October 10,

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Parliiccat Ledidine:
Victeric, B.C.

» Premier:
IT cntriticg to bring to your attention chet we view a3 an isportant loophole ia
the Huafcipal Act - ore that again this week hes been used to substantially
lewer the attractiveneas of a local neighbourhood, Aa you are doubtlessly avare
the inclusion of Section 702A in the Muniefpal Act has allowed us to make large
gains in guaranteeing azenities in residential ereas, and particularly in safe-
yuardicg trees and streams. This Section only becores operative, however, if
develcznent is taxing place. If a property cwner sees fit to sinply destroy
the trees end strears without recourse to development we are poverlesa to act
and, in fact, one cisgruntled potential developer has already pointed out that
by levellicg all the trees before applying for a Land Use Contract he removea
the necessity of negotiating with ua on which trees to leave later on.

For these reasons, snd to protect the righte of all residents in developing areas
we have requested en addition to the Municfpal Act to permit regulation of
dadiscrizinate alteration of natural features on private land. This request has
been unanirously endorsed by the Lower Mainland Municipal Association and by the
Union of Ncitish Coluzbia Municipalities and will be reaching you shortly.

I ask for your favourable and early consideration that we may move to prevent the
type of indiscriminate and insensitive actions that took place four years age
on south Mary Hill and are now taking place elsewhere in our City.

Yor your information please find enclosed draft copy of our resolution regarding
thie aubject that wes endorsed by the 1972 Conventioa of the Union of British
Colurbia Municipalities.

Yours very truly,

Acting Msyor
Alderman P.A. Heyer

VITTORIA

November 27, 1972.

Mr, P, A. Meyer,
Alderman,

City of Port Coquitlan,
2272 McAliister Avenue,
Port Coquitlam, B. C.

Dear Mr. Meyer:

Your letter of October 10 addressed to the ~
Honourable the Premier, has been forwarded to ae for reply.

Your comments respecting the protection of
natural cover is well taken and I have asked my staff to
look into the matter with a view to the possibility of
there being legislation developed to provide control in
the situation you describe.

Yours re truly,

nahn
a /
anes G, Lorimer,
Minister.