EXPROPRIATION OF LAND

RESOLUTION OF THE VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL

MOVED by Councillor

SECONDED by Councillor

WHEREAS:

A. The City of Vancouver requires:

A portion of:

Parcel Identifier: 014-799-138
Lot 17, Except the West 2.5 feet and the East 7 feet, Now Highways
Block 4, District Lot 711, Plan 1383

shown heavily outlined on the reference plan prepared by A. Di Nozzi, B.C.L.S. on August 9, 1999, as marginally annotated LD3652, a reduced copy of which is attached as a Schedule to this resolution
(the "Lot 17 Site")

for the altering of a linear development, namely the widening of Knight Street to construct a left turn bay at 41st Avenue;

B. In the exercise of its powers of acquiring real property for this purpose, the City has failed to come to an agreement with the owners of the Lot 17 Site;.

C. The Vancouver Charter provides that if, in the exercise of any of its powers of acquiring real property, the City fails to come to an agreement with its owner as to the terms of acquisition, the City may, by by-law or resolution of its Council, expropriate such real property;

D. The Expropriation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, C. 125, provides that an "expropriating authority" means a person empowered under an enactment to expropriate land;

E. On July 20, 1999, Vancouver City Council passed a resolution authorizing the City as expropriating authority to commence expropriation proceedings under the Expropriation Act to acquire the Lot 17 Site; and

F. Under the Expropriation Act, the “approving authority” for an expropriation under the Vancouver Charter is the Vancouver City Council, unless the Lieutenant Governor in Council has designated the Minister of Municipal Affairs as the approving authority for the purpose of expropriations under the Vancouver Charter or any particular expropriation under the Vancouver Charter, which designation has not been made;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Vancouver City Council, as the approving authority under the Expropriation Act, approve the expropriation of the Lot 17 Site.

- Carried Unanimously

I, ____________________, ________________ of the City of Vancouver, hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct copy of a resolution of the City Council of the City of Vancouver passed on the _____ day of __________________, 1999.

City Clerk

(c) 1998 City of Vancouver