THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

TO: B. Kirk, February 25,
City Administrator

FROM: F.E. Peters,
City Engineer

SUBJECT: Exchange of Property with Department of Highways
and Canfor <- Public Works Committee, Feb. 23, 1982

RECOMMENDATION:

That Council approve of the exchange of property as
outlined below and that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to
sign the agreement with the Ministry of Transportation and
Highways for compensation.

BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:

About two years ago, the City Administrator brought
to the attention of Council a oroposed land swap which was being
considered by the City in conjunction with the Ministry of
Highways and Canfor. The purpose of the land swap is to provide
the Ministry of Highways with right-of-way for the Mary Hill
Bypass. Rather than paving cash for the property required, it
was felt that a land swap would be more beneficial to all
concerned as it would tidy up a number of severed parcels and
unused road allowances in the area.

Attached you will find a copy of a form entitled
"Offer to Accept Compensation for Land Required for Public Purposes"
along with a letter from the Ministry of Highways explaining the
overall agreement and undertaking of the Department of Highways.
For clarification I have attached Sketches A, B, and C which
indicate the land which is being given up by the City and Sketch
D which indicates the land being received by the City in exchange.
I have not snown the land being given up or received by Canfor
as this is outside the scope of our agreement with Highways. The
area or land being received is approximately equivalent to the
area of land being given up by the Citv. There is, nowever, a
Geficit of 90.237 acres of land owing to the Citv. Part of this
agreement involves the construction by the Ministry of Highwavs
of a portion of our major drainage adjacent to the highway
east of Broadway Streez in lieu of fjeficit in 1and being owed
to the City.