Have Your Say
The City of Thunder Bay welcomes citizen input and participation. Current opportunities to Have Your Say include quick polls, surveys, presentations or deputations to Council and community consultation through public meetings and information sessions.
Phase 2 Feasibility Study for Proposed Event Centre
The City of Thunder Bay will be holding the first of two open houses that will include concept designs for each of the three shortlisted sites, as well as a general commentary on the economic impact, traffic issues, cost implications and site selection criteria from the Phase 2 Feasibility Study.
Interested members of the public are encouraged to attend:
Open House & Public Information Session
Wednesday, Feb. 29
3 pm to 9 pm Open House
4 pm and 7 pm Presentation by Consulting TeamItalian Cultural Centre
132 Algoma St. South
A second open house will be held in early spring immediately following the presentation to City Council of the recommendation from the consulting team as to a preferred site. For more information visit the Thunder Bay Event Centre page.
PUBLIC INPUT SOUGHT REGARDING HEAVY LOAD RESTRICTION AMENDMENTS
The City is in the process of amending the exemptions to the spring Heavy Load Restrictions (Half Loads). A proposed list of exemptions along with a map have been posted on the City's website at www.thunderbay/heavyloads. The Engineering Division is asking the public to view this list and provide any comments and/or concerns by Jan. 27, 2012. A report will be presented to City Council on Feb. 6, 2012.
Adobe PDF, 1 page, 490 KB
Public Open House on the City’s Official Plan
The City of Thunder Bay will be looking for citizens’ views, comments and suggestions on updating its Official Plan.
An Official Plan is an important document because it outlines policies on how land in Thunder Bay should be used and guides development in a way that builds a healthy, safe and sustainable community. The Plan contains policies and a map of land-use designations for the entire City, showing the future intended use of land.
"We want to hear from the public as we begin to identify and outline the issues that should be considered as part of this Official Plan review," said Leslie McEachern, Planning Division Manager. "We invite everyone to be part of this important land use planning project.”
Interested members of the public are encouraged to attend:
Official Plan Open House
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012
West Thunder Community Centre
915 Edward St S.
4 pm to 8:30 pm Open House
7 pm Presentation
A Special Public Meeting of Council to discuss potential revisions to the Official Plan will be held on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm in Council Chambers at City Hall.
Official Plan Open House - more information: Adobe PDF, 1 page, 228 KB
the urban design vision for Thunder Bay
The City of Thunder Bay and Brook McIlroy are preparing Urban and Landscaping Guidelines that will apply across the City, including detailed streetscape designs for key Image Routes, including Arthur Street, May/Memorial/Algoma Streets, and Red River Road. These Guidelines will improve the quality of your City’s built environment by guiding development and future Municipal work along each Image Route.
Read more about the Purpose of the Study and learn more about the project approach and schedule, and see the presentations given at the visioning workshops.
CITY BUDGET DIRECTIONS REPORT
(2012 - 2014) - Addressing the Infrastructure Deficit
The City of Thunder Bay held two public open houses on Oct. 25 to provide information on the proposed budget directions report, an update on the city's infrastructure deficit, and to gather feedback.
Adobe PDF, 6 pages, 343 KBBetween Oct. 27 and Nov. 1, 2011, Ipsos Reid conducted a survey of Thunder Bay residents regarding community attitudes to a range of proposed budget directions.
Adobe PDF, 26 pages, 518 KBA Budget Directions First Report was provided to City Council on Sept. 26, 2011 and will be considered on Nov. 28 by Council’s Committee of the Whole. For the first time, pre-budget open houses/information sessions were conducted.
Adobe PDF, 51 pages, 890 KBCity's Strategic Plan
2011 Citizen Survey
Thunder Bay residents rate the quality of life in the City very high (87%). Residents continue to believe they receive fairly good value for their tax dollars (73%). Those are among the results of the 2011 Citizen Survey conducted in late February 2011. A 'gap analysis', whereby satisfaction that residents have for a particular service is measured against perceived importance, showed that priority areas for improvement are maintenance of streets, roadside maintenance, storm water drainage, recreation programs for youth and neighbourhood parks.
“We are very pleased that satisfaction with services remains high,” said Mayor Keith Hobbs. “As always, there is more work to be done such as improving our roads and Council has taken important steps in this direction by increasing capital spending for roads in 2011 by $1.5 million.”
Every two years, the City of Thunder Bay conducts a statistically valid survey to seek input from citizens on City services and their thoughts on priorities.
Adobe PDF, 60 pages, 1 MB Adobe PDF, 48 pages, 607 KB Adobe PDF, 107 pages, 492 KB2005 Citizen Survey Final Report Adobe PDF, 78 pages, 356 KB
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