Staff Report to Committee of the Whole — CRD Transportation Governance Engagement Workbook Materials and Proposed Process

BACKGROUND:

The Capital Regional District (CRD) is engaging member municipalities, electoral areas, First Nations, and partner agencies to solicit feedback on regional transportation governance.

Please see attached the following Workbook materials provided by CRD:

1. CRD Board Transportation Governance Engagement Workbook Package letter dated July 13, 2023;
2. CRD Transportation Governance Workbook which contains an introduction, background information, linked resources, a summary on governance, long-term delivery timelines, engagement goals, and instructions;
3. CRD Transportation Governance Workbook Questionnaire to be completed with Council resolution by Friday September 29, 2023;
4. CRD Transportation Governance Workbook Glossary of terms used in the workbook.

More information is available on the CRD Transportation Committee Meetings website, in the agendas and minutes posted to date, found here: https://www.crd.bc.ca/about/board-committees/board-committees-and-commissions/transportation-committee

The purpose of this workbook, as stated by the CRD, is to provide CAOs, senior staff, and elected officials with the information to provide input on potential changes that will help achieve the regional transportation mode share and greenhouse gas reduction targets.

COMMENTARY:

Staff will review the attached Workbook materials and provide commentary on the contents in the next Staff Report to Committee of the Whole on September 11th, 2023. This will be the Committee’s opportunity to openly debate each question with Staff facilitating the discussion. Options for a recommended response to the CRD questionnaire will be presented on September 11th, 2023.

Depending on the Committee’s direction(s) to staff today (if any), and due to the tight timelines, the final staff report to Council on September 25th, 2023, may contain more information for Council’s consideration that would not be available on September 11th, 2023. Final options for Council’s response to the CRD questionnaire will be presented on September 25th, 2023.

The September 25th, 2023, meeting will be the only meeting in this series with Public Participation on the agenda. However, Langford residents may provide their feedback regarding a Regional Transportation Governance approach in an email to engineering@langford.ca anytime prior to September 25th, 2023. Each of these emails will be presented to Council prior to each meeting between now and September 25th, 2023, in the order they were received.

For the benefit of the public, as this is a CRD initiative, all inquiries related to the CRD Workbook contents should be emailed directly to: regionalplanning@crd.bc.ca

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:

None at this time.

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS:

None at this time.

OPTIONS:

Option 1

THAT Committee receive this report for information.

AND

THAT Committee direct staff to: ___________________________________________________.

OR Option 2

THAT Committee receive this report for information only.

SUBMITTED BY:

Katelyn Balzer, P.Eng., Director of Engineering and Public Works

Concurrence:

• Donna Petrie, Senior Manager of Business Development and Events
• Katelyn Balzer, P.Eng., Director of Engineering and Public Works
• Michael Dillabaugh, CPA, CA, Director of Finance

Concurrence:

Braden Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services and Acting CAO

Attachments:

1. CRD Board Transportation Governance Engagement Workbook Package Letter
2. CRD Transportation Governance Workbook Introduction
3. CRD Transportation Governance Workbook Questionnaire
4. CRD Transportation Governance Workbook Glossary