March 9, 1992/061

A regular meeting of the Municipal Council of the Corporation of The City
of Port Coquitlam was held in the Council Chambers, Port Coquitlam City Hall,
2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, B.C. on Monday, March 9th, 1992, at
7:30 poem.

His Worship Mayor L.M. Traboulay and Aldermen M.D. Gates, M.J. Gordon,
J.J. Keryluk, R.H. Talbot, M.A. Thompson and M.R. Wright were in attendance.

Also in attendance were City Administrator B.R. Kirk, City Clerk/Deputy
Administrator R.A. Freeman, City Engineer I. Zahynacz, and Director of
Planning C.R. Felip.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION:

His Worship LL.M. Traboulay introduced Michael Farnworth, M.L.A. who
presented Council with a cheque from the Ministry of Environment in the amount
of $54,053.54, representing a grant from the Recycling Financial Assistance
Program to help offset the cost of the City's recycling program.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES:

Moved by Alderman Keryluk:
seconded by Alderman Talbot:

That the minutes of the Public Hearing and Regular Council meeting held on
March 2nd, 1992 be taken as read and adopted,

Carried.

DELEGATION:

His Worship Mayor L.M. Traboulay introduced the following people who spoke
regarding the removal of the Kitchener Street traffic island.

Jeffrey Clough, 2530 Patricia Avenue who stated his objections to the
removal of the Kitchener Street traffic island by reading a brief attached to
Council Agenda.

Council members asked a number of questions of the delegation.

David Mapleton, 3397 Hastings Street who Suggested that a suitable
solution would to install a "No Left Turn” at the corner of Hastings. and
Lougheed on Hastings Street heading south.

Marti Giroux, 2645 Kitchener Street who requested that council remove the
median immediately so that traffic is directed to the collector roads as they
are designed for this traffic.

Chris Findlay, 3566 Murchie Place who requested that Council remove the
meridian before someone loses a life and would like to see the lights on
Westwood are synchronized.

Don Koski, 2618 Patricia Avenue suggested that the median was put in for a
purpose and should remain and felt that traffic should be discouraged from

residential areas.