THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

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Mayor and Council , - August 19th,
V.G. Borch, P. Eng.,
Approving Officer

Proposed Subdivision of the South Half

of Lot 2 and Part of Lot 4, Block H,

Block 1 & 2, D/L 464, Group 1, Plan 10715
N.W.D. -~ Hope Lutheran Church ~ File $#13-77

. in May this year the undersigned received an appli-
cation from the Hope Lutheran Church for a consolidating
subdivision. The Church had previously purchased the lot
to the north of the Church property and intended to remove
the existing residence from the lot and consolidate the two
properties into one property in order to enjoy a tax exem-
ption on the purchased lot. The undersigned received some
indication that the residents in the immediate area of the
proposed subdivision would object to the subdivision and
accordingly a letter dated May 24th, 1977 (a copy. of which
is attached hereto) was sent to six adjacent property owners.
Objections were received by the undersigned from four of the
property owners. Most of the objections received were not of
a nature to enable the approving officer to refuse approving
the subdivision. One objection received, however, did have
some merit and a decision to refuse approving the subdivision
on the basis of this objection would have to be seriously
considered.

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All of the above information has been transmitted to
the Hope Lutheran Church and the Church has indicated that their
main objective is to obtain a tax exemption on the purchased lot.
Accordingly they have submitted a letter dated August 2nd, 1977
which requests a tax exemption on the purchased lot. I believe
that there is some precedent with other churches in the City
for granting a requested tax exemption. Please accept this
memorandum as a request that the requested tax exemption be
considered by the Council. .

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