Greater Vancouver Regional District
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Please refer to our file number:

July 31, 1984

Mr. B. R. Kirk

Chief Administrative Officer
City of Port Coquitlam
2272 McAllister Avenue

Port Coquitlam, B. C.

V3C 2A8

Dear Mr. Kirk:
Re: Municipal Participation in Electoral Area Planning

Further to the memorandum of July 3, 1984, sent to you by Mr. Farry, this is to
advise that the Electoral Areas Committee has met with the Minister of Municipal
Affairs to discuss the above changes to the Municipal Act which would require
municipalities to contribute to electoral area planning and zoning unless they

,opt out each year.

Hitherto, municipalities of the GVRD have not contributed to the funding of
planning in the Electoral Areas. Funding of planning has been assumed entirely
through taxation of the Electoral Areas based on a budget approved by the Board
of the GVRD. In respect to budget approval and in respect to the approval of
all by-laws and zoning matters the GVRD has acted as "Council" for Electoral
Areas. As you may be aware, only Electoral Area 'B' has zoning and planning
functions under the Municipal Act. Land use in Electoral Areas 'A' and 'C' are

regulated through other legislation.

Representation was made to the Minister of Municipal Affairs by the Electoral
Area Committee requesting that he approve a procedure whereby each municipality
would make only a token contribution ($1.00). The Minister does not favour that
approach because it is, in his view, inconsistent with the spirit and intent of
the legislation. Therefore, the Electoral Area Committee has no other
responsible options than to recommend that all municipalities Opt-out of the
local planning function for Electoral Areas.

Because the Director of Electoral Area 'B' wishes to have the Board continue “o
review planning and other local functions, he has agreed to consult with
adjacent municipalities in respect to zoning or planning matters, and to bring
the results of that consultation to the Electoral Area Committee and the Board
for their review. Thus a formal consultation on development matters can be
maintained without these Councils funding the local area planning of Electoral

Areas.