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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Date: July 10, 1995
Dept. File No. 1254
TO: Vancouver City Council
FROM: City Clerk
SUBJECT: Councillor Price: Attendance at Making Cities
Livable Conference in Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany
RECOMMENDATION
THAT Council authorize Councillor Price's attendance at the Making
Cities Livable Conference in Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany, at a
cost of $1,781 (Cdn).
CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS
The City Manager RECOMMENDS approval of the foregoing.
COUNCIL POLICY
Council's Travel Policy, approved July 31, 1992, requires Council
approval for travel outside North America.
PURPOSE
This report requests Council approval for Councillor Gordon Price to
attend the 17th International Conference on Making Cities Livable in
Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany, September 5-9, 1995.
DISCUSSION
Councillor Price will be on vacation in Europe during the month of
September this year. He would like to take advantage of the opportunity
this presents to participate in the IMCL Conference which has a special
focus on New Urban Neighbourhoods (see information attached as Appendix
A). His European travel base will be Paris; therefore, he will incur
the cost of travel by train from Paris to Freiburg-im-Breisgau. The
topic of the Conference would be beneficial to the Councillor in his
role as Chair of Council's Standing Committee on Planning and
Environment.
The cost of attendance at the Conference is estimated at $1,781, broken
down as follows:
Registration $ 475.00 (before August 1, 1995)
Accommodation 760.00 ($152.00 x 5)
Per Diem 390.00 (6 days x $65.00)
Train Trips 156.00 (x 2 - second class)
$1,781.00
The funds are available in Council's Travel Account.
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