STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

ON PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

ACTIONS

DATE: Thursday, February 5, 1998

TIME: 2:00 p.m.

PLACE: Committee Room No. 1

Third Floor, City Hall

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

The minutes of the meeting of January 8, 1998, were adopted.

1. Significant Rezoning Applications

THAT the list of significant rezoning applications, prepared by the Planning Department, be received for information.

2. Amenity Bonus Proposal - 488 Robson Street

A.THAT the applicant’s request for cultural amenity bonus at 488 Robson Street (DE402595) as outlined in this report be approved in principle, subject to the execution and registration in the Vancouver/New Westminster Land Title Office (the "LTO") of an agreement (the "Construction Agreement") between the owner of 488 Robson Street (the "Owner") and the City providing for:

1.the design and construction by the Owner of a cultural amenity space ("Amenity Space") comprised of 3,116 square feet on the ground floor of the development to be constructed pursuant to DP402595 (the "Development") on the terms contained in this report (and any others required by the Director of Legal Services); and

2.the execution and registration in the LTO of a lease of the Amenity Space between the Owner and the City for nominal rent for a term equal to the equivalent of the life of the Development, on the terms contained in this report (and any others required by the Director of Legal Services),

to the satisfaction of the Director of Legal Services in consultation with the Director, Office of Cultural Affairs and the Managers of Real Estate and Facilities Development. The Construction Agreement shall be executed and registered in the LTO prior to issuance of the development permit for the Development.

B.THAT the Director of Legal Services be authorized to execute and register in the LTO the Construction Agreement and, upon completion of construction of the Amenity Space, to execute and register in the LTO the lease of the Amenity Space between the Owner and the City.

C.THAT the Director of Legal Services be authorized to execute a sublease of the Amenity Space with the Canadian Music Centre and Vancouver New Music Society for nominal rent on the terms set out in this report and on such other terms as are satisfactory to the Director of Legal Services in consultation with the Director, Office of Cultural Affairs and the Managers of Real Estate and Facilities Development.

3. City of Vancouver Regional Context Statement

A.THAT the Draft Development Plan to Comply with the Requirement for a Regional Context Statement, attached as Appendix A of the Policy Report dated January 10, 1998, be adopted.

B.THAT the Regional Context Statement Development Plan be forwarded for comment to the board of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, as required under Section 562 (2) of the Vancouver Charter, and to the School Board, as required under Section 562 of the Vancouver Charter.

C.THAT following the receipt of comments:

(i)The Director of City Plans report any proposed changes to the Vancouver Regional Context Statement to Council; and

(ii)The Director of Legal Services prepare for Council a by-law to establish the Vancouver Regional Context Statement Development Plan (as amended if necessary) as an Official Development Plan.

4. Rezoning Request for Area 5B of False Creek

North Official Development Plan

A.THAT a CD-1 rezoning application for Area 5B of False Creek North be accepted and processed now on the basis of the current False Creek North Official Development Plan, and that staff report back on how other currently scheduled False Creek North tasks will have to be rescheduled.

B.THAT the Director of Central Area Planning, in consultation with appropriate staff and Pacific Place Holdings Ltd., report back on terms of reference and a funding proposal to undertake an urban design study of North East False Creek to reconcile the various needs and patterns of development and circulation as well as soils issues in the area;

FURTHER THAT use and density of Area 5B of False Creek North be excluded from the urban design study.

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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

A C T I O N S

1. (a) Oakridge Langara Policy Statement Institutional Replacement Policy

(b) Proposed CD-1 Rezoning of 990 West 41st Avenue

(Lubavitch Centre) File: 8017

On Thursday, January 8, 1998, following the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment meeting, Vancouver City Council deferred the following motion by Councillor Herbert to the Unfinished Business portion of the Regular Council meeting following the next Planning and Environment Standing Committee meeting:

THAT staff report back on the interpretation of an endowment fund or other mechanism that would qualify as a City benefit for charitable and philanthropic institutions.

The motion was withdrawn by the mover with Council's consent.

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