Whereas the Agricultural Land Commission ALC is the administrative tribunal that adjudicates applications in the Agricultural Land Reserve ALR, the provincial zone in British Columbia that preserves agricultural land; And whereas the ALC ultimately determines the usage of the ALR land, taking precedence over other legislation and bylaws applying to the land; And whereas the responsibility for ALC decisions, including rectifying violations and enforcing decisions, often falls to local governments, regardless of whether the local government supports the decision, which transfers provincial responsibilities and costs down to local government: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM lobby the Government of British Columbia to assume responsibility for the enforcement of Agricultural Land Commission ALC decisions and any local government costs incurred as a result of ALC decisions.
