Langley City Council has several committees that members of the community can volunteer to serve on. Annually, Council endorses each committee's work plan. Last Monday, Council approved the work plan for the Arts, Recreation, Culture & Heritage Committee, Accessibility Advisory Committee, Community Safety Awareness Committee, Environmental Sustainability Committee, and Socio-Cultural and Economic Development Advisory Committee.
For example, one of the work plan items for the Arts, Recreation, Culture & Heritage Committee is to develop a Heritage Inventory, including for older buildings. The Socio-Cultural Economic Development Advisory Committee’s work plan includes creating a food technology economic development strategy for our community.
Langley City Council also adopted the Glover Road Innovation District Plan, which I previously posted about with some minor changes. These changes included encouraging stronger connections to KPU’s programs, including a progress monitoring section to measure the outcomes of the plan, setting in stone that there will be no net loss of mixed-employment lands in the City, and exploring incentives to support the development of the hub buildings, including options for them to be delivered as a community amenity or potential City partnership. The innovation hub buildings, in my opinion, are the linchpins for the innovation district. The next steps for the plan will be to update the City’s Official Community Plan and then seek approval from the Metro Vancouver Regional District board.
Finally, Council also approved an update to our financial plan, which you can read about in a previous post. There was a public input opportunity for the financial plan update. The former mayor, a past council candidate, and several people who declared their interest in running in the upcoming local government election provide commentary. It is worth watching this section of the meeting to understand what occurred.
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