CREATING SAFE CITIES FOR SALMON: EXPLORING HOW GOVERNMENT POLICY ALIGNS WITH THE SALMON-SAFE URBAN STANDARDS APRIL 2021 // PREPARED BY ANDREA MCDONALD WITH FUNDING FROM PACIFIC WATER RESEARCH CENTRE AT SFU, SALMON-SAFE BC (THE FRASER BASIN COUNCIL), & MITACS ACCELERATE PROGRAM Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 RESEARCH SCOPE ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 BACKGROUND/ISSUE ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 APPROACH .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 BACKGROUND REVIEW .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 DATA COLLECTION ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 INTERVIEWS .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 DATA ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Governmental Roles and Responsibilities ................................................................................................................................................. 15 INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 FEDERAL GOVERNANCE ................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 PROVINCIAL GOVERNANCE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 16 REGIONAL DISTRICT ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Overview: Salmon-Safe Standards Alignment .......................................................................................................................................... 17 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT – U.1 ................................................................................................................................................................ 18 WATER USE MANAGEMENT – U.2 ................................................................................................................................................................... 20 EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL – U.3 ....................................................................................................................................................... 20 PESTICIDE USE REDUCTION AND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION IN LANDSCAPING – U.4 ......................................................................................... 21 ENHANCEMENT OF URBAN ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION – U.5 ................................................................................................................................. 21 INSTREAM HABITAT PROTECTION AND RESTORATION – U.6 ................................................................................................................................ 22 RIPARIAN, WETLAND AND LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT VEGETATION PROTECTION AND RESTORATION – U.7 ..................................................................... 22 Case Studies ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23 MUSQUEAM NATION ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 SQUAMISH NATION ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 FISHERIES ACT .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 WILD SALMON POLICY .................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT ................................................................................................................................................ 25 SPECIES AT RISK ACT ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 LAND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE PROTECTION OF AQUATIC HABITAT .................................................................................................... 25 PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26 WATER SUSTAINABILITY ACT .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27 WATER SUSTAINABILITY REGULATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 28 2 RIPARIAN AREAS PROTECTION ACT ................................................................................................................................................................. 28 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT ............................................................................................................................................................. 29 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT ............................................................................................................................................................................. 29 BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES GUIDEBOOKS AND THE WATER SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN ............................................................................... 30 LOCAL GOVERNMENT .................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 METRO VANCOUVER ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 CITY OF BURNABY ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 CORPORATION OF DELTA .............................................................................................................................................................................. 36 CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER ......................................................................................................................................................................... 38 CITY OF SURREY ..........................................................................................................................................................................................