Agricultural Land Commission - Proposed Application to Include the "Spetifore" Land into the ALR by Delta

So what's exciting about this? Plenty!! The Spetifore Farm application was a watershed test for the relatively new Agricultural Land Commission back in the late 1970's-early 1980's. At the time that this farmland case was debated, protested and the land ultimately removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve, I was pursuing an Agriculture degree at UBC and all the Aggies of that era are well aware of the importance of this news.  Now the property is known as "The Southlands".  It is encouraging to see the importance of farmland recognized by local governments, and more importantly, by their constituents.

Agricultural Land Commission

News - Feb 24, 2011

PROPOSED APPLICATION TO INCLUDE LAND INTO THE ALR-CORPORATION OF DELTA
The Corporation of Delta resolved, that an application pursuant to Section 17(1)(b) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act (to include land in the Agricultural Land Reserve) be prepared for those lands in Tsawwassen zoned as Agricultural and within Metro Vancouver’s Green Zone, but not currently in the Agricultural Land Reserve, and referred to a Public Hearing on March 1, 2011. The Commission understands that the lands in question are legally described as:

1. North Half of the North West Quarter Section 2, Township 5, Except: Firstly: Part Subdivided by Plan 51815; Secondly: Part of Statutory Right of Way Plan BCP16605; New Westminster District
2. South Half of the North West Quarter Section 2, Township 5, Except: Firstly: Part Subdivided by Plan 35478; Secondly: Part of Statutory Right of Way Plan BCP16605; New Westminster District
3. North East Quarter Section 2, Township 5, Except: Firstly: Part Dedicated Road on Plan 77324 and Secondly: Part Dedicated Road on Plan 77326 Thirdly: Parcel 1 (Reference Plan LMP23515), New Westminster District (Civic Address: 581 Boundary Bay Road)
4. Parcel A (T80286E) North West Quarter Section 1, Township 5, Except: Parcel 1 (Reference plan LMP23514), New Westminster District (Civic Address: 500 Boundary Bay Road)
5. North 5.123 Chains of the West Half of the South West Quarter Section 2, Township 5, Except: West Half Chain, New Westminster District
6. Lot 101, Section 2, Township 5, New Westminster District, Plan LMP295 (Civic Address: 300 Copsefield Drive)
7. East Half of the South West Quarter Section 2, Township 5, New Westminster District
8. The North and West Portions of the South East Quarter of Section 2, Township 5, as shown on Absolute Fees Parcel Book 5-149-523 “A”, New Westminster District, Except: Part Dedicated Road on Plan 77326 (Civic Address: 301 Boundary Bay Road)
9. West 46.50 Chains District Lot 30, Group 2, Except: Firstly: Part Subdivided by Plan 2616; Secondly: Parcel “A” (Reference Plan 14733) and Road; Thirdly: Part Subdivided by Plan 33612; Fourthly: Part Subdivided by Plan 34591; New Westminster District (Civic Address: 6400 – 3rd Avenue)

Due to the public interest that has been expressed to date, the Commission believes it is appropriate to provide the public with access to the historical file information from the 1979 exclusion application that involved a number of the above noted properties – File #91(a)-O-79-09724 (Commonly referred to as the “Spetifore Application”). Please note that this information has been provided for information purposes only and is not intended to express or imply any position whatsoever regarding the application that the Corporation of Delta is preparing.

• Delta Map of Properties 2011
• Historical File Information