Updated: April 6, 2009
NOTICE OF MEETING
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA
| DATE: | Tuesday, April 7, 2009 |
| TIME: | 2:00 p.m. |
| PLACE: | Council Chamber |
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- Minutes of this meeting [PDF
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PRAYER
ROLL CALL
CONDOLENCES - Wendy Ladner-Beaudry Video Clip of this Item
“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(s):
(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the city;
(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;
(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 MARCH 24, 2009 Video Clip of this Item
• Council appointed Marty Radakovich to the Deputy Collector of Taxes position.
• Council approved appointments to the following Advisory Bodies:
- Urban Design Panel
- Vancouver Economic Development Commission
- Vancouver Heritage Foundation Board
Names of those appointed can be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES Video Clip of this Item
1. Regular Council – March 24, 2009 [PDF ]
2. Special Council (Public Hearing) – March 24, 2009 [PDF ]
3. Regular Council (City Services and Budgets) – March 26, 2009 [PDF ]
4. Regular Council (Planning and Environment) – March 26, 2009 [PDF ]
Late Distribution
5. Special Council (City Services and Budgets) – March 31, 2009 [PDF ]
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MATTERS ADOPTED ON CONSENT Video Clip of this Item
REPORT REFERENCE
1. Host City Olympic Transportation Plan Video Clip of this Item
Dale Bracewell, Director, Olympic Transportation, will present a Report Reference on the Host City Olympic Transportation Plan.
Late Distribution
2.
Interim Housing Plan – Strategic Partnership Proposal Video Clip of this Item
Jill Davidson, Assistant Director of Housing Policy, and Dan Garrison, Planner, Housing Policy, will present a Report Reference on an Interim Housing Plan – Strategic Partnership Proposal.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. REZONING: 6511 Granville Street Video Clip of this Item
At the Public Hearing on March 24, 2009, Vancouver City Council heard from speakers regarding an application to rezone the site at 6511 Granville Street from RS-6 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to allow a development of a three-storey seniors supportive and assisted housing development.
The Public Hearing on this application was concluded and Council agreed to refer staff’s summation and Council’s discussion and decision on this matter to the next Regular Council meeting on April 7, 2009, as Unfinished Business.
Accordingly, the following materials (limited distribution) are resubmitted for reference:
• Summary and Recommendation [PDF ]
• Policy Report dated February 18, 2009 [PDF ]
Minutes 2 refer.
COMMUNICATIONS
1. 2010 Council Meetings Schedule [PDF ]
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
1. 2009 Theatre Rental Project Grants Recommendations [PDF ]
Requires eight affirmative votes
2. 2009 Civic Child Care Grants: Allocation 1 of 3: Administration of City-owned Child Care Facilities Grant and City-wide Child Care Support Services Grant [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
Requires eight affirmative votes
5. Lease Agreement for Offices for the Homeless Outreach Program at 215-217 Dunlevy Street [PDF ]
6. Pigeon Park Renovation and Hastings Street Sidewalk Reconstruction: Funding Request [PDF ]
7. Carrall Street Greenway: Electrical Infrastructure Funding Allocation [PDF ]
8. Fleet Addition – Sanitation Operations [PDF ]
9. 2009 Community Services Grants and Rent Subsidy Allocations [PDF ]
Requires eight affirmative votes
10. 2010 Winter Games By-law Regarding Relaxation for Temporary Accommodation [PDF ]
Note: A Request to Speak to this report has been received.
12. Councillor's Travel and Training Budget [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
13. Exploration of Options for Wi-Fi in Civic Buildings [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
14. Source of Funding: SRO Partnership [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
Late Distribution
15. 2009 Operating Budget - Final Estimates [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
(i) Letter dated April 7, 2009, from the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation [PDF
POLICY REPORTS
1. Rezoning Policy for "High Tech" Sites in the False Creek Flats [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
2. Preliminary City Comments on Draft Regional Plan: Metro Vancouver 2040 [PDF ]
RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
BY-LAWS
Link to By-laws [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
1. A By-law to amend Street Name By-law No 4054 re East 1st Avenue and Thornton Street
2. A By-law to amend Street Name By-law No. 4054 re Canada Place Extension
3. A By-law to amend Vancouver Archives By-law regarding fees and charges
4. A By-law to amend Parking Meter By-law No. 2952 to implement a pay by phone system
5. A By-law to Street and Traffic By-law No. 2849 to modify fines for breaches
6. A By-law to amend Parking Meter By-law No. 2952 to increase parking meter rates and expand areas and increase certain fines
Subject to approval of the 2009 Operating Budget Final Estimates (late distribution)
7. A By-law to enact a Housing Agreement with respect to certain properties owned by Provincial Rental Housing Corporation
8. A By-law to enact a Housing Agreement for 1435/1455 East 14th Avenue
9. A By-law to designate certain real property as protected heritage property
(Councillors Anton, Chow, Jang, Louie, Meggs, Woodsworth, Stevenson and the Mayor present for the Public Hearing)
10. A By-law to enact the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games By-law regarding temporary accommodation
- WITHDRAWN
11. A By-law to enact the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games By-law regarding parking on East Fraser Lands
- WITHDRAWN
12. A By-law to enact the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games By-law regarding parking on East Fraser Lands and temporary accommodation - WITHDRAWN
MOTIONS
A. Administrative Motions
None.
B. Motions on Notice
1. Renewing the Childcare Agenda [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
MOVER: Councillor Raymond Louie
SECONDER: Mayor Gregor Robertson
2. Expansion of the TransLink Universal Pass program to all public post-secondary students [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
MOVER: Councillor Geoff Meggs
SECONDER: Councillor
Note: A Request to Speak to this Motion has been received.
3. Leave of Absence – Councillor Reimer [PDF ] Video Clip of this Item
MOVER: Councillor Raymond Louie
SECONDER: Councillor
NOTICE OF MOTION
NEW BUSINESS
ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS
Video Clip of this Item
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