July 6, 2009 - District of Mission

32• Land Reserve Commission,• Fraser Health Region,• Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection• First Nations, including:Kwantlen,Matsqui,Sto:lo andSumas.8. That in accordance with Section 882 of the Local Government Act, Council has consideredDistrict of Mission Official Community Plan amending bylaws in conjunction with the Districtof Mission's Financial Plan (includes Capital Expenditure Plan and Operating ExpenditurePlan) and Waste Management PlanProposalTo amend Official Community Plan Bylaw 4052-2008 by introducing policies and HazardousLands Development Permit Areas pursuant to Section 919(1)(b) of the Local Government Act.Specifically, this report will examine:1. Background - Implementation of Hazardous Land Development Permit Areas2. Official Community Plan: Policy Amendments3. Official Community Plan: Hazardous Lands Development Permit Areasi) Fraser River Development Permit Areaii) Geotechnical Hazards Development Permit Area4. Application Fee: Hazardous Land Development Permit.5. Section 879 and 881 Local Government Act6. Section 882 Local Government Act7. Summary.The purpose of the new Policies and Development Permit Areas are ensure a comprehensiveand consistent approach to address development on potentially hazardous lands to limit risk tothe District of Mission by:1. Setting thresholds for development based on the Hazard Acceptability Thresholds paper;2. Clearly outlining the expectations for geotechnical reports3. Require confirmation that the reports are being done in accordance with Association ofProfessional Engineers and Geoscientists Guidelines.1. BackgroundCurrently, the District of Mission only provides a brief outline of the requirements for reportssubmitted by Professional Engineers when addressing development on hazardous lands. Thechallenge this presents is that the Engineers, clients and staff are unsure of the level of detailand information required to address development on potentially hazardous lands and the "levelof safety" considered acceptable to permit development. The Association of ProfessionalEngineers and Geoscientists have developed guidelines (herein after referred to as "theGuidelines") for geotechnical reports to provide the technical analysis and outline the factorsthat must be considered for a comprehensive landslide assessment report. However, a keyelement that remains unaddressed in "the Guidelines" is the level of safety the QualifiedProfessional should be measuring the proposed development against. Thus, "the Guidelines"PAGE 2 OF 73