A short agenda is scheduled for Richmond’s general purposes committee meeting on Monday, but speakers have signed up to talk about transit investments and Canada Line skytrain updates.
Translink CEO Kevin Quinn and project manager Sarah Ross will be presenting TransLink's priority investment plan to Richmond councillors about the increasing transit demands in Metro Vancouver at the 4 p.m. meeting on May 16.
In addition, Scott Macintosh, senior project manager at TransLink, will be speaking to councillors and city staff with updates regarding the Capstan Canada Line Station project.
On the agenda for the general purposes committee meeting, the city staff is looking for approval to make amendments to Richmond’s civic election bylaw, which will allow for more mail-in ballots during election time.
If this motion is passed, city staff reported, any elector, not just people experiencing physical disability or are expecting to be absent from the city during voting days, could request and vote via mail-in ballots. The report added that the city will “ensure the public is fully informed on all voting options” on the city’s website along with all the procedures being followed during 2021’s By-Election.
Planning committee (Tuesday, May 17)
Richmond city council will consider whether to require more rental suites in large residential developments and less parking in new buildings close to transit. If the proposed changes are approved by city council, this would mean housing developments in Richmond's City Centre could have 30 per cent rental units. New large developments could also be required to have 15 per cent market rental suites as well as 10 per cent low-end market rentals. A reduction is parking space requirement is also being proposed.
Public Works and Transportation Committee (Wednesday, May 18)
On Wednesday, city staff will be providing an update on Richmond’s public electric vehicle (EV) charger program. Staff has found that the increase in EV charges in the city has sped up growth in the community and corporate EV implementation. The report added that this is a good sign for the expected completion of new city charger installations.
