Vancouver City Council

	NOTICE OF MEETING   Regular Council Meeting   AGENDA
		DATE:	Tuesday, May 24, 2005
		TIME:	2:00 p.m.
		PLACE:	Council Chamber Third Floor, City Hall

PLEASE NOTE:

•  A complete video stream of the meeting will be available the day following the meeting.

•  Agendas and reports are available on the City of Vancouver web site at http://www.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/councilmeetings/meeting_schedule.cfm approximately one week before the meeting date.

•  Minutes of the meeting.

For information, please call Charlene Imai, Meeting Coordinator, at 604.871.6355,

or Tarja Tuominen , Meeting Coordinator, at 604.873.7191 .

 

PRAYER

 

ROLL CALL

 

PROCLAMATION - Childcare Month (Video Clip)

 

PRESENTATION - by Ad Mare Wind Quintet (Video Clip)

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - by Vietnamese Cultural Day Committee (Video Clip)

 

 

"IN CAMERA" MEETING (Video Clip)

 

THAT Council will go into a meeting later this day which is closed to the public, pursuant to Section 165.2(1) of the Vancouver Charter , to discuss matters related to paragraph(s):

(e)   the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the Council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the city.

 

ITEMS ARISING FROM THE "IN CAMERA" MEETING OF MAY 12, 2005 (Video Clip)

Council made appointments to the following civic agencies:

•  Board of Variance

•  Vancouver Public Library Board

•  Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee

•  Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee

•  First Shaughnessy Advisory Design Panel.

 

ADOPTION OF MINUTES (Video Clip)

1.   Regular Council (Transportation and Traffic) - April 26, 2005

2.   Regular Council (City Services and Budgets) - April 28, 2005

3.   Regular Council (Planning and Environment) - April 28, 2005

4.   Business License Hearing - April 28, 2005

5.   Regular Council - May 10, 2005

 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

MATTERS ADOPTED ON CONSENT (Video Clip)

 

REPORT REFERENCE

1.   Civic Image/Marketing Campaign (Video Clip)

Catherine Clement, Director of Communications, and Mitch Romanchook , Manager of Staff and Organization Development, will present a Report Reference on the City of Vancouver 's Civic Image/Marketing Campaign designed to support the City's future external recruitment efforts.

Administrative Report Civic Image/Marketing Campaign , dated May 5, 2005 , refers.

 

2.   Draft Housing Plan for the Downtown Eastside (Video Clip)

Ben Johnson, Housing Planner, will present a Report Reference on a Draft Housing Plan for the Downtown Eastside.

Policy Report Draft Housing Plan for the Downtown Eastside, dated May 6, 2005 , refers.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1.   Volunteer Coordinator at Britannia Community Services Centre (Video Clip)

2.   New Community Relations Librarian Position (Video Clip)

3.   Councillor Raymond Louie's Travel to Berlin , Germany , August 19-28, 2005 (Video Clip)

4.   2004 Annual Report on Council Remuneration and Expenses (Video Clip)

5.   City of Vancouver 2004 Statement of Financial Information (Video Clip)

6.   2005 Child Care Grant - Allocation 1 of 3 (Requires eight affirmative votes) (Video Clip)

7.   Support Services Staffing Changes (Video Clip)

8.   Business License Hearing Panels for June 14, 23, and 28, 2005 (Video Clip)

9.   New Public Street Name: Extension of Carrall Street (Video Clip)

10.   Form of Development: 160 West 49 th Avenue (Video Clip)

11.   Urgent Repairs to Abbeyfield House, 8264 Hudson Street (Video Clip)

 

POLICY REPORTS

1.   Definition of Social Sustainability (Video Clip)

 

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

 

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

BY-LAWS (Video Clip)

1.   A By-law to amend By-law No. 7679 which amended Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 by rezoning a certain area to CD-1 (re 201 Burrard Street)

(Councillors Louie, Stevenson, Woodsworth and Mayor Campbell excused from voting on By-law 1)

2.   A By-law to amend Zoning and Development Fee By-law No. 5585 regarding fees

3.   A By-law to designate certain real property as protected heritage property

(Councillors Sullivan and Woodsworth excused from voting on By-law 3)

MOTIONS

A.   Administrative Motions

None.

B.   Motions on Notice (Video Clip)

1.   Air India Inquiry

MOVER: Councillor Ellen Woodsworth

SECONDER: Councillor Tim Louis

 

 

NOTICE OF MOTION (Video Clip)

 

NEW BUSINESS (Video Clip)

 

ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS (Video Clip)

 

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