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.C . Farnworth, Chairman
erman J.J. Keryluk,
Co-Chairman
T.M. Chon
P. Eng., Deputy
Cit y Enng ineer/Operaticns
Mr. John g,
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Leslie
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resident,
Mrs. Lind a Leslie, Secretar Downtown Merchants Assoc. Manager
y Treasurer, Downtown
Ms. Cathy Fox, Representative
Merchants
an s Assoc
of S.P.E .C .
Ms. Thelm a icc A dam,
Representat I ve of S .P .E.C .

IN ATTENDANCE:

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CONF IRMAT ION OF MINUTES

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MEETING

Recommended:

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That he minutes of the
meetin g of
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Committee held on T uesday,
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The Comm i

asked Mr. J o h n Leslie
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and Mrs . Li'nda Leslie
s regard
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for
ngg th is p roposed
ro
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Bylaw. They advised the
ased upon the comments
from people
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they have
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the Bylaw is wel
they object to thee ncep
r eceived . However,
pro
proposa
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th
that
restaurant owners
to d fd
h th
o r I,o t th ey witt
their premi
have
ave non-smoking sect fons
'ses.
ses.
r. Les ie suggested
in
rev fsed to require
that
a
the
'reMr.
e draft Bylaw be
aal
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restaurants
to have a mi im m de ignation
e d ou t th at some
a n t own era
amendment and d ependingrestaurant
may obj ect to thon 9s
upon
the
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size
and
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thi
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pr oprie ors of premises
enforce the regulatio
af fecteed by the By law to
ons .
Th e Committee then
orfg inal draft Bylaw
moved to revise the
aw
of 25$ of thee t o t al t o require al rest aurants to have
a minimum
seating
i' as non-smoking.
advised the Committ ee th at capacil
no
accordin g to thee Purchasing T. Chong
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findings, the ap
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approximate
Manager'
cost
of prfntin
'ng 500 of each
signs required under
n er the
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proposed Bylaw is $ 5,00 0.00. of the
discussion on thee proposed
prop
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the B y aw in its
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That 500 of each of the
signs required under t
Bylaw be purchased
'h Cit at a
b y the
$ 5,000.00 and
n est imated
p u t in o inventory
cost of
That th
the first s ix of each of
B
the si ns
b
o th e propr ietors
f ree of charge
and I.h a t the associated or premises af fected
these free signs
co s t s of giving out
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That an y ad d'tional
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above those s er:if
be sold a cost signs
t o the
th pub ic.
5. That the costs of
signs required b y Cit
charged again-t aany
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y Facilities be
th
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res p ectiv e Bu ding
Account.
Nra intenance
6. That a Pub ic
Hearing be held
too discuss
By law at a sui
dis
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this proposed
a
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ti to ,ebe selected
by the Clerk.
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MEMO FROM PAWNS
6 RECREATION
FOR FLOWER BEDS
DIRECTOR

The representatives
McAdam spoke on thee

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USE

OF CHEMICALS

from S.P.E .C

. Cathy Fox and
Ms. Thefma
proposed use . of Mschemica
als . They voiced
the

following concerns:
There is not a great
dea of iteratur e on
t
to
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be
anrlled
very rarefull y.. Theey po
the manufacturer's warning
fnted out
war
"Notice to Users".
b. The chemical must not
o
b e apolied at
than IB degrees ce
a te mperature
celcius
eius and
greater
a,
it must have
water to act.
c. Inhalation of this chemical
is a health hazard.
d. The chemical is toxic
to chi Idren.
e. What
at was
wa
the figure of $ 60,000
increase in the
Seems awfully high.ive o nott usln g chemicals based
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selected? Are
re ther
er e less toxic chemi
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g. In view cf the stabil ity
of
ci es, run
flower beds ar
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ofts from the
ik ely to herbicides
be carried
causing harmfulreeaaffect
e downstream
d
ec s to unsuspecting
pass b y
others.

available?

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Ms. Fox and Ms. McAdam recommended
1.
The Cit Y should continue its

chemicals.

2.

the fol lowing to the City:

present pol icy of not
o usin
using

The Par ks 4 Hec Oi rector look in
ir ing summer students to do the i t o

th e feasibi
f
ity of
required weed ing .
The C it y make better chci ces of
covers for f lower
beds i n ord er to red uce the needground
foweeding.
Examples of
good ground cover se ect iona are some
of the andscaped
areas of A.L.R.T. stations.
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The

Parks Crew

should vacuum up th e d"cn d e ion cu'I'tings
in
grass fields since
matured
lowers may stii
produce seeds even after they dandelion
are cut.
If the Cit y decides i'o use
ca s, adequatee s ig ns must
bee posted to warn the publchemi
lc, especial
e 'a
y in areas wihere
chi Id ren play.

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that
e y the Parks and
iree apologized
or was unab e tounfortunatel
vs
her
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comments on the
forego ng and that the f oregoi ng comments
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and
cconcerns wi
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a in y
e converged to Ms. Taylor to
assist
h er
n the
p re p erat on of her report to Counci
on this sub'ect. Ms. Ca
Fox asked for a cop y oof She a
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Weed Management Pr ooram for
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City.
conveyed to Ms. Taylor for a response,
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Eng.,
Assistant City Engineer
NOTE:

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Mayor and Aldermen

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