MINUTES OF

AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING
HELD AT 4I30 p.m., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1985

PERSONNEL

IN

ATTENDANCE:

Alderman M.D. Gates, Chairman

T.M. Chong, P. Eng... Assistant City Engineer
Mr. J. Hockey, Deputy Engineer, District of Coquitlam
Mr. S. Martin, Inspector, Simon Fraser Health Unit

Absent: Alderman

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Stewart, Co-Chairman

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CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

Recommended:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Environmental
Protection Committee held on Wednesday, August 21, 1985 be

taken as read and adopted
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CLEAN-UP OF COQUITLAM RIVER

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Hockey

representing the District of Coquitlam attended the

meeting to update members of the Committee on what has happened in
hi s organ i zati on regarding the propo. ~u clean-up of the Coquit1 am
R i ver.
Mr. Hockey stated tl;at the D strict Eng ineer has prepared
a report to the District Dra inage Committee for consideration
during its regular meeting to take place on September 30, 1985.
It is anticipated that this joint clean-up of the Coquitlam River
between the two Municipalities wi
be discussed thoroughly at the
up coming Drainage Committee Meeting and that a decision is
expected
On behal f of Alderman Mitchuk, Chairman of the District
D ra in age Comm i t tee, Mr. Hockey extended an i ny tat ion to members
of the Environmental Protection Committee to attend this up coming
meeting on the 30th of September at 7IOO p.m.. Alderman
Gates
then thanked Mr. Hockey for attending this meeting and al so
assured him that a representative from the Environmental
Protect ion Committee w
be attending thi s up coming meeting on
Monday September 30th. The Committee member who would be
be decided at a later
attending this meeting at the District wi
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POTENTIAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH STORES SELLING
PETS AND/OR BULK PET FOODS

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'I4artin of the Simon Fraser Health Unit attended this meeting
at the req vest of the Committee for the purpose of clarifying his
letter on the subject of Pet Store By laws which was forwarded to
the City on August 13, 1985. Contrary
to the letter submitted by
Mr. Martin, Alderman Gates stated that the City of Port Moody
apparently has a Pet Store Bylaw. Mr. Martin stated that he
wasn't aware of it but he wi certainly find out and report
back
to the Committee. Alderman Gates then stated that he is concerned
that most Bylaws and Regulations are directed to the victims (ie.
Restaurants) as opposed to the source of the problem (ie. Pet
Stores)
Mr. Martin then stated that unfortunately the authority
vested in his department and that in the Municipalities do not
appear to enable the regulation of Pet Stores. He then cited that
the Municipalities of Ottawa-Carleton, Vancouver, and Richmond as
who have attempted to pass Bylaws to regulate Pet
Municipalities
Stores but have not yet been successful. Copies of these proposed
Bylaws were given to the Committee for future reference. The
other prob em cited by Mr. Martin is that often the regulations
under the Health Act if violated would result in insufficient
penalties to deter future violations. He stated
that some
pena ties for vicl ation of regulations are as low as twenty-f ive
dol lars ($ 25 00).
Further discussions ensued with the fol lowing
decisions made by the Committee:
a) T. Chong wiii find out what authority, if any, is vested in the
Municipality under the Municipal Act to allow the City to enter
onto a premise particularly that of a Pet Store in the event
that a Hea th Inspector has detected such Pet Store to be the
source of a health hazard.
b) I4r. Martin will contact his superiors to arrange to have an
item placed on the Agenda for the next Union Health Board
Meeting to be held. The additional item to be placed on that
Agenda w i
dea with the unreal isticall y low penalties for
violations to the regulations as laid down by
the Health Act.
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NEWSPRINT RECYCLING

AD

Chong presented a sample of the half page Ad to be placed in
the local newspapers promoting the recycling of Newsprint in the
one change to be made on the Ad is the deletion of the
target participation rate of Fifty percent (50$ ). Instead ail
residents wiii be encouraged to participate in the program
resulting In One Hundred percent (1005) participation This
change wi
be incorporated into the Ad. This Ad wi
run once in
the Tuesday 's edition of Coquitlam Now at a cost of approximately
Five Hundred Dollars ($ 500 00) and in the Wednesday edition of the
Coqultlam News with the approximate cost of Four Hundred Dollars
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dates on which these hal f page Ads will appear
and October 2, 1985 respectively
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MINUTES TAKEN BY:
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Chong, P. Eng.,

Assistant City Engineer

NOTE:

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Minutes not read and adopted

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Chairman
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M. D.

Gates,

the Ccmmittee unti

certified by Committee Chairman's signature.

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Mayor and Aldermen

City Administrator
City Engineer

SEP 250 1985