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Governance Policy Update

The purpose of the Agricultural Land Commission Governance Policy is to ensure that appropriate processes and standards for conduct for the Commission, its Members and its management are established and monitored. This policy sets out standards and processes that the Commission considers the ideal for meeting its responsibilities and is amended from time to time. The March 2009 update of the Governance Policy can be found in the Publications section of the ALC Website at Governance Policy – March 2009.


 
ALC 2007/08 Annual Report

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The Commission presents its Annual Report for fiscal year 2007/08. The document reflects the work of the Commission over the past fiscal year and includes general background information on the ALC and ALR, statistics, examples of applications considered in each region of the province and planning exercises the Commission participated in.

 

Agricultural Land Commission Business Plan 2008/09:

The Commission presents its Business Plan for fiscal year 2008/09. This document format replaces the Service Plan in setting out the ALC's goals and objectives for the coming year.

 

2007/08 Annual Service Plan Report

The Commission's 2007/08 Annual Service Plan Report reports out on the Commission's last Service Plan.

 
ALR REVIEW - SUBDIVISIONS, CHILLIWACK  

The Agricultural Land Commission has initiated a review of subdivision approvals granted by the City of Chilliwack dating back to the mid-1990s to the present time. [More]



Compliance & Enforcement

The Agricultural Land Commission has established its first ever dedicated compliance and enforcement section. Two uniformed compliance and enforcement officers have been appointed in conjunction with the appointment of a coordinator. The ALC welcomes Ron MacLeod and Thomas Loo as field officers and introduces Gordon Bednard as acting coordinator. Together these individuals will conduct compliance, enforcement and monitoring activities to ensure land in the Agricultural Land Reserve is not used inappropriately. The ALC’s compliance and enforcement section will work closely with its local government partners as well as with government ministries to ensure the preservation of ALR land.

The ALC has a legislative mandate to ensure activities occurring in the ALR are consistent with the Agricultural Land Commission Act, regulation and orders of the Commission. ALR lands are situated throughout British Columbia and total approximately 4.7 million hectares.



Community Planning Guidelines are written for local governments preparing new and updated plans and bylaws affecting lands in the ALR.

Delegation to Local Government
Powers for local governments to make decisions on subdivisions and non-farm land use applications. [ Information Kit ]

Soil Removal and Fill Placement in the Agricultural Land Reserve are designated as non-farm uses requiring an application in the Act. The Agricultural Land Reserve Use, Subdivision and Procedure Regulation establishes an entirely new results-based process and also provides for certain exemptions.
[ Surrey leads the way to stop illegal fill dumping ]

 
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