REPORT TO COUNCIL
STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS
JANUARY 30, 2003
A Regular Meeting of the Standing Committee of Council on City Services and Budgets was held on Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall.
PRESENT:
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Councillor Tim Louis, Chair
*Mayor Larry Campbell
*Councillor Fred Bass
Councillor David Cadman
Councillor Jim Green
Councillor Peter Ladner
*Councillor Raymond Louie
*Councillor Anne Roberts
*Councillor Tim Stevenson
Councillor Ellen Woodsworth, Vice-Chair
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ABSENT:
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Councillor Sam Sullivan (Leave of Absence)
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CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE:
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Brent MacGregor, Deputy City Manager
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CITY CLERK'S OFFICE:
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Denise Salmon, Meeting Coordinator
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*denotes presence for a portion of the meeting
ADOPTION OF MINUTES
The Minutes of the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meeting of December 12, 2002, were adopted.
RECOMMENDATION
1. Sponsorship of the City's Blue Recycling Bags (File 3758)
The Committee had before it an Administrative Report dated January 9, 2003, in which the General Manager of Engineering Services sought Council approval for the sponsorship of the City's blue recycling bags as required in section (i) of the City's sponsorship policy. The report also outlined three other sponsorship proposals received, and sought authority to reject them.
Kevin Van Vliet, Solid Waste Management Engineer, and Brian Davies, Assistant City Engineer, Solid Waste, were present to respond to questions from Council.
MOVED by Councillor Louie
THAT the Committee recommend to Council
A. That the General Manager of Engineering Services be authorized to enter into a sponsorship agreement with the Vancouver Courier newspaper for the City's blue recycling bags.
B. That Council reject the proposal from Trashbusters to advertise on the City's yellow recycling bags.
C. That Council reject the proposal from Munimedia to provide a larger garbage and recycling collection calendar to the City in return for advertising in the calendar.
D. That Council reject the proposal from Blacktop Marketing to advertise on the City's garbage, recycling and yard trimmings trucks.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
(Councillors Bass and Stevenson absent for the vote)
2. 711 West Broadway - Allocation of Community Amenity Contribution (File 5303)
The Committee had before it an Administrative Report dated January 14, 2003, in which the General Managers of Community Services and Park Board sought Council approval to allocate $475,000 of the $850,000 pay-in-lieu community amenity contribution, received as a condition of a rezoning at 711 West Broadway (Holiday Inn), to the Park Board=s capital expansion project at False Creek Community Centre, and proposed a community consultation process for report back with recommendations for the allocation of the balance of the funds within the neighbourhood.
The City Manager recommended approval of staff's Recommendation A and provided an alternative Recommendation B which dealt with allocation of the entire $850,000. Also before the Committee was a letter dated January 28, 2003, from the Park Board (circulated at the meeting and on file), which requested Council consider a further alternative to Recommendation B, as passed by the Board at its January 27th meeting.
Sue Harvey, Senior Social and Cultural Planner, provided Council with a detailed review of the report and the rationale for staff recommendations related to the recommended community consultation process. Brent MacGregor, Deputy City Manager, provided comments on his alternative Recommendation B. Susan Mundick, General Manager, Park Board, provided an overview of the Board's perspective on the issues and referenced the Board's recommendation contained in the above noted letter.
Rudy Rolefson, Manager of Facilities Development, Park Board, provided comments on cost of the project. Mr. MacGregor advised community amenity contributions made by the developer could be directed by Council toward various community needs and suggested it would be appropriate to examine the whole neighbourhood in this regard.
The following speakers addressed Council in support of staff's Recommendation A and provided the following comments on the three alternative B recommendations put forward by staff, the City Manager and the Park Board:
Lin Bompas, President, Fairview Slopes Community Association
Jim Woodfield, President, False Creek Community Association
Eugene Kwan, Director and Officer, Holiday Inn on Broadway
The following summarizes comments provided by the foregoing speakers:
· the $850,000 in total should go to the False Creek Community Centre expansion plan without further delay;
· the public consultation process, over eight years, has favoured additional space and recreational and cultural activities for the area;
· a community consultation process, as recommended by staff would cost up to $10,000 and reduce the amount available for the expansion project;
· childcare has not been a focus of the Associations' mandate;
· difficult to understand perceived need for childcare, as the False Creek childcare program currently has three vacancies;
· it is essential that the required heating and ventilation system update be carried out as a combined project; costs would increase if done separately;
· support for the Park Board's recommendation to allocate $230,000 to heating and ventilation upgrades; and
· the developer understood, as a defined term of the rezoning, their CAC contribution would be spent in the Fairview Slopes community, not included in the Park Board's general revenues.
MOVED by Councillor Woodsworth
THAT the Committee recommend to Council
A. THAT Council approve a capital allocation of $475,000 to the False Creek Community Centre capital expansion project; source of funds to be the Community Amenity Reserve, subject to confirmation that the False Creek Community Centre Association has raised the balance of the funds necessary to complete the $1.388 million project.
B. THAT $230,000 be allocated to heating and ventilation upgrades at the False Creek Community Centre and that this be added to the scope of the project, and, the budget for the project be increased accordingly. The balance of the funds be directed to public amenity opportunities with special attention to childcare.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
(Councillor Louie and the Mayor on Civic Business and absent for the vote)
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
JANUARY 30, 2003
A Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Vancouver was held on Thursday, January 30, 2003, 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:
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Deputy Mayor Jim Green
Councillor Fred Bass
Councillor David Cadman
Councillor Peter Ladner
Councillor Tim Louis
*Councillor Anne Roberts
Councillor Tim Stevenson
Councillor Ellen Woodsworth
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ABSENT:
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Mayor Larry Campbell (Civic Business)
Councillor Raymond Louie (Civic Business)
Councillor Sam Sullivan (Leave of Absence)
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CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE:
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Brent MacGregor, Deputy City Manager
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CITY CLERK'S OFFICE:
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Denise Salmon, Meeting Coordinator
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*denotes presence for a portion of the meeting.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Councillor Louis
SECONDED by Councillor Cadman
THAT this Council resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, Deputy Mayor Green in the Chair.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Report of Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets
January 30, 2003
Council considered the recommendations of the Committee, as contained in the following clauses of the foregoing report:
Cl. 1: Sponsorship of the City's Blue Recycling Bags
Cl. 2: 711 West Broadway - Allocation of Community Amenity Contribution
MOVED by Councillor Louis
THAT the recommendations of the Committee, as contained in Clauses 1 and 2 of this report, be approved.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Councillor Cadman
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Councillor Ladner
SECONDED by Councillor Cadman
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS
1. Trade and Convention Centre (File 6007)
Councillor Green requested an update memorandum on Council policy related to expansion of the Trade and Convention Centre in terms of local employment, training and housing.
The Deputy City Manager so agreed.
2. Woodward's Sign (File 8104)
Council Green enquired on the feasibility of turning on the Woodward's sign once purchase of the building is concluded, and the costs involved.
The Deputy City Manager agreed to provide a memorandum back.
3. Clean-up of Southeast False Creek Soils (File 8206)
Councillor Cadman enquired on work undertaken to date and future costs as they would relate to the clean-up of South East False Creek in relation to the housing planned for the area. He further enquired if sign-off had been received from both the Provincial and Federal Departments.
The Deputy City Manager provided details of clean-up costs to date and budget available for further clean-up of the site. He further noted a process is in place to work with all regulatory agencies on this matter.
4. Costs of the Olympics (File 4209)
Councillor Woodsworth requested a memorandum back on costs related to the Olympics, specifically related to:
- lost revenues due to staff time, use of GM Place, Hastings Park, etc.;
- type of expenditures, in terms of in-kind contributions, such as use of E-Comm Centre, etc.;
- costs related to plebiscite; and
- estimate of future costs to the city in terms of staff time and facilities in the community.
She further enquired if a full environmental impact study of costs of the Olympics on this city has been done.
The Deputy City Manager provided details of potential costs and revenues and agreed to provide a memorandum back with further details.
5. Helicopter Flights from Downtown to Whistler (File 4209)
Councillor Cadman requested information on which agency permits helicopter flights from Downtown to Whistler and details of the planned expansion of this service during the Olympics.
The Deputy City Manager provided information on the intended use of helicopters during the Olympics and further noted the Port governs the Heliport. Mr. MacGregor agreed to provide additional details related to use of these facilities during the Olympics.
The Council adjourned at 11:10 a.m.
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