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CITY OF VANCOUVER

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON
CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS

FEBRUARY 3, 2000

A Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Vancouver was held on Thursday, February 3, 2000, at 9:35 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 Fred Bass Councillor Jennifer Clarke Councillor Lynne Kennedy Councillor Daniel Lee Councillor Don Lee Councillor Tim Louis Councillor Sandy McCormick Councillor George Puil Councillor Sam Sullivan
ABSENT:	Councillor Gordon Price
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE:	Judy Rogers, City Manager
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE:	Tarja Tuominen, Meeting Coordinator

IN CAMERA MEETING

MOVED by Cllr. Clarke,
SECONDED by Cllr. McCormick,

THAT Council will go into a meeting later this day which is closed to the public, pursuant to Section 165.2 of the Vancouver Charter, to discuss matters related to paragraphs:

IN CAMERA MEETING (CONT’D)

(a) personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the city or another position appointed by the city; and

(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the Council considers that disclosure might reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the city.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Clarke,
SECONDED by Cllr. McCormick,

THAT this Council resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, Mayor Owen in the chair.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

CITY MANAGER’S ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1. Revised Business License Hearing Panels for February 2000

MOVED by Cllr. Louis,

A. THAT Council delegate the holding of four business license hearings, presently scheduled for February, 2000, to a panel of three Council Members, pursuant to Section 277.1 of the Vancouver Charter, as follows:

i. The business license hearing pursuant to Section 275 of the Vancouver Charter, regarding an application for a business license by Ms. Dao Thi Mai, also known as Thi Dao Mai, doing business as Cozy Corner Grocery, 100 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the power to make a Council decision in relation to that application, be delegated to:

Councillor Don Lee

Councillor Lynne Kennedy
Councillor Tim Louis

CITY MANAGER’S ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS (CONT’D)

Should any of the above Members of Council be unable to attend the hearing, the hearing and the power to make a Council decision in relation to the application be delegated to the remaining two Councillors and Councillor Fred Bass.

ii. The business license hearing pursuant to Section 275 of the Vancouver Charter, regarding an application for a business license by Stadium Equities Ltd., doing business as West Hotel Pub, 488 Carrall Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the power to make a Council decision in relation to that application, be delegated to:

Councillor Daniel Lee
Councillor Gordon Price
Councillor Sandy McCormick

Should any of the above Members of Council be unable to attend the hearing, the hearing and the power to make a Council decision in relation to the application be delegated to the remaining two Councillors and Councillor Sam Sullivan.

iii. The business license hearing pursuant to Section 275 of the Vancouver Charter, regarding an application for a business license by John Khosrow Hossiannia, doing business as Sahara Pawnbroker, 1132 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the power to make a Council decision in relation to that application, be delegated to:

Councillor Sam Sullivan
Councillor Fred Bass
Councillor Gordon Price

Should any of the above Members of Council be unable to attend the hearing, the hearing and the power to make a Council decision in relation to the application be delegated to the remaining two Councillors and Mayor Philip Owen.

iv. The business license hearing pursuant to Section 275 of the Vancouver Charter, regarding an application for a business license by James Moozhayil, doing business as Star City Grocery, 356 Powell Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the power to make a Council decision in relation to that application, be delegated to:

CITY MANAGER’S ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS (CONT’D)

Councillor George Puil
Councillor Don Lee
Councillor Sandy McCormick

Should any of the above Members of Council be unable to attend the hearing, the hearing and the power to make a Council decision in relation to the application be delegated to the remaining two Councillors and Councillor Tim Louis.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Report of Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets
February 3, 2000

Council considered the recommendations of the Committee, as contained in the following clauses of the attached report:

Cl.1: Tourism Vancouver - Interim Payments of 2% Hotel Tax
Cl.2: Information Technology Infrastructure - 1999/2000 Expansion and

Replacement Program

Clause 1
MOVED by Cllr. Puil,

THAT the recommendation of the Committee, as contained in Clause 1 of this report, be approved.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

Clause 2

The report is scheduled for a future meeting.

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. Clarke,
SECONDED by Cllr. McCormick,

THAT the report of the Committee of the Whole be adopted.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

The Council adjourned at 9:40 a.m.

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REPORT TO COUNCIL

STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS

FEBRUARY 3, 2000

A Regular Meeting of the Standing Committee of Council on City Services and Budgets was held on Thursday, February 3, 2000, at 9:30 a.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall.

PRESENT:	Councillor George Puil, Chair Mayor Philip Owen Councillor Fred Bass Councillor Jennifer Clarke Councillor Lynne Kennedy Councillor Daniel Lee Councillor Don Lee Councillor Tim Louis Councillor Sandy McCormick Councillor Sam Sullivan
ABSENT:	Councillor Gordon Price
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE:	Judy Rogers, City Manager
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE:	Tarja Tuominen, Meeting Coordinator

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

The Minutes of the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meeting of January 13, 2000, were adopted.

RECOMMENDATION

1. Tourism Vancouver - Interim Payments of 2% Hotel Tax File: 6008

The Committee had before it an Administrative Report, dated January 20, 2000, in which the General Manager of Corporate Services sought approval for early release of the first three months of the 2% Hotel Tax revenues to Tourism Vancouver in advance of Council's consideration of Tourism Vancouver's 2000 Business Plan.

Clause No. 1 (cont’d)

The following motion by Cllr. Louis was put and carried. The Committee, therefore,

RECOMMENDED

THAT Council authorize the remittance of the first three months of the 2% Hotel Tax revenues for 2000 to Tourism Vancouver, the amounts of each remittance not to exceed actual receipts from the Province of the 2% tax, in advance of Council's consideration of Tourism Vancouver’s 2000 Business Plan.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

2. Information Technology Infrastructure - 1999/2000 Expansion

and Replacement Program File: 1151

The report will be scheduled to a future meeting.

The Committee adjourned at 9:35 a.m.

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