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CITY OF VANCOUVER
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
A Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Vancouver was held on
Thursday, June 13, 1996, at 11:00 a.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third
Floor, City Hall, following the Standing Committee on City Services
and Budgets meeting, to consider the recommendations of the Committee.
PRESENT: Mayor Owen
Councillors Bellamy, Chiavario,
Clarke, Hemer, Ip,
Kennedy, Price, Puil
and Sullivan
ABSENT: Councillor Kwan (Leave of Absence)
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE: Ken Dobell, City Manager
CLERK TO THE COUNCIL: Tarja Tuominen
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
SECONDED by Cllr. Bellamy,
THAT this Council resolve itself into Committee of the Whole,
Mayor Owen in the chair.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Report of the Standing Committee
on City Services and Budgets
June 13, 1996
Council considered the recommendations of the Committee, as
contained in the following clauses of the attached report:
Cl. 1: Grant Request: Vietnamese Family Worker
Cl. 2: Emergency Operations & Communications Centre
Wide-Area Radio System
Cl. 3: Proposed Water Opportunities Advisory Group -
Status and Funding Requirements
Cl. 4: Licensing Review and Redesign
Grant Request: Vietnamese Family Worker
Clause 1
MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
THAT the recommendation of the Committee, as contained in Clause
1 of this report, be approved.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
BY THE REQUIRED MAJORITY
Clauses 2 and 4
MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
THAT the recommendations of the Committee, as contained in
Clauses 2 and 4 of this report, be approved.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Proposed Water Opportunities Advisory Group -
Status and Funding Requirements
Clause 3
MOVED by Cllr. Sullivan,
THAT the recommendation of the Committee, as contained in Clause
3 of this report, be approved.
- CARRIED
(Councillors Bellamy and Puil opposed)
RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
THAT the Committee of the Whole rise and report.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPT REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
SECONDED by Cllr. Bellamy,
THAT the report of the Committee of the Whole be adopted.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The Council adjourned at 11:05 a.m.
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REPORT TO COUNCIL
STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS
JUNE 13, 1996
A Regular Meeting of the Standing Committee of Council on City
Services and Budgets was held on Thursday, June 13, 1996, at 9:30
a.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall.
PRESENT: Councillor Puil, Chair
Mayor Owen
Councillor Bellamy
Councillor Chiavario
Councillor Clarke
Councillor Hemer
Councillor Ip (Clauses 2 to 4)
Councillor Kennedy (Clauses 2 to 4)
Councillor Price
Councillor Sullivan
ABSENT: Councillor Kwan (Leave of Absence)
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE: Ken Dobell, City Manager
CLERK: Tarja Tuominen
Adoption of Minutes
The Minutes of the Standing Committee on City Services & Budgets
meetings of May 9 and 16, 1996, were adopted.
RECOMMENDATION
1. Grant Request: Vietnamese Family Worker File: 2154-2
The Committee had before it an Administrative Report dated May
21, 1996 (on file), in which the Director of Community Services,
Social Planning recommended the approval of a grant of $29,100 to
MOSAIC for a Vietnamese family support worker position. The position
will be developed in conjunction with Strathcona Community Centre,
with the sources of funds to be $20,000 reserved from the 1995
Community Services Grant budget and $9,100 from the 1996 Community
Services Grant budget.
The General Manager of Community Services submitted the grant
request for consideration.
Anne Kloppenborg, Social Planner, reviewed the report and
responded to questions.
The following motion by Councillor Chiavario was put and carried.
The Committee, therefore,
RECOMMENDED
THAT Council approve a grant of $29,100 (part-year funding)
to MOSAIC for a Vietnamese family support worker position,
to be developed in conjunction with Strathcona Community
Centre; sources of funds to be $20,000 from funds reserved
from the 1995 Community Services Grant budget and $9,100
from the 1996 Community Services Grant budget.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
BY THE REQUIRED MAJORITY
2. Emergency Operations and File: 3603-3
Communications Centre:
Wide-Area Radio and CAD Systems
The Committee had before it an Administrative Report dated June
5, 1996 (on file), in which the City Manager, on behalf of the
Emergency Management Committee, sought approval to proceed further
with a wide area radio system and consolidation of dispatch operations
under a special purpose agency proposed to operate the wide area radio
system and provide related services.
Ken Dobell, City Manager, introduced the following members of the
Emergency Management Committee: Dave Rudberg, General Manager of
Engineering Services; Patti Marfleet, Director of Risk & Emergency
Management; Chief Constable Ray Canuel; Clyde Hosein, Manager of
Facilities Development; Glen Maddess, General Manager of Fire & Rescue
Services; Insp. Steve Foster, Vancouver Police Department;
Superintendent Peter Martin, R.C.M.P.; and S/Sgt. Dennis Radcliffe,
R.C.M.P.
With the aid of overhead slides, Mr. Dobell presented an overview
and description of the proposed wide area radio system, the financial
choices in replacement of the current system, governance issues for a
wide area radio system, and responded to questions. Superintendent
Martin advised the local R.C.M.P. has the authority to participate
financially and is committed to proceeding with an amalgamated centre.
During discussion, the Committee recognized the benefits of a
wide area radio system. However, the Committee also noted potential
problems with governance, possible difficulties with buy-in from other
municipalities, and a concern with creating a huge new bureaucracy to
operate the proposed new agency.
The following motion by Councillor Bellamy was put and carried.
The Committee, therefore,
RECOMMENDED
A. THAT in order to allow tendering to proceed this fall,
Council approve the expenditure of $23.5 million for
the development of the City portion of the wide area
radio system backbone, user equipment for Vancouver
Police and Fire, and the Vancouver portion of a
replacement Computer Aided Dispatch system for Police
and Fire, with the recognition that these costs will
likely be financed by a regional authority, and City
share of the debt repayment costs being in the range of
$3.75 million annually.
B. THAT, in recognition that the costs for radio
replacement might be financed outside of the 1997-99
Capital Plan, but with the City still being responsible
for debt repayment costs, consideration be given by
Council to reducing the overall size of the Capital
Plan ($175 million), and that this consideration happen
when the Staff Review Group report back on the Plan on
July 23, 1996.
C. THAT, subject to the necessary financial approvals by
other agencies and agreement by other agencies to
create a non-share capital corporation to own and
manage the wide area radio system and provide related
services, Council agree to placing the operation and
management of the EOCC and the City Fire and Police
dispatch operations under the corporation.
D. THAT implementation of Recommendation C be subject to
agreement by the users on appropriate cost-sharing and
operational management of the wide area radio system.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
File: 3138
3. Proposed Water Opportunities Advisory Group -
Status and Funding Requirements
The Committee had before it a Policy Report dated May 28, 1996
(on file), in which the General Managers of Community Services, Parks
& Recreation and Engineering Services sought approval of funding of
$15,000 to be used by the proposed Water Opportunities Advisory Group
for an appropriate level of public consultation. The source of funds
would be the 1996 Contingency Reserve Fund.
Also before the Committee was a memorandum dated June 11, 1996
(on file), from the Waterfront Opportunities Group out-lining a
proposed public process and time-line to guide the work for the
Advisory Group.
Ian Smith and Richard Johnson, Planners, were present to answer
questions.
The following motion by Councillor Sullivan was put and carried.
The Committee, therefore,
RECOMMENDED
THAT Council authorize an additional $15,000 to be provided
in the 1996 Contingency Reserve Fund to be used by the
proposed Water Opportunities Advisory Group for the purposes
of public consultation, as outlined in the proposed budget
included in Appendix A of the Policy Report dated May 28,
1996.
-CARRIED
(Councillors Bellamy and Puil opposed)
4. Licensing Review and Redesign File: 1006-3/1306-12
The Committee had before it an Administrative Report dated May
29, 1996 (on file), in which the Licensing Redesign Team reported on
the results of a review of the licensing and regulation of business
process. The Team also sought approval of the funding for the
implementation of a proposed improved system and for the establishment
of a full-time quality/ training co-ordinator position.
Paul Teichroeb, Assistant Director, License & Property Use
Division, Permits & Licenses Department, introduced the members of the
Licensing Redesign Team. The Team members - Linda Schirr, Analiza
Abello, Tammy Ball and Sylvia Jordt - demonstrated, with the aid of
photographs, the existing system and how the proposed future system,
with its streamlined procedures, will work, and responded to
questions.
The following motion by Councillor Clarke was put and carried.
The Committee, therefore,
RECOMMENDED
A. THAT Council approve funding for the implementation of
the Licensing Review and Redesign Better City
Government project at a capital cost of $500,000 and
annual operating cost of $99,000 with a loan from the
Service Improvement Reserve, repayable to the
satisfaction of the Director of Finance. Repayments
will be generated from additional license revenue and
savings from the Operating Budget.
B. THAT Council approve the establishment of one full-time
quality/training coordinator position subject to job
evaluation by the General Manager of Human Resource
Services.
C. THAT the General Manager of Community Services report
back to Council regarding the outcome of
implementation, and specifically the staffing levels
and other changes that may be required, one year after
implementation is completed (1998).
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
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