ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT



                                                Date: July 8,1996
                                                Dept. File #


   TO:       Vancouver City Council

   FROM:     General Manager of Engineering Services

   SUBJECT:  Local Improvement Reballot 


   RECOMMENDATION

        THAT the original petition for lane pavement on the lane south of
        14th Avenue from Courtenay Street to Camosun Street, Court #574,
        Item #063, be approved with paving full width.


   COUNCIL POLICY

   Policies governing the Local Improvement Process are set out in the
   Vancouver Charter and the Local Improvement Procedure By-Law.  The
   project dealt with in this report has gone through the legal
   requirements in the process, but Council has requested additional
   information on project support/opposition through reballots before
   giving final approval.


   PURPOSE

   At the June 11, 1996 Court of Revision, Council instructed staff  to
   reballot this local improvement petition project to determine whether
   the residents would prefer a wide or a narrower width of lane pavement.

   This has been done and the results are as follows:


   Court #574, Item #063, Lane Pavement on the lane south of 14th Avenue
   from Courtenay Street to Camosun Street.


   Number of owners    36

   Ballot results:     In Favour of full width       15
                       In Favour of centre strip    14
                       Responses                    29



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   The issue of this reballot was solely to determine the lane pavement
   width preferred. The recommendation is based on a simple majority count
   of those responding as of July 8, 1996.  The ballots were mailed on June
   13, 1996 and the deadline was July 5, 1996.

   Of the seven owners who did not return their ballots four had signed the
   original petition and three had not. A second ballot was sent to these
   seven owners to obtain a complete response. Unfortunately no further
   ballots were received. Based on the response of the ballots received it
   is recommended that the lane be paved full width.



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