STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

ON PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

D E C I S I O N S

DATE: Thursday, November 4, 1999
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Committee Room 1

Third Floor, City Hall

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1. Ridgeway Greenway & Prince Edward Traffic Calming Plan File: 5757

A. THAT traffic circles be installed on Prince Edward Street at the intersections of 36th and 40th Avenues, at a cost of $60,000, from the Streets Unappropriated Account 30000326 - Traffic Calming.

B. THAT the Streets Maintenance Budget be increased by $800 and the Traffic Sign maintenance budget be increased by $200, for the maintenance of two new traffic circles, effective year 2001.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

2. Kerrisdale - Parking, Landscaping, and Pedestrian Improvements on West Boulevard - 37th Avenue to 42nd Avenue File: 5802

A. THAT the General Manager of Engineering Services install parking meters on the east side of West Boulevard from 40th to 37th at an estimated cost of $10,000. Funds for this work would be provided from increased parking meter revenues.

B. THAT, subject to further consultation with CPR, the portion of the parking area on City property and adjacent to CPR property be paved in 2000 at an estimated cost of $50,000. Funds for this work would be provided from increased parking meter revenues.

C. THAT, subject to further consultation with CPR, the balance of the parking area on CPR property, currently leased by the City at a nominal sum, be improved at an estimated cost of $90,000. The funds for this work would be shared between the Kerrisdale BIA($45,000) and the City's Parking Site reserve ($45,000) subject to an agreement with the Kerrisdale BIA to reimburse the City for a prorated portion of the City's $45,000 if the use is less than 5 years.

D. THAT Council approve up to $110,000 of future Arbutus Gardens CAC funds to create a Kerrisdale landscape entry feature on the Ridgeway Greenway at 37th Avenue and West Boulevard, and a boulevard edge treatment, and curb bulges subject to detailed design, further neighbourhood consultation, consultation with CPR, and receipt of the CAC funding.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

3. CD-1 Text Amendment - 705 West Broadway (Holiday Inn) File: 5303

THAT the application by Chuck Brook, Brook Development Planning Inc., to amend the text of CD-1[358] By-law No. 7648 for 705 West Broadway (Holiday Inn) (Lot A, Block 338, DL 526, Plan 11309) to permit expansion of hotel use plus limited residential use, be processed in the normal manner.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

4. Significant Rezoning Application - 55-67 East Hastings Street File: 5302

The notice of Significant Rezoning Application, prepared by the Planning Department, was received for information.

The Committee was adjourned at 2:51 p.m.
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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
November 4, 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 November 4, 1999.

The Council was adjourned at 2:53 p.m.

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