LIDSTONE, YOUNG, BAKER & ANDERSON

BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS

Suite 1607 - 808 Nelson Street
Box 12147, Nelson Square Telephone: (604) 689-7400
Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2H2 Telecopier: (604) 689-3444

April 24, 1987

Mr. Ronald A. Freeman

City Clerk

City Hall FQ m7 -
Port Coquitlam, B.C. MERZ 7 1987
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Dear Ron:
Re: Meridian Industrial Park ~ Pitt River Dyke Property .....

Your File No. L10-87RF
Our File No. 19-S-113

Further to your letter and enclosures of April 1, 1987, we have
considered the alternatives available to the City for disposition
of the strip of land adjoining the Meridian Industrial Park, and
have discussed the matter with Fred Peters, Mr. Beedie and Mr.
Beedie’s solicitor. If Council wishes to give the owners of
properties adjacent to the dyke limited rights to make use of the
strip of land adjoining the dyke, our recommendation is that the
City grant an easement in favour of the adjacent properties.

Further to Council’s resolution of February 9, 1987 we have
considered the possibility of sale or lease of the strip. Mr.
Peters advises that a sale is not feasible as the Drainage and
Dyking Commission would oppose any move by the City to give up
owership of the strip. In any event, a sale would present many
of the same drawbacks as a lease, as follows.

The difficuities in granting a lease include:

1. A lease gives the lessee exclusive possession of the
leased property, so it would be necessary to draft and
register extensive documentation (perhaps including a
Section 215 Covenant) to ensure the City’s fright to
access and to control use of the property.

Before leasing City property, Section 538 of the
Municipal Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 290 requires that
Council hold an auction or tender call, or post notice
of intention to lease to allow public bids for the land

to be leased.

Mr. Beedie advises that eventually there may be up to
25 parcels adjoining the strip - if a lease were
granted, every time the adjoining land was subdivided a

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