MEMORANDUM
Mayor and Council April 10th, 1980

Alderman P.F. Ranger c.c. The Honourable W.N. Vander Zalm
Minister of Municipal Affairs

Re; By-law No, 1734.

Rezoning By-law No. 1734 deals with the proposed 52 unit apartment
building on Coquitlam Avenue. The following is the sequence of consideration
by Couneil:

1. Application received December 2lst, 1979

2. Planning and Zoning Committee report January 17th, 1980

3. Council approval of Public Hearing January 21st, 1980

4. Provincial Highways Department approval requested January 29th, 1980
De First two readings of By-law No. 1734 February 4th, 1980

6. Public Hearing February 18th, 1980

7. Third reading February 18th, 1980

It has now been 11 weeks since Provincial Highways approval has been
requested. This constitutes an unreasonable delay by the Provincial
Highways Department and undoubtedly adds to the developer's cost of the
project.

This project also represents many thousands of man hours of work, not
only for construction of the apartment building but also the finishings
such as plumbing fixtures, appliances, lighting, etc. In these times of
high unemployment and layoff in the lumber and plywood mills of British
Columbia this delay is inexcusable. Add to this the shortage of apartment
rental units in the Lower Mainland.

How many other projects across the entire Province are being held up by
the Provincial Highways Department?

I move that we petition the Provincial Highways Minister, the Honourable
Alex Fraser, to investigate the cause of the delay in approving rezoning
requests to his department.

Respectfully submitted,

PFR/dv Alderman P.F. Ranger