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PUBLIC HEARING
June 21, 2016
The Minutes of the Public Hearing held in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 11995 Haney
Place, Maple Ridge, British Columbia on June 21, 2016 at 7:05 p.m.
PRESENT
Elected Officials
Mayor N. Read
Councillor C. Bell
Councillor G. Robson
Councillor T. Shymkiw
Councillor C. Speirs
ABSENT
Councillor K. Duncan
Councillor B. Masse
Appointed Staff
C. Carter, Director of Planning
C. Marlo, Manager of Legislative Services
C. Goddard , Manager of Development and Environmental
Services
A. Kopystynski, Planner
Mayor Read called the meeting to order. The Manager of Legislative Services explained the
procedure and rules of order of the Public Hearing and advised that the bylaws will be
considered further at the next Council Meeting on June 28, 2016.
The Mayor then called upon the Manager of Development and Environmental Services to
present the following items on the agenda:
1a) 2014-108-RZ
Maple Ridge Official Community Plan Amending Bylaw No. 7222-2016
Legal:
Location:
Purpose:
And:
Lot 3, Section 27, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan
10713
1287 4 Mill Street
To amend Schedule "A" Chapter 10.3, Part VI, A -Silver Valley,
Figure 2 -
Land Use Plan and Figure 3D -Horse Hamlet as shown on
Map No. 917 to Conservation and Medium Density Residential
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Purpose:
1b) 2014-108-RZ
To amend Schedule "A" Chapter 10.3, Part VI, A -Silver Valley,
Figure 4 -Trails/ Open Spa ce as shown on Map No. 925 to add to
Conservation and to Remove from Conservation
Maple Ridge Zone Amending Bylaw No. 7138-2015
Legal:
Location:
From:
To:
Purpose:
Lot 3, Section 27, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan
10713
1287 4 Mill Street
RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential) and
RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential)
R-1 (Residential District)
To permit a future subdivision of approximately 5 lots.
The Manager of Legislative Services advised that no correspondence was received on this
item.
The Manager of Development and Environmental Services gave a power point presentation
providing the following information:
• Application Information
• Subject Map
• Official Community Plan Context
• Neighbourhood Context
• Site Characteristics
• Development Proposal
• Proposed Lot Layout and Combined Lot Layout
• Terms and Conditions
There being no comment, the Mayor declared this item dealt with.
2) 2015-275-RZ
Maple Ridge Official Community Plan Amending Bylaw No. 7176-2015
Legal:
Location:
Lot 1, Section 28, Township 12, New Westminster District,
Plan LMP46534, Except: Plan BCP39158
23227 Dogwood Avenue
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Purpose: To permit temporary off-street parking use with 58 parking spaces
for the Black Sheep Pub, located at 12968 232 Street.
The Manager of Legislative Services advised that correspondence in favour or the permit
was received from Russ and Cheri e Franklin and in opposition from Hamid Karimi.
The Manager of Development and Environmental Services gave a power point presentation
providing the following information:
o Application Information
o Subject Map
o Official Community Plan Context
• Neighbourhood Context
• Site Characteristics
• Development Proposal
• Proposed Site Plan
• Proposed Retaining Wall
• Terms and Conditions
Neil Openshaw
Mr. Openshaw spoke in support of t he application.
There being no further comment, the Mayor declared this item dealt with .
3) 2015-361-RZ
Maple Ridge Zone Amending Bylaw No. 7190-2015
Purpose: To establish a 1 kilometre distance rule for alcohol beverage sales located
in grocery stores.
The Manager of Legislative Services advised that correspondence was received from Joseph
Tarnowski, Monarch Hospitality, Tim Stockwell, Centre for Additions Research and Lori
Solley, Sting Investigations providing information on this issue and from Ann Pearson
offering support for the bylaw.
The Planner gave a power point presentation providing the following information:
• Background
• Proposed Text Change
• Recommendation
Brant Forio
Mr. Forio is employed in the liquor industry and indicated that liquor sales have increased
since the regulations were amended. He is opposed to the sale of alcohol in grocery stores.
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Shawn Caretti
Mr. Caretti spoke in opposition to the sale of alcohol in grocery stores and urged Council to
adopt the 1 km rule.
Note: Councillor Robson left the meeting at 7:24 p.m.
Mike Clark
Mr. Clark addressed the health impacts of alcohol noting that there is no lack of availability
of alcohol in Maple Ridge. He spoke to the implications of NAFTA with respect to the sale of
BC wines only in grocery stores.
Amos McNutt -Manager of Haney Hotel Liquor Store
Mr. McNutt is employed in liquor industry. He expressed concern about the ability of grocery
stores to limit the consumption of alcohol.
Yvan Charrette -Owner of the Haney Pub
Mr. Charrette cited the inequities created by the provincial legislation and urged Council to
enact the 1 km rule to create a level playing field for those employed in the liquor industry.
He asked Council to vote in favour of the bylaw.
Cherie Delainey -Member of BC Government and Service Employees Union
Ms. Delainey requested that Council support the bylaw to enact the 1 km rule. She identified
some of the health impacts of alcohol and id entified studies related to the correlation
between increased access to liquor and increased hea lth problems.
Jeff Guignard -Executive Director, Alliance of Liquor Licensees
Mr. Guignard spoke to the importance and rationale of the 1 km rule. It was his opinion that
not applying the rule would give grocery stores a competitive advantage. He asked for the
support of Council.
Mark Hicken -Wine Industry Lawyer
Mr. Hicken provided information on the implications of trade agreements on the sale of BC
wines in grocery stores. He believes the provincial legislation creates trade agreement
violations and the legislation will be challenged at some point resulting in the open sale of
liquor in grocery stores.
Bert Hicks -Rising Tide Consultants
Mr. Hicks advised that he was employed in licensing of liquor establishments. He indicated
that liquor was not permitted in grocery stores previously and the factors that led to that
decision remain today.
Kimberly MacGregor -Vice President of one of five BCGEU Retails Stores and Warehouses
Ms. McGregor urged Council to move forward with the 1 km role. She feels that
communities do not need to be saturated with liquor stores. She expressed concern that
small business will be negatively impacted.
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Cherie Delainey
Ms. Delainey indicated there are 6 grocery stores in Maple Ridge and stores such as 7-11
could qualify to have liquor sales in the future. She asked that Council consider this when
making its decision.
Amos McNutt -Manager of Haney Hotel Liquor Store
Mr. McNutt advised that the Provincial Government has recently brought forward minimum
pricing policies designed to ensure that cheap alcohol will not cause harm to a community.
He asked that if such policies were introduced to restrict the amount of liquor sold, why
would something that provides more liquor be considered. He felt this to be redundant.
There being no further comment, the Mayor declared this item dealt with.
Having given all those persons whose interests were deemed affected by the matters
contained herein a chance to be heard, the Mayor terminated the Public Hearing at
8:04 p.m.
N. Read, Mayor
Certified Correct
C. Marlo, Corporate Officer