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CITY OF VANCOUVER

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

NOVEMBER 4, 1999

PRESENT: Deputy Mayor Lynne Kennedy
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
Councillor Sam Sullivan
ABSENT: Mayor Philip Owen (Leave of Absence)
CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE:
Judy Rogers, City Manager
CLERK TO THE
COUNCIL:
Lori Isfeld

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Don Lee,
SECONDED by Cllr. Bellamy,

COMMITTEE REPORTS

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

Clause 1

MOVED by Cllr. Puil,

Clause 2 and 3

MOVED by Cllr. Bellamy,

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Bellamy,

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Bellamy,
SECONDED by Cllr. Don Lee,

ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS

1. Regional Community to Community Forum Funding File: 3252

2. Remembrance Day Services - Traffic Noise File: 3058

The Council adjourned at 10:45 a.m.

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REPORT TO COUNCIL

STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS

NOVEMBER 4, 1999

PRESENT: Councillor George Puil, Chair
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
ABSENT: Mayor Philip Owen (Leave of Absence)
CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE:
Judy Rogers, City Manager
CLERK TO THE
COMMITTEE:
Lori Isfeld

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

RECOMMENDATION

1. 1999 Childcare Grants Allocation - Report 3 of 3 File: 2402

Clause No. 1 continued

RECOMMENDED

A. THAT Council approve a $5,000 Program Development grant to Britannia Community Services Centre to assist with the non-capital costs of opening 40 spaces of out-of-school care in Grandview School. Source of funds: 1999 Childcare Grants Funds, 1999 Operating Budget.

B. THAT Council approve a grant of $20,675 to Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre for the facilitation of a series of think tank sessions to generate public discussion and feedback regarding the provincial government’s recently released options paper on childcare “Building A Better Future for British Columbia’s Kids”. Source of funds: Research, Policy development and Innovations category, 1999 Childcare Grants Funds, 1999 Operating Budget.

2. Proposed Chinatown Pender Street Gate File: 5802

Clause No. 2 continued

… Ronald Bijok, Chair - Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee
… Colin Sihoe, Board Director - Chinese Cultural Centre
… Tong Yuet, Chairman - Vancouver Chinatown Merchants Association
… Harry Goldberg
… Kelly Ip, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden

… the gate project would highlight the millennium;
… a Chinatown Gate would symbolize our multicultural city and in particular the Chinese community, which is an excellent example of how a multicultural community can work;
… the gate would provide a significant contribution toward the revitalization of Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside;
… the gate would help frame and identify Chinatown;
… the proposal has full the support of the Chinese Cultural Centre;
… the gate would be an asset to Vancouver and would attract more people to Chinatown;
… increased tourism would benefit Chinatown businesses.

RECOMMENDED

3. By-Law to Regulate Overnight Anchoring on City File: 113

RECOMMENDED

THAT Council instruct the Director of Legal Services to bring forward a by-law to regulate overnight anchoring on the City-controlled waterlots in False Creek, presently the area shown on Map I of the Administrative Report dated October 21, 1999, and aggressively pursue a collective enforcement agreement with all the authorities responsible for False Creek waters.

The Committee adjourned at 10:35 a.m.

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