ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Date: August 27, 1996
Dept. File #
TO: Vancouver City Council
FROM: General Manager of Engineering Services
SUBJECT: Local Improvement Reballots
RECOMMENDATION
A. THAT the original local improvement project for lane pavement
on the lane south of 3rd Avenue from Trafalgar Street to Larch
Street except VR 1063, Court #571, Item #035, be approved.
B. THAT the original petition for lane lighting on the lane south
of Georgia Street from Hawks Avenue to Campbell Avenue, Court
#574, Item #003, be approved.
C. THAT the original petition for pavement and curbs and trees on
26th Avenue North Side from Rupert Street to Cassiar Street
and 26th Avenue South Side from Rupert Street to the east
property line of Lot 20 (3394 E 26th Avenue), Court #574, Item
#050, be approved.
D. THAT the original petition for lane pavement on the lane south
of 17th Avenue from Macdonald Street to Trafalgar Street,
Court #574, Item #064, be approved.
COUNCIL POLICY
Policies governing the Local Improvement Process are set out in the
Vancouver Charter and the Local Improvement Procedure By-Law. The
projects dealt with in this report have 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 November 16, 1995 and June 11, 1996 Courts of Revision, Council
instructed staff to reballot these local improvement petition projects
and one initiative project.
This has been done and the results are as follows:
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Court #571, Item #035, Lane Pavement on the lane south of 3rd Avenue
from Trafalgar Street to Larch Street except VR 1063 (Initiative)
Number of owners 83
Required to Defeat 42
Ballot results: In Favour 38
Opposed 34
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This higher-zoned lane was initiated to address Council s stated
priority on infrastructure renewal. These lanes tend not to be improved
by petition due to absentee ownership, yet they carry much more traffic
than residential lanes, and the lane surface deteriorates as a result.
This causes high maintenance cost and a significant number of complaints
from commercial and/or apartment tenants.
This project was delayed due to a property being stratified into
73-units. The management company asked that we wait six months until
most of the units were sold.
The ballot results indicate that the majority of property owners are in
favour of the project. Therefore, we recommend that this project
proceed.
Court #574, Item #003, Lane Lighting on the lane south of Georgia Street
from Hawks Avenue to Campbell Avenue
(Petition)
Number of owners 42
Required 2/3 majority 28
Ballot results: In Favour 28
Opposed 12
Responses 40
Of the two owners who did not return their ballots, one had signed the
original petition. Based on the ballot results, there is sufficient
support for this project to proceed.
Court #574, Item #050, Pavement and Curbs and Trees on 26th Avenue North
Side from Rupert Street to Cassiar Street and 26th Avenue South Side
from Rupert Street to the east property line of Lot 20 (3394 E 26th
Avenue)
(Petition)
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Number of Owners 28
Required 2/3 majority 19
Ballot Results: In Favour 17
Opposed 7
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Of the four owners who did not return their ballots, none could be
contacted by phone. Of these four owners, three had signed the original
petition. If these owners are assumed to be in favour, there is
sufficient support for the project to proceed.
Court #574, Item #064, Lane Pavement on the lane south of 17th Avenue
from Macdonald Street to Trafalgar Street
(Petition)
Number of Owners 23
Required 2/3 Majority 16
Ballot Results: In Favour 16
Opposed 7
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Based on the ballot results, there is sufficient support for this
project to proceed.
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