Vancouver City Council

Updated: January 16, 2006

	NOTICE OF MEETING   REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING   AGENDA
		DATE:	Tuesday, January 17, 2006
		TIME:	2:00 p.m.
		PLACE:	Council Chamber Third Floor, City Hall

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Video Clip of Entire Council Meeting

PRAYER

 

ROLL CALL

 

"IN CAMERA" MEETING (Video Clip of this Item)

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;

(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the city.

 

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

1.   Regular Council - December 13, 2005

2.   Regular Council (City Services and Budgets) - December 15, 2005

3.   Regular Council (Planning and Environment) - December 15, 2005

4.   Special Council - December 20, 2005

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MATTERS ADOPTED ON CONSENT (Video Clip of this Item)

REPORT REFERENCE

1.   Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project (Video Clip of this Item)

Russ Anthony, President and Project Director, Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project Ltd., will provide a presentation on the project.

 

COMMUNICATIONS

1.   Appointment of Council Representative (Alternate) to GVRD Labour Relations Bureau

 

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1.   FCM, UBCM and LMMA Membership Fees for 2006-2007 (Requires eight affirmative votes) (Video Clip of this Item)

2.   Fleet Addition - Park Board Boom Truck

3.   2006 Advance Grant Instalments - Major Exhibiting Institutions & City Planning Commission (Requires eight affirmative votes) (Video Clip of this Item)

4.   Appointment of External Auditor for 2006

5.   1277 Melville Street - (formerly 1280 West Pender Street ) - Proposed Cancellation of a Portion of the Pender Street Building Line and Grant of a Volumetric Easement

6.   Form of Development: 900 West 28 th Avenue

7.   Form of Development: 160 West 49 th Avenue

8.   1477 West 15 th Avenue - Proposed Closure of a Portion of the East Side of Granville Street North of West 15 th Avenue; and the North Side of West 15 th Avenue East of Granville Street; and the West Side of Lane East of Granville Street, North from West 15 Avenue (Video Clip of this Item)

9.   2006 Advance Instalments: Cultural Operating Grants (Requires eight affirmative votes)

10.   Transfer of City-owned 5398 Earles Street and 5395 Dundee Street from the Property Endowment Fund to the Capital Asset Fund

11.   Local Improvements Flat Rates and Projects to be Cancelled

12 .    Woodward's Off-Site Civil Works (Video Clip of this Item)

13.   Business License Hearing Panels for January 2006

14.   Advisory Bodies to Council - Appointments and Appointment Process  (Video Clip of this Item)

15.   Councillor Tim Stevenson's Travel to Bromont , Quebec March 1 - March 4, 2006 (Video Clip of this Item)

16.   City of Calgary 311 Operations - Authority to Travel   (Video Clip of this Item)

17.   Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships Review: Terms of Reference (Video Clip of this Item)

Late Distribution

18. Councillor Tim Stevenson Attendance at the 17th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm April 30 - May 4, 2006 (Video Clip of this Item)

 

 

POLICY REPORTS

1.   CD-1 Rezoning - Hillcrest and Nat Bailey Stadium Parks - Addendum

 

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

 

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

BY-LAWS

Late Distribution

1.   A By-law to provide the procedure and basis of assessment for an environmental street treatment project on Crown Street as a local improvement   (Video Clip of this Item)

 

MOTIONS

A.   Administrative Motions (Video Clip of this Item)

1.   Closing of a volumetric portion of the southerly side of Pender Street , easterly of Jervis Street adjacent to 1277 Melville Street ( Subject to approval of A5)

MOVER: Councillor B.C. Lee

SECONDER: Councillor Kim Capri

2.   Closing a portion of road and Lane ( 1477 West 15 th Avenue )

( Subject to approval of A8)

MOVER: Councillor B.C. Lee

SECONDER: Councillor Kim Capri

3.   Closing portion of lane easterly of Cambie Street , between Cordova Street and lane southerly of Cordova Street and portion of lane southerly of Cordova Street , easterly from Cambie Street adjacent to the Woodward's Site

MOVER: Councillor B.C. Lee

SECONDER: Councillor Kim Capri

Late Distribution

4.   Establishing Road on the west side of Clark Drive, between 7 th Avenue and 8 th Avenue, adjacent to 2316 Clark Drive and 2324 Clark Drive, for the widening of the sidewalk along Clark Drive at 6 th Avenue

MOVER: Councillor Raymond Louie

SECONDER: Councillor Kim Capri

 

B.   Motions on Notice (Video Clip of this Item)

1.   Leave of Absence - Councillor Kim Capri

MOVER: Councillor Suzanne Anton

SECONDER:

2.   Leave of Absence - Councillor Peter Ladner

MOVER: Councillor Suzanne Anton

SECONDER: Councillor B.C. Lee

3.   UBCM Travel Expenses - Councillor Kim Capri

MOVER: Councillor Suzanne Anton

SECONDER: Councillor

 

NOTICE OF MOTION

(Video Clip of this Item)

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS

 

 

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