Whereas the movement and subsequent deposition of soil and other material has the potential to negatively impact all lands - including ALR lands within the Province of British Columbia; And whereas local governments, the Agricultural Land Commission and other provincial agencies must address issues and related impacts associated to the movement, removal, and deposition of soil and other material which often requires enforcement measures to be taken; And whereas the movement, removal, and deposition of soil and other material has the potential to negatively impact the environment, farmland, private and public property and infrastructure; And whereas the removal of soil and other material from lands located within local governments in British Columbia is not mandated by local governments or the provincial government to be tracked using available GPS and logistics management software technology; And whereas a variety of technological solutions exists to track soil and other material transferred between sites: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urge the Government of British Columbia to mandate that all source and deposit sites that fall within the jurisdiction of the Agricultural Land Commission in the Province of British Columbia in which soil and other material is to be removed be monitored and tracked using appropriate technology to ensure source site soil and other material is taken only to approved sites within the province.
