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Subsaission of the Endomeent Lands Regional Park Cormittee to the Chairman

ond Dircstora of the Greater Yoneeuver Reyionul District - October 2, 1974 Our ponition, in brief, ia that the University Endovsent Lands offer a unique

opportunity for recreation, education, nature research and conservation, both

Thank you for allowing us a moment on your agenda. now and --increseingly-- in the future for Lower Mainland citizens; and tust

no part of these undeveloped lende should be allocated for any other purpose
Tt is our understanding that. you will he asked today to consider o motion

: _ until a regional forest park has been designed which realizes this potential
of Vancouver City Council requesting GYRD participation on a joiat Council-~ : in full .
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Parks Board conmittee which would seek a meeting with the Provincial cabinet

ainisters concerned on the question of the future utilization of the Univer-=
. Thank you.
sity Endownent Lands.

Vancouver's resolution of February 5th on thie 1asue supports our position i
which 18 to abtoin e@ major regional park on this unique 1700 cere site.

Since it was psased we have appeared before, and received strong support

from nine additional city and municipal councils within GYRD ~-plus Langley . .

which, while still outalde, is a member of your parks committee. One of

. . : these municips! motions —-thet of the City of New Weatminster-- so well ! .

, expresses the general viewpoint that we have thought fit to append it to this
statement as an exhibit. All the other motions are available to members of

this Board from whom we now ask that an appropriate expression of this over-
whelming support for a regional forest park on the Univereaity Endowment Lands

; : be conveyed to members of the Provincial cabinet.

Ta our briefa to your member cities and municipalities we made four basic .

points. We want the UEL preserved an a regional forest park for thece reasonet

(1) Their essential valve aa recreational park land and the environnental

importance of their remaining intact.

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(2) Their unique accessibility to the Metropolitan area.

(3) The overwnelming cost of ecquiring alternative green space,

(4) the availability of suitubla alternative building sites.

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