THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM
JUL 1 1 1986

1988 07 05

TO BoR. Kirk, City Administrator
FROM: K. Janna Taylor, Parks & Recreation Director

SUBJECT: Mary Hill Junior Secondary School Soccer Field

That $18,000 be allocated towards the re-construction of
the soecer field at Mary Hill Junior Secondary School.

Tkat the $18,000 be taken from the 1988 Parks & Reereation
Department's capital budget.

During the past year discussions have been Ongoing with School
District #43 in regard to the possible upgrading of various
schoo] fields. In our discussions we have also tackled the
Problem of maintenance costs and Wwe are vLresently working on a
more equitable allocation of money from the school board,

Initially we had agreed with the school board to do upgrading on
certain fields with the understanding that a recommendation would
go to council recommending a 50% sharing of costs. The in-house
estimate to upgrade Mary Hill Junior Secondary had been $36,000,
This would have provided irrigation and some minor repair work to
the field. The cost to the City would have been $18,000.
However, the school district in the meantime hired a consultant
to review all their school fields, with recommendations as to
costs and priorities. The school district from this review has
chosen to completely rebuild two school fields in Port Coquitlam
to a level similar to the City's Reeve Street grass field. The
two schools are Terry Fox High Sehool and Mary Hill Junior
Secondary.