Regional Park Acreaa>

In 197] the Park District acquired 190 acres, bringing to
2,335 the number of acres under its control. Property acauisitions
in 1971 cost $945,000. ‘he largest single purchase was the resort
Property at Belcarra Park. A lessee now operates the resort and
has made many inproverernts.

Aldergrove Lake Park has also been leased and is undergoing
renovations to provide improved service to the public.

Discussions have been held with the Provincial Goveranent with
a@ view to obtaining title to Crown lands in several parxs and
consiveranble progress has been made. Of special significsnce is
the progress at Selcarra recional park. With tho co-operation of
the Frovincial Government and the Neighborhood Services Association
we expect to acquire, without cest, 5C0 acres surroundinc and
including Sesamat Lake. The Neighborhood Services Asseciation has
agreed to relinguish its lease on 63 acres it holes, re-assigning

it to the regional parks system. We are grateful for the Association's
co~operation,

Also at Eelezrra, the City of Vancouver has agreed to turn over
its Jease on 188 acres at Admiralty Point. This is excellent
waterfront property, leased to the City in 1912 by the Federel
Goverr.ment,

In recent weeks the Provincial Government has agreed to turn
over about 20 acres adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway in Surrey,
for inclusion in Tynehead regicnal park,

Negotiations are in progress for land to create the Cacilano
River Park in the Districts of North Vancouver and West Vancozver
and consideration is being given to the Kanaka Creex park site
in Maple Ridge.

‘The Park District, in conjunction with Coquitlam, is
carrying out a study to determine the best way to devele> .
Burke Mountain With Delta, Surrey and White Reck, we are
also particiuating in a study of recreational areas on Boundary
Bay.

Adninistration, Membership

On Janvary 1 this year the Vancouver-Fracer Park Distric
was formally merged with the Greater Vancouver Recional Sister
The Pork District was established in 1967 an@ in the four
half years that it operated it accomplishes a great deas.
acquired 2,335 acres, most of it through purchase of lands. Cver
$5 million has been spent or allocated to purchase of private lends.
Two-thirds of these funds was contributed by nenber municisalities,
the other one-third by the Provincial Government.

At the neginning cf 1971 there were 2¢ municipziities in the
Park District. Early in the year the District of Maple Ridge
Joined, @s8_frase= tills heros 4 sombaria the feite—pees t2-Miils
hassince-beer—analcanated uith-Commitien,)

We have now been informed that the District of Korth
Vancouver, City of Port Cogultlan ané Electoral Areas ‘j;‘
(University Endowment Lands), 'a* {Ieco-Buntzen) an@ 'C' (Bowen
island} plan to join. It is hoped the remaining members of the
Regional District, City of North Vancouver and Lions Bay, will
also become members.