Seniors and guests of Coquitlam's Glen Pine Pavilion may soon be able to order an alcoholic drink with their meals - and not just during special events.
On Monday, council voted in favour of the city applying to the Liquor Control Licensing Branch (LCLB) for a food-primary liquor licence at the 50-plus centre, located behind city hall.
According to a staff report, the city, which owns Glen Pine, hosted 18 activities at the pavilion last year where booze was served, and each event cost around $350 for a special event licence - money the city couldn't recover because of low sales.
Current membership at five-year-old Glen Pine stands at around 1,800.
The city is expected to consult with area residents over the next few weeks on its proposal, of which the feedback will be included in a future report to council before the city applies to the LCLB.
Other Coquitlam council news:
A portion of one of Coquitlam's busiest streets will soon be lined with beech trees in an effort to slow down traffic and make it more pleasant for pedestrians and cyclists.
On Monday, council-in-committee heard that trees will be planted along Poirier Street, between Foster and Regan avenues, at a cost of $16,000 - plus $800 a year to maintain them.
The landscaping is part of a $616,000 project to upgrade the north section of Poirier Street, including narrowing it to the standard 11-metre width for a collector road and adding new curbs, gutters and corner bulges.
Staff say the trees will not block sight lines for drivers.
Nuisance mosquitos in Coquitlam will soon be dealt with by Metro Vancouver - not by Port Coquitlam.
On Monday, city council voted to join the regional body's vector control program for three years and to sever its ties with PoCo.
The two municipalities had split the costs in half - each paying about $25,000 - for the nuisance mosquito control program; however, in a report, Coquitlam staff said the Metro program would cost less than $21,000 and would also include more comprehensive reporting, monitoring and mapping.
Other municipalities that cost-share the Metro mosquito control program are Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Langley Township and Surrey.
For several years, PoCo has administered a West Nile Virus mosquito treatment program for all of the Tri-Cities, when a provincial grant is available.
Coquitlam's new pesticide ban, which received three readings on Monday, allows for pesticides and herbicides to be used when human or animal health is at risk though mosquito control uses an environmentally safe substance.
A public hearing will be held next month on a bid to build 22 stacked townhomes on a Burquitlam site where - only two years ago - four townhouses were planned.
On Monday, city council gave first reading to rezone 730 and 734 Dogwood St., at Regan Avenue, for Springbank Development (Dogwood) Corp. to construct the complex.
If approved, the three-storey building would be within walking distance to the Burquitlam Plaza mall and the future Evergreen Line station.
According to a city report released this week, the two properties - which currently have single-family houses - were rezoned to RT-2 Townhouse Residential in May 2008; however, the development permit was cancelled in 2010 and the land sold to Springbank.
The public hearing is scheduled for March 26 at city hall.
