WHEREAS the City of Port Moody Parks and Recreation Master Plan outlines the need for increased park space in an effort to meet the needs of our growing population;
AND WHEREAS parks are a significant economic generator and are essential to personal health and well-being, and provide greenspaces that are essential to human, environmental, and ecological well-being;
AND WHEREAS the City of Port Moody has established a Development Cost Charges Bylaw to address the City’s needs in relation to future parkland infrastructure, and these reserve funds may only be used for capital costs relating to an approved Development Cost Charges Bylaw;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City identify the public lands of the Barnet Landfill Site, Westhill Park, and Alfred Howe Trail, to be assembled together for the development of a new signature park on the southwest shore of Port Moody as recommended in the report dated May 6, 2021 from the Offices of Councillor Diana Dilworth and Councillor Meghan Lahti regarding Shaping the Next Port Moody – Signature Park for the Southwest Shore;
AND THAT the establishment of a signature south shore park be included as a parks project identified within the City’s Development Cost Charges project list;
AND THAT as part of the OCP engagement processes, the concept of a south shore signature park be introduced as a mid-to-long-term project for the community.