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Pay freeze, land Sun awareness clinics Book your free consultation today! sell-off to keep TransLink afloat Mayors fear deeper cuts to bus runs by Jeff Nagel TRANSLINK IS ASSUMING its union-
ized workers will accept a pay freeze or at least a net-zero contract where the overall cost doesn’t rise. CEO Ian Jarvis also intends to raise $220 million by selling off property such as the Oakridge transit centre in Vancouver and relocating operations to cheaper land. And he’s still counting on a just-denied fare increase being approved next year to take effect in 2014. Those are just some of the big bets in TransLink’s revised financial outlook that Jarvis presented to Metro Vancouver mayors Tuesday. “We’ve got lots of risks that we’re facing,� he said. “I didn’t want to come here and come across as whining. We will size our operations to match the revenues available to us.� The transportation authority is struggling to decide what bus service expansions promised in a plan approved last year can proceed in light of a series of budget challenges. Besides the nixed fare hike and a challenge from its regulator to instead find $20 million per year in cuts,
mayors last month rejected a two-year increase in property taxes, leaving another $30-million annual hole. But Jarvis said TransLink’s approved plan already assumes it will find $84 million in cuts, efficiencies or new revenue over the next three years. The bulk of that – $55 million – is to come from much deeper “optimization� of bus routes and runs than TransLink has so far embarked on to pull in more fares at less cost. That’s expected to mean more pressure to scrap or curtail less-used bus routes in growing suburbs and increase runs where existing demand is stronger and closer to break-even. Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said redeploying buses to the urban centre flies in the face of efforts by outlying cities to build transit-friendly neighbourhoods on the promise better service will come. “We’re selling the future of our transit-oriented neighbourhoods in the suburbs,� Stewart said. “We’re selling that out so we can operate more efficiently today.� Jarvis admitted the choices are not See FUNDING / Page 12
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Public Hearing - May 29, 2012 - Continued â–ź Project No. 6 Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU006503) Location: 28 Georgia Wynd, as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 6. Applicant: Pinnacle Homes Telephone: 604-250-3250 Proposal: Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit in order to permit subdivision and development of two single family residential lots. “Delta Zoning Bylaw MAP NO. 6 No. 2750, 1977â€? FILE NO. LU006503 Amendment Bylaw No. 7071 To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977â€? by rezoning the subject property from RS1 Single Family Residential to RS6 Single Family (460 m2) Residential. Development Variance Permit LU006503 To vary Section 636C of “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977â€? by reducing the minimum lot width requirement from 15 m to 12.1 m for both lots. Staff Contact: John Hopkins – 604-952-3155 Web Location: April 23, 2012 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.03 â–ź Project No. 7 Application for OfďŹ cial Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning, Development Variance Permit and Development Permit (File No. LU006417) The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Delta BC V4K 3E2 www.corp.delta.bc.ca
Location: 5571 Ladner Trunk Road as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 7. Applicant: Peter J. Dandyk Telephone: 604-943-1213 Proposal: Application for OfďŹ cial Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning, Development Variance Permit and Development Permit in order to permit the development of a four storey, 30 unit MAP NO. 7 FILE NO. LU006417 apartment building on the subject property. “The Corporation of Delta OfďŹ cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 3950, 1985â€? Amendment Bylaw No. 7088 To amend the land use designation for the subject property in Schedule B.3 of the Ladner Area Plan from RG Ground-Oriented Residential to LRR Low-Rise Residential. “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977â€? Amendment Bylaw No. 7089 To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977â€? by rezoning the subject property from C2 Commercial Local to Comprehensive Development Zone No. 413. Development Permit LU006417 To regulate the form and character of the proposed four storey, 30 unit apartment building in Ladner Village.
Development Variance Permit LU006417 To vary Section 913(2) of “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977â€? by varying the required special setback for a anking street from the centre line of Ladner Trunk Road from 19.75 m to 14 m. Staff Contact: Tanya Mitchner – 604-952-3472 Web Location: May 14, 2012 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.04 Any persons who believe that their interest in property will be affected by the proposed projects shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing on matters contained in the bylaws and/or proposed by the applications. Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to communicate to Council in advance of the Public Hearing, you can write to: Mayor and Council The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Fax: 604.946.3390 Email: mayor-council@corp.delta.bc.ca To be considered, correspondence must be received by the OfďŹ ce of the Municipal Clerk no later than 4:30 p.m. on May 29, 2012. Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested persons concerning any project after the Public Hearing has concluded.