Updated: July 21, 2009
NOTICE OF MEETING
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA
| DATE: | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| TIME: | 2:00 p.m. |
| PLACE: | Council Chamber |
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NOTE FROM MEETING COORDINATOR: On July 21, 2009, Vancouver City Council referred the following two items to the Standing Committee on City Services and Budget meeting on July 23, 2009, at 9:30 a.m., in order to hear from speakers:
A4 - 2010 Winter Games By-law regarding the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Games)
A12 - 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay.
Council also referred the following four Motions on Notice to a Special Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at 9:30 a.m., in order to hear from speakers:
B1 - Funding for Mobile Access Project (MAP) Van
B2 - Development a Strategy to Address the Negative Impacts of the Street Sex Trade Throughout Vancouver
B3 - Vancouver 125
B4 - Citizens' Summit
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PRAYER
ROLL CALL
AWARD – Canada Green Building Council Video Clip of this Item
PROCLAMATION – Pride Season 2009 Video Clip of this Item
ANNOUNCEMENT – Introduction of Newly-Appointed Fire Chief Video Clip of this Item
“IN CAMERA” MEETING Video Clip of this Item
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 paragraphs:
(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; and
(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 JULY 7, 2009
Council appointed Mr. John McKearney as Fire Chief/General Manager, Fire and Rescue Services.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES Video Clip of this Item
1. Regular Council – July 7, 2009 
2. Regular Council (City Services and Budgets) – July 9, 2009
3. Regular Council (Planning and Environment) – July 9, 2009
4. Business License Hearing – July 9, 2009
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MATTERS ADOPTED ON CONSENT Video Clip of this Item
COMMUNICATIONS
1. Deputy and Acting Mayor – Change to Roster
Late Distribution
2. Councillor Liaisons to Advisory Bodies
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
1. Canada Line Public Art Program
2. Closure of Taylor Street between Pacific Boulevard and Expo Boulevard
4. 2010 Winter Games By-law regarding the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Games)
Note: Requests to speak to this report have been received.
FINANCE, BUDGETS, GRANTS, CONTRACTS
5. 2009 Community Service and Child Care Capital Grant Allocations
Requires eight affirmative votes.
6. 2009 Theatre Rental Project Grant to Dancing on the Edge
Requires eight affirmative votes.
7. Structural Upgrade – 1122 S.W. Marine Drive – Award of Construction Contract
8. Award of Tender PS09064 – Supply and Delivery of One (1) Wheel Loader
9. Award of Tender PS09068 – Supply and Delivery of Concrete Pipe, Manhole Sections, and Tops
10. Tax Instalment Prepayment Plan (TIPP) Interest
11. Downtown Eastside Capital Budget Funding Allocation
Requires eight affirmative votes.
12. 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay
Note: Requests to speak to this report have been received.
13. Appointment of Operator, Approval of Lease and Grants for the Sea Star Children’s Centre - 1451 Homer Street
Requires eight affirmative votes.
14. Appointment of Operator, Approval of Lease and Grants for the International Village Children’s Centre – 680 Abbott Street
Requires eight affirmative votes.
15. Tender No. C421.201 for Vancouver City Hall North Lawn Improvement – Award of Construction Contract and Approval of Funding Transfer Video Clip of this Item
17. Mental Health and Addictions Plan Video Clip of this Item
HOUSING, ZONING, DEVELOPMENT, HERITAGE, CULTURE
18. Form of Development: 798 East 29th Avenue
Late Distribution
POLICY REPORTS
1. DODP Text Amendment- Increase of Permitted Office Density in Area H
2. CD-1 Text Amendment – 2900 East Broadway (Broadway Tech Centre)
4. Ecological and Water Wise Landscape Design Guidelines
RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
BY-LAWS
Link to By-laws 1 - 4 Video Clip of this Item
1. A By-law to amend Building By-law No. 9419 regarding five and six storey wood frame residential buildings
Subject to approval of Policy Report P3.
2. A By-law to amend Tax Prepayment By-law No. 4804 to establish the annual rate of interest for payments in advance through the Tax Instalment Prepayment Plan
Subject to approval of Administrative Report A10.
3. 2010 Winter Games By-law
Subject to approval of Administrative Report A4.
4. A By-law to amend Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 regarding additional floor area in connection with basements.
(Councillors Anton, Chow, Deal, Jang, Louie, Reimer, Woodsworth and Mayor Robertson present at the Public Hearing.)
MOTIONS
A. Administrative Motions Video Clip of this Item
1. Establishing lane between Lot C Plan 17398 and Lot E Plan BCP14091, both of Block 43, District Lot 200A, between Kingsway and Scotia Street, adjacent to 1 Kingsway, for lane purposes
MOVER: Councillor Raymond Louie
SECONDER: Councillor Ellen Woodsworth
Subject to approval of Administrative Report A3.
2. Closing a portion of Taylor Street lying between Pacific Boulevard and Expo Boulevard
MOVER: Councillor Ellen Woodsworth
SECONDER Councillor Tim Stevenson
Subject to approval of Administrative Report A2.
B. Motions on Notice
1. Funding for Mobile Access Project (MAP) Van Video Clip of this Item
MOVER: Councillor Suzanne Anton
SECONDER: Councillor
2. Develop a Strategy to Address the Negative Impacts of the Street Sex Trade Throughout Vancouver Video Clip of this Item
MOVER: Councillor Kerry Jang
SECONDER: Councillor
Note: Requests to speak to this motion have been received.
3. Vancouver 125 Video Clip of this Item
MOVER: Councillor Suzanne Anton
SECONDER: Councillor
Note: Requests to speak to this motion have been received.
4. Citizens’ Summit Video Clip of this Item
MOVER: Councillor Andrea Reimer
SECONDER: Councillor
Note: Requests to speak to this motion have been received.