General Purposes Committee Meeting Agenda - January 7, 2002

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ITEM

MINUTES

1

1.

Motion to adopt the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, December 17^th, 2001.

PARKS, RECREATION & CULTURAL SERVICES DIVISION

10

2.

BRITANNIA HERITAGE SHIPYARD FRONT DOCK
(Report: Dec. 4/01, File No.: ) (REDMS No. 574113)

Designated Speaker: David Naysmith

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That an increase to the scope of the design of the Britannia Heritage Shipyard front dock be approved to allow for dredging to a minimum of three (3) meters (as outlined in Option 1 described in the report dated December 4^th, 2001, from the General Managers, Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services and Engineering & Public Works respectively).

COMMUNITY SAFETY DIVISION

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3.

PARKING REVENUE
(Report: Dec. 17/01, File No.: ) (REDMS No. 580910)

Designated Speaker: Sandra Tokarczyk

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That the following Phase 1 and 2 recommendations relating to parking revenue be endorsed:

Phase I activities:

(1)

Confirm the practice of pay parking on the following four City parking lots:

(a)

Gateway/Chapel/Family Place;

(b)

Brighouse Park;

(c)

Lawn Bowling Green Road; and

(d)

Gravel Lot Westminster Highway and Alderbridge Way.

(2)

Add the following additional sites to the pay parking lot inventory:

(a)

balance of Minoru Park parking lots;

(b)

City owned lots in Steveston; and

(c)

Garry Point Park.

(3)

Authorize a call for proposals from private contractors to operate the pay parking lots identified in recommendations a and b above for a two year period;

(4)

Authorize staff to introduce time parking restrictions in the remainder of Minoru Park;

(5)

Authorize staff to explore and if feasible enter into an agreement with the Vancouver/ Richmond Health Board that would allow local Health Care Nurses on-street time exempted parking permits for a fee;

(6)

Authorize staff to explore the opportunity of revenue sharing with ICBC for the collection of outstanding city issued parking tickets;

(7)

Endorse the philosophy of towing from both on and off street parking where violators have two or more outstanding unpaid parking tickets.

(8)

Staff to prepare a Report to Council that contains a communications strategy for Phase I activities.

Phase II activities:

(1)

Instruct staff to identify new on-street timed parking areas that would be feasible areas for on-street pay parking;

(2)

Instruct staff to identify existing on-street timed parking areas that would be feasible areas for on-street pay parking;

(3)

Authorize staff to conduct a proposal call for the introduction of pay parking on selected new and existing on-street timed parking areas (identified in (1) and (2) of Phase II above);

(4)

Staff to identify areas into which monthly on-street parking permits should be introduced;

(5)

Staff to prepare a Report to Council on the required capital expenditures in order to introduce recommendations (1) through (4) of Phase II above;

(6)

Staff to prepare a Report to Council (companion to (5) of Phase II above) that provides a cost comparison on delivery of parking services by the city and by private contract.

(7)

Staff to prepare a Report to Council that contains a marketing and public communications strategy for Phase II activities.

(8)

Staff to prepare a Report to Council that contains a marketing and public communications strategy for Phase II activities.

FINANCE & CORPORATE SERVICES DIVISION

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4.

2002 RICHMOND CITY GRANTS
(Report: Dec. 19/01, File No.: 0168-01) (REDMS No. 586344, 172910, 568478, 568522, 567813, 568533, 568640, 568719, 568807, 572968, 568847, 568856, 572923, 568865, 572899, 569530, 569447, 569544, 569553, 572916, 569562, 569573, 569639, 572886, 571805, 571805, 571836, 571894, 581549, 586041, 571783)

Designated Speaker: Anne Stevens

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

(1)

That the grant amounts (identified in the report dated December 19^th, 2001, from the Manager, Customer Services) for Health and Social Services applicants, be approved and the cheques disbursed for a total of $239,700; and

(2)

The grants (identified in the report dated December 19^th, 2001, from the Manager, Customer Services) for Cultural; Community Promotion and Summer Program applicants be approved and the cheques disbursed for a total of $61,300.

Designated Speaker: Jim Bruce

That a 2002 base level operating budget of $4,135 be approved for the Sister City Committee;

That the Mayor and Councils elected representative to the Committee (Councillor Lyn Greenhill), as well as the Committees Chair and Vice Chair, or their alternates, be authorized to attend the All Japan Flower Competition and;

That the appropriate funding be allocated from the 2002 Council Contingency Account.

Designated Speaker: Jim Bruce

ADJOURNMENT