Updated: July 28, 2014
NOTICE OF MEETING
BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION
SPECIAL MEETING
AGENDA
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 * |
* reconvened: Monday, July 28, 2014 & Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
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Time: |
9:00 am (July 26) |
Place: |
Park Board - Boardroom
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PLEASE NOTE:
- For more information, or to comment on agenda topics, please email pbmeetings@vancouver.ca
- For speaker registration, please email pbmeetings@vancouver.ca, call the Park Board Meeting Line at 604-257-8158, or sign-up online: http://vancouver.ca/your-government/speak-at-a-meeting.aspx
- If you have materials to distribute to the Board, please submit to: pbmeetings@vancouver.ca
- The Agenda and additional information is available on the Park Board website.
- Speaker registration, comments, and materials for distribution for this agenda must be received by noon, Friday, July 25, 2014.
*On July 28, 2014, the Board completed hearing from speakers and reconvened on Thursday, July 31, 2014 for discussion.
ROLL CALL
AGENDA ITEM
1. Review of the Practice of Keeping Captive Cetaceans in Stanley Park
At the Regular Board meeting on April 28, 2014, the Vancouver Park Board passed the following motion:
A. Staff prepare a report to the Vancouver Park Board by July 2014 on the Vancouver Aquarium’s current operations that pertain to cetaceans and review the operations of other comparable Aquariums that may or may not have captive cetaceans;
B. Staff provide a public memo with an overview of the current agreements and relationship between the Vancouver Park Board and the Vancouver Aquarium, and post it on the Vancouver Park Board website;
C. Staff invite the Vancouver Aquarium to present to the Park Board on their programming, education and rehabilitation related to cetaceans, as well as their work with other aquariums.
D. Staff ensure that the public is given a full and timely opportunity to review the report, provide comments, and speak to the report.
Note: The following presentations will take place prior to hearing from speakers.
(a) Staff Report 
Staff presentation 
(b) Vancouver Aquarium Presentation
---- Final Motion
The public memo with an overview of the current agreements and relationship between the Vancouver Park Board and the Vancouver Aquarium is available on the Park Board website
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