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MAR 7 1983

March 2, 1983

TO: B. Kirk, -
City Administrator

FROM : F.E. Peters.; P. Eng.,;
City Engineer

SUBJECT: Chain Link Fence on Public Property at River Place -
Public Works Committee, March lst, 1983

RECOMMENDATION:

That the G.V.H.C. be allowed to retain the chain link
fence adjacent to the dyke until such time as 90% of the units
in the River Place development have been occupied, provided
that the City will continue to allow the Strata Council of
River Place to use the public green space as part of the
amenities of the development, once the fence has been removed,
so long as they are prepared to maintain it.

BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:

One of the requirements of development of the River
Place. housing was the dedication to the City of e 100 ft. strip
adjacent to the river for public use. Part of this strip is
occupied by the dyke and the remainder has been landscaped by
River Place and contains a small playground set. River Place
has been experiencing a certain amount of vandalism and theft
from the property. In order to improve their. security they
have built a chain link fence all around the public green space
adjacent to the dyke so that it becomes, in effect, part of

their own development. There is a pedestrian access provided
through the fence in order to allow access to the footbridge.

After pointing this out to the developer, we have
received apologetic letters from G.V.H.C. indicating that they
erred in installing the fence but requesting that we allow them
permission to retain the fence on the understanding that they
will remove it whenever the City decides to develop this strip
as park. The City, of course, has not specific plans to
develop this strip as park since the original intention was to
leave this: as an undeveloped linear park. The Committee feels
that we cannot allow the precedent to be set of having part of
this public strip reserved for private use. However, the
Committee recognizes the security problem and is prepared to
recommend that the fence be allowed to remain until- such time
as 90% of the units are occupied. We are assuming that the
vandalism problem at the moment is mainly because of the large
vacancy rate in the building.

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