STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC

COUNCIL DECISIONS

DATE: Tuesday, March 23, 1999
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: Committee Room 1

Third Floor, City Hall

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT DENISE SALMON AT 873-7269

The following recommendations of the Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic were adopted by Vancouver City Council at its meeting immediately following the Standing Committee meeting.

1. Downtown Streetcar
File: 5558

A. THAT, extending from the South False Creek line, Council endorse a routing from Science World to Waterfront Station via Quebec, Columbia, and Cordova Streets as Phase One, and a general routing from Science World to Roundhouse Community Centre, along Pacific Boulevard and Davie Street as Phase Two of the Downtown Streetcar System.

B. THAT Council instruct staff to consider the proposed streetcar corridors when undertaking rezoning, development permit applications, area planning studies or other projects that affect roads, in locations that are affected by the study.

C. THAT the General Manager of Engineering Services be authorized to seek Senior Government funding for a portion of the first part of the streetcar project, from Granville Island to Waterfront Station.

D. THAT Council instruct staff to report back on a proposed work program and funding requirements to undertake detailed design and cost analysis of Phase One and Phase Two.

E. THAT the Loop from the CP Station to the Trade and Convention Centre not be part of the work program at this time.

2. Correction of Street Name from Toderick Street to Todrick Street
File: 5526

THAT the name Toderick Street remain as presently spelled;

FURTHER THAT records held at the City's Archives be corrected in terms of the name originally intended in the 1920s, and Archival staff be requested to examine ways to publicly reference the correct name on the street.

3. Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Plans -

Priorities and Process File: 5757

That the discussion paper contained in Appendix A of the Administrative Report dated February 2, 1999, be presented to Resident Associations and the public for comment, and that staff report back on the results with recommendations on the methods for establishing priorities and the process for neighbourhood traffic calming plans.

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