THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM
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‘It is proposed that the gravel be excavated and that
the resulting hole be used to bury the stumps and other large
debris which is in the dump prior to backfilling the hole and
levelling off the remainder of the dump area. During the
“excavation there would be no direct drainage allowed to the
Coquitlam River so that there would be no silting of the river.
It is anticipated that any water which might gather in the hole
during excavation would drain through the porous bottom.

rhe Committee recommends that we allow Ralston to
remove approximately 6,000 cubic yards of gravel from the site
in exchange for levelling of the area and that he be required
to pay the royalty for soil removal.

ITEM III

Re: Ditch Behind Stella Place = 0s

; A letter from Pat Whalley to Alderman Ranger.:was
considered by the Committee. The letter complained of stagnant
water in the ditch behind Stella’Place. [It was suggested that -
the problem was that the ditch had been excavated below the
level of the culverts and therefore water was not draining.

On inspection, it appears that the main reason for water standing
in that this section of ditch is almost level. Because it is
almost level and the volume of water in the ditch is very small,
algea and other growth appears very quickly in the ditch bottom
and this further restricts flow. Building up. the bottom of the
ditch would be a very temporary solution to the problem since
the growth would necessitate cleaning again in a short time.

_' The Committee recommends that we do not do any work
on the ditch in this lané as it is a Shallow ditch and would
‘be a very low priority and since we have already spent $35,000.00
out of the $39,000.00 in the budget for ditch cleaning for this
year,

Respectfully submitted,
of

térsy-b. Eng.,
FEP/vw City Engineer.
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