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Mayor and Council March 4, 1974

As a result of the meeting the Committee would like to recommend the following:

(1) That the City Administrator centact Coquitlam municipality with regard to
the purchase of a motorized fogging unit for ground control work amounting
to approximately $300.00 on the basis that the purchase of the unit be
shared with Coquitlam and the City’s share of the cost be included in the

1974 budget.

(2) That provision be made in the 1974 budget for the purchase of the necessary
chemicals to carry out the City's share of the ground control work. It is
anticipated that this will not exceed $300.00.

3. Control cf Pigeons

Our Vector Control Officer has been working on the problem of pigeons that have
been creating a nuisance particularly in the downtown area. The pigeons are
attracted to the area by the supply of grain which exists in the C.P.R. Yards
and although they are probably keeping the Yards clean of grain spillage the

pigeon population is able to thrive.

The Vector Control Officer has indicated that there are methods of control that
can be applied to keep the pigeon population down and’ once under control there
are methods of preventing pigeons from roosting in large flocks such as has
been the case on the Masonic Hall.

As the C.P.R. is the main source of the problem in maintaining the pigeon
population the Vector Control Officer has asked them to engage the services of

a pest control company. Although the company has agreed to look into the matter
the Vector Control Officer is unable to get any commitment from the company

as to what action they might take. In view of the fact that the problem is largely
created by poor waste management at the C.P.R. Yards in that it provides a source
of food for the pigeon population and also the fact that control is most effective
at that source the Vector Control Officer has asked for Council's support, perhaps
through the office of the Mayor, to get the C.P.R. to co-operate in a program of

pigeon control.

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