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REPORT TO COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 10, 2004 |
A Regular Meeting of the Standing Committee of Council on Transportation and Traffic was held on Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall.
PRESENT: |
Councillor Fred Bass, Chair
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ABSENT: |
Councillor Tim Stevenson (Leave of Absence - Civic Business) |
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE: |
Brent MacGregor, Deputy City Manager |
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE: |
Lori Isfeld, Meeting Coordinator |
*Denotes absence for a portion of the meeting.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES
The Minutes of the Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic meeting of January 13, 2004, were adopted.
INFORMATION
1. Transportation Demand Management (File 5561)
Ian Adam, Assistant City Engineer, Transportation, introduced Todd Litman, Director, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, who provided a presentation on transportation demand management. Mr. Adam also introduced City and TransLink staff who were present to respond to questions. Highlights of the presentation included:
· multi-faceted transportation problems include traffic congestion, parking congestion and costs, road construction costs, safety issues, inadequate freight movement, and negative community and environmental impacts;
· more comprehensive planning helps identify "win-win" strategies that may help solve other problems facing society;
· market distortions include free/under priced parking, roadway costs not borne directly by motorists, fixed vehicle insurance and registration fees, and land use policies favoring low-density, automobile-oriented development;
· "mobility management" encourages more efficient travel behaviour;
· effective mobility management results in economic, social, environmental, and public health benefits;
· mobility management strategies include employee trip reduction programs, transit incentives, pedestrian and cycling improvements, school and campus transport management, transportation management associations, mobility management marketing, parking management, ridesharing, distance-based vehicle insurance and registration fees, and road tolls.
In response to a question regarding City employee trip reduction programs, Ian Adam, Assistant City Engineer, Transportation, advised a report outlining trip reduction options would be coming forward to the Committee in March or April.
Mr. Litman, Stephen Rees, Program Manager, Transportation Monitoring Engineer, TransLink, and John Beaudoin, Manager, Transportation Demand Management, TransLink, responded to questions. Mr. Beaudoin agreed to provide further information on TransLink's TDM programs including On Board, Go Green Choices, car and van pooling, and Travel Smart, at the Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic meeting on April 6, 2004.
2. Downtown Transportation Plan - Two-Way Street Conversion in Gastown (File 5757)
The Committee had before it an Administrative Report dated January 27, 2004, in which the General Manager of Engineering Services in consultation with the Director of Current Planning sought Council's approval for funding to proceed with the conversion of Abbott, Carrall, and Cambie (north of Dunsmuir) from one-way to two-way operation, as identified in the Downtown Transportation Plan.
Doug Louie, Downtown Transportation Engineer and Nicky Hood, Strategic Transportation Planning, responded to questions regarding notification process and signage strategies to ensure a safe conversion.
MOVED by Councillor Cadman
THAT the Committee recommend to Council
THAT Council approve $280,000 in Community Amenity Contributions generated from 598 Taylor (now 550 Taylor Street) for the modification of existing traffic signals, minor curb modifications and traffic regulations necessary for the conversion of three street segments from one-way to two-way operation.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
(Councillors Green and Louie absent for the vote)
3. Public Sector Comparator for the Richmond Airport Vancouver Line Project
(File 5559)
At its meeting held January 13, 2004, Vancouver City Council referred the following Motion entitled "Public Sector Comparator for the Richmond Airport Vancouver Line Project", to a future Standing Committee in order to hear from speakers.
MOVED by Councillor Roberts
SECONDED by Councillor Louis
THAT the Committee recommend to Council
WHEREAS the RAV Project has proceeded with Requests for Proposals that include the operation and management of the new rapid transit line; and
WHEREAS part of this process is the development of a Public Sector Comparator that will facilitate a comparison of public vs. private delivery;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that any assumptions which are provided to the agency or firm reviewing the Public Sector Comparator be made public; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Sector Comparator created explicitly outline the methodology used to prepare the financial analysis of risk transfer and the discount rate; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the methodology dealing with risk transfer also consider new risks being absorbed by the public sector, such as but not limited to possible commercial failure of a private partner; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Vancouver City Council request the Province provide the Auditor General with sufficient resources to review the Public Sector Comparator for fairness and accuracy prior to a decision on the Best and Final Offer; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Sector Comparator be made public sufficiently early to permit comment by the public and by municipal councils before any final decision is made with respect to the bidder; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that this resolution be circulated to other municipalities in the TransLink service area for their consideration.
amended
Gerry Cunningham, Vice President, SkyTrain, CUPE 7000, expressed concern regarding privatizing rapid transit, the assumptions used in projecting RAVP funding requirements, the bidding processes used, and the use of confidentiality procedures that do not allow for public scrutiny.
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At this point in the proceedings, Acting-Chair Woodsworth
assumed the Chair.
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AMENDMENT MOVED by Councillor Bass
THAT the second "Resolved" be amended by adding the words "as well as the evaluation procedure and the criteria to be used with the rating scales for the criteria;"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AMENDMENT MOVED by Councillor Bass
THAT the fourth "Resolved" be amended by replacing the words "prior to a decision on the Best and Final Offer;" with an additional clause as follows:
2) "compare the Best and Final Offer (BAFO) bids with the Public Sector Comparator to evaluate value for money and report the results to the RAVCO and TransLink boards of Directors prior to a decision to accept a BAFO bid;"
CARRIED
(Mayor Campbell opposed)
AMENDMENT MOVED by Councillor Bass
THAT the fourth "Resolved" be amended by adding a further clause as follows:
3) evaluate the final contract with the preferred bidder after the final negotiations are completed and before the final contract is signed and report the results to the RAVCO and TransLink Boards of Directors so that these Boards may take the Auditor General's evaluation into account in deciding whether to proceed;
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AMENDMENT MOVED by Councillor Bass
THAT the fifth "Resolved" be amended by adding the words "as early as possible without jeopardizing the negotiating positions of RAVCO and TransLink" after the words "be made public".
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The amendments having carried, Councillor Roberts' motion was put and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
MOTION AS AMENDED
THAT the Committee recommend to Council
WHEREAS the RAV Project has proceeded with Requests for Proposals that include the operation and management of the new rapid transit line; and
WHEREAS part of this process is the development of a Public Sector Comparator that will facilitate a comparison of public vs. private delivery;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that any assumptions which are provided to the agency or firm reviewing the Public Sector Comparator be made public; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Sector Comparator created explicitly outline the methodology used to prepare the financial analysis of risk transfer and the discount rate as well as the evaluation procedure and the criteria to be used with the rating scales for the criteria; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the methodology dealing with risk transfer also consider new risks being absorbed by the public sector, such as but not limited to possible commercial failure of a private partner; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Vancouver City Council request the Province provide the Auditor General with sufficient resources to:
1. review the Public Sector Comparator for fairness and accuracy; and
2. compare the Best and Final Offer (BAFO) bids with the Public Sector Comparator to evaluate value for money and report the results to the RAVCO and TransLink boards of Directors prior to a decision to accept a BAFO bid; and
3. evaluate the final contract with the preferred bidder after the final negotiations are completed and before the final contract is signed and report the results to the RAVCO and TransLink Boards of Directors so that these Boards may take the Auditor General's evaluation into account in deciding whether to proceed;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Sector Comparator be made public as early as possible without jeopardizing the negotiating positions of RAVCO and TransLink and sufficiently early to permit comment by the public and by municipal councils before any final decision is made with respect to the bidder; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that this resolution be circulated to other municipalities in the TransLink service area for their consideration.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The Committee adjourned at 12:32 p.m.
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CITY OF VANCOUVER REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
FEBRUARY 10, 2004 |
A Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Vancouver was held on Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 12:32 p.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall, following the Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic meeting, to consider the recommendations of the Committee.
PRESENT: |
Mayor Larry Campbell
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ABSENT: |
Councillor Tim Stevenson (Leave of Absence - Civic Business) |
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE: |
Brent MacGregor, Deputy City Manager |
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE: |
Lori Isfeld, Meeting Coordinator |
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Councillor Cadman
SECONDED by Councillor Louie
THAT this Council resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, Mayor Campbell in the Chair.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Report of Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic
February 10, 2004
Council considered the report containing the recommendations and actions taken by the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets. Its items of business included:
1. Presentation - Transportation Demand Management
2. Downtown Transportation Plan - Two-Way Street Conversion in Gastown
3. Public Sector Comparator for the Richmond Airport Vancouver Line Project
MOVED by Councillor Bass
THAT the recommendations and actions taken by the Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic at its meeting of February 10, 2004, as contained in Items 1-3, be approved.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Councillor Woodsworth
THAT the Committee of the Whole rise and report.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Councillor Bass
SECONDED by Councillor Cadman
THAT the report of the Committee of the Whole be adopted.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
NEW BUSINESS
1. Leave of Absence - Councillor Green (File 1254)
MOVED by Mayor Campbell
SECONDED by Councillor Bass
THAT Councillor Green be granted Leave of Absence for Civic Business for the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meeting on February 12, 2004.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
2. Leave of Absence - Mayor Campbell (File 1254)
MOVED by Councillor Green
SECONDED by Councillor Louis
THAT Mayor Campbell be granted Leave of Absence for Civic Business for the Court of Revision meeting on the evening of February 11, 2004.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
3. Leave of Absence - Councillor Sullivan (File 1254)
MOVED by Councillor Ladner
NOT SECONDED
THAT Councillor Sullivan be granted Leave of Absence for the Court of Revision meeting on the evening of February 11, 2004.
Not Put
4. Leave of Absence - Mayor Campbell and Councillor Cadman (File 1254)
MOVED by Councillor Roberts
SECONDED by Councillor Louis
THAT Mayor Campbell and Councillor Cadman be granted Leave of Absence for Civic Business for a portion of the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meeting on February 12, 2004, beginning at approximately 10:30 a.m.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The Council adjourned at 12:35 p.m.
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