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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQU ITLAM
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMITTEE

MINUTES

meet ing of the Env ironmental Protection Committee wa- held in the Counci

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Chambers on Wednesday, August 19, 1987 at 4r45 p.m..

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Personnel in Attendance:
Alderman M.D. Gates, Chairman
Alderman M. Wright, P. Eng., Co-Chairman
T.M. Chong, P. Eng., Deputy City Enginee.

Also in attendance:

Eric Bonham - Provincial Manager for Extended 1968 Fraser River Flood Control
Program.

Jim Leon

- Federal Representative for Extended Fraser River Flood Control

Program
Niel Peters — Provincial Water Management Branch Flood Plan Management
Niel Nyberg — Municipal Engineer

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CONFIRIUIATION OF MINUTES

Recommended:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Environmental Protection Committee held on
Thursday July 16, 1987 be taken as read and adopted.

Carried
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COQUITLAM RIVER DYKE UPGRADING

The delegation from the extended 1968 Fraser River Flood Control Pr'ogram was
introduced to the committee members. Mr. Eric Bonham made a presentation
regarding the cur rent status of the Program as it pertains to the Coquit 1am River
Dyke Upgraa ing ~ The attached memo to the City Administrator summer izes the
subsequent discussions on this subject.
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a.

Alderman Gates reported that a resident on Fox Street has constructed a large
pigeon house over the creek to the rear of his house. Although he has attempted
to cantact the Fisheries Department to advise them of this potential source of
pol ution, he was not successful. Alderman Gates asked T. Chang to liaise with
the Fisheries Department on this matter.

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discussed with the recommendation that Mr. Derek Murphy be
inv ited to the next Committee meeting to explore new ideas for promoting
recycl ing In the City.

The EPC Budget was

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Th,. Meeting Adjourned

at 5r30 p.m.

Deputy City Engineer/
Operation" Manager

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MEMORANDUM

Engineer

B.R. Kirk

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T.M. Chong, P. En'
Deputy City
Operations Manager

SUBJECT:

Construction of Dykes along Coquitlam River
Environmental Protection Committee Meeting of

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Auqust 19, 1987

Members of the Committee and the District of Coquitlam's
Munic i pal Eng ineer, Mr. Nyberg, met Mr. Conham, Proj ect Manager
for the Fraser River Flood Control Program, on August 19, 1987.
Mr. Bonham works for the Prov inc i el Miriistry of Environment.

Accompanying him were Mr. Peters of the Provincial Water
Management Branch and Mr Leon of the Feder a Department of
Inland Water, Land, Conservat!on, Protection and Environment.
The Env lronmenta
Protection Committee invited Mr. Bonham and
his party to the meeting for the specific purpose of finding
out the current plans for the flood control works to be
constr ucted a ong the Coqu it I am R iver.
The attachment
this memo summarizes Mr. Bonham's
presentation t'o theto Commiftee.
After Mr. Bonham's
presentation, the fol lowing discussions took place:
1. The proposed dyke al ignment in area 3 may have a
sign f cant impact on the curr ent development plan for
Reeve Street Park.
t was agreed that the C ity would
rev ew the Impact of the dyke al ignment upon
the
proposed park and submit comments along with the Reeve
Street Park Development Plan to Mr. Bonham.
2. There was some doubt expressed that the ded icated funds
for the constr uct ion of the proposed dykes may not be
ave i able by 1990 due to the senior
Both Mr. Bonham and Mr. Leon indicated
that it is quite unl ik'e
y that these funds wil
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channelled elsewhere.
3. Since the p roposed dyke wor ks w
not n c ude any
stream bed improvements ( le dr edg Ing and tree removal
the quest i o n was ra sed regar d ng whether or not Mr.)
Bonham w I! Incorporate such works into the terms of
ref erence for h Is Consultant and eventua y the
con1 rect for the dykes if funds can be found el sewhere.
The understa nding would be that any work not w thin the
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scope of the Fraser

River Flood Control Agreement wil
be paid for separately. Mr. Bonham
indicated that it
would be extr 'erne 1 y diff icult if not
impossible to
proceed under these ar rangements.
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When Mr. Bonham and his
were asked whether they
knew of the existenceparty
of any funding ass istance
programs which municipal ities may apply to have
the
r iver dredged,
they repl ied in the negative.
5. M r. Ni e Peters of the Water 14an
ag emen t 8 r an ch stated
that even f Dykes are constructed
along the Coquitl am
River, there w
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be
need to reou late the
he i ght of dwel ings constructeda in
low area inside the
dyke. He request that any further
enquir ies be
directed to his office.
6. In view of the fact that land
sition costs are
1004 the respons ib i ity of the aequi
mun i cipafity, it was
pointed out that Mr. Bonham's
Itant must
c lose y w ith the City regar ding Consu
the mpact of theliaise
dyke
el ignment on and acquisition costs.
What may ap pear
to be the lowest cost for dyke constr uction
may result
In extremely high land acquisition
c
oats.
Mr.
said that he wil brief the Consultant in th s Bonh am
respect,
however, his primary interest
dyke construction to a minimum. is to kee'p the cost of
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7. Mr.

Ny berg suggested
the "wheels" be put in motion
between the two m unthat
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t i es to determine wnat
maintenance respohs b it ice are
involved subsequen, to
the construction of the dykes.
The Env ironme'ntal Prote ction Committee
wishes to
Coun c
on th is matter .
also been requested toupdate
Mr. Gerr y St. Germs in, 14.P have
of this meeting pertaining apprise.
to tahe
Coquitlam River
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T.M. Chong, P.

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Mayor and Aldermen

City Eng Ineer
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City Planner
D I rector
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File." 0281550-816A
COQUITLAM RIVER

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FACT SHEET

Presented at Port Co~uitlam City Hall August 19, 1987
1. The Fraser River Flood Control Program current funding is
Expenditures to date $ 126,000,000. Annual
$ 161,000,000.
budget is $ 5,000,000. Program terminates 1995.
2. The Coquitlam River project is currently scheduled to be
designed in the fiscal year 1988-1989 and constructed over
a 3-year period 1990-1993. Depending on the demands of
other projects, it is possible that construction could
commence fiscal year 1989-1990.
3. The original analysis of the dyke and bank protection
requirements is contained in the "Coquitlam River Water
Management Study" prepared in 1978.
4. An Outline Report was prepared by Ministry of Environment
in 1982 which specifically addressed dyke, bank protection
and floodbox requirements on the Coquitlam River.
5. The Outline Report was updated in 1984.
6. For analysis, the Coquitlam River main stem was divided
into the following subsections:
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a) Area I -Hockaday Street
b) Area II -District of Coqui:1am
c) Area, III -pity of Port Coquitlam
d) Area IV -Indian Reserve Ho. 2
e) Area V -Colony Farm
The above areas are depicted on the attached drawings
A'5333-2, A5333-3 and A5333-4.
7. Areas I — 'V were estimated based on 1984 construction
prices'.

Areas IV and V, Indian Reserve No. 2 and Colony Farm are
not included in the current analysis. These areas have
been eliminated due to insufficient benefits. The cost
estimate to, provide flood protection to Areas I, II and IIZ
is $ 5,600:000 based on 1984 estimates. With an allowance
for escalation the 1987 estimate is $ 6,000,000 (not
including land acquisition).

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9. Ncte t'hese estimates are based on preliminary figures. Be
advised that these estimates and the scope of the work are
subject to the change once the design phase is completed.
The consultant will review in detail flood protection
requirements and refine the cost estimates
10. The flood protection works on the Coquitlam River will be
cesigned for a 1-in-200 year flood flow of 585 mg/s
(20, 670 cfs), assuming that
Coquitlam Lake reservoir is
full at the beginning of the the
flood event. The runof. above
the lake would hen contribute directly tn the flood
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E.W.D. Bonham, P. Eng.
Project Manager

Rivers Section

Water Management Branch
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