EAC Subcommittees

Green Infrastructure & Natural Asset Evaluation

Members

: Local landscapers, urban design planners, environmental and landscape management professionals, urban foresters, and local environmental interest group members. 

Goals

: Educate City staff and residents about the value of green infrastructure & maintaining natural assets; present a speaker series on relevant topics; host public consultations about the value of green infrastructure & specific natural assets in their neighbourhood; learn about best practices from other municipalities; support research work being done by BCIT and UBC students (grants); explore potential scoping report for a municipal green infrastructure & natural asset management strategy.

Educational & Shared Resources

  1. Asset Management for Sustainabile Service Delivery 2015-09-16
  2. Green City - Guidelines
  3. Life Cycle Cost Analysis Stormwater Report
  4. Metro Van Connecting the Dots
  5. Metro Van Ecological Health Action Plan
  1. Metro Van Green Infrastructure 2018-02-15
  2. Metro Vancouver Policy Backgrounder - Green Infrastructure
  3. Rain City Green Infrastructure 2018-02-15
  4. Urban green spaces and health review evidence
  5. Water Balance Group Lessons Beyond - Guidebook November 2015

Administrative Agendas/Minutes

  1. GI Sub Committee Action Plan 2018-03-22
  2. GI Sub Committee Action Plan 2018-06-18
  1. GI Sub Committee Agenda 2018-11-07
  2. GI Sub Committee Framework Minutes 2018-02-15

Presentations

  1. City Green Andy Kwek-Creating and Mainaining a City in a Garden
  2. City Green Green Infrastructure vital step brilliant Australian cities
  3. City Green Ian Shears - Why Melbourne is the Worlds Most Liveable City
  4. City Green Melanie Davern - AIPH Melbourne
  5. City Green Neil McCarthy - Role of Parks in making people healthier
  6. City Green Sung Kyun Kim- Using Green Infrastructure to improve Seoul
  7. City Green Tony Wong Blue-Green Integration using living green to improve City water management
  8. DH Calgary Canopy Modeling presentation
  1. DH Green infrastructure presentation 2018-10-03
  2. DH IUFC New West presentation 2018-10-01
  3. DH Surrey BCS - UFC Presentation
  4. Maple Ridge Green Infrastructure Presentation 2018-03-22
  5. Maple Ridge Natural Asset Mgmt Presentation 2016-10-24pptx
  6. MEMC Green Infrastructure Overview 2018-04-11
  7. MVGreenInfrastructure20180215

Ecological Network Wildlife Management Strategy

Members

: TBD

Goals

: Help develop & promote a bio-diversity, connectivity and wildlife habitat management strategy for the municipality, including consideration for species at risk, significant ecosystems and unique or threatened flora/fauna; educate the community about issues, responsibilities & stewardship opportunities associated with the management of wildlife interface areas; continue to promote ongoing initiatives that can help us continue to consider overall bio-regional and local watershed health.

Educational & Shared Resources

Administrative/Agendas & Minutes

Presentations

Environmental Communications Management Strategy

Members

: Local communications professionals and event organizers. 

Goals

: Support the work of the EAC and other subcommittees: determine pathways to promote information from the EAC and subcommittees to the public via City of Maple Ridge; create draft posts on relevant issues and topics for the City of Maple Ridge to promote; assist the EAC and subcommittees in event-planning logistics and promotion.

Educational & Shared Resources

Administrative/Agendas & Minutes

Presentations