THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

City Administrator

TO: B.Re Kirk DATE: July 20, 1988

FROM: WwW. Brown
Director of Planning

RE: West Vancouver Letter
Transit Commission

RECOMMENDATION:

That City Council inform the Mayor of West Vancouver that a
combination of Alternatives 3 and 35 proposed in his letter are
supported, This would involve creating a separate Transit
Authority for the Lower Maintand, giving it broader power to
determine budget and service allocation.

COMMENTS:

The letter from the Mayor of West Vancouver outlined the status
of the Transit Commission and suggested different alternative
futures for it. The Transit Committee of Council have reviewed
the five organizational alternatives and offer the following

comments:

1, Operate as a Function of GVRD

lt ts the Committee's findings that this approach
would not be supported by most municipalities.
Additionally, it was noted that it would involve
dislocation, stopping work of B.C. Transit and starting
similar work by another agency. Benefits arising from this
alternative would be to streamline the number of special

purpose agencies in the Lower Mainland, ie. sewer and water
are under GVRD.

stab! ish a New Faral lel ANaqency to GVRD

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This alternative was not viewed favorably. Setting up
another special purpose agency would oniy add another level
of authority to coordinate services to the Lower Mainland.

i+ was because of the problems brought about by a

proliferation of special nurpose agencies that the Lower
Mainiand Planning Board and later GVRD took over utility

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