STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC

C O U N C I L DECISIONS

DATE: Tuesday, April 18, 2000

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

PLACE: Committee Room No. 1

Third Floor, City Hall

For information, please contact Hazel Hoyle at 873-7652

1. Pedestrian Safety FILE:5701

A. THAT City Council request the Provincial Government to implement legislation to control the use of hand-held cell phones by operators of moving motor vehicles.

B. THAT consideration of the following motions be deferred pending a report back on the scope and structure of a Task Force on pedestrian-related issues:

THAT Council strike a Pedestrian Safety Task Force comprised of representatives from Police, Traffic and Engineering, the Vancouver Richmond Health Board, ICBC and interested members of the community, to consult with the public and report back to Council on measures that can be taken to improve pedestrian safety; and

THAT Council appoint an ongoing Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee made up of members of the general public, interested community groups, Police, ICBC,Traffic and Engineering, and the Vancouver Richmond Health Board, to advise on issues of pedestrian safety.

C. THAT the identified pedestrian-related issues be referred to Councillor McCormick and Councillor Louis for consultation with the Special Advisory Committee on Seniors, to be included in a staff report back to the Standing Committee of Council on Transportation and Traffic outlining specific terms of the proposed Pedestrian Safety Task Force.

D. THAT City staff forward the pedestrian safety concerns to the BC Traffic Services Study, and report back to the Standing Committee of Council on Transportation and Traffic with a specific definition of what a motorized vehicle is.

E. THAT the Administrative Report, dated April 07, 2000, be received for information.

- CARRIED

2. Sidewalk Impediments - Sandwich Boards

THAT the Memorandum, dated April 07, 2000 and the verbal report on Sidewalk Impediments - Sandwich Boards be received for information.

- CARRIED

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

A Regular Council meeting was convened immediately following the Standing Committee meeting.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

I. Standing Committee of Council on Transportation and Traffic

April 18, 2000

The foregoing recommendations of the Committee were approved.

OTHER BUSINESS

1. Leave of Absence - Councillor Sullivan File No. 1254

THAT Councillor Sullivan's previously granted Leave of Absence be changed to May 30 and June 12 to 15, 2000

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

2. Leave of Absence - Councillor Clarke File No. 1254

THAT Councillor Clarke be granted Leave of Absence for the afternoon of April20, 2000.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

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