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‘THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM | C 0
MEMORANDUM OCT 20 $989

TO: Mayor and Council ‘October 9, 1980

FROM: Parks and Recreation Committee

RE: Sale of Trees from City Nursery

A recommendation to sell the remaining trees in the
City nursery was discussed by Council in Committee in April.
The month of November would be a suitable time for these treeu
to be sold and replanted.

The Committee recommends that trees from the nursery be
made avallable to the public for $1.00 each on one weekend in
November and that the sale be advertised in the local papers
two weeks in advance. The public would be required to dig up
their own trees and to carry them away under supervision by the
Parks Department.

There is not expected to be much profit to'‘the City from
this sale due to the cost of advertising and of having employees
present on overtime for the weekend. Another approach which the
City could take would be to make the trees available to some
charitable organization on the understanding that they would
seil the trees to raise funds for the organization and would pay
the City a royalty for each tree sold. Pending discussion by
Council, we have not discussed this possibility with any outside
organization and therefore are not sure whether this approach
would be workable,

Respectfully submitted,

F.E. Peters, P. Eng.,
City Engineer