TE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLATA

Engineer dated May 24th, 1977 which outlines the cost-sharing
arrangement and procedures arrived at to service the 18 City~
owned lots on Taylor Street be endorsed and accepted.

ITEM IIlt

Re: Newspaper Boxes Throughout City

At the May 16th, 1977 Council Meeting it was agreed
that the Public Works Committee would meet with representatives
of the three newspapers to discuss the litter problems around
newspaper boxes. The Committee met with Mr. Lebar of the
Columbian, Mr. McNair of the Province, and Mr. Commeau and Mr.
Tubbs of the Sun. The representatives pointed out the following:

1. Experiments are being carried out with the use.
of plastic binder twine, but they are not hopeful that this will
completely replace the wire presently used to bundle the news~-
papers.,,

2. Some: attempts have been made to place the boxes on
the boulevards or in the yards of the paper boys individual
residences. Problems have been experienced with the boxes being
removed with the regular garbage pickup, with neighbour complaints,
and with the early morning truck deliveries.

3. Each of the newspapers sign a contract not with the
paper boy but with the parent or guardian. The contract prévides
for the paper boy (and therefore the parent or guardian) to be
responsible for cleanup. In addition to this the delivery truck
driver unofficially keeps the box and box area cleaned up although
is not specifically responsible for doing so.

"4, No municipality has demanded that all newspaper
boxes be removed from public road allowances.

5. The newspaper representatives suggested that com-
plaints regarding littering be forwarded to City Hall and the
City Hall could then forward the complaint onto the appropriate
circulation manager.

The Committee feels that if the respective newspapers
are informed of untidy conditions an effective effort will be

made to clean the situation up.

ITEM IV

A request has been received from Mr. Apel to develop
several lots on the west side of Ulster Street north of Essex
Avenue, He is not in a position to proceed by being required to
install all the services and constructing the entire width of
Ulster Street. Accordingly he has requested that the City

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