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(1) BE IT RESOLVED that Port Coquitlam City Council urge Federal

Finance Minister Mare Lalonde and Federal Transport Minister
Jean-Luc Pepin to work with the railways and the Province of
British Columbia to implement Mr. J.J. Eisler's recommendations

of more easterly interchange-storage area for dangerous goods as
stated on page 60 of his June 1982 report entitled “Railway Transport
of Dangerous Goods in the Greater Vancouver Region," and

(2) BE IT RESOLVED that Port Coquitlam City Council urge GVRD's
Board of Directors to study Mr. Eisler's report and urge Ottawa

to work with the railways and the Province of British Columbia

to implement the recommendations on page 60 of Mr. Eisler's report,
for the safety of residents in Port Coquitlam, New Westminster,

Vancouver, and neighbouring areas; to increase safety in downtown

Vancouver's waterfront, consisting of key business and shopping

districts, a number of hotel-convention facilities, and the proposed

Canada Harbour Centre; and to provide an exemplary focus for

Expo (Transpo) 86.

Respectfully submitted,

Kathleen Muldoon (Ald.)