Regular Council Agenda - November 28, 2006

Updated: November 28, 2006

NOTICE OF MEETING

 

Regular Council Meeting

 

AGENDA

 

DATE:

Tuesday, November 28, 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

 

"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):

(a) personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the city or another position appointed by the city;

(b) personal information about an identifiable individual who is being considered for an award or honour, or who has offered to provide a gift to the city on condition of anonymity;

(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;

( 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; and

(l) a matter that, under another enactment, is such that the public may be excluded from the meeting.

ITEMS ARISING FROM THE "IN CAMERA" MEETING OF NOVEMBER 14, 2006 (Video Clip)

Council appointed the following members to the Property Tax Policy Review Commission:

•  Peter Adams

•  Stanley Hamilton

•  Enid Slack

ADOPTION OF MINUTES (Video Clip)

1.   Regular Council (City Services and Budgets) - November 2, 2006

2.   Regular Council (Planning and Environment) - November 2, 2006

3.   Special Council (Court of Revision) - November 7, 2006

4.   Business License Hearing - November 9, 2006 - WITHDRAWN

5.   Regular Council - November 14, 2006

 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

MATTERS ADOPTED ON CONSENT (Video Clip)

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1.   Naming Rights and Commemorative Naming Policies, Civic Community Facilities (Video Clip)

At the City Services and Budgets meeting on November 2, 2006, Council had before it for consideration a Policy Report dated September 25, 2006, entitled "Naming Rights and Commemorative Naming Policies, Civic Community Facilities". After hearing from members of the public who had requested to speak, Council referred decision on the recommendations contained within the report to the November 14, 2006, Regular Council meeting as Unfinished Business.

Subsequently, Council postponed consideration of the Policy Report to the Regular Council meeting on November 28, 2006 at the request of staff.

The following materials refer:

•  Policy Report dated September 25, 2006;

Memorandum (i), dated November 15, 2006, from the Managing Director, Cultural Services, addressing issues raised at the City Services and Budgets meeting on November 2, 2006.

 

COMMUNICATIONS

1.   Musqueam Liaison Councillor Appointment

Late Distribution

2.   Homelessness (Video Clip #1) (Video Clip #2)

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1.   Closure of a Portion of Lane East of Main Street, South of East Georgia Street and Adjacent to 718 Main Street (Video Clip)

2.   2006 Diversity Initiatives Grants: Second Deadline (Video Clip)

   (Requires eight affirmative votes)

3.   2007 Engineering Fee Report (Video Clip)

4.   Award of Contract 2006-04: Construction of P.C. Concrete Curb & Gutter, Sidewalks and A.C. Pavement of Sundry Streets and West 41st Avenue (Video Clip)

5.   Heritage Façade Rehabilitation Program - 375 Main Street (DB424659) (Video Clip)

   (Requires eight affirmative votes)

6.   Capital Grant - Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House (Video Clip)

   (Requires eight affirmative votes)

7.   Tourism Vancouver Cultural Partnership (Video Clip)

8.   Discharge of Housing Agreement - 596 E. Hastings (Video Clip)

9.   Application to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities Community Tourism Program (Video Clip)

Late Distributions

10.   Advisory Bodies - Changes to Number of Committee Members - WITHDRAWN

11. Accompanying Mayor Sam Sullivan to attend Meetings with Federal Ministers in Ottawa , Ontario - December 3 - 6, 2006 (Video Clip)

12. City Telephone System Replacement (Video Clip)

 

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

 

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

BY-LAWS (Video Clip)

Link to By-laws 1 - 6

1.   A By-law to amend Subdivision By-law No. 5208 regarding options to purchase portions of property for street

2.   A By-law to amend Subdivision By-law No. 5208 (re 2084 West 42 nd Avenue)

3.   A By-law to amend the Electrical By-law regarding jurisdiction over electrical equipment in streets

4.   A By-law to amend Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 (re 1277 Melville Street )

(Councillors Cadman, Louie and Stevenson, and the Mayor ineligible to vote on By-law 4)

5.   A By-law to amend License By-law No. 4450 regarding 2007 fee increases for marina operators

6.    A By-law to amend CD-1 By-law No. 4860, being a by-law which amended Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 by re-zoning an area to CD-1 and to provide for amended uses and regulations for an area re-zoned to CD-1 by CD-1 By-law No. 4238

(Councillors Cadman, Louie and Stevenson, and the Mayor ineligible to vote on By-law 6)

 

MOTIONS (Video Clip)

A.   Administrative Motions

1.   Closing a portion of lane east of Main Street, south from East Georgia Street, adjacent to 718 Main Street

MOVER: Councillor Louie

SECONDER: Councillor Deal

(Subject to approval of Administrative Report A1)

2.   Establishing Road on the east side of Knight Street, between 49th Avenue and 51st Avenue, adjacent to 6604 Knight Street, for a widening strip for the installation of left turn bays on Knight Street at 49th Avenue

MOVER: Councillor Cadman

SECONDER: Councillor Lee

3.   Establishing Road on the east side of Knight Street, between 49th Avenue and 51st Avenue, adjacent to 6596 Knight Street, for a widening strip for the installation of left turn bays on Knight Street at 49th Avenue

MOVER: Councillor Cadman

SECONDER: Councillor Lee

 

B.   Motions on Notice

None


NOTICE OF MOTION (Video Clip)

 

NEW BUSINESS (Video Clip)

 

ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS

 

 

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