COUNCIL MEETING FOLLOWING
TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC
MEETING

JUNE 25, 2002

DECISIONS

For information, please contact Lori Isfeld, Meeting Coordinator, at 604-871-6399 or E-mail lori_isfeld@city.vancouver.bc.ca.

At its meeting immediately following the Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic meeting on Tuesday, June 25, 2002, Vancouver City Council approved the following.

1. Napier Street and Semlin Drive Chicane - Follow Up (File 5757)

A. THAT Council approve the removal of the temporary chicane that was installed on a trial basis on the 1900 and 2000 block of Napier Street with funding of $1,000 from Streets Basic Capital Unappropriated Account Group SCA5A-UNAP (Local Area and Other Improvements).

B. THAT staff continue to work with neighbourhood residents (generally bounded by Parker, Nanaimo, 1st Ave, and Victoria) to design a neighbourhood traffic reduction and calming plan, which would be reported back for Council's approval no later than June, 2003.

2. Protect Public Health Care (File 4101)

WHEREAS, universal access to health care is an economic and social asset;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City of Vancouver:

A. obtain comprehensive information to assess the effect that the proposed healthcare changes would have on Vancouver residents, particularly the impact on seniors; and

B. request the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to examine the implications of free trade agreements on our public healthcare policies and operations.

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