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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MIEEMO RANDUM

TO: Mayor and Council November 17th, 1978

FROM: Public Works Committee

Re: Report from the Public Works Committee Meeting held
Thursday, November 16th, 1978.

IN ATTENDANCE: Alderman E.W. Mabbett
Alderman L.M. Traboulay
F.E. Peters, P. Eng., City Engineer
ITEM I

Re: Paving vs. Flushcoating

The Public Works Committee considered a report
prepared by the Works & Utilities Superintendent on the
merits of paving vs. flushcoating. A copy of this report
is attached.

In view of the small
difference in cost between paving and flushcoating and the
obviously better surface and longer life that is provided
by paving, the Committee recommends that flushcoating be
discontinued and asphalt over-lays be used as a means of
rejuvinating streets. There is no doubt that some of our
existing flushcoated streets would have to have some base
work done before a paved surface would be able to provide
a long useful life. However, in the long run it is bound
to be cheaper to do the work properly from the start rather
than continuing to flushcoat every few years.

If Council approves of this recommendation, the
proposed 1979 Budget will reflect this approach.

ITEM II

Re: New Mapping of City and.New Record System

The Engineer presented a report which indicated a
very inefficient record system in the Engineering Department.
As an example, when one subdivision is approved it is necess-
ary to change the legal information on 18 different drawings.
in addition to that another 15 utility records must be changed.
In actual fact, all of these drawings do not get changed and
therefore we have records which are inconsistent with each

other.

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