A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.
Feedback on Port Moody‘s draft official community plan shows the public is somewhat split on the proposal. At Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting, PoMo planning staff presented council with a hefty package containing the draft OCP, along with about 700 pages of public engagement results.
Just 101 steps. According to the newly ratified downtown plan, that’s what it will take to revitalize the core of the city. Barb Haynes, co-chair of the Downtown Penticton Revitalization Select Committee, said that the 101 actions may be more of a pet name, but they now have a clear strategy that can be implemented incrementally to give Penticton’s main commercial district a long-awaited makeover.
The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce is backing plans for a coal-transfer facility in Surrey. FSD [Fraser Surrey Docks] chief executive officer Jeff Scott spoke to the New West chamber May 21, after which it passed a resolution to support the proposal if all the mitigation measures it proposes are adhered to.
How do you envision Agassiz in the year 2040? The District of Kent continues to seek public input into the direction of the Official Community Plan — the document that helps plan future development.
Sensing a lack of broad community consultation regarding the proposed Rogers Communications tower replacement at the Gibsons fire hall, Gibsons council has called for a town hall meeting to address community concerns before any decision is made.