Vancouver City Council

	NOTICE OF MEETING REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
		DATE:	Tuesday, May 1, 2007
		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 the meeting.

For information, please call Tarja Tuominen, Meeting Coordinator at 604.873.7191, e-mail tarja.tuominen@vancouver.ca or Lori Isfeld, Meeting Coordinator at 604.871.6355, e-mail lori.isfeld@vancouver.ca

 

PRAYER

ROLL CALL

PROCLAMATION – Emergency Preparedness (EP) Week (Video Clip)

 

PRESENTATION – Certificate of Commendation(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):

(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;

(c)      labour relations or other employee negotiations;

(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 (Video Clip)

1.       Regular Council (City Services and Budgets) – April 5, 2007

2.       Regular Council (Planning and Environment) – April 5, 2007

3.       Business License Hearing – April 11, 2007

4.       Regular Council – April 17, 2007

 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MATTERS ADOPTED ON CONSENT (Video Clip)

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1.       Queen Elizabeth Theatre Redevelopment – Audience Chamber Phase 1 – Award of Construction Contract (Video Clip)

2.       Electronic Records Document Management System Project (ERDMS) (Video Clip)

3.       Gender Equality Strategy – Status Update (Video Clip)

4.       One Day One School - Progress Report on the Active and Safe Trips to School Pilot Program (Video Clip)

5.       Community Consultations on 2010 Celebrations (Video Clip)

6.       2007 Vancouver Sport Hosting Grant Allocations (Video Clip)

          Requires eight affirmative votes

7.       Southeast False Creek and Olympic Village – Award of Contract C107 for Waterfront Construction (Video Clip)

8.       Southeast False Creek: Foreshore Maintenance (Video Clip)

Late Distribution

9. 2007 Property Taxation: Taxation Bylaws and Averaging Resolutions (Video Clip)

 

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

BY-LAWS (Video Clip)

LINK TO BY-LAWS

1.       A By-law to amend Noise Control By-law No. 6555 (re Olympic Village {51, 85, 199 and 215 West 1st Avenue; 1599 and 1651 Ontario Street; 1598 and 1650 Columbia Street})

2.       A By-law to amend Noise Control By-law No. 6555 (re Pacific Centre {701 Granville Street, 701 West Georgia Street, 777 Dunsmuir Street, and 700 West Pender Street})

3.       A By-law to amend Noise Control By-law No. 6555 (re 360 West 1st Avenue)

4.       A By-law to levy rates on all taxable real property in the City of Vancouver to raise a sum which, added to the estimated revenue of the City of Vancouver from other sources, will be sufficient to pay all debts and obligations of the City of Vancouver falling due within the year 2007 and not otherwise provided for

5.       A By-law to levy a rate on property to raise monies required to be paid to the Greater Vancouver Regional District

MOTIONS (Video Clip)

A.      Administrative Motions

1.       Establishing Road on the west side of Knight Street, between 49th Avenue and 51st Avenue, adjacent to 6645 Knight Street, for a widening strip for the installation of left turn bays on Knight Street at 49th Avenue

MOVER: Councillor Suzanne Anton

SECONDER: Councillor Heather Deal

Late Distributions

2.   Tax Levies for Provincial Schools

MOVER: Councillor B.C. Lee

SECONDER: Councillor Suzanne Anton

3.   Tax Levies for British Columbia Assessment Authority

MOVER: Councillor B.C. Lee

SECONDER: Councillor Suzanne Anton

4.   Tax Levies for Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia

MOVER: Councillor B.C. Lee

SECONDER: Councillor Suzanne Anton

5.   Tax Levies for Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority

MOVER: Councillor B.C. Lee

SECONDER: Councillor Suzanne Anton

 

B.       Motions on Notice

1.       Request for Leave of Absence – Councillor Cadman (Video Clip)

MOVER: Councillor

SECONDER: Councillor

 

NOTICE OF MOTION (Video Clip)

NEW BUSINESS (Video Clip)

ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS (Video Clip)

 

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