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14 1993
27 May 1993
PLANNING DEPT.

His Worship Mayor Len Traboulay and Members of Council
City of Port Coquitlam MAY 84 4993
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RE; Draft Extended Service Establishment Bylaw for Regional Strategic Pladaing

At its meeting on 26 May 1993, the GVRD Board considered the attached report and approved
the follow*ng motion:

“That the Board circulate draft Bylaw 750, a Bylaw tc Establish a Regional Strategic
Planning Extended Service for the Greater Vancouver Regional District, to member
municipalities, with appropriate explanatory material, and request municipalities to
provide comments and amendments to the Strategic Planning Committee by 30 June
1993.”

This is the latest step in an intensive review of regional land use and irarsportation planning
mandates that resulted from the adoption of Creating Our Future in .990. At each stage in the
process, we have sought the advice of member municipal councils which has in turn formed the
basis for the next stage. The process started with a Discussion Paper which I reviewed in my
meetings with member councils in the fall of 1991. The responses to this paper formed the
foundation for a proposal for a consensus-based regional planning mandate which the Board
approved in principle in July 1992. The Board appointed a municipal Task Force chaired by
Mayor Gordon Hogg (White Rock) to refine the proposal. The report of the Task Force was
circulated to municipalities in late 1992 and considered at the first Council of Councils on 12
December 1992. The comments of the municipalities were reflected in a Revised Proposal which
was reviewed at the Council of Councils on 27 March 1993.

After considering the results of the Council of Councils discussion, the Strategic Planning
Committee has recommended, with the support of the Regional Administrative Advisory
Committee, that the Board consider establishing a Regional Strategic Pianning Service as
described in the attached material. Under the provisions of the Municipal Act, a bylaw
establishing this service must be approved by all municipalities which intend to participate in the
service and by the Provincial Cabinet. Before proceeding to seek the formal approval of the
municipalities, the Strategic Planning Committee and the Board have decided to circulate the
proposed bylaw for comment and amendment in order to ensure that the proposal reflects the
views of member municipalities to the maximum possible extent.

. GUCIAKORS

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