THAT a Community Enhancement Program be established with the following guidelines:

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1 68 ISSUED: JULY 6, 1982 REVISED: JULY, 2010; MAR 21/00; JUNE 12/89; DEC 3/91 & JAN 25/94 PREPARED BY: DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES AUTHORIZED BY: COUNCIL TITLE: COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM - MEMORIAL TREES, PLAQUES & BENCHES PAGE: SIXTY - EIGHT (68) THAT the City of Williams Lake's Community Enhancement Program provides a means whereby individuals, clubs, groups, organizations and businesses can purchase trees, benches or other suitable items in memory of or as a donation to enhance areas as outlined in this policy. THAT a Community Enhancement Program be established with the following guidelines: A) In order to maintain control and to coordinate purchasing and installation of the trees, benches, plaques, etc., applications shall be completed by an interested person, parties, or groups, attached as Schedule "A" and forming part of this policy. B) Upon receipt of the application, the City will require a deposit for the estimated cost to purchase and install the item, with the understanding should the actual cost exceed the deposit, the applicant will be required to pay the actual cost, or if the actual cost is less than the estimate received, the applicant will receive a refund of the balance of the deposit. C) It shall be the Municipality=s responsibility to order the trees, benches, plaques and other suitable items as may be required. D) Memorials Trees with plaques may be planted in the Cemetery, Boitanio Park or Scout Island as well as other locations as may be determined by the Director of Municipal Services.

2 Community Enhancement Program Policy 68 Page 2 1) Cemetery: C Trees are presently planted and available for purchase where the paths and road access intersect as well as along the perimeter of the cemetery. C Trees shall be a minimum of 4 feet from ground level to top of tree. 2) Boitanio Park: C Trees shall be planted along the westerly edge of the Park near Borland Street; along any pathway when pathways are officially designated. C Size - Minimum of 18 feet in height and 5 inches in diameter. All trees referred to in Sections 1 and 2 above shall be spruce or fir, depending on the continuity of the type of trees in a row and to ensure that a row is continued with the same type of tree, with the intent different rows may be different types of trees. Other species of trees may be considered. 3) Scout Island Planting of Memorial trees and plaques, shrubs and herbaceous plants at Scout Island shall be selected from the list of native trees and shrubs of British Columbia s Interior attached hereto as Schedule B. 4) Memorial Tree Plaques: C Bronze Plaque 4 inches x 6 inches C 1/8 inch raised letters C Maximum 120 letters C Installed in concrete pad 12 inches x 10 inches x 4 inches thick.

3 Community Enhancement Program Policy 68 Page 3 E) Park Benches may be permanently installed in the following Parks and other areas within the City to include: 1) C Boitanio Park C Comer Park C Gardner Park C Boundary Park C Williams Lake River Valley C Streets within the downtown core C Other locations as may be determined by the Director of Municipal Services 2) Scout Island - Placement of memorial benches and plaques shall be selected from the location map attached hereto as Schedule C. 3) Bench Standard Specifications: C Parks constructed pipe-leg bench with an inlaid bronze plaque. C Approximately 6 feet long. 4) Bronze Plaque on Bench: C Sizes 2 inches x 14 inches C Raised lettering C 3 lines of 40 letters and spaces per line to a maximum of 120 letters F) The exact message on any plaque shall be spelled out on the application form.

4 Community Enhancement Program Policy 68 Page 4 G) A Community Enhancement Program purchase will be accepted on the basis it will be maintained by the City for ten (10) years after which time the disposition of the item will be at the sole discretion of the City. H) This program will allow the donor to choose an area to place the item(s), however, in the interests of standardization, style, type, etc., the City will make the final decision on these issue. I) This policy is subject to a review every three years, and the Director of Municipal Services shall report annually for the information of Council.

5 SCHEDULE A CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM APPLICATION DATE: NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: POSTAL CODE: PHONE NUMBER: ESTIMATED COST REQUEST ITEM TO BE PURCHASED $ $ $ INSTALLATION COSTS: (LABOUR, EQUIP., & MATERIALS) $ WORDING ON PLAQUE (MAX. 120 LETTERS) LINE 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 $ ESTIMATED DEPOSIT AMOUNT $ LOCATION INFORMATION: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: I HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SET OUT IN THE POLICY INCLUDING THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS APPLICATION. CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE PURCHASER=S SIGNATURE FOR OFFICE USE ONLY WORK ORDER NO. DATED Attach copy of work order to Supervisor=s copy. Original to : Purchasing Department Copies to: Applicant Supervisor Accounts Receivable File

6 SCHEDULE B COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM POLICY NO. 68 SCOUT ISLAND - TREES, SHRUBS & HERBACEOUS PLANTS NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA INTERIOR ADAPTED TO WILLIAMS LAKE CLIMATE TREES Water Birch Paper Birch Tamarack Western Larch White Spruce Hybrid White Spruce Lodgepole Pine Ponderosa Pine Balsam Poplar Black Cottonwood Trembling Aspen Interior Douglas-fir Betula occidentalis Betula papyrifera Larix laricina Larix occidentalis Picea glauca Picea glauca x engelmannii Pinus contorta latifolia Pinus ponderosa Populus balsamifera balsamifera Populus balsamifera trichocarpa Populus tremuloides Psuedotsuga menziesii glauca SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES Douglas Maple Mountain Alder Saskatoon Kinnikinnick Big Sagebrush Scrub Birch Redstem Ceanothus Snowbrush Prince s-pine Common Rabbit Brush Red-osier Dogwood Beaked Hazelnut Black Hawthorn Red Hawthorn Wolf Willow Common Juniper Creeping Juniper Rocky Mountain Juniper Twinflower Black Twinberry Utah Honeysuckle Tall Oregon Grape Shrubby Penstemon Shrubby Cinquefoil Acer glabrum Alnus incana Amelanchier alnifoila Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Artemisia tridentata Betula glandulosa glandulosa Ceanothus sanguineus Ceanothus velutinus Chimaphila unbellata Chrysothamnus nauseosus Cornus stolonifera Corylus cornuta Crataegus douglasii Crataegus columbiana Eleagnus commutata Juniperus communis Juniperus horizontalis Juniperus scopulorum Linnaea borealis Lonicera involucrata Lonicera utahensis Mahonia aquifolium Penstemon fruticosus Potentilla fruticosa

7 Pin Cherry Choke Cherry Smooth Sumac Squaw Currant Skunk Currant Black Gooseberry Northern Gooseberry Prickly Rose Prairie Rose Red Raspberry Trailing Raspberry Barclay s Willow Bebb s Willow Sage Willow Pussy Willow Drummond s Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Grey-leaved Willow Pacific Willow Maccall s Willow Tea-leaved Willow Mackenzie s Willow Serviceberry Willow Scouler s Willow Soopolallie Western Moutain Ash Birch-leaved Spirea Common Snowberry Western Snowberry Dwarf Blueberry High-bush Cranberry Prunus pennsylvanica Prunus virginiana Rhus glabra Ribes cereum Ribes glandulosum Ribes lacustre Ribes oxyacanthoides Rosa acicularis Rosa woodsii Rubus idaeus Rubus pubescens Salix barclayi Salis bebbiana Salix candida Salix discolor Salix drummondiana Salix exigua Salix glauca Salix lasiandra Salix maccalliana Salix planifolia Salix prolixa Salix pseudomonticola Salix scouleriana Shepherdia canadensis Sorbus scopulina Spiraea betulifolia Symphoricarpos albus Symphoricarpos occidentalis Vaccinium caespitosum Viburnum edule

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