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Series consists of records relating to dyke protection and ditch maintenance. The records relating to dyke protection include agreements and other records relating to right-of-way and land transactions, tenders for protection work construction, maintenance agreements, reports on the state of existing works, records relating to planning and the progress of projects, correspondence with local residents concerning public works in their neighbourhoods, and correspondence with senior levels of government on the subject of public works funding. Records incorporated from an earlier record system relate to protection works all around Lulu and Sea Island. Later protection work files relate to general maintenance work or specific projects such as the Fraser River Flood Control Program (1968 Agreement, Project No.3, The Township of Richmond). Engineering surveys accompanying this particular protection work project cover various tracts of land along certain roadways in Richmond and provide some detail as to the placement of buildings along these roads (see finding aid map). The rest of the series relates to the general maintenance of drainage ditches, including the need for periodic flushing to maintain sanitary conditions, and the need for ditch water as a source for irrigation.

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, staff and other reports, copies of newspaper clippings, published informational materials, minutes of meetings, and lists of juvenile services relating to the role of this Committee in planning and providing youth services in Richmond. Records in this series deal primarily with monitoring and coordinating services for young adults in crisis. The series also includes records relating to the Richmond Friendship Home Society, the Richmond Family Court Committee, and the closure of the Browndale Homes.