REPORT TO COUNCIL

STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2001

A Regular Meeting of the Standing Committee of Council on City Services and Budgets was held on Thursday, September 13, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall.

PRESENT:	Councillor George Puil, Chair Councillor Fred Bass Councillor Jennifer Clarke, Vice Chair *Councillor Lynne Kennedy Councillor Daniel Lee Councillor Don Lee Councillor Tim Louis Councillor Sandy McCormick Councillor Gordon Price
ABSENT:	Mayor Philip Owen (Civic Business) Councillor Sam Sullivan (Leave of Absence)
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE:	Brent MacGregor, Deputy City Manager
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE:	Denise Salmon, Meeting Coordinator

*denotes presence for a portion of the meeting.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

The Minutes of the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meetings of July 12 and 26, 2001, were adopted.

RECOMMENDATION

1. Queen Elizabeth Theatre Renovation Grant Application (File 2051)

The Committee had before it an Administrative Report dated August 28, 2001, in which the Director of Civic Theatres sought approval to apply to the Department of Canadian Heritage Cultural Spaces Canada Program for a capital grant in the amount of $5 million. This amount of funding would be one-third of the total budget for a major renovation to the QET complex. The City Manager recommended approval.

Rae Ackerman, Director of Civic Theatres, and Thom Weeks, Architect for the project, with the aid of a PowerPoint presentation, described the renovations planned for the Theatre. Staff responded to questions from Council on costs of various project items, and funding options which would allow work to proceed.

MOVED by Councillor Louis
THAT the Committee recommend to Council

THAT Council approve the submission of an application to the Federal Department of Canadian Heritage Cultural Spaces Canada Program for funding in the amount of $5 million as one third of a proposed $15 million renovation to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
(Councillor Kennedy absent for the vote.)

2. 1850 Southwest Marine Drive - Restrictive Covenant Versus Rezoning (File 5306)

The Committee had before it a Policy Report dated August 21, 2001, in which the Director of Current Planning in consultation with the Subdivision Approving Officer and the Director of Legal Services reviewed the possibility of, and recommended against, using a restrictive covenant as an alternative to rezoning to restrict the RA-1 development potential which would be created if Council approved an amendment to the Subdivision By-law to enable the subdivision of 1850 Southwest Marine Drive.

Staff also recommended against amending the Subdivision By-law to permit the re-creation of part of an historic RA-1 subdivision pattern and further recommended that Mr. John Weston be advised that if he wishes to further pursue subdivision of 1850 SouthwestMarine Drive, he should re-submit his CD-1 rezoning application for the RA-1 zoned portion of the property. The General Manager of Community Services recommended approval of the foregoing.
Dave Thomsett, Senior Planner, Rezoning Centre, provided an overview of the report and responded to questions raised relating to possible options available to Mr. Weston. Tom Tim, Deputy City Engineer, Chris Warren, Deputy Subdivision Approving Officer, and Graham Johnson, Assistant Director of Legal Services were also present to respond to questions.

John Weston, accompanied by George Horner, Horner Developments, representing Mrs. Weston, the registered owner, spoke in support of their request to return Mrs. Weston's property to its historical subdivision pattern - two separate parcels, with no zoning changes required. Mr. Horner circulated photographs of the property and requested Section 4.5 of Subdivision By-law No. 5208 be amended, to permit a re-subdivision of land in the RA-1 zoning where it is solely for the purpose of re-creating an historic subdivision pattern.

Staff provided details on the implications of approving the Weston's request.

MOVED by Councillor Clarke
THAT the Committee recommend to Council

THAT a restrictive covenant should not be used to restrict the RA-1 development potential which would be created if Council approves an amendment to the Subdivision By-law to enable subdivision of 1850 Southwest Marine Drive;

FURTHER THAT no action be taken to amend Section 4.5 of the Subdivision By-law to permit re-subdivision of land in the RA-1 zone for the purpose of recreating a historic subdivision pattern;

AND FURTHER THAT Mr. John Weston, Applicant, be advised that if he wishes to pursue a subdivision, he should re-submit his CD-1 rezoning application for the RA-1 zoned portion of 1850 Southwest Marine Drive.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

3. Street Furniture and Amenity Program (File 5762)

Postponed to a future meeting.

The Committee adjourned at 10:50 a.m.

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CITY OF VANCOUVER

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON
CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2001

A Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Vancouver was held on Thursday, September 13, 2001, at 10:50 a.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall, following the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meeting, to consider the recommendations of the Committee.

PRESENT:	Deputy Mayor Daniel Lee Councillor Fred Bass Councillor Jennifer Clarke Councillor Lynne Kennedy Councillor Don Lee Councillor Tim Louis Councillor Sandy McCormick Councillor Gordon Price Councillor George Puil
ABSENT:	Mayor Philip Owen (Civic Business) Councillor Sam Sullivan (Leave of Absence)
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE:	Brent MacGregor, Deputy City Manager
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE:	Denise Salmon, Meeting Coordinator

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Councillor Louis
SECONDED by Councillor McCormick

THAT this Council resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, Deputy Mayor Daniel Lee in the chair.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Report of Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets
September 13, 2001

Council considered the recommendations of the Committee, as contained in the following clauses of the foregoing report:

Cl.1: Queen Elizabeth Theatre Renovation Grant Application
Cl.2: 1850 Southwest Marine Drive - Restrictive Covenant Versus Rezoning
Cl.3: Street Furniture and Amenity Program

Clauses 1 and 2

MOVED by Councillor Puil

THAT the recommendations of the Committee, as contained in Clauses 1 and 2 of this report, be approved.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

Clause 3

Postponed to a future meeting.

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Councillor McCormick

THAT the Committee of the Whole rise and report.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Councillor Puil
SECONDED by Deputy Mayor Daniel Lee

THAT the report of the Committee of the Whole be adopted.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS

1. Impact of Tuesday's Tragedy in United States on Tourism

in Vancouver (File 6008)

Councillor Kennedy advised of a Tourism Vancouver briefing she had attended earlier this day on the implications to tourism following Tuesday's tragedy in the United States.

The Council adjourned at 10:55 a.m.

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