Municipal News- Abbotsford
July 28, 2020
DCC Draft Bylaw Update
The City of Abbotsford is updating its Development Cost Charge (DCC) Bylaw, and will be hosting a Virtual Online Meeting between 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on August 6 (see details below).
The draft rates have recently been released, and staff have provided an information page and survey for comment. Staff are asking for responses to the survey by August 31, 2020.
McKee Neighbourhood Plan
At the City of Abbotsford Executive Committee meeting on July 20, a report on Stage 1 (Background Research) for the McKee Neighbourhood Plan was presented. The presentation discussed key findings in the areas listed below:
Abbotsford Council has directed staff to proceed with Stage 2 of the plan, which will be a more in-depth engagement, exploring options of land uses, preliminary parking services, parks, trails and open space. See here P.107 of the Executive Committee of Council Committee Package on July 20 for the full report.
May 19, 2020
See here for Abbotsford COVID-19 Business Support
See here for Abbotsford City Services Updates – COVID 19
Latest COVID updates can be found here and include;
Helpseeker App connects people to various services and supports – see here
April 24th Property Tax and Utility Bill Payments Update
April 21st Federal and Provincial Financial Relief Resources
April 15th Responsive Small Neighbourhood Grants
April 14th Utility Bill deadline and other license dates extended
See here for all media releases from Abbotsford
See recent media releases below:
April 21st Engagement Opportunity for Eagle Mountain Park and Elementary School
April 14th Utility Bill deadline and other license dates extended
April 2nd #AbbyCares online resource to keep people connected – All the #Abby Cares resources will be at https://letstalkabbotsford.ca/abbycares
April 9th COVID-19 Business Support https://caed.abbotsford.ca/covid-19-business-support/
April 8th Maintaining Physical Distancing at Public Hearings
April 7th Updated – Enforcement of health orders
April 3rd 2020 Update- Planning and Development Services Update
April 2nd New Process for Public hearings Due to COVID-19
March 27th City Undertaking Additional Staffing Changes
March 26th Open Air Burning Ban Across Abbotsford
March 23rd All playground structures and skateboard parks closed to the public
March 23rd Curbside Collection and Compostables Update
March 20th Fraser Valley Transit Systems Service Update
March 18th All City Facilities Closed to the Public Until Further Notice
March 16th All Recreation Centres and non-essential facilities closed.
March 13th Events of people over 250 cancelled temporarily
March 12th Update to Residents
December 23, 2019
WeTown Proposal
On Monday December 16, UDI wrote a letter to the City of Abbotsford responding to a the recent “McKee Neighbourhood Plan -Additional Resources for WeTown” staff report. Council voted to oppose the recent WeTown report, this means that the WeTown proposal will not move forward.
A second alternate motion was then put forward from Mayor Braun regarding the future of the McKee neighborhood plan. This second motion passed successfully and recommended for the City to proceed with the original scope and planning process prior to the WeTown proposal.
Please let Richard Demkiw, know if you have any questions or comments.
