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Municipal GOL
7A, LeCleir DEPARTMENT: "For Counenge" DATE: Apr. 4, 1972
D.M. Buchanan DEPARTMENT: Planning YOUR FILE:

Reserve of Crown lands OUR FILE: Crown

; Lands

Please find attached the Following:

1. A letter dated February 24, 1972 by Mr. A.F, Smith,
Assistant Director of Lands,

together with an attached
map indicating the location of the proposed reserve in
favour of BACH Ltd, *

2. A copy of a memorandum dated March 3,
Engineering Supervisor advising that the Municipality
Should consider acquisition of these lands to have complete

ntrol over its development at the time when it 1s
appropriate to consider development,

1972 from the

3. A letter from Mr. G.W. Carlisle of Greater Vancouver

Regional District indicating the importance of this area
to the region,

I have already written to Mr. Smith in

interest in acquiring these Crown lands in a letter dated

June 15, 1971 to Mr. Redel, the Director of Lands, I ‘indicated
that my immediate reaction was that the Municipality had already
Shown its interest in acquiring land, and-1I did not think that:

a preliminary
lready has shown its

However, I ddd note the interests of Greater Vancouver Regional
District in land further to the no

developable for park purposes,

reserve is stil? under lease to the Greater

included in its Forest
Management Plan, and that when an

application was made to lease
part'of this reserve for private Purposes tn 1969,

the Board

‘ My own opinion is that some
with’ GVRD and municipal iny
GVRD would be tnvolved tn ¢

form of jotnt development
olvement is the best objective,

he park area to the north of the land

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