STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

ON PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

D E C I S I O N S

DATE: Thursday, July 8, 1999
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Committee Room No. 1

Third Floor, City Hall

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT NANCY LARGENT AT (604) 873-7652 OR E-MAIL nancy_largent@city.vancouver.bc.ca

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

The Minutes of the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment meeting of June 17, 1999, were adopted.

1. Secondary Suites: Program Compliance,

Phase-Out Suites and Enforcement Issues File: 4654

A. THAT Council endorse Option 4 as outlined in thePolicy Report dated June 18, 1999: to pursue ways to bring more secondary suites into legal conformity while also investigating more effective enforcement methods; and in the meantime allow phase-out suites whose permit expiry date comes up while this work is underway to remain in operation.

B. THAT Council request staff to report back in early 2000 on the details of work program and resources required to implement Option 4.

C. THAT Council instruct the Chief Licence Inspector to withhold enforcement on phase-out suite use for up to 3 years from the date of adoption of these Recommendations, other than in cases of safety hazard, or other circumstances where he may deem enforcement necessary.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

2. CityPlan Community Vision Program - Continuation File: 5340

A. THAT Council approve continuing the Community Visions Program, through the predominantly single family areas of the city, with adjustments to program steps, components, and schedule as described in this report; and that staff revise the CityPlan Community Visions Terms of Reference document to reflect these changes.

B. THAT Council approve combining the eligible areas into 7 Vision areas, as shown in Figure 2 of the Policy Report dated June 9, 1999, doing 2 at a time in the order described in this report.

C. THAT Council authorize funding of $393,550 [as outlined in Appendix D of the Policy Report dated June 9, 1999] for 1999, with the sources of funding being $108,000 carried over from the existing Community Vision Program budget, and the remaining $285,550 to be funded from Contingency Reserve.

D. THAT the following amounts, as described in Appendix E of the Policy Report dated June 9, 1999, be added to future Planning Department budgets as project funding to complete the Vision Program in the areas outlined in this report:

YEAR	AMOUNT
2000	$473,800
2001	$461,280
2002	$499,200
2003	$456,750
2004	$205,750
2005	$85,490

E. THAT site offices not be established in communities during the Vision program, but that staff presence be maintained in other ways outlined in the Policy Report dated June 9, 1999.

F. THAT the Director of CityPlans report in early 2001 on details of a program to "re-vision" the areas of the City which have older local plans in place and which are not to be covered by the Community Vision Program.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

3. Implementation of Kensington-Cedar Cottage

and Dunbar Community Visions File: 5340

A. THAT Council approve the Community Vision implementation and monitoring strategy described in the Policy Report dated June 10, 1999, including the Dunbar and Kensington-Cedar Cottage Action Plans (Appendix A) attached to the report..

B. THAT Council approve hiring a temporary Planner I for a 28 month period to co-ordinate work on implementation and monitoring activities related to the Dunbar and Kensington-Cedar Cottage Visions. Total cost including benefits, overtime and computer is $151,540 with the 1999 cost of $24,648 being from Contingency Reserve and amounts of $63,446 being added to the Planning Department's 2000 and 2001 Operating Budgets.

C. THAT Council approve hiring a temporary Civil Engineer for a 28 month period to work on developing comprehensive arterial plans for Knight Street, Kingsway, and Dunbar Streets. Total cost including benefits and computer is $163,660 with the 1999 cost of $26,380 being funded from Contingency Reserve and amounts of $68,640 being added to the Engineering Department's 2000 and 2001 Operating Budgets.

D. THAT Council approve a budget of $50,000 for communications and outreach expenses in Dunbar and Kensington-Cedar Cottage for Vision implementation activities in the 28 period ending December 2001 with the $10,000 for programs in 1999 being funded from Contingency Reserve and the remaining $40,000 being added to the Planning Department's 2000 Operating Budget with carry over of any unspent project funds to 2001.

E. THAT staff report back with a strategy and budget for providing community development support in Kensington-Cedar Cottage to assist with local volunteer initiatives.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

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NOTICE

A Regular Council meeting was convened immediately following the Standing Committee meeting.

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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

DECISIONS

I. Standing Committee of Council

on Planning and Environment
July 8, 1999

At its meeting immediately following the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment, Vancouver City Council approved the recommendations of the Committee as set out in its report dated July 8, 1999.

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