Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Welcome to Community Workshop 1 January 9, 2019
Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Lena Zordan POLICY COORDINATOR, LIQUID WASTE SERVICES January 9, 2019
Agenda
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
Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE Fred Nenninger DIRECTOR, POLICY, PLANNING & ANALYSIS Community Workshop January 9, 2019 1
Metro Vancouver Wastewater Treatment Plants 2
Iona Island Secondary WWTP Regulatory Drivers Metro Vancouver s Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management Plan Government of Canada s Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations
Vancouver Sewerage Area Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, UBC, UEL, Squamish Nation & Musqueam Indian Band 4
N Iona Island WWTP
Iona Island WWTP Project Phases & Timeline
Iona Island Secondary WWTP Project Goals Secondary Wastewater Treatment Resource Recovery Community and Park Integration
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)
Integrative Design Process: Everyone engaging everything early 9
Integrative Design Process (IDP) 10
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
IONA BEACH REGIONAL PARK Sylvia Pendl PARK PLANNER, REGIONAL PARKS, WEST AREA IWWTP Community Workshop 1, January 9, 2019 28096719
Regional Park System 2
Regional Parks protect natural areas and connect people to nature. Regional Parks Plan, 2016 3
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
REGIONAL PARK VALUES
Iona Beach Regional Park
Iona Beach Regional Park Located in Richmond 300 000+ visitors 114 ha land 733 ha incl. intertidal 13 km trails 7
Recent Iona Beach Regional Park Projects 2012 2017
Considerations Improving opportunities to connect with nature Improving habitat Plant/Park integration Educational, interpretive and programming opportunities Collaborating with agencies, park partners and volunteers
Thank you.
November, 2018 Story of Place Iona Island Presented by: Jeff Cutler space2place
Vancouv er Seattle Victoria Salish Sea from the International Space Station
10,000 Source: Geoscape Vancouver Natural Resources Canad
5,000 Source: Geoscape Vancouver Natural Resources Canad
TODAY Source: Geoscape Vancouver Natural Resources Canad
Fraser River Delta Front Source: Geoscape Vancouver Natural Resources Canad
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
Pacific Flyway Important Bird Areas Source: National Geographic
Salmon Migration Routes Source: Cohen Commission
Southern Resident Killer Whale Habitat Source: Port Metro Vancouver
Fraser Estuary Food Web
Sedementation Pattern Source: McLaren and Tuominen (1998)
CHUM FRY PINK FRY HARRISON RIVER SOCKEYE FRY HARRISON RIVER CHINOOK FRY Juvenille Salmon Movements Source: Marvin Roseneau
Salt Wedge from the River to the Sea FRESH WATER SALT WATER
Coast Salish Language Map Source: Museum of Anthropology Brian Thom
Indigeneous Transportation Routes Source: Stolo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas
Indigeneous Transportation Routes Source: Stolo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas
Early Trails of the Burrard Penninsula Source: Map of New Westminster Woods and Turner 1882
Evolution of Iona Island
PRIOR TO Cesna?em Ancient Musqueam village over 4000 years old.
1910 s
1930 S
1950 s
1960 s
1980 s
1990 s
TODAY
Iona Island Today
Scale comparison of Iona to other places Iona Island False Creek Stanley Park Ashbridges Bay Central Park
RAMSAR Designated Wetlands Source: Metro Vancouver
Site Ecology
Foot Traffic Source: Strava.com/heatmap
Cycling Traffic Source: Strava.com/heatmap
Recreational water traffic Source: Strava.com/heatmap
Visitors vs. Tourists Source: Eric Fisher
Metro Vancouver Flood Projection (1m sea level rise) Source: Fraser Basin Council Northwest Hydraulics
YVR Future Planning Source: YVR 2037 Master Plan
How big is HERE? (in space & time) REGION COMMUNITY PROJECT
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!
DISCUSSION
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?
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?
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?
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?
Thank you Please remember to hand in your feedback form 10