In-Person and Online Events to Learn About Invest Langley City

As you may know, Invest Langley City is our community’s vision for infrastructure. It outlines the projects the City plans to build over the next decade or so, including water, sewer, transportation, parks, public safety, and recreation facilities to meet the needs of residents and businesses.

Although many of these projects will be incorporated into Langley City’s rolling five-year capital project plan in due course, Langley City is seeking public feedback on if we should move forward with two projects as part of the next municipal election: expanding Timms Community Centre, including a performing arts centre, and building a new or renewed aquatic facility. These are significant projects with significant financial considerations for our community.

To learn more about these two proposed projects, ask questions, and provide feedback, the City is holding several in-person pop-up events and an open house. There will also be a virtual open house. In addition, you can complete an online survey between April 7 and May 1, 2026, and enter a draw to win $100 Langley City Downtown Dollars.

The pop-up events will be:

National Day of Pink
Date: Wednesday, April 8
Time: 12pm to 2pm
Location: Timms Community Centre

Pool Opening Event
Date: Saturday, April 18
Time: 2pm to 4pm
Location: Al Anderson Memorial Pool

Earth Day Event
Date: Saturday, April 25
Time: 12pm to 2pm
Location: Douglas Park

The open house will be:
Date: Tuesday, April 14
Time: 5pm to 9pm
Location: Timms Community Centre

The virtual open house will be on Wednesday, April 29th, between 6pm and 7pm.

To find out more about the in-person events, sign up to receive an update when the survey goes live, or register for the virtual open house, visit the Invest Langley City project page on Let’s Chat, Langley City!

Ensuring a Safe and Secure Drinking Water Supply

When I ask people what is required to support urban populations at the most basic level, they usually say roads and housing. And while important, the most basic requirement is access to a safe water supply and sewage. In the Metro Vancouver region, we have one of the cleanest drinking water supplies in the world, but we still face risks due to climate change and continued population growth.

The Metro Vancouver Regional District is updating its Drinking Water Management Plan to ensure a continued safe and secure supply.

The plan is organized into five main goals and five priority areas, with a total of 92 action items. The five main goals are:

• Provide high-quality drinking water
• Provide uniterupted drinking water service
• Manage the drinking water service in a cost-effective way
• Manage water to protect and enhance the environment for all
• Develop and manage a skilled workforce to support the drinking water service

The five priority areas are: a resilient water system; water supply quality and quantity; environmental protection and enhancement; conservation and efficiency; and operations workforce development. You can read more about the 92 actions in the draft report.

The drinking water system includes both Regional District infrastructure, such as water reservoirs, treatment plants, and water mains and member jurisdiction-owned and managed local water distribution systems.

Inside Langley City-owned water reservoirs

All member jurisdictions of the Regional District will need to endorse the plan for it to come into effect, including Langley City, as we will need to take actions to support it.

For example, if the plan is endorsed, Langley City would need to “protect water quality in local distribution systems by implementing a regional cross-connection control approach and collaborating with Metro Vancouver to optimize water quality” as an action.

If you’d like to learn more, please visit the Metro Vancouver Drinking Water Management Plan Update page.

Stay Up to Date on Resilient Neighbourhood Networks Safety Initiative

As I posted about last month, Langley City Council received the recommendations from our Citizens’ Assembly on Community Safety. This group of 29 citizens, selected through a lottery-type system and supported with experts and City staff, met and developed their recommendation during 2025. One of the recommendations is setting up Resilient Neighbourhood Networks, which are grassroots, neighbourhood-level groups where people will come together to get to know their neighbours, building trust, and tackle safety issues from emergency preparedness to first aid to neighbourhood safety walks to neighbourhood events.

The City recently was seeking volunteers to help co-create and set up the early groundwork for launching Resilient Neighbourhood Networks. This window recently closed. The goal is to launch the Resilient Neighbourhood Networks program in select neighbourhoods in June.

I know that life is busy, and it can be hard to keep track of things. If you’d like to take part in the Resilient Neighbourhood Networks, you can follow the “Investing in Community Safety” page on Let’s Chat, Langley City! You will get a reminder from the City when the next phase of volunteering and participating opens.

“Know Your Neighbour” Volunteers.

Back in 2019, Langley City ran a “Know Your Neighbour” one-day campaign in which volunteers simply walked door-to-door, handing out safety tips in various neighbourhoods. It was a very positive experience for both the volunteers and the people at the door. The “Know Your Neighbour” walk could be one aspect of Resilient Neighbourhood Networks, and I’m very excited about the program launching this summer.

Lower Youth Rates and Super Seniors 80+ $1 Rate Coming April 6th

On April 6th, Langley City’s admission rates for recreation services are changing. There are two big changes. One is that the child and youth rates are merging, meaning it will be a $3 dollar drop-in rate for children and youth (aged 4-18). This saves $1.30 for people aged 13 to 18 and is 10¢ more for people aged 4 to 12 per visit.

For seniors aged 80 and older living in Langley City, the City is introducing a $1 drop-in rate.

No matter your age, it is always good to participate in a recreation program, and the City offers activities that are right for you, from art to weightlifting to swimming to fitness programs for people who use mobility aids. There is something for you.

There is a modest increase in the adult and senior rates. The 10-vist, 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month pass prices have also been updated to reflect the new categories and pricing. The game rooms and track pass are still $25 per year. The City also still offers the Leisure Access Program, which provides a discount for people living in Langley City with lower incomes.