Board of Parks and Recreation
Regular Board Meeting

Monday, July 25, 2011 at 7:00 pm

AGENDA -Revised July 25

A recording of the Agenda is available at 604-257-8507.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

1. Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board held on Monday, July 11, 2011 .

CHAIR'S REPORT

COMMITTEE REPORT

STAFF REPORTS

2. Park Board Strategic Plan – Approval of Strategic Framework
   Staff report dated July 20, 2011 recommending that the Board endorse the high level strategic framework as outlined in the attached Board Report.
   
3. Vancouver International Marathon Route Change Proposal
   Staff report dated July 12, 2011 recommending that the Board approve route adjustments to the BMO Vancouver Marathon as outlined in this report, with all arrangements to the satisfaction of the General Manager.
4. Contract Award -East Fraserlands Neighbourhood Park North
   Staff report dated July 25, 2011 recommending that the Board approve recommendations A to D.
   
5. Construction Contract Award – Connaught Park East Fields Renovation
   Staff report dated dated July 25, 2011 recommending that the Board approve recommendations A to D.
   
6. Contract Award - Supply of Financial Services
   Staff report dated July 13, 2011 recommending that the Board approves the recommendations A, B, C and D as per the attached Council report (Appendix I ).
7. Foodservice Operation at Hillcrest Centre – Award of Contract
   Staff report dated July, 20, 2011 recommending that the Board approve recommendations A to E.
8. AAA Horse  & Carriage in Stanley Park Ltd –  Relocation
   Staff report dated July 19, 2011 recommending that the Board approve recommendations A to F.
   
   
   

MOTION

The following motion was put forward by Commissioner Barnes:

Whereas the Greenest City Action Team has identified one of the ten broad long term goals for 2020 as zero waste;

Whereas invasive species and other environmental management processes carried out by the Park Board result in green waste;

Whereas the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation confirms its mandate in the arts and recognizes the arts as an essential element in a vital, creative and balanced city and seeks to actively facilitate participation in and access to the arts for all;

Whereas new ways of approaching invasive English Ivy green waste were created by artists collaborating with ecologists during the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project;

Therefore be it resolved that staff explore options for management and reduction of green waste, including the up-cycling of green waste through creative partnerships with artists and ecologists.

ENQUIRIES, OTHER MATTERS AND NEW BUSINESS


IN-CAMERA MEETING

THAT the Board later this evening go into a meeting which is closed to the public, pursuant to Section 165.2 (1) of the Vancouver Charter, to discuss matters related to paragraph:

(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the Council/Board considers that disclosure could reasonably by expected to harm the interests of the city.

NEXT MEETING:  Monday, September 19, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Park Board office.

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