November 24th, 1975

A regular meeting of the Municipal Council of The Corporation of
the City of Port Coquitlam was held in the Council Chamber, Port Coquitlam
City Hall, 2272 McAllister Avenue, Port Coquitlam, B. C., on November
24th, 1975, at 7:30 p.m.

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

Also in attendance were City Clerk R.A. Freeman, City Engineer V.G.
Borch, P. Eng., City Planning Officer Lanson Lee, Fire Chief W.S. Wingrove,
and Mrs. B.M. Aalten.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES:

Moved by Alderman Keryluk:

Minutes -

Nov.17/75
Seconded by Alderman Laking:

That the minutes of the regular meeting of this Council held on
November 17th, 1975, be taken as read and adopted. Carried.

CORRESPONDENCE & PETITIONS:

From Mr. R. Ian Birtwell, Manager-Development, Greater Vancouver CV Housing

Corp. re
burning opera
tion-Meridian
Village

Housing Corporation, November 19th, 1975, advising that in September,
the burning operation at Meridian village was curtailed to enable the
contractor to clear and stockpile sufficient material to keep burning to

a reasonably short period; however, owing to the extremely wet weather

in October and November, it was impossible to burn as planned; also, the

remaining clearing operations will take four to six weeks of working
time. The Housing Corporation, in its letter, me .cioned that in an
attempt to retain existing growth where possible, clearing has been
selective and that the majority of logs have been retained for berm and
playground structure purposes. Several alternatives were outlined in
the letter, such as use of a forced air burning system at an estimated
cost of $25,900.00-$30,000.00, with a second quote of $2,500.00 per day
or approximately $75,000.00; to haul away would cost approximately
$35,000. 00-$40, 000.00, which may increase as it is extremely difficult

to calculate the volume of material and dump charyes. It was pointed
out in the letter that the additional costs of this extra work would
have to be sustained within the Housing Corporation's fixed budget which
could mean a reduction in the quality of finish materials or landscaping,
and it was requested that open fire burning permits sufficient to complete
the clearing operation be authorized.

Prior to consideration of the request contained in the letter