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Sponsored by the PORT COQUITLAM SENIOR CITIZEN'S HOUSING SOCIETY
2111 Hawthorne Ave., Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 1W3 ® Telephone: (604) 941-4051

October 25, 1991

Mayor and Council Members
The City of Port Coquitlam
2580 Shaughnessy Street
Port Coquitlam, B.C.

V3C 2A8

Dear Mayor and City Council:

Subject: Request for a waiver to all off-site service
charges and a portion of the development costs
related to the construction of our seventy~
five bed Extended Care Unit.

According to the Deputy City Engineer’s letter of October 15, 1991,
copy attached, certain civil engineering work may be required for
the addition of the proposed extended care unit. Our architect has
estimated these costs to approximate $155,000.00, copy of letter
dated October 18, 1991 attached. .

In addition, he estimates Projects’ Development Cost charges of
approximately $130,000.00, copy of letter dated October 21, 1991
attached.

This Extended Care Unit project has an overall budget of
approximately $7.7 million dollars. These funds are provided by
the provincial Ministry of Health and the Greater Vancouver
Regional District. Prior to receipt of the October 15, 1991
listing of projected cost estimate from the City of Port Coquitlan,
the project’s estimated budget and funding estimates were basically
reconciled. In order to stay within the established budget figure
for this unit, the Project Building Committee has already cut back
the plans in several areas. Additional deletions would seriously
detract from the units’ ability to properly serve its residents.

The Ministry of Health and the G.V.R.D. have similar policies
regarding off-site expenditures for construction projects such as
ours. They won’t fund them. Recent discussions with several
administrators of health care facilities with similar projects,
located in neighbouring comaunities, supports this interpretation.
Basically, the only acceptable municipal related costs have been
those related to building permits. A copy of Ministry policy is

attached for your review.
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