THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

TO: J. Maitland DATE: November 15, 1993
City Treasurer, Deputy Administrator

FROM: \J. Fraser
Deputy Treasurer, Collector

SUBJECT:Bicycle Licences

RECOMMENDATION:

That the City discontinue the registration of bicycles and the sale of bicycle licence decals as
authorized by the Bicycle Licence and Control Bylaw, 1960: that no bicycle licence decals be
purchased by the City for the year 1994,

BACKGROUND & COMMENTS:

The City presently records and sells annual bicycte licence decals for one dollar ($1.00) each,
under the Bicycle Licence & Control bylaw.

Over the last four years the number of decals sold has averaged 70 per year; the cost to the city
to purchase the decals has averaged $478.00 annually, or more than $6.50 per decal. Receipt
forms, staff time and any advertising are additional costs.

It was found during a recent survey of nine neighboring municipalities (see attached), that Port
Coquitlam is the only municipality presently licensing bicycles. In some municipalities
engraving guns are available through the police department for residents to mark identification
on bicycles.

At the present rate of interest, bicycle licensing is not a cost effective program for the City and
would be time consuming and uneconomical for further enforcement by the bylaw department;
the discontinuance of the program is therefore recommended.

‘< An Dhaene
J.E. Fraser ~
Deputy Treasurer, Ccllector

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