ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

                                                Date: February 9, 1996


   TO:       Vancouver City Council

   FROM:     City Clerk

   SUBJECT:  Councillor Puil:  Attendance at Seminar on
             New Terms of Reference for Municipal Government


   RECOMMENDATION

        THAT Council authorize Councillor Puil's attendance at the National
        Seminar on New Terms of Reference for Municipal Government in Hull,
        Quebec at a cost of $580.

   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 within North America.


   PURPOSE

   This report requests  approval for  Councillor George Puil  to attend  a
   National Seminar  sponsored  by FCM,  CAMA  and  IPAC on  New  Terms  of
   Reference for Municipal Government in Hull, Quebec, March 5 and 6, 1996.

   DISCUSSION

   Councillor  Puil,  as  Council's  representative  on  the  FCM Board  of
   Directors, will be attending a  meeting of the Board in Ottawa  on March
   7, 1996.   A National Seminar  on New Terms  of Reference for  Municipal
   Government will  be held immediately  preceding the Board  of Directors'
   meeting.   This  seminar  is sponsored  by  the Federation  of  Canadian
   Municipalities    (FCM),   The   Canadian   Association   of   Municipal
   Administrators  (CAMA) and  the  Institute of  Public Administration  of
   Canada (IPAC).   Participants in the seminar  will comprise politicians,
   deputy  ministers, managers and academics.  They will explore key issues
   confronting municipal  governments across Canada as  they redefine their
   roles  and their relationships  with provincial/territorial governments.
   Over  one and a half days, five  plenary sessions and six workshops will
   explore practical issues and consequences of implementing ideas proposed
   in the plenary sessions (see attached agenda).

   Councillor Puil's  attendance at  the FCM  Board  of Directors'  meeting
   provides him an opportunity to attend the Seminar at minimal cost to the
   City.  The topic of the Seminar will be beneficial  to the Councillor in
   his role as  Chair of Council's  Standing Committee on  City Services  &
   Budgets and as Council's representative on the FCM Board.

   The  cost of  attendance at  the  Seminar is  estimated at  $580.   This
   includes  a  registration fee  of $295.  plus  taxes, two  nights' hotel
   accommodation and per diem.  The funds are available in Council's Travel
   Account.

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   General Mgr./Dept Head:(signature)Report dated January 30, 1996   

   _________________________________ Author M. Kinsella                    
                                     
   Date  February 9, 1996            Phone _7266_____IRTS No.              
                                            
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