Most of the properties
mentioned in the application, are being used as hobby farms or acreage
residences, In view of the location of these properties and their role

in buffering farms to the east, it is felt they should remain as they

are,

The City Planning Department is preparing a Community Plan. When that
Plan is complete and a more refined scheme is developed to protect farms
east of the subject lands, reconsideration of this application or

granting permission Bor subdivision within the A.L.R, may be in order.

in preparing their submission, the applicants' retained Talisman Land
Resource Consultants, to conduct a study of agricultural value of the
subject lands, Findings of their study was that site improvements
‘required for agricultural Production, would be more expensive than what

the income from farming could justify. While the study did not address

cost of urban development, it did review soils and water table limitations.

These Problems would equally affect urban building and utility service

installation as it would farming, In as much as there is sufficient non.

A.L.R.. land for urban::development in Port Coquitlam, without soils

problems and fload restrictions, it is this report's opinion that conversion

of these lands is not justified at this time.

In conclusion, it is this report's recommendation that these lands be

kept as low density rural residential buffer for residential farms.

To that end, it is recommended that the, properties remain within the
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