Resolution

WHEREAS in the 1930s and 40s many Municipalities gave up land at no charge to the Land Utilization Board ( LUB) so it could be transferred to the Federal Government to create the PFRA pasture program;

WHEREAS some Municipalities have insisted that the lands be returned if they were no longer needed;

WHEREAS the LUB in their Dec. 12 1939 minutes passed a motion stating "that when a rural municipality had transferred tit le of lands to the Land Utilization Board for a specific purpose and where that purpose no longer exists, that the rural municipality be offered a lease on these lands or on their request the title be transferred back to them";

WHEREAS the Federal Government has decide to opt out of the PFRA pasture program and return the lands and much of the infrastructure to the province at no charge and

WHEREAS the province indicated that they did not want the PFRA pastures and would not include them under the Provincial Pastures Act but would sell them back to the pasture patrons if so requested;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS support the RMs by lobbying the Provincial Government to return the lands that were given up by the municipalities to create the PFRA pastures to the Municipalities that wish to retain the pastures in their community.