THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

JUL 13 198)

MEMO TO: Mayor and Council DATE: July 8, 1981

MEMO FROM: Planning and Zoning Committee

Report ef Planning and Zoning Committee mecting held Thursday, July 2, 1981,

IN ATTENDANCE: Alderman J.J. Keryluk
Alderman M.R. Wright
Alderman M.D. Gates
Art Phillips, Acting City Planner

City Council has been considering the implementation of a Community Plan for a
considerable length of time. While our municipality is one of the fastest
growing in the Lower Mainland, we are one of three municipalities that has nat
adopted or completed a Community Plan.

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs has established planning grants that are
designed to assist planning in municipalities by paying for up to two-thirds

of the cost. The City of Port Coquitlam is eligible for a Inaximum grant of
$23,926, provided our share of the planning costs is at least $11,963. Shareable
grants are to be paid on the basis of approved planning programmes and if only
partially completed, the grant will be reduced proportionately.

Before making application to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, we muet First
consider the requirements related to a Community Plan. When the application is being
reviewed, the Ministry will be looking for evidence that our Plan will be co-
ordinaled with the land use and transportation policies of adjacent municipalities.
In addition, priority consideration will be given to applications that examine
municipal road construction/right-of-way acquisition proposals that are in

accordance with an official Community Plan. One final note, is that special studies,
such as Downtown Studies, should not duplicate any study undertaken as part of the
Downtown Revitalization Programme.

The proposal for Port Coquitlam is that a series of special studies be undertaken and
intorporated into the official Community Plan Propramme. This will require a
resolution of Council which states our intent to prepare and adopt a plan according
to a specified work programme and schedule.

The balance of funding for the 1981 period is limited, thus the full grant that Port
Coquitlam would normally be eligible to receive is not available at this time. There
are, however, sufficient funds that will cnable us to undertake one special study

and begin documentation of socio-economic data.