CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM
PARKS

&

RECREATION COMMITTEE

meeting of the Parks & Recreation Committee was beld in the
Committee Room at City Hall on December 20th„ 1988
at 1:30 p.m.
In attendance vera Alderman John Keryluk and Alderman George Lakin
Also in atterdance was K. Janna Taylor, Parks & Pecreation
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Director.

Item No.

1

Riv rwood Development

Janna Taylor reviewed the park proposal for the
As outlined in the letter of
October 12th, 1988 from Hamilton & Associates
there
are several concerns that the City wanted
addressed. Please refer to the letters in the
minutes to review the City requirements:
Riverwood Development.

That fencing is to be provided by the
developers at the interface between
parkland

and residential areas.

3.

That the city owned Cedar Drive right-of-way
become a buffer between the new development and
the existing development of Birchlard
Manor.
That the public
between residential
streets should bewalkways
limited due to concerns about

maintenance costs.

In another letter dated October 17r 1988 from the
Parks & Recreation Director comments
made i.n
regard to the sewage lagoon and that were
there
a
need to develop an overall recreation plan was
for
area. The committee agreed that the analysis cfthat
sewage Lagoon was essential and that we need to the
convey further our thoughts to Hamilton & Associates
ou, this.
It was also agreed by the committee that
the sewage lagoon was a sen.itive
area and due to
tlrat some ki.nd of buffer on Freemont
would have to

provided.

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The location wat not satisfactory to the commi.ttee.
It was agreed by the committee
this parksite
should be moved to the west and that
that
the townhouse
site should be moved to the east of the
Presently park site B location ties the park.
park into a
tightly knit residential area.

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That the report be received and furthermore a letter
be written to Hamilton & Associate outlining
various concerns regarding the sewage lagoon and

Item No.

furthermore that parksite E not be located in its
present spot as outlined in the plan..
Carried
Review items to be carried in the month of January
The Parks 6 Recreation Director reviewed various
items that needed to be addressed in the month of
January and the proposed timeline for. these issues

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Recommendation

That the report be received.

Carried

ADJOiJRNHENT

The

meeting adjourned at 2:AS p.m.

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Parks and Recreation
City of Port CoquitlamDepartment
2253 Leigh Square
Port Coquitlam, B,C.

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Dear Ms. Taylor:
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RIVER%COD DEVELOPMENT

CONCEPT

PARES 8 RECREATION ISSDES

Yau will recall that at
our last m..acing with th e P ar k
Committee
s and Recreation
ee, sseveral1 issues and concer~s
- were
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raised
e with respect to the
usl plan for the Riverwood

community.

Since

reviewed these issues with thee
t!'en, we have
appropriate
have now been addressed
ed in a r vised plan. A parties and these concertxs
copy of the plan which will
be the basis of the Area Control
"lann, i s enc 1 ose d for
f your

perusal'n

revising the plan, we have strived to
satisfy the goals
oa s an d nee d s o f
p
w th an interest in
this development.
'
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confi 8 urarion oof tbe land,
owners!'.ip boundaries, as we'1 ashee p h ysica
park dedication requirements
school
and
constraints for the concept plan.haveIn prov id e d b oth opportunities ann
terms
rm
of par k
o
d s, the revised
p ac a..ances t ese forces and
ensures that appzopri a t1eanpar
- k spaces h"
een esignated within the
.ave
Riverwood community.
The revised p lan desi na tes
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two neighbourhood park sites
canc*pr. reviewed
similar
a b y the Coszsittee.
The westerly park site hasto the
increased in
t:oo 8..8 acres to taci.litate
its developrsent fo r ac been
recreational uuses. The easterly park
site
is sli htly ,lar ei:: at c~ ve
acres so that thee opportunity
-c
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remains to develop it foz eith
P essive r ec'r eational uses.
ti
In audition to a tatal
of I13.5 'arres'f"
par an,
of linear park space, conneotirdc
Cedar Drive right-of-way with acres
the oe
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PORT CO'!UITLAM, B.C.

— PARKS & RECREATION

Other concerns of the Park", and
been addressed as follows:

ISSUES

Recreation Committee and staff have also

l. It is now the School Board's intention
to expand capacit a t t'he
irc. land Manor School to accommodate some
of the needs of the
Riverwood community. The easterly
school site would be g1ven first
priority, therefore, and the westerly
site would be developed later
should it be warranted.
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There will be a written
statement within the text of the
A.C.P. requiri.ng developers policy
to
provide
where their lands abut park land or the fencing or a landscaped buffer.
Cedar Drive right-of-way.

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limited number of pedestrian walkways through

will be noted in the A.C.P- and will be residential
required of
developers upon whose lands they st'e
locatsdneighbourhood

The

texc of the draft Area Control

Plan is presently being edited. We
hope uo have this document available
for your review in the very near
future. Sho
hou d you wish to discuss the contents
of thiss I tter
er or 1f you
have an y comments or concerns,
ou
please
do
not
hesitate
ro contact the
undersigned.
Yours truly,
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1988 10 17

Kent Muar o
Hamilton Sssociates
8th Floor 4 509 Richarzfs Street,
Vancouver, B.C.,

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Rivezwood Development

I have
ave z evieved Four letter or
Oataber 12th 1988 outlining
issues or the Parks
1'1th 1988 aad I am ia Reer cation Committee meeti ag o f' c t oberthe
agreement.
ur er more, the
Reer'cation
th Par
on Comm ttee da agz'ee wf th .Furthermore
P
ks
the
general
conce p t Por par
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and
rear
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space as outlined t th
meetin . Hoowevez,
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ar per our conversation
will z.og. doubt
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seed 8 3 present o the oo55.'ittof'he
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sshoould the school district
confirm that
a theeF on F require one
o s e.
GeaerallF
speaking
be increased to ten acres and I would suggest that park site
that park
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development
sewage lagoon ar ea with Wethedo need to f'irm up the coacept
appropriate
citF depaz tments so asthe
to develop an overall reer cation

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plan f'r the area,
Please keep me inf'or med as to the dir
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Paz'ks & Recreation Director

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RIVER4400D DEVBLOP44ENT

most beneficial
have met yesterday with the Parks
tion Committee andtomunicipal
and
to discuss the development
t for the Riverwood development. staff
The

comments and concerns raised
e addressed in the development
f th Draft Area Control Plan. plan and will be integrated into the

cific relevance to parks plannirg in

were raised:

Riverwoodl the following

cing is to be provided by developers
the interface between park
re idenrial uses to demarcate at
the public space, discourage
roachment and separate rec national
and resider. ial
the city-awned Cedar
right-of-way, a buffer of'rees
ld ba left standing alongDrive
the
southern
edge to visually buffer
new develo! men from the e:"in
ing neighbourhood o Birch!and
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activities'.n

i.c walkways between

residential streets should be limited in
ers due to concerns about.
maintenance costs.
'B'hould be increased in size to approximately
li.tate irs development
for active recreational uses. 5.5 acres to

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PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

OMMIZTEE MEETING

— RIVERWOOD D

sELOPMENT

It is our understanding that the Committee members
and staff are in
agreement with the general development
concept for parks and recreation
space in Riverwood provided the above
development plan will be altered to reflectconcerns are addressed'he
these concerns and a copy of
the revised plan will be forwarded
to you.
It would be appreciated
you could confirm our understanding of
issues discussed at ourifmeeting
the
at your earliest convenience. With
respect to the issue of the provision
of public walkways between
residential
e rial streets, some .comment and
direction
as to how this is" ue
should be handled in the
o
the Area Control Plan would
be of
assistance. Should you havetext
any additional comments or concerns, please
do nor. hesitate to contact the
undersigned.
Yours
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October 4, 1988

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Taylor Direec t or
ar s and Recreation

Cicy of Port CoquiclamDeparcment
2253 Leigh Square

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

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Dear Ms. Taylor:
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REVISED CONCEPT FOR

THE RIVERWOOD

DEVELOPMENT

As mentioned in
our teleep hoone conversation
preliminary concept
y esse rday, we have
p 1 an f

or the Riverwood
revised the
consideration the comme n t s
oo
community,I taking in" 0
o f the Parks
fhc Planning Committe
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now be used to
Schoo
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discuss
uss
uss,
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in more specific
plan ca,
all parties.
termss, the issues This
of conc rn to
We received
your
our last meeting.letter today containi.n
n ng a
addic
dicional comments arising
Y our i ncerest
froom
in
communi.ty i
the
ann g of the Ri
p lannin
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woo d
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raised
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Censu indi
s 1547 ddwelling be
unxts. The 1986
3.1 persons
estimate, o
y uctuace slightl wi po pulation of 4796. Thi
concept buc
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h
e use ul for
revisions of th
general planning further
purposes .
I look forward to
meeting with the Parks
review che
and
on 'esday 11 Occober
City Hali
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1988 at 4:45
meeting plea se do nocyou require any a d n t onai info rmation
hesitate
a e to
prior to our
t contact the
undersigned.

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1988 09 26

Kent Munro
Hamilton Associates
8th Floor, 509 Richazds
Vanccuvez, B.C, 76B 226 Street,

Dear Kent;
z ez

Paries Planning Issues for the Rivez wood
Development

Thank you foz your letter of September
21, 1988 in which you
our discussians in»egard to park
sitz s. Ther e are
our additional points which
were
discussed
that need to be
noted:
summaz inc

a)

That some f'orm of''encing should be looked at
a 1 ong th
e az Drive right-of-way; ad)scent
to the property linee by
the houses . The right of way
shauld be large enough for a
paz k 's vehicle to drive an, in order
maintenance
That 2'encing be provided on the pazk sites
where housing is
adjacent to the park.

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b)

c)
d)

That the park should be within 1/4 to 1/2
mile walking
distance f'rom residential
homes
The f'inal point which needs to be
noted; is that the items
discussed are f'rom a staff'erspective
that bef'oz"e final
conceptual design is approved; there is and
Recz cation Committee to review and havea need f'r the Parks
input an the

plazzs

At our meeting you indicated

yau would send me the
anticipated population f'r thethat
development.

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concezns with the points outlined above
please give me a any
call.

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Parks and Recreation
City af Port CaquitlamDepartment
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Dear Ms. Tayloz'l
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REVXEN CP PARES

PLANNXNG XSSDES PDR

THE RXVERNOOD

DEVELOPMENT

Xt was a pleasure

ca have met w
with you this mo
the proposed
morning
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to review and discuss
e d eve I opmeut
concepts
for
or c.
Meridian Road and
chee Riverwood
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n Dominio
om n on Avenue in
at Coast
Port Caquitlam. As area
re in the nrocess of finali
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na
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h
with respect to par
ent concept and your input
a k s p I arming is most aevelo p ment
beneficial .

Our discussion focused
on parks issues .e a
ng to the size, locnticu and
re park land in relatin
the park system inequ.
P..l.verwood and it.s
az'
Pazt Coquitlam.
relationship to
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were rai.sedl
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ummarize, the following points

1.

The Riverwood

site

encompasses an
oof approximately 255
excluding che City-owned sewa-g e Ia pares.
acres
oo
n
lands
dedication
an requ
re rement, a minimum eef
Given the 5X parksl
13.25
will be necessary ar t h e az'ea.
acr a usable park land
acres
Dedicated park land should
not include an of t
h
oo I n d s w h c h are
envi'- a 8 ed as i ncorporating
deteution pond.
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be locate
a dadjacent c
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which facilitates
es dev
recreational uses. aNesize
evelopment foz active
recreation component. i g hb ourhood parks shaul d also include e passive
Parks or open space of a
size
ze less
ess tthan
an one acre should be avoided
they are not
o usa bl e and are
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expensive
p
to maintain. Small parks as
not be acce
cep tabl
a e f ar inclusion in
may
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park land dedication.

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PLANNING ISSUES

C onsideracfon
should be given
ven ca problems which have
parkss inn P ort Caquf clam
arisen
other.
includin
ng va
vandalism and access. Parksf n should
be vvissi'bl e f ram the screec
n
not
separated fram it by resfdentfal
lots.
s. Prro bl erne arising fromardIocacin
acc ive recreational facilities
g ac
too closee coo neig
nei hb curing houses should
also be addressed.
6. The opportunfty of
linking the park land in 've w
sway a ong Cedar Drive
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should aalso
so be
b explored.
parkways may bee inc
Linear
included
u e in the park. land
dedication.
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Park design should be based an
an ac
a ti ve / passive concepcg. Wf th two neighbourhood
park sites in Rfverwaod
advantageous to create one lar
verwao, it may
ma
be
urger
er tthan
an the
ch other so that che
a
one can
b e more intensivel
larger
deva
y
eveloped
far
a c ti v iti es. Th e lar er
active recreational
g of the two should be the vest
C oncept p I as the
caste
em portion of Riverwood is sfte such as i.n
Drive Park and will ultimately
closee taa Ced
earr
b ene fi t f rom che
Lagoon area.

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raised will bee incorporated
into
the
revisionn of tthee deva
Should you have
evelopment
a ddf t onal questions or
commen
hesitate to co n t acany
omments, please concepts
t. h e undersigned.
do not
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