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Today, the City is announcing that Rob Gaudreault will serve as Port Alberni’s new parks operations supervisor, effective May 8, 2017.  

Gaudreault has served as the building and plumbing inspector with the City for the past two years and with the Alberni-Clayoquot-Regional District for the previous five years, prior to which he was a carpenter with the City’s Parks, Recreation and Heritage Department. This varied background includes extensive project management experience involving construction and service administration.   

The City of Port Alberni is inviting businesses and individuals to help clean up litter, both big and small, by participating in the annual Community Cleanup.     

Scheduled for the week of April 30^th through May 6^th, the event is an opportunity for individuals, groups, associations and organizations to join forces and clean up a park, lane way or other public space in their neighbourhood.

The City of Port Alberni will be conducting work on the waterline near the intersection of Strathcona Street and McBride Street on Thursday, March 30, 2017 starting at 8:30 am. 

The work is being undertaken to provide a new water connection to an adjacent development.  Water supply in the area will be shut down for up to 8 hours and residents in the 5500 – 5700 block of Strathcona, 3900 block of McBride and the 3900 block of Dunsmuir will have no water until the connection is restored.

Mayor Mike Ruttan announced that the City of Port Alberni has entered into a land exchange agreement with an uptown property owner in order to address a longstanding derelict building.

Under the land exchange agreement, the City will transfer four surplus lots on Alexander Road in exchange for the two parcels that make up the former Arrowview Hotel property on Athol Street, following the demolition of the building.  The agreement is contingent upon full environmental abatement and demolition of the building to the City’s satisfaction.