Appointments to Civic Agencies

A. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee; terms to begin immediately and end December 4, 2011:

• Vaughan Marshall
• Tom McGregor
• Jill Stainsby.

B. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee, representing the agencies indicated; terms to begin December 7, 2010, and end December 4, 2011:

• Shirley Chan (Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden Society)
• Carla Graebner (Heritage Vancouver)
• Jun Ing (Chinese Benevolent Association)
• Carla Stewart (Planning Institute of British Columbia)
• James Tan (Chinatown Merchants’ Association)
• Clement Wong (SUCCESS).

C. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Development Permit Board Advisory Panel, representing the categories indicated; terms to begin December 7, 2010, and end December 4, 2011, or until successors are appointed:

• Mahbod Biazi (General Public)
• Shahla Bozorgzadeh (General Public)
• Jasminka Miletic-Prelovac (General Public)
• Maurice Pez (Development Industry)
• Jon Stovell (Development Industry)
• Phil Sanderson (General Public).

D. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Family Court/Youth Justice Committee; terms to begin January 1, 2011, and end December 31, 2011:

• Melanie Ang
• Angie Chan
• Claire Heintzman
• Sunny Huang
• Clara Rutter
• Christabel Shaler
• Colin Siu
• Ashiyana Somlai-Maharjan
• Jeremy Shragge
• Drew Stewart
• Tracy Young.

E. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee, representing the categories indicated; terms to begin December 7, 2010, and end December 4, 2011:

• Wesley Hosler (Community Resident Tenant)
• Tana Kosiyabong (Community Resident Owner)
• Alyssa Schwann (Community Architect Resident).

F. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Public Art Committee, representing the categories indicated; terms to begin December 7, 2010, and end December 4, 2011, or until successors are appointed:

• Elissa Cristall (Art Professionals)
• Alexandra Greenhill (General Public)
• Christopher Little (General Public)
• Richard Tetrault (Artists).

G. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Vancouver Athletic Commission; terms to begin January 1, 2011, and end December 31, 2011, or until successors are appointed:

• Mike Pattenaude
• Dave Rudberg
• Jonathan Tweedale
• Lawrence Yang
• Jerome Yang.

H. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Vancouver City Planning Commission; terms to begin December 7, 2010, and end December 4, 2011, or until successors are appointed:

• Celena Benndorf
• Elizabeth Bowker
• Eileen Keenan
• Karen Krangle
• Jennifer Natland
• Jeffrey Rotin.

I. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Vancouver Civic Theatres Board; terms to begin December 7, 2010, and end December 4, 2011, or until successors are appointed:

• Harbir Batra
• Karole Sutherland
• Karen Wilson.

J. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Vancouver Heritage Commission; terms to begin December 7, 2010, and end December 4, 2011, or until successors are appointed:

• Terence Brunette
• Marion Brown
• Shelly Bruce
• Richard Keate
• Charlene Krepiakevich
• Tanya Southcott.

K. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Vancouver Public Library Board; terms to begin January 1, 2011 and end December 31, 2012:

• Carellin Brooks
• Angie Chan
• Kyla Epstein
• Catherine Evans
• Alan Twigg;

FURTHER THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Vancouver Public Library Board, representing the agencies indicated; terms to begin January 1, 2011 and end December 31, 2012:

• Commissioner Loretta Woodcock (Vancouver Park Board)
• Trustee Michael Lombardi (Vancouver School Board).

L. THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Urban Design Panel, representing the agencies indicated; terms to begin December 7, 2010 and end December 4, 2011, or until successors are appointed:

• Helen Besharat (Architectural Institute of British Columbia)
• Greg Borowski (Architectural Institute of British Columbia)
• Jane Durante (British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects)
• Alan Endall (Architectural Institute of British Columbia)
• Geoffrey A. McDonell (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia)
• Norm Shearing (Development Industry).

The attached Other Report dated November 24, 2010, refers.

688 Cambie Street - Federal Office Negotiations

A. THAT Council affirm its March 25, 2010 direction authorizing the Director of Real Estate Services to enter into negotiations with Public Works and Government Services Canada (the "Federal Government") with respect to a proposed new Federal Office complex to be located on the City-owned site located at 688 Cambie Street and legally described as Block 48, District Lot 541, Plan 8970 (the "Entire Site").

B. THAT Council authorize the Director of Real Estate Services, in consultation with the Director of Legal Services and the City Manager, to finalize the terms and conditions of a development agreement (the "Development Agreement") with the Federal Government that sets out the legal framework for concluding a real estate transaction securing the Federal Government on a portion of the Entire Site; and

FURTHER THAT the Director of Legal Services be authorized to execute such Development Agreement.

C. THAT subject to approval of B above, as a component of the Development Agreement, the Director of Real Estate Services and Director of Legal Services, in consultation with the City Manager, be authorized to negotiate and register a legal encumbrance on the title to the Entire Site by way of an option to purchase (the "Option"), in favour of the Federal Government, for an exercise period of no longer than two (2) years from the Option registration date, and on such other terms and conditions to the satisfaction of the Director of Legal Services, to enable the Federal Government to secure preliminary development funding to cover the costs of design development, architectural fees, property appraisal costs, property purchase proceeds, environmental remediation costs, and such other expenses as may be incurred by the Federal Government.

D. THAT subject to approval of B above, as a component of the Development Agreement, the Director of Real Estate Services be authorized to submit a subdivision application to the City, in its regulatory capacity, to subdivide approximately one (1) acre of the Entire Site (the "Subdivided Site") for sale to the Federal Government, and once title to the Subdivided Site has been raised, to discharge the Option from the Entire Site for concurrent registration onto the Subdivided Site.

E. THAT subject to approval of B above, as a component of the Development Agreement, that Council authorize the Directors of Legal and Real Estate Services to enter into a legally binding contract of purchase and sale for the Subdivided Site (the "Sale Contract"), such sale being subject to the Subdivided Site being rezoned, and subject to further Council approval on the terms and conditions of the Sale Contract, including final approval of sale price for the Subdivided Site.

F. THAT subject to approval of B above, as a component of the Development Agreement, that once the Subdivided Site has been created, that the Director of Real Estate Services be authorized to submit a rezoning application to the City, in its regulatory capacity, to rezone the Subdivided Site, in collaboration with the Federal Government; provided that such Council direction will not in any way limit or fetter Council or the City and its officials, including the Approving Officer, in exercising their regulatory discretion with respect to considering the rezoning or permitting of the Subdivided Site.

G. That Council authorize the Director of Real Estate Services to undertake all necessary site investigations and preparations relating to the sale of the Subdivided Site; including environmental, hazardous material and geotechnical assessments, site surveys, appraisals and consultants fees, and subdivision and rezoning fees, with a total budget cost for 2011 of s.17(1); source of funding being the Property Endowment Fund.

H. THAT no legal rights or obligations shall arise or be created until each legal agreement is fully executed between the City and the Federal Government on terms and conditions to the satisfaction of the Director of Legal Services.

The Report dated November 4, 2010 , refers.

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