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Wednesday, November 9, 1994
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SOCIETY FOR SOUNDSCAPE AWARENESS AND PROTECIION

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BNYIRONMEKiAL

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A meeting of the Environmental Protection Committee was held in the Second Floor Meeting
Room, 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, Wednesday, November 9. 1994 at fc00 p.m.

In attendance were:
Councillor M. Gates, Chairman
Councillor R. Talbot, Co-Chairman
LE. Yip, P. Eng., Deputy City Engineer
F. Cheung, P. Eng., Deputy City Engineer
C. Deakin, Engineering Secretary

The Minutes of the Environmental Protection Committee Meeting held on Wednesday,
November 2, 1994 were considered, read and adopted.

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Committee asked that the Deputy Engineer get in touch with UBCM asking for their comments
and reconunendations by mentbers at the last conference and include late: t updates.

I9lakEAcKYARD coMPosTER DIsTRIBUTIQN PRGQEAM
Committee reviewed tender results for the composter progrtun and agreed that composters
should be sold to residents at a cost of $ 30 each mcluding the wing-digger and educational
materials (user's guide). Deputy Engineer will write a report for Council's approval.

ITEM Hit

SQCQBiY FOR SOUNDSCAPE AWARENESS A

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Send letter to lvlLA for their information noting that in our bylaw we can regulate noise but not
by decibals.

Manic Creek,

Engineer to send a letter to the Ministry of Environment indicating that Port
Coquitlarn has compensation areas available.

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Igor Zahynacz, P. Eng., City Engineer
F. Cheung, P. Eng., Project Engineer
Anne T. Pynenburg, Project Technician

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Environmental Protection Committee

DATE: November 08, 1994

FROM:

F. K. K. Cheung, P. Eng.

FILE No: FPC

Proje t Engineer

SUBJECT: 1994 BACKYARD COMPOSTER DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - TENDERS RESULT

RECOMMEND~V
1.

That Committee approve funding to purchase 500 Earth Machine home composters, 500 Wingdigger
Compost Aerators and 500 copies of educational material at the tendered prices of $ 20,850.00.

2.

That Committee approve selling the Earth Machine home composter, Wingdigger Compost Aerator and
educational material as a package for $ 25.00 and generating a total revenue of $ 12,500.00.

3.

The Engineering Department continue to pursue the Ministry of Environment for grant funding.

4.

That the composting package be sold at various local landscaping and hardware stores (i.e. Art Knapp,
Reid's Hardhvare, etc.).

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quotation by the tender closing deadline:

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Ecotainer Sales.
Somerset Group.

Ecotainer Sales will be supplying the Earth Machine home composter and Somerset Group will be supplying the
Garden Gourmet home composter. The tendered prices for the Earth Machine and the Garden Gourmet were
$ 27.00/composter and $ 28.00/composter respectively (G.S.T., P.S.T. and shipping not included). Therefore, the
lowest tendered price was submitted by Ecotainer Sales for their Earth Machine.

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500 composters subject to funding and demand. Ecotainer Sales is also quoting on the Wingdigger compost
aerator for $ 7.50 each (G.S.T., P.S.T. and shipping inchjsive). The Wingdigger is an excellent tool to aerate the
compost materials which enhance the composting process. In addition, an education material is critical in any
composter distribution program because it will teach the residents proper composting procedures. There are two
types of educational materials; video or booklet, The Committee may consider purchasing the Wingdigger as
well as the educational material.

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Mr, Bond advised me that it is unlikely that the City will be receiving a grant from this year's budget; however,

he stated that the City will be on top of the grant approval list for next year's budget. He also stated all costs
incurred for the 1994 Backyard Composter Distribution Program can be included in the 1995 grant application.
However, Mr. Bond stated that the grant is likely to be one-quarter, instead of previously one-third, of the total
costs.

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as purchasing the Wingdigger Compost Ae'rator and educational materiaL
Assuming that the City do not receive a grant From the Ministry of Environment and assuming the
resident pay $ 25.00 for a composter, Wingdigger aerator and education material.

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Wingdigger Compost Aerator
Educational Material
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$ 20,850.00
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$ 12,500.00
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not receive a grant from the Ministry of Environment, the City will be contributing $ 16.70 per composting
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will be contributing $ 6.28 per composting package,

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Wingdigger Compost Aerators and 500 copies of educational material at the tendered price of $ 20,850.00 at this
time. It is also recommended that Committee approve selling the Earth Machine home composter, Wingdigger
Compost Aerator and educational material as a package for $ 25.00 and generating a total revenue of $ 12,500.
The Engineering Department will continue to pursue the Ministry of Environment for grant funding. The
composting package is to be sold at various local landscaping and hardware stores (i.e. Art Knapp, Reid's
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Purchasing Manager
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Backyard Composters
Dear Sir:

Thank you for the opportunity of quoting the Wingdigger Compost Aerator as part
of your 1 994 composter distribution program.
The Wingdigger has been shown to be a very effective tool in helping people get the
most out of their home compost bins. Your residents will find it to be an easy to use
turning tool which will give them faster results, while reducing any concerns they may
have had with odour or other problems associated with insufficient aeration.

Several municipalities and regional distiicts in B.C. have already made the Wingdigger
part of their home composter distribution programs (see attached list). All have
reported an enthusiastic response from their residents.
The Wingdigger is manufactured locally,'nd is available to municipalities "at the
special price of $ 7.50 each, including PST, GST, and shipping. This price applies to
any quantity, with delivery time within one to two weeks of order.

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home composter program even more of a success.

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Contact: Ralph Bischcff, Ph. 294-7976

2) Corporation of Delta
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3) North Shore Recycling Program
Contact: Al Lynch, Ph. 984-9730

4) City of White Rock
Contact: Ken Low, 531-9111
5) Regional District of Central Okanagan
Contact: Laurie Gallant, Ph. 868-5257
6) Sunshine Coast Regional District
Contact: Cathy Kenny, Ph. 885-2261

7) Comox - Strathcona Regional District
Contact: Graeme Faris, Ph. 334-6000
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Signal Products Limited
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Vancouver, S.C.
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Dear Mr. Camozzi:
Thank you for supplying us with 2,350 'Wingdigger'srators which were distributed with
our backyard compostsrs st the snd of April, 1994.

The North Shore Recycling program is the municipal waste reduction and recycling
department for the City and District of North Vancouver and the Distdct of West
Vancouver. We have sold over 8,000 compostsrs since ws first started offering this
subsidized program in 1991 but this is the first year we were able to provide the

'Wingdiggsr's well.

Even though our 1994 program is barely 2 weeks old we have already received many
complementary comments on the aerator as well as telephone calls from other
residents who did not participate in the program inquiring as to where they can buy a
'Wingdig ger'.

Thank you again for your involvement in our program. Our next backyard composter
sale will be in1995 a»o we hope to be able to offer the 'Wingdiggsr'ith that program

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formed to look at compostinr. This Committee was comprised of a
cross section of White Rock residents f rom single-family homes,
multi-family homes, businesses and students.
In the Committee's study of the various composters
available they found that the aerator was an important tool in
aiding the material to compost quickly and thereby adding to the
success of the compost programme.
The 'Wingdigger'as chosen because of its durability,
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of use, and light weight.
The residents are pleased to receive the
part of their package to compost and we trust our compost
programme will continue to be very successful with the new
purchases 'in 1 994.

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MEMORANDUM
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Environmental Protection Comtnittee

DATE: November 04, 1994

FROM:

F. K. K. Cheung, P. Eng.
Project Engineer

FILE No: EPC

SUBJECT: DRAFT 2 CONTAMINATED SITES REGULATION
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That Committee receive this memorandum for information only.

RACKCROUND & COIVIMKNTEt
The Environmental Assessment Act (Bill 29) Application of the New Review Process is a set of proposals to
regulate projects which could be subject to the new review procms, pursuant to section 3 of the Environmental
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Industrial Projects.
Mine Projects.
Energy Projects.
Water Containment and Diversion Projects.
Waste Disposal Projects.
Municipal and Regional Projects.
Aquacultural and Food Processing Projects.
Transportation Projects.
Tourism and Recreation Projects.

The proposed reviewable projects and their size thresholds outlined under the Application of the Review Process
under Section 3 are quite general and can be open to interpretation. In almost all cases, the proposed reviewable
projects and their size thresholds refer to exis.'ing Act (i.e. Waste Management Act, Employment Standaru Act,
Mines Act, Utilities Commission Act, etc.).
The proposed reviewable projects and their size thresholds, in all cases, are not applicable to the City. This is
due to the fact that no current City's construction, operations, modification, dismantling and abandonment
projects exceed the proposed size thresholds. The City, however, will be indirectly affected by the Review
because the GVRD will be subject to the Review for their projects (i.e. solid waste disposal, reservoir
construction, etc.). The GVPJ), on behalf of the member municipalities, will be discussing these projects and
their potential impact under Section 3 of the Environmental Assessment Act with the Ministry of Environment.

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To Whom It May Concern

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respect to those projects which could be subject to the new review
process, pursuant to section 3 of the Enuironmenral Assessment Act.
These proposals supersede those originally published last spring
(dated April 12, 1994).
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has been taken on whether or not they are to be subject to the new
process. In other cases, a final decision has yet to be made about the
trigger threshold for automatic review.

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1994, after which the final listing of reviewable projects must be
prepared, We intend to issue a finalized proposal in late November.
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DATE: November 08, 1994

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Project Engineer

FILE No: EPC

SUBJECT: SOCIETY FOR SOUNDSCAPE AWARENESS AND PROTECTION

RECOMMENDATION
That Committee receive this memorandum for information only

BACKGROIIND & COMMENTS
Mr. John E. Beltr„President of the Society for Soundscape Awareness and Protection, is requesting local
municipalities to urge the Provincial Government to enact a Anti Boom-Car legislation in the Motor Vehicle Act

fhe City has just adopted "Noise Control Bylaw, 1994, No. 2891» in October, 1994 which states that
'No person make or cause, or permit to be made or cnused, in or on a highway or elsewhere in the
Municipality, and noise or sound which disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment,
comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or of person(s) in the

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the noise problem pertaining to Boom-Car is addressed in this Bylaw

The Committee may consider supporting the proposed Anti Boom-Car legislation by requesting the Ministry of
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A Bylaw to provide for the regulation snd

prohibition of certain noises and sounds

Whereas Section 932(c) of the Mutucipal Act provides Council with the authority, by bylaw, to
regulate or prohibit the making or causing of certain noises or sounds within the City: snd

Whereas the Council of the City deems it necessary and desirable to regulate or prohibit noises
or sounds which disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or cortvenience of
neighbourhoods, person(s) in the vicinity, or the public;

The Municipal Council of The Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam, in open meeting
assembled, enacts as foBows:
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This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Noise Control Bylaw, 1994, No. 2891".

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Bylaw Euforccmenr OfBcer means every person designated by Council as a Bylaw
Enforcement Officer for the City, and every Police OfEcer,
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Council means the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Port
Coquitlam.

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HoEday means
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Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Easter Monday

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Canada Day, Victoria Day, British Columbia Day, Labour Day, Remembrance
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Mtmicipality means the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Port
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quiet. peace. rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or of person(s)
in the vicinity.

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No owner, tenant or occupier of real property shall allow that property to be used so that a
noise or sound which originates from that property disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet,
peace, rest. cnjoymcnt, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or of person(s) in the

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tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of the
neighbourhood or of person(s) in the vicinity.

The Council believes that the following noises or sounds are objectionable:

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any calls, cries, barks, or other noises made by an animal which are audible outside
the parcel or premises where the animal is kept, between 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; and

b.

any amplified music or speech which is audible outside the parcel, or premises where
it originates or is reproduced, between 1 1 i00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.;

and no person shall cause or permit such noises or sounds to be made.

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This Bylaw does not apply toi
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police, fire, or other emergency vehicles proceeding upon

b.

the excavadon, construction, or infrastructure work, or repairing of bridges, streets,
highways, or lands by the City of Port Coquitlam or by the Ministry of Transportation
and Highways or agents acting on their behalf;

"mergency;

the operation of maintenance equipment by the City of Port Coquitlam or the
Ministry of Transportation and Highways or agents acting on their behalf;

snow removal or highway cleaning operations;

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the erection, demolition, construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of any
building or structure between Monday and Friday between the hours of 7i00 am. to
7:00 p.m. and Saturdays between the hours of 9:00 asn. to 7i00 pan.;

f.

the operation of a public address system required under a buBding or fire code

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a lawnmower or power gardening equipment operated between 9:00 a.m. and
9:00 p.m.; or

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the use of bells or chimes for the announcing of public worship services.

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A Bylaw Enforcement Officer may enter on any property at any reasonable time for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the regulations and requirements of this Bylaw are being
observed. No person shall obstruct the entry of a Bylaw Enforcement Officer under this
section.

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ot exceeding $ 2,000.00 and the costs of prosecution. Every day during
ction of this Bylaw shall constitute a separate offence.

ylaw (including without limitation all or part of Section 7) is held to
urt of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the
the Bylaw.

e Control Bylaw, 1970, No. 989" is repealed and replaced by this

icipal Council this 16th day of May, 1994

unicipal Council this 16th day of May, 1994.

nicipal Council this 16th day of May, 1994.
ended, and reread this 11th day of October, 1994.
d, and adopted by the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the
24th day of October, 1994.

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Please present the attached to the Environmental Protection Committee for study.
Thank you.

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Thank you for your letter and newsletter of October 24, 1994. We appreciate
date on your campaign.
I have referred your information to our Environmental

being kept up to

Protection Committee for study.

Sincerely,

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We recently wrote you on the anti "Boom Car" amendment to the Motor Vehicle Act we have
been seeldng from the Provincial Government since 1987, almost getting it in 1990 frcm the
previous administration, only to have it rejected by the present government. We asked you to
write the Provincial Government and urge them to enact this legislation.
As a reminder, we enclose a copy of our October semi-annual newsletter which also refers to this
matter. It is our intention to send municipalities future copies of the newsletter e to keep

councils posted on the campaign for "Quieter Soundscape, Quieter Communities" and what can
be done to rea! Ize these.

Yours truly,
SOCIETY FOR SOUNDSCAPE
AWARENESS AND PROTECTION

* Should any council member individually

is $ 10.00 (tax deductable).

like to support our efforts the annual fee contribution

NOV 09 1994

PRINCIPAL TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION:

"THE EFFECTS OF NOISE"

MAKE SURE TO ATI'END and hear Dr. Barry Truax, Professor of Communication, Simon
Fraser University, speak Participate in the question period and discussion afterwards.
Dr. Truax has long been associated with the Accoustic Communications Program at SFU, and
the World Soundscape Project for the study and recording of the sounds of our environment,
natural and increasingly man made, and their effect on human life.

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This wonderful feeling brought on by the sudden advent of quiet, "m
is something we have also had occasion tn note in our garden, and
well, unstressed, unworried and happy about life.
We realis
combination of circumstances which at best has rarely lasted more

No neighbour or their gardening service was roaring power
blowers or chain saws.
No noisy trucks, motor cycles were passing on the main ro

And even better, no infernal helicopters or other low flying
soundscape.
. ne unfortunate thing is that seemingly almost no-one has ever enou
quiet - the sudden appearance, manifestation of this quality ol'he di
healthful and emotional benefits. If they did, they would urgently see
and general acceplance, the provision at all times of real quiet in our
air over them, especially at night and on weekends, and that there b
parks and in the countryside available at all times.

This recourse to the countryside, to mountain and wilderness parks, to the many beautiful lakes
of Canada which was still available well into the middle of this mechanized century, has in the
last 25 years or so increasingly been lost even there. The proliferation of small low flying
aircraft, helicopters and fixed» ing sightseeing, joy riding, heli-skiing, heli-hiking, even helipicnicking, over the wilderne's countryside makes it so that complete respite from noise cannot
even be found there. And, on Canada's many beautiful lakes accessible by motor vehicle, the
new craze of jet powered water scooters makes the older motor boats seem quiet in comparison.
Some great strides have been made in British Columbia recently by the Government to protect
large areas of the remairiing natural environment of this Province on the ground, but no-one has
addressed the fact that without protecting the natural quiet environment of the soundscape, the
air and sky above these areas, by aUowing low flying aircraft traffic over them, they are really
only, at the best, 50% protected There is no true experience of C4xt's wilderness without the
epiphany of quiet. We need, at all times in our lives, to have access to places where we can
experience true quiet.

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GOVERNMIPPK'AILURE

TO ADDRESS NOISE AS A MAJOR ENVIRONAL POLLUTION
As our readers will recall, back in 1987 we approached the then Social Credit Provincial

Government to ban noisy car stereos, "Boom-Cars", and finally persuaded them that this quite
unnecessary avoidable noise pollution on the highways should be banned. In 1990 we obtained
a commitment from it "to bring in the necessary Amendment to the Motor Vehicle Act to ban
boom-cars at the earliest possible convenience". Unfortunately, the Government went out of
office shortly thereafter before it could implement this legislation. As the N.D.P. in opposition,
had supported this proposed legislation, we did not anticipate any problem in getting the new

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Government to carry out that commit nent. This, however, did not prove to be the case. The
new Government has deferred it to the position of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles who
believes that he has no authority or mandate or duty to legislate against noise on the highways,
and that the over-burden of noise boom-cars create on our already unavoidably noisy highways
and stressed drivers does not constitute a safety hazard. The Government further states noise
pollution is a Municipal matter.

It refiises to accept that the problems of noise in our modern mechanized world are something
that just cannot be left to be dealt with at the local municipal level as in the infinitely quieter
They have taken this position, even in face of the!ong standing
times of the last century.
section of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulation 7A.01 which already bans driving motor vehicles
in an unnecessary, avoidable noisy way. It states "No person shall drive a motor vehicle or
accelerate the vehicle engine in a manner which causes any loud and unnecessary noise in and

from the engine, exhaust system or braking system and from the contact of the tires on the
roadway". There is all the more reason to ban boom cars, the noise of which is not a byof
product of the engine or tires, but from an amplified sound device used for sheer purpose
one's
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presence
loud, aggressive trumpeting of

It has been an extreme disappointment to us that a Government which has taken many positive

and
moves to protect and preserve the natural wilderness environment still left in this Province,
that
recognise
to
refuses
to combat the conventional pollutions of water, land and air, simply
noise pollution of the soundscape, particularly in those areas coming under Provincial
this
jurisdiction, such as the Motor Vehicle Act, is very serious and requires abatement whenever
Government,
is feasible. This can be done so simply by this legislation which the previous
to
certainly not as dedicated to the environment as this one claims to be, was quite prepared
enact.

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We seem to be back to squa-e one on this issue, writing once again io all the main Municipalides
of this Province, asking them to urge the Government to review this matter and enact this
legislation.

ONE MINUTE SILENCE FOR VICTIIVIS OF NOISE
Britain
According to a report in the Globe and Mail, September, 1994, anti noise campaigners in
in
the
noise
opened a press conference "with one ininute silence for 17 people driven by
show that
past 3 years to kill either themselves or other people causing it". Government figures
Noisy
noise complaints in Britain have increased by 20% in the last year, to more than 110,000.

car alarms.
neighbours top the hate list followed by construction sites, pubs, noisy parties and
"People have been driven to such despair that they have committed suicide or been so outraged
life for killing a
by noise that they have committed murder. Even one man was jailed for
problems are
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consciously
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in
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COST OF NOISE EXPFNSIVF.
An interesting item comes to our hand from the German newspaper "Darmstadter Echo" from
Darmstadt in Germany. According to it, the German Environmental Minister recently released
a report on the medical costs of heart circulation and related illnesses that are attributable to noise
as follows: road traffic as much as 3.6 billion marks; airplane noise, some 200 million marks
and from the workplace up to 2.6 billion marks. It is interesting that Germany, which has
always been in the forefront of the environmental protection movement, auite openly now
reca gnises the direct connection between noise stress and blood circulation, heart problems and
the cost to society it represents.

NOISE - SEX TURN OFF?
According to a report in the London Daily Telegraph from Los Angeles, "attempts to persuade
Coco, the talking Gorilla, to breed are being jeopardised by intrusions from the outside world
that threaten to destroy any sex urge she may have. She becomes irritable and nervous at any
undue noise around the Gorilla Foundation's forested compound in the Santa Cruz mountains of
California. They I'ear that plans by a developer to cut down trees on neighbouring land could
drive Coco to distraction and ruin plans to mate her with her two gorilla companions. The
environment has to be just right for courting to occur said Dr. Patterson, Psychologist, who has
taught Coco sign language of up to 1,600 words".

Since we have long accepted the fact that the basic behaviour of monkeys and apes is very
similar to that of humans, and they have long been used for experiments, this is exactly the
evidence we need for those of the general public, who are inclined to think they can get used to
noise, or they have to put up with it as the price of progress and the benefits of our noisy
mechanised way of life. These people, so far, don't seem to get worried about the obvious
health implications of the constant stress they live under because of noise.
In such a sex
oriented society as we have, they may now become really concerned and urge that something be
done about this major pollution.

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In a similar vein, according to Time Magazine, August 22nd, 1994, sound tests by the Royal
Theatre singers in Copenhagen for an open air concert apparently killed a female okapi, a rare
African mammal known to be sensitive to noise, in the nearby zoo. Said a woman who lives
near the park "I could hear the music in my apartment, and the noise lev=ls were abusive. It
must have been terrible for the poor animals". The Theatre has apologized and will seek
another venu next year.

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The season of noise has been upon us again this summer in Vancouver. It is not just the
explosion in the use of lawn mowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers (now used also to blow instead
of rake grass), the increased proliferation of sight seeing helicopters, seadoos off our beaches,
musical ice cream vendors, etc., as we take to our gardens and genemlly spend more time out
of doors. Vancouver City Council, for some years, in league with Mo!son's beer and Benson
and Hedges cigarettes, forgets it's concern for noise pollution, expressed in one of the better antinoise by-laws in the Province, by suspending application of this by-law, to allow the noisy
Molson Indy car race and the Benson and Hedges four night fireworks competition to take place.
Further irony here is, too, that the Vancouver City has also participated enthusiastically in the
campaign to reduce cigarette smoking, and to forbid smoking in public buildings arid places.

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We seriously question the City's rationale that these noisy events, which in the case of the
fireworks display, include very loud amplified music adding lo the din, bring that many extra
outside money-spending tourists into the city, giving a boost to the general economy. The real
cost, if this were to be measured, of the loss of the comfort and quiet enjoyment of homes and
gardens by large numbers of Vancouver citizens would quite exceed the revenue from the
increased numbers of tourists. In fact, the only way to fairly compensate these people would
be to pay to all of those within the hearing discomfort area the price of hotel accommodation at
and travel to some pleasant quiet place during the time in which these events take place.
Obviously, this would vastly exceed what little additional tourist revenue, if any, is achieved.
We are also inclined to think that Vancouver's general attraction has aiways been essentially its
setting, its magnificent natural surroundings, the enjoyment of its views. In this noisy world
we still assume that most people come here for these sorts of things and to enjoy them in a
reasonably quiet atmosphere, certainly not with the roaring back drop of the noise from the Indy
car race. One would think that the vast majority of tourists who happened to be here on the
weekend of that particular event, but for other purposes, will not gain a very good impression
of the City and are hardly likely to come again or advise their friends to do so.

INTERNATIONAL NOISE ABATEMENT GROUPS
Thanks to the efforts of Hans Schmid, our Vice President and Ilse Schnirch, our Treasurer, we
have at last managed to find some other anti noise groups in Britain and Austria as wefi as the
Swiss based Association Internationale Contre Le Bruit flnternational Association Against Noise).
The latter organization has been in existence since the 1950's. We hope to develop further
contacts and exchange with these groups in the campaign for a quieter world environment.
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inefficient gardening tools yet devised, taking tivice as long to blow grass or leaves as to rake
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He became concerned about both the air pogution from the
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service entirely with traditional non-power gardening tools, push lawn mowers, rakes. Although
it may take him a little longer to do the job without all this motorized equipment, he feels the
other compensations far outweigh this. He is neither polluting the air with gasoline fumes, nor
the soundscape with noise. There is a considerable saving in not having to own and maintain
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LOUD INTRUSIVE MUSIC IN PUBLIC

We are pleased to note that this quite unnecessary noise pollution that we have been seeking to
abate ever since our founding, has roused the ire of Dave Barry, a columnist for the Province
newspaper in Vancouver. In the May 22nd edition he wrote "I am getting sick and tired of loud
intrusive music in public. It is everywhere, all the shopping mails and restaurants and airports
are riddled with low fidelity loud speakers, which apparently have developed the ability to
reproduce by themselves: these are all connected to a special programming service called Music
That Nobody Really Likes".
He also recounts of his quiet afternoons at the beach being
disturbed by a boombox "the size of my first house and it was playing music by Tod Tuneless
And His Sounds Of Ugly, and of course it was turned up so loud that the ocean started going
backward with waves rushing out to sea".
We wish we could gei. more people who have the attention of the public, like Mr. Barry, to
remind the public of this pollution they resignedly or probably mostly unwittingly put up with,
because they have become too inured to it, and are oblivious of what it is actually doing to their
well being and nervous systems. We would hope that in addition to expressing his irritation in
a humorous aiticle, he would also take up the pen to urge that we do something serious about
this. It maybe, perhaps, too much to hope that we can ever eliminate all such music from mails,
restaurants, airports etc., but as we always have proposed:

That only one source of music be played at any time in stores and mails, and that it be
through a general sound system, and that it be from tapes and not exPmmercial radio.
That music be played one half hour on, one half hour off, in deference to those who

don't want music at all times and to enhance the music by contrast to "intermissions of
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DATE: November 8, 1

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Deputy City Engineer

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SUB JECT:

1776 BROADWAY STREET

Further to my verbal report at the Environmental Protection Committee meeting he
2, 1994, regarding the incident at the rear of one of 110 to 112 - 1776 Broadway,
copies of the following:

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Letter dated November 4, 1994 frotn the Bylaw Departm
Holdings, property owner.

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Report from Ian Clougn, Chief License Inspector & Bylaw
OfFicer.

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Report from Bob Inghnundson, Fire Prevention Captain dated
1994.

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Copy of letter from Joe Leung, Environmental Emergency Res
dated November 2, 1994.

As noted. the incident occured behind units 110 to 112. Bylaw Officer Ian Cloug
arrived at approximately 11:00 am and present on the site were Joe Leung,
Enviromnent and Captain Bob Ingimundson from the Fire Department.

Following review and evaluation of the situation it was mutally agreed there was
health risk and therefore an order from the City to remove the barrels would be appr

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Bylaw Officer Ian Clough was contacted by Bylaw Clerk Michelle Janssnn regarding an urgent
message from Captain Bob Ingunundson (Fire Prevention) regarding a possible illegai dumping
with a possible chemical spill.

Bylaw Officer Ian Clough and Deputy ( ity Engineer Jeff Yip arrived on scene. Present nn site
already were, Ministry of Environment Officer Joe Leung snd Captaui Bob Ingimundson. On
arriving st the site. Ian Clnugh contacted Shnon Praser Health Unit inspector Heather Gobles
whn arrived later on site.
The situation is as follows:
- Accnrding to Captain Ingimundson he was inspecting the warehouses at 1776 Broadway and

noticed unknown chemicals leaking from two cardboard boxes belund units 1 l(l-1 12.

- Captain Ingimundson also anted 23 - 45 gallon drums that according to the labels contained

isnfoam located at the back of the property.

- After closer inspection by Joe Leung, Ministry of Environment, it appeared that the baucis

were empty.
- After a review by Heather Goble, Bob Ingimundson, Joe Leung, Jeff Yip and Ian Clough, it
was niutuslly decided that the barrels did not pose an inunediate hazard.
- M.O.E. Officer. Joe Leung, then requested that the City issue a clean-up order under an Untidy
Propeny Bylaw and send the owner of the property, Viam Holdings Ltd. (1551 Columbia Street,
North Vancouver, B.C. V7J IA3) a letter requesting clean up within 21 days.

- '11se leaking cnntainers were put into a barrel and arrangements were made by the tenants of

Unit 1 10-112 (Custom Plastics) to dispose of the packages. Tim Puckett, employee of Custom
Plastics is the contact person.
- Public Works Foreman, Elaine Anderson, then put absorball down on the spill wldch was
cleaned up by employees of Custom Plastics

- Letter sent November 4, 1994 regarding clean up after confimiation received from M.O.E.

regardutg incident.

Thank you.

lan Clough
Chief Licence Inspectnr
Bylaw Enforcement Officer
c.c. - Captain Bob Ingimundson, Fire Prevention
c.c. - Jeff Yipp, Deputy City Engineer
c.c. Susan Rauh, City Clerk
c.c. - Joe Leung, Ministry of Environment
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Investigation at 1776 Broadway Street, Port Coquitlam at or around
units kilo-I112, (at rear of building) .
purpose — waste materials discarded and leaking from cartons.
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B. C. Environment Officer".
Health Inspector:
Chief Bylaw Inspector:
Fire Prevention Captain:
Deputy City Engineer:
Deputy Fire Chief:

Ted Gibson
Joe Y. C. Leung

Heather Gobles
Ian Clough
Bob Ingimundson

Jeff Yip

Randy Shaw

Arrived back on scene at 10:15am after reporting incident to Deputy
Fire Chief Randy Shaw. Above stated people were on scene except
Viam Holdings Property Nanager Ted Gibson, which was contacted by

telephone.

Photographs were taken by myself

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that there was no immediate danger to
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life or property
The packages that were leaking were picked up by Tim Puckett of
Custom Plastics and placed in a 45 gallon drum which was to be
taken away this afternoon.
Elaine Anderson of City put down absorb all to clean up spill as

directed by Joe Leung, B.C. Environment. Officer.
Left. scene at 12:30pm with Deputy City Engineer Jeff Yip. Scene
left in the hands of Chief Bylaw Inspector Ian Clough and B.C.
Environment Officer Joe Leung.
Prognosis when I left. was that Ian Clough was going to write a
21 day unsightliness order against Viam Holdings to have this

mess cleaneo up.

Signed,
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