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You wouldnt typically associate a 40-year-old with all things heritage andantique, but breaking down that pre-conceived notion is just one of the thingson Reg Wilfords to-do list.Wilford is the newly minted execu-

tive director of the Coquitlam Heritage

Society, and his tasks include increasinginterest in history across different gen-erations and age groups.I think we have to shatter the para-

digm that museums and heritage itemsneed to be full of dusty, old mahoganycases and artifacts hidden behind glass,he said. While the forming of a com-munitys heritage requires a look at thepast, it belongs to all generations and

citizens. Its very much a contemporary,living identity.Wilford replaced Jill Cook in his new

role in late December, and serves as thepublic face of the society, working pre-dominantly out of Mackin House.He was chosen largely because of

his experience, but also because of hisvision to have a purpose-built museum

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Reg Wilford, seen here on the steps of Coquitlams Mackin House, hopes to pave the way for a purpose-builtmuseum during the next two years. The citys mayor, however, says many other projects take precedence.

Goal:buildamuseum

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A long-standing sore spotin central Coquitlam con-tinues to frustrate both arearesidents and members ofcity council.Mayor Richard Stewart

told the Tri-Cities NOW thatcity staff and councillors areagain going to examine howto fix a number of issuesrelated to the parking lot atthe Como Lake Village shop-ping centre.Problems Stewart has

heard about include narrowparking stalls, a lack of roomto manoeuvre around mallaccess points, the perpen-dicular setup of some parkingstalls and even the placementof shopping buggies.Theres no question that

there are challenges in that

parking lot and council wantsto make sure that propertyowner finds a solution,Stewart said.It has been problematic

since it opened. Theyvemade some adjustments. Butclearly we get lots of com-plaints about that.The property management

group tasked with oversee-ing the site is WarringtonPCI Management. Calls tothe firm were not returnedbefore press deadline.The Tri-Cities NOW report-

ed on some of the challengesflagged at the mall in 2010.At the time, one businessowner reported losses in the40-per-cent range across allof the stores in the area dueto the configuration of theparking lot.Other long-time custom-

ers said they avoid going

there altogether. In responseto that story, PCI reps saidthey would make changesto alleviate the frustrationsraised by council and com-munity members.Stewart said the challenges

facing the mall then remaintoday.Its still the same prob-

lems, he said.Because the facility is on

private property, theres notmuch the municipality cando. Stewart wants the city towork alongside the propertymanager to find a collabora-tive solution.Its private property we

cant tell a store how to layout the aisles or their mer-chandise, and we cant tellthem how to lay out theirparking lot, he said. But thisone is renowned for its chal-lenges.

NEWSNOWJeremy [email protected] nearly five years at the helm of the

local RCMP detachment, Coquitlams top copis retiring.RCMP Supt. Claude Wilcott, the officer in

charge (OIC) of the Coquitlam detachment, isretiring this week, ending a 40-year career inlaw enforcement.He took over the third-largest RCMPdetach-

ment in the country in 2010 after serving asinspector in the local force.A retirement celebration for Wilcott was

held in Coquitlam last weekend.Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said

the detachment made great strides underWilcotts leadership, pointing to the success ofthe forces crime-reduction strategy.His knowledge of this community has been

a real asset, Stewart told the Tri-Cities NOW.Hes built some tremendous rapport both

within his detachment and within the otherdepartments of the city.With Wilcotts departure comes the search

for a new OIC, the equivalent of a policechief in a municipal force, for a detachmentthat serves four communities, including PortCoquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra.Stewart said the city is looking for a new top

cop who will maintain high morale amongstofficers and engagement with the commun-ity.

He noted in annual surveys, the RCMPdetachment gets higher levels of satisfactionthan similar detachments in other commun-ities.

And unlike in past years where the new OICis picked by the force, local mayors from thefour municipalities will get a chance to haveinput on the new hire.

The Coquitlam mayor said the position hasbeen posted within the RCMP and it couldtake a couple of months before someone newis in place.Stewart said the candidates will be short-

listed and then reviewed by the municipal-ities mayors and managers or CAOs.It was a similar process when Wilcott

was promoted back in 2010, and the mayorexpects the process to work well again for thenew hire.Wilcott graduated from Centennial

Secondary, and was posted to the Coquitlamdetachment, where he was first sworn in onMarch 22, 1975 after completing training atthe RCMPs depot in Regina.Locally, he has worked in a variety of sec-

tions, including general duty, dog service andadministration.While he was stationed outside the com-

munity, Wilcott worked highway patrol inSicamous, dog service in Prince Rupert andgeneral duty in North Vancouver. He wasalso stationed at E Division headquarters andthe Lower Mainland district advisory as anon-commissioned officer. He returned toCoquitlam in 2005.In 1999, he received a commendation for

bravery during the Gustafson Lake standoff,and in 2002 he was awarded the QueensGolden Jubilee Medal.

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Coquitlam RCMP Supt. Claude Wilcott, right, seen here with Cpl. Stephanie Lin duringa BC Law Enforcement Torch Run, is retiring this week.

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husky found emaciated inMaple Ridge last week hasbeen identifiedasaCoquitlamman.On Friday, the BC SPCA

announced it had located theowner of Willow and is rec-ommending a charge of ani-mal cruelty.Marcie Moriarty, the

SPCAs chief prevention andenforcement officer, said theman, who is an SFU studentin his 20s, was identifiedafter a neighbour came for-ward with information.Without providing specific

details, she said after inter-viewing the owner, there isenough evidence to move for-ward with a criminal charge.We all hoped its a case of

the animal being long lost,the owners have been search-ing everywhere for theirbeloved pet and the animalscondition is a result of beinglost in the woods for a monthunfortunately that appearsnot to be the circumstance,Moriarty told the Tri-CitiesNOW.The young dog was found

wandering in Maple Ridge

on Jan. 31 and weighed 15kilograms (33 pounds) uponintake, compared to a normalweight of about 24 kilograms(53 pounds) for a dog of herage and breed.TheSPCAwouldnt sayhow

Willow wound up in MapleRidge. She was extremelyweak and had been eatinggravel and dirt to try to stayalive.Charges are expected to be

brought forward this week.Moriarty suggested there is

an upside to the sad case, not-ing Willows condition willhopefully improve and shelllive an amazing life with anew owner.As for her current condi-

tion, Moriarty said Willow isimproving daily but still has along road to recovery. Whenshe was found, Willow wasassessed with a score of oneon the canine body condi-tioning scale of one to nine,denoting severe malnutri-tion.

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Would you take the Port Mann Bridge ifthere was some sort of incentive or loyaltyprogram?Its not set in stone, but TI Corp., the com-

pany that operates the billion-dollar bridge, islooking at offering an incentive for drivers touse the span.Max Logan of TI Corp. said

as part of a customer satisfac-tion survey, the company isasking drivers their thoughtson a loyalty program.One concept involves apoints

program where drivers wouldaccumulate points each timethey travel across the bridgethat could be redeemed for freetrips in the future.Another idea involves driv-

ers earning a rebate after usingthe bridge a certain number oftimes each month.Logan noted the company is still just explor-

ing options and nothing has been decided.Generally speaking, people like the idea

of a loyalty program, he told the Tri-CitiesNOW.Really, the objective behind this would be

to get them [motorists] to take some of thosetrips that they may now be taking on thePattullo Bridge and instead taking them onthe Port Mann.Though a final decision hasnt been made

on the incentive program, Logan suggested

one could be in place sometime this year, per-haps as early as spring.The success of the bridge has recently been

called into question after figures from 2014showed the number of users was down follow-ing the introduction of the full toll rate.There were more than 34,000 fewer trips

across the bridge last year compared to 2013,however, Logan is quick to point out the num-

bers have stabilized in the lastcouple of months.Average weekday traffic in

January 2015 was five per centhigher than the year before.Traffic last December wasabout 2.5-per-cent higher thanin December 2013.Logan said the operators are

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back the debt from the bridge by 2050, add-ing that if the tolls were lowered by 50 percent, for example, double the traffic would beneeded to get back to the break-even point.Its difficult to find a toll-reduction scen-

ario that wouldnt ultimately reduce our abil-ity to collect revenue and extend the periodof time it would take to reduce the debt, hesaid.TI Corp. expects an annual growth rate of

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The cause of the fire thatdestroyed two restaurantsin a Coquitlam strip malllast monthmay never beknown.Coqui t lam

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because theres no suspiciouscircumstances that wouldindicate anything criminal ormalicious, weve just madethe general determinationthat its undetermined at this

time as far as cause or ori-gin, fire chief Wade Pierlottold the Tri-Cities NOW.He noted the fire depart-

mentissteppingasidebecausetheres no signof arson, butadded if thei n s u r a n c ec o m p a n ywere to comeup with a dif-ferent con-clusion, thedepar tmentwould rejointhe investiga-tion.On Jan. 22,

crews werecalled to the

Sushi Mori restaurant inEagleridge Square around1:30 a.m. after CoquitlamMounties noticed smokecoming from the business.Firefighters found a blaze in a

false ceiling in the restaurant,located in the 2500 block ofBarnet Highway, but condi-tions started to deteriorate,so crews had to fight the firefrom outside.By the time the fire was

out, Sushi Mori and anotherrestaurant, Pallas Athena,were destroyed, while twoother businesses, a jewelrystore and hair and nail salon,suffered smoke and waterdamage. The stores in the restof the strip mall reopened acouple of days later.The fire in the 30-year-old

building also proved difficultto fight because there wereno fire walls in place, whichforced firefighters to build atrench to stop the flames.Pierlot said the department

has the expertise to deter-

mine the cause, but doesntwant to use the resources ona several-weeks-long investi-gation when there is no signof arson.The fire chief also said the

businesses did everythingright by having monitoredsystems and smoke alarms.The businesses inspections

were also up-to-date.They did a lot of things

right, Pierlot said. Thesethings happen.He noted theway the struc-

ture was built allowed thefire to spread rapidly, some-thing the citys newer build-ing codes address.The mall is operated

by Vancouver-based PCIDevelopment Corp., whichwas not available to commenton the rebuilding efforts.

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A young man is in hospitalwith serious injuries follow-ing a weekend stabbing inPort Coquitlam.Mounties were called to

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and bad news for the Yes side.The HST debate saw the pro-

Harmonized Sales Tax folks put forwardseemingly reasoned, factually basedarguments for keeping the tax. The anti-HST side was led by former premier BillVander Zalm, who relied on emotionalarguments that were often short onfacts.As is so often the case in referendums,

the emotion-based campaign won overthe fact-based campaign and the HSTwent crashing down to defeat.In the transit debate, the Yes side is

throwing all kinds of facts and figuresout there, hoping that at least some ofthem stick in peoples minds. Raise thesales tax, they say, and life will generallybe better all-around.Rather than simply sticking to talking

about transportation projects, the Yesside has gone even further to suggestraising the sales tax will save lives. It hasenlisted the voices of Vancouver healthofficers to make the argument that moretransit services will translate to averting400 deaths a year and reduce obesity,since more people will walk, cycle andtake transit.The health officers are relying on a

World Health Organization measuringtool for their argument, but I suspectmany potential voters will view this asan overreach.The captain of the No side, Jordan

Bateman of the Canadian TaxpayersFederation, has dismissed the healthofficers comments as nothing morethan scare tactics.For his part, Bateman is accused of

inflating the potential cost to the aver-age family should the sales tax hikego through, and making various otherkinds of misleading comments. He isalso pumping up the risible anger andfrustration many people feel towardsTransLink, and some on the Yes sidethink thats unfair.But Bateman has zeroed in on a flaw

in the Yes sides argument: that thereis no Plan B should the sales tax bedefeated.While there may be no official Plan B,

defeating the sales tax increase does notmean proposed transportation projectsand transit improvements will die onthe vine.For example, Premier Christy Clark

has made a major political commitmentto replace the Massey Tunnel with a newbridge and she no doubt looks favour-ably on helping to bring rapid transit tovoter-rich Surrey.Even if the sales tax hike fails with

the voters, her governments three-yearfiscal plan earmarks $325 million overthe next two years to be spent on rapidtransit, buses and other transit prior-ities (granted, not all of that will bespent in Metro Vancouver).And does anyone really believe the

Patullo Bridge will not be replaced if thesales tax plebiscite fails?Where there is no Plan B involves how

these projects will be funded, if the taxhike is defeated.

The sales tax increase would generateabout $1 billion in new revenue everyfour years, which, when matched withprovincial and federal funding wouldbegin to pay for some of those projectsand transit improvements.Without that new tax revenue, may-

ors and their municipalities will have togo back to the drawing board and lookat things like even higher property andgas taxes, a vehicle levy and parkingtaxes (all of which are unpopular) topay for improvements.In any event, as both sides continue

to make their pitch to the voters, thecampaign will continue to evolve intoa debate that pits statistics versus emo-tions.And emotional arguments usually

defeat statistical ones, whether its dur-ing an election or a referendum.As I noted in this space a few weeks

back, the Yes sides chief strength is itsown infrastructure, which consists ofmore than 90 organizations represent-ing more than 250,000 people.If it can mobilize those folks to vote

yes before May 29, it has a good shot atwinning.But if not and to be sure, a lot of

those 250,000 people no doubt havestrongly held no views the angerand frustration that is the base of somuch of the anti-tax attitudes out therewill prevail.No amount of reasoned argument

can deal with that emotion, it seems.The pro-HST folks learned that the hardway, and the pro-transit sales tax folkshave to hope they arent in for a similarlesson.

Keith Baldrey is chief politicalreporter for Global BC.

Here comes the slippery slope.The federal government must act quicklyto ensure no one slides off the edge and intothe abyss created as a side effect to last weeksSupreme Court ruling on assisted suicide.The Supreme Court ruled that the Charter of Rights and

Freedoms protects an individuals right to die with dignity,and consequently struck down Canadas laws against phys-ician-assisted suicide. The ruling means someone with aterminal illness, and especially someone facing a painfuland terrifying death, can seek a doctors help to achieve arelatively comfortable and dignified end of life.But the Supreme Court only has jurisdiction to interpret

or set aside laws. It does not have the power to amend orrewrite laws or to replace them. The federal governmenthas that power, and it must act quickly to fill the legal vac-uum created by the courts decision.Left unfilled, that vacuum has the potential to suck in

people who need protection from the abuses that thosewho have vigilantly fought against legalized assistedsuicide have rightly feared. Without any laws detailingwhat situations should allow rational recourse to assistedsuicide, people who could be saved by an alternativeintervention could instead slide down that proverbial slip-pery slope. Unscrupulous, malicious, ignorant or simplyexhausted family members and caregivers have beenknown to convince the elderly and the infirm includ-ing those with apparently sound mental capacity thatsuicide is the best or only solution to a desperate situation,even when it clearly is not.The Supreme Court has justly decided that we each own

our self, and that under certain circumstances, and afterdue consideration of the options, we have the right to dis-pose of our property in a reasonable and rational manner.The federal government slipped up by not having had

the compassion that the court has shown. It should havedefined those certain circumstances long ago.

Ruling leavesavacuum

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VIEWFROMTHELEDGEKeith Baldrey

WILL A YES VOTEMEANMORE PST INCREASES?While I agree that we need to think about improved tran-

sit in the Lower Mainland, I am very concerned about thewaste of money that seems to be the way TransLink oper-ates, without any accountability. Weve probably all heardabout the inflated salary the CEO receives (more than theprime minister of Canada), that they have six boards ofdirectors, various buildings sitting vacant that cost over $1-million a year, 141 employees who receive salaries of over$100,000 a year, and on and on. Besides the above issuesmentioned regarding their waste, someone I know, whoworks for them, cited an example of absolute waste, where-in TransLink was hiring twice as many staff for a positionwhere the current employees were not being utilized andthere was no need to hire more people in that department.This is only one example that Ive heard of. Who knows howmany more there are that we arent aware of?From a common sense perspective, if you have a pail

with a hole in it, it doesnt make sense to keep adding morewater without fixing the hole. The long-term solution isto fix the leak/repair the hole and then add more water.Giving a .0.5-per-cent increase to TransLink without stop-ping the waste is akin to putting more water in the pailwithout repairing the hole. Otherwise, there will probablybe regular increases from 0.5- to 1.0-, 1.5-, 2.0-per cent andon and on because there is no accountability on the partof TransLink. They need to be made accountable and stopwasting our money. Until this happens, I suggest we vote Noto the 0.5-per-cent tax increase.

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ANTI-VAXXERSARE DELAYINGEXTINCTIONOR SPEEDINGIT UP FOR SOMEThere are protests all over the

place these days. You cant somuch as say the word environ-ment without someone lookingat you askance, waiting anxiouslyto hear what youll say next: areyou about to reveal yourself asa pro-environment threat to thenational economy, or will thenext syllable out of your mouthunmask you as a radical species-killing redneck Harper-lover?But whether youre planning to

vote for the environment or forthe Conservatives, its a fair betthat youre like practically every-body else in one respect: nobodylikes to see a species becomeextinct.You may not believe that

its happening, or you may notbelieve that you, as a humanbeing, can possibly have a signifi-cant impact on the planets over-all biosphere.You may or may not believe

that you have any personalresponsibility you may noteven believe that it is an inher-

ently bad thing but Ill bet thatwhen you see a picture of oneof those baby seals about to beclubbed between their sparklinglysweet eyes and skinned alive, itdoesnt make you feel good.You may refuse to believe that

its your fault, but Ill bet whenyou see hundreds of thousands ofacres of Brazilian forests burning,spewing tons of smoke into theair and destroying the homes andhabitats of thousands of species many of them not even identi-fied yet by the most importantspecies of all it doesnt makeyou feel good.It may not reduce you to tears

or fill you with angst for ourdwindling future but admit it,it doesnt make you feel all warmand fuzzy inside.Whether you quake at the

thought or you simply feel itsa necessary evil in a world thatdeserves to be dominated byhumanity and its technology, youwould be among the absolutelymost unusual among us if thethought of destroying specieswilly nilly was one of the mainthings that helped you to sleepsoundly at night.But what are you doing about

it?I know, if youre part of the

necessary evil crowd, youre

doing nothing about it. Whywould you? Fair enough.But what about those of you

who know that its wrong andthat we have to do somethingbefore our entire planets bio-diversity is reduced to that ofa giant wheat field one cropconsisting of one variety of onespecies?Surely you want to do some-

thing that you could take to yourLast Judgment, to legitimatelyplead, But, Your Honour, I tried.In reality, very few of us could

truly do that.Very few of us will leave this

world firm in the knowledge thatwe truly did all we could to saveat least one species from extinc-tion during our brief journeythrough our own miserable, piti-ful life.Except the anti-vaxxers!Youve got to tip your hat to

those folks theyre doing theirbit, whereas most of the rest ofus have been falling desperatelyshort.They have been at the forefront

of the battle to save a numberof important species, but mostrecently, theyve been bearing thestandard on behalf of measles.By refusing to vaccinate their

children for a variety of spuri-ous and downright nonsensical

reasons, they have been able torebuild over the past couple ofyears the measles population thathad been virtually eradicatedfrom North America a decadeago.OK, Ill admit, measles isnt

exactly on the brink of planet-ary extinction theres enoughmeasles in other parts of theworld to kill a few hundred thou-sand children each year.But thats human children. And

were not even close to extinct yet.

Bob Groeneveld is the edi-tor of the Tri-Cities NOWssister paper, the LangleyAdvance.

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in the city within the nexttwo years.The board was looking

for someone with vision andexperience, with an appre-ciation and deep knowledgeof heritage, the ability toinspire others and to movethe vision of CHS (CoquitlamHeritage Society) forward and that vision includesa standalone museum, saidheritage society board chairHazel Postma.Wilfords parents were

travelling missionaries,which gave him a chance tosee the world from a very

young age: he was born inSouth America, and travelledthroughout the western U.Sand the Prairies before end-ing up in Metro Vancouver 12years ago.That travel instilled in me

a passion for culture and stor-ies. Ive always been a listenerand just always loved a goodstory, he said.Its been a very circular

path, but even as a youngboy I was curating collectionsin my room and setting updisplays.Over the course of the next

24 months, Wilford hopes topave the way for shovels togo into the ground on a new

museum, including engagingcommunity groups in a vision,securing funding and a landcommitment, getting buy-infrom city council and educat-ing the community on how amuseum can serve the city.Coquitlam remains one

of the largest cities in B.C.without a museum. Wilfordsprevious work experiencehas seen him design, planand develop museums andmuseum exhibits for the bet-ter part of the last decade.Ive seen how museums

can transform communitiesovernight in the sense ofpride they bring. The educa-tional opportunities that they

bring are extraordinary, hesaid. My goal is to get thesupports for the museum,and then the establishmentof the museum.Those goals align perfectly

with the boards vision, asPostma said heritage preser-vation needs a local jump-start.Heritage has taken a

back seat over the years inCoquitlam and now is thetime to focus attention on ourrich past and to make surewe can tell the citys story tothe residents of today, as wellas those still to move here,she said.

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City of CoquitlamNotice of Public Hearing

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Notice is hereby given that the City of Coquitlam will be holding a Public Hearing to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to address Councilregarding the following proposed bylaws. This meeting will be held on:Date: Monday, February 23, 2015Time: 7:00 p.m.Location: City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 GuildfordWay, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2Immediately following the adjournment of the Public Hearing, Council will convene a Regular Council Meeting during which it will give consideration to the items on thePublic Hearing agenda.

Item 1 Text Amendment Industrial Zones ReviewThe intent of Bylaw 4522, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide OfcialCommunity Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 in order to revise its land use designationsand policies as they pertain to the consolidation of the Citys nine industrial zones.If approved the bylaw amendment would:

Amend the Citywide Ofcial Community Plan, Chapter 5.2 to add policies tosupport the proposed Business Enterprise land use designation

Amend the Southwest Coquitlam Area Plan to remove the Highway Retailland use designation with a new land use designation,Business Enterprise,to correspond with the new B-1 Business Enterprise zone.

Amend the Southwest Coquitlam Area Plan to add policy which supports thedevelopment of small-scale restaurants, and grocery stores of limited size, thatsupport local industrial workers, under specic circumstances.

Amend the Southwest Coquitlam Area Plan and Maillardville NeighbourhoodPlan to add the three new zones (M-1 General Industrial,M-2 IndustrialBusiness and B-1 Business Enterprise) as corresponding zones to theIndustrial and Business Enterprise land use designations and add policiesthat outline the intent and conditions of use for each of the Industrial andBusiness Enterprise land use designations.

Amend Schedule D to the Southwest Coquitlam Area Plan to limit the B-1 zoneto the areas along United Boulevard, as outlined on the Schedule.

Add two new zones (M-1 General Industrial,M-2 Industrial Business) ascorresponding zones to the Industrial land use designations to the CityCentre Area Plan and add policies that outline the intent and conditions of usefor the Industrial land use designation.

Redesignate properties by changing the OCP land use designation to beconsistent with the new zones assigned to a property including redesignating:

22 properties from Highway Retail Industrial to Business Enterprise; 4 properties from Industrial to Business Enterprise; and 15 properties from Industrial to Service Commercial.

The intent of Bylaw 4527, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No.3000, 1996 to consolidate the Citys nine industrial zones into three new zones (M-1General Industrial,M-2 Industrial Business, B-1 Business Enterprises).The proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw would:

Delete the existing nine industrial zones and add the three proposed newzones to the text of the Zoning Bylaw (M-1 General Industrial,M-2 IndustrialBusiness, B-1 Business Enterprises);

Rezone approximately 345 properties under one of the current nine industrialzones to one of the three new zones, or the existing CS-1 Service Commercialzone;

Rezone four properties fromM-4 Asphalt and Concrete Plant Industrial to A-3Agricultural and Resource to permit concrete and asphalt batching limited tothese specic properties in the A-3 zone

Amend the CS-1 Service Commercial zone to:o permit a mini-warehouse use,o increase the maximum lot coverage to 55%,o increase the maximum density to not exceed a maximum gross oor areaof 0.6 time the lot area, and

o increase the maximum building height to 11 metres, not to exceed onestory, except for mini-warehouses which must not exceed 11 metres andtwo stories.

Add new denitions pertaining to the three new zones and revise two existingdenitions; and

Add parking requirements for each of the new zones.Copies of the bylaws, associated maps and supporting staff reportare available for viewing on the Citys website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing.Any person wishing further information or clarication with regard tothe proposed amendments should contact KarenWong, Planning andDevelopment Department, at 604-927-3476.

City of Coquitlam Citywide OfcialCity of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No.

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Heritage groupwantsmuseumMayor Richard Stewart

offered a measured responsewhen asked if a museumwithin 24 months is a realis-tic expectation.Its on the list of nice

things to have, but councilhas many priorities aheadof it right now, he said. Iwould love to see a way thatwe can celebrate the historyand heritage of our commun-ity, but there are some verypressing needs that we hear

more often about from resi-dents.Regardless of the exact

details of the museumsfuture, Wilford sees excite-ment and momentum build-ing in the heritage sector.Renewed interest in theRiverviewHospital site is justone example.People are getting into

historic things at a young-er age, he said. I think anew wave of adventurers aregetting out to see historic-al places, parks and sights.

Thats a trend thats happen-ing. Regardless of age, peoplelove a good story.

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Coquitlam Mayor RichardStewart: A purpose-builtmuseums on the list ofnice things to have, butcouncil has many prioritiesahead of it right now.


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Item 3 Address: 3416 Roxton AvenueThe intent of Bylaw 4539, 2015 is to amendCity of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000,1996 to rezone the subject property outlinedin black on the mapmarked Schedule Ato Bylaw 4539, 2015 from RS-2 One-FamilySuburban Residential to RTM-1 Street-Oriented Village Home Residential and RS-7Small Village Single Family Residential.If this application is approved, the RTM-1 andRS-7 zones would facilitate a subdivision ofthirteen (13) residential lots comprising eight(8) street-oriented village homes (row-houseunits) on eight (8) fee-simple lots frontingRoxton Avenue, and ve (5) small villagesingle family lots fronting Darwin Avenue.

3500 Highland Drive 3416 Roxton Avenue

Date: Monday, February 23, 2015Time: 7:00 p.m.Location: City Hall Council Chambers,

3000 GuildfordWay, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2continued from previous page

Item 2 Address: 3500 Highland DriveThe intent of Bylaw 4531, 2015 is toamend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No.3000, 1996 to rezone the subject propertyoutlined in black on the mapmarkedSchedule A to Bylaw 4531, 2015 from RS-2One Family Suburban Residential to RS-9Large Single Family Residential, RS-11 EstateSingle Family Residential and P-5 SpecialPark.If approved, the RS-11 zone will facilitatethe creation of one (1) lot fronting HighlandDrive; the subject propertys existingdwelling will be retained on this lot. TheRS-9 zone will facilitate the creation of two(2) single family lots frontingWales Avenue,and the P-5 zone will protect a portionofWest Smiling Creek and its associatedriparian area.

How do I nd out more information?Additional information, copies of the bylaws,supporting staff reports, and any relevant backgrounddocumentation may be inspected from February 11 toFebruary 23 in person at the Planning and DevelopmentDepartment, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 GuildfordWay,Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.fromMonday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.You may also obtain further information with regardto the bylaws mentioned above on the Citys websiteatwww.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at604-927-3430.

How do I provide input?Verbal submissions may only be made in person at thePublic Hearing. The City Clerks Ofce will compile aSpeakers List for each item.To have your nameadded to the Speakers List please call 604-927-3010.

Everyone will be permitted to speak at the PublicHearing but those who have registered in advance willbe given rst opportunity.Please also be advised that video recordings of PublicHearings are streamed live and archived on the Cityswebsite atwww.coquitlam.ca/webcasts.Prior to the Public Hearing written comments maybe submitted to the City Clerks Ofce in one of thefollowing ways:

Email: [email protected] mail: 3000 GuildfordWay,Coquitlam, BC,V3B 7N2In person: City Clerks Ofce, 2nd Floor, 3000GuildfordWay, Coquitlam, BC,V3B 7N2Fax: to the City Clerks Ofce at 604-927-3015

To afford Council an opportunity to review yoursubmission, please ensure that you forward it to theCity Clerks Ofce prior to noon on the day of thehearing.Written submissions provided in response to thisconsultation will become part of the public recordwhich includes the submissions being made availablefor public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and onour website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing. If yourequire more information regarding this process pleasecall the City Clerks Ofce at 604-927-3010.Please note that Council may not receive furthersubmissions from the public or interested personsconcerning any of the bylaws described above after theconclusion of the Public Hearing.Kerri LoreDeputy City Clerk

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provide a detailed coloursketch of one of the follow-ing suggested themes on an8.5-by-11-inch sheet of paper(landscape). The winning artwill be painted on a seven-by-10-foot brick wall.The suggested themes are: West Coast mountain

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shop on Shaughnessy Streetfor close to six years, andher labour recently cameto fruition when her busi-ness received the Tri-CitiesChamber of CommercesSmall Business of the Yearaward.I think [I won] because

I run my business with myheart and that shows, shesaid. From a lot of the com-ments and compliments I getfrom people, people tell me Ilove my community. I do thisbecause I love it.Polonio is quick to point

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This is why after-grad events like oursare so important in providing a safe and funenvironment for our youth to celebrate theiraccomplishments and create lasting mem-ories, says pub night chair Julie Knisley.The fundraiser will take place from 6 to

10:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20 at the Cat andFiddle Pub, at 1979 Brown St. in PoCo. Ticketsare $20 each and attendees will receive abeef, chicken or veggie burger with fries orsalad plus a sleeve, hi ball, beer, wine or pop.Everyone is welcome to come out and

support the TFS Class of 2015! Well havedelicious food, lots of raffles, 50/50, awesomeprizes, says Knisley. We would love to seepast TFS grads come out and share memoriesof their after-grad event.To buy tickets or donate prizes, call or

text Knisley at 604-356-8069 or e-mail [email protected].

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harvest and shade froma grape arbour is wonderfultoo. Basically, you need tocut everything down to onetrunk with two branches oneach side (all four will growand fruit later this year) andalso two stubs (two on eachside, which will be branchesthe following year). Its a lotof work, but the thinned-down grapevine will producegrapes with access to sun-shine for ripeness, and alsoair to deter molds and rots.Its also good to have a

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The Port MoodyEcological Society will hostits annual general meetingon Wednesday, Feb. 18 atthe Port Moody RecreationCentre, at 300 Ioco Rd., start-ing at 7 p.m.Guest speakers include

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