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Municipal Hall,
Cloverdale. B. C .
August 12, 1949.
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The council met a t 8 o'clock p.m. in Special
Meeting called by n o t i c e pursuant t o t h e
provisions of Section 34 of t h e "Municipal Act"
f o r t h e purpose of considering t h e option held
on t h e property f o r park purposes by the VJhrlley
Park Committee.
- Waited on t h e Council i n connection with option held on
property f o r park purposes by t h e i r Committee.
W k l l e y Park Committee
M r . Hann spoke b r i e f l y on the need f o r a park i n t h e Whalley
a r e a and the s i t e which they wished t o purchase, comprising 6k a c r e s priced a t
$7,000.00, and then asked M r . Bolivar t o elaborate on the s i t u a t i o n .
Y r . Bolivar outlined t h e matter and s t a t e d t h a t the option would
expire a t 12 o'clock noon, Monday, August 15th, 194.9, and t h a t t o date they had
been unhble t o r a i s e t h e h d s necessary t o purchase t h e d e s i r e d site.
He pointed out t h a t i f t h e sum of $1,800.00 could be =de
a v a i l a b l e by t h e Council t o purchase Lot 1, p a r t of Block 1, Section 22, Block 5N
Range 2W, Map 8911, a renewal of t h e option on t h e remainder of the property could
be obtained u n t i l next March, giving them a d 3 t i o n a l time t o r a i s e f u r t h e r money.
The Reeve pointed out t h a t t h e Municipality was already spending
2 mills per year on parks - t h r e e times a s much a s t h e City of Vancouver.
Councillor Stewart spoke in support of a s s i s t a n c e s t a t i n g t h a t
t h e Park was badly needed in t h e Whalley i r e 8 t o give the young people a r e c r e a t i o n
c e n t r e and t o help in combatting juvenile delinquency.
He offered t h e sum of $1,000.00 from h i s Ward appropristion towards
t h e purchase of t h e l o t i n question.
Councillor Bishop spoke b r i e f l y and s t a t e d he was aware of the
need of a park i n t h a t area and i n favour of purchasing the l o t i f i t could be
managed. He s t a t e d t h a t he could not say how much could be paid from h i s Ward
appropriation towards t h e purchese p r i c e u n t i l he knew t h e amount of Ward expenditure
f o r July.
Some disnussion ensued during which Er. H a n n and Ur. Bolivar
expressed t h e hope t h a t t h e Council would purchase the l o t in question - Lot 1, p a r t
of Block 1, Section 22, Block 5N Range 2W, Map 8911 o u t r i g h t and make a
recommendztion t o t h e incoming Council t h a t f u r t h e r consideration be given t o
t h i s park during 1950.
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Reeve Schultz pointed out t h a t t h e present Council could n o t
o b l i g a t e a future council, but could make a recommendetion.
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Moved by Councillor Kuhn
Seconded by Councillor Stewart
ThEt t h e purchase of Lot 1, p a r t of Block 1, Section 22,
Block 5 North Ran e 2 West, Map 8 9 p b e considered f i r s t on t h e Agenda of t h e *
t h e Council, Monday, August l 5 t h , and a recommendation made
regular meeting
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t o the Council f o r 1950 t o g i v e this park s i t e m r t h e r consideration.
Carried
The delegation expressed t h e i r appreciation t o t h e Council
f o r t h e i r consideration and withdrew from t h e meeting. .
Moved by Councillor Johnston
Seconded by Councillor Bishop
That the meeting do now adjourn.
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