STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES & BUDGETS - October 9, 1997

9:30 a.m., Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall

Decisions (Minutes) of this meeting

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

The minutes of the meeting of September 25, 1997, to be adopted.

1. 1997 Cultural Grants: Project and Organizational Development Requests

The attached Administrative Report, dated September 23, 1997, refers.

Interested parties have been provided with a copy of the report, some of whom may wish to speak.

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STANDING COMMITTEE ON PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT - October 9, 1997

2:00 p.m., Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall

Decisions (Minutes) of this meeting

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

The minutes of the meetings of July 24 and 31, 1997, to be adopted.

1. Water Opportunities Advisory Group - Draft Blueways Document

and Recommendations for Further Work

The attached September 27, 1997 Policy Report, refers. This report has been made available to a large group of interested parties, some of whom may wish to speak.

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VANCOUVER LIQUOR LICENSING COMMISSION - October 9, 1997

4:00 p.m., Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall

Decisions (Minutes) of this meeting

Adoption of the Minutes of the Vancouver Liquor Licensing Commission meeting of July 24, 1997.

1. 757 West Hastings Street - R.J. Clarke Resources Inc.

Restaurant - Class 2

The attached Administrative Report dated September 19, 1997, from the Chief License Inspector, refers.

The applicant has been notified of this meeting and a neighbourhood notification carried out within a 1,000-foot radius of the site.

2. Licensed Premises Located Near Residential Areas

At its meeting on July 31, 1997 Council, when considering the July 24, 1997 report of the Vancouver Liquor Licensing Commission, resolved:

"THAT the City Manager provide a report back on possible solutions to deal with licensed premises located adjacent to residential areas, addressing such issues as:

- enforcement;

- amplified music, live and canned;

-restaurants operating like pubs where the emphasis is more on liquor than food;

-parking and traffic management, and their impacts on the adjacent residential area;

-noise;

- criminal activities;

- increase in graffiti, damage to personal property;

-impacts of outdoor patios;

-impact of people departing the establishments late in the evening;

- inappropriate public behaviour.

The Deputy City Manager will provide a verbal report to the Commission.

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(c) 1997 City of Vancouver