if

Note also, that Section 522 « the Municipal Act (in the attached excerpt)
puts an onus on the District of Coquitlam to notify us if they want to
take any action in diverting Hyde Creek and they would be required to
serve Notice upon us for any works that they might propose. In addition,
if Coquitlam carried out works on the creek, upstream, they would require
approval from Water Resources and would come under the provisions of the

Act. .

The problem is still there, however, that some private individual or
owner could make application for works on the creek, either inside the
municipality or outside, and in the case of the private individual we
may not necessarily be notified.

Considerations for the Future:

Lt. would appear that we should rely on more than just the fact that we
may be protected by the terms of the Municipal Act or the Water Act and
a licence would give us additional protection. The licence would entitle
us to do certain things with respect te constructing works on the stream
and, in addition, it would put us in the position of being notified if
any further licences were applied for on the Creek. It would appear,
however, from reading the legislation that the mere receipt of a licence
does not guarantee continual supply of water in the creek, however, it
does ensure that our Rights would be preserved to whatever water is in
the creek in accordance with the amount of water’ approved to be dealt
with under the licence.

Application for a Licence:

I have the necessary forms for application for a Water Licence, however,
there may be some engineering calculations required to compute the amount
of water that might be affected by our works. I have not confirmed Fees
‘with the Water Resources Branch, however, a Schedule in the Regulations
does set out fees for a licence for Conservation Purposes to construct
works in and about streams for the purpose of conserving fish and wildlife,
the application fee is $5.00 with a subsequent annual rental fee of $5.00

per year.