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YUL 13 1981

“THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

TO: Mayor and Council July 8, 1981

FROM: Public Works Committee

Report of Public Works Committee meeting held Tuesday, July 7th,
1981, .
IN ATTENDANCE: Alderman L.M. Traboulay, Chairman

Alderman J.d. Keryluk, Co-~chairman

F.E. Peters, City Engineer

Gerry St. Germaine for Item Tf

ITEM I

Re: Drainage in Lane behind Taylor Street

Gerry Si. Germaine was present to discuss a problem of
drainage in three of the former City~owned lots along Taylor Street
north of Warwick Avenue. These lots are provided with a storm
Sewer in the front but have a drainage problem in the rear yard
because the lane in the rear is built higher than the road in the
front and the foundation Grains around the house are too high to
be used to cennecth thea - Lf 78 Sense from the rear. The. driveways
have settled and water how ponds on the driveways. Mr. St. Germaine
claims that the houses were built to the correct elevation in rela-
tion to the road but that the City raised the lane when it was paved
at his request last year.

The Committee looked at this problem on site and determined
that the only feasible solution to the drainage problem would be
to install a section of storm sewer pipe along the edge of the lane
to the ditch which runs down the Warwick Avenue road allowance.
- Germaine has agreed to repave the affected driveways and to drain
the back yards to the new storm sewer if the City installs the storm

sewer,

We feel that a low cost solution would be the use of a
flexible perforated drainpipe of about eighty feet in length. The
major cost is the need to break up a portion of the pavement and
to repave it after the pipe is installed. The cost is estimated
to be about $900.00. The Committee recommends that this work be
done and that the funds be taken from the unallocated fund in the

Public Works Budget.