CPRA National Conference & Trade Show • Ottawa • Ontario September 27, 2007

1. Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Renewing the Jewel: Stanley Park and the Storm of 2006 CPRA National Conference & Trade Show • Ottawa • Ontario September 27, 2007

2. Crisis / Opportunity Focus on Organizational Response • Emergency management • Staffing and resources • Media coordination • Fundraising • Political and resident involvement

3. Stanley Park’s Forest • about 250 hectares or 620 acres • about 150,000 mature trees • one of Vancouver’s central symbols • habitat, education, recreation

4. Forest History • 1860-1886: logging • 1888: Stanley Park • 1890-1930: 100 ha converted to rec. uses • 1935 & 1962: windstorms • 1940s, 1980 & 1989: forest management plans

5. Windstorms & Damage • three major storms • 10,000+ trees fell • severe damage to 15% of forest • damage to seawall & forest trails • escarpment above seawall destabilized

9. Preparing the Plan • Elected Board • Staff & consultant team • Steering Committee • Stakeholders Committee • Community Consultation

10. Goals for the Restoration Plan • Establish and maintain conditions in the blowdown areas that will foster a resilient coastal forest with a diversity of native tree and other species and habitats, using methods and equipment that protect the environment, park visitors, workers and volunteers

11. Goals for the Restoration Plan • Repair the park’s infrastructure so that the park activities can resume as quickly as possible • Create legacies that will support the whole of Stanley Park’s forest in the long term

12. Foster a Resilient Coastal Forest • Protect the forest floor and understory plant communities and retain as many trees and snags as possible.

13. Foster a Resilient Coastal Forest • Modify the newly created forest edge.

14. Foster a Resilient Coastal Forest • Remove an appropriate amount of fallen trees from the forest floor.

15. Foster a Resilient Coastal Forest • Remove fine woody debris from areas of human activity.

16. Foster a Resilient Coastal Forest • Plant Douglas-fir, western red cedar, Sitka spruce, grand fir, big leaf maple, red alder and a variety of shrubs.

17. Foster a Resilient Coastal Forest • Brush back the understory surrounding newly planted trees for the next ten years.

18. Foster a Resilient Coastal Forest • Reduce risk of invasive plant and insect infestation within and near the blowdown areas.

19. Protect the Natural and Cultural Environments • Relocate Park Drive and parking lot away from Prospect Point to improve drainage, visitor safety and aesthetics.

22. Protect park visitors, workers and volunteers • Modify or remove danger trees and hazard trees.

23. Protect park visitors, workers and volunteers • Prepare and implement a slope stabilization plan.

24. Repair Park Infrastructure • Repair damaged portions of the seawall.

25. Repair Park Infrastructure • Repair damaged roads, trails, drainage, and utilities.

26. Create Supporting Legacies • Enhance and augment educational and interpretative resources for Stanley Park.

27. Create Supporting Legacies • Allocate fallen trees that will be removed based on a hierarchy of needs.

28. Community Consultation Responses toPhone Public 6 key questions: SurveyFeedback Forest more accessible: 48% 37% Leave one blowdown as is: 76% 65% Retain all views PP to TB: 9% 13% New building / attraction: 66% 50% Sell timber to fund forest: 85% 69% Re-establish historical 78% 65% tree ratio:

29. LEARNINGS

30. Enviro Due Diligence  More biologists than foresters  Negotiated uncertainty  Legislative ambiguity

31. Enviro Due Diligence  Job site profile • Endangered plus • Leave a soft footprint

32. Balanced Resolution  Few absolutes  Environment vs safety  Long term vs short term solution

33. Balanced Resolution • The pressure for haste vs due diligence • Efficiency vs political correctness

34. Flexible Application of the Plan  Day to day on site judgement and direction  Multiple layers of inputs/incremental concensus • Learn/plan as you go • Fire, wind, rain, biology, machinery, archeology, human nature

35. Safety  Operating a park and a restoration project simultaneously  The forestry culture

36. Safety  Reduced economic pressure • Weather, fire • The public/park user – “fitness makes you stupid”

37. Ongoing information  Information quells rumours  Rumours create extra work  The media • The park users • The general public

38. Progress to date: Do it Once, do it Right a) The GIS information base for the park  Environmental  Cultural  Infrastructure

39. Progress to date: Do it Once, do it Right b) Risk assessments  The forest  The escarpment  The seawall

40. Progress to date: Do it Once, do it Right c) The sorting lot and brokerage  200 logging truck loads to date  Debris management – the logistics of scale

41. Progress to date: Do it Once, do it Right d) Forestry operations  Prospect Point complete • Invasives • Insects

42. Progress to date: Do it Once, do it Right e) Geo tech  Escarpment crest modification  Drainage/path relocation  Bio engineering

43. Progress to date: Do it Once, do it Right f) Seawall • The wall: structure, porosity, damage • The paths: voids, slumpage, surface lifting

44. Budget • Preparing the Restoration Plan $ 500,000 • Clearing and repairing roads and trails $1,000,000 • Prospect Point blowdown area $2,250,000 • Other blowdown areas $1,250,000 • Reforestation $1,000,000 • Seawall repairs and reconstruction $1,000,000 • Supporting legacies $ 750,000 • Contingency $1,250,000 TOTAL $9,000,000

45. FUNDRAISING

46. Tell the Story Fact sheets, Q & As, updates to tell the story:  the importance of Stanley Park  what happened • repair work needed • financial need …Concise, Consistent, Compelling Message

47. Story Tellers • Senior government officials • Community leaders • Media • Staff …Involved, Support, Advocate and Lead

48. Transform Ideas to Donations • Modified existing program to provide donation opportunities - Tree Fund $150,000 raised • Advocated government support - $6 million raised • Recruited media support • 4 day telethon - over 3,000 calls and $2 million pledged • 1 day radio campaign - $100,000 pledged

49. Transform Ideas to Donations 4. Enlisted a community leader support - $1 million matching to telethon donations 5. Solicited 2 financial institutions for assistance in receiving public donations at branches 6. Supported 2 local organizations fundraising galas -$300,000 pledged

50. Transform Ideas to Donations 7. Worked with and transformed ideas to fundraising initiatives • loonie/toonie campaign • employee/employer matching campaign • dedicated merchandise • % of sale 8. Benefited from over 10,000 volunteer hours