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Public Hearing – April 12th, 2022With only ten public hearings scheduled before the civic election, Hannah and I expect this will likely be one of the last calm events this term. The pandemic certainly consumed much of our city council's ambitions, yet they still managed to spend plenty of time debating simple things like Item... Continue Reading →
Public Hearing – January 18th, 2022Anyone who grew up in a small town in the Canadian Prairies can vouch there’s not a lot to do, especially at this time of year. So it may sound hard to believe, but one of my loving wife’s favourite activities was heading to her hometown’s only 7-Eleven for Slurpees... Continue Reading →
Public Hearing – November 16th 2021(Update – November 19th, 2021 – Despite relatively few speakers, city council only finished Items #1 & #2, meaning you still have time to comment on the rest, which will be heard on November 25th, 2021. While the last public hearing offered some unique stories, including one person’s recollection of... Continue Reading →
2406-2484 Renfrew StThe Urban Design Panel is known for striking fear into the hearts of even the most confident applicant teams, yet this was the first time in a long while I’ve felt anxious about attending a meeting. I would like to think that’s understandable, as this was the first in-person event since March 4,... Continue Reading →
2406-2484 Renfrew StPerhaps it’s fitting this proposal is located almost adjacent to the first two buildings approved under the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Policy, as it's likely this program's dying gasp. At least that’s how some on city council (4:35-4:45) have described the effect of their colleague’s decision to ignore their staff’s advice to... Continue Reading →
5055 Joyce St (DP-2021-00004)For all of the Urban Design Panel's systemic faults, generally the panelists themselves want to do good by the residents of Vancouver. That was demonstrated when one member questioned whether one of this building’s smaller storefronts could host a small Filipino owned business. Hannah and I are both aware this community fears... Continue Reading →
Public Hearing – June 17th, 2021 This public hearing’s agenda will let me recap one of my favourite open house experiences, and one that Hannah still rightly scolds me for attending, as I was literally bleeding internally. Even with the post surgical fog, I’ll never forget the shocked faces in the room, though not every... Continue Reading →
5163-5187 Joyce StIt’s ironic that buildings around the Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain station are prohibited by the similarly named area plan from exceeding the Telus Boot’s height, as four high-rises are now planned there. While Burnaby debates which structure will become the region’s tallest, on this side of Boundary Road, opponents decry this development as the new... Continue Reading →
2406-2484 Renfrew StreetAs I just passed a challenging part in Dragon Quest 11, I would have preferred a few more days away from City Duo, but an email from a long-term fan put an end to that aspiration. Frankly, there’s few things that Hannah and I find more exciting than a pre-application event notice, though... Continue Reading →
Public Hearing – October 6th, 2020Like anyone that has spent time at city hall, Hannah and I were well familiar with La Taqueria Pinche, but their new location has some gremlins, or rather a few existing, unpermitted mezzanines. That’s led to this night’s lone text amendment as, despite the struggles of operating a business during... Continue Reading →
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