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John Steiner from Urban Systems made a presentation [PDF, 890KB] to Council on the status of the Transportation Plan update.

Mr. Steiner explained that this project would update the plan that was adopted in 2003. The plan looked at four major areas:

• The road network within Maple      Ridge and connectivity to neighbouring communities
• The issues related to transit      within the community and to points outside Maple Ridge
• The development and      connectivity of cycling routes
• The development and      connectivity of pedestrian routes within the community

The 2003 plan had a 20 year focus, and Mr. Steiner noted that the community had achieved the greatest accomplishments on the cycling and pedestrian portions of the plan, and that some progress had occurred in the road network. The new plan seeks to reset the plan based on the current needs identified by Council, staff, other government agencies and an engagement with the community to look at specific needs by various demographic and neighbourhood groups.

Mr. Steiner went over the process for updating the Transportation Plan providing context for the update and a reflection on the 2003 Plan aspirations and features. There are four phases involved in the update.

Mr. Steiner noted that we are currently at Phase 2 of the project and that the community and stakeholder engagement will occur throughout the late spring and summer with Council receiving a report in the fall of 2012.

Council provided Mr. Steiner with some feedback on issues that should be looked at as part of the review with the community.

Despite on-again, off-again rain and two evacuations on Saturday, the Ridge Meadows Home Show went smoothly over the weekend.  Around 22,000 people passed through the doors of the Home Show over three days, and an additional 3,000 people came out for the outdoor family festival alone.  Please click on link below to read the full story.

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Homeless youth in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will have a place to turn to thanks to a new program aimed at giving them the life skills to avoid ending up on the streets and find them stable housing.

The Alouette Home Start Society’s Route 29 program is getting underway this month, and will offer temporary housing for up to six months for people aged 17 to 24 at risk of ending up on the streets at a new four-bedroom facility in Maple Ridge.  Click on the link below to read the full story.

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Letter [PDF, 982KB] dated April 2, 2012, from Emergency Communications for Southwest BC (E-Comm 911) requesting written confirmation of the designation of one individual for election to the Board of Directors of E-Comm.

Council voted to have Mayor Daykin sit as the representative for Maple Ridge on the Board of Directors of E-Comm.

Metro Vancouver-Notification of a Proposed Amendment to the Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy

Letter [PDF, 2.3MB] dated April 4, 2012, from Paulette Vetleson, Manager/Corporate Secretary, for Metro Vancouver providing notification of a request from the Village of Anmore requesting a Type 2 amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy in order to re-designate a school site from Rural to General Urban.

Council received the letter as information.