Langley City Council received an update on our Economic Development Strategy, which focuses on Food Tech. Council recently completed an advocacy mission to Ottawa, and one of our big pushes was for federal support for a Langley City Food Tech Hub centred around the good work at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Over the last year in Langley City, the number of business licenses has increased by 5%, and the number within the food and beverage category has increased by 15%. This is one of our key economic measures.
In support of a Food Tech Hub, the City is also working through planning for the Glover Road Innovation District. Council received an update on some of the marketing work for the new district.
Council received a presentation from Invest Vancouver, the overall economic development organization for our region. They gave us a brief presentation on their work in Agritech and Food Tech. You can learn more on their website.
A few weeks ago, Council gave first, second, and third reading to a road closure bylaw to enable the sale of a small section of cul-de-sac right-of-way located at 200A Street and 45th Avenue, which is no longer required. Over the last few weeks, people had the opportunity to provide written feedback on the closure, or to attend in person yesterday to provide their feedback. Council did not receive any feedback and gave the bylaw a final reading to enable the road closure.
Council gave final reading to a radio amplification bylaw that will enable the City to require equipment to be installed in concrete areas of buildings where first responder radios do not work (such as underground parking). You can read more about this in a previous post.
Council also gave third and final reading to a rezoning bylaw to enable liquor service at the Langley Senior Resource & Recreation Centre to support their growing catering and hall rental business, which supports the good work of the organization. Council also approved informing the provincial Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch that we support their application for a liquor primary license and followed all due process in this determination.
Finally, Council approved a motion asking staff to explore improving the accuracy of closed captioning for our recorded and live-streamed meetings, as well as live captioning for in-person Council meetings, if it is doable within existing staff and financial resources, and report back if this is not possible. We heard that staff are already exploring ways to improve the accuracy of closed captioning.
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