CITY OF VANCOUVER




                                    M E M O R A N D U M


   From:            CITY CLERK'S OFFICE                 Date:  January 30, 1996
                                                 Refer File:        3253-5


          To:              Standing Committee on City Services & Budgets






   Subject:         Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
                    Request for Resolutions



        The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has invited the
   submission of resolutions for debate at its March 1996 National
   Board of Directors, or at its Annual Conference in June 1996. 
   The deadline for submissions is February 15, 1996.

        Attached is a resolution from the General Manager of
   Engineering Services regarding cost-sharing for sewage treatment. 
   This item was originally scheduled for the February 6th Regular
   Council meeting which was cancelled.  It is now being presented
   for consideration at the Standing Committee in order to meet the
   FCM deadline for resolutions.








                                      CITY CLERK









   GMacIsaac:dmy
   Att.

                   COST-SHARING FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT




   WHEREAS  sewerage  discharges  and  environmental  standards  are
   regulated by the Provincial and Federal Governments; and

   WHEREAS  Provincial  Governments  have,  through  legislation  or
   regulation,  mandated  the  implementation of  upgraded  sewerage
   treatment  in numerous  jurisdictions despite  the fact  that the
   scientific evidence  of the  benefit of  these projects is  often
   inconclusive; and

   WHEREAS  the  ability  of  municipalities  to  pay  for  improved
   sewerage treatment and disposal systems is limited by the ability
   to pay of the local property tax base, which is facing many other
   competing priorities; and

   WHEREAS senior government cost-sharing for these projects has not
   been provided in a consistent and equitable manner;

   THEREFORE  BE  IT  RESOLVED   THAT  the  Federation  of  Canadian
   Municipalities requests the Federal and Provincial Governments to
   establish  an equitable  and consistent cost-sharing  formula for
   any sewerage  treatment and disposal projects  which they mandate
   local governments to undertake. 


                                  - Submitted by the General Manager
                                             of Engineering Services