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Corporation of the District of Maple Ridge
COUNCIL WORKSHOP
April3,2006
The Minutes of the Municipal Council Workshop held on April 3, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. in
the Blaney Room of the Municipal Hall, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, British
Columbia for the purpose of transacting regular Municipal business.
PRESENT
Elected Officials
Mayor G. Robson
Councillor E. Daykin
Councillor J. Dueck
Councillor A. Hogarth
Councillor L. King
Councillor C. Speirs
Councillor K. Stewart
Appointed Staff
J. Rule, Chief Administrative Officer
T. Fryer, Municipal Clerk
M. Murray, General Manager of Community Development,
Parks and Recreation Services
P. Gill, General Manager Corporate and Financial Services
F. Quinn, General Manager Public Works and Development
Services
J. Leeburn, Executive Director
C. Marlo, Confidential Secretary
Other Staff as Required
D. Cranib, Recreation Manager
L. Benson, Financial Analyst
D. Spence, Fire Chief, Director of Community Safety
J. Pickering, Director of Planning
Insp. J. Wakely, RCMP
Note: These Minutes are also posted on the Municipal Web Site at www.mapleridge.org
Mayor Robson was not in attendance at the start of the meeting. Councillor
Hogarth chaired the meeting in his absence.
1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The agenda was approved with the addition of the following items:
4.4 Meeting with Provincial Ministries
4.5 Fraser River Dredging and Debris Trap
Note: Mayor Robson joined the meeting and assumed the Chair.
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2. MINUTES
R/06-137
Minutes It was moved and seconded
March 20, 2006
3.
That the minutes of the Council Workshop Meeting of March
20, 2006 be adopted as circulated.
CARRIED
PRESENTATIONS AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL
4. UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS
4.1 Public Art Committee Update, Leesa Strimbicki, Urban Art Management
Ms. Strimbicki gave a Power Point presentation providing an update on the
activities of the Public Art Committee and giving examples of public art in North
America. A copy of the presentation was circulated at the meeting.
ACTION REQUIRED
Staff is to prepare a draft policy on public art and funding is to be addressed
through the business planning process.
4.2 False Alarms
Discussion of a staff report dated March 22, 2006 recommending that Maple
Ridge Security Alarm By-law No. 6400-2006 and Maple Ridge Fire Alarm By-
law No. 6401-2006 be given three readings. By-laws 6400-2006 and 6401-2006
were circulated prior to the meeting.
The General Manager Corporate and Financial Services, Insp. Wakely and Fire
Chief Dane Spence reviewed the bylaws and provided background information on
the impact of false alarms. The General Manager of Corporate and Financial
Services indicated that the committee reviewing the bylaw considered not issuing
a fine for the first false alarm call but ultimately recommended that fines be
implemented immediately. The committee also considered not responding to calls
at all after a certain number of false alarms but both the Police and Fire
Departments indicated that this was not an option from their perspective.
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ACTION REQUIRED
Staff is to provide Council with information on business license requirements
for alarm companies.
4.3 Revitalization Tax Exemption Program
rnscussion of a staff report dated April 3, 2006 providing recommendations to
establish a Revitalization Tax Exemption Program.
The Financial Analyst gave a Power Point presentation giving an overview of the
program. The following points were raised during discussion:
• Council may wish to consider extending the time of the basic exemption.
• The December 31, 2009 timeframe may not provide sufficient time for
construction of high rise buildings.
• Consideration should be given to including high rise commercial
buildings.
• Construction of new 3 -4 storey apartment buildings should also be
recognized within the revitalization program.
• The Economic Advisory Commission should be asked to review and
comment on the program.
4.4 Meeting with Provincial Ministries
4.5
The Chief Administrative Officer advised that the District has been invited by the
Provincial Government to meet with Ministry representatives on Thursday, April
6, 2006 to discuss issues of concern. He listed several topics that Council may
wish to be addressed at those meetings and asked that Councillors indicate if they
would tike to accompany the Chief Administrative Officer and the Mayor to
Victoria.
It was the consensus of Council that a list of topics be prepared and distributed to
Council for their review and comment and that those Councillors wishing to travel
to Victoria for the meetings so advise the Chief Administrative Officer.
Fraser River Dredging and Debris Trap
Councillor King referred to a a letter dated March 28, 2006 from the Corporation
of Delta to The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport,
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Infrastructure and Communities, requesting that a one-time grant of $50 million
be made to set up a sustainable public fund for the annual maintenance dredging
program for the Fraser River and that some of the funds be applied to the Fraser
River Debris trap. She recommended that a letter of support of Delta's position be
sent to the Federal Government.
R/06-138
Fraser River
Dredging
It was moved and seconded
That a letter of support for the recommendations contained in
the March 28, 2006 letter from the Corporation of Delta
regarding Fraser River Dredging and Debris Trap be sent to
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities.
CARRIED
5. CORRESPONDENCE
5 .1 Meeting with Michael Sather, MLA
Email dated March 22, 2006 from Carmen Ortega, Constituency Assistant to
Michael Sather, requesting that a meeting be set up with Mr. Sather.
It was the consensus of Council that staff be directed to invited Mr. Sather to
attend a future Council Workshop to review the list of issues discussed under item
4.4.
6. BRIEFING ON OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST/QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCIL -Nil
7. MATTERS DEEMED EXPEDIENT· Nil
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8. ADJOURNMENT -12:10 p.m.
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