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Motion to adopt the minutes of the meeting of the Public Works & Transportation Committee held on Wednesday, October 17^th, 2007.

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING DATE

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Wednesday, December 19^th, 2007 (tentative date) at 4:00 p.m. in the Anderson Room.

DELEGATION

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Mr. Keenan Kitasaka, P.Eng., Manager, Intelligent Transportation Systems, TransLink, to demonstrate the new initiative ‘iMove’, an upcoming TransLink web site to provide the public with useful information on regional road conditions, transit services, construction activities, etc.

POLICIES / STRATEGIES (0 ITEMS)

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DECISIONS / ACTIONS (3 ITEMS)

ENGINEERING & PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

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MUNICIPAL TICKETING AUTHORIZATION BYLAW NO. 7321, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 8301 (GREASE DISCHARGE INTO CITY SEWERS)

(Report:  Oct. 24/07, File No.:  10-6400-01/2007-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2295245)

Designated Speaker:  Jim Young

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That Municipal Ticketing Information Authorization Bylaw No. 7321, Amendment Bylaw No. 8301, be introduced and given first, second and third readings.

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FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT BYLAW

(Report:  Nov. 1/07, File No.:  10-6060-04-01/2007-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2154595)

Designated Speaker:  Siu Tse

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

(1)

That Flood Plain Designation and Protection Bylaw 8204 be introduced and given first, second, and third readings.

(2)

That Building Regulation Bylaw 7230 Amendment Bylaw 8314 (which deletes section 6.2), be introduced and given first, second and third readings.

(3)

That staff bring forward an amendment to the Building Height definition in the Zoning and Development Bylaw 5300 concurrent with adoption of Flood Plain Designation and Protection Bylaw 8204.

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

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TRANSIT PRIORITY LANE AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES FOR RUSS BAKER WAY-ARTHUR LAING BRIDGE CORRIDOR

(Report:  Oct. 26/07, File No.:  10-6350-01/2007-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2299771)

Designated Speaker:  Victor Wei

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

(1)

That the construction of a northbound transit priority lane on Russ Baker Way between Gilbert Road and Cessna Drive to be funded by TransLink, as described in the attached report, be endorsed with a view to completing it by August 2008.

(2)

That the Director of Transportation be authorized to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with YVR and TransLink to confirm the three agency partnership of the proposed transit priority lane project.

(3)

That the RCMP be requested to provide regular enforcement of the proposed transit priority lane and report back on the effectiveness of and any additional resource requirement for the enforcement on an annual basis.

(4)

That the following traffic management initiatives for the Russ Baker Way-Arthur Laing Bridge corridor be endorsed:

(a)

Retention of service for a tow truck (point duty) at the south end of the Arthur Laing Bridge during the weekday morning peak period to attend to northbound traffic incidents on the bridge for a two-year trial period starting in mid-2008 at the cost of $35,000 per year at a total cost of $70,000 which would be submitted as a candidate project to be considered for funding from the 2008 surplus; and

(b)

Installation of a video traffic monitoring camera in the vicinity of the Russ Baker Way/Cessna Drive intersection at the cost of $40,000 to be considered as part of the City’s 2009 capital program which would result in an impact of approximately $1,000 per year on the annual operating budget.

(5)

That staff report back to the Public Works and Transportation Committee on the effectiveness of the proposed stationing of the tow truck at the south end of the Arthur Laing Bridge at the end of the two-year trial period.

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INFORMATION / AWARENESS (0 ITEMS)

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MANAGER’S REPORT

ADJOURNMENT