May 20, 2025 - Agenda


City of Richmond Meeting Agenda

General Purposes Committee

Electronic Meeting

 

Anderson Room, City Hall
6911 No. 3 Road

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
4:00 p.m.

 

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MINUTES

 

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Motion to adopt the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on May 5, 2025.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAW AND COMMUNITY SAFETY DIVISION

 

 

1.

Endorsement of UBCM Resolutions – Soil and Other Material Tracking Resolution and ALC Compliance and Enforcement Ticketing Resolution

(File Ref. No. 12-8350-05) (REDMS No. 8015977)

GP-8

 

See Page GP-8 for full report

 

 

Designated Speaker:  Mark Corrado

 

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS

 

 

(1)

That the proposed resolution (Attachment 1) that calls for the Government of British Columbia (the Government) to mandate that all soil and other material to be removed and moved from source and deposit sites covered under Agricultural Land Commission Act (ALC Act) and Regulations within the Province of British Columbia (the Province) be monitored and tracked by individual truckload using appropriate technology to ensure source site soil and other material is taken only to approved sites within the Province, be endorsed and forwarded to the UBCM for consideration during its 2025 Convention; and

 

 

(2)

That the proposed resolution (Attachment 2) that calls for the Government of British Columbia to give the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) Compliance and Enforcement staff the authority to ticket property owners and corporations who are responsible for the unauthorized filling of Lands within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) and other issues of non-compliance related to the ALC Act and associated regulations, be endorsed and forwarded to the UBCM for consideration during its 2025 Convention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

 

 

2.

Official Community Plan Targeted Update – Proposed Strategic Policy Directions

(File Ref. No. 08-4045-30-08) (REDMS No. 8017551)

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See Page GP-15 for full report

 

 

Designated Speakers:  John Hopkins & Suzanne Carter-Huffman

 

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS

 

 

(1)

That the Proposed Strategic Policy Directions outlined in the staff report titled "Official Community Plan Targeted Update - Proposed Strategic Policy Directions" dated May 5, 2025, from the Director, Policy Planning, be endorsed for consultation with residents and interested parties as part of the Official Community Plan Targeted Update; and

 

 

(2)

That staff report back on the consultation results on the Proposed Strategic Policy Directions for the Official Community Plan Targeted Update.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADJOURNMENT