April 2, 1980.

The Mayor and City Council,
City of Port Coquitlam,
Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Re: Properties bounded by Lougheed Highway, Dominion Avenue
and the Pitt River

We the undersigned residents and property owners located in the
above mentioned area hereby request that this property be removed
from the "Apricultural Land Reserve" for the following reasons.

1. The property has for many years been designated as secondary
industrial reserve on the GVRD Regional Plan. Many current owners
acquired or held their property based on the belief that it would
one day be zoned industrial.

2. The GVRD proposed in 1975 that this property be removed from
the ALR. This further encouraged owners to retain their properties.

3. The various parcels range in size from under 1 acre to approxi-
mately 30 acres with the majority being in the 5 to 10 acre size.
These are not large enough to actively farm and uniess the land
designation is changed we will S0o0n see a large portion of now
vacant land being used for residential construction and thus preclude
any development as agricultural land.

4. As the land is relatively low and subject to surface water
accumulation in the rainy season it further makes this area
unsuitable for active farming.

5. If the land was removed from the agricultural freeze the
municipality could then use its by-laws and re-zoning powers to
“ensure that this area would develop in a high standard of industrial
use and in turn would tend to be compatible with the rural area
Situated to the north of this area. There are many areas in the
lower mainland such as Lake City Industrial Park in Burnaby where