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. CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
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New Westuinster, B.C.
Faleghone: 523-3711
OFFICE OF CITY CLERK
_ June 21st, 1974
The Honourable Jack Radford,
Minister of Recreation and Conservation,
Parliament Buildings,
Victoria, B.C.
: Honrable Sir:
Re: University Endowment Lands . .
Point Grey
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. At a regular meeting of City Council held June 17th,.1974,

the following resolution was duly passed:

: "This ‘Council appreciates the Government's desire to provide
much needed housing and the problems associated with securing large
biocks of land for this purpose. Several sources have stated, how-
ever, there are up to 60,000 acres of Land available in the Greater
Vancouver Regional District for housing. Council is aware much of
this acreage is more difficult to acquire and develop than is the
University Enodowment Lands. The need for parkland, in Council's
opinion, is equally important to shat of housing. In this instance,
this Council would ask that the Government consider the value of
-Stanley Park and the loss it would have been to the citizens of

. British Columbia, particularly of this area, had its future not been
assured by the:statesmanlike action of its founder. In the long view
the University ’Endowment Lands will be of equally vital value and
importance to the-people of British Columbia and of this area and urge
that the Government take the long view in considering the future of the
University Endowment Lands,

. Therefore, be it resolved that every effort be made by the
Provincial Government to preserve most of tie University Endowment
Lands as a Regional Forest Park." ,

Yours: truly,

AP Soke

P.J, Larkin,
CiTY CLERK,
ce: Greater Vancouver Regional District
Endownent Lands Regional Park Committee Y

CITY OF VAKCOUVER
CANAUA

TO: GVRD Policy Review and Finance Committee

FROM: Walter G. Hardwick (Chairman) September 11, 1974

The expansion of activities of the Greater Vancouver Regional
District since its formation in 1967 has been impressive.

Whereas one function hospital planning, was the focus in 1967,
water, sewers, regions) parks, revianal jianning, housing, sovid
waste and noise control are adwinistered by the District in 1974.

The scope of the District and the scale of financial responsibilities
are now second only to the City of Vancouver,

This impressive expansion of the GVRD responsibilities has not
been accompanied by major review of either the composition of
the Bonrd or the Administration,

\ The Board is now elected directly, but membership on the Board
is conditional on election to a municipal Council (Municipal Act
Section 57A) except for those representing unorganized territories,
The practical effect of this is that most Directors have seen
their municipal office as their primary focus of attention and the
GVRD activities secondary, This is not to be construed as a state-
pent critical of anyone - but simply a fact of life. I don't
think that it is coincidental that Allan Kelly and Jim Campbell,
representatives of electoral areas, are chairmen of the GVRD and
Capital Regional Boards respectively. Nor is it surprising that
Vice-Chairman Muni Evers is concerncd about the load of work on
the chairman's shoulders,

I firmly believe that the majority of Directors should continue to
be elected municipal officials, Only in this way can regional
policy take into account municipal realities. In addition to
municipal Directors I RECOMMEND THAT, hereafter, one quarter
(possibly 7) of the Directors of the Board be elected directly
from Negional District: constituencies, each representing about
149,000 persons (give or take 10 per cent) as of the 1971 census,
These electoral arcas or constituencies would cover the thole
Region, minicipalities and unorranized territories alike,

This should bring toe the GVRQ Board both Directors whose prine
concern is regional perspective in addition to those whose prime

responsibility is to give a municipal perspective to regional
matters, This would require an amondment to Section 772

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