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File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

File contains a "Master Key" for geographical locations of G. Gary Runka Land Sense Ltd. client jobs located in the Lower Fraser Valley between Vancouver and Langley. The "Master Key" consists of an annotated book: "Soils of the Langley-Vancouver Map Area - Report No. 15 British Columbia Soil Survey - Volume 1 Soil Map Mosaics and Legend, Lower Fraser Valley (Scale 1:25,000)" by H.A. Luttmerding. The numbers adjacent to the annotated outlined areas are LSL client numbers, which not only provide a key to work locations within the region but may also assist in matching unidentified aerial photographs to corresponding client files.

File consists of folders containing company information for G. G. Runka Land Sense Limited. Includes photocopied documents of company incorporation (30 Nov. 1978) and dissolution (30 Nov. 2018) for G. G. Runka Land Sense Limited. Also includes a company description, a philosophy statement, a services summary, a brief biography and resume of G. Gary Runka, a client list, a completed projects list, blank letterhead, a presentation pamphlet, company logo, and business cards.

File consists of lists of clients served and jobs worked by G. Gary Runka Land Sense Ltd. between 1978 and 2013. These lists reference client numbers that match up to client record files and serve as an important cross-reference tool. Also includes a list of inactive client records that were culled in 2001 prior to the move of company headquarters from Burnaby to Atnarko.

File contains the first G. Gary Runka Land Sense job ledger (1 Dec. 1978 - 1 Dec. 1980). Includes detailed handwritten daily accounting and travel records that correlates to work for clients and jobs.

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Item is an original copy of the proceedings for the March 1993 symposium "Urban Growth and the Agricultural Land Reserve: Up not Out" organized by the B.C. Agricultural Land Commission. Includes accompanying excerpt of G. Gary Runka's speaking notes for his speech on "Agriculture in the Urban Shadow".

Item is an original copy of a 1989 "Program Review: The Agricultural Land Reserve Program" for the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Item is an original copy of "Non-Farmland with Long Term Urban Potential in the South Okanagan" by the BC Agricultural Land Commission.

Item is an original copy of the 1994 "Evaluation of the Effect of Downstream Benefits to Washington State Agriculture Under the Columbia Treaty on the Competitive Positioning of BC Producers" prepared by W.H. Holm and Associates for Provincial Agricultural Land Commission. Includes Volume 1: Summary and Volume 2: Analysis.

Item is an original copy of "Planning for Agriculture" by Barry E. Smith, Policy Planner for the BC Provincial Agricultural Land Commission.

Item is a photocopied reproduction of "Forever Farmland: Reshaping the Agricultural Land Reserve for the 21st Century" by C. Campbell for the David Suzuki Foundation.

Item is an original copy of the 2010 "Review of the Agricultural Land Commission - Moving Forward: A Strategic Vision of the Agricultural Land Commission for Future Generations" submitted by Richard Bullock, Chair of the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission.

Item is an original copy of "Non-Farmland with Long Term Urban Potential in the Lower Mainland" by the BC Agricultural Land Commission.

Item is an original copy of the 1998 reprint of "Landscaped Buffer Specifications" by the Agricultural Land Commission.

Item is a report entitled "Landscaped Buffer Investigation" a summary prepared by BC Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the Land Reserve Commission.

Item is an original copy of the 1986 report by Talisman Land Resource Consultants entitled "Agricultural Land Budget for British Columbia for Farmland Resources Branch, B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food".

File consists of original copies of Agricultural Land Commission statistical reports for the British Columbia Agricultural Land Reserve. Includes reports for: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997.

Item is an original copy of "Planning for Agriculture - Resource Materials" by Barry E. Smith, Policy Planner for the BC Provincial Agricultural Land Commission.

Item is an original copy of the "ALC Handbook: A Window on the Agricultural Land Reserve" by the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission which was updated in installments between 1996 and 1999. Also includes six floppy disks that contain the ALC Electronic Library of documents.

Item is an original copy of a 2002 promotional booklet produced by the BC Agricultural Land Commission entitled "Preserving Our Foodlands".

File consists of records relating to the Agricultural Land Commission. Includes correspondence, news releases, background information, papers, drafts, newspaper clippings, and memoranda. Highlights include:

• "The Exclusion of Land from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR): A Focus on the 1997 to 2000 Period - Summary Points" by Barry Smith
• "A Commitment to the Future: A Proposal for the Protection and Management of Richmond and Delta Farmland and Fraser Wetlands" (2007)
• "Protecting Agricultural Land in British Columbia: A Citizen's Guide"
• "Protecting the Working Landscape of Agriculture: A Smart Growth Direction for Municipalities in British Columbia" by Deborah Curran, West Coast Environmental Law (2005)
• "Smart Growth BC's Position on the Provincial Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR)" (2003)
• "Use It or Lose It" article in BC Business by Katherine Gordon (2006)
• "The Rural-Urban Connection: Growing Together in Greater Vancouver" by Barry E. Smith and Susan Haid (2004)
• "Threats to Your Foodlands: Protecting B.C. Food Security" pamphlet by the ALR Protection and Enhancement Committee (2005)
• "Protecting the Agricultural Land Reserve: Our Foodlands under Threat" paper by the ALR Protection and Enhancement Committee (2005)
• "BC Cattlemen's Association Agricultural Land Reserve Information Brief"
• "Bill 21 - 2002 Agricultural Land Commission Act"
• Land Reserve Commission of British Columbia local government seminars informational material
• Job advertisement for the position of the Chair of the Agricultural Land Commission
• "Agricultural Land Commission/Oil and Gas Commission Delegation Background Note" (2003)
• "ALC Reserve Opinion: An Information Bulletin from British Columbia's Agricultural Land Commission" Spring 2003 (Vol. 1, No. 7)

File consists of original copies of Agricultural Land Commission Annual Reports. Includes reports for: 1977-1978, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001.

Item is an original copy of a 1979 promotional booklet produced by the BC Agricultural Land Commission entitled "The Agricultural Land Reserve: Protecting B.C.'s Farmland". The booklet was prepared for the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission by J.M. Sawicki. Photographs by G.G. Runka.

File consists of Gary Runka's records relating to the Agricultural Land Commission after ending his direct involvement with the Commission. Includes correspondence, papers, informational material, and newspaper clippings. Highlights include:

• Bill 42 - 1993 "Cabinet Appeals Abolition Act"
• Bill 33 - "Golf Course Development Moratorium Act"
• Signed letter from Premier Mike Harcourt responding to Runka's letter regarding golf course development in the ALR
• Agricultural Land Commission comments on the Forest Resources Commission Report of April 1991
• Planning Institute of British Columbia position paper on Agricultural Land Preservation
• "Framework Approach - Okanagan Similkameen - Land Suitability for Specific Agricultural Crops" for BC Agricultural Land Commission by Gary Runka, G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. (March 1993)
• "ALR Advisory: An Information Bulletin from the B.C. Agricultural Land Commission" Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan. 1993)
• Debates of the Legislative Assembly, Thursday, May 7, 1992 Afternoon Sitting, the Hon. Joan Sawicki, Speaker
• "Farmland Protection Options for the 1990s" pamphlet
• "The land: To reserve or let go?" weekend special article in the Vancouver Sun featuring Gary Runka (22 March 1986)
• "Ex-ALC boss: Golf course decision bad" news article in the Times Colonist (28 July 1992)
• "Restoring the Integrity of the ALR" by Bill Barlee, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1992)
• "Voter Turnout Signals Support for the ALR" news release (7 Oct. 1992)
• "Socred Abuse of Power and the ALR" New Democrats Campaign backgrounder (1991)
• "Time to Stop Socred Interference in Farmland Decisions" New Democrats Campaign news release
• "Agricultural Land Commission Fencing Specifications"
• "A Sad Story of Good Politics and Poor Land Use--The Agriculture Lease Rush of the Late 1960's and Early 1970's in the North-Central Interior" by W. (Bill) Young, BC Forestry Association president (1987)
• "British Columbia Agricultural Land Commission: An Overview Report" (Feb. 1990)

File consists of records relating to the Agricultural Land Commission and Gary Runka's consulting work for the ALC in 1993. Includes a G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. Invoice to the ALC for his services for the 1993 ALC symposium and the "preparation of a framework approach to land suitability for agriculture mapping for a range of crops within the Okanagan Valley, as follow up to the land suitability for tree fruits initiative of the Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority", as well as a copy of the government contract for the latter. Also includes correspondence, news clippings, data, and background information.

Item is an original copy of "Ten Years of Agricultural Land Preservation" the 1983 anniversary publication by the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission.

File consists of Gary Runka's records relating to the trial of Regina v. Edward Murphy and Douglas Holme, for which Runka was subpoenaed as a witness. Includes subpoena notice, transcript of Runka's examination in court, and newspaper articles about the trial.

File consists of records relating to the Agricultural Land Commission. Includes correspondence, news releases, background information, papers, and memoranda. Highlights include:

• "ALC Technical Report Review Process Executive Summary, July 16, 2013 Meeting with Commission"
• "Agricultural Land Commission: Development of a Qualified Professional Roster" (2013)
• "Changing the Way We Do Business: An Update on the Transition of the Agricultural Land Commission" (2012)

File includes copies of "A Land Use Planning Framework" from July 1977 by the BC Ministry of Environment, Environment and Land Use Committee Secretariat, Resource Planning Unit. Also includes related printed transparencies.

Item is an original copy of the Phase 1 research report "Inventory of Agricultural Land Reserves in British Columbia" by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture of the BC Legislative Assembly.

Item is an original copy of the 1982 "A Guide to the Relationship between Agricultural Land Reserves and Local Government Plans and Bylaws", jointly published by the BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission.

File consists of records relating to the Agricultural Land Commission symposium "Urban Development and the ALRD: 'Up Not Out'" on March 9, 1993. Gary Runka attended as a speaker with the address "Agriculture in the Urban Shadow". Includes correspondence, symposium material, agenda, a copy of Ray Spaxman's speech "Urban Form in a Sustainable Region", attendee folder, notes, and background material. Also includes Agricultural Land Commission 'Preserving our Foodlands' buttons.

Item is an original copy of an Agricultural Land Commission promotional booklet from 1975 entitled "The B.C. Land Commission - Keeping the Options Open".

Item is an original copy of "Spallumcheen: The Visual Environment" by W. C. Yeomans, Landscape Architect created for the B.C. Land Commission.

Item is an original unbound copy of "Land Productivity in British Columbia" by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture of the BC Legislative Assembly.

Item is an original unbound copy of "Report to the Legislature by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture: Phase IV Research Report" by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture of the BC Legislative Assembly.

File consists of records relating to the Conference on Integrated Management of Resources in Vancouver, November 2-4, 1978, at which Gary Runka chaired a session in his role as Chairman of the BC Agricultural Land Commission. Includes correspondence, speaking notes, conference material, and attendee resumes.

File consists of records relating to the Perspectives on Natural Resources Symposium II Land in Lindsay, ON, November 8, 1978, which Gary Runka spoke at in his role as Chairman of the BC Agricultural Land Commission. Includes correspondence, speaking notes, conference material, and papers. Runka's paper was "Private Land Needs and the British Columbia Agricultural Land Commission Experience".

File consists of Gary Runka's records relating to the Agricultural Land Commission after departing his role as Chairman. During this period he consulted for the ALC and continued on as a part-time Commission member. Includes correspondence, papers, informational material, and newspaper clippings. Highlights include:

• Joan Sawicki's notes on the history and overview of the Canada Land Inventory
• Pamphlet on Railway Right-of-Way Abandonment Problems for Farmland
• David Stupich MLA Nanaimo Legislative Report 16 Oct. 1979 "An Open Letter to the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists, BC Federation of Agriculture, the United Church of Canada and SPEC and to all other individuals and organizations that support the concept of preserving agricultural land under the aegis of the BC Land Commission"
• Telegraph from Rafe Mair, Minister of Environment, to ALC staff
• Gary Runka's 1979 resignation letter (to end his involvement with the ALC)
• ALC In-house discussion paper drafts
• "Farm Taxation - A Growing Concern"
• "Bibliography of Articles Pertaining to Agricultural Land Preservation in British Columbia"
• "Farmland in British Columbia: A general fact sheet by SPEC Society Promoting Environmental Conservation"
• Newspaper article featuring interview with Gary Runka "Saving farmland shouldn't have to be a political issue"
• "The Land - Always the Land" film proposal by Robert Nichol (1980)
• "The Effects of Zoning and Development Controls on Rural Landowners and Users" by Edward Manning (Oct. 1979)
• "Farmland and Farming in British Columbia" by Raymond Rodgers
• "Submission to the Agricultural Land Commission by John Rogers, Commissioner, re: Homesite Severance"
• "The B.C. Land Commission: Keeping the Options Open" informational booklet
• Joint statement by BC Institute of Agrologists and BC Federation of Agriculture opposing land use policy recommendations in the final report of the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture
• "B.C. Land Commission critical Path of ALR Plans" prepared by Joan Sawicki (1978)
• Vancouver Sun front page news article "Ex-chairman resigns from land commission" (5 Oct. 1979)
• Newspaper article " 'B.C. agriculture threatened' says former land commissioner"
• "In Defence of Rangeland" by Geoffrey Paynter, presented to the Regional District of Central Okanagan (June 1979)
• "Submission to the Regional District of Central Okanagan from the BC Federation of Agriculture, the BC Fruit Growers Association, the Association of BC Grape Growers, and the BC Cattlemen's Association pursuant to By-law #22 (Oct. 1979)

File consists of correspondence, research material, and drafts regarding Runka's participation in the SFU Research Workshop on Environmental Ethics. Includes a copy of Runka's paper, "Response to Environmental Management as a Bargaining Process: For Better or Worse?".

File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia Newsletter, the Fall 2007 Farm Folk City Folk Newsletter, and "Farmland & Wildlife" newsletter of the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust. Includes conference and seminar materials related to the Mountain Pine Beetle.

File consists of selected professional development declarations and records submitted to the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) and the Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association (CCAA). Submission of these professional development records was required for ongoing membership with the associations. These records also provide a record of Gary Runka's ongoing professional involvement in the disciplines of resources management, environment and climate, land use and reclamation, agriculture, and soil science. Also includes a version of Gary Runka's resume circa 1998.

File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, SRM BC Chapter Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, and the ReachOut newsletter of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC. Also includes a November 2010 issue of "aq: The Magazine of Simon Fraser University" which includes a tribute to Warren Gill, Gary Runka's son-in-law.

File consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, and pamphlets regarding the work of the Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia.

File consists of correspondence and working records of the Wilderness Tourism Association.

File consists of a meeting agenda, minutes, mission statement, and promotional postcards for the Bella Coola Watershed Conservation Society.

File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) BC Chapter Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, and "Farmland & Wildlife" newsletter of the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust. Includes a short biography of Gary Runka and a report of the BCIA 59th Annual General Meeting (2006).