THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

BeR. Kirk DATE: October 6, 1987
City Administrator

W. Brown
Director of Community Planning

Planning Granr

RECOMMENDATION:

That City Council authorize the Planning Department to apply
for a grant under the provincial government's new category for
comprehensive plans.

BACKGROUND:

The previncial government Ministry of Municipal Affairs is
seeking pllot projects integrating land use planning, public
services and fiscal planning. To date the Ministry has
participated in projects in several municipalities. What the
province hopes to achieve in this grant program is To expand on
the tools available to municipalities far making policy
decisions and considering the impacts of individual
applications.

COMMENTS:

Benefit of carrying out this project to the City is that if
will assist development of tools for assessing the financial
impact of policy initiatives and development proposals.

it is proposed to use the City's N.E. Sector as a pilot project
to develop fiscal impact tools. The project is to include
designing a system and collecting data for assessing
alternative land uses, staging of development over time and
financing methods for development in the N.E. Sector of the
Citye In the longer term, it wil! provide a methodology for
assessing costs and revenue generated by subsequent proposals
in other areas as well.

Work on the project includes;

1. A review of municipal commitments for public services,
parks and so forth to establish a base level of service
and taxation.