STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

ON CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS

A C T I O N S

DATE: Thursday, April 9, 1997

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

PLACE: Committee Room No. 1

Third Floor, City Hall

*FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT TARJA TUOMINEN, 873-7191*

1. Downtown Eastside Residents' Association (D.E.R.A.) File: 1503

THAT Council amend a 1992 grant condition requiring D.E.R.A. to provide annual audited financial statements both for D.E.R.A. and for D.E.R.A. Housing Society, by deleting the requirement for audited statements from D.E.R.A. Housing Society.

2. Heritage Incandescent Lighting in Gastown File: 3135

A.THAT City staff, especially Finance Department staff, assist with fund raising efforts by holding a sponsors’ meeting to discuss possibilities for tax benefits and donor recognition.

B.THAT Engineering Department staff give serious consideration to the effect changes in traffic might have on incandescent lighting costs.

C.THAT no change be made in the light source until there is a report back on the two initiatives outlined in A and B.

D. Please note that Recommendation D is deferred until June 1998.

3. Warning to Prospective Purchaser

496 East 19th Avenue

Lot T, Block 51, District Lot 301, Plan LMP31879 File: 2701-1

THAT the City Clerk be directed to file a 336D Notice against the Certificate of Title to the property at 496 East 19th Avenue in order to warn prospective purchasers that there is a contravention of the Vancouver Building By-law related to this building.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. 1998 Operating Budget: Interim Estimates File: 1605

THAT Council not reduce the Library Board’s Operating Budget for 1998 by $203,000.

FURTHER THAT the $203,000 reduction from the 1998 Operating Budget will be allocated as follows: $100,000 from Capital from Revenue; the remainder to be allocated to the general purpose tax levy.

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