Council Meeting Agenda - September 24, 2001

CITY OF RICHMOND
Council Chambers
City Hall
6911 No. 3 Road

Motion to adopt:

the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held on Monday, September 10^th, 2001 (distributed previously); and

the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting for Public Hearings held on Monday, September 17^th, 2001.

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Mr. Ian Jarvis, Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Jane Bird, Project Manager, TransLink, to address TransLinks current funding shortfall and transportation choices facing the region.

Motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole to hear delegations on agenda items.

Delegations from the floor on Agenda items.

(PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR LEGAL REASONS, DELEGATIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON ZONING OR OCP AMENDMENT BYLAWS WHICH ARE TO BE ADOPTED.)

Motion to rise and report.

That the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on Tuesday, September 18^th, 2001, be received for information.

APPLICATIONS FOR REZONING

THE FUJIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH
(RZ 00-173694 - Report: August 28/01, File No.: 8060-20-7278) (REDMS No. 288046, 228069, 228073)

S-511 HOLDINGS LTD.
(RZ 01-190033 Report: August 28/01, File No.: 8060-20-7279) (REDMS No. 489835, 490025, 490023)

JOE UPPAL
(RZ 01-188957 - Report: September 4/01, File No.: 8060-20-7280) (REDMS No. 492381, 280115, 464768, 466820)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the following Bylaws each be introduced and given first reading:

Bylaw No. 7278 for the rezoning of a 0.20 ha (0.49 acres) portion of 12200 Blundell Road from "Agricultural District (AG1)" to "Assembly District (ASY)";

Bylaw No. 7279, for the rezoning of 23271 Dyke Road from "Light Industrial District (I2)" to "Business Park Industrial District (I3)"; and

Bylaw No. 7280, for the rezoning of 7500 Railway Avenue from "Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E)" to "Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area B (R1/B)".

APPLICATION FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND RESERVE APPEAL (NON-FARM USE) - KABEL ATWALL
(Report: August 30/01, File No.: AG 01-187746) (REDMS No. 471113)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION (Cllr. Steves opposed)

That Kabel Atwall be authorized to apply to the Land Reserve Commission for Non-Farm Use on the westerly 140 metres at 10100 No. 5 Road.

PROPOSED CONVERTIBLE HOUSE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
(Report: September 7/01, File No.: 4057-07) (REDMS No. 497827)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That:

the convertible house demonstration project (as outlined in Option 2 in the report dated September 7^th, 2001, from the Manager, Policy Planning), be approved.

staff:

revise and re-issue the request for proposals seeking submissions from qualified builders to develop the convertible house demonstration project;

review the proposals, select a preferred builder and manage the process through to completion

the use of the CD/44 zone in other parts of the City be discontinued until the demonstration project and criteria to apply this zone elsewhere in the City are prepared and approved.

That the minutes of the Public Works & Transportation Committee meeting held on Wednesday, September 19^th, 2001, be received for information.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT ON PROPOSED AIRPORT PRIORITY / HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANE ON RUSS BAKER WAY RESULTS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION
(Report: Aug. 23/01, File No.: 6500-01) (REDMS No. 489380)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the provision of a northbound airport priority / high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on Russ Baker Way between Hudson Avenue and the Arthur Laing Bridge be continued to be endorsed on a trial basis, for a period of nine months to one year, for use by vehicles destined for the airport or with three occupants or more, as proposed by the Vancouver International Airport Authority (YVR), subject to the following commitments by YVR:

That a non-permanent barrier delineation, to be reviewed by City staff before installation, is used between the general traffic lane and the proposed HPV/HOV lane; and

That the proposed HPV/HOV lane be implemented in conjunction with, but not before, the completion of the Airport Connector project.

That staff report to the Public Works and Transportation Committee on the outcome of the trial implementation of the above proposed airport priority / HOV lane.

WESTMINSTER HIGHWAY BICYCLE / PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY TENDER T.1530
(Report: Sept. 7/01, File No.: 0775-20-T.1530) (REDMS No. 495698)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the City enter into a contract with Double M Excavating Ltd. in accordance with Tender T.1530 - Westminster Highway Bicycle / Pedestrian Pathway - No. 6 Road to No. 7 Road, in the total tendered amount of $367,431.25 plus GST.

APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL AGEING SEWER PIPE ASSESSMENT WORK
(Report: Aug. 21/01, File No.: 6060-03-01) (REDMS No. 192168)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That $320,000 of excess sewer utility funding (from 2000 Sanitary Sewer Trunk Utility Bylaw No. 7084) be allocated for assessment of an additional 40 kilometres of ageing sanitary sewer in the Shellmont area in 2001 for identification of necessary repairs to the sewer network.

9100 BRIDGEPORT ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR UNDERGROUND UTILITIES
(Report: Aug. 30/01, File No.: 2285-30-067) (REDMS No. 495346)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That BC Gas be granted a three metre wide underground right of way over a portion of Lot "C" Section 27 Block 5 North Range 6 West NWD Plan 23658 (PID: 009-288-813) being 9100 Bridgeport Road.

Zoning & Development Bylaw No. 5300, Amendment Bylaw No. 7200
(4591 No. 5 Road, RZ 01-175758)
Opposed at 1^st Reading None.
Opposed at 2^nd/3^rd Readings Acting Mayor Greenhill.

Zoning & Development Bylaw No. 5300, Amendment Bylaw No. 7239
(11611, 11631 and 11651 Williams Road, RZ 01-114608)
Opposed at 1^st Reading None.
Opposed at 2^nd/3^rd Readings None.

Zoning & Development Bylaw No. 5300, Amendment Bylaw No. 7263
(11331 Coppersmith Way and 11388 Steveston Highway, ZT 01-187968)
Opposed at 1^st Reading None.
Opposed at 2^nd/3^rd Readings None.