NOV 26 1973

1715 Oughton Dr.,
Port Coquitlam, 3.C.
November 23, 1973.

Port Coqiitlam City Council,
Port Coquitlam, 3.C.

Dear Sirs:

Your letter of the 21st reechcd me yesterday.
Since then, I have arranged with the hosvital
Boards secretary, Mr. A. Smith, to send you
copies of board minutes. I hone this will clear
up the matter of communication with Council
by the hospital board.

The matter of the enclosed press clipping
(Columbian, November 21st) is however also of
concern to me and needs clarification by Council.
These points need to be considerede

The practise I have followed since my spne
ointment to the hosgital Board is to communicate
with Council by letter when something important
needed to be brought to its attention and by
telephone with individual Councillors when information
was sought. Please refer to my letters and resorts
of June 4+, 17, 18 and September 4. This arrangement

was agreed to when Jack Campbell was mayor and
received the consent of Mayor Scott when he took
office. I was informed that my appearance at
Council meetings would only be necessary when
requested.

While the matter of my reports are thera
for the record, there has been a problem with
one Councillor, Phil Meyer, repweting my conver-=
sations with him,to Council, inaccurately. For
example, in spite of the fact that only an hour
before Coincil's meeting of November l2th, I
told Mr. Meyer there was no organized boycott
_ by Coquitiam's doctors of the Coquittam hospital,
he indicated to Council there was. Further, at
no time did I suggest the hospital board was
confused about the issue of the hospital. Once
again, he indicated i did. The recent statements
of this Youncillor that doctors are not involved
in the planning of the Coquitlam hospital is
simply ludicrous. On the planning committee of