ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT July 18, 1996 TO: Vancouver City Council FROM: City Clerk SUBJECT: Councillor Price: Attendance at Rail-Volution '96 Conference, Building Successful Communities with Rail RECOMMENDATION THAT Council authorize Councillor Price's attendance at Rail-Volution 96 Conference, Building Successful Communities with Rail, in Washington, D.C., at a cost of $1,800 (Cdn.). CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS The City Manager RECOMMENDS approval of the foregoing. COUNCIL POLICY Council's Travel Policy, approved July 31, 1992, requires Council approval for travel within North America. PURPOSE This report requests Council approval for Councillor Gordon Price to attend the Rail-Volution '96 Conference, Building Successful Communities with Rail, in Washington, D.C., September 8-10, 1996. DISCUSSION Rail-Volution '96 will include discussion on how rail investments, together with land-use planning, can serve as a means towards the goal of creating a livable community; financing major intermodal rail projects and developing relationships, both within a community and with the government and national coalitiions to fund and create a successful project. A copy of the program is on file in the City Clerk's Office. The topics of the Conference would be beneficial to Councillor Price in his role of Chair of the Standing Committee on Planning & Environment. The cost of attendance at the Conference is estimated at $1,800.Cdn. broken down as follows: Registration (if before August 15) $398.00 Airfare, round trip 500.00 Hotel 3 nights x $187.65 Cdn. 562.95 Per diem (4 x $50.) 200.00 The funds are available in Council's travel account. * * * *