DISTRICT OF COQUITL

Mayor: L. Sekora .
1111 Brunette Avenue y Phone: (604) 526-3611
Coquitlam. B.C. V2K 1E9 a Fax: (604) 526-6014

September 28, 1988

Mayor Len Traboulay and Council Members
City of Port Coquitlam

2580 Shaughnessy Street

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

V3C 2A8

Dear Mayor and Council:

Re: Proposal of Genstar to Log Land on Burke Mountain.

Your Council are no doubt aware of the longstanding
proposal for a third mountain park in the Vancouver region, on
Burke Mountain. Burke Mountain offers excellent terrain for both
winter and summer use. The joint Provincial/G.V.R.D/Municipal
“Coquitlam Area Mountain Study" of 1982 defined boundaries for
the park and recommended that it become a Class “A” Provincial
Park by 1987.

While most of the area within the proposed park bound-
aries is Crown land, about 600 acres are private lands owned by
the Genstar Development Company. The Genstar Lands, being at the
centre of the park, encompass two of the park's finest potential
assets, Munro and Dennet Lakes. The Coquitlam Area Mountain
Study recommended that the Province consider acquiring these
lands.

It has come to Coquitiam's attention that Genstar now
plans to log their lands. Such logging could devastate the core
of the park. This is a regicnal issue, since Burke Mountain will
serve a regional market, as Cypress and Seymour Parks now do.

In addition to being a regional issue, it is an issue
that will impact most greatiy on the adjacent Municipalities and
with this in mind, the Coquitlam Council at its’ meeting of
September 26, 1988 adopted the following resolution: