Regular Council Agenda - May 16, 2006

Updated May 16, 2006

NOTICE OF MEETING

 

Regular Council Meeting

 

AGENDA

 

DATE:

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

     

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 Tarja Tuominen, Meeting Coordinator at 604.873.7191, e-mail tarja.tuominen@vancouver.ca or Tina Hildebrandt, Meeting Coordinator at 604.873.7268, e-mail  tina.hildebrandt@vancouver.ca

 

PRAYER

 

ROLL CALL

 

PRESENTATION - Municipal Energy Award (Video Clip)

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - 3:45 p.m. - 2006 City Summer Banner Unveiling (Video Clips)

 

 

"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):

(d) the security of the property of the city;

(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;

(k) negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of an activity, work or facility that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the Council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the city if they were held in public.

ITEMS ARISING FROM THE "IN CAMERA" MEETING OF MAY 2, 2006 (Video Clip)

Council approved the following appointments:

•  Cindy Grauer as the City's E-Comm Board member

•  Jeff Mooney as one of the City's representatives to VANOC

 

ADOPTION OF MINUTES (Video Clip)

Late Distribution

1.   Regular Council (Transportation and Traffic) - April 18, 2006

2.   Special Council (Public Hearing) - April 18, 2006

3.   Regular Council (City Services and Budgets) - April 20, 2006

4.   Regular Council (Planning and Environment) - April 20, 2006

5.   Regular Council - May 2, 2006

 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

MATTERS ADOPTED ON CONSENT (Video Clip)

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1.   City-Wide International Women's Day Celebration in 2007 (Video Clip)

On March 21, 2006 , City Council postponed consideration of the following motion pending a memorandum back from the City Manager on options for the City's involvement in celebrating international events, such as the International Women's Day.

The following materials refer:

 

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1.   Congress for the New Urbanism 2006 Charter Award (Video Clip)

2.   Campaign Financing Disclosure Statements for the November 19, 2005 General Local Election (Video Clip)

3.   Water Conservation - Outdoor Water Saving Kits (Video Clip)

4.   Fleet Addition - Police Department Mounted Squad - Multi-Purpose Utility Vehicle (Video Clip)

5.   Amendment of Business Prohibition By-Law - Inhumane Rodeo Practices and Modernization of Language (Video Clip)

6.   2005 Annual Report on Council Remuneration and Expenses (Video Clip)

7.   Application for Payment-in-Lieu of Parking at 271 Union Street (Video Clip)

8.   Community Garden Pilot Project (Video Clip)

9.   Development Permit Board Member and Alternate Amendments (Video Clip)

10.   Advance Real Property and Tax Penalty By-Laws (Video Clip)

11.   Grant Request - World Planners Congress (Planning Institute of BC ) (Video Clip)

(Requires eight affirmative votes.)

12.   Queen Elizabeth Theatre/Vancouver Playhouse Theatre - Acoustic Separation - Award of Construction Contracts (Video Clip)

13.   Award of Contract for RFP # PS06036 - Service Request Mapping Services (Video Clip)

14.   2006 Property Taxation: Taxation Bylaws and Resolutions (Video Clip)

15.   Councillor Kim Capri's Travel to Victoria , BC - May 15th, 2006 (Video Clip)

16.   Replacement of Firehall No. 15 - Development Options (Video Clip)

Late Distributions

(i)   Letter dated May 16, 2006, from the General Manager - Park Board.

17. Request by Councillor B C Lee to travel with Mayor Sullivan to Ottawa for Civic Business May 21 - June 1, 2006 (Video Clip)

18. Request by Councillor Elizabeth Ball to travel with Mayor Sullivan to Ottawa for Civic Business June 4, 2006, after the FCM Conference in Montreal (Video Clip)

 

POLICY REPORTS

1.   The Implications of Repealing the Highway Oriented Retail (HOR) Policies and Guidelines: Marine Drive Industrial Area (Video Clip)

2.   Non-Industrial Conditional Uses in the I-2 and M-2 Industrial Zones - Proposed Policy and Zoning By-law Amendments (Video Clip)

 

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

 

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

BY-LAWS (Video Clip)

LINK TO BY-LAWS 1 TO 17

1.   A By-law to amend the DD ODP By-law (re 101 and 149 West Hastings Street and 150 West Cordova Street )

(Councillor Chow ineligible to vote.)

2.   A By-law to amend the Zoning and Development By-law (re 101 and 149 West Hastings Street and 150 West Cordova Street )

(Councillor Chow ineligible to vote.)

3.   A By-law to amend the Sign By-law (re 101 and 149 West Hastings Street and 150 West Cordova Street )

(Councillor Chow ineligible to vote.)

4.   A By-law to amend the Parking By-law (re Woodward's site)

5.   A By-law to amend the Business Premises Regulation of Hours By-law (re liquor premises and modernization)

6.   A By-law to amend the License By-law (re extended hours liquor establishment acoustical regulations and fees)

7.   A By-law to amend the Noise Control By-law (re extended hours liquor establishments)

8.   A By-law to amend CD-1 By-law No. 7879 (re 2111 West 11 th Avenue)

(Councillor Louie ineligible to vote.)

9.   A By-law to amend CD-1 By-law No. 4472 (re ICORD setbacks)

(Councillor Louie ineligible to vote.)

10.   Advance Real Property Tax By-law (Subject to approval of Administrative Report A10)

11.   Tax Penalty By-law (Subject to approval of Administrative Report A10)

12.   2006 Rating By-law (re General Purpose Taxes) (Subject to approval of Administrative Report A14)

13.   2006 Rating By-law (re Greater Vancouver Regional District) (Subject to approval of Administrative Report A14)

14.   Noise Control By-law (re Hillcrest Park and Nat Bailey Stadium Park )

15.   A By-law to amend the Business Prohibition By-law (re inhumane practices and modernization) (Subject to approval of Administrative Report A5)

16.   A By-law to create a CD-1 Zone (re 5455 Fraser Street )

(Councillor Louie ineligible to vote.)

17.   Subdivision By-law No. 5208 (re 5455 Fraser Street )

(Councillor Louie ineligible to vote.)

 

MOTIONS (Video Clip)

A.   Administrative Motions

1.   Form of Development - 5455 Fraser Street ( Mountain View Cemetery)

MOVER: Councillor Louie

SECONDER: Councillor Deal

(Subject to approval of By-laws 16 and 17)

2.   Tax Levies for Provincial Schools

MOVER: Councillor Deal

SECONDER: Councillor Capri

(Subject to approval of Administrative Report A14)

3.   Tax Levies for British Columbia Assessment Authority

MOVER: Councillor Capri

SECONDER: Councillor Deal

(Subject to approval of Administrative Report A14)

4.   Tax Levies for Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia

MOVER: Councillor Capri

SECONDER: Councillor Deal

(Subject to approval of Administrative Report A14)

5.   Tax Levies for Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority

MOVER: Councillor Capri

SECONDER: Councillor Deal

(Subject to approval of Administrative Report A14)

B.   Motions on Notice (Video Clip)

1.   Harm Reduction

MOVER:

SECONDER:

 

NOTICE OF MOTION (Video Clip)

 

NEW BUSINESS (Video Clip)

 

ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS (Video Clip)

 

 

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