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October 26, i983

The Mayor and Members of Counc]
Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam
2272 McAllister Avenue ;

Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 248 NOV 7 1983

Your Worship and Members of Council:

Re: The Municipal Amendment Act (1983) and the GvRD's Planning Function

The extended discussions of Bi11 9 - The Municipal Amendment Act (1983)
introduced in the legislature on July 7, 1983 have come to an end with
Royal Assent to the B71 on October 21, 1983,

In our efforts to secure amendments to this legislation to continue a1
er part of our regional planning function, I have been sustained and
guided by the almost unanimous support of the GVRD's members councils.
Unfortunately, we . were not successful in persuading the Provincial
Government. to change the jegislation in respect to regional planning.

Consequently, the proclamation of this Act will eliminate the GYRD's
statutory responsibility to undertake regional planning and maintain a

pechnical Planning Committee. It will also cancel the Official Regional
Plan.

The Provincial Government has repeatedly stated that it has no intention
of eliminating -the non-regulatory aspects of present regional planning
functions in regional districts where municipalities wish to continue
these aspects. In a letter dated October 13, 1983 (Appendix 0), the
Minister has informed us that these activities
agreements between member municipalities and the GYRD under Section 770
(2) of the Municipal Act (see Appendix £).

Although the GVRD Board believes this section is neither intended nor
particularly well suited to this purpose, we have concluded that we have
no alternative but to follow the course proposed by the Minister if we
wish to continue to provide the non-regulatory services which the vast
majority of GVRD member councils have repeatedly stated they want

. retained.

The GVRD. Board therefore has decided to ask each member council to
consider entering into an agreement under Section 770 (2) of the

-Municipal Act to undertake the continuation of the activities presently

provided by the regional planning function, minus the regulatory role.
The main features of the agreement are:

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