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rreeting of the Environmental Protection Committee was held in the Meeting
City Hall, 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, on Tuesday,
April 25, 1989 at 5100 p.m.
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Alderman N.C. Farnworth, Chairman
Alderman NI.R. Wright, Co-Chairman
Alderman N.D. Gates
D.G. Riecken, P, Eng., Deputy City Engineer
Derek tlurphy, SHARE

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CONFIRIIATION OF IIItlUTES

That the minutes of the meeting of the Environmental Protection Committee
held on Tuesday, April 4, 1989 be taken as read and adopted.

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RECYCLING

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Derelc Murphy of SkIARE was present to speak to the financial difficulties

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According to tdr. Icurphy, Port Moody staff are prepared to recommend to
their Council that thi payment te approved, and he was hopeful that the
same arrangement could te made with the City to see them to the end of the

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current Contract whictI expires next summer.

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In 1988, 521.9 tonnes of newspaper were collected fron: Port Coquitlam
households. The first three r.,onths of 1989 have seen a 19 percent
increase over the same period la t year. SHARE projects that 600 tonnes
will tx. collected in 1989, an increase of 15 percent over 1988. At $ 33
per tonne, the cost of the subsidy would b $ 19,800 for 600 tonnes.

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SHARE is experiencing with the curbside collection of newspaper in the
City. Inr. Nurphy presentedr statistics on the quantity of newspaper
collected as well as a budget forecast for the fiscal period April 1989 to
tlarch 1990. This budget assumes that the market price of newspaper will
not climb stove the guaranteed minimum of $ 40 per tonne that International
Paper has agreed to pay SHARE, and projects a total deficit, not
accounting for administrative costs, of $25,301 for the period. He
indicated that to cover this deficit a payment of f33 per tonne of
newspaper collected would be required.

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Hr. Murphy indicated LhaL InLernational Paper has rro objecLions to third
party agreenrents tetwccn SHAIIE and the City.

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that the requested payment could be financed partly
from the Recycling Reserve fund and partly from the environmental
protection operating budget. A 50-50 split was suggested, and it was
determined that a report should be presented to Council, In Committee,
recommending that the above be approved.
The Committee felt

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BODGET

This item was not discussed.
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OZHER BUSIttESS

The Deputy City Engineer noted the following items for the information of
the Committee members:

The co-ordination meeting for POCO PRIDE DAYS has been confirmed for
2:00 p.m., April 29, at Neeting Room 1, Terry Fox Library.
The advertisement of the proclamation of PCCO PRIDE DAYS has been

placec.

is scheduled for 7r30 p.m., April 25, at the Coquitlam
Library to discuss the Air Emissions Permit for the Burrard Thermal
Generating Plant.
The GVRD plans to make a presentation to Council on ttay 15th with the
respect to the recycling study being undertaken by NcLaren
Engineering on behalf of the GVRD.
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The Neeting Adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

D.G. Riecken, P. Eng.,
Deputy City Engineer

Alderman N'.C. Farnworth,
Committee Chairman

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Ninutes not. re d and adopted by the Corsiittee until certified correct
by the Commit.tee Chairman's signature.

cc t::ayor and Aldermen
City Administrator

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