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consents in order to get title to the small piece of York Street between
Coquitlam Avenue and Suffolk Street.

4. Road Abondonment - McKenzie Avenue.

The Committee received a request from the owners of land adjacent to McKenzie
Avenue off Pitt River Road to have the City offer this road allowance for

sale. (See map attached).

Half of this road allowance was abondoned by a previous plan and an annexed to
the owners on the south side of McKenzie Avenue. This request comes from
the owners to the north and is anticipated that they would be prepared to
purchase this remaining road allowance and have it annexed to their property.
At the present time there is a sewer line running from Pitt River Road to
the lane running to the west of Pitt River Road and if the City obtains title
and offers the property for sale it would be subject to the following terms.
(1) Consolidation with the adjoining parcel.
(2) The purchaser to provide any utility servicing that might be
required.
(3) Subject to the purchaser Leing responsible for relocating the
existing sewer line if future subdivision is contemplated.

The Committee recommends that we take xuhe necessary steps to abondon this
portion of McKenzie Street and obtain title in the name of the City. The
Committee will report futher at a later date on evaluation of the parcel

if it is to be offered for sale.

3. Sale of Property to the School Board.

Council requested the Land Sales Committee's recommendation on the sale of
two pieces of land to the Schecl Board, one on Coquitlam Avenue and the
other on Reeve Street between Kelly and Hawthorne. Both of these sales
have been reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Committee and the Finance
Committee and have been recommended for sale. The Land Sales Committee
recommends that the property on Coquitlam Avenue required by the School
Board for the expansion of the James Park School site be sold to the Board
and that its value be established by an independent appraiser acceptable to
the Board and the City. It is understood that the Board use the firm of
Penny and Keenieyside and this firm would be acceptable to the Land Sales

Committee if proposed.

The other piece of Land is located on Reeve Street between Kelly and
Hawthorne and is required by the Board for future school site for the
downtown area, The Committee feels that if the property is sold to the
Board they would like to see some assurance that the site will be utilized
for school purposes in the near future. This land is presently in the
flood plain and as such is only suitable for school use, recreation use
or some industrial use. As the City own all of the surrounding property
it would be difficult to control this parcel if the School Board decided
in the future that it was not to be used for school construction and
disposed of it to private interests. The Committee feels that it would
be better to reserve tnis land for school purposes and keep it in the
name of the City until such time as the Board are ready to go ahead with

school construction.

The Committee recommends that specific information be requested from the School
Board on the timing of school construction on this site, before sale is
contemplated and that the site be reserved for school purposes in the

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