March 15, 1993/083

A segular 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 15th, 1993, at 7:30 p.m.

Acting Mayor M.D. Gates and Councillors, M.J. Gordon, R.H. Talbot, and M.A. Thompson
were in attendance.

Also in attendance were City Administrator B.R. Kirk, Secretarial Assistant to the City
Clerk G. Chubaty, Deputy Engineer J. Yip, and Director of Planning C. Felip.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES:

Moved by Councillor Talbot:
Seconded by Councillor Gordon:

That the minutes of the Regular Council meeting he!d on March 8th, 1993 be taken as read

and adopted.

Carried.

PROCLAMATIONS:

WHEREAS the Municipality of Port Coquitlam is committed to the belief that equal
opportunity and treatment should exist for all people;

WHEREAS every resident of Port Coquitlam has the right to realize his or her potential,
regardless of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, and live at ali times in conditions of dignity,
respect and peace,

WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has designated March 21 as the
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;

AND WHEREAS the elimination of racism and racial discrimination can be accomplished
through understanding and respect for the dignity of all people, and is the social and moral
responsibility of each person,

NOW THEREFORE I, Leonard M. Traboulay, Mayor of the Corporation of The City of
Port Coquitlam, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM March 21 as the

"INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION"

in the City of Port Coquitlam.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:

His Worship, Acting Mayor M.D. Gates introduced Sign Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No.
2763. .

No one was present to speak regarding the proposed Sign Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No.
2763.