THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM
MEMORANDUM MAY 14 1979

Mayor and Council May 10th, 1979

L. Lee,
City Planner

Re: Proposed Developments at 3100
Block Oxford and York

The Lutheran Church on York Street has made an appli-
cation to rezone its property from RS~-1 to P-2 in order to
construct a new church. At the same time, we were approached
by a developer expressing interest in developing the surrounding

‘ properties.

It is rather premature to deal with the Church's
application without first examining how the surrounding prop-
erties can be developed. After careful analysis of the existing
conditions, the Planning Department has concluded that if the
redevelopment of the church is to take place on its present site,
further subdivision of the surrounding properties would not be
economically feasible.

In order to avoid any land-lock situation, the
Planning Department is proposing an alternative (see sketch 2)
which requires the church site to be relocated. The process
is relatively complicated and requires extensive land exchange
and road cancellation in volving the City, the Church and the
Developer (see land exchange diagram).

This is the most ideal plan to redevelop this block
of land. Both the church and the developer are very receptive
to it. However, we were just advised by the developer that,
despite of his attempt to assemble all the necessary properties,
he failed to convince the owner of 3152 Oxford to dispose of the
rear portion of his property which is essential to the overall
development. As a result, the plan as shown on sketch 2 is no
longer feasible at this time.

If council is prepared to approve the rezoning of the
church site as it exists, council should be aware that redevel-
opment of this block of land in a proper manner may never be
possible.

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L. Lee,
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