THAT the following report be received for INFORMATION.

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1 ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT Report Date: October 30, 2018 Contact: Rosemary Hagiwara Contact No.: RTS No.: VanRIMS No.: Meeting Date: November 13, 2018 TO: FROM: Vancouver City Council Chief Election Officer SUBJECT: Local General Election Results RECOMMENDATION THAT the following report be received for INFORMATION. REPORT SUMMARY This report is to fulfil Section 120 of the Vancouver Charter which requires that within 30 days after the declaration of the official election results, the Chief Election Officer submit a report of the election results to Council. A comprehensive review of the election is forthcoming in the spring of COUNCIL AUTHORITY/PREVIOUS DECISIONS There is no applicable Council Authority or previous decisions relevant to this report. CITY MANAGER'S/GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS REPORT The City Manager submits the report for information only. Background/Context On Saturday, October 20, 2018, a local election was held in the city of Vancouver. There were 448,332 registered voters in the city of Vancouver of which 176,450 voters cast ballots. Voter turnout was 39.36%.

2 Local General Election Results As required under the Vancouver Charter, section 108, on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, as Chief Election Officer, I declared the candidates listed below elected, having received the highest number of votes cast for the respective offices. Strategic Analysis Office of the Mayor (1 elected) STEWART, Kennedy 49,705 Office of Councillor (10 elected) CARR, Adriane 69,730 FRY, Pete 61,806 DE GENOVA, Melissa 53,251 SWANSON, Jean 48,865 HARDWICK, Colleen 47,747 WIEBE, Michael 45,593 BOYLE, Christine 45,455 DOMINATO, Lisa 44,689 BLIGH, Rebecca 44,053 KIRBY-YUNG, Sarah 43,581 Office of Park Board Commissioner (7 elected) MACKINNON, Stuart 73,549 DEMERS, Dave 73,167 DUMONT, Camil 65,303 COUPAR, John 49,768 BARKER, Tricia 48,786 GIESBRECHT, Gwen 48,404 IRWIN, John 46,287 Office of School Trustee (9 elected) FRASER, Janet 75,100 GONZALEZ, Estrellita 58,409 REDDY, Jennifer 52,757 HANSON, Oliver 49,932 BALLANTYNE, Fraser 49,793 CHO, Carmen 49,541 CHAN-PEDLEY, Lois 48,409 PARROTT, Barb 48,189 WONG, Allan 47,301

3 Local General Election Results Assent Voting: Capital Plan Borrowing Questions In addition, with respect to Assent Voting that took place on October 20, 2018 in accordance with Part II of the Vancouver Charter, I declared the following Capital Plan Borrowing Questions approved: 1. Transportation and technology $100,353,000 for the following purposes? A. Street and bridge infrastructure To provide for major maintenance, reconstruction and enhancement of the arterial and neighbourhood transportation networks, sidewalks, greenways, and cycle routes, and to undertake major maintenance of bridges and other structures, including repairs and $47,429,000 B. Traffic signals and street lighting structural work on Granville Bridge. To provide for major maintenance, replacement, and enhancement of traffic signals and street lighting that are beyond economical repair or no longer meet operational requirements. $42,924,000 C. Technology projects To provide for the renewal and enhancement of the City s information technology systems such as data centres, servers, and applications that support the delivery of and access to City services and programs. $10,000,000 Total $100,353,000 YES 118,344 NO 40, Capital maintenance and renovation programs for existing community facilities, civic facilities, and parks $99,557,000 for the following purposes? A. Maintenance of community and civic facilities To provide for ongoing capital maintenance such as replacement of roofs, windows, elevators, heating / ventilation, electrical, and plumbing systems. $59,175,000 B. Renovations of community and To provide for renovations or other upgrades such as renovations to community spaces, wheelchair access $23,975,000

4 Local General Election Results civic facilities improvements, energy conservation upgrades, and removal of hazardous materials. C. Maintenance and renovation of parks To provide for ongoing capital maintenance, renovations or other upgrades of existing parks, park buildings, and features within parks such as the seawall, pathways, playgrounds, playfields, and sport courts. $16,407,000 Total $99,557,000 YES 121,453 NO 36, Replacement of existing community facilities and civic facilities $100,090,000 for the following purposes? A. Community facilities To provide for replacement, renewal or rehabilitation of existing community facilities, including Marpole- Oakridge Community Centre, Marpole Library, the City Archives, and other projects such as Britannia Community Centre, Ray-Cam Community Centre, or West End Community Centre that are at the planning or $62,840,000 B. Civic facilities design stage. To provide for replacement, renewal, or rehabilitation of existing civic facilities, including the first phase at Sunset Service Yard, seismic upgrade of the Kitsilano Fire Hall, and other projects such as Manitoba Service Yard or one of the downtown fire halls that are at the planning or design stage. $37,250,000 Total $100,090,000 YES 108,545 NO 49,388

5 Local General Election Results Implications/Related Issues/Risk Financial There are no financial implications. CONCLUSION This report is to fulfil Section 120 of the Vancouver Charter which requires that within 30 days after the declaration of the official election results, the Chief Election Officer submit a report of the election results to Council. A comprehensive review of the 2018 election is forthcoming in the spring of * * * * *