Consolidate all City Public Participation Notices

The public participation system is lacking. Issues: The result is rarely if ever made known to the person who has taken the time to comment. We need closure and to know what the outcome is. Public participation notices appear in several different places in parts. There is no single place to go to where one could find everything that is open for public participation. This is frustrating and sometimes misleading. Public participation feels like a tick-box exercise because of the lack of transparency and outcomes. Possible solutions: Have a single page or website where you can find everything that is open to public participation. An example of it being misleading is where you have a drop-down tab for Have your Say on this page. On the main City website you also have a link to Have you Say. Both have property related items which are not the same but related. It would be simpler to access them all in one place. A commitment from the City to be transparent will build trust in communities. Publish the request/notice, as well as how many people interacted or commented, category, a summary of objections, and the interim (i.e. if after comments were received the item was revised) and the final outcome. The same process should be developed for C3 service requests. Sometimes it is self-explanatory but sometimes a short description of what was done would be helpful and alleviate a lot of frustration.