COUNC

REPORT APR - 8 1974

TO: Mayor and Council DATE: April 5, 1974.

FROM: Parks and Recreation Committee

The Parks and Recreation Committee met on Thursday, April 4, 1974 at 3:45 P.M.
Present were Alderman George Laking, Alderman Len Traboulay, Mr. Vince Borch,
Mr. John Gowans and Janna Taylor.

1. Reciprocal Use of Facilities

The Port Coquitlam Recreation Department is responsible for programming
recreation for the totul community. In order to provide the widest possible
scope in serving the community it is necessary to use as many types of facil~
ities as are available. As indicated in the report "Community Programs for
Adults", the Recreation Department has entered into co-operative planning
with the Port Coquitlam Senior Secondary School Adult Education Department.
Since this report wae given, we are extending our co-operative planning to
the Junior Secondary Schools and the Elementary Schools. By September we
hope to have developed this concept of co-operative planning to a level
where we are able to offer extensive community programs to every age group.
Inherent in this co-operative planning is the agreed sharing of certain
equipment. For example, we are going to borrow two sewing machines from

the Port Coquitlam Secondary School for the Senior Citizen's Program.

Last summer we had the use of two schools for the summer program. The

major benefit of being able to use these facilities is that we do not have

to pay a rental charge. In many other ways school planning has been arranged
so that facilities are made available to the Recreation Department as well as
other community agencies, to further our joint plans in the development of
full community education programs.

The Parks and Recreation Committee feel that this joint planning has set our
program ahead of many other communities by these co-operative measures.

To further enhance this co-operative concept and te encourage a wider use of
schools, the committee feels that it would be in order to make the following
recommendation to the Council.

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Recommendation:

The Parks and Recreation Committee recommends that where the Recreation
Department has negotiated sharing arrangements with schools; that the
Department be empowered to provide for such schools some free time at the
arena. This time is to be during the normal school day. Further, that the
school times would not interfere with the recreation programs already in
existence.

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