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MEMORANDUM MAY 43 1985

TO: GR. Kirk
City Administrator

FROM: W.A. Brown
Director of Community Planning

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SUBJECT: Declaration of Port Coquit!am as a Nuclear Weapons
Free Zone ~ Public Safety Committee Item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That City Counci! adopt the foliowing resolution.

THAT WHEREAS Port Coquitlam City Council has endorsed a proposal for a mutual and
verifiable freeze on the production, testing and deployment of nuclear weapons
and their delivery systems; . ;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Port Coquitéam City Council declare the
municipality of Port Coquitlam to be a nuclear weapons free zone, and that any
manufacture, storage, transportation or distribution of such weapons or their

component's be banned within the boundaries of the municipality.

BACKGROUND: —

In responding to a delegation requesting consideration of declaring Port
Coquitiam a nuclear weapons free zone, Clty Council directed its Public Safety

Committee toa prepare such a resolution.

COMMENTS:

The Public Safety Committee of Council have reviewed similar resolutions from

other municipalities and a model produced by the Provincial Government. Based on

that research, the Committee has prepared the resolution stated In this report's
recommendation, Text of this resolution is based on a combination of the
aforementioned examples and includes previous decislons made by City Council tn

that regard. . |

Form and genera! wording of the resolution selected was chosen as it is within

the City's authority to govern Land Use (manufacturing, storage and distribution).

as well ‘as control of the classes of traffic using municipal roads
(transportation).

ln conclusion, the Committee recommends adoption of this resolution as an
expression of City Council's concern about the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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WeA. Brown

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