General Purposes Committee Meeting Agenda - October 16, 2000

CITY OF RICHMOND
Anderson Room
City Hall
6911 No. 3 Road

Motion to adopt the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, October 2^nd, 2000.

(Report: Sept. 22/00, File No.: ) (REDMS No. 193263)

Designated Speaker: Mayor Halsey-Brandt

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That the interim report (dated September 22^nd, 2000, from Mayor Halsey-Brandt) regarding the status and progress of the Crime and Drugs Task Force, be received for information.

(Report: October 12/00, File No.: 1800-03) (REDMS No. 198891)

Designated Speaker: George Duncan

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

? a 2% increase effective January 1, 2002.

(Report: Sept. 25/00, File No.: ) (REDMS No. 180821, 197527, 179777,184538)

Designated Speaker: Lauren Melville

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That the Policy (attached to the report dated September 25^th, 2000, from the Chief Administrative Officer), regarding programming for City Hall, be adopted.

That staff proceed with Phase 1 of the City Hall Programming Implementation Strategy and report with the results to the General Purposes Committee in 3 months.

(Report: Oct. 6/00, File No.: 8060-20-7148/7178) (REDMS No. 196334, 161809, 195587)

Designated Speaker: Richard McKenna

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That the following bylaws each be introduced and given first, second and third readings:

Business Regulation Bylaw No. 7148; and

Municipal Ticket Information Authorization Bylaw No. 7139, Amendment Bylaw No. 7178.

(Report: Oct. 6/00, File No.: ) (REDMS No. 192573, 152938, 144931)

Designated Speaker: David McLellan

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That the Block Watch Program be enhanced by:

Reallocating funds and staff position to work on the program;

Having Council host an annual recognition reception to honour the support volunteers who participate in the program.

Charging the Citizens Advisory Committee on Policing with the responsibility of developing a 5 year program for the program.

(Report: Sept. 7/00, File No.: 6480-01) (REDMS No. 174795)

Designated Speaker: Gordon Chan

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That the need for reallocation of existing resources or introduction of additional revenue sources to fund new transportation improvements in the Greater Vancouver region be recognized.

That TransLink be requested to initiate a joint effort with other agencies, stakeholders, and the public to lobby the Federal Government to re-direct a portion of the fuel tax revenues towards improving the Greater Vancouver transportation system.

That TransLink be requested not to consider the concept of imposing a region-wide Transportation Improvement Fee until all efforts related to the federal gasoline tax revenue re-direction option are exhausted and all cost savings achievable through efficiency gains by TransLink have been identified.

That, if the proposed region-wide Transportation Improvement Fee is determined to be the only viable option after all efforts outlined in recommendation 3 above are exhausted, the following principles be considered by TransLink in determining the means of generating the required revenue for improving the regional transportation system:

Any Transportation Improvement Fee implemented should have a transportation demand management and environmental enhancement relevance;

The Transportation Improvement Fee should not be tied to any "transit access" formula as one of the options being examined by TransLink;

Any Transportation Improvement Fee implemented should have a positive impact on goods movements in the region considering the reduction of road congestion as a result of enhancements to the Major Road Network.

Property taxation should not be considered as a possible revenue source.

That recommendations 1 to 4 above be conveyed to the TransLink Board of Directors and member municipalities.

That staff report to Council, through the Public Works & Transportation Committee, on the results of the public consultation process conducted by TransLink to seek input on the various funding options being considered.