ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT


                                           Date: September 28, 1995
                                           Dept. File No.640 184


   TO:       Vancouver City Council

   FROM:     General Manager of Engineering Services

   SUBJECT:  Local Improvement Reballots




   RECOMMENDATION

        A.   THAT the original petition for lane lighting on the lane south
             of  36th Avenue  from  the lane  east  of Blenheim  Street  to
             Balaclava Street, Court #568, Item #028, not be approved.

        B.   THAT the original petition for pavement and curbs and trees on
             34th Avenue  from Carnarvon Street to  Mackenzie Street, Court
             #568, Item #043, be approved.


   COUNCIL POLICY

   Policies  governing the  Local Improvement  Process are  set out  in the
   Vancouver  Charter  and the  Local  Improvement Procedure  By-Law.   The
   projects  dealt  with  in  this  report  have  gone  through  the  legal
   requirements  in  the  process,  but Council  has  requested  additional
   information  on  project  support/opposition  through  reballots  before
   giving final approval.



   PURPOSE

   At the  June 22, 1995  Court of Revision,  Council instructed staff   to
   reballot two local improvement petition projects.



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   This has been done and the results are as follows:


   Court #568,  Item #028, Lane Lighting  on the lane south  of 36th Avenue
   from the lane east of Blenheim Street to Balaclava Street.


   Number of owners         20
   Required 2/3 majority    14

                       Ballot results:     In Favour    10
                                           Opposed       7
                                           Responses    17

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   The  three  owners who  did  not  return their  ballots  had signed  the
   original  petition.   Even if these  owners are  assumed to  still be in
   favour, there is still insufficient support for this project to proceed.



   Court #568,  Item #043, Pavement and Curbs and Trees on 34th Avenue from
   Carnarvon Street to Mackenzie Street.


   Number of owners         35
   Required 2/3 majority    24


                       Ballot results:     In Favour    25
                                           Opposed       9
                                           Responses    34

   Only one owner did not return  their ballot and they had not  signed the
   original  petition.  Of the  25 owners in favour of  the project, one is
   opposed to tree planting.   Even if this owner is  not included as being
   in  favour of  the  project, there  is  still a  two-thirds  majority of
   support for the project to proceed.



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