COUNCIL
City of RICHMOND, 125 1994

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“REC HALSEY-BRANDT

MAYOR
October 12, 1993

Mayor Len Traboulay & Members of Council
City of Port Coquitlam

2580 Shaughnessy

PORT COQUITLAM, BC

V3C 2A8

Dear Mayor Traboulay & Members of Council:

A recent initiative by the Vancouver Port Corporation to promote the amalgamation of the three
Lower Mainland ports under the management of its federally appointed Board of Directors, has
given rise to significant implications for the nine municipalities represented on the Fraser River
Harbour Commission. As one of the affected communities, Richmond City Council has.
carefully considered this proposal, and is strongly opposed to any restructuring which would
revoke local representation in the administration of the North Fraser and Fraser Ports.

Council has clearly expressed its position on this matter in the following resolution adopted at
its meeting on September 27, 1993:

"WHEREAS the Harbour Commissions Act provides for the direct appointment
of local representatives to the Commission, by Municipalities.’ By contrast, the Port
Corporation structure allows the Federal Government to make all appointments to the
Board of Directors of the Vancouver Port Corporation; and

WHEREAS the nine municipalities within the Fraser River Harbour Commission
area have current and ongoing interests in the environment, land use and local economy
which are best addressed by direct Municipal appointments; and

WHEREAS the three jurisdictions must have working arrangements which
effectively facilitate national objectives while maintaining local competition and options
important to the success of local industry; and

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