MINUTES OF

AN

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECI!ON COMMITTEE MEETING

5:00 p.m.,

HELD AT

PERSONNEL

IN

WEDNES&IAY,

MAY

8, 1985

ATTENDANCE:

Alderman M.D. Gates, Chairman
Alderman W.W. Stewart, Co-Chairman
A!derman G.R. Laking, &left after Items 2 8
T.M. Chong, P. Eng... Assistant City Engineer3 were discussed)
S. Martin, Inspector from Simon Fraser Health Unit &present
only for Item 2)
ITEM

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

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Recommended:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Environmental
Protection Committee meeting held on Wednesday,
Apri 24, 1985
be taken as read and adopted.

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Carried
ITEM

- RODENTS AND OTHER HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS ASSOC

2

THE

PETS, PET FOODS,

SALE OF

VICINITY

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GROCERIES

IN

IATED WITH

THE

SAME

Alderman Gates stated hi s concerns associated with the sale of
pets, pet foods, and groceries in the same vicinity i.e. Pet
foods for ger bi s obv ious y would attract other types of rodents) .
Since there may be a potential
health problem, there appears to be
a need for a Bylaw to be passed to regulate the occupation
of such
retail stores to ensure that the minimum health standards
are
maintained. S. Martin said that the Health and Sanitation Bylaws
or Regu lat iona curr anti y in place may be enough to dea with this
potential problem. S. Martin has
to check with his own
off ice and hi s super lor on this mat'ieragreed
and report back to T. Chong
within the next two weeks.
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ITEM

3

REMOVAL OF DOG FAECES FROM

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PUBLIC PROPERTY

At the request of Alderman Gates, copies of existing Bylaws
assoc ated
th this subject fr om the City and other
Mun ic pa
ties were obta ned
and d str buted to members of the
Commi t tee.
Copies of the By laws from other Muni ci pa ties inc ude
those from West Vancouver, City of Nanaimo, and Vancouver. In
reviewing the City's Parks Control Bylaw,
Alderman Gates stated
that there is no requirement for dog owners
to clean up and
properly dispose of their dog's excrement from City streets,
other
pub c properties and pr vate
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es other than their own. In
reviewing the relevant Byaws prof the other Municipal
ities, the
Committee recommended that the fol owing items be included
new C ty By aw dea ing wi th this problem, to be drafted infora
Council's consideration:
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There sha
be a requirement for dog owners to clean
up and
properly dispose of their dog's
excrement from publ ic and
pr i vate propert ice other than their own.
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t sha be an of fence for any owner 'ro
ow any dog to
eave
excrement on any pubi ic piece or private a properties
other
the r own. The owner must take immed ate steps to remove than
any
excrement deposited and to dispose of the same in a sanitary
manner.
The Bylaw shal
be enforceable by any Peace Off icer.
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owner who violates a provision of the proposed Bylaw is
iia bis upon summary conviction
to a fine the amount of which
shall be similar to the penalty imposed
for the violation of
An

other City Bylaws.
It was also recommended that the
Clerk be requested to
prepare a draft copy of a new BylawCity
dealing
with this matter
and submit same to the
Committee for consideration

poss i b e.

as soon as

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TEM 4

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ARTICLES

IN

COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

Copies of two articles, one deal ing with ths upcoming curbside
recyc i ng program and the other a report from the Environmental
Protect ion Committee, were distr
buted. These articles were read
w
th the dsc i sion made that they be submitted
with the
correspond ng photos for pr nti ng with some minor along
changes
ths
report from the Env ironmental Protection Committee article.to The
proposed changes are:
1. The Gi -I Guides also be given credit in their participation
during PoCo Pride Days.
2. The entire paragraph dealing with recyciing bs deleted since
it is redundant.
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ITEM 5

A)

OTHER

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BUSINESS

OPERATION AND CLEAN UP Oi

TEMPORARY TRANSFER STATIONS

T. Chon g reported that the volume of waste material collected at
the two transfer
stations during PoCo Pride Days was overwhelming.
Approximately 500 cubic yards were deposited at the transfer
stations. It was apparent from ths type of material which was
deposited at the transfer stations,
that residents are not aware
of the type of material which our City
crews wil pick up during
their normal refuse col lection. Additional
efforts wii be made
by the Engineering Department to remind residents that grass
cl ippings, tree cuttings, cardboard car',ons, household appliances,
boxes, crates, and furniture wii be picked
City crews along
with their normal domestic refuse. The cleanup upby operation
for the
transfer stations involved the hir ing of one large backhoe
and
sevsra conta iners. Most of the waste mater a s have now been
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removed from the two transfer st a t'
inc I udes the picking up of ions. TTh e outstanding work
aat both
o
si't es and the
g a ing o
the gravel parking lots. tter
The
total
for the
a
es
o
and subsequent clean upp oof th e t'imate d cost
stations operation
t wo transfer
is f2,500.
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In cons ider ing the additional
io a cos-t s f or clean
u p, the
e Comm ttee has agreed that
an add it'iona
thee 3SI 000 already committed for the
J5 0 0 b e added to
a ion o
th e transfer
stations.
ions. The outstanding f1000 shaloperat'
be abso
or b e d b y th e Civic
Events B&dget. The Committee was also
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th a t approximately
350 cu ic yards of combust ible materiaadvised
cons
istin
tree cubic
ing o f b ranches,
trunks
u, s, wooden
w
planks, paper, etc. were diverted
We cher dump temporar
to the
such time
y unti
ime that
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t
h ese materials can
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urne . This was done
waste material signif icantly.to reduce the disposal costs of the

remain i ng

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DES IGN OF

PLASTIC

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FOR RECYCLING

NEWSPAPERS

T. Chong advised the Committee that

International P aper n d us t r les
submitted
a proposed des gn for the
e p as
which wi
ast icc b ags
be usea for the curbs de
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k-up
p
of
reviewing the design, t'ne Committee decided newspaper s. In
to delete the
irrelevant
information pr inted on thee baagss per
ert
ur ose o f S.H.A.R.E. Society.
purpose
ning to the
change whl c ah iwas
ma d e was
e ion o the word "Mun icAnother
i pa
ityn
and
ce
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word nCit
t
replace
wi'th th e
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ssinnca t was thought to be more
y
ate. t was
decided that
a facsimi
simi e of the revised designappropr
be prepared by the
Drafting Off ice and
it
be presented to Counci
regular Counci meetingthat
during its
of May 13, 1985.
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C)

MAY

DAY PARADE

respect to the May Day Parade, Alderman Gates
in an ef fort to promote
suggested that
recycling
would bee a goo
ood 'd
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ea to see
erne iona Paper Industries
could be prepared too par
t'icipa t e
in the pa, adee b y supp
su
an ind i vidua
wear ing the recycl in
costume in the parad e . ying
buttons
other items sucii
as candies for the ch i drenPromotional
can be handed out and
dur
in
the
d
yc i ng. A though there i s not much
t
i me remain
Chong wi
ng,
contact
Paper Industries and the May DaT.
Coord i nator to see i fInternational
th i s i dma can be imp emen ted .
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MINUTES TAKEN BY:

T.M. Chong, P.

Eng .,
Al derman M.O. Gates,
Assistant City Engineer
Cha rman
NOTE:
Mi nutes not read and
adopted by the Comm ttee unt
cert i f led by Committee
Chairman 's s gnature.
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Mayor and

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City Engineer

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