STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

ON PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

A C T I O N S

DATE: Thursday, April 9, 1998
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Committee Room No. 1
Third Floor, City Hall

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ADOPTION OF MINUTES

The minutes of the meeting of March 12, 1998, were adopted.

1. Hastings Park Restoration and P.N.E. Lease Extension

A1)THAT Council accept the letter dated February 12, 1998, from Jan Pullinger, Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture, (attached as Appendix A of the Policy Report dated March 26, 1998) as an alternative to the conditions described in resolutions D and G passed by Council when considering a P.N.E. lease extension on April 22, 1997, thereby leading to a termination date of December 31, 1999 for the P.N.E. lease.

A2)THAT no extensions including no month-to-month extensions of the P.N.E. lease will be granted beyond December 31, 1999.

A3)THAT Council authorize the expenditure of up to $4.2 million on Phase 2 of the Hastings Park Restoration as shown in Appendix C (of the Policy Report dated March 26, 1998), with specific contracts for landscape design, engineering, removal of asphalt, landscape construction and planting to be let by the Vancouver Park Board. Source of funds to be the Hastings Park Capital Account and Hastings Park Reserve.

A4)THAT staff report back on the implications of the following:

That prior to January 1, 2000, the Council and the Park Board determine the operational budget and revenue sharing relative to the park site, and once resolved, designate Hastings Park formally at the Millennium.

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