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THE CORPORATION OF THE.

CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM,

MINUTES OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING
HELD AT 4:30 p.m ~ . WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1985

PERSONNEL

IN ATTENDANCE:

Alderman M.D. Gates, Chairman
Alderman W.WE Stewart, Co-Chairman
7 'D Chong, PE
Assistant City Engineer

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CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

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The Committee dec i ded that the draft minutes for the meeting
held on October 23, 1985 be amended as fol lowe:
ITEM IV
end of subpara A; add, w(approximately $ 1,000.00)".
end of subpara 8; add, n(approximately $ 400.00)n.
end of minutes for ITEM IV; add, "The balance amcunt of
money remaining (approximately $ 1900.00) wi
be held in
reserve to pay for the testing of water samples
subsequent to a spill if it becomes necessary this year.
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Carri ed
ITEM 2

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NEWSPAPER RECYCLING SCHEDULE

T. Chong advised the Committee of the error which was made by
both the Ci ty and POCOMO Enterprises regarding the newspaper
recycl ing schedule for zones and 3. The errors occur in the
month of May 1986 for zone I and in the month of August 1986 for
zone 3. On the calendars for these two zones in the re«pective
months they indicate that the newspaper recycl ing wi
take place
in two consecutive regular garbage col lection days whereas in fact
they should show that the newspaper recycl ing days should be every
second regul ar garbage day. The major problem with these errors
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that it has a domino effect and wi perpetuate itself for the
remainder of the schedule shown on the calendar unti the month of
It was pointed out that POCOMO Enterprises (Share
August 1987
Society) al so recognized their responsibl ity in this matter and
has offered to print and di stri bute new recycl lng calendars for
these two zones just prior to May 1986. Their reason for waiting
unti that time is to avoid local residents losing the revised
newspaper recycl ing schedules In the interim. The Committee
considered another alternative since they felt that the POCOMO
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offer wi
result in residents hav ing to cope with two separate
ca endars; one showing the schedule for the regular garbage
collection days and the other showing ihe newspaper recycling
days . The Committee's proposal involves the printing of new
calendars for refuse collection and the amended newspaper
To avoid
and 3 at this time
col ection schedules for zones
conf us ion to the res dents within these zones these amended
be printed on a different colour paper. The
ca endars wi
the month of
Comm ttee agreed that it wou d be wi se to wa it unt
1986 bewore distributing these new amended calendars for the
Apri
same reasons as POCOMO Enterpri ses. The Committee was adv sed at
the approximate cost for printing the additional 1900 calendars
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and 2200 calendars for zone 3 is approximately $ 700.00.
for zone
In order to avoid confusion for the residents in zones 2, 4 and 5
which are tota ly unaffected by these errors the Committee
recommended that this matter be referred to Counci for a decision
in Committee.
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ITEM

MINING OP ERAT I ONS

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CONTRACT NG
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REPORT

RECLAMATION

- ALLARD

L I M I TED

The Committee was advised that the Ministry of Lands, Parks,
Hous ing has made an error in referring Al lard Contracting's

proposal to the City. In fact because the proposed gravel
operations are located within the Distr ict of Coquitlam the
app ication submitted by Al lard Contracting should have been
referred to that Municipality. Notwithstanding this error
however, the Committee felt that since the City is located
downstream from these gravel operations that the City should be
submitting comments to the Ministry regardless. The Committee
have noted that it
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then reviewed Ai ard Contracting's report and
appears to be quite logical and technically correct. However, the
Committee raised several concerns which the technical report did
not address. These concerns are focused on the following:
1. Is the capacity of the ditches and culverts downstream f rom
the gravel operations adequate to handle the amount of water
proposed to be drained into them'?
these ditches and cul verts be adequately maintained
2. Wi
not reduce the
such that si It and other settlements wi
capacity thereby resulting in washouts during heavy
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rainfall?

will be monitoring Aliard Contracting' operations and
ordering corrective actions to be taken if
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Al lard Contracting be making provisions for backup
should their proposal to divert the water not works
The Committee felt that these are valid concerns which should
for the
be addressed and that a recommendatlon be made to Counci
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forward ng of a etter to the Mi n stry of Lands, Parks and Incus ng
to advise them of these concerns.
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- OTHER BUSINESS

ITEM 4

Ifashouts of Jack Cewe ' Gravel Pit
Pipeline Road
A derman Gates discusses the contents of the copy of the
etter
forwarded to us by the Ministry of Environment dated November 12,
1985 dealing with the recent washout at Jack Cewe's gravel pit.
In considering this matter the Committee felt that the Mini try of
Env i ronment is not tak ng adequate def in it ve action to ensure
that further pol lution of the Coquitlam Rive'y Jack Cewe's
not occ ur. The Committee then recommended that
grave pi t w i
the Reg iona Di rector of the I4ini stry be invited to address
Counci to provide further detai ls of this washout and what his
Ministry is prepared to do as fol low-up action.
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MINUTES TAKEN BY:

T.M. Chong, 'P.

Eng.,
As' stant C i ty Eng i neer

Chairman '

Al derman M.

Cha i rman

0. Gates,

NOTE:

Minutes not read and adopted by the Committee unti
cert i f i ed by Committee
signature.

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Mayor and Al dermen
Cl ty Adm in i

strator

City Clerk
City Engineer

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