2015 Metro Vancouver Board of Directors2015 Metro Vancouver Board of Directors<div class="ExternalClass4068841568D74EE2967EB27CBB461AD0">Highlights include a: <ul><li style="padding-bottom:10px;">Performance and Procurement Committee to ensure the best value for money for all Metro Vancouver operations and services.</li><li style="padding-bottom:10px;">Climate Action Committee to enhance important regional initiatives with respect to air quality, energy efficiency, and greenhouse gas reductions.</li><li style="padding-bottom:10px;">Regional Economy Task Force that will work collaboratively with our municipal partners, other levels of government, and the private sector to strengthen our economy and expand business and economic opportunities.</li><li style="padding-bottom:10px;">Federal Gas Tax Task Force that will provide advice and recommendations to the Metro Vancouver Board on the use of funds available to the region through the <a href="http://www.ubcm.ca/EN/main/funding/renewed-gas-tax-agreement/greater-vancouver-regional-fund.html" target="_blank">Greater Vancouver Regional Fund</a>, which provides funding for regional transportation investments.</li><p>A complete Board and Committees <a href="/boards/search/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">meeting schedule</a> is available on the Metro Vancouver website. The 38 Board members are Mayors, Councillors and representatives of the 21 municipalities, one electoral area, and one treaty First Nation that comprise Metro Vancouver.</p></ul></div>http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/Issue5-a1.jpg2015-01-01T08:00:00ZGP0|#08524215-2a3b-4829-9825-f56a6017495c;L0|#008524215-2a3b-4829-9825-f56a6017495c|Issue 5;GTSet|#d14ffe11-45dc-48fb-8684-ff109cf15a74<div class="ExternalClass75449A4DF6DF4A018B0703169EBECDDA"><p>As the Metro Vancouver Board begins it first four-year mandate, Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore and Vancouver City Councillor Raymond Louie were again respectively acclaimed as Board Chair and Vice Chair in mid-December.  And in January, the 2015 Metro Vancouver Board <a href="/boards/membership/committee-members/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">committees</a> were <a href="/media-room/media-releases/board-information/384/2015-committees-announced-for-metro-vancouver-boards-first-four-year-mandate" target="_blank">announced</a>.</p></div>