CITY OF VANCOUVER

SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
COURT OF REVISION

February 5, 2002

A Special Meeting of the Council of the City of Vancouver was held on Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber, Third Floor, City Hall.

PRESENT: Deputy Mayor Sam Sullivan

Councillor Fred Bass
Councillor Jennifer Clarke

*Councillor Lynne Kennedy

Councillor Don Lee
Councillor Tim Louis
Councillor Sandy McCormick

ABSENT: Mayor Philip Owen (Leave of Absence)

Councillor Daniel Lee
Councillor Gordon Price
Councillor George Puil (Leave of Absence - Sick Leave)

CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE: Denise Salmon, Meeting Coordinator

*Denotes presence for a portion of the meeting

MOVED by Councillor Don Lee
SECONDED by Councillor McCormick

THAT this Council resolve itself into a Court of Revision for the purpose of hearing complaints against the proposed assessments or the accuracy of frontage measurements, or any other complaint which persons interested may desire to make and which is by law cognizable by the Court, Deputy Mayor Sullivan the Chair.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
(Councillor Kennedy not present for the vote.)

COURT OF REVISION

Projects by Council Initiative

South Granville BIA - Mid-term Funding Ceiling Increase

Delegations

The Deputy Mayor called for representations relating only to errors in the names of property and business owners, and no one came forward.

RISE FROM COURT OF REVISION

MOVED by Councillor Louis
SECONDED by Councillor Don Lee

THAT the Court of Revision rise and report.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
(Councillor Kennedy not present for the vote.)

COUNCIL

ADOPT REPORT OF COURT OF REVISION

MOVED by Councillor Louis
SECONDED by Councillor Clarke

THAT the report of the Court of Revision be received.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
(Councillor Kennedy not present for the vote.)

Memorandum from the Director of City Plans
January 31, 2002

Before Council was a memorandum from the Director of City Plans, dated January 31, 2002, which noted that on December 13, 2001, Council considered the Business Improvement Area (BIA) application from the South Granville BIA - Mid-term Funding Ceiling Increase.

The application was described in an Appendix to the memorandum. Property owners in the BIA area were given appropriate notification as required by the Vancouver Charter, and business tenants also received notification according to City policy.

Circulated at the meeting was a memorandum, dated February 5, 2002, from the Director of City Plans, which provided information on the objections received for the BIA application, updated to 5:00 p.m., February 5, 2002.

Peter Vaisbord, BIA Coordinator, reviewed the objections received for the application.

There were no speakers on this BIA Mid-term Funding Ceiling Increase.

MOVED by Councillor Louis
SECONDED by Councillor Clarke

THAT the application of the South Granville Business Improvement Association, as described in Appendix A of the memorandum dated January 31, 2002, from the Director of City Plans, be approved and that the Director of Legal Services, in consultation with the Director of City Plans, prepare a by-law to establish a new funding ceiling for its current 5-year term ending March 31, 2004.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

The Council adjourned at 7:45 p.m.

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