April 18, 2006 Agenda
General Purposes Committee
Anderson Room, City Hall
6911 No. 3 Road
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
4:00 p.m.
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Motion to adopt the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, April 3rd, 2006. |
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DELEGATION |
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Josh O’Connor, Chair and Craig Jones, Executive Director, Richmond Chamber of Commerce; Nicki Roberts, New Image Studies, Task Force Co-Chair; Simon Johnston, Gateway Theatre, Task Force Co-Chair; and Rob Fleming, Kwantlen University College, Task Force Member, representing the Richmond Chamber of Commerce Arts and Cultural Task Force, to present their report: Benefits, Opportunities and Recommendations for Linkages between Business, Arts and Culture in Richmond. |
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FINANCE DEPARTMENT |
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GREATER VANCOUVER SEWERAGE & DRAINAGE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES (Report: Apr. 6/06, File No.: ) (REDMS No. 1776265) |
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Designated Speaker: Graham Willis |
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION |
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That the GVS&DD sewer DCC currently being funded by the Richmond sewer utility be charged to developers at subdivision or building permit approval, as appropriate, effective July 1, 2006, and that the GVS&DD be given written notice immediately of the City’s intentions to terminate the existing contract. |
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PROPOSED DCC PROGRAM AND RATES BYLAW (Report: Mar. 3/06, File No.: 12-8060-20-8049) (REDMS No. 1782055, 1789644) | |
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Designated Speaker: Graham Willis | |
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION | |
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That staff: | |
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obtain public input regarding the draft 2006 Development Cost Charge (DCC) Program and Bylaw (as per the report dated March 3, 2006 from the Manager, Special Projects), and |
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report to the General Purposes Committee in early May, 2006. |
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PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT |
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UPDATE: AIRCRAFT NOISE AND AIRPORT PLANNING MANAGEMENT (Report: Apr. 7/06, File No.: ) (REDMS No. 1801505) |
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Designated Speaker: Terry Crowe |
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION |
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That, (as per Option 1 in the report dated April 7th, 2006 from the Manager, Policy Planning, entitled: Update: Aircraft Noise and Airport Planning Management), as the Vancouver International Airport Authority [VIAA] has agreed to hold a public meeting soon in 2006, to enable aircraft noise and airport planning issues to be discussed, the City not establish a City Airport Committee and await the VIAA to brief them on the findings of the public meeting. |
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ADJOURNMENT |
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