Questions to the Langley Township Candidates Civic elections 2008
( check out response from candidates  )

1) Water Management Plan (WMP)

What would you add to the WMP so that it contains enough measures to actually restore water tables in the Hopington to historic levels that are adequate for fish habitat and private wells?  As part of your answer please comment whether you would retain the moratorium on development over the Hopington aquifer until we have restored the water table and solved the water quality (nitrate etc.) issues.  .   

See attachment on WMP for details.             PDF  
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2) Fort Langley floodplain 

What would you do to address the deadlock on the Fort Langley floodplain?  As part of your answer please comment on the ideas from SRES, the Fort Langley Community Association and the Friends of the Trans Canada Trail for a cooperative new vision for the floodplain. This proposal was supported by the TOL Heritage Committee at their March 2008 meeting.   

See heritage attachment for details.            PDF
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3) Authentic consultations

What would you do to engage the public in TOL issues in ways that are more effective and authentic than current approaches (for example the lack of meaningful public involvement in Fort Langley waterfront planning)? 

Please comment on engaging the public at the outset in issues so the public is given the opportunity to be involved in generation of ideas and in planning out of those ideas rather than being presented with a fully formed plan that is difficult to change. 

See consultation attachment for details.     PDF
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