WHE COMWONATION GF THE a? OF PORT COQUITLAM
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ALTERNATIVES

If the dump is closed it will be necessary to find -
alternatives for spoil from municipal projects and for private
garden refuse. I am told by my superintendent that «e have
many places that could use fill from municipal construction
projects and that seme of the fill is required to improve -some
City-owned property. It is therefore not necessary to keep this
dump open for ovr own use although the land might be handy as
a storage area for bulky construction materials.

. The method of handling garden refuse could probably

best be resolved by allowing garden refuse to be put out with

the rest of the garbaye on a regular pickup. Our by-law does

not prevent garden refuse from being put out as Ieng as it is
properly bagged or bundled, ther municipalities don't provide
free dumping priviledges for residents and I wonder how much
necessity there is for this kind of dumping in any case, especially
if we provide expanded pickup service.

RECOMMENDATION

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; I recommend that the Welcher Dump be phased cut and
that private dumping of garden refuse be not allowed after
November Ist, 1978 and that By-law Mo. 1202 be repealec€. As
there is nothing in cur Refuse Materials Collection and Removal
Regulation By~law No. 1426 which prohibits the disposal of
garden refuse in the nermal garbage collection system, it is
simply necessary to amend this by-law to allow the use of more
than ,three receptacles or plastic bags per Property. We would
at the same time suggest changing the above by-law to allow
cleanup Materials to be disposed of with the regular garbage
‘so that we can do away with cleanup week.

F.E. ‘Peters, P. Eng.,
City Engineer.