CITY OF VANCOUVER
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS
FEBRUARY 27, 1997
A Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Vancouver was held
on Thursday, February 27, 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 Philip Owen
Councillor Nancy A. Chiavario
Councillor Jennifer Clarke
Councillor Alan Herbert
Councillor Lynne Kennedy
Councillor Gordon Price
Councillor George Puil
Councillor Sam Sullivan
ABSENT: Councillor Don Bellamy
Councillor Daniel Lee (Sick Leave)
Councillor Don Lee (Sick Leave)
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. Clarke,
THAT this Council resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, Mayor
Owen in the chair.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Report of Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets
February 27, 1997
Council considered the recommendations of the Committee, as
contained in the following clauses of the attached report:
Cl.1: Proposal for a Successor Organization to the Fraser Basin
Management Board
Cl.2: Heather Civic Marina 1997 Moorage Rates and Other Fees
Cl.3: 1997 Property Tax Calculations
Clauses 1 and 3
MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
THAT the recommendations of the Committee, as contained in Clauses
1 and 3 of this report, be approved.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Heather Civic Marina 1997 Moorage Rates and Other Fees
(Clause 2)
The item was deferred to the March 13, 1997 meeting of the City
Services and Budgets Standing Committee at the request of delegations.
RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
THAT the Committee of the Whole rise and report.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
SECONDED BY Cllr. Clarke,
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
FEBRUARY 27, 1997
A Regular Meeting of the Standing Committee of Council on City
Services and Budgets was held on Thursday, February 27, 1997 at 9:30
a.m., in Committee Room No.1, Third Floor, City Hall.
PRESENT: Councillor George Puil, Chair
Mayor Philip Owen
Councillor Don Bellamy (Items 1 and 2)
Councillor Nancy A. Chiavario
Councillor Jennifer Clarke
Councillor Alan Herbert
Councillor Lynne Kennedy
Councillor Gordon Price
Councillor Sam Sullivan
ABSENT: Councillor Daniel Lee (Sick Leave)
Councillor Don Lee (Sick Leave)
CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE: Ken Dobell, City Manager
CLERK TO THE
COMMITTEE: Tarja Tuominen
RECOMMENDATION
1. Proposal for a Successor Organization to the File:
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Fraser Basin Management Board
The Committee had before it an Administrative Report dated February
12, 1997 (on file) in which the General Manager of Engineering Services,
in consultation with the General Manager of Community Services,
responded to a January 7, 1997 request from Council to report back on
the saving which would flow to the City if a successor organization to
the Fraser Basin Management Board was not endorsed. The General Managers
also resubmitted recommendations presented for consideration on January
7, 1997.
Also before the Committee were an Administrative Report, dated
December 24, 1996, and a letter from the Executive Director, Fraser
Basin Management Program, attaching further information on the proposed
successor organization for the Fraser Basin Management Board.
Iona Campagnolo, Chair, and Darlene Marzari, Member, Fraser Basin
Management Board, and David Marshall, Executive Director, Fraser Basin
Management Program, provided a presentation on the role and purpose of
the Fraser Basin Council, which will be the successor organization to
the Fraser Basin Management Board. With the aid of overhead slides and
handout material (on file), they explained the proposed Board structure
for the Fraser Basin Council, reviewed the proposed Five-Year Action
Plan and Charter for Sustainability of the Fraser Basin, and responded
to questions. The Council will implement the Integrated Flood Hazard
Management Strategy and specific watershed management initiatives
throughout the Fraser Basin.
Ken Dobell, City Manager, and Tom Timm, Assistant City Engineer,
Water, Sewers, and Yards Division, responded to questions on funding of
the organization and regional participation.
The following motion by Councillor Kennedy was put and carried.
The Committee, therefore,
RECOMMENDED
A. THAT Council support a successor organization to the
Fraser Basin Management Board with representation through
regional districts.
B. THAT funding for the successor organization be applied through
municipal levies.
C. THAT the $0.20 per capita financial contribution be contingent
upon continued support from the federal and provincial
governments and include the GVRD s contributions to the Fraser
River Estuary Management Program and Burrard Inlet
Environmental Action Plan.
D. THAT the new entity charged with overseeing the implementation
of the Basin plan include a coordination role to ensure that
the soon-to-be-finalized integrated Flood Hazard Management
Strategy is implemented.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
2. Heather Civic Marina 1997 Moorage Rates File: 1755-1
and Other Fees
The item was deferred to the March 13, 1997 meeting of the City
Services and Budgets Standing Committee at the request of delegations.
3. 1997 Property Tax Calculations File: 1552-1
The Committee had before it a Policy Report dated February 15, 1997
(on file), in which the Director of Finance compared the effects of
property tax systems based on three-year land averaging, land phasing ,
and market assessment values. The Director recommends three-year land
assessment averaging as the preferred 1997 taxation option for
residential and business properties.
The General Manager of Corporate Services recommends approval.
Karen Levitt, Financial Analyst, with the aid of a slide
presentation, summarized the effects of the three options on residential
and business classes, and reviewed the methodology used to determine
property taxes based on a 4.5% increase in the 1997 property taxes.
Ms. Levitt; Ken Dobell, City Manager; and Ken Stoke, General
Manager of Corporate Services; responded to questions.
The following motion by the Mayor was put and carried. The
Committee, therefore,
RECOMMENDED
A. THAT Council approve three-year averaging as the 1997 property
tax calculation methodology for Residential (Class 1) and
Business and Other (Class 6) properties as discussed in the
Policy Report, dated February 15, 1997, and that the property
taxes on the other classes of property (Classes 2, 4, 5, 8 and
9) be calculated using market assessment values.
B. THAT the Directors of Finance and Legal Services be instructed
to submit a by-law to Council, for approval before March 31st
of this year, which sets out the particulars of averaging in
accordance with the provisions of the Vancouver Charter.
C. THAT Council instruct the Director of Finance to make the
appropriate arrangements with the BC Assessment Authority for
the production of an averaged 1997 taxation roll at an
approximate cost of $15,000, with funding approved in advance
of the 1997 operating budget.
D. THAT the Director of Finance be authorized to place the
required advertisements in a local newspaper notifying the
City s taxpayers of Council s intent to implement three-year
averaging and showing the effects of averaging on sample
properties within the City.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
(Councillor Bellamy not present for the vote)
The Committee adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
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