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Draft City of Victoria Engagement Strategy We may not have heard from you! The good news is: There is more time. The timeline for providing feedback on Victoria's draft public engagement strategy has been extended to Friday, January 29, 2010. Over the past three months we asked for input into how the City can best engage the community in civic matters. We held focus groups and a public ideas fair, interviewed stakeholders, prepared a workbook to spark discussion, and hosted an online board called Ideascale to hear how the community would like to see the City improve how it engages Victoria citizens. The draft City of Victoria Engagement Strategy is available for public review and comment (email: engage@victoria.ca) until Friday, December 18. The final report will be released this spring.
Background: One of the most important jobs a municipality has is to ensure its citizens know how their tax dollars are spent and how to access the many services available to them. We live in one of the best communities in the world and we are extremely fortunate to receive some of the highest quality municipal services in Canada. Yet we often hear that our citizens aren't aware of what the municipality offers or don't understand how they can get involved in issues that concern them. The City of Victoria is developing a Public Engagement Strategy to identify how we can better communicate and connect with our citizens. We accomplished this by research, analysis and by asking you the following questions: When was the last time you attended a meeting at City Hall? What motivated you to do so? What would encourage you to be more involved in your community, and City decision-making? And are there ways you would like to hear from us that the City hasn't yet explored? Victoria is one of the first municipalities in the province to develop an engagement strategy. Staff and Council are continuing to learn what works best when consulting the community, and what the best techniques are for different situations. Thank you for taking the time to respond. This work builds on the recommendations of the City of Victoria Governance Review completed earlier this year.
How We Asked for Your Involvement Here are some of the ways we asked for your involvement:
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