THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

TO: Public Works Committee DATE: November 19. 1993

FROM: Francis K.K. Cheung, EIT FILE NO: PWC/766

Project Engineer

SUBJECT: NEW CITY FILL SITES

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Il. That Public Works Committee receive this memorandum for information only.

That Parks & Recreation Committee authorize permission to proceed with a concept plan for
Riverwood Lagoon immediately.

BACKGROUND & COMMENTS:

The Engineering Department has been pursuing an approval from the Parks & Recreation Department to use
Riverwood Lagoon as the new City fill site. However, the Parks & Recreation Committee have denied our
request to use Riverwood Lagoon as the new City fill site. The Parks & Recreation Committee will not consider
our request until a concept plan for the Riverwood Lagoon has been done.

The Parks & Recreation Committee suggested that the cemetery might be a possible fill site since they will
require a sizable of fill to expand the cemetery in the future. However, they will only accept organic materials
(i.e. landscaping, ditch cleaning, etc.) and they will not accept industrial and construction materials (i.e. used
asphalt, concrete, etc.).

With the present condition of Chester and Welcher fill sites being nearly full, the only solution for the City to
dispose its fill materials is to dispose them at a privately owned fill sites. I have included a cost estimates, n my
memorandum to the Pubiic Works Committee dated September 10, 1993, comparing the total annual filling fees
between three different privately owned sites:

Cost/Load
(t/L}

Round
Trip Time
(hr)

Labour
Cost/Hour
($/hr)

Estimated
Load/Day
(L/day)

Est. Work
Day/Year

(day/yr)

Filling
Fees/Year :
(S/yr)

Hank Use
Bulidozing

15.00

0.75

58.00

4

249

58,266.01

Maple Ridge

Transfer Station

15.00

1.25

58.00

87,150.01