MOTION ON NOTICE

At the Council meeting following the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment meeting on June 13, 2002, Councillor Bass submitted the following Notice of Motion, which was recognized by the Chair.

1. Getting Rid of City Councillors' Car Allowance

WHEREAS it is City policy to create a sustainable city and to favour pedestrian and bicycle transportation;

AND WHEREAS, City Councillors are now given incentives to use the automobile rather than other modes of transportation;

AND WHEREAS, Vancouver City Councillors now receive a monthly car allowance that totals $2,616.72 annually and this functions as a subsidy to having a car;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver

A. Eliminate the car allowance that City Councillors receive and replace it with reimbursement per mile driven in the Councillor's own vehicle;

B. Facilitate use of car pools or car co-ops when Councillors do City business;

C. Track and financially reward Councillors' when they travel by foot or by bicycle or other low-impact form of transportation;

D. Replace the loss of the car-allowance benefit with a compensatory increase in salary of equal value to the car allowance, less other transportation costs.

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