HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil this Week 2014-10-06.pdfLaura Benson, Manager of Sus-
tainability & Corporate Planning,
made a presentation to Council
highlighting the key points of the
report which lays out the goals
and objectives of an Employ-
ment Land Investment Incentive
Program (ELIIP).
Ms. Benson noted that the ELIIP
is just one facet of the work that
will flow from the recently ap-
proved Commercial and Industri-
al Strategy for Maple Ridge. The
presentation started with a sum-
mary of previous work whereby
Council affirmed that the attrac-
tion of high value local jobs as a
key priority.
This goal is embedded in the
Commercial and Industrial Strat-
egy, and within that strategy,
there are a number of areas that
are existing lands zoned for
Commercial and Industrial use.
Ms. Benson presented a slide
that talked about the key pro-
gram objective, and how jobs
and development are linked.
She noted that the plan was de-
veloped with three key points in
mind; What is the financial re-
turn for taxpayers? How do we
measure the success of the pro-
gram? How stable would the
jobs be?
She then outlined the principles
of the ELIIP, where the focus
would be on encouraging devel-
opment and redevelopment with
a time limited program that tar-
gets the high value jobs Council
is looking for. Cont’d...
Employment Land Investment Incentive Program
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October 6, 2014
Inside This Issue:
Employment Land
Investment
Incentive Program
Employment Land Investment Incentive Program ...cont’d
The program, building on the success of the Town Centre Investment Incentive Program (TCIIP),
will offer a suite of incentives to encourage the development and redevelopment of properties
for businesses that will generate employment.
Ms. Benson also noted that the report recommends that the commercial portion of the Town
Centre Investment Incentive Program (TCIIP) be continued to encourage the development and
redevelopment of employment lands in the downtown.
The program specifically addresses uses that do not generate employment and ensures that
there are no incentives in these categories. The program focus is on land that is currently identi-
fied as industrial land, and as new lands are zoned, they can be added to the incentive program.
The report outlines the scope of the projects and the recommendation from the report is that the
bylaws and regulations to initiate the ELIIP be brought forward to the October 14, 2014 Council
meeting for consideration. Further, the recommendation included the provision to extend the
TCIIP and that the bylaw be brought forward to the same meeting.
Council had a detailed discussion on the proposal and voted to approve the recommendation.
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