THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

Pais

"APR 2.3 1990

MEMORANDUM

TOs BR. Kirk DATE: April 18, 1990

City Administrator
FROM: D.G. Kiecken

Acting City Engineer
SUBJECT: Standard Right of Way Agreement For Highway Purposes

(Public Works Committee Meeting April 17, 1990)
RECOMMENDATIONS
1) That the attached Right of Way Agreement drafted by the City's

Solicitor be adopted for use whenever a Statutory Right of Way is
required for Highway or Public Access purposes, and

2) That Council authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute without
further Council approvals all future Statutory Right of. Way
Agreements which are identical in wording to this Agreement.

BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:

There are two developments currently in progress where the City has agreed to
accept a Right of Way for highway purposes in lieu of road dedication to avoid
adversely affecting lot coverage and building setbacks in the developments.
One of these involves a 3 metre x 3 metre corner cutoff at the intersection of
a lane with Coquitlam Avenue just east of Flint Street to accommodate a
portion of the paved road surface, and the other a 2.13 metre widening along
the south side of Pitt River Road to the west of Shaughnessy Street to
accomodate a sidewalk and future road widening. .
The City's standard Right of Way Agreement is not suitable for this purpose in
that it has no provisions for granting the right of access to the public. The
City’s Solicitor, Grant Anderson, has drafted the attached form of agreement ,
and the Committee recommends that the form be adopted for this purpose and
that Council authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute future Right of Way
Agreements which are in this form. It is not anticipated that the use of this
form of Right of Way would become widespread, since it is more desirable to
obtain the road dedication where possible as our Solicitor has noted.

D.G. Riecken, P. Eng.,
Acting City Engineer

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