THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WHITE ROCK

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Admin.
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TEL NO 5319111 WHITE ROCK. 8 C.
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11 q 1 1989 November 2nd

MEMQRANOUM

TO: Committee of the Whole
FROM: H.W. Baldwin, Administrator

SUBJECT: GVRO Development Services
1990 Budget

INTRODUCTION

At its meeting of November Ist the Regional Administrative Advisory
Committee (RAAC) received the proposed 1990 budget for the GVRO
Development Services Department. The Development Services Procedure
Bylaw requires review by RAAC of any program which would take the
Regional levy over $0.11 per $1000 of assessed value. The Technical
Advisory Committee (the municipal planners) reviewed the program which
proposed a 83.4% increase on October 13, 1989 and endorsed it. The RAAC
considered the budget and on a split vote recommended it be reduced to
1989 levels with the exception of the Transportation component. Tha next
step in the process is for the budget to be considered by the GVRD Board.

PAST PRACTICE
N/A

ANALYSIS

Attached is the budget information provided to the RAAC. Every facet of
the Development Services Department operations is increasing by a
significant amount. The overall budget is proposed to increase from
$1,144,662 to $2,098,890. The single major increases are as follows:

Livable Region Program - increase from $154,585 to $493,985 in
order to build public involvement in the Livable Region
Programs. This would take the form of public meetings in each
municipality, cablevision shows, and extensive advertising.
The planners believe that this is required to gain a sense af
commitment to the concepts espoused in the program.

Economic Development Services - increase from $192,425 to $502,440

- of this amount $200,000 is to cover a contract with Tourism
Vancouver in place of the current contract with individual
municipalities. The amount of the levy for this function wil]
not actually increase greatly as it would be offset by the
deletion of the contract costs. What it does mean, however, 1s
that the region has expanded its mandate and that unwilling
partners are now committed by others. A further $100,000 of
the increase is to pay for the staff costs of several City of
Vancouver employees that the City believes are doing regional
economic development work as opposed to purely City work.

Transportation Planning - increase from $174,853 to $271,405 in

order to fund the work required by the recommendations of the
Greater Vancouver Transportation Task Force and the
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Group Study.

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