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CITY OF VANCOUVER

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

October 17, 2000

PRESENT:

Mayor Philip Owen
Councillor Fred Bass
Councillor Jennifer Clarke
Councillor Lynne Kennedy
Councillor Daniel Lee
Councillor Don Lee
Councillor Tim Louis
Councillor Sandy McCormick
Councillor Gordon Price
Councillor George Puil
Councillor Sam Sullivan

   

CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE:

Judy Rogers, City Manager

CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE:

Ulli Watkiss, City Clerk
Jan Gibson, Director of Meeting and Election Services

   

PRAYER

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

1. Regular Council - October 3, 2000

MOVED by Cllr. Louis
SECONDED by Cllr. Bass

(Cllrs. Price and Sullivan absent for the vote)

2. Regular Council (Planning & Environment) - September 28, 2000

MOVED by Cllr. Kennedy
SECONDED by Cllr. Daniel Lee

(Cllrs. Price and Sullivan absent for the vote)

3. Standing Committee on Planning & Environment - September 27 & October 5, 2000

MOVED by Cllr. Kennedy
SECONDED by Cllr. McCormick

(Cllr. Sullivan absent for the vote)

IN CAMERA MEETING

MOVED by Cllr. Don Lee
SECONDED by Cllr. Daniel Lee

(Cllr. Sullivan absent for the vote)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Bass
SECONDED by Cllr. Daniel Lee

(Cllr. Sullivan absent)

PRESENTATION

1. Fare Technology Safety and Security Study

Dave Rudberg, City Engineer, advised that there had been concerns expressed by some, about the safety, security and fare evasion on the existing Expo Skytrain line. Teresa Watt of Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd. made a presentation to Council on the development of the company's recent report about these issues - The Millenium Line -Fare Technology Safety and Security Study. She reviewed for Council the background market study and provided an economic analysis of gating and proof of payment options. Ian Wadley, Dr. Edwin Bleuett and Whitney Birch were in attendance to answer Council's questions. Councillors noted that the TransLink Board of Directors had not yet voted on the issues raised and recommendations made in the report, and thanked the RTPO staff for its presentation.

MOVED by Cllr. Puil

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Relocation of Casino - Class 1 - 26 S.W. Marine Drive

MOVED by Cllr. McCormick

AMENDMENT MOVED Councillor Clarke:
THAT the word "condition" be made plural, and that the word "and" be inserted after the words "at 725 S. E. Marine Drive; and

"Passage of a provincial Gaming Act that assures municipal control over gambling expansion and the nature, scope and type of gaming permitted within the municipality."

MOTION PUT:

CITY MANAGER'S ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1. Business Licence Hearing Panels for October 2000

MOVED by Cllr. Puil

(Cllr. Bass absent for the vote)

2. Allocation of 2000 Cross-Cultural Expertise Grants

MOVED by Cllr. McCormick

Note: The Vancouver Charter requires a vote of two-thirds of all members of Council to approve grant applications. There were ten Councillors in Chambers at the time the vote was taken. Ten Councillors voted in favour of the motion.

(Cllr. Bass absent for the vote)

3. Coal Harbour: 1100 Block Cordova Street Gap Closure Details

MOVED by Cllr. Louis

(Cllr. Bass absent for the vote)

POLICY REPORTS

1. Building Occupancy - Interim Procedures During Strike

MOVED by Cllr. McCormick:

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Don Lee

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Don Lee
SECONDED by Cllr. Sullivan

MOTIONS

1. Support for Vancouver Agreement

At its meeting of October 3, 2000, Vancouver City Council postponed the following motion for consideration at this meeting.

MOVED by Cllr. Louis
SECONDED by Cllr. Bass

AMENDMENT MOVED Cllr. Puil
SECONDED BY Cllr. Don Lee

MOTION AS AMENDED PUT

NOTICES OF MOTION

Councillor Bass gave notice that at the next regular meeting of Council, he would move:

Refund to Taxpayers for Services Not Provided During the Civic Workers' Strike
WHEREAS the citizens and businesses of Vancouver have paid for the municipal services they receive through their municipal taxes;

AND WHEREAS the cost of services not being provided during the strike amount to approximately $152 million annually; these services include Parks and Recreation, Community Centres, Engineering, Sanitation and Recycling, Community Services and Public Library Services;

AND WHEREAS the $152 million divided by 366 days amounts to approximately $415,301 worth of services not provided each day that the strike continues;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver

Councillor Bass gave notice that at the next regular meeting of Council he would move:

CPR Spraying of Roundup Pesticide on Arbutus Corridor

WHEREAS on Oct. 4, 2000 the Canadian Pacific Railway posted notices of intent to spray the pesticide Roundup on CPR property along the Arbutus Corridor;

AND WHEREAS up to 1998 the CPR employed steam treatment, mechanical cutting and other non-pesticide vegetation control methods along the Corridor;

AND WHEREAS the active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, has been recognized as being potentially harmful to the environment and ecology of areas adjacent to Roundup applications;

AND WHEREAS questions have been raised about a link between glyphosate and adverse effects on human health;

AND WHEREAS the Arbutus Corridor is adjacent to at least one pre-school, one day care, two community gardens, one elementary school, one high school and is widely used by cyclists and pedestrians;

AND WHEREAS when the CPR sprayed Roundup on Oct. 6, 2000, citizens living and working near the Corridor met with CPR officials to express concerns about the spraying of Roundup and negotiated an agreement whereby the CPR refrained from spraying adjacent to community gardens, a pre-school and a daycare between Burrard and Broadway;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver ask the CPR to refrain from using pesticides on the Arbutus Corridor and instead resume non-pesticide vegetation control practices.

1. Rating System for Videogames

Councillor Kennedy made a presentation on the status of a regulatory framework for videogames and provided Council with materials from the Entertainment Software Rating Board, BC Film Classification Board and UBCM.

MOVED by Cllr. Kennedy
SECONDED by Cllr. Price
That the City of Vancouver write to the Attorney General of British Columbia confirming our support of a regulatory framework for video games, but expressing our view that Local Governments must not be responsible for enforcement.

(Cllrs. Daniel Lee and Sullivan absent for the vote)

The Council adjourned.

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