NOTICE OF MEETING
Special Council Meeting
AGENDA
DATE:
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
TIME:
7:30 p.m.
PLACE:
Council Chamber
Third Floor, City Hall
• 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 Diane Clairmont, Meeting Coordinator at 604.871.6371, e‑mail diane.clairmont@vancouver.ca
ROLL CALL
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
1. Revised Homeless Action Plan (Video Clip)
Vancouver City Council, at its meeting on May 10, 2005 , received a Report Reference presentation on Policy Report, Revised Homeless Action Plan dated April 26, 2005 .
Council referred Recommendations A to I contained in the Policy Report, the actions contained in the Homeless Action Plan attached to the Policy Report, and the following amendments to the Policy Report and revised Plan for consideration at the Special Council meeting on May 25, 2005, and to hear public delegations:
• THAT the Income Priority with the Homeless Action Plan be modified to include not only Reducing Barriers to Accessing Welfare by the Homeless, but also Creating Job Opportunities for the Homeless.
• THAT an additional action be added to the Homeless Action Plan under the Income section as follows: "the City of Vancouver to work with the Vancouver Agreement to ensure that job opportunities are available to the homeless, through such means as including employment objectives as part of large project permitting, where appropriate, and supporting the Vancouver Downtown Eastside Economic Revitalization Plan and the Vancouver Food Council".
• THAT the following bullet be added to Action 36 in the Homeless Action Plan: "including staying open longer hours appropriate to people's needs, for example 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
• THAT the data in the report back be disaggregated by gender.
RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
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