City of Port Moody
Special Council
Agenda

Friday, January 29, 2021

4:00 P.m. - 6:00 P.m.

Electronic Meeting via Zoom

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1.

Call to Order

2.

Unfinished Business

2.1

Official Community Plan Amendment – Coronation Park (Wesgroup Properties)

Report: Community Development Department – Development Planning Division, dated January 11, 2021

The following main motion and amendment motion from item 9.1 of the
January 26, 2021 Special Council meeting are currently on the table for Council consideration:

RC21/038-050
Moved and seconded
THAT City of Port Moody Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2014,
No. 2955, Amendment Bylaw No. 27, 2021, No. 3285 (Coronation Park) be read a first time as recommended in the report dated
January 11, 2021 from Community Development Department – Development Planning Division regarding Official Community Plan Amendment – Coronation Park (Wesgroup Properties);

AND THAT prior to bringing Bylaw No. 3285 back for consideration of second reading and referral to Public Hearing, staff be directed to work with the applicant to further refine the project based on the current proposal, including the following key elements:

• • inclusion of the amenity commitments into the amendment Bylaw, based on a more thoroughly developed amenity package that can be viably delivered as part of the development;
  • how the density is distributed on the site, taking into account building height, massing, built form, and grade transition, including where towers are located, the number of towers, and how tower heights transition across the site between Ioco Road and Balmoral Drive;
    
    
    
  • opportunities to increase the amount of employment generating floor space;
  • completion of the Transportation Impact Assessment and determining how its findings influence the project;
  • the amount and configuration of the public park space versus the semi-public open space; and
  • ensuring that the properties in this part of the neighbourhood that are not part of the application are left with a practical development potential in the future;

AND THAT a road network and grading plan be considered that varies from that included in Corporate Policy – 13-6410-2019-01 – Coronation Park Development Application Requirements;

AND THAT Council advise the applicant to address the following issues for second reading:

1. 1. Pull back proposed project residential density to closer alignment with the Community Plan vision, with most towers not to exceed 26 storeys;
   2. Improve family-oriented unit mix and options;
   3. Increase accommodation of essential local shopping options in light of increased demand from the project;
   4. Expand office and light industrial space allocation to be better aligned with Council’s jobs-to-population ratio guidance;
   5. Increase voluntary amenity contributions toward nearby park maintenance;
   6. Conversion of as much existing road network to park as possible;
   7. Rent-to-own as an alternative to the affordable housing component;
   8. Explore reconfiguration of towers from east to west, with taller buildings situated to the east; and
   9. Investigate designs for mitigating impact of high rises on social connectedness/mental health;

AND THAT Council express a stronger desire for OCP compliance than affordable housing via subsidy to the applicant.

RC21/051
Moved and seconded
THAT the foregoing motion be further amended by adding “AND THAT staff be directed to cap the population of Wesgroup’s proposed development in Coronation Park at approximately 4,000 people.”.

3.

Adjournment