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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.
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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
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and adopted.

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No.

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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.
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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,

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No. 2

genuine McLean Park
The attached letter was received from a resident
at McLean Park.
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ommendation

That the Parks Department estimate the cost
the old fencing and bring baok to
Committee.

oi'eplacing

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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:

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meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m

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January 29, 1986

TO WHON

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Placement/Reolacement of chain linked fence.

Port
at 1727 Nannina Avenue,
of
south
block
Park",
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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
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badly and 1s
Since that time, the fencing has been deterioratingunderstanding
It
is
my
us.
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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
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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,"
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Con),ial y yours,

D. Kremer

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Manning Avenue

Due to frost conditions this winter, Manning Avenue (the road)
repairs . If this is done the "City" should also think about

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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

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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.

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