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Regional Industrial Lands StrategyINDUSTRIAL LANDS STRATEGY TASK FORCEEric AderneckSENIOR PLANNER, REGIONAL PLANNING AND HOUSING SERVICES
May 1 202038432175
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1. Vision and Challenges2. Strategy Development Process 3. Stakeholder Engagement and
Comments4. Strategy Finalization5. Recommendations / Priority Actions6. Implementation / Next Steps
Presentation Outline
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VISION: Ensure sufficient industrial lands to meet the needs of a growing and evolving economy to 2050
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Constrained Land Supply
Pressures onIndustrial Lands
Site and Adjacency Issues
Complex Jurisdictional Environment
Main Challenges
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Current Reality
Explore Opportunities
Consider Solutions Implement
Part 1 (2018) Part 2 (2018 -19) Part 3 (2019) Part 4 (2020+)
• Identify challenges
• Scope of work• Vision• Define ‘Industrial’
• White Paper Series: topics of importance
• Survey of users• Economic value
• Policy Development
• Engagement• Develop Regional
Industrial Lands Strategy
• Further engagement
• Finalize Strategy• Adoption• Implementation
Program
Strategy Development – Process / Timeline
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Engagement• Guided by the Industrial Lands Strategy Task Force• 3 rounds – Policy Options, Recommendations, Draft Strategy• Stakeholder groups (Member jurisdictions, Gateway Council,
Urban Freight Council, UDI, Port, BoTs, NAIOP)• Information Interviews• 3 Stakeholder Workshops + Subject Matter Expert Panel• User Survey• Regional Planning Advisory Committee• Participating in other initiatives - e.g. Vancouver (employment
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Stakeholder CommentsSupport for many of the recommended actions:• Industrial lands inventory update • Comprehensive regional land use assessment• Enhanced transportation connectivity • Industrial lands intensification / densification• Bring to market strategies• Property tax review• Simplified permitting processes
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Stakeholder CommentsOpposition by some members and development community regarding:• ‘Industrial Land Reserve’• Trade-oriented land use designation and limiting strata tenure • Additional regulations and restrictions
Differing views / opinions:• Flexibility for wide range of uses permitted on Industrial lands • Allowing commercial and residential uses by SkyTrain stations
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Changes to Strategy as a Result of Engagement
• Adjustments to 10 priority actions• Phase and re-order recommendations related to
industrial land reserve / trade-oriented lands• Format / design document• Further explain the role and importance of industrial
lands in the region• Add reference to changing nature of industry • Further explain implementation
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The 35 recommendations, organized in 4 ‘big moves’, with key 10 priority actions:1. Protect Remaining Industrial Lands
2. Intensify and Optimize Industrial Lands
3. Bring Existing Supply to Market & Address Site Issues
4. Ensure a Coordinated Approach
Strategy Recommendations
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Protect Remaining Industrial Lands1. Define Trade-Oriented Lands (2020)2. Undertake a Regional Land Use
Assessment (2021)3. Strengthen Regional Policy (2022)4. Seek Greater Consistency in Zoning
Definitions and Permitted Uses (2022)
Bring Land to Market & Address Site Issues6. Prepare Bring-to-Market Strategies
(2022)7. Ensure Transportation Connectivity
(ongoing)
Priority Actions – Big Moves
Intensify & Optimize Industrial Lands5. Facilitate Industrial Intensification
/ Densification (2020)
Ensure a Coordinated Approach 8. Coordinate Strategies for Economic
Growth and Investment (2022)9. Improve Data and Monitoring: Industrial
Lands Inventory (2020) Employment Survey (2021)
10. Framework for Coordination (2021)Industrial Lands Strategy Task Force
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Implementation / Next Steps
• Regional Industrial Lands Strategy Implementation• Metro 2040 Industrial & Employment Policy Review• Define Trade-Oriented Lands / Uses • 2020 Update - Regional Industrial Lands Inventory• Metro 2050: Regional Growth Strategy Update
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• Identify issues / gaps• Assess effectiveness of policies• Explore trends / best practices• Test possible policy options• Targeted stakeholder engagement • Recommend policy changes to
better support regional goals through the Metro 2040 update
Industrial & Employment Policy Review
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• Definition of use / activity • Type of trade activity • Mode of transport• Site size / scale• Location / proximity• Ownership / tenure• Land attributes / characteristics
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Define ‘Trade-Oriented’ Lands / Uses Objective: Protect the industrial land base to support trade and related activities into the future.
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• Update inventory for 2020 – last completed in 2015, 2010, 2005
• More frequent reporting• Establish new classification of
trade-oriented lands• Noting that an inventory is not
itself a designation or a strategy
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Industrial Lands Inventory - 2020 Update
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Metro 2040 Update
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RecommendationThat the MVRD Board:
a) approve the Metro Vancouver Regional Industrial Lands Strategy
b) forward the Regional Industrial Lands Strategy to member jurisdictions and non-voting Industrial Lands Strategy Task Force member agencies requesting endorsement and implementation of actions attributed to each specific organization; and
c) forward the Regional Industrial Lands Strategy to the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Fraser Valley Regional District, Vancouver Airport Authority, and Commercial Real Estate Development Association requesting endorsement, and seeking implementation collaboration opportunities.
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Discussion
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