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On the Road to Sustainability
1. “SUSTAINABILITY ON THE EDGE II”
Ramin Seifi, P. Eng. M.C.I.P.
Director, Community Development Division
Township of Langley, British Columbia
November 20, 2010
On the Road to Sustainability
2. Presentation Outline
Introduction
History and Background
Regional Context
Local Initiatives
• Policy Framework
• Systems and Processes
• Neigbourhood Planning
• Engineering Servicing
Future Focus
4. Our Vision:
Sustainability
Build a Legacy for Future
Generations by Leading and
Committing the Community
to a Lifestyle that is Socially,
Culturally, Economically and
Environmentally Balanced.
5. Prepare community plans
Facilitate development applications
Report to Council
Identify and secure development
prerequisites, inc. servicing
Draft bylaws, policies and procedures
Create public realm and features
Issue building permits and business
licenses
Conduct inspections
Re view plans
Provide heritage services
Economic development
Administer DCCs
What We Do…
Community Development
7. Birthplace of Sustainability….
Local Well
Water Supply
On-site Waste
Management
Ground
Infiltration
Amenities
Within Walking
Vibrant
Downtown
Core
Mix of Housing
9. Rich in History and Heritage
Unique identity
Strong Sense of Community
FORT LANGLEY
SALMON RIVER
ALDERGROVE
GLOUCESTER
BROOKSWOOD
WALNUT GROVE
WILLOUGHBY
MURRAYVILLE
FERNRIDGE
272ST
240ST
248ST
256ST
264ST
216ST
224ST
232ST
102 AVE
72 AVE
80 AVE
88 AVE
96 AVE
200ST
208ST
0 AVE
8 AVE
16 AVE
24 AVE
56 AVE
32 AVE
40 AVE
48 AVE
64 AVE
Community of Communities
10. 1974: Agricultural Land Reserve
1993: Rural Plan – 1st of its kind
in BC
76% of Land Area
Strong Agriculture Base
Ill-Defined Boundary
Small Farms/Country Estates
Buffer
107 km of Interface
$250M Farm gate Receipt in
2010
Community of Communities
12. OCP Adopted in 1979
Comprised of Several Smaller
Community and
Neighbourhood Plans
Designates Urban and
Industrial Growth Areas
Regional Parks
Official Community Plan
13. Community 2006 2021* 2031* 2051*
Aldergrove 12,000 18,500 22,000 25,000
Brookswood-Fernridge 13,000 25,000 28,000 48,000
FortLangley 2,000 3,500 4,000 4,500
Murrayville 8,000 9,500 11,000 22,000
WalnutGrove/NWLangley 23,000 25,500 27,000 48,000
Willowbrook/Willoughby 14,000 58,000 62,000 82,000
Rural 22,000 25,000 26,000 27,500
Total 94,000 165,000 180,000 257,000
Population Projection
105,000: 2010
Estimate
Av. 2.5% Growth
Estimated
One of 4 High
Growth Muni’s.
27. On the Road to Sustainability
Kwantlen, Katzie and the Stó:lo First Nations
Late 1700’s first European settlers
1827: HBC traders establish homes in Fort Langley
1858: BC is proclaimed as crown colony in Fort Langley
1873: Township of Langley is incorporated as Municipality
1910: BC Electric Railway built through the community
1920: Fraser Highway construction
1964: Trans Canada Highway construction through Langley
2001: FCM Partners for Climate Protection – Corp. GHG reduction
2007: UBMC Climate Action Charter – carbon neutral by 2012
2008: Sustainability Charter adopted
2010: Community Energy and Emissions Plan
31. Sustainability x Design
Within walking distance (400 m) of key
intersections / transit nodes
Adjacent to Highway No. 1 / 200 St.
Interchange and Carvolth NP area
Within and Adjacent to the
Willowbrook Regional Town Centre
Along 200 Street Corridor connecting
Wbk. TC to Carvolth
Adjacent to LEC at 200 St. and 80 Ave.
32. Smart Growth Principles
Support a mix of uses of land
Create diverse housing opportunities
Strengthen agriculture
Utilize smarter, cheaper infrastructure
Develop well-designed compact neighbourhoods
Provide a variety of transportation choices
Encourage growth in existing and established communities
Protect natural environment
Foster unique neighbourhood identity
Engage the community
33. More density = less land
needed to accommodate
growth
More Open space
Efficient use of infrastructure
Less sprawl
Makes transit more
feasible
Less pressures on agricultural
lands
More diverse housing forms
and affordability
Creates critical mass for
transit and other community
services
Community Benefits
38. Integration and Harmony
Routley (2000), Yorkson
(2001) and NEGE (2006)
Neighbourhood Plans
Individual lot infiltration
galleries
1’ - 1.5’ topsoil blanket
Greenway swales
Community sand filter and
deep well injection
Green streets and vegetated
swales
Integrated Stormwater
Management
39. Age-Friendly Planning
Wider hallways and
door openings
Lower switches and
counter tops
Stacking of closets
5% of Single Family
Homes; and
Townhouses
10% of all
Apartments
Adaptable Housing
Standards:
40. Solar Hot Water Ready
Hot water: 2nd largest
home energy demand
Average 25% to 30%
of home energy use
Single Family homes
ready for future solar
energy for hot water
Conserve energy and
reduce GHGs
Good MorningI’d like to thank the organizers for inviting me to provide a bit of a glimpse as to what the Township of Langley has been doing on its road to sustainability and more importantly To thank you for braving the weather and attending this one-day conference
I have put together a number of slides, mostly pictures, to assist me with what I hope to be telling a story over the next 15 minutes or so;Not knowing the background and extent of knowledge of the audience about the Township of Langley, I decided to start with a few introductory slides about the work of my department at the Township of Langley;Followed with some background and history about the Township; A few words about our context in the region, and finallysome of the initiatives we are currently working on and what our future focus might be…
This is a table of our estimated population projections over the next 40 years:As one of the high growth municipalities in the region, we are expecting to accommodate 65% of the overall projected growth of 35,000 people per year within the region, over the next 25 to 30 years.
In terms of our historic growth rates, we have seen an annual average growth of about 2.5 – 3.0 % over the past 30 to 40 years
I know most municipalities believe that they are unique; butWe are really unique with our active and vibrant mix of urban and rural lifestyles
To luxury equestrian themed estate homes
As part of the region our developments must comply with the regional plansCurrently LRSP with several key highlights: 1. Protect the Green Zone: (ecologically, agricultural and recreational areas), while establishing a long term growth boundary 2. Build complete communities: complete communities with jobs closer to where people live and accessible by transit, shops and services and a variety of housing types. 3. Achieve a compact metropolitan region: avoids sprawl and dispersal of development by concentrating growth in the centres
This is a rapid bus plan [produced by Translink a few years ago, which provides for a future rapid bus corridoralong Fraser Highway to the Langley RTC;Highway No. 1 to theCarvolth area of the Township at the 200 Street Interchange; andNorth to M. Ridge and P. Meadows along the GEB
This is a more recent Frequent Transit Concept Plan by Translink, which shows a future rapid transit corridor along 200 St. Between the Langley RTC and Carvolth as well as some of the secondary routes
While transportation Planning and Land Use are inextricably connected; for some reason we have two separate bodies in our region responsible for each one of theseThis is the proposed land use plan (received 2 readings by the GVRD Board recently) which contains rather restrict provisions (at least more than its predecessor) relating to land use; but can only make suggestions to TransLink relating to ytransit and transportation infrastructure Goal 1: Create a Compact Urban AreaGoal 2: Support a Sustainable EconomyGoal 3: Protect the Region’s Natural AssetsGoal 4: Development Complete and Resilient CommunitiesGoal 5: Support Sustainable Transportation Choices
Just a brief outline of the history of our road to sustainability, which as you can see started many centuries, possibly millennia, ago READ: 2001 to 2010 (David Pollock will provide a bit more detail on the CEEP program)
We essentially adopted the commonly known (1987) UN Definition for sustainability – “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” with the vision to build a legacy for future generations by leading and committing the community to a balanced lifestyle.And adopted a charter a couple of years ago
Based on the goals and visions of the Charter, which is really a high-level policy document that is hoped to guide us ad we grow, we developed a sustainability model, which you can access on our website and I will try and run you through a quick review; We are using this as an interactive tool:to raise the awareness of sustainability initiatives in the community;to track our progress; andto obtain feedback from the residents.It is a work in progress.
A number of years ago Council adopted an amendment to the OCP providing for high density developments in certain areas and along certain corridors
Very quickly some slides relating to what we are currently working on:With the GEB…..
We are looking at the possibility of Transit Oriented Residential developments….
We will continue to tweak and fine-tune some of our specific sustainability measures as we develop more and more neighbourhoods:Some of the measures in the past include ISWM initiatives implementation of which started about 10 years ago in Routley with infiltration measures, that were then expanded upon in Yorkson and enhanced again in NEGE NP
In terms of Social aspects of sustainability, we feel that with our aging population, it is critical for our envisioned livable communities to be able to offer the flexibility of residents to age in place;Hence the adaptable housing requirements, recently adopted by Council
And finally in terms of environmental initiatives: the solar hot water ready regulations also recently adopted by Council