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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Date: May 4, 1995
Dept. File No. 5002-2
TO: Vancouver City Council
FROM: General Manager of Engineering Services
SUBJECT: Local Improvements by Petition - June 22, 1995
First and Second Step Report
RECOMMENDATION
A. That petition projects listed in Appendix I be brought
before a Court of Revision on June 22, 1995.
B. That the reports of the City Engineer and Director of
Finance be adopted, together with details of the Second
Step Report as summarized in Appendix II.
C. That lane lighting projects numbered 1-33 as described
in detail in Appendix I be designated as thoroughfares
for the purpose of Part II of the Local Improvement
Procedure Bylaw.
COUNCIL POLICY
Policies governing the Local Improvement Process are set out in
the Vancouver Charter and the Local Improvement Procedure By-Law.
PURPOSE
A Court of Revision is scheduled for June 22, 1995, at 7:30 p.m.,
to review a number of petition and initiative projects. This is
the "First and Second Step" report for the petition projects.
The report for initiative projects was approved by Council on
April 25, 1995. The purpose of this report is to begin the
formal Local Improvement process by advancing the petition
projects to the Court of Revision and to report on the financial
arrangements for the projects. Approval for this report does not
commit Council to undertake the projects.
First Step
As required by the Local Improvement Procedure By-Law, projects
for:
I. Lane Lighting
II. Pavement & Curbs, Higher ZonedIII. Pavement & Curbs, Local
Residential
IV Lane Pavement, Higher Zoned
V. Lane Pavement, Local Residential
shown on the attached schedule (Appendix I) are advanced to
Council by Petition for review at a Court of Revision which will
be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 22, 1995.
Drainage Prior to Paving
In addition to construction of the petition paving projects,
advance drainage work involving installation of catch basins and
storm drains must first be carried out. Based on past
experience, we estimate the cost of this work to be in the order
of $60,000.
This drainage work is not directly related to the street and lane
construction, however, it should be done now in order not to
delay the construction, and so that the newly paved streets and
lanes will not have to be dug up to accommodate the drainage work
in the future. The work involves installation of permanent
facilities to replace temporary drains and should be done whether
or not the paving proceeds.
The location and individual costs of this work will be reported
in a subsequent Manager's Minute upon completion of the necessary
design work.
Capital Funds
Funds for the City's share of these projects are available from
existing Streets Basic Capital Funds (either unappropriated
accounts or working accounts, where the work has been completed),
or are available from the 1995 Park Board Capital Budget.
Second Step
The General Manager, Corporate Services reports as follows:
In accordance with the Local Improvements Procedure By-Law, I am
submitting the attached City Engineer's Report. The estimated
cost of these projects is $2,047,269. The property owners share
of these projects is $927,812. The City's share is $1,112,365.
The Park Board share for reliefs related to street tree planting
is $7,092. I have to report that the necessary financial
arrangements can be made to carry out this work subject to
approval of the Streets and Park Board 1995 Basic Capital
Budgets.
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