Station

30 10,000 Source: Geoscape Vancouver Natural Resources Canad

31 5,000 Source: Geoscape Vancouver Natural Resources Canad

32 TODAY Source: Geoscape Vancouver Natural Resources Canad

33 Fraser River Delta Front Source: Geoscape Vancouver Natural Resources Canad

34 Consisting of 34 intricately linked and interdependent riversheds, the Fraser River Basin drains 21 million hectares (more than a quarter) of British Columbia, and supports more salmon runs than any other river in the world FRASER RIVER source: Rivershed society For a sense of the scale, consider that all of Great Britain, or most of California, could fit within it. source: Fraser Basin Council FRASER RIVER WATERSHED VANCOUVER

35 Pacific Flyway Important Bird Areas Source: National Geographic

36 Salmon Migration Routes Source: Cohen Commission

37 Southern Resident Killer Whale Habitat Source: Port Metro Vancouver

38 Fraser Estuary Food Web

39 Sedementation Pattern Source: McLaren and Tuominen (1998)

40 CHUM FRY PINK FRY HARRISON RIVER SOCKEYE FRY HARRISON RIVER CHINOOK FRY Juvenille Salmon Movements Source: Marvin Roseneau

41 Salt Wedge from the River to the Sea FRESH WATER SALT WATER

42 Coast Salish Language Map Source: Museum of Anthropology Brian Thom

43 Indigeneous Transportation Routes Source: Stolo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas

44 Indigeneous Transportation Routes Source: Stolo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas

45 Early Trails of the Burrard Penninsula Source: Map of New Westminster Woods and Turner 1882

46 Evolution of Iona Island

47 PRIOR TO Cesna?em Ancient Musqueam village over 4000 years old.

48 1910 s

49 1930 S

50 1950 s

51 1960 s

52 1980 s

53 1990 s

54 TODAY

55 Iona Island Today

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57 Scale comparison of Iona to other places Iona Island False Creek Stanley Park Ashbridges Bay Central Park

58 RAMSAR Designated Wetlands Source: Metro Vancouver

59 Site Ecology

60 Foot Traffic Source: Strava.com/heatmap

61 Cycling Traffic Source: Strava.com/heatmap

62 Recreational water traffic Source: Strava.com/heatmap

63 Visitors vs. Tourists Source: Eric Fisher

64 Metro Vancouver Flood Projection (1m sea level rise) Source: Fraser Basin Council Northwest Hydraulics

65 YVR Future Planning Source: YVR 2037 Master Plan

66 How big is HERE? (in space & time) REGION COMMUNITY PROJECT

67 OUR BELIEF We believe this project is an opportunity to catalyze big changes in how we integrate waste water systems into our communities and society for the benefit of the whole!

68 DISCUSSION

69 Table discussion Question 1 (15 minutes) What do you love about this place? What do you value most about this place that you want to maintain, sustain or elevate? What meaning does this place have for you?

70 Table discussion Question 2 (15 minutes) What do you see as concerns, now or in the future? What would you like to see addressed now / in future? What would need to be true to overcome these concerns?

71 Table discussion Question 3 (25 minutes) What do you see as the potential of this place? What long-term benefit / value could this project bring? What big ideas or big changes could this project inspire? What opportunities do you see at the scale of: the project? the community? the region?

72 Report back (10 minutes) Q1: What do you love about this place? Q2: What do you see as concerns, now or in the future? Q3: What do you see as the potential of this place?

73 Thank you Please remember to hand in your feedback form 10