CITY OF VANCOUVER

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON
CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS

FEBRUARY 4, 1999

A Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Vancouver was held on Thursday, February 4, 1999, at 12:10 p.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall, following the Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets meeting, to consider the recommendations of the Committee.

PRESENT:	Mayor Philip Owen Councillor Don Bellamy Councillor Nancy A. Chiavario Councillor Jennifer Clarke Councillor Alan Herbert Councillor Daniel Lee Councillor Don Lee Councillor Gordon Price Councillor George Puil
ABSENT:	Councillor Lynne Kennedy (Civic Business) Councillor Sam Sullivan
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE:	Judy Rogers, City Manager
CLERK TO THE COUNCIL:	Tarja Tuominen

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Bellamy,
SECONDED by Cllr. Puil,

THAT this Council resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, Mayor Owen in the chair.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Report of Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets
February 4, 1999

Council considered the recommendation of the Committee, as contained in the following clause of the attached report:

Cl.1: Co-management Principles - Major Road Network

Clause 1
MOVED by Cllr. Price,

THAT the recommendation of the Committee, as contained in Clause 1 of this report, be approved.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Bellamy,

THAT the Committee of the Whole rise and report.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
SECONDED by Cllr. Bellamy,

THAT the report of the Committee of the Whole be adopted.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

The Council adjourned at 12:15 p.m.

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REPORT TO COUNCIL

STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS

FEBRUARY 4, 1999

A Regular Meeting of the Standing Committee of Council on City Services and Budgets was held on Thursday, February 4, 1999, at 9:30 a.m., in Committee Room No. 1, Third Floor, City Hall.

PRESENT:	Councillor George Puil, Chair Mayor Philip Owen Councillor Don Bellamy Councillor Nancy A. Chiavario Councillor Jennifer Clarke Councillor Alan Herbert Councillor Lynne Kennedy Councillor Daniel Lee Councillor Don Lee Councillor Gordon Price Councillor Sam Sullivan
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE:	Judy Rogers, City Manager
CLERK TO THE COMMITTEE:	Tarja Tuominen

RECOMMENDATION

1. Co-management Principles - Major Road Network File: 5562

The Committee had before it a Policy Report, dated January 12, 1999 (on file) in which the General Manager of Engineering Services recommended a set of principles which define the co-management of the Major Road Network by the municipalities and the region and a process which applies these principles. The General Manager also recommended that, following an agreement on the principles of co-management, the Major Road Network designation be resubmitted for Council consideration.

Dave Rudberg, General Manager of Engineering Services, with the aid of overhead slides, presented an overview of the report and responded to questions to clarify the proposed principles.

Clause No. 1 (cont'd)

The following speakers appeared to express concerns with the proposed principles:

· Bill Christian (brief filed)
· Liz Haan (brief filed)
· Guy Wera, Bicycle People
· Marilyn Pollard
· Diane King
· Nicki-Lea Keanliside (brief filed)
· George Reilly
· Margaret Eberle
· Eleanor Riddell, CHAT
· Barb Wright (brief filed)

The speakers' comments are summarized as follows:

· standards are not clearly defined; the report provides no additional information;
· development of the principles need input from finance, legal and planning staff;
· need to clarify the power to withhold funding by the region;
· too much control over city streets will be handed over to the GVTA;
· the City has lost the right to limit capacity increases;
· concern with a new concept of an escalating baseline capacity;
· there needs to be a well thought out definition for people moving capacity;
· how will the GVTA weigh the trucking industry and community interests against each other;
· the GVTA will be taking power away from municipalities to control streets;
· the report does not support encouragement of transit;
· there has been an absence of comprehensive public process;
· the proposed principles have no provision for neighbourhood protection or planning;
· do not proceed with the recommended principles; strike a task force/committee to re-write the co-management principles to the satisfaction of Council, City staff and citizens; the committee should consist of City staff and qualified citizens;
· the suggested task force should work through a well thought out set of definitions, standards which determine funding, management principles and procedures and legislative changes needed to support them.

Clause No. 1 (cont'd)

The following motion by Councillor Price was put and carried. The Committee, therefore,

RECOMMENDED

THAT the three Council representatives on the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority meet with staff and interested citizens to review the co-management principles as outlined in the Policy Report, dated January 12, 1999;

FURTHER THAT a revised set of principles be submitted for consideration at Council's meeting on February 16, 1999.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

(Councillors Kennedy and Sullivan not present
for the vote)

The meeting adjourned at 12:10 p.m.

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