wel oe an enna tenn Rea rr tna TASTE AS RE OE . THE CORPORATION OF THE AUG 28 1986 CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM MEMORANDUM TO: B.R. Kirk August 27, 1986 City Administrator FROM: W. Brown Director of Community Planning SUBJECT: Partictpation In GVRD Development Services RECOMMENDATION: That City Council advise the Regional Board that the City of Port Coquitlam whishes to participate In the 1987 development servies programme. BACKGROUND: The Development Services contract with GVRD specifies that the City must give a four month notice, end of August, If it wishes to drop out next year. The GVYRD Mayors! Committee and the Managers! Committee are conducting a reorganization of services offered. One of the results of this is a redirection of the Development Services Department to work towards a set of goals set by the municipalities rather than act as a general consultant. COMMENTS: 1. The Development Services Budget has been reduced by about $50,000 and It is proposed to charge other GYRD Departments $30,000 for services they use. These changes translate Into a reduction In cost to the City from approximatelys $14,000 to $12,000. Poltecy changes mentioned above, were made In response to corporate dlrection of Mre McKay, GVRD Administrator, followed by requests from the City of Vancouver for a more product ortented work programme. To that end, the Development Services work programme has been rewritten to show what it Is working towards. The programme Is organised as follows; ae Demographics, Database and Forecast. Work carried out In this area provides support Information for GVRD and municipal projects. In addition a series of bulletins about a variety development related topics were produced this past year. eoeel2