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                                      April 16, 1996


   MEMO TO:  Vancouver City Council

   FROM:     Mayor Philip Owen 

   SUBJECT:  Council Representation of FCM Local Joint
             Committee on Community Corrections



   In June 1993, a Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Correction
   Services Canada and the National Parole Board Joint Committee on
   Community Corrections was established as part of the commitment of all
   three parties to building safer communities in Canada.  The Joint
   Committee is a sub-committee of FCM's Standing Committee on Community
   Safety and Crime Prevention.

   To facilitate ongoing consultation between Corrections Services Canada,
   the National Parole Board and municipal governments, the Joint Committee
   has requested each Province to establish a Local Committee on
   Corrections Issues.  A principal aim of the local committees will be to
   foster an improved understanding between the parties on issues facing
   municipal governments as they relate to corrections, and the roles,
   responsibilities and objectives of CSC and NPB (see attached Terms of
   Reference).

   The Terms of Reference specify that municipal representatives on the
   Local Committee be appointed by their respective Councils.  Councillors
   Don Bellamy and Lynne Kennedy have volunteered to serve on the Local
   Committee and attended its first meeting on March 30, 1996.  Councillor
   Bellamy has been appointed Co-Chair with Fraser Simmons of the National
   Parole Board. Operational costs of the local committees are expected to
   be minimal.  Any that are incurred will be covered by Corrections
   Services Canada.

   I RECOMMEND THAT Councillors Don Bellamy and Lynne Kennedy be appointed
   to the FCM Local Joint Committee on Community Corrections.



                                      Philip W. Owen
                                      MAYOR