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FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 2015 Your community. Your stories.
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City wants builders to buck up for amenities Burquitlam pilot program could be used across city GARY MCKENNA
The Tri-CiTy News
An initiative that would put greater onus on real estate developers to help pay for parks and recreation facilities is being considered by the city of Coquitlam. The Community Amenity Contribution (CAC) fund has already been piloted in the Burquitlam-Lougheed area but on Monday, council took the first step toward expanding the program city-wide.
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Developers across Coquitlam may be expected to pay for amenities, such as parks, that are needed by the growing population. “In the next 25 years, [the region] is going to absorb a million people,” said Mayor
Richard Stewart. “We will have to meet their demand for housing and we are going
to need to create neighbourhoods with amenities that support that population.” If the expansion of the CAC program is approved by council, developers would contribute $3 per square foot for all new multi-family floorspace on top of the density that already exists on a parcel of land. Single-family home developers would be expected to contribute $5,500 for all lots greater than 375 sq. m while smaller parcels would pay $4,800. Staff estimate the program would raise $3.4 million annually, or approximately $103 million for new parks and civic facilities over the next 30 years. see PRICE IMPACT, page 10
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Cops seek poppy donation thief
SARAH PAYNE/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Coquitlam realtor Vargha Akhtarkhavari has built up a sizable collection of ugly Christmas sweaters and now he’s auctioning them off, until Nov. 15, to raise money for some of his favourite charities — and he’s planning to match bidders’ donations with his own cash. For more, please see article on page 9.
A man who allegedly stole a Remembrance Day poppy donation can is being sought by Coquitlam RCMP. Shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3 a man entered the Real Canadian Superstore on Lougheed Highway (near Silver City) and approached the poppy donation collector, an 84-year-old veteran. The man dropped some change in the can and walked away but quickly returned, allegedly picked up the can and left
the store, fleeing on a bicycle. The suspect (see photo, right) is described as a Caucasian man in his mid 40s, about 5’7” tall, 150 pounds with stubble on his face. At the time, he was wearing a blue Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap, a blue jacket and black pants. Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call Coquitlam RCMP at 604-9451550 and quote file number 2015-37465 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or solvecrime.ca.
REMEMBRANCE
The suspect in the theft of poppy donation money.
Longtime Coq. resident will help honour sikh veterans on Nov. 11: See page 3
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