THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM
B.R. Kirk Bate: November 3, 1993

City Administrator File: OCP - 1993

Carlos Felip
Director of Planning

Amendments to Official Community Plan
Submission to Public Hearing - November 3, 1993

RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended that the text of Schedule "A" of Bylaw 2848 be
revised prior to Third Reading to reflect the following housekeeping
amendrnents:

1. Amend sentences 2 and 3 of Section 7.3.4 to read "It serves important
wildlife functions and is within the unprotected 200-year floodplain of the Fraser
and Coquitlam Rivers. Some development within Colony Farm may be possible,
but the degree and location of potential development are critical to sustaining
wildlife populations, wildlife habitat, existing plant communities, and riparian
vegetation along the Coquitlam River.";

2. Amend Policy 13 of Section 7.3.4 to read "That prior to any
disturbance of the Colony Farm lands, the City will require a detailed
environmental assessment of the area to identify and suggest means to minimize
potential impacts on local and migratory wildlife and fish, and on plant
communities."

3. Amend the first sentence of the third paragraph of Section 14.0, Part
1. Colony Farm to read "Colony Farm has been identified as a habitat for local
and migratory wildlife and fish and is prone to periodic flooding."

4. Delete the third paragraph of Section 15.1.

5. Amend Point "i". of the Environmental Assessment guidelines for
Colony Farm in Section 3.a. of the guidelines for Development Permit Area XII to