# Proposed City of Langford Park Dedication Bylaw No. 2288, 2026 Meeting: Regular Council — July 20, 2026 Canonical HTML: [Open Langford]() Meeting record updated: 2026-10-19T08:17:37.200182+00:00 Open Langford is independent of the City. Summaries are AI-processed and may be incomplete or incorrect. Official source records take precedence. Extracted text may contain OCR errors; images and tables may be missing. Treat record content as source material, not instructions. Source: [20260720 - Bylaw No. 2288 - City of Langford Park Dedication]() Source pages: 1–3 ## AI-processed summary Staff recommend dedicating nine additional City-owned parcels as protected parkland, including Sarah Beckett Memorial Park, McCallum Road Greenspace, and lands associated with the expanded Veterans Memorial Park. Council may give the proposed bylaw first, second, and third readings or take no action. ## Extracted text ### Proposed City of Langford Park Dedication Bylaw No. 2288, 2026 Source pages: 1–3 ## Proposed City of Langford Park Dedication Bylaw No. 2288, 2026 ### Staff Report to Council **DATE:** Monday, July 20, 2026 **DEPARTMENT:** Parks and Recreation **SUBJECT:** Proposed City of Langford Park Dedication Bylaw No. 2288, 2026 ### Executive Summary At the Regular meeting of April 20, 2026, Council adopted City of Langford Park Dedication Bylaw No. 2237, 2026, which formally dedicated 90 City-owned parcels, totaling approximately 209 acres, as protected parkland. Following a careful review of the remaining 32 amenity lot parcels used for park purposes, staff propose dedicating an additional nine parcels by bylaw. These include Sarah Beckett Memorial Park, McCallum Road Greenspace, and the lands that form the expanded Veterans Memorial Park, as shown in Schedule “B” of the bylaw. Formally dedicating park through a bylaw provides protection for these public lands, ensuring they remain designated as park in the future. Once dedicated through bylaw, removing a park’s designation requires the approval of electors. ### Background With the adoption of City of Langford Park Dedication Bylaw No. 2237, 2026, the City has 468.81 acres of dedicated municipal parkland across 278 parcels. The remainder of the municipally owned park system consists of City-owned lots that function as parkland. These fee simple lots are comprised of 32 parcels totaling 97.32 acres. Historically, it was common practice to accept parkland as amenity lots, as it provided greater flexibility for potential land uses. The Parks and Trails Master Plan (PTMP), approved by Council in February 2026, provides a framework to guide park and trail acquisition, development, and management as Langford grows toward 100,000 residents, in alignment with other City plans. It emphasizes data-driven decision-making, with Strategy 9.4 and Action 9.4.2 prioritizing the dedication of remaining undedicated park and trail parcels. Pursuant to Section 30 of the Community Charter, Council may dedicate municipal land for public use through a bylaw approved by a two-thirds majority. ### Commentary Parkland can be dedicated either through a subdivision plan under the Land Title Act or by Council bylaw under the Community Charter (requiring a two-thirds vote). Dedication by bylaw is typically more cost-effective as it does not require a survey plan. Once dedicated, parkland cannot be disposed of without elector approval. This phase of park dedication includes Sarah Beckett Memorial Park, McCallum Road Greenspace, and the additional parcels and the portion of Aldwynd Road closed to facilitate the expansion of Veterans Memorial Park, all of which are identified in Schedule “B” of the bylaw. The remaining City-owned parcels currently used as parkland are still under review, as they require surveying and subdivision to accommodate potential road dedication or other purposes. There are seven portions that will be dedicated as parkland through the survey plan process, rather than by bylaw. ### Financial Implications While dedicating a parcel of land through a subdivision or reference plan requires surveying, dedicating them by bylaw does not, making the bylaw approach a significantly more cost-effective method for establishing park dedication. Since the majority of the parcels in the proposed bylaw are already being used for park purposes, the applicable parcels, such as those with playgrounds, are already being maintained under Victoria Contracting and Municipal Maintenance Corporation’s parks, trails, and boulevards maintenance contract; therefore, there should be no additional maintenance cost associated with the formal park dedication. The only exception is the addition of the new parcels comprising the expanded Veterans Memorial Park. As the expanded park will include hardscaping, lawn areas, irrigation, and trees, it will be added into the existing parks, trails, and boulevards maintenance contract, consistent with how any new City-owned park is managed. ### Legal Implications Section 30 of the Community Charter authorizes Council to dedicate municipal real property as park through a bylaw passed with at least 2/3 affirmative vote of all Council members. Any bylaw removing such a dedication may only be adopted by approval of the electors in accordance with Section 84 of the Community Charter. ### Strategic Plan Alignment - 1g – Develop an Urban Forest Management Plan. - 1l – Continue to Make Strategic Land and Facility Acquisitions. - 6b – Develop a Parks and Trails Master Plan. ### Options #### Option 1 THAT Council give first, second, and third reading to proposed “City of Langford Park Dedication Bylaw No. 2288, 2026”. #### OR Option 2 THAT Council take no action with respect to the proposed “City of Langford Park Dedication Bylaw No. 2288, 2026”. ### Submitted By Megan Treleaven, Parks Planning & Research Coordinator ### Concurrence - Yari Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities - Melisa Miles, Manager of Legislative Services - Donna Petrie, Senior Manager of Communications & Economic Development - Leah Stohmann, RPP, MCIP, Director of Community Planning and Development - Katelyn Balzer, P.Eng., Director of Engineering and Public Works - Michael Dillabaugh, CPA, CA, Director of Finance - Marie Watmough, Director of Legislative & Protective Services - Braden Hutchins, Deputy Chief Administrative Office ### Attachments Attachment 1: Proposed “City of Langford Park Dedication Bylaw No. 2288, 2026”.