COUNCIL MEETING FOLLOWING
CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS MEETING
JUNE 13, 2002

DECISIONS

For information, please contact
Denise Salmon, Meeting Coordinator, at 604.873.7269
or e-mail denise_salmon@city.vancouver.bc.ca.

At its meeting immediately following the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meeting of May 16, 2002, Vancouver City Council approved the following:

1. A.S.T.C. Science World -

Annual Review and 2002 Operating Grant Request

A. THAT Council approve an Operating Grant of $82,625 to the A.S.T.C. Science World Society; source of funds to be the 2002 `Other' Grants budget; and

B. THAT Council endorse A.S.T.C. Science World Society's application to the Canada B.C. Infrastructure Works Program subject to prioritization by the City Manager, noting that such endorsement does not commit the City to funding the local share of capital costs or any increased operating costs, beyond those already approved by Council.

2. H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society

- Annual Review and 2002 Operating Grant Request, Supplemental
Grant Request and Operating/Lease Agreement

A. THAT an operating grant of $457,536 be approved to the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society; source of funds to be the 2002 `Other' Grants budget.

B. THAT Council authorize the Director of Legal Services to execute on behalf of the City a sublease/operating agreement granting to the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society:

(a) a sublease of a portion of the building situated at 1100 Chestnut Street legally known and described as a portion of DL 3610, Group One, N.W.D. ("the Building");
(b) non-exclusive licenses to use portions of the Building; and
(c) a non-exclusive license to use portions of the exterior grounds of the Building

for a term of 15 years commencing June 1, 2002 for nominal rent and on such other terms and conditions as are contained in the draft terms appended to the Administrative Report dated May 7, 2002, entitled "H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society - Annual Review and 2002 Operating Grant Request, Supplemental Grant Request and Operating/Lease Agreement" and on such further other terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Directors of Legal Services, Real Estate Services and the Office of Cultural Affairs, it being noted that no rights or obligations hereby arise or take effect pursuant to this resolution until the agreement has been executed by both the City and the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society.

C. THAT Council defer consideration of the one-time supplemental grant request for $250,000 from the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society as outlined in a letter of request attached as Appendix "B"to the Administrative Report dated May 7, 2002, entitled "H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society - Annual Review and 2002 Operating Grant Request, Supplemental Grant Request and Operating/Lease Agreement".

D. THAT Council direct staff to review and report back on supplemental grant requests in the context of a comprehensive review of the issues facing, and the City’s relationship with the Major Exhibiting Institutions.

 

3. East Fraser Lands: Cost Recovered Planning Program

THAT Council receive for information the presentation from Mr. John Irwin, Coordinator, Southeast False Creek Working Group.

4. Development and Financing of 900/1100 East Kent Avenue

THAT Council approve the purchase of PEF land and development of the remainder of the 900/1100 Kent Avenue site at a cost of $6,650,000 as outlined in the Administrative Report dated March 22, 2002, entitled "Development and Financing of 900/1100 East Kent Avenue" with funding to be provided as follows:

· $1,428,000 for land acquisition from the Capital Financing Fund for the Asphalt / Aggregate Facility to be repaid from plant operating revenues;
· $2,149,000 for land acquisition from the Capital Financing Fund, subject to approval of proposals in accompanying reports, for a Ready Mix / Precast Facility and a Material Transfer Facility to be repaid from operatingrecoveries;
· $2,296,000 from the Capital Financing Fund ($1,610,000 for land acquisition and $686,000 for site development) for the Abandoned Auto operation to be repaid from the existing operating budget ($110,000) and from increased parking enforcement fine revenue ($202,000); and
· $777,000 for land acquisition previously approved from the Solid Waste Capital Reserve for the Recycling Receiving and Transfer Station.
with financing to be provided at market rates on terms satisfactory to the Director of Finance.

5. Relocation and Construction of a New Ready Mix and Precast

Concrete Facility to be Located at 900 East Kent Avenue Yard

A. THAT Council approve the relocation of the existing small-batch ready mix and precast facility from Cambie Works Yard to the new yard at 900 East Kent Avenue.

B. THAT Council approve the expenditure of $1,705,000 to purchase the land and construct a new small-batch ready mix and precast facility at 900 East Kent Avenue; Financing to be provided through a loan from the Capital Financing Fund on terms acceptable to the Director of Finance, to be repaid from plant operating revenues with no net increase to Operating or Capital Budgets.

6. Development of a Permanent Material Transfer Facility for

Excavated Material at 900 E. Kent Avenue

A. THAT Council approve the expenditure of $2,539,000 to purchase the land and construct a Material Transfer Facility for excavated material at 900 E. Kent Avenue; financing to be provided from the Capital Financing Fund on terms satisfactory to the Director of Finance, to be repaid from operating revenue of the Facility with no net increase to Operating or Capital Budgets.

B. THAT Council approve the creation of a permanent Systems Analyst 1A position and a permanent Weighmaster I position as staffing required for the operation of the Material Transfer Facility. Funding is to be provided from the operating revenue of the Facility with no net increase to Operating or Capital Budgets.

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