Maple Ridge meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Maple Ridge council sets October referendum on $393M in recreation borrowing

Council approves three referendum questions

Maple Ridge council has approved three assent-voting questions for an October 17, 2026 referendum on loan authorizations for major recreation projects. The questions cover borrowing of up to $227 million for an Aquatics Centre, $23 million for a Community Park, and $143 million for the Albion Twin-Rink Expansion.

The approvals came at the July 21 Regular Council Meeting. Specific vote tallies were not included in the available minutes.

Housing and zoning decisions

Council also acted on several land-use items at the same July 21 meeting:

• Approved an Expedited Processing Pilot Program for triplex and fourplex housing.
• Adopted Zone Amending Bylaw No. 7562-2019 for 11040 Cameron Court.
• Approved Development Variance Permit 2025-109-VP for 11040 Cameron Court.
• Abandoned Maple Ridge Zone Amending Bylaw No. 8005-2024.

Bylaws advance through readings

Three bylaws moved forward at the July 21 meeting:

• Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 8121-2026 passed first, second, and third readings.
• Soil Deposit Regulation Amending Bylaw No. 8128-2026 passed first, second, and third readings.
• Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw No. 8105-2026 passed second and third readings.

Public hearing on tenant protection

A public hearing was held July 21 regarding Maple Ridge Official Community Plan Amending Bylaw No. 8109-2026. The proposal would create a city-wide Tenant Protection Development Permit Area to regulate tenant displacement before demolition permits are issued. No decision was recorded in the minutes.

Other meetings held

Several other meetings in the past two weeks had only procedural agendas with no substantive items listed:

• July 21 Committee of the Whole — procedural boilerplate only.
• July 22 Advisory Design Panel — no listed items for discussion or decision.
• July 23 Liveable Community Advisory Committee — procedural boilerplate only.
• July 28 Regular Council Meeting — procedural boilerplate only.

The July 28 Audit and Finance Committee meeting was scheduled to review the City's operating results as of May 31, 2026, including the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Operating Accumulated Surplus Distribution. Minutes for that meeting have not yet been published.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings are listed in the next 14 days. Residents interested in the October 17, 2026 referendum on recreation borrowing can watch for further council discussion of the assent-voting questions in future meetings.

Maple Ridge council adopts zoning bylaws, delays Zero Carbon Step Code; $393M in borrowing votes set for July 21

Maple Ridge council adopted three zoning bylaws, moved heritage protection forward for a River Road property, and delayed the Zero Carbon Step Code EL-4 requirement to September 1, 2027 at its July 14 Regular Council Meeting. The meeting also approved business-planning guidelines for the 2027-2031 Five-Year Financial Plan.

Zoning bylaws adopted

Council adopted three zone-amending bylaws, all carried:

• **Bylaw No. 8119-2026** — density-bonus alignment.
• **Bylaw No. 8104-2026** — phasing out R-1 to RT-1 zones, which rezones 4,586 properties to the RUR zone.
• **Bylaw No. 8088-2026** — establishes the Downtown Business Improvement Area.

The RUR rezoning affects the largest number of properties in a single bylaw this meeting cycle.

Heritage and tax exemption for 21694 River Road

Council gave Heritage Designation Bylaw No. 8022-2026 first and second readings and sent it to a public hearing — carried. The companion Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 8023-2026 for the same property received first, second, and third readings — carried.

Both items were forwarded from the July 7 Committee of the Whole, which reviewed staff reports on heritage protection, road networks, and financial planning.

Zero Carbon Step Code delayed

Council directed staff to postpone the EL-4 requirement of the Zero Carbon Step Code until September 1, 2027 — carried. The item had been forwarded from the July 7 Committee of the Whole (R/2026-CW-102).

Financial plan guidelines approved

Council approved Business Planning Guidelines for the 2027-2031 Five-Year Financial Plan — carried. The guidelines were forwarded from the July 7 Committee of the Whole (R/2026-CW-104).

Committee of the Whole forwards five reports

The July 14 Committee of the Whole forwarded five planning reports to the July 21 Regular Council Meeting, all carried despite two councillors being absent:

• 2024-036-RZ rezoning report
• 2025-109-VP variance report
• Missing Middle housing measures report
• Floodplain Management and Soil Deposit Regulation Bylaws report
• Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw report

The committee also approved closing the meeting to the public under Community Charter Section 90(1).

Board of Variance heard four requests

The Board of Variance met July 6 to hear four variance applications. Minutes have not yet been published, so outcomes are not confirmed. The applications were:

• Retaining wall height variance from 1.2m to 2.15m at 27755 Sayers Crescent
• Agricultural rear setback reduction from 30m to 27.1m at 25549 112 Avenue
• Agricultural interior side setback reduction from 15m to 7.68m at 22497 129 Avenue
• Detached garden suite siting variance to allow front yard placement at 24002 McClure Drive

Advisory committees

The Diversified Thriving Economy Advisory Committee met July 8 to receive an update on the Our Neck of the Woods 2026 festival. Minutes are not yet published.

The Climate and Environment Advisory Committee met July 15 with no substantive agenda items. The July 14 Council Workshop also had no listed items for discussion or decision.

Coming up

The July 21 Regular Council Meeting is the next consequential session. Council will vote on three loan authorization bylaws totaling up to $393 million:

• **Bylaw No. 8123-2026**: up to $227,000,000 for the Hammond Aquatics and Recreation Centre
• **Bylaw No. 8124-2026**: up to $23,000,000 for the Hammond Multi-Use Community Park
• **Bylaw No. 8122-2026**: up to $143,000,000 for the Albion Twin-Rink Arenas Expansion

Also on the July 21 agenda: rezoning of 21321 122 Avenue from RS-1 to RUR for a three-lot subdivision (Bylaw No. 8120-2026), and first through third readings of Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 8121-2026 and Soil Deposit Regulation Bylaw No. 8128-2026.

The July 21 Public Hearing and Committee of the Whole agendas contain only procedural items with no substantive matters listed.

Maple Ridge council approves recreation funding strategy, adopts multiple bylaws

Maple Ridge Council approved a funding strategy for three recreation infrastructure projects and adopted several bylaws at its June 30 regular meeting, while the Committee of the Whole on July 7 forwarded a batch of reports — including heritage protection, road networks, and five-year financial planning guidelines — to the July 14 Regular Council Meeting.

Recreation projects advance

Council received schematic designs and costs for three projects: Hammond Aquatics, Multi-Use Community Park, and Albion Twin-Rink Arena. Council then approved the funding strategy contained in a June 23, 2026 report. All items were carried.

Bylaws adopted and advanced

Council adopted three bylaws: Maple Ridge Cemetery Amending Bylaw No. 8112-2026, Maple Ridge Fees and Charges Amending Bylaw No. 8113-2026, and Maple Ridge Council Remuneration Bylaw No. 8118-2026.

Council passed three readings for Maple Ridge Building Bylaw No. 8097-2026.

Council also waived public hearings and passed three readings for three zoning bylaws: Zone Amending Bylaw No. 8117-2026, Zone Amending Bylaw No. 8104-2026, and Zone Amending Bylaw No. 8119-2026.

Committee of the Whole forwards reports

On July 7, the Committee of the Whole reviewed and forwarded several staff reports to the July 14 Regular Council Meeting:

• A heritage and tax exemption report for 21694 River Road (R/2026-CW-100)
• Town Centre Road Network Update (R/2026-CW-101)
• Zero Carbon Step Code Update (R/2026-CW-102)
• Bylaw Notice Enforcement and Ticket Information Utilization reports (R/2026-CW-103)
• 2027–2031 Five-Year Financial Plan guidelines (R/2026-CW-104)

The committee also approved a resolution to exclude the public from a future meeting (R/2026-CW-105). All items were carried.

Advisory committees and Board of Variance

The Engaged, Healthy Community Advisory Committee met July 2 to review a draft allocation policy for the ACT Arts Centre & Theatre and receive an update on the Our Neck of the Woods initiative. Minutes have not yet been published.

The Diversified Thriving Economy Advisory Committee met July 8 for an update on the Our Neck of the Woods 2026 Festival. Minutes have not yet been published.

The Board of Variance met July 6 to hear four variance applications: a retaining wall height increase from 1.2m to 2.15m at 27755 Sayers Crescent; an agricultural rear setback reduction from 30m to 27.1m at 25549 112 Avenue; an agricultural interior side setback reduction from 15m to 7.68m at 22497 129 Avenue; and a detached garden suite siting variance to allow front yard placement at 24002 McClure Drive. Minutes have not yet been published.

Coming up

July 14 — Committee of the Whole: Staff reports on rezoning 21321 122 Avenue from RS-1 to RUR for a three-lot subdivision, a Development Variance Permit for 11040 Cameron Court for a six-lot subdivision, measures for ground-oriented "missing middle" housing, Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 8121-2026, Soil Deposit Regulation Amending Bylaw No. 8128-2026, and Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw No. 8105-2026.

July 14 — Regular Council Meeting and Council Workshop: Both agendas list only procedural items with no substantive content.

July 15, 21, 22, 23: Climate and Environment Advisory Committee (July 15), Public Hearing and Committee of the Whole (July 21), Advisory Design Panel (July 22), and Liveable Community Advisory Committee (July 23) all list only procedural boilerplate with no substantive items.

Maple Ridge council agendas target $393M recreation borrowing, 4,586-property rezoning; no minutes published yet

Maple Ridge council's most consequential recent agenda items — a proposed $393 million borrowing package for three recreation projects and a plan to rezone 4,586 properties — were listed for the June 30 regular council meeting, but minutes from that meeting and all other recent meetings have not yet been published. The roundup below reflects what agendas show was scheduled for consideration, not confirmed outcomes.

$393M recreation borrowing on the table

The June 30 regular council meeting agenda included staff recommendations to borrow up to $250 million for the Hammond Aquatics and Recreation Centre and Multi-Use Community Park, and up to $143 million for the Albion Twin-Rink Arena Expansion. The agenda proposed putting loan authorization bylaws to voters in October 2026. No vote tally or decision is available because minutes have not been published.

Rezoning 4,586 properties from R-zones to RUR

Both the June 23 Committee of the Whole and the June 30 regular council meeting agendas listed a proposal to rezone 4,586 properties from R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, and RT-1 zones to the RUR zone. The Committee of the Whole agenda indicated all recommendations would be forwarded to the June 30 council meeting. Whether council voted on the rezoning is not yet confirmed in the public record.

North 256 Street Industrial Lands Area Plan

The June 23 regular council meeting agenda included adoption of Official Community Plan Amending Bylaw No. 8087-2026 for the North 256 Street Industrial Lands Area Plan. That meeting also listed updates to Cemetery Bylaw No. 8112-2026 and Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 8113-2026, amendments to bylaw notice enforcement regarding trees, election signs, and sanitary regulations, first through third reading of Council Remuneration Bylaw No. 8118-2026, and approval of the 2025 Annual Report and Statement of Financial Information. Minutes are not yet published.

Committee updates: road network, arts centre policy, festival

The Liveable Community Advisory Committee's June 25 agenda listed an information update on the Town Centre Road Network Plan. The Engaged, Healthy Community Advisory Committee's July 2 agenda included review of a draft allocation policy for the ACT Arts Centre and Theatre, plus a progress update on the "Our Neck of the Woods" initiative.

Coming up

• **July 6 — Board of Variance:** Four zoning variance requests are scheduled for decisions, including a retaining wall height increase from 1.2m to 2.15m at 27755 Sayers Crescent, an agricultural rear setback reduction from 30m to 27.1m at 25549 112 Avenue, an agricultural interior side setback reduction from 15m to 7.68m at 22497 129 Avenue, and a detached garden suite siting variance for front yard placement at 24002 McClure Drive.
• **July 7 — Committee of the Whole:** Items include a heritage designation and tax exemption for the Carter Residence at 21694 River Road, a Town Centre Road Network Plan update, Zero Carbon Step Code timeline adjustments, bylaw enforcement amendments to support a Tenant Protection Bylaw, and business planning guidelines for the 2027–2031 Five-Year Financial Plan.
• **July 8 — Diversified Thriving Economy Advisory Committee:** An update on the Our Neck of the Woods 2026 festival is scheduled.
• **July 14 — Regular Council Meeting and Council Workshop:** Both agendas contain only procedural boilerplate with no substantive items listed.
• **July 15 — Climate and Environment Advisory Committee:** Agenda contains only procedural items with no specific discussion topics listed.

Maple Ridge council considers $393M recreation borrowing, rezoning of 4,500 properties as busy June ends

Maple Ridge council and its advisory committees packed late June with discussions on borrowing nearly $400 million for recreation projects, rezoning thousands of residential properties, and adopting a new industrial area plan. Minutes for all meetings were not yet published at press time, so final votes and amendments could not be confirmed. The following summarizes the agenda items that were set to go before decision-makers.

Recreation borrowing strategy

At the June 30 regular council meeting, staff recommended a funding strategy that would authorize borrowing up to $250 million for the Hammond Aquatics and Recreation Centre and an adjacent park, plus up to $143 million for the Albion Twin-Rink Arena Expansion. The plan would require loan authorization bylaws to be put to voters in an October 2026 referendum. The committee of the whole had reviewed a design, costs and funding strategy for the three projects on June 23 and forwarded it to council without recommendations.

Rezoning 4,586 properties

Also on June 30, council was set to consider rezoning 4,586 properties from R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and RT-1 zones to a single RUR zone. The committee of the whole had discussed the staff proposal on June 23. If approved, the change would phase out the existing low-density residential zones. The same meeting included a density bonus framework update to align with provincial housing legislation and a comprehensive update to Building Bylaw No. 8097-2026.

Industrial area plan and other decisions

A separate June 23 regular council meeting agenda called for adoption of Official Community Plan Amending Bylaw No. 8087-2026, which would establish the North 256 Street Industrial Lands Area Plan. Council also had first, second and third readings of a council remuneration bylaw (No. 8118-2026) and updates to cemetery regulations and fees (Bylaw Nos. 8112-2026 and 8113-2026). The 2025 annual report and statement of financial information were also up for approval.

Advisory committees met as well. The Liveable Community Advisory Committee received an information update on the Town Centre Road Network Plan on June 25. On July 2, the Engaged, Healthy Community Advisory Committee reviewed a draft policy for space allocation at the ACT Arts Centre and heard a progress update on the ‘Our Neck of the Woods’ initiative.

Coming up

No public meetings are scheduled for Maple Ridge’s council, committees or boards over the next 14 days, according to the official calendar. The next set of agendas and minutes will be published when available to the town’s website.