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MINUTES OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTFCT ION COMi4 ITTEE MEET fIG
HELD AT 4:30 P.M., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1985
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Personnel in attendance:
Alderman M.D. Gates, Chairman
Alderman

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Stewart, Co Chairman
Eng., Assistant City Engineer
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T.M. Chang, P.

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Recommended: That the minutes of the meeting of the
Env ronmenta
Protect ion Comm ttee he d on Tuesday, Ju y 30,
1985 be taken as read and adopted.
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RESOLUTION TO
RE: DISCHARGE

U.B.C.M.
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committee discussed the memo which was forwarded to council
recommending that a resoi ut ion to the U.B.C.M. on this subject
be forwarded. The committee recommended that
same
resol utlon be referred back to counc il for a decisionthewithout
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any changes.
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CLEAN UP OF COQUITLAM RIVER
APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL GRANT

Alderman Gates advised

that he has been

to Mayor Sekora
District of Coquitlam and that talking
Mayor Sekora would be
nam ng a contact person from the
str ct to attend the next
Env lronmenta Protection Committee Meeting to prov ide input on
this subject. It was agreed that with the concurrence of the
District that a latter be drafted as a joint appl ication for
f edera
funds to prepare a Consu tant' report on cleaning up
the Coqultiam River. This letter of appl
icatlon should be
forwarded to Mr. Gerry St. Germain, M.P., after receiving
consent from Counc
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COUNC I L POL I CY REGARD I NG

SPRAY NG
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In response to the question raised by Alderman Gates
the
prev ious meet I ng T. Clnong reported that he has checkedduring
wi th the
City Clerk and the Parks and Recreation Director recently on

this subject.

He stated that Councl 's current pol icy
regarding spraying is based on the Integrated Weed and
Pest
Management Report which was prepared by a Consultant, Miss
Shel la Darr. The Consul tant' report recommends other means of
controlling weeds and pasta over
the use of pestlcides and
Insecticides spraying. However, the report concedes that there
are times that spraying wl
be necessary.
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further reported that according to the Parks
ar s an d
ecreat iona Di rector
there have been three inc idents
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spraying of City property were necessary since 1981. The
locations were the tennis courts a Routiey Park, the front
entrance to the City Ha and along the gutter 'ines o P'tt
River
ver Road
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before the
t was placed. Again according t
the Parks and Recreation Asphal
Director,
it Is not Counci 's
current poi icy to require staff aitothough
obtain
permission from
Counc
pr or to each spraying, th s is in fact
an unwr tten
departmenta
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cons der ng this item the Committee
the unwritten departmental
pol icy becomes
Counc i pel icy. However, the Committee a so notes
that th i s is
a poor'ime to r a i se th s part c ul ar matter
in open Counc1 .
It was tiserefore recommended that th s subj act be tab ed untl
after November
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ITEM 5

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reported that the Environmental Protection budget
by Councl
was f6000.00 for
However, an
a dltiona
f2000.00 has been added to the 19B5.
budget
because
of a
G. V. R. D. rec yc
ng grant obtained by the Comm ittee.
expenditure on the City's original budget of 56000.00 The
Is
I 500. 00
for Poco Pride Day clean up and f 1000. 00 for the
purchase of blue recycl ing bags for newspaper. The expenditure
on the G. V. R. D. 42000. 00 grant s S 000. 00 for the
purchase of
blue plastic bags for newspaper recyci lng. Therefore
the
balance remalnlng in the City's
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for the G. V.R.D. recycl ing gr antorigina
Is f 1000.00. T.Chong pointed
out to the Committee that In order
for the City to
rema i n ng S I 000. 00 of G.V,R. D. grant the City must keep the
expend
f 1000. 00 of its own money towards the
of
recycl
promotion
The overa
ba ance In the Env lronmenta Protection budgeting.
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therefore 52000.00 for the promotion of recycl lng and S2500.00
for items deemed appropr late by the Committee. Alderman Gates
recommended that an ad be taken out In the local newspapers to
promote recyc lng up to an approx imate cost of f500.00. The
Comm ttee recommended that a
sample of the ad be brought back
to the Committee for discussion
prior to Its placement in the
local newspapers.
T. Chong

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OILING

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GRAVEL

AREAS

The Committee d I so ussed the letter submitted by Mrs . Florence
Graham on August 02, 1985 expressing her concerns
the
recent oi ng of gravel roads and lanes in theregarding
City. The
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advantages and disadvantages of
Ca clum Chloride,
Calcium/Sodium Llgno-sul phanate, oi I, using
water,
flush coating, and
co d mix as dust contro agents were discussed.
T. Chong
reported that ln his recent discussions with the Provincial
Fish and Wi idl fe and the Federal Fisheries and Oceans
organi zations, their position appears to be favoring the use of
Calcium Chloride over the use of ol and Calcium/Sodium Llgnosul phanate as dust co;ltrol
Although they recognized
that Calcium Chloride has its agents.
adverse affects on vegetation
aquatic fe they felt that there Is an Inherent danger In ande
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agent simply because the
contents of the recyc ed oi control
is genera y unknown. The
oi contains polychlorinated
possibility that the recycled
bi phena or P.C.B.
the much feared carc nogenic product,
does exist. Secondly, although the suppl iers of Calcium/sodium
Ligno sul phanate claim that hese products are non-toxic to
aquat c
f e from a chem ice
of view, they suspect that
without further n vest g at on point
s it is d f f c u t to determ inc
whether these chemicals are toxic to aquatic ife from the
point of view of using up the dissolved oxygen in the water
once it enters into water courses thereby resulting In fish
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suffocation.

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Alderman Gates then requested further
Chloride is placed as a dust control
agent. Further discussion on this subject
wi
take place in
future Committee meetings as more information
becomes
aval able. The Committee then decided that a letter should be
for warded to Mrs. Graham adv is ng her of the recent comp la ints
which have been received from local residents regarding
the
dust prob em In the City and that the Env lronmenta Protection
Committee Is investigating into other alternative means of dust
control. This responding letter wi be drafted for Alderman
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Water samples from the d tch surrounding Mr. Leroux'
propertv
Three water samp es co ected from the ditch surrounding Mr.
Leroux's property was presented to the Committee,
T. Chong
exp a I ned that since these water samples appeared to be quite
clear and free of signs of hydrocarbons he has refrained from
forwarding these samples for analysis in the interest of saving
the Cl ty some money. However, Alderman Gates pointed out that
even i f the ana ys i s of these samp es ind lcated that there are
no po
utants in the ditch this information would serve useful
purpose since it can be demonstrated to local residents that
the recent pol ution abatement measures
by the
C.P.R. have positive results. Due to theimplemented
impractical y of
analyzing these water samples for al likely contamlnants the
Comm i ttee dec ded that these water samp les and future samples
col ected in the same area be checked for penta-chl orophenoi s,
creoso les, oi and greases and hydrocarbons only. Alderman
Gates suggested that since a number of Industries
are located
either upstream or adjacent to the various City water
courses
where contamination of the respective water courses may occur
regul ar water samples should be taken at predetermined areas
along these water courses. The Committee wl
consider this
overa
water quality sampl ing program for the City during the
next meeting when a map showing al nf the drainage system in
the City wi
be aval lable.
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Chemico s on August 21, 1985. The committee and otner
of Counc i wi
be adv ised of further n format on as lt members
becomes
ava ah e.
(c) PET STONE BYLAWS
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derman

Gates ref erred to th e recent letter received from
the
Simon Fraser Hea th Unit dated August 13,
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on th i s subj ect.
Al derman Gates stated that the contents of
the letter was vague
and that it was inadequate to address the concerns
which he had
expressed on th I s subj ect. The Committee requested
that Mr.
Steve Martin of Simon Fras e r Heal th Un t attend the
next
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letter.

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NOTE:

A derman
Chairman

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Minutes not read and adopted by the Committee
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c.c. Mayor

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