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Greater Vancouver Regional District Office of the Chairman
4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5H 4G8 Telephone (604) 432-6213

February 16, 1988

His Worship Mayor Len Traboulay
and Members cf Council

City of Port Coquitlam

2272 McAllister Avenue

Port Coquitiam, 8. C.

V3C 2A8

Dear Mayor Traboulay and Members of Council:

The GVRD Board is endeavouring to establish Development Services as a
regional function. This would end the cumbersome and inefficient process
of providing this information and strategy coordination service through
annual contracts with participating municipalities. Councils gave the
proposal strong support in considering the acquisition of letters patent
by GVRD for the function. The draft letters patent will be considered by
the GVRD Board in February prior to being forwarded to the provincial
government. Contractual arrangements would continue with those
municipalities which prefer this procedure.

The Policy Coordinating Committee of Mayors has provided political
direction on Development Services matters. The membership of the
Committee has been the same as the GVRD Executive Committee and on

occasion confusion over responsibilities and some duplication have
arisen.

Under letters patent, Development Services matters would be reported to
the GVRD Executive Committee through a Development Services Subcommittee.
This procedure is being initiated in 1988 in anticipation of the letters

patent being approved at an early date.

As a participant in the 1988 Development Services Agreement, 1 am writing
to advise you of this change. [t will increase the efficiency and
effectiveness of actions on Development Services matters, and enable
greater staff resources to be devoted to providing services.

Yours very truly

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Mayor G. d. Blair
Chairman

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