BRADNER SLATED in STAGE 3: ALR EXCLUSION

5/9/2017

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The City of Abbotsford is presenting their 'Industrial Land Supply Study' during two open houses at Bradner Hall on Wednesday May 17th, 2017 @ 5 - 8 pm AND at Abbotsford Traditional Secondary School on Thursday May 18th, 2017 @ 5 - 8 pm.

The City is currently in STAGE 3: ALR EXCLUSION. All info on public events, open houses, surveys, presentations and reports, will be posted on the INDUSTRIAL LAND SUPPLY webpage under the corresponding stage.

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City of Abbotsford West Bradner Business Park

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As most of us Bradner residents know, the city has been working on industrial growth since 2004. Developers have their sights on 225 acres in West Bradner that border the infamous and controversial Gloucester Industrial Park.

In 2012, the City of Abbotsford voted to support an application to exclude 22 properties totalling 225 acres of prime farming land in our rural farming community of Bradner BC conditional upon the developer contributing $20,000 per acre to Abbotsford's "Agricultural Enhancement Endowment Fund"... totalling $4,500,000

In 2013, the city published the ALR Exclusion Proposal for the West Abbotsford Business Park on their website. In October 2014, candidates of the municipal election attended a public meeting at Bradner Hall and Bradner learned which councillors were in dissent of the exclusion.

In early 2016, the community of Bradner rejoiced when the the Agriculture Land Commission voted to deny the application.

At a public hearing in June 2016, the City adopted their revised Official Community Plan (OCP) that replaced the 2005 Abbotsford OCP which included the proposal that the lands located in west Bradner Industrial Park be included as a study area for future industrial use. The West Bradner proposal now sites 350 acres up for ALR Removal.

The City says the Bradner Hall open house on May 17th will also provide Bradner residents an opportunity to talk about additional topics such as recycling, speeding and traffic which the City has recently discussed with the Rural Ratepayers Association.

The Planning and Engineering staff and consultants will be in attendance to answer questions on the Industrial Land Supply Study. There will also be city staff from the Solid Waste department to answer questions about the new recycling program.

The Abbotsford Police Department will also be in attendance. The Abbotsford School District was invited, but unfortunately indicated they are unable to attend.

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Bradner Agriculture Land Reserve Exclusion Proposal

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2 Comments

NORMAN MACFARLANE

5/10/2017 11:26:54 am

AM IN FAVOUR OF THIS PROPOSAL, BUT WISH TO WITHHOLD
MY COMMENTS FOR A LATER DATE.

john amyot

5/20/2017 05:29:42 am

this is about corruption at city hall you no that emerson has paid millions to people to sign a contract to buy there homes the contract was getting ready to expire we no braun told the people of brander he was against to get votes then he had a meeting with emerson there is lots of property near the air port I talked to a planner at city hall he was against this didn't make sense he said cost the tax payers to much money so don't give us your blah blah crap your crooked we all no that

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