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» THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

1983 05 25

MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and Council

MEMORANDUM FROM: kK. Janna Taylor, Parks & Recreation Director

You have all had an Opportunity to read the report from IPM/Associates
on "weed management control" for the City of Port Coquitlam. The
Environmental Protection Committee has gone over the report and have
made several recommendations. I will go through each recommendation of
the report and indicate the actions which will be taken by the Depart-
ment as recommended by the Committee.

The first point to be made by the Committee is that on page three of
the report, Sheila Darr states: "that by and large, the city park
maintenance staff are using good turf management practices".

The first section to be dealt with is:
Athletic Fields

Recommendations:

1. Establish a regular monitoring program for each athletic field and
keep a written record of observations. :

Comment: Bram Hoogendoorn, Parks Superintendent, will:be setting
up a regular monitoring: program immediately and the
fields will be monitored once a month. In the monitoring

‘ program the parks crew will identify new species of weeds
“ aS soon as they are noted. .

_Establish weed tolerance levels.

Comment: Bram will investigate the establishment of. tolerance
_levels for each athletic field maintained by the city.
In addition to establishing levels for-the athletic
fields he will-also look at tolerance levels for other
_ grass areas under the jurisdiction of the parks crew.

"Reduce stress on turf contributing to weed growth.

Under this section the report recommends several steps to under-
take in order to achieve the re@uction of stress. _

A. It is recommended that the basic seed mix used for athletic

fields be changed to a mix of tall fescue and perennial rye.

The recommended mix is:

80% Alta fescue (Fawn, Rebel or Mustang tall fescue)
@ 8 1b/1000 square feet.

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