MEMORANDUM
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Mayor and Council March 30th, 1979

L.D. Pollock
City Administrator

Re: Road Exchange By~law No. 1660

We have been attempting to properly define, by legal survey, the
current boundaries of the Coquitlam River channel. Part of this process
involves cancelling some road allowances that lie in the present River
channel and the dedication of some City-owned land to the Crown which
aiso lies in the main River channel, The main Purpose in pursuing this
River survey is te enable the City to raise Title to several parcels of
land which have been City-owned for many years but for which the Land
Registry Office would not issue Title until the legal boundaries of the
River have been established. As Council is aware, the River boundaries
shown on most 3f the City maps have been set by various surveys over the
years depending on where the high water mark was at the time of survey
and these old survey boundaries do not necessarily coincide with the

actual location of the present River channel.
The legal survey process will, then, establish two things:
1. Establish once and for all, the location of the River channel.

2. Permit the City to raise Title to a fair quantity of land bordering
the River.

The first step of this Procedure is to cancel the roads that lie
within the present River channel and this is most easily accomplished by
the Road Exchange By-law which is attached. The By-law exchanges the
old road allowance which linked up Marpole, Whyte and McAllister Avenues
along the River for a new road allowance on City-owned land. This road
allowance has been placed in such a way as to accommedate the existing
large diameter watermain. This does not necessarily mean that the road
would have to be constructed in this position and prior to any road
actually being constructed, if Council decides on an alternative location
in the future, a cimilar Road Exchange By~law could be passed. The main
thing is for the process of cancelling the unwanted road allowances, the
easiest route is by way of a road exchange as set out in this By-law.

The By-law is ready for first three readings after which it must be
advertised for two consecutive weeks and then returned to Council for
final adoption.

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