2023 Annual Report

Highlights: Regional and Intergovernmental Relationships

Maple Ridge has a variety of regional and intergovernmental relationships, including contracts with community groups that provide services for residents.

Regional and Intergovernmental Relationships • BC Housing : Supports various housing needs in Maple Ridge, including current senior, affordable, and supportive housing developments. • BC Hydro : Ensures our residential and commercial energy needs are met, including on issues such as managing the Alouette River and Salmon habitat restoration. • Federation of Canadian Municipalities : Supports municipalities in ensuring their interests and citizens’ needs are reflected in federal policies and programs. • Katzie & Kwantlen First Nations : The City maintains ongoing relationships to cultivate meaningful progress on shared goals while working towards truth and reconciliation. • Local MP and MLA Offices : The City advocates on key issues that affect residents and collaborates to achieve the City’s strategic plan. • Local Municipal Government Association : Connects B.C. governments to share experiences and take a united position to represent regional interests at UBCM. • Metro Vancouver : The City sits on political committees and technical advisory groups to work towards achieving the Metro Vancouver Strategic Plan, including the Metro 2040 Regional Growth Strategy, focusing on housing and climate among other priority areas. • Port Metro Vancouver : Strives to identify opportunities for economic development with trades for the 16 municipalities that border the port authority’s jurisdiction. • Royal Canadian Mounted Police : Provides policing services to Maple Ridge, with help from civilian clerical support services and facilities provided by the City. • School District No. 42 : Partners on various youth-oriented City collaborations and services. • TransLink : Works closely with the Mayor’s Council to support regional public transportation service and progress on TransLink’s Access for Everyone Plan. • Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM ): Provides resources and solutions for municipal issues. Advocates municipal interests to other levels of government and regulatory bodies.

Contracted Services Organizations • BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals : Contracted to provide domestic animal impound and shelter services and to enforce animal control bylaws in Maple Ridge. • Emergency Communications for Southwest British Columbia Incorporated (E-Comm) : Provides 9-1-1 call centre and dispatch services for police and ambulance services throughout Metro Vancouver and parts of the Fraser Valley. • Fraser Valley Regional Library : A regional public library system that operates Maple Ridge’s public library in a facility provided by the City. • Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District : Responsible for major distribution components, sewage pumping stations and wastewater treatment plants, and manages regional stormwater and drainage issues. • Greater Vancouver Water District : Provides drinking water and delivers it to Metro Vancouver municipalities for distribution by local systems. It also plans for water shortage response, watershed management and water use. • Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Arts Council Society : Operates The ACT Arts Centre including a theatre, art gallery, lobby and programming space, and provides other arts and cultural services. • Municipal Finance Authority : An independent body that pools the borrowing and investment needs of B.C. municipalities to provide low-cost, flexible financial services. • Municipal Insurance Association of BC: Pools liability risks among BC member municipalities, including Maple Ridge, as provided for by Section 3.02 of BC’s Insurance Act . • Ridge Meadows Recycling Society : A non-profit organization that operates responsible waste reduction services and provides environmental education, while employing people with developmental disabilities. • Ridge Meadows Seniors Society : Operates the Maple Ridge Seniors Activity Centre and partners with the City to support the well-being of seniors with recreation programming and advocacy.

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