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H.01 Mayor and Council External Correspondence Summary March 10, 2014 FROM TOPIC DEPT. A.T. # 854 A. Boothroyd, Executive May is MS Awareness Month CLERK’S 120696 Director, Lower Mainland Chapter, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada 855 D. Harrison, Senior Vice NAIOP Vancouver 2013 Municipal Report HR&CP 120626 President, Asset Card Management, GWL Realty Advisors Inc. 856 Director R. Martin, 2013 Resolutions HR&CP 120724 President, UBCM 857 Hon. T.G. Stone, Minister Ladner Channel Dredging HR&CP 120843 of Transportation and Infrastructure 858 R. Hecker Surrey Fraser Docks Coal Proposal HR&CP 120723 CC: CAO, CA&E 859 Sto:lo Tribal Council, Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility CA&E 120772 et. al. Planned for Fraser River Floodplain 860 Hon. T.G. Stone, Minister George Massey Tunnel ENG 120694 of Transportation and Infrastructure 861 K. Crooks Road Lighting on Scott Road Between 90th ENG 120601 and 92nd Ave. 862 G. Weal and R. Perrier 52nd Street is Not a Truck Route ENG 120693 863 G. Moore, Chair, Metro Fraser Valley Regional District Solid Waste ENG 120774 Vancouver Board Management Plan 864 S. Samujh, Senior Month One of Compass Produces Three ENG 120784 Advisor, Stakeholder Million Taps Relations, Strategic Planning and Public Affairs, Translink 865 P. McLaughlin, President, Information and Data on Poverty in South PR&C 120718 CFUW South Delta Delta 866 N. Stefenelli, CEO and 2013 Certificate of Diversion PR&C 120624 Founder, Urban Impact F:\CorpRec Corr-Other\Agenda - Regular\2014\2014-03-10\1H01 Summary.doc H.01 Mayor and Council External Correspondence Summary March 10, 2014 FROM TOPIC DEPT. A.T. # 867 J. W. Hammond, Private Sing Me a Song PR&C 120631 Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor 868 B. Heard Animal Licenses PU&C 120717 869 Hon. T. Lake, Minister of Utilization of Police as Front Line Mental POL, FIRE 120628 Health Health Workers, and Using Firefighters as First Responders to Ambulance Calls While Paramedics on Route F:\CorpRec Corr-Other\Agenda - Regular\2014\2014-03-10\1H01 Summary.doc 854 .... ~on~ 3 I\. FilE # c;;\ l aa-aQ ... Multiple ..~ Sclerosis Society of ® Canada Mayor Lois E. Jackson and Council M~ ~ City of Delta Be & Yukon Division 1103 - 4720 Kingsway 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Burnaby, British Columbia Delta, BC VSH 4 N2 Telephone: (604) 689-3144 V4K 3E2 Fax: (604) 689-0377 February 19, 2014 Her Worship Lois E. Jackson: May is MS Awareness Month. Members of the Lower Mainland Chapter of the MS Society of Canada urge you to proclaim the month of Mayas MS Awareness Month in Vancouver in order to call attention to the exemplary efforts of the 55 - 75,000 Canadians who Jive every day with the challenge ofthis neurological disease. BC has the third highest concentration of people with MS in Canada. A sample proclamation is enclosed for your consideration. Since our founding in 1948, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada has been a leader in funding vital MS re search into the cause, prevention and treatment of MS while providing services and support to people with MS and their families. The MS Society is proud of the work and contribution that our supporters and members continue to make to communities across Be. We hope that you would also consider hoisting the MS Society flag to celebrate Mayas MS Awareness Month. Through the combined efforts of people across Canada in towns such as Vancouver, tile MS Society is aole to Dring hope for an end to MS. Sincerely, Adrianne Boothroyd Exec utive Director, Lower Mainland Chapter MS Society of Canada endMS. On August 15, 2000, Council adopted a recommendation which May is MS Awareness Month has discontinued the practice of making proclamations. The writer has been so advised Proclamation WHEREAS, multiple sclerosis Is a chronic, often disabling neurological disease affecting an estimated 55,000-75,000 Canadians and more than 8,000 British Columbians; and WHEREAS, multiple sclerosis symptoms vary widely and may lead to problems with numbness, coordination, vision and speech, as well as extreme fatigue and even paralysis; and WHEREAS, there is no known cause of, prevention of, or cure for multiple sclerosis; and WHEREAS, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, is the only national organization in Canada that supports both MS research and services for people with MS and their families; and WHEREAS, annual fundraising events such as the Super Cities WALK for MS, MS Bike Tour, and Carnation Campaign support programs to enhance the lives of people affected by multiple sclerosis and their families and supports MS research in Canada; and WHEREAS, since 1948, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada has provided more than $100 million for MS research; and is grateful for the dedication and commitment of lt/s supporters and volunteers that has made this possible; and WHEREAS, BC will continue to lead the way in multiple sclerosis research, through one of the world's most renowned multiple sclerosis research facilities at the University of British Columbia; WHEREAS, together we will find ways to enhance the quality of lives for people affected by multiple sclerosis and to find a cure to end MS; NOW, THEREFORE, I, (name here), Mayor of the City of (name of city here) of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, do hereby proclaim this month of May 2010 to be MS Awareness Month for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. THIS DATE: SIGNATURE www.naiopvcr.com NAIOP 855 COMMERC I AL REAL ESTATE DE VELOPMENT ASSOC I ATION VANCO U VER . CHAPTER February 11, 2014 Mayor Lois E. Jackson and Council The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Delta, BC V4K 3E2 RE : NAIOP Vancouver 2013 Municipal Report Card Dear Mayor Jackson and Council, For your information I am pleased to enclose several copies of NAIOP Vancouver's 2013 Municipal Report Card, which was released in October of 2013. This is NAIOP's 14th annual survey, which is distributed to over 20 communities within the Lower Mainland and which requires each municipality to identify the cost and processing times associated with a particular case study. For 2013 the focus was on industrial development, specifically the construction of a two-storey 100,000 square foot industrial warehouse distribution building on 5.5 acres of land requiring both subdivision and rezoning. In producing this annual publication since 2000, NAIOP Vancouver strives to provide its members and the business community as a whole with a reference tool that quantifies the relative costs and processing times associated with typical projects within Metro Vancouver municipal jurisdictions. It has become a va luable tool to assist our membership in guiding their capital investment decisions. We believe that the survey has also become a useful tool for the municipa lities, whose active participation makes the survey possible, as a gauge for the regional competitiveness of their costs and approval processes. Beginning with the 2011 survey, we felt it was time to recognize municipalities who in NAIOP Vancouver's opinion have gone the extra mile to assist our members in supporting investment and job creation within their communities. From 2011 and onwards, we are presenting awards coinciding with the release of the publication each fall. We have called the awards the "NAME" (NAIOP Award for Municipal Excellence) Awards. As part of the NAME Awards, there are awards for Most Improved Municipality (won in 2013 by the City of North Vancouver, the City of Langley and the Municipality of Delta); Most Fiscally Re sponsible (won in 2013 by the Municipality of Delta); and for Most Business Friendly (won in 2013 by the Cities of Abbotsford, New Westminster and the District of North Vancouver). Congratulations to all the winners! 2014 marks the 15th anniversary of the NAIOP Vancouver Cost of Business Survey and we will be celebrating our Crystal Anniversary in our October 2014 launch. This is provided for Council's information. Delta won the award for 2013 NAIOP Award for Municipal Excellence in the category of `Most Improved Municipality'. 102 - 211 Columbia Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 2R5 Tel: (604) 601-5106 Fa x: (604) 681·4545 ofhce@naiopvcrcom Please visit our website at the following link to access an electronic version of the survey: http://naiopvcr.com/development-issues/annual-cost-of-business-surveyl We hope you find this survey useful. Yours sincerely, Don Harrison Senior Vice President, Asset Management, GWL Realty Advisors Inc. NAIOP Vancouver, President 2014 PROMOOONAt SUPPLEME VANCOUVER 14TH ANNUAL NAIOP Regional COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INDUSTRIAL METRO VANCOUVER . CHAPTER Development Cost Survey Fall 2013 2013 Highlights The Vancouver Chapter of the Commercial Real Estate NAIOP will be acknowledging six munkipalilies that have excelled in creating Development Association (NAJOP) is pleased to present the environments positive to business creation. The !tree categories of awards ilre: 2013 edition of their Commercial Development "Report Card" Most Improved The most implOvemem compared to previous survey resul ts Most Fiscally Responsible Cost increases kepI in line with overall inflation Most Business Friendly Implementation of polities 10 support the aealion of new job spaces The awards will be presented 011 the October t 7l>reakfast meeting This year's wiMers are: MOST IMPROVED: City of North Vancouver. City of langley, and Municipality of Delta - they have managed an overall drop in costs of 20%, 18%, and 17%. respectively, flom the previous survey results in 2011 Most Fiscally Responsible: Municipality of Delta - has managed ith the last qU3rterof 2013 well to limit cost increases ovel the 10 W undcr W3Y, the next edition year timeframe 01 the study to 30% of the Indusrrial COSt of Business of the average rate of inflation Survey is rC3dy for yo ur review.