Updated: May 23, 2007
NOTICE OF MEETING
STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS
AGENDA
DATE:
Thursday, May 24, 2007
TIME:
9:30 a.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 this meeting. These minutes will be approved at the Regular Council meeting on June 12, 2007.
• Minutes are generally available on the web site within one week following the meeting.
For information, or to register to speak, please call Laura Kazakoff, Meeting Coordinator at 604.871.6353, e-mail laura.kazakoff@vancouver.ca
1. 2010 Aboriginal Trade Pavilion Memorandum of Understanding -
Four Host First Nations Society and City of Vancouver (Video Clip)
The attached Administrative Report dated April 17, 2007, refers.
The report has been sent to interested parties, some of whom may wish to speak.
2. Blenheim Street Traffic Calming Plan - Update (Video Clip)
The attached Administrative Report dated May 4, 2007, refers.
The report has been sent to interested parties, some of whom may wish to speak.
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NOTICE
A Regular Council meeting will be convened immediately following the Standing Committee meeting.
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA
(Video clip of entire Council meeting)
ROLL CALL
"IN CAMERA" MEETING
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:
(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Lease Subsidy Program (Video Clip)
At the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment meeting on May 17, 2007, Council heard from speakers, and referred discussion and decision on the following motion to the Council meeting following the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meeting on May 24, 2007:
• THAT Council approve the Downtown Eastside Lease Subsidy Program at a total cost of $670,000, as outlined in the Administrative Report dated March 30, 2007, entitled "Lease Subsidy Program"; source of funds to be $186,000 carried forward from the 2000-02 Capital Plan, $100,000 from the 2006 Capital Budget for the Downtown Eastside, and the balance to be provided from the Downtown Eastside Program subject to approval of the 2008 Capital Budget.
• THAT the City enter into an agreement with Building Opportunities with Business Inner City Society ("BOB") to administer the Lease Subsidy Program generally in accordance with the terms set out in Appendices A and B of the Administrative Report dated March 30, 2007, entitled "Lease Subsidy Program" and such other provisions as considered appropriate by the Director of Legal Services in consultation with the General Managers of Community Services and Corporate Services, it being understood that no legal relations are hereby created and none shall arise hereunder until the agreement is drawn to the satisfaction of the Director of Legal Services and executed by her on behalf of the City.
• THAT staff complete an evaluation of the Lease Subsidy Program in consultation with BOB and community stakeholders, and report to Council by the end of 2010 on the effectiveness of the Program with a recommendation as to whether the Program should be extended, subject to funding availability.
The Administrative Report dated March 30, 2007, refers.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
1. Standing Committee of Council on City Services and Budgets
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Approval of recommendations and actions.
RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
NEW BUSINESS
ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS
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