Staff Report
Town of View Royal Annual Report 2024 (Excerpts)
June 17, 2025Pages 105–1149 sections
Selected sections of the 2024 Annual Report outlining the Town's strategic plan, including vision, goals, and planned timing for result categories like Enhance Livability and Health, Safety & Security.
Strategic goals include purchasing a new firetruck in 2025Goal to hire additional full-time fire personnel in 2026Planned refresh of Town's website in 2026Housing strategy development planned for 2027Transportation Master Plan update scheduled for 2025
View Royal Fire at Canada Day celebration
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LOOKING AHEAD - 2024-2026
View Royal Park playground
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STRATEGIC PLAN
We’re working together to make View Royal better everyday by focusing on what’s important to the citizens of our community, constantly improving how we do business and ensuring we plan for our future to build a strong, healthy, and thriving View Royal.
The Strategic Plan details what we heard from citizens about what is important to them and what they want the Town to do on their behalf.
The Strategic Plan outlines six key result categories, which describe the focus areas of our work to help us prioritize our efforts and resources, setting out specific goals with measures, targets, and planned timing for the work.
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ENHANCE LIVABILITY
Citizens told us they want to:
- Be able to move around the community efficiently;
- Have a range of housing options close to services;
- Participate in community events and have a sense of belonging;
- Celebrate View Royal’s unique history.
| Key strategic goals to Enhance Livability: | Timing: |
|---|---|
| Undertake Off-Street Parking Review | 2026 |
| Develop a Housing Strategy | 2027 |
| Update Transportation Master Plan | 2025 |
| Develop Helmcken Centennial Park Master Plan | 2026 |
| Update Parks Master Plan; develop a Trails Master Plan | 2026/2027 |
| Explore options for a memorial cenotaph for fire, police, and military with relevant agencies for funding and location | 2025 |
| Explore heritage designation options for historical properties in View Royal | 2027 |
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Citizens told us they want to:
- Controlled growth;
- Implications of growth considered.
| Key strategic goals to enhance Community and Economic Growth in View Royal: | Timing: |
|---|---|
| Review potential to use tax incentives to attract business, including hotels, to View Royal | 2025 |
| Hold a visioning session for the employment corridor (“Western Gateway”) | 2025 |
| Placemaking Urban Design Plan to facilitate distinct identity for View Royal’s public realm | 2026/2027 |
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CLIMATE ACTION & ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Citizens told us they want to:
- Focus on community action around climate change.
| Key strategic goals to enhance Environmental Stewardship in View Royal: | Timing: |
|---|---|
| Implement building energy audit to improve the energy efficiency of Town buildings, with supplementary funding from BC Hydro/Fortis | 2025/2027/2028 |
| Review the implications of potential demolition and deconstruction bylaw | 2025/2026 |
New playground equipment at Knollwood Park
Enjoying the bike park in View Royal Park
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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY & SERVICE EXCELLENCE
Citizens told us they want to:
- Receive good value for tax dollars;
- Fund the continuation of current service levels through taxation;
- Fund future large projects through putting aside funds annually.
| Key strategic goals to Financial Sustainability & Service Excellence: | Timing: |
|---|---|
| Develop Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw and Update DCC Bylaw | 2026 |
| Initiate a long-term facilities management plan | 2025 |
| Engage community on priorities/guidelines for use of developer contributions (e.g., amenity contributions) | 2025 |
| Conduct a statistically valid citizen satisfaction survey | 2026 |
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & GOOD GOVERNANCE
Citizens told us they want:
- Transparency in decision-making;
- Respectful meetings.
| Key strategic goals to enhance Good Governance in View Royal: | Timing: |
|---|---|
| Refresh the Town’s website | 2026 |
| Host at least one Council to Council event with Songhees Nation and Esquimalt Nation | 2026 |
| Town Hall accessibility projects | 2026/2027 |
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HEALTH, SAFETY & SECURITY
Citizens told us they want to:
- Live and work in a safe community prepared for emergencies.
| Key strategic goals to enhance Community Safety and Security in View Royal: | Timing: |
|---|---|
| Update Business Continuity Plan, integrating IT Business Continuity Plan | 2025 |
| Hire an additional full-time Fire personnel | 2026 |
| Next Generation 911 preparedness | 2025 |
| Expand the FireSmart program | 2025 |
| Purchase a new firetruck | 2025 |
FireSmart booth at View Royal Fire Department Open House
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Extracted from: 2025 06 17 Council Agenda - Agenda - Pdf