Regional Parks Committee Revised Agenda Package

That the Committee for Regional Parks receive for its information the report dated August 14, 2020, entitled "Regional Parks - Alternative Transportation Study, Part I Census". That the Committee for Regional Parks receives for its information the report dated August 18, 2020 entitled "Manager's Report - Regional Parks". That the MVRD Committee receive for its information the report dated June 12, 2020 entitled "Regional Parks - Building Funds Status Report".

That the Regional Parks Committee receive the report dated 8 July 2020, entitled "Manager's Report - Regional Parks" for information. Widgeon Marsh Regional Park – Grant Funding Application, Canada Infrastructure Program Regional Parks Committee Regular Meeting Date: September 16, 2020 Page 2 of 3. Widgeon Marsh Regional Park – Grant Funding Application, Canada Infrastructure Program Regional Parks Committee Regular Meeting Date: September 16, 2020 Page 3 of 3.

Regional Parks – Alternative Transportation Study, Part I Inventory Regional Parks Committee Regular Meeting Date: September 16, 2020 Page 2 of 3. Regional Parks – Alternative Transportation Study, Part I Inventory Parks Committee Regular Meeting Date Regional: September 16, 2020 Page 3 of 3.

Table 1: Cycling Access Rating Results for Regional Parks and Greenways Rating # of parks +

Fair 4 Boundary Bay, Brae Island, Campbell Valley, Crippen

Alternative Transportation Study

Access Inventory

ATTACHMENT

Executive Summary
Introduction
Cycling
Excellent 5 Pacific Spirit, Tynehead Regional Park Brunette Fraser, Delta South Surrey, Pitt River

Transit

Good 6 Belcarra, Colony Farm, Deas Island,

Conclusions
Appendix A: Transportation Atlas

33% of parks and greenways were found to have excellent or very good access for cycling, while 30% were rated as poor access for cycling. To determine how well regional parks are served by transit and active transportation, staff created an atlas showing bike paths and nearby bus stops for each regional park and greenway. Metro Vancouver staff made minor adjustments to this GIS data within and adjacent to regional parks and greenways to better align with the Bikeway Comfort classification ratings (see figure 2) where appropriate.

As a result of this methodology, the Pacific Spirit and Tynehead Regional Parks and the Brunette Fraser, Delta South Surrey and Pitt River Greenways were rated as excellent cycling access, while four other regional parks and regional greenways were rated very good. Together, this is a third of regional parks and greenways that have very good or excellent access. The last thirty percent of regional parks and greenways were found to have poor access.

There is a wide variety of bicycle and transit access to regional parks and greenways, with some parks and greenways having excellent bicycle and transit accessibility, while others are more difficult to reach without a personal vehicle. There are also parks and greenways that have no transit access, as well as poor access for cycling, such as Aldergrove, Glen Valley and Widgeon Marsh Regional Parks.

Table 1: Summary of Cycling Access Scoring System

Aldergrove Regional Park Transportation Atlas

CANADA U NI TED STATES

Barnston Island Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Surrey Bend Regional Park

Pitt River

Regional Greenway

CITY OF PITT MEADOWS

TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY

ELECTORAL AREA A

Routes: 150, 182Route: 150

Route: 182

VILLAGE OF ANMORE

CITY OF PORT MOODY

CITY OF

VILLAGE OF BELCARRA

COQUITLAM

Burnaby Lake Regional Park

Route: 110

CITY OF NEW WESTMINISTER

Route: 101

CITY OF BURNABY

CITY OF SURREY

Route: 109

Boundary Bay Regional Park Transportation Atlas

TSAWWASSEN (CITY OF

DELTA)TSAWWASSEN

FIRST NATION

Route: 619Routes: 614, 619

Brae Island Regional Park Transportation Atlas

HIP OF LA

NGLEY

Route: 562

CITY OF MAPLE

RIDGE

Brunette Fraser Regional Greenway

Routes: 110, 144

Route: 563

Capilano River Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Regional ParkCapilano

DISTRICT OF NORTH

DISTRICT OF WEST

Routes: 232, 236Route: 254

Route: 254Routes: 251, 252,

Route: 256

Colony Farm Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Douglas Island

Regional Park Reserve)Route: 159

CITY OF COQUITLAM

Route: 169

CITY OF COQUITLAMPORT

Regional Greenway Bikeway Classification System

Crippen Regional Park Transportation Atlas

BOWEN ISLAND MUNICIPALITY

Routes to Horseshoe Bay

Route: 282

250, 257, 262 SoundHowe

Horseshoe Bay to Bowen Island Ferry frequency

70 minutes

Deas Island Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Burns Bog Ecological

Area

Route: 640

CITY OF DELTA

RICHMOND

Derby Reach Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Brae Island Regional Park

Kanaka Creek Regional Park

MAPLE RIDGE

TOWNSHIP OF

Delta South Surrey Regional Greenway Transportation Atlas

SURREY

Routes: 310, 322Watershed

Ladner Trun k Road

Route: 340

Boundary Bay Regional Park

Glen Valley Regional Park Transportation Atlas

CITY OF MAPLE RIDGE

Grouse Mountain Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Capilano RiverCapilano

DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER

Regional Park

Kanaka Creek Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Route: 748CITY OF

Route: 745

Route: 749

Lynn Headwaters Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Minnekhada Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Route: 174

CITY OF PITT MEADOWS

North Alouette Regional Greenway Transportation Atlas

Blaney Bog Regional Park

Reserve

Pacific Spirit Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Route: 14, 99

Route: 84

Routes: 4, 84

Route: 49

Pitt River Regional Greenway Transportation Atlas

Douglas Island (Regional Park

Reserve)

Derby Reach Regional Park

Route: 722CITY OF

PORT COQUITLAM

Barnston Island Regional Park

Route: 701

NORTH VANCOUVER

Routes: 245, 255

Surrey Bend Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Tynehead Regional Park

Tynehead Regional Park Transportation Atlas

Route: 335

Route: 337

Widgeon Marsh Regional Park Transportation Atlas

CITY OF COQUITLAM

Park in Development; Opening in 2023

Metro Vancouver Regional Parks have seen record numbers of visitors as people spend time in nature as a way to cope with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. Regional Parks has worked with its municipal partners to manage demand, both with existing tools and with some new approaches. In addition, Regional Parks made extensive use of existing communication tools, including on-site electronic message boards for all three parks, the Metro Vancouver website and social media channels, including the Metro Vancouver Regional Park Facebook page and Metro Vancouver's Instagram account.

Metro Vancouver Regional Parks and Solid Waste Services began collaborating on dog waste management solutions in 2011, developing waste plans and installing infrastructure from 2016 to 2019, including 157 dog waste bins. In February 2019, Regional Parks staff applied to the Infrastructure Investment Canada Program to fund the implementation of the Grouse Mountain Regional Park Management Plan. The event was attended by Federal Environment Minister the Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, North Vancouver MLA Bowinn Ma, MVRD Board Chair Sav Dhaliwal and Regional Parks Committee Chair John McEwen.

Regional Parks staff is working with City of Coquitlam staff to confirm next steps regarding the rezoning application submitted in June 2020. Regional Parks staff continues to work with First Nations, exploring opportunities for input and collaboration through the planning process and beyond. The attached Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Design Report is hereby presented to the Regional Parks Board for information.

Metro Vancouver is advancing one of Canada's most dynamic and transformative urban sustainability projects: the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Project (Project).

Liquid Treatment

Preliminary Treatment
Secondary Treatment
Tertiary Treatment
Wet Weather Treatment

Metro Vancouver generally directs shows to the waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Burnaby, and grit to the Vancouver Landfill. Mist waste generated by these processes is pumped to the sludge management system for co-treatment with sludge from primary treatment. Primary treatment is the next level of treatment where heavier solids and associated organic matter are separated from the liquid stream.

Primary treatment is designed to remove total suspended solids (TSS) and biological oxygen demand (BOD) and is generally performed by gravity sedimentation. The IIWWTP design includes an improved form of primary treatment called Biologically Enhanced Primary Treatment (phase A) that includes aeration to improve solids settling properties and achieve a degree of soluble organic absorption. The hydraulic and solid retention times used in this process do not lead to significant oxidation of the material.

Therefore, a high level of organic carbon (biomass) is used for solids treatment, while at the same time significantly reducing the size of the downstream secondary treatment process. The increased switch from carbon to solids treatment enables greater energy conversion than conventional primary treatment. The main purpose of secondary treatment is to convert soluble organic matter into biosolids that can be removed so that the treated wastewater has less impact on the receiving environment.

To achieve this goal, the environment in the secondary treatment reactor tanks is controlled by aeration to allow microorganisms to thrive and carry out the necessary biological transformations. Solids are directed to solids treatment, and the liquid phase can be further treated by tertiary treatment. Tertiary treatment refers to processes that remove a greater proportion of TSS and suspended colloidal material from secondary wastewater.

These filters can remove fine particles from the fluid stream, producing a highly polished effluent. The BC Municipal Wastewater Regulation (MWR) (2018) requires secondary treatment to be provided for all flows up to twice the average dry weather flow (2 x ADWF) and the equivalent of primary treatment for flows greater than 2 x ADWF. Disc filters used for tertiary treatment will serve a dual purpose and will be used for wet weather treatment during heavy rainfall events.

Solids Treatment