Minutes of the public meeting held by the Public Works Committee on Thursday,
January 27, 1994 regarding the Coquitlam Indian Reserve #2 access.

COMMENTS:

At the January 27, 1994 public meeting on the Coquitlam Indian Reserve #2 Access there was
general agreement that access route #1 to Pitt River Road is the preferred access to the
Coquitlam Indian Reserve #2. This route is not available at this time because this route goes
over land within a certificate of possession owned by Georgina Williams and the owner is not
willing to grant an access easement to the Coquitlam Indian Band.

The Coquitlam Indian Band requests that the City grant access based on the proposed access
route #5 with the following undertaking:

Working hours of 7:00 arm to 5:00 pm, six days a week.

A wheel wash will be constructed.

The access road will be blocked with a gate in the evening.

A flag person will be provided at Shaughnessy and Nacht during the trucking
operations.

A crossing guard will be provided at Shaughnessy and Nacht at the times school
children will be crossing the road.

Approximately 75 tricks per day will be using access route #5.

Permission to use access route #5 is requested for a period of up to eight months.

If access route #1 becomes available earlier, the band will use access route #1 and
stop using access route #5.

The major concems voiced by residents in the area were:

1) There would be noise and vibration from trucks utilizing Shaughnessy Street.
2) The safety for children going to and from school.

It was noted at the meeting that Shaughnessy Street is a designated arterial municipal road. It is
proposed in the City Budget to construct Shaughnessy Street by 1995, subject to Council
approval.

The Public Works Committee noted that the existing Access Route #6 does provide an access to
Mary Hill Road without going through residential areas with the cooperation of B.C.B.C. the
upgrading of access route #6 could be completed in a relatively short period of time. B.C.B.C. is
presently considering a request from the Provincial Ministry of Environment to use Acce.s
Route #6 to construct the dyke through the Indian Reserve.

It was also noted that there are concerns from the Fire Department that the Coquitlam Indian
Reserve has no agreement for fire protection. The clearing/construction operations will increase
the fire hazard on the reserve. As a condition of access approval a fire protection agreement
should be completed, even on an interm basis, to protect the Band property and the surrounding
land.

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