April 14th, 1975

PUBLIC MEETING -— CURFEW:

Prior to commencement of a regular meeting of the Municipal Council Public Meet~-
ing-Curfew
of The Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam in the Council Chamber,

Port Coquitlam City Hall, 2272 McAllister Avenue, Port Coquitlam, B. C.

at 8:45 p.m., a Public Meeting was held in St. Catherine's Anglican

Church Hall, 2251 McAllister Avenue, Port Coquitlam, B. C., on April
14th, 1975 at 7:30 p-m., for the purpose of discussing the possibility
of setting a curfew hour on children in the City which, if imposed,
would mean that after the hour set all children would t> required to be
in their homes or off the Streets, except under proper guardianship.

His Worship Mayor J.M. Campbell, Aldermen J.J. Keryluk, G.R. Laking,
E.W. Mabbett, P.F. Ranger, and L.M. Traboulay in attendance.

Also in attendance were Chief Administrative Officer L.D. Pollock,
City Clerk R.A. Freeman, City Engineer V.G. Borch, F. Eng., Recreation
Director Janna Taylor, Fire Chief W.S. Wingrove, Works & Utilities
Superintendent G. Ulmer, Parks Superintendent Won Kim, Inspector M.A.
Young, i/e Coquitlam R.C.M.P. Detachment, and Mrs. B.M. Aalten.

At the commencement of the Public Meeting, Mayor Campbell advised
that Scout Leaders Bob Nairn and Terry Colbert were in attendance with
about 25 members of the 5th Port Coquitlam Scouts.

Mayor Campbell then advised that the Public Meeting was being held
to see how the Council and the public feel about the idea of a curfew,
and he stated he felt there should be a curfew as it would bring to the
attention of the authorities the fact that some children are being
neglected by their parents. Mayor Campbell suggested that the curfew on
weekdays could be set at about 10:30 p-m., and on weekends and holidays at
about midnight, and he then invited members of the public gallery to
express their opinions on the subject.

Mr. Al Robinson inquired what percentage of children in the City
are a problem, and Inspector Young estimated the number to be about 10%;
although he stated that that figure may be high.

A resident inquired of Inspector Young at what age do the police
have the most problem with, and he replied about 14 years and up; however,
there are exceptions. Another resident stated he felt most of the
vandalism is done when parents are away at work - between 11:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m.; however, this was debated by a resident who felt most of the
vandalism was committed between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. by

children of about 14 to 17 years of age.