- CA CRICH 113
- Series
- 1945-1995, 2001, predominant 1966-1995
Part of City of Richmond fonds
Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and plans relating to the role of the Engineering Department in monitoring and providing public works and services. The series documents negotiations and relations between the Engineering Department and private companies, public utilities, such as B.C. Hydro, and other levels of government, such as the provincial Department of Municipal Affairs, the provincial Ministry/Department of Highways, the federal Department of Transport, and the G.V.R.D. The records in this series document the role of the Engineering Department in: negotiating and monitoring crossing agreements with B.C. Hydro and the Canadian Pacific Railway; commissioning and/or researching reports on transportation related issues; negotiating with the Department of Municipal Affairs regarding revenue sharing; liaison with the Ministry/Department of Highways relating to freeway and bridge construction; establishing policies and administering waste management and pollution control; responding to Bill 42 (including policy development) enabling municipalities to implement development cost charges; liaison with private companies relating to industrial development activities; and overseeing all aspects of engineering service for the City's construction and development activities.
Richmond (B.C.). Engineering & Public Works Department