NOTICE OF MEETING
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA
DATE:
Tuesday, June 26, 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 meeting. These minutes were amended at the Regular Council meeting following the Standing Committee on City Services & Budgets meeting on September 18, 2008.
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PRAYER
ROLL CALL
INTRODUCTION - New Chief Constable, Vancouver Police Department (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;
(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.
ITEMS ARISING FROM THE "IN CAMERA" MEETING OF JUNE 12, 2007
Council approved the following appointments:
- Officials to the Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel;
- Building Board of Appeal members;
- Members to the Advisory Committee on Diversity Issues and the Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee.
Names of those appointed can be obtained from the City Clerk’s office.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES (Video Clip)
1. Regular Council (Planning and Environment) – June 6, 2007
2. Special Council (Supportive Housing) – June 6, 2007
3. Regular Council – June 12, 2007
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MATTERS ADOPTED ON CONSENT (Video Clip)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Yukon Bike Route and Cambie Street Bike Lanes (Video Clip)
At the Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic meeting on June 12, 2007, Council concluded hearing from speakers on the Yukon and Cambie Street Bike Routes and referred further discussion and decision to a Regular Council meeting as Unfinished Business.
The following refer:
Memorandum dated June 15, 2007 entitled "Yukon Bike Route and Cambie Street Bike Lanes"
Administrative Reports entitled "Yukon Bike Route" dated May 31, 2007
Administrative Reports entitled "Cambie Street Bike Lanes" dated May 31, 2007
2. BC-Alberta Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) (Video Clip)
At the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment meeting on Thursday, June 14, 2007, Council concluded hearing from speakers on this matter and referred discussion and decision to the Regular Council meeting on June 26, 2007, as Unfinished Business.
The following refer:
Memorandum dated June 15, 2007
Administrative Report dated May 14, 2007.
COMMUNICATIONS
1. 2007 UBCM Resolution (Video Clip)
2. Grant Request for Welcome Reception – 2007 UBCM Convention (Video Clip)
Requires eight affirmative votes
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
1. Business License Hearing Panels for July 2007 (Video Clip)
2. Relocation of Film and Special Events Group to Leased Site and Renovations to Existing Office Space (Video Clip)
3. Award of Contract on Request for Proposal PS07035 – Janitorial Services (Video Clip)
4. 2007 Social Services Partners in Organizational Development Grant - Spring Cycle (Video Clip)
Requires eight affirmative votes
5. Mountain View Cemetery Fees and Charges (Video Clip)
6. Southeast False Creek: LEED For Neighbourhood Development Pilot Project Participation (Video Clip)
7. 2007 Childcare Endowment Reserve Report (Video Clip)
Requires eight affirmative votes
8. Great Northern Way Campus - New Structure Plan of Roads, Parcels and Open Space -
WITHDRAWN (Video Clip)
9. 396 and 375 East 1st Avenue – Land Exchange Proposed Closure and Conveyance of Portions of Prince Edward Street North of Great Northern Way; and Portions of Lane South of 1st Avenue, East From Scotia Street - (Video Clip)
WITHDRAWN
Late Distributions
10. 2006 - 2008 Capital Plan Priorities - Expo Deck / Trillium / Dog Care (Video Clip)
(i) Letter dated June 26, 2007 from the General Manager, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
11. Update Southeast False Creek Community Centre: Design and Budget (Video Clip)
(i) Letter dated June 26, 2007 from the General Manager, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
BY-LAWS (Video Clip)
1. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Cambie Village Business Improvement Area
2. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Chinatown Business Improvement Area
3. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Collingwood Business Improvement Area
4. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Commercial Drive Business Improvement Area
5. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Commercial Drive Business Improvement Expansion Area
6. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Area
7. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Fraser Street Business Improvement Area
8. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Gastown Business Improvement Area
9. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Hastings North Business Improvement Area
10. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Kerrisdale Business Improvement Area
11. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Kitsilano Fourth Avenue Business Improvement Area
12. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Marpole Business Improvement Area
13. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Area
14. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Point Grey Village Business Improvement Area
15. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Robson Street Business Improvement Area
16. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the South Granville Business Improvement Area
17. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Strathcona Business Improvement Area
18. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Victoria Drive Business Improvement Area
19. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the West End Business Improvement Area
20. A By-law to levy rates on qualifying real property in the Yaletown Business Improvement Area
21. A By-law to amend Subdivision By-law No. 5208 (re 3200 West 41st Avenue)
22. A By-law to amend Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel By-law No. 5869 regarding appointments
23. A By-law to contract a debt by the issue and sale of debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $2,656.85 for certain local improvement traffic circle projects, and for imposing an annual special rate on real property specially benefited by such local improvements
24. A By-law to contract a debt by the issue and sale of debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $819,556.63 for certain local improvement street work projects, including pavement, trees and bulges, curbs, cement walks, lane pavement, and speed humps, and for imposing an annual special rate on real property specially benefited by such local improvements
25. A By-law to contract a debt by the issue and sale of debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $17,758.23 for certain local improvement lane lighting projects, and for imposing an annual special rate on real property specially benefited by such local improvements
MOTIONS
A. Administrative Motions (Video Clip)
MOVER: Councillor Kim Capri
SECONDER: Councillor Peter Ladner
B. Motions on Notice
1. Request for Leave of Absence – Councillor Stevenson (Video Clip)
MOVER: Councillor
SECONDER: Councillor
2. Paralympic Torch Relay (Video Clip)
MOVER: Councillor B.C. Lee
SECONDER: Mayor Sam Sullivan
3. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Mission Targets (Video Clip)
MOVER: Councillor Peter Ladner
SECONDER: Councillor
NOTICE OF MOTION (Video Clip)
NEW BUSINESS (Video Clip)
ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS (Video Clip)
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