The City cannot obtain unrestricted title to the Property to convey
the School Board, therefore we are not in a position to sell the property

the Board.

The Leisure Activities Committee has considered these facts and feels that
although the site is not easily accessible from the City, there may come a
day in the future when the Property can be utilized by the City. As there
is little chance of recovering the value of the land, the Committee is concerned
about the ultimate reduction of our total park land area without any remuneration

or way of replacing this loss,

The greatest concern probably lies with the fact that the site will always be
within the boundaries of the City of Port Coquitlam. If a school is constructed
there, servicing would have to be provided by the District of Coquitlam, our
access to them for fire protection purposes would have to be through the
District of Coquitlam. Council will see that this will be an awkward situation
for many years to come and if there is any chance at all that the property would
subsequently pass into private hands in the future, it would be very awkward for
‘tthe City to have to service and regulate this'very small portion of land which
would lie within the City boundaries, but which would be not easily accessible,
The Committee feels that if the Property remains as it is at present, that is in
City ownership, that there will be no chance of any complications arising in
servicing or controljing this property in the future, . :

The Leisure Activities Committee recommends that we not relinquish title to this
he foregoing problems.

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