Board Meeting Highlights
June 27, 2005
The following information is intended to provide quick highlights of this scheduled Board meeting. Every attempt has been made to summarize these highlights as accurately as possible; however, the complete and official minutes will be posted on the web site on the Monday one week prior to the next scheduled Board meeting.
Meeting Agenda - June 27, 2005
CHAIR'S REPORT
A number of special events have
taken place in the last few weeks, including
naming dedications for two parks: Rosemary
Brown and Sahalli, Stanley Park's Rain or
Shine Festival, and the Seniors' Tea Dance
and Jazz concerts at the Roundhouse. The
Park Board's public web site at vancouverparks.ca
has won a national Award of Merit from the
Canadian Public Relations Society.
GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT
Several Park Board-related issues are
on City Council and Committee agendas this
week - Capital Plan 2006-2008 Draft Allocation,
Queen Elizabeth Park Road Dedication and Subdivisions,
GVRD's Mosquito Control Administration and
Coordination Service By-law, 2004 Year End
Review of the PNE, and Supply and Delivery
of Four Ice Conditioners for rinks.
STAFF REPORTS
Capital
Plan 2006-2008 Draft Allocation
The Board received for information the
Draft Allocation of the Capital Plan for 2006-2008,
the plan for spending on Park Board infrastructure,
buildings and major community support programs
for the next three years. The overall plan
represents an investment in neighbourhoods
and communities, liveability and sustainability.
This time there are two envelopes of funding
- one for parks and recreation and one for
community legacies through the Winter Olympic
Games. From a variety of funding sources, the
Park Board has been allocated an historic high
figure of $80.045 million - divided up for
Parks ($16.995 million), Land Acquisition and
Development ($6 million), Facilities ($12.150
million), Street Trees ($1 million), Olympic
Legacy Facilities ($39.5 million), and Overhead
and Project Management ($4.4 million). The
Olympic projects, which give a significant
opportunity to advance Park Board renewal objectives,
include two ice rinks (at Killarney and Trout
Lake), one swimming pool (replacing Percy Norman)
and resurfacing of Stanley Park and Queen Elizabeth
Parks roads. The Draft Plan will be released
for further public review and comment prior
to a final decision in the early Fall. The
electorate will vote on the Capital Plan during
the civic election on November 19, 2005.
Strategic Plan
2005-2010
The new Strategic Plan for 2005-2010
represents the collective ideas and vision
of the Board and staff, with guidance from
Park Board partners, stakeholders and the general
public. The plan, which was developed after
extensive public consultaton, will be used
to guide the organization and inform the business
plans of all staff units. Five clear priorities
are laid out: Greening the Park Board, Engaging
People, Working Together, Managing Resources
and Meeting Future Challenges. A new Mission
Statement is included: Provide, preserve and advocate for parks and recreation services to benefit people, communities and the environment. and
a new slogan: Lively
and diverse by nature.
The Board endorsed the Strategic Plan, pending
inclusion of a number of suggested changes
to the wording.
Queen Elizabeth
Park Statutory Right-of-Way
The Park Board has a long-standing practice
to support dedication of strips of park land
or the granting of right-of-ways through
parks for transportation and/or infrastructure
purposes. In order to rectify the need to
register a statutory right-of-way over a
small portion of Cambie Street near 31st
Avenue, the Park Board supported the momentary
revoking of the 'permanent park' status of
Queen Elizabeth Park to subdivide the park
and dedicate the 0.11 hectare portion for
road purposes. As well, the Board supported
the registration of five additional right-of-ways
in the park to allow for infrastructure requirements
associated with the Reservoir and for communications
ducts.
MOTION
To address concerns of traffic for those wishing
to access the new #1 Kingsway building, Commissioner
Poaps put forward a motion that the Park Board request
Council to ask City staff to develop a better solution,
including a pedestrian crossing at 7th Avenue, as
part of the Showcase Project for the intersection
of Main and Kingsway that recognizes the importance
of #1 Kingsway as an important community facility
and provides a higher level of safety, comfort and
access to pedestrisn, transit users and cyclists.
The Motion carried.
NEXT MEETING
The next regular meeting of
the Park Board is at 7:00 pm on Monday,
July 11th at 2099 Beach Avenue.
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