Profile Book 2016 CityofCoquitlam Mayor’s Message ...............................................................................4 Table of Contents Tidiness ............................................................................................... 6 Recycling and Green Waste at Civic Facilities Litter Management Good Neighbour Construction Environmental Action .......................................................................10 Coquitlam River Continuous Monitoring Bear Smart Community Certification Public Education & Outreach Corporate Energy Management Program Middle School Walkability Project New Compact, Energy-Efficient Fire Trucks Making a Difference through Sustainable Development Initiatives Managing Our Waste Heritage Conservation ..................................................................... 22 Experience 125 years of Coquitlam History Heritage Conservation—Built Heritage & Heritage Revitalization Agreements Urban Forestry ...................................................................................28 Record-Setting Weed Pull in Mundy Park Neighbourhood Tree Days Mundy Forest Bird Boxes Landscape ........................................................................................... 36 Coquitlam Munch Little Toy Libraries Salmon Public Art Town Centre Park Plaza Community Gardens Floral Displays ....................................................................................46 Coquitlam Rose 125 Coquitlam Gardens 125 Floral Display Bed Flower of the Year Floral Display Stories Lawn Alternatives Judges Tour Guide & Map ................................................................52 CiB Participation History Population Category: Over 50,000 Coquitlam inBloom Coquitlam Year Bloom Rating Special Mention 2015 Provincial 5 Blooms—88.68% Heritage Conservation 2001 National 4 Blooms 1999 National 4 Blooms—Second Placement Inspiration Garden 3 Mayor’s Message Left to right: Cllr. Craig Hodge, Cllr. Terry O’Neill, Cllr. Bonita Zarrillo, Cllr. Mae Reid, Mayor Richard Stewart, Cllr. Brent Asmundson, Cllr. Teri Towner, Cllr. Dennis Marsden, Cllr. Chris Wilson. Welcome to Coquitlam! We’re excited to show the Communities in Bloom evaluation team what we love about our city. This is a special year for Coquitlam, as we mark our 125th anniversary. It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate our accomplishments, while engaging our residents and businesses to build a stronger and more connected community. This work is translating into more volunteerism and civic pride, stronger community engagement, a tidier community, beautification efforts by property owners, and a desire to preserve local history and the environment. These are all objectives we share with the Communities in Bloom program. Since our provincial Communities in Bloom win in 2015, we’ve been working hard to build on our success and act on the evaluation committee’s recommendations. Mayor's Message Mayor's We’re looking forward to showing you our progress and making you a fan of our city! Look for this icon throughout the book to find out about our new initiatives for 2015/16! Mayor Richard Stewart Coquitlam in Bloom Coquitlam / 4 Coquitlam at a Glance Vision An active and vibrant community, Coquitlam Coquitlam in 2021 will be a community of neighbourhoods within a vibrant urban city is attracting new residents and businesses where people choose to live, learn, work and play. that appreciate its quality of life, central Coquitlam in Bloom Community Committee location in Metro Vancouver, and countless Carol Baillie Heather Edwards Cyd Smythies David Jones opportunities for recreational, cultural and Fraser Pacific Rose Society Eco-sculpture Designer Community Sports Community Sports outdoor pursuits. We’re the fifth-largest city Erin Davidson Doug Halverson Wim Vander Zalm in BC—home to almost 145,000 people. Austin Heights Business Como Lake Park Neighbour Local Nursery Owner Improvement Association 144,668 Population (July 2014) Coquitlam in Bloom Community Partners 2.5% Annual population growth Associated Labels Fabulous For Less Ridgeway Fabricare Cleaners Austin Heights Business Improvement Fetch! Dog Daycare & Grooming Riverview Horticultural Centre Society Association New Canadians Fin Donnelly, MP Constituency Office Rosemarie's Treasures Bank of Montreal FortisBC Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263 42% (Top three countries: BC Hydro Fraser Pacific Rose Society Russian House Restaurant China, South Korea and Iran) BCIT Friends of DeBoville Slough Safeway #63/ Sobey's Blue Mountain Park Animal Hospital Friends of Mundy Park School District #43 40.3 Median age Blue Mountain Produce Friends of Walton Forest Selina Robinson, MLA Constituency Office Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Genesis Kitchens & Design Société Francophone de Maillardville $67,700 Median income Foundation of Canada GianCarlo Italian Deli Ltd. SPARC Radio Museum Burke Mountain Naturalists Girl Guides & Scouts Vancouver Suggestive Secrets 6,316 Business licences issued Canadian Tire Glen Pine Singers Sumbal Supermarket & Halal Meat CIBC Gloria Acupuncture Clinic Sylvie Bond, Chartered Professional 130 km² City area Connect Hearing Hard Rock Casino Vancouver Accountant inBloom Coquitlam / Continuing Education LINC Program Hoy-Scott Watershed Society TD Canada Trust Municipal parkland 957 ha Coquitlam Christ Church of China Hyde Creek Watershed Society TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Coquitlam Heritage Society IKEA Canada Team Leo RE/MAX Bike lanes 46 km Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable Immigrant Services Society of BC TELUS Coquitlam Sunrise Rotary Club Inquiry Hub The Golden Boot Café City-supported festivals 67 Coquitlam Scouts J.D. Flooring The Lower Mainland Green Team and events DAVIDs TEA Lafarge North America Tire Stewardship BC DLC/Innovative Mortgage Solutions Lougheed Area Girl Guides Tree Canada Coquitlam at aGlance Coquitlam 45,745 Total number of housing units Dogwood Garden Club Lower Mainland Green Team Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Douglas College Institute of Urban Ecology Maillardville Residents Association TriCity Iranian Cultural Society Seniors Club 971 Housing starts Dr. Lorene Balmaceda Lederer Inc. - Maple Creek Watershed Streamkeepers W. Bruce & Associates Ltd. Dentaserv Mary Ann Meegan Insurance Ltd. Wellness Workshop Headquarters 911 Total building permits issued Drake Excavating Me-N-Ed's Pizza Parlors YMCA Child Care Resource & Elite Education Metro Van Geocaching Referral Program $671,300 MLS average selling price Elitech Computer Panda Bear Preschool and Daycare YMCA of Greater Vancouver Envision Financial Yuen's Institute of Tae Kwon Do Source: City of Coquitlam 2015 Annual Report Place Maillardville Excel Martial Arts Ridgemont Foods Expedia Cruise Ship Centers Ridgeway Community Police Office 5 Tidiness Town Centre Park Skate Park Tidiness Coquitlam has several innovative programs to maintain cleanliness throughout the community and instil a sense of pride and ownership with our residents, businesses and institutions who are encouraged to participate in cleanups. When visiting any City facility, walking our parks and trails, or visiting our business sector and residential neighbourhoods, people notice that Coquitlam is a clean community. Our anti-litter bylaws, City litter and anti-graffiti services, and community programs such as Adopt-a-Street and Adopt-a-Trail promote tidiness. Coquitlam in Bloom Coquitlam / 6 Waste sorting stations at civic facilities encourage recycling Coquitlam Sunrise Rotary Club joins Pitch-In Week Recycling and Green Waste Good Neighbour Construction at Civic Facilities Although redevelopment in an existing Enhanced Recycling and Green Waste sorting neighbourhood can bring many benefits to stations have been completed at 16 major civic the community, construction sites can also be facilities in Coquitlam. This program placed over disruptive and lead to neighbourhood disputes. 1,000 new Organics, Mixed Container, Refundables, The City of Coquitlam is addressing this proactively Paper, and Garbage containers in strategic through its Good Neighbour Construction program. locations throughout the public and employee Through this program, developers and builders areas of these civic buildings. All desk-side garbage are provided with resources during the application cans have been removed from staff offices and and permitting process that encourage them to be aware and respectful of their neighbours, cubicles to encourage use of the recycling stations and that included information on development and to streamline waste collection. In order to and construction best practices. Some of the inBloom Coquitlam / prevent wildlife access to waste receptacles, the recommended measures include on-site waste City has also installed 10 secure outdoor enclosures receptacles, sediment and erosion controls, and at civic facilities requiring exterior waste storage. equipment storage that does not encroach on neighbouring properties or public amenities. Litter Management Construction workers are also encouraged to behave In April 2016, more than 780 students, teachers, and as they would if they were working in their own community club members participated in Pitch-In neighbourhood. The result is tidier construction sites Tidiness Week to clean up litter from schoolyards, park trails, and reduced construction impact in developing areas. parking lots, and various neighbourhoods. 7 Businesses in Coquitlam take pride in their clean surroundings. Cleaning Litter & Eradicating Graffiti City staff from Engineering