A AV ay AYA rer jeri MUNNITE An OAr ay Np ah of fy isi * ‘ ae i AN vi th es f ae if aa it ag sia 2h i THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM. | 1985 04 11 ; ; | = REPORT | a , . } : : TO: ' Fred Peters, Acting City Administrator . . FROM: K. Janna Taylor, Parks. & Recreation Director | Po | SUBJECT: May Day Parade . a . a . | Lo. i - a an a ee Pea . . 8 | RECOMMENDATION: | ae en ee Bhs That the question of the 1985 May Day Parade Route be brought to ‘a City Council for discussion.and decision. : | . : . pos BACKGROUND & COMMENTS: | . oo A delegation of two business persons came to the Parks & Recreation en Committee requesting that the parade route be altered and not enter oe noe the. downtown area. The business people claimed that they lost a py fair amount of business on the parade: day due to the fact that the Ie shopping public was unable to park in the: downtown area. After the Pe delegation appeared, a@ Survey was sent to: all the downtown merchants . as to whether they wished the parade route to be changed... The. Oe Survey has been distributed Separately... Fifty one surveys were . he sent. out, thirty seven (37) indicated to leave the parade route as ee is, four indicated that. they would like the route changed, ten. (10) ue ! did not. respond. as they were either closed or opened late on Satur- ree day. | j The. Committee was unable to come to a concensus on the question of retaining the present. parade raute,_ SA ae LO | JAy-anna Taylor, 7 a rks: & Recreation Director. rb a KIT/bh