Vancouver City Council

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - MAY 27, 2003
A11

11. West Nile Virus Surveillance and Mosquito Control Procedures for Vancouver
May 14, 2003 (File 4101)

The Chair advised a request to speak on the report has been received.

MOVED by Councillor Bass

A. THAT Council approve the Phase 1 Mosquito Surveillance and Control Plan (Table 1 in the Administrative Report "West Nile Virus Surveillance and Mosquito Control Procedures for Vancouver" dated May 14, 2003) with initial funding of $35,000 to be provided from Contingency Reserve funds.

B. THAT the following be referred for consideration at a future Standing Committee meeting in order to hear from speakers, and that ecologists with expertise in insects, be invited to speak:

THAT City Manager be authorized to initiate the larvicide treatment program should circumstances warrant such an action up to a maximum expense of $100,000 with funding to be provided from Contingency Reserve funds.

C. THAT staff meet with the Greater Vancouver Regional District to discuss a regional approach in West Nile Virus surveillance and mosquito control.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY