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                             ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

                                            Date:  April 30, 1996
                                            File No: 5527-2

    TO:       Vancouver City Council

    FROM:     City Clerk, as Chair of the Street Naming Committee

    SUBJECT:  Renaming of a Portion of Granville Street;
              Renaming of a Portion of 51st Avenue; and
              Naming of New Streets in 46th and Arlington Subdivision


    RECOMMENDATION 

         A.   THAT the portion of Granville Street north of 3rd Avenue be
              renamed Anderson Street.

         B.   THAT the portion of West 51st Avenue, between Staulo Crescent
              and Salish Drive be renamed Staulo Crescent.

         C.   THAT the new street running west to east in the new
              subdivision be named Petersham Avenue and the new street
              running south to north be named Kings Lynn Street.

    CITY MANGER'S COMMENTS

         The City Manager RECOMMENDS approval of A, B and C.

    COUNCIL POLICY

    Council uses the Street Name By-law, No. 4054, to name and regulate
    public roads in the City of Vancouver.  The Street Naming Committee is
    a staff team comprising the City Surveyor, representatives of the
    Permits & Licenses, Fire, Planning and Law Departments, chaired by the
    City Clerk.  The Committee is responsible for the management of a
    consistent, integrated and duplication-free street name system.


    PURPOSE

    This report seeks Council's approval to rename portions of Granville
    Street, as well as West 51st Avenue, and to name new streets in the
    46th and Arlington Subdivision.

    1.   Extension of Anderson Street from Granville Island

    Discussion

    Currently, there is a portion of street under the Granville Bridge
    which is actually a continuation of Anderson Street (APPENDIX A). This
    portion of street, north of 3rd Avenue, is currently named Granville
    Street.  It is felt this could be confusing to persons seeking to
    access an address on this particular piece of road.  It would be more
    appropriate that this portion be renamed Anderson Street.

    2.   Renaming West 51st Avenue to Staulo Crescent

    Currently, the portion of road between Staulo Crescent and Salish Drive
    is named West 51st Avenue (APPENDIX B).  Recently, the City's Traffic
    Operations Division received a call from BC Ambulance pointing out
    difficulties emergency vehicles are encountering responding to calls
    from addresses on this portion of West 51st Avenue.  Apparently,
    residents consider this section to be Staulo Crescent and Permits &
    Licenses' records show two properties addressed as Staulo.  The request
    to rename this portion of street to Staulo Crescent is logical and,
    more importantly, is in the interest of public safety.

    3.   Naming of New Streets in 46th & Arlington Subdivision

    During creation of this new subdivision, both Blake and Arlington
    Streets were closed and two new streets created. The  Street Naming
    Committee feel it is not feasible to reuse these names for the newly
    created streets (APPENDIX C).  Both Blake and Arlington have other
    constructed portions in the City, and there is concern that confusion
    could result from discontinuous portions of streets bearing the same
    name.

    When streets in Champlain Heights were being named previously, there
    was an effort to use names related to either the Captain Vancouver
    voyage of discovery, or other similar expeditions.  It was noted that
    neither Capt. Vancouver's place of birth or burial place have been used
    as street names. Captain Vancouver was born in King's Lynn and is
    buried in a churchyard in Petersham.  The Street Naming Committee
    consider it appropriate to use them at this time.


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