ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

Date: March 28, 2000

Author/Local: J. Griffin/7928

RTS No. 1381

CC File No. 5804-7

Council: April 18, 2000

TO: Vancouver City Council

FROM: General Manager of Engineering Services

SUBJECT: Local Improvements by Initiative - June 20, 2000

First and Second Step Report

RECOMMENDATION

A. THAT the projects listed in Appendix I be advanced as Local Improvements on the Initiative and brought before a Court of Revision on June 20, 2000.

B. THAT the reports of the City Engineer and Director of Finance be adopted together with details of the Second Step Report as summarized in Appendix II, and Council declare it is desirable that the projects set out in Appendix I of this report be undertaken and deems that each will specially benefit the real property abutting it. (Requires two-thirds approval of those present).

C. THAT sidewalk projects Numbered 13,14,16,17,19-22 inclusive, as described in Appendix I, be designated as "pedestrian collector routes" so that the abutting residential property owners' rates are reduced by the required 25%.

COUNCIL POLICY

Policies governing the Local Improvement process are set out in the Vancouver Charter and Local Improvements Procedure by-law.

PURPOSE

A Court of Revision is scheduled for June 20, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. to review a number of petition and initiative projects. The report for petition projects will be advanced to Council separately at a later date to allow as much time as possible for residents to circulate their petitions. The purpose of this report is to begin the formal Local Improvement process byadvancing the initiative projects to the Court of Revision and reporting on the financial arrangements for the projects. Approval of this report does not commit Council to undertake the projects.

First Step

As required by the Local Improvement Procedure By-law, projects for the following categories and detailed on the attached schedule (Appendix I), are advanced to Council by Initiative for review at a Court of Revision, which will be held at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 20, 2000.

Court #597

I. Pavement and Curbs, Higher Zoned
II. Pavement and Curbs, Local Residential
III. Lane Pavement, Higher Zoned
IV. Speed Humps
V. Pedestrian Collector Sidewalks
VI. Sidewalk Reconstruction

Capital Funds

Funds for the City's share of the projects are subject to approval of the 2000 Streets Basic Capital Budget.

Second Step

The Director of Finance reports as follows:

In accordance with the Local Improvements Procedure By-law, I am submitting the attached City Engineer's report. The estimated cost of these projects is $1,334,339. The property owners' share of the projects is $391,656. The City's share is $942,683. I have to report that the necessary financial arrangements can be made to carry out this work subject to approval of the 2000 Streets Basic Capital Budget.

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Appendix I

COURT OF REVISION - JUNE 20, 2000

INITIATIVE PROJECTS - SCHEDULE #597

I. PAVEMENT & CURBS - HIGHER ZONED

The following two higher-zoned streets being initiated have strip pavements and are all in poor condition. Higher-zoned streets that are in poor condition are often difficult to improve by the petition process due to the large number of absentee land owners on the block. These streets therefore deteriorate, resulting in complaints and maintenance concerns. The initiative process is an effective way of improving these situations.

In addition Manitoba Street is initiated due to Local Area Plan Recommendations.

2. Cambridge Street - Nanaimo Street to 34 feet east of Garden Drive

The following project is being initiated based on a recommendation of the Mount Pleasant Community Development Policy Plan that:

"The City Engineer initiates a few Local Improvements each year for pavement, curbs and sidewalks in Mount Pleasant."

3. Manitoba Street - 6th Avenue to 7th Avenue

II. PAVEMENT & CURBS - LOCAL RESIDENTIAL

The following residentially zoned streets are being initiated because of the poor condition of the existing strip pavement. In this case the adjacent owners have been balloted and a majority supports the proposed improvement.

4. St. Catherines Street - 28th Avenue to 30th Avenue
5. 35th Avenue - Inverness Street to Culloden Street
6. 35th Avenue - Sherbrooke Street to Inverness Street

III. LANE PAVEMENT, HIGHER ZONED

This project is being initiated because of flooding problems in the Lane east of Nanaimo Street. Paving the lane would alleviate the problem and reduce future liability for the City.

7. L/E Nanaimo Street - Oxford Street to Dundas Street and L/S Oxford Street from L/E Nanaimo Street to Kamloops Street

IV. SPEED HUMPS

The following speed hump projects are being initiated as a result of complaints about safety due to speeding vehicles using the lanes as an alternate route in order to avoid signalized intersections or as a short cut to their destinations. Circulating a petition would be difficult because of the number of owners involved of which some are absentee owners.

9. L/S Burnaby Street from Bute Street to Thurlow Street
10. L/E Cambie Street from 18th Avenue to 19th Avenue
11. L/E Laburnum Street - Creelman Avenue to Cornwall Avenue
12. L/S Pendrell Street - Nicola Street to Broughton Street

V. PEDESTRIAN COLLECTOR SIDEWALKS

On February 9, 1982, Council reaffirmed its policy objectives of providing sidewalks:

- on both sides of arterial streets;
- on both sides (as needed) of pedestrian collector routes;
- on both sides of higher-zoned streets; and
- on local residential streets, where property owners petitioned for them.

The construction of new pedestrian collector sidewalks responds to Council's top two priorities for transportation improvements; pedestrians and transit. Of the 8 new sidewalk projects initiated, 4 projects provide access to bus routes and 2 projects provide access to schools or parks.

13. W/S Ash Street - 13th Avenue to 14th Avenue

Infill

14. W/S Garden Drive - Kitchener Street to Graveley Street

Infill, access to Lord Nelson Elementary School

16. E/S Semlin Drive - Broadway to L/S 7th Avenue

Infill, access to bus route on Broadway

17. W/S Slocan Street - NPL Lot 3 to 17th Avenue

E/S Slocan Street - L/N 15th Avenue to 16th Avenue

Infill, adjacent to Beaconsfield Park and Italian Cultural Centre

19. S/S Wall Street - Kamloops Street to Kaslo Street

Infill

20. S/S 1st Avenue - Boundary Road westward to WPL Lot B (Thunderbird Park)

Infill, access to bus route on Boundary Road

21. N/S 32nd Avenue - Knight Street to Fleming Street

Infill, access to bus route on Knight St.

22. S/S 47th Avenue - Inverness Street to L/W Knight Street

Infill, access to bus route on Knight Street

VI. SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION

The Sidewalk Reconstruction Program is directed toward poor condition sidewalks in commercial areas which involve high pedestrian usage and are on transit routes. In this report there are 9 projects recommended for initiative. Sidewalks rating reconstruction are often badly cracked and sloped and may be patched in many places by asphalt fillets. In spite of inspection and regular maintenance by City staff, sidewalks in this condition are more prone to trips, water ponding and liability concerns for the City. Sidewalks in poor condition also provide obstacles for the disabled and seniors.

These sidewalk reconstruction projects are shared 50/50 with the abutting commercial owners, and the program has been very well received since it began about 15 years ago.

23. S/S Alberni Street - Denman Street to L/E Denman Street
25. E/S Denman Street - Alberni Street to L/S Alberni Street except 8.3 ft. frnt. LMS 3928
26. E/S Denman Street - Comox Street to Nelson Street
27. E/S Denman Street - Davie Street to Pendrell Street
28. E/S Denman Street - Haro Street to Nelson Street
29. W/S Denman Street - Alberni Street to L/S Alberni Street
30. W/S Denman Street - Haro Street to L/S Haro Street
31. W/S Denman Street - Nelson Street to Comox Street
33. W/S Denman Street - Nelson Street to NPL Lot 1

APPENDIX II

CITY OF VANCOUVER - LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS DETAILED SECOND STEP REPORT
Summary of Estimated Costs and Certificates to the Attached Local Improvement Estimates
Advanced on the Initiative Principle for a Court of Revision June 20, 2000

Court #597

CATEGORY	ITEM NUMBER	TYPE OF PROJECT	P.O. SHARE	CITY'S SHARE	TOTAL COST	SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE 2000 CAPITAL BUDGET
I	2,3	Pavement & Curbs, Higher Zoned	$ 125,554	$ 62,292	$ 187,846	$ 62,292
II	4-6	Pavement & Curbs, Local Residential	$ 48,993	$ 282,737	$ 331,730	$ 282,737
III	7	Lane Pavement, Higher Zoned	$ 29,450	$ 33,525	$ 62,975	$ 33,525
IV	9-12	Speed Humps	$ 16,455	0	$ 16,455
V	13,14,16, 17,19-22	Pedestrian Collector Sidewalks	$ 82,986	$ 164,902	$ 247,888	$ 164,902
VI	23,25-31,33	Sidewalk Reconstruction	$ 88,218	$ 399,227	$ 487,445	$ 399,227
		TOTAL	$ 391,656	$ 942,683	$ 1,334,339	$ 942,683

The estimated costs provide for necessary incidental work. The cost of the property owner's share of the above noted projects, and interest, is repayable over 15 years.

Certified correct as to measurements.

_____________________________ ___________________________ _________________________

Collector of Taxes Director of Finance City Engineer

Certified adopted by the City Council on ___________________________ ___________________________ City Clerk

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