CITY HALL

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR VANCOUVER

September 4, 2002

MEMO TO: Vancouver City Council

FROM: Mayor Philip Owen

SUBJECT: GVRD Board of Directors - Allocation of Votes
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The Greater Vancouver Regional District has now received certified population figures, effective September 1, 2002, from the Province and based on those figures can make changes to voting rights at the Board.

Composition and voting rights of the Board is established through the legislative requirements of Section 783 of the Local Government Act and by the GVRD Letters Patent which specify the voting unit as 20,000. For voting purposes, each member municipality or electoral area has one Board vote for every 20,000 of population, and a director may hold up to five (5) votes.

Since the population for the City of Vancouver has increased to over 20,000, its voting power has increased from 26 votes to 28 votes. The Director representation has not changed. It remains at six (6) Directors.

Accordingly, I RECOMMEND the following votes be allocated as shown:

GVRD Directors	GVRD Alternates	No. of Votes Assigned
George Puil	Sam Sullivan	5
Gordon Price	Tim Louis	5
Philip Owen	Sandy McCormick	5
Lynne Kennedy	Daniel Lee	5
Jennifer Clarke	Fred Bass	4
Don Lee	Sandy McCormick	4

Philip W. Owen

MAYOR

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