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July 14, 2010
Coquitlam’s Jennifer Yang rallies on the first day of the B.C. Junior Girls Golf Championships to win the title.
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Three options for new dog park
PoCo ups garbage ante
John Kurucz
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Jennifer McFee
jkurucz@thenownews.com The City of Coquitlam has narrowed the field down to three potential sites in its search for a new off-leash dog site in the City Centre. A staff report presented to the recreation, sports and culture committee Monday listed the pros and cons of three areas: Glen Park, the northwest corner of Town Centre Park and along the trail system flanking the west side of the Coquitlam River. Staff recommend the new site be located within Glen Park, though at a cost of $80,000 to $100,000, that option remains by far the most expensive choice of the three. Should council vote to move ahead with the Glen Park option, staff would have to scale back the end product to ensure the park is built within the $80,000 budget. “What we’re hearing more and more of is that, as more people move into the City Centre highrises with pets, they’re looking for council to provide some place to go. We have to find the money to facilitate that,” Coun. Barrie Lynch, vice-chair of the committee, said in an interview. Though the Glen Park site is the most expensive proposal, it’s also situated on the largest tract of land available of the three options near City Centre. The Town Centre proposal calls for a fenced off-leash area encompassing about 3,900 square metres, one that would cost the city $47,000 to build. The Glen Park option, on the other hand, would be situated on 12,000 square metres of land and include both a CONT. ON PAGE 4, see SITE.
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UH OH: Strong winds caused sailboats to capsize Monday in the Port Moody Arm of Burrard Inlet. Several boats being used by a sailing class tipped over as they were being hauled into dock. Nobody was hurt.
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Now that Port Coquitlam is diverting 63 per cent of its waste from the landfill, the city wants Metro Vancouver to set a loftier target for itself. PoCo’s waste-diversion rate has risen since the city changed its system to include alternateweek garbage pickup and increased kitchen waste collection. This year, residents have sent 27-per-cent less garbage to the landfill compared to last year and have saved more than $33,000 in associated costs, according to a staff report. By the end of 2010, staff anticipate PoCo will reach 70-per-cent diversion. As a result, PoCo council unanimously agreed at Monday’s council meeting that Metro Vancouver should establish an 80-per-cent diversion rate for all sectors in the next five years. Metro Vancouver’s draft solid waste management plan proposes a target waste diversion rate of 70 per cent by 2015, up from the 50-per-cent goal met in 1999. However, Port Coquitlam council believes the region can do better. Coun. Darrell Penner said Port Coquitlam has already taken steps to reduce its waste, and other municipalities should follow suit. “We have got one of the great systems in the Lower Mainland,” Penner said. “So we are seeing what we’ve done in a short time. Other communities have to get there.” PoCo council will also suggest that Metro Vancouver create economic incentives for communities to increase their diversion rates above target levels. Similarly, higher disposal rates could be charged to cities that don’t achieve the regional goals. Coun. Brad West supported this motion, as did his fellow councillors. “In our community, Port Coquitlam residents have stepped up to the plate and are doing their part and deserve to be rewarded for that,” West said. Council agreed that public organizations and Crown corporations should be required to meet the same goals to minimize waste and maximize diversion. Council also voted to recommend all wasteto-energy options be considered for additional waste processing, with Penner and Coun. Sherry Carroll opposed. Penner expressed concern about the issue of incineration, which could come up as one waste-to-energy possibility.
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