Revised Regional Industrial Lands StrategyINDUSTRIAL LANDS STRATEGY TASK FORCEEric AderneckSENIOR PLANNER, REGIONAL PLANNING AND HOUSING SERVICES

June 11 2020

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May 1 2020 Task Force Resolution:“That the Industrial Lands Strategy Task Force refer the Regional Industrial Lands Strategy to staff to report back with updated recommendations related to strengthening the protection of regional agricultural land and the advisability of advocating for a Provincial Industrial Land Reserve.”

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Changes as a result of Task Force direction

• Add further reference to the effect that solutions to the shortage of industrial lands do not include encroachment onto agricultural lands (pg 5, 42)

• Delete the reference to exploring the potential of a provincial industrial land reserve (pg 43)

• Add statement about the need for variety of uses and tenures, including trade-oriented lands and strata densification (pg 26)

• Add statement defining success (pg 52)• Various minor and non-substantive edits

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The 34 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 Lands2. Undertake a Regional Land Use

Assessment3. Strengthen Regional Policy4. Seek Greater Consistency in Zoning

Definitions and Permitted Uses

Bring Land to Market & Address Site Issues6. Prepare Bring-to-Market Strategies7. Ensure Transportation Connectivity

Priority Actions – Big Moves

Intensify & Optimize Industrial Lands5. Facilitate Industrial Intensification /

Densification

Ensure a Coordinated Approach 8. Coordinate Strategies for Economic

Growth and Investment9. Improve Data and Monitoring: Industrial

Lands Inventory, Employment Survey10. Framework for Coordination

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RecommendationThat the Industrial Lands Strategy Task Force and MVRD Board:

a) approve the Metro Vancouver Regional Industrial Lands Strategyas presented in the report;

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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