(Pre metrovancouver Office of the Chair Tel. 604-432-6215 Fax: 604-451-6614 Ma RECEIVED ™ S835 Mayor Rick Green & Council MAY 11 2009 Township of Langley 20338 65 Ave, LEGISLATIVE SERVICES Langley, BC V2Y 31 Dear Mayor Green & Council: ‘As you know, the Metro Vancouver Mayors Committee has been asked by the Office of the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General to provide input into the site selection for a new pretrial centre in the Lower Mainland. At the Board meeting of April 24, the issue was discussed as an on-table agenda item, and at that time, | committed to referring the matter back to Councils to ensure that any Metro Vancouver ‘municipality that was interested in hosting the pretrial centre had an opportunity to bring that interest forward to the Mayors Committee. The purpose of this letter, therefore, is to solicit expressions ot interest from municipalities that may be to provide a site for the pretrial centre. Please note that the Ministry has established a number of specific suitability criteria that any proposed site for the pretrial centre must meet before it can be considered. Those criteria are outlined in detail on page 4 of the attached backgrounder on the Lower Mainland Pretrial Centre, which was developed by the Corrections Branch of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. if your municipality would like to be considered as a potential host community for the new pretrial centre, please indicate your interest via retum letter or e-mail to Simon Cumming, Metro Vancouver Corporate Relations (simon.cumming @metrovancouver.ora). twill be convening a meeting of interested municipalities and to ensure that we are property prepared for that meeting, | am requesting that you forward your response to Metro Vancouver by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15. | will have Metro Vancouver staff confirm the date and time of that meeting by the end of next week. Please also note that | have attached a copy of the original April 2 etter from then Solicitor General John van Dongen to the Mayors Committee for your information, plus a copy of the site search report that was ‘completed by Carmichael Wilson Property Consultants on behalf of the Ministry of Public Safety in February of 2007. ‘Thank you for your assistance with this very important issue, and | look forward to meeting with you. hair, Metro Vancouver Board Lewscipg Enclosure ‘004825604