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Site purchase surprises

Last week's announcement
of a site purchase for a per-
manent New Westminster
location for Douglas College
took college counci| members
wiaware.

Many council members
heard it on their car radias on
their way to a final dinner for
the councily which will be re-
formed this month from
school district and) govern-
ment representatives.

Jim MacIntosh, a
spokesman for the coilege
administration, admitted
Tuesday that no letter had
been received from the
provincial government con-
finning that property bad
been purchased for the site.

“We were overjoyed ty hear

it, but we were also surprised

at hearing it on the radio.” be ©

said.
The department of public

works purchased the 24.4 .

acres from the city of New
Westminster for $71,000.

Deputy Education Minister
Jack Fleming explained there
was an “internal com-
munications problem.”

Douglas College will lease
the property plus most of
anuther 28-acre parcel
already — provincialiy-owned.

This consolidated parcel is
at Curmberland, 6th Ave., and
McBride in New Westminster,
but about one-fifth the parcel
— located in the southern
corner — is expected to be
used for a hospital, said
collese planner Hank Naylor.

He said control of it would
remain with the college ena
lone term lease, similar to the
methed used with BCIT. The
buildings would be owned bs
the cnllece, purchased with
funds from the education
department.

College principal Dr.
George Wootton said he ex-
pects this campus will
“emphasize cultural facilities
because of the nearby athletic
facilitivs nwned by the city.

By JUDIE STEEVES
Columbian Staff Reporter

“Tt ail be a natural -for
conimunity use and will
probatly include a theatre and
other facuities to round out
those nearby which are city-
owned.” he said.

Community use of college
buildings and college use of
community facilities is a
Strone point with Dr. Wootton.

The cencept of a multe
camy 2s institution which can
be intecruted with coummunity
or cemiumercial facilities was
sirst approved by Education
Minister Eileen Dailly in
April, 1973

It is considered unique in
Canada. The needs of both the
college and the community
can be taken into account in
the planning and construction
of each permanent campus for
the college, explained Mr.
Naylor.

Considering the size of the
site — expected ultimately to
accommodalte about 5,000
students Dr. Wootton
believes it will prohably be a
four-storey buildine.

This New Westminster
campus and probally another
on the south side of the Fraser
River sill be major ones with
depet and satelite carnpures
surrounding areas,

servant
explained Dr. Wootton.

would
1.000
basic

A depot
accommodate
students and

compus
abont
contain

faciltiessuch as are available
at the present temmperary New
Westininster carpus

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Satellite campuses would
be simply dassrvoms housed
in commercial or industrial
facilities, church basements
or wherever there is room.

Douglas Coilege presently
consists of three temporary
canipuses where the college is
housed in portable
classrooms.

These are located in New
Westminster, Surrey and
Richniond. Total student
population of the college is
about 3,650.

The college serves 13
municipalities and eizht
school districts spread over
oo) square miles and including
about 50.99 people. Tt has
been voing for about 3'2 years.

Construction on the per-
manent campus ino New
Westroinster ts expected to
begin in reid-1975 tn order that
the college can move in by
Septermber of 1906 or 1977.

 

THE COLUMBIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 19743 ae tL + te N EWS

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