CORPORATION OF THE CITY 0 PARKS & PORT COQUITLAM RECREATION COMMITTEE ecting of the Parks Recreation Committee was held ir. the neil Chambers on Wednesday, February 26th, 1986, at 3:45 p.m. & attendance were Alderman George Laking and Alderman Mike nworth. o in attendance was K. Janna Taylor, Parks & Reoreation ector. FTRMATION OF MINUTES t the minutes of the meeting of the Parks Recreation mittee held on Wednesday, February 12th, 1986, be taken as & d and adopted. m No. 1 Caoital Budaet Janna Taylor indicated that there were four budget i tems on which she would like early approval. The backstops are necessary to alleviate scheduling problems which face baseball and softball this season due to the heavy registration. The seeder and trailer for oversanding are required for work on the fields this March and, finally, the photocopier is desperately required - it keeps breaking down more frequently and staff time is being wasted by having to go to City Hall. 1c86 Reccmmendation That the photocopier 2 $ 6,000, the seeder 8 $ 8,000, the trailer for oversanding P $ 12,000 and the backstops 2 $ 8,000 be purchased immediately, C~AB R No. 2 genuine McLean Park The attached letter was received from a resident at McLean Park. — R~e ommendation That the Parks Department estimate the cost the old fencing and bring baok to Committee. oi'eplacing m E CARRIE~ /2. FEB 26 'l986 Minor Baseball Item No The attached report was received from Bob Wood. The Committee went through requests (a), ( b) and (c). Janna pointed out that request (a) was a high oost item and that (b) and (c) could be handled internally. Recommendation a) b) Item No. 4 That scheduling concerns are not the Committee's responsibility and that these she ~id be brought forth to the regular field allocations meeting. That increasing the backstop at Thompson Park colt diamond is a cost item and that, at this time, it not be done, That the bleachers and a practice mound can c) be handled internally, Wilson Centre Dr awinas Alderman taking indicated that we could proceed with the drawings. Cornerstone, who did the report, also have an architectural arm in their firm. It would seem more appropriate to use the same I'irm who did the study to also do the drawings; otherwise we may be faced with a new firm indicating that they wish to do another study. Recommendation That Cornerstone be invited to the Parks & Recreation Committee to investigate whether it is acceptable to the Committee to proceed with the drawings. CARRIED ADJOURNMENT: Thc meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m WlFEB 26 198 January 29, 1986 TO WHON RE& IT MAY CONCERNi Placement/Reolacement of chain linked fence. Port at 1727 Nannina Avenue, of south block Park", a "Ãclean Cocu1tlam. Our backyard backs onto Oxford. Prair1e Avenue, near fencing, but when Our property was the first to receive chain 11nk wooden above an existing up, they put ths "City" put used second hand fencing and plastic coated steel pip1ng to stop soccer balls from coming onto the property. Ny fam1ly and I (Doug Kremer) 11ve fencer'hey it it badly and 1s Since that time, the fencing has been deterioratingunderstanding It is my us. of west the to uneven with the neighbors (top to bottom) put in by that the ne1ghbors had chain link fenc1ng .backs When the "City" put years few the "City of Port Coquitlam" a that fenc1ng up, they moved it back into the park lz to 2 feet as PICTURES. compared to our fence. SEE fencer'hile "City" should As a property owner in Port Coquitlam, I feel the 1n height and ne1ghbors the to replace the fence and move it back equal in the near future, I would it "City" replace cannot quality If the of west the to else everyone like to hear back from you regarding why and of us east neighbor the us received a high, new ourselves were not included in this project. is of Thank-you very much for reading this letter and I hope it interest to the "City of Port Coquitlam," ~ Con),ial y yours, D. Kremer FEB 26 1 REi Manning Avenue Due to frost conditions this winter, Manning Avenue (the road) repairs . If this is done the "City" should also think about neeis filling in the ditches, as this night help to prevent further road deterioration. The following are signltures of property owners along Manning Avenue between York Street and Wellington Street who feel the road should be repaired and ditches filiad a 1. 9. 2~ 10. 11. 3~ 12 '3. 5~ Illlm 6. 10. 7~ 15 8. '6. FEB 26 Imj iL fh lee I I Sl IS IIIR,lilil8 I II ~ ~ il ~ S" (51S Sl'IIII ~~ ~I,E I Ijal ~ ~ IIR~I'm====:== g I gP m I ssmms eI~~:::smassmmsim= ~~III a ~ as ss — m» m a m aP, s 'll ~sess, ~ — ~ ~~ agI S~ ~sa8I aa Poco Minor Baseball Report to City of Port Coquitlam Parks and Recreatson Committee I would like to start by thankinc the Recreation Department for their help and commend them for the determined way in which they deal with all of the sports such as ourselves. I am sure it is not an easy task having to deal with so many self interest groups that ususally want more than it is possible for the city to give. As to minor baseball 1986. We have the dubious blessing of increased enrollment again this year.. We should top 700 players by the time we take to the field, which is 20% growth pattern for two years in a row. RIany of the attendant problems are ours to solve, however field facilities continue tc be an issue. I would anticipate that we are not alone with this problem. At the lower divisions, using schoo1 fields as we do, we have been able to negotiate with Softball ar.d the Recreation Department and the situation seems under control. On a Monday and Wednesday we will have thirteen games in progress around town, and with the school field situation as it is, that is the limit of availability .today. Tuesdays and Thursdays by the way are not much better, and after that we have to cons'der. practice t.imes. At the current growth rates, should they continue next year could be very difficult, however 1988 will be a crisis in my opinion. This whole situation is compounded by the cost of maintenance, wnich I understand is a sore point in terms of relations with the school board and is not something which I care to say any more about than it has to be addressed in some way, perhaps through volunteer effort. We are reaching an earlier crisis point in the four senior age groups, ie. players from 11 to 18. I am extremely pleased to hear that our Bronco diamond at Thompson Park is still alive this year in terms of budget. I would point out that our stance at this time is that given the current growth pattern, and the fact that the earliest we could use Thompson would be next year, we will not be able to give up on our request for Cedar Drive as it has suggested we should. The issue is basically that of practice time. been This year Poco Minor Baseball will likely be supporting nine teams out of the two diamonds at Thompson. Considering home games, practices once or twice per week for each team, tournaments and rain out games we cannot see how we can this facility with any other team during the minor season (April to share end of June) . During July when all that we are involved in is all star playof fs then the situation changes. s IVIIIiIP, Ri sii s', ! IN'hIIlI Illi11IQ L II i II'I II'III m t ~ s I ~ Given that we can have full use of the Thompson facility, we would like to request that we be allocated some practice time at another facility in town, not necessarily a full feature but at least an area with a backstop and enough room to hold diamond, practice drills. I was to hear that there is possibility that this will happen with new pleased backstops at Reaves all weather. FEB 26 19864" q as 1 1 = I===INNIIIimlmll eseasa February 26, 1986 ll I am llll' I am u s 8 g ssa ~ ~ gs s.s s a a aa a ea the backstops may be small, I would request that Hinor Baseball have the option to consider adding punch so that at least one of the backstops could be increased in size to make it more suitable As for baseball practice. There are one or two other requests that we have. They are: Increased backstop at Thompson Cobt diamond reduce the cost of lost and damaged balls which is quitetohigh. b) Attention to the bleachers at the Pony diamond. (One spectator complained bitterly of a small puncture in the rectal area caused by the inadvertant insertion of a small sliver o aboreal a) material.) c) A practice mound for pitchers in the corner of Thompson furthest from the concessions. I thank you for your efforts and consideration cf requests. I wil.l make myself available to discuss details at a these future date should you so wish. Thank You. r Baseball O'NI) I L sl jill% II FEB llilI lI I ssm» 4I IBID« ~Iles S III/IIIII II'IIII I,IIIL'I I IIII Kl /k