STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC

COUNCIL ACTIONS

DATE: Tuesday, January 5, 1999
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: Committee Room No. 1

Third Floor, City Hall

* FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT DENISE SALMON AT 873-7269 *

The following recommendations of the Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic were adopted by Vancouver City Council at its meeting immediately following the Standing Committee meeting.

1. Street Improvements on West 41st Avenue and East Boulevard

(London Drugs Redevelopment) File: 5762-1

A. THAT pedestrian and street improvements as described in the Administrative Report dated December 11, 1998, proceed at the developer's expense.

B. THAT the General Manager of Engineering Services review the RPO provisions in the 2000 Block of West 42nd Avenue.

C. THAT the General Manager of Engineering Services measure traffic volumes and speeds in the area bounded by West 41st Avenue, Cypress Street, West 49th Avenue and East Boulevard in order to evaluate the appropriateness of traffic-calming measures.

D. THAT the opportunity for landscaping the centre median on West 41st Avenue between East Boulevard and Maple Street be encouraged, and if landscaping is possible, staff review the opportunity in consultation with the Kerrisdale Business Association.

2. Street Furniture Management and Transit Bench Agreement File: 1203

A. THAT staff undertake a Street Furniture Study, during the next year, to explore opportunities for revenue generation, improved service, and enhanced aesthetics of street furniture items, such as benches, transit shelters, litter containers, notice kiosks, public toilets, news stands and other forms of street furniture; to be followed by a proposal call.

B. THAT Council authorize the General Manager of Engineering Services and the Director of Legal Services to enter into a new Agreement with Goodwill Advertising Ltd. for the installation and maintenance of transit benches, for a term not to exceed two years, with a City option to renew for a further 20 months, on the terms acceptable to the General Manager of Engineering Services and Director of Legal Services.

C. THAT the foregoing motions A and B do not preclude pilot projects should they become demonstratively feasible during the study or the proposal call.

(c) 1998 City of Vancouver