Decenber 3rd, A973 ena; eee

“Acting Mayor Alderman Traboulay advised that His: Worship. Mayor Scott. was. un= Act.-Mayor
re Mayor.’
and he ¢ ex- Scett's .
absence

able to be dn attendance this evening due to his wife's sudden illness,

pressed the Council’ s wish fur her early recovery.

the “Acting-Mayor referred to Page 14. of the October 3rd, 1973 Greater Act Mayor

re GVRD re-
- Vancouver Regional District minutes, and stated he felt that the City should en~- ports, min-

utes: ete
(Gevor to obtain copies of two reports mentioned therein, namely, “Viability of

Farming’ and "Enviromental Qualit in Greater Vancouver”, The ActingrMayor also
g" y }

mentioned that as the G.V, R.D. has now become a public body, the minutes of its

meetings should be made available to the public, and to the > City eetiier; further,

that the names: of ‘the movers and seconders of ‘resolutions should be™ stated in the
-stinutes,, and that the newsletters should be given to schools and: the publ ie.

Acting-Mayor Alderman Traboulay then referred to the October 3ist, 1973 GVRD Act.Mayor -

re Bill W712
‘minutes concerning a report on the Assessment Equalization Act Amendments presented

by Mayor ‘Tonn. of the District of Coquitlam, who convinced the Board that it "should
seek ‘the repeal of BLL 71, and he suggested that information on the Bill be obtai~
“ned from the City's Assessor; ‘however, the City Administrator advised that this

_subject was dealt with by the Council ear ely in October and that at that time full
information was circulated. Alderman Laking commented he had discussed the matter -

with Mayor Tonn, and that. he was going to ask the G.V.R.D. to do an in-depth study

on it; however, Alderman Neyer stated his view that no one would be put out of

business in this day of rising inflation, as consumer prices can be raised to off- —

set increased taxation.

Acting-Mayor Alderman Traboulay referred to Page 4 of the School Board minu- Act Mayor -

. . a . 7 oo re Jnt.City:
tes concerning the joint City-Scheol swimming pool, and pointed ous that while the ~School

SO . ae swim-pool -
Board agreed to construction cost-sharing subject to approval by the Minister of Ce as
‘Education, at did not appear to have approved joint operation of the facility, as

that particular resolution was defeated. Alderman Laking stated he understood

that the defeated resolution was only the defeat of an attempt te have a joint

committee, rather than the City, operate the pool; however, he requested the City

“Administrator to - check into the matter, oe
; Act Mayor.
congratula-
‘es HH. Schinz
“new Zon.Bd,
of Variance

_member. ~

On behalf of the Council, Acting-Mayor Alderman Traboulay extended congrat~-
“ulations to Mtr. Hans Schinz, who had just recently been appointed as a member of
the city" s Zoning Board of Variance to fill the vacancy created by the resigna~

tion of Mr, FG. McCallum, due to illness, and he wished him every success in his

term of office,