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From YouTube: Council Meeting - February 8, 2022
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A
A
A
video
of
council
members
speaking
presentations
and
vote
results
will
be
projected
on
the
live
stream
when
available
and
just
to
remind
everybody
that
all
staff
are
participating
electronically.
For
this
week's
meetings.
Council
members,
I
remind
that,
in
accordance
with
section
14.13
of
the
procedure,
bylaws
members
must
enable
their
video
to
confirm
quorum.
A
Of
course,
as
always,
we
acknowledge
that
we're
on
the
unseated
homelands
of
the
muscle
and
squamous
and
stable
tooth
people,
and
thank
them
for
having
care
for
these
lands,
look
forward
to
working
with
them
in
partnership,
as
we
continue
to
build
this
great
city
together
and
thanks
as
always
to
our
fantastic
staff
here
at
the
city
of
vancouver,
who
are
really
doing
incredible
work
through
this
never-ending
pandemic,
as
well
as
all
the
regular
stuff
that
we
we
do
here
in
the
city.
With
that
clerk's
going
to
have
the
roll
call.
Please.
C
C
E
A
H
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Black
history
month
provides
us
with
the
opportunity
to
celebrate
and
learn
about
the
many
achievements,
investments
and
contributions
of
vancouver's,
black
and
african
dispute
communities.
Even
while
these
communities
have
endured
historical
and
continuant
inequality,
oppression
and
erasure
for
too
long,
the
institution
of
the
city
of
vancouver
and
its
elected
leaders
have
perpetuated
discrimination
against
black
and
african
dysphoria
communities
black
history
month
at
this
black
history
month,
we
are
honoring
vancouver's
black
leaders
who
are
no
longer
with
us.
A
And
whereas
the
city
of
vancouver
affirms
the
rights
and
is
striving
to
strengthen
the
full
and
equitable
participation
of
the
of
people
of
african
descent.
And
whereas
vancouver
is
located
on
the
unseated
ancestral
territories
of
the
muslim
squamish
and
stable
tooth
people.
The
city
recognizes
the
historic
historical
relationship
between
indigenous
and
black
communities
and
is
dedicated
to
support
strengthening
relations
between
indigenous
black
and
people
of
mixed
heritage.
A
A
The
public
is
strongly
encouraged
to
listen
to
proceedings
via
the
city's
website
or
youtube
link
and
to
follow
along
on
twitter
at
vancityclerk
for
updates
on
the
progress
of
the
meeting
video
of
council
members
speaking
presentations,
amendments
and
vote
results.
We
will
be
projected
to
viewers
when
available
any
comments
on
agenda
items
can
be
sent
to
council
using
the
web
form
on
the
city's
website.
A
The
link
to
that
form
will
be
tweeted
out
on
vancity
clerk
also
want
to
note
that
the
city
of
vancouver's,
long-standing
commitment
to
equity,
diversity
and
inclusion,
including
utmost
respect
for
all
genders.
I
remind
council
that
when
addressing
speakers
and
staff,
we
will
avoid
using
gendered
honorifics
and
will
instead
refer
to
the
person
by
first
and
last
name
role
or
title.
A
Today.
We
have
three
administrative
items:
one
communication,
four
reports:
seven
referral
reports,
20
bylaws,
four,
administrative
motions:
five
council
members,
motions
notice
of
council
members,
motions,
new
business
inquiries
and
other
matters.
If
we
do
well,
we
should
be
done
by
five
o'clock
today.
A
The
plan
for
the
day
is
to
break
at
noon
for
lunch
and
then
in
camera
between
one
and
three
return
to
council
one
to
one
to
three.
If
needed,
we
have
dinner
from
five
to
six
and
then
to
return
the
complete
the
rest
of
the
agenda.
If
we're
not
finished
a
pursuant
to
section
16,
164-1,
subsection,
2
of
the
vancouver
charter,
public
notice
is
hereby
given
that
the
council
will
consider.
I
will
give
consideration
to
amend
procedural
bylaw
one
two,
five,
seven,
seven
at
the
council
meeting
on
march.
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A
I
A
C
A
B
C
A
A
C
A
Hey
oppose,
nay,
that's
passed.
Thank
you
so
much.
Okay.
Now
we're
moving
to
the
consent
agenda.
I
have
the
queue
open.
If
you
want
to
hold
any
of
these
items,
council
will
now
consider
matters
adapted
on
consent.
We
have
communication,
one
reports,
one
two
and
four
and
referral
ports,
one
through
seven
on
the
consent
agenda
for
consideration
report
three:
has
speakers
and
will
be
withheld
from
consent
agenda.
J
A
A
A
I
see
nobody
on
the
queue
so
I'll
just
read
out
the
list
again,
so
we
know
what
we're
voting
on.
We
have
communication,
one
which
is
changes
to
the
council
meeting
schedule.
We
have
report
one
which
is
the
street
cleaning
grants.
We
have
report
four,
which
is
contract
award
of
ductile
iron
fittings.
A
A
Oppose
nay,
great,
okay,
thanks,
that's
I
will
read
out
council.
I
did
forget
to
ask
if
there
are
conflicts
of
interest,
but
I
will
remind
you
right
at
this
stage
I'll
try
to
cue,
but
if
you
do
feel
you
have
a
conflict,
it's
important
that
you
indicate
it
before.
We
begin
discussion
of
the
item,
but
I
will
try
to
remind
you
as
I
go
through.
A
A
We
have
referred
650
west
41st
avenue,
which
is
the
oakridge
center.
We
have
referred
a
cd1
text
amendment
for
310
prior
street
we've
referred
rezoning
on
west
28th
avenue,
we've
referred
to
miscellaneous
amendments,
and
that
is
the
consent
agenda.
Thanks
so
much
we'll
get
to
those
held
reports.
Just
a
little
later.
A
Clerks
removing
those
now
right,
so
we're
gonna
move
to
report
two
yeah.
Okay,
so
we're
gonna
move
to
report
two
which
is
held
by
councillor
hardwick
funding
application
to
investing
in
canada,
infrastructure,
councilor
harvick
that
you
have,
I
don't
know,
city
manager.
Is
the
report
conduct
a
presentation,
that's
available
for
this
item
or
just
questions.
J
Yes,
thank
you
I'd.
I
just
like
for
the
record
to
to
understand
how
this
is
going
to
work,
we're
endorsing
the
application,
which
is
understand
as
understandable,
but
they
were
also
directing
staff
to
incorporate
the
project
into
the
draft
2023-2026
capital
plan
in
accordance
with
the
city's
capital
budget
policy
upon
successful
funding.
So
my
question
is
under
those
conditions,
what
if
we
don't
get
the
funding
and
what
are
the
implications
for
the
capital
budget?
Thank
you
reasonable.
C
Yes,
it's
it's
liz
jones
from
long-term
financial,
long-term
financial
strategy
and
planning.
If
the.
If,
if
the
funding
application
is
not
approved,
then
the
project
would
get
prioritized
it.
It
would
sorry
it
would
be
up
to
engineering
how
they
how
they
would
be,
how
they
would
prioritize
it
within
their
other
projects.
In
the
capital
plan.
C
B
M
Mayor
and
council,
jimmy
zomer
director
of
the
urban
watershed,
sewers
and
drainage,
thanks
for
the
the
question.
So,
if
this
grant
application
is
not
successful,
we
will
intend
to
advance
some
or
all
of
this
work
through
our
udcl
funding
program,
because
this
work
is
part
of
the
servicing
plan
for
the
canby
corridor
and
it's
being
analyzed
and
prioritized
as
part
of
the
udcl
program
for
that
area
and
as
part
of
the
citywide
dcl
update.
J
M
They
may
be
influenced
by
the
criteria
for
udcl
eligibility,
so
certain
projects
that
would
be
funded
by
udcl
have
to
be
neighborhood
serving
and
they
need
to
meet
the
udcl
criteria.
So
we
might
tweak
the
scope
a
little
bit
to
make
sure
that
any
scope
of
work
is
compliant
with
our
funding
source
eligibility
criteria.
E
Yeah
question
on
the
columbia
park:
neighborhood
water
management-
this
is
to
you
jimmy.
Can
you
speak
a
little
bit
tomorrow?
What
this
would
look
like?
It
talks
about
disturbed
area,
I've
estimated
to
be
about
eighty
two,
five,
zero
meters
squared.
So
I'm
just
wondering
what
would
this
look
like
from
a
neighborhood
standpoint
and
how
much
water
would
this
be
able
to
divert
from
our
current
system.
E
E
I
Thank
you.
I
have
a
follow-up
question
and
I
know
that
there
were
numbers
sent
in
advance
on
this,
and
I
know
it's
a
funny
application,
so
the
report's
sort
of
administrative,
but
for
residents
that
aren't
as
familiar
with
the
facility
that's
in
the
park.
I
wonder
if
you
could
just
kind
of
explain
in
sort
of
day-to-day
terms
for
people
sort
of
the
non
the
non
tech
speaks
of
what
the
facility
in
the
park
would
actually
do
and
how
it
connects
into
the
great
green
infrastructure
and
the
traditional
sewer
separation.
M
Absolutely
so
there
may
be
various
ways
that
the
park
can
take
on
a
water
management
function.
It
could
be
a
surface
treatment
where
it
could
be
an
engineered
wetland
that
just
takes
storm
water
from
the
park
and
the
street
right
away
adjacent
and
holds
it
as
a
storage.
There
may
be
other
solutions
that
would
actually
infiltrate
the
water
into
the
ground
like
a
bioswale
or
in
the
in
the
in
the
more
kind
of
engineered
form.
It
could
be
a
storage
tank
which
could
be
underground
for
storm
water.
M
I
And
so
to
follow
up
to
that,
can
you
explain
because
I
know
council
supported
the
motion
two
years
ago
in
terms
of
expediting
the
sewer
separation,
and
we
also
committed
to
sort
of
a
combination
of
that
and
to
the
great
green
infrastructure.
Can
you
draw
the
connection
between
the
benefit
of
having
the
bios
whale
or
having
the
water
capture
and
having
it
directly
into
the
system
to
our
sewer
separation
and
our
existing
sewer
infrastructure?
Why?
Why
is
that
beneficial.
M
It
does
come
with
a
disadvantage
when
it's
being
done
incrementally
in
that,
when
you're
separating
you're
now
sending
more
water
into
the
pipes
and
you're,
conveying
it
downstream
faster.
Whereas
when
you
don't
have
combined
pipes,
you
have
a
lot
more
ponding
and
pooling
meaning
you're
holding
water
back.
Naturally,
in
the
watershed,
so
accelerating
separation
upstream
actually
sends
more
water
downstream
and
causes
more
flood
risks
at
major
bottlenecks
that
may
not
actually
be
facing
growth
and
puts
a
larger
risk
to
areas
that
may
not
be
actually
ready
for
it.
M
It
also
hastens
major
upgrades
that
could
be
up
to
10
times
the
cost
of
the
acceleration
of
separation
upstream,
so
it
really
needs
to
be
done
in
a
thoughtful
way.
So
coupling
green
infrastructure
with
separation
allows
us
to
hold
water
back
while
advancing
separation,
and
it
also
obviously
addresses
elements
such
as
benefits
like
natural
naturalized
system,
increased
biodiversity
and
storm
water
treatment,
because
green
infrastructure
captures
pollutants
in
the
stormwater.
I
Okay
and
and
then
so
the
last
point
on
that
too,
is
in
terms
of
topography.
Can
you
any
sort
of
linkage
and
explanations?
I
know
some
people
say
well
the
oak
ridge
area
and
queen
elizabeth
park
and
that
sort
of
neighborhood
is
one
of
the
higher
points
in
vancouver
and
so
is
there.
You
know
the
report
mentions,
you
know,
mitigates
risk
of
flooding,
for
example.
So
is
it
in
the
area?
Is
it
the
downstream
effects
of
that?
Can
you
comment
on
that.
M
Yeah,
absolutely
the
biggest
risk
of
flooding
would
be
further
downstream
closer
to
the
fraser
river,
which
is
areas
that
will
be
actually
facing
compounding
pressures
of
flooding
between
the
river
sea
level
rise.
Various
events
that
would
compound
the
pressures
up
on
the
coastal
point,
as
well
as
infrastructure
like
visa
station
and
marine
landing
marple
transit
center
city's
manitoba
yards.
So
our
effort
is
to
maximize
infiltration
upstream
to
kind
of
hold
that
water
and
kind
of
relieve
pressures
downstream
and
defer
major
infrastructure
upgrades
down
there,
including
blood
structures.
I
A
A
G
Yeah,
I
know
I
just
really
wanted
to
come
in
and
introduce
myself.
My
name
is
shane
zahar,
I'm
one
of
the
co-owners
of
brew
bike
tours
and
we're
just
actually
really
excited
to
get
going
in
the
city
of
vancouver.
I
know
we
have
some
great
destinations,
and
this
is
gonna-
be
great
for
a
lot
of
tourists
and
locals
alike.
E
Can
you
talk
coming
out
of
kovat
how
this
could
support
some
of
the
businesses
here
in
vancouver
and
how
this
could
be
kind
of
one
of
those
opportunities?
We
see
a
building
back
better.
Can
you
talk
about
how
this
will
kind
of
allow
smaller
businesses
and
people
to
experience
different,
smaller
neighborhoods
that
might
normally
get
out
too.
G
We
usually
do
three
different
tours,
so
they
can
pick
the
tour
that
they
want
to
do
if
they
want
to
do
like
a
historic
vancouver
one.
They
can
learn
a
little
bit
about
vancouver
if
they're
interested
in
doing
a
brewery
tour.
We
do
that
and
we
also
do
like
coffee
tours,
so
basically
we're
bringing
people
to
spend
money
at
their
local
establishments
and
try
and
get
them
people
back
out
and
enjoying
the
city
of
vancouver.
A
G
I
G
I
Yeah,
I
I
guess
that's
what
I'm
getting.
I
was
curious
to
understand
how
long
that
process
was
for
you.
I
know
that
you're
operating
in
other
municipalities
as
well,
and
I'm
just
wondering
how
quickly
you're
able
to
bring
the
idea
forward
and
get
up
and
running
in
other
municipalities
compared
to
the
three
years
or
so
here
in
vancouver.
I
G
N
G
D
C
Good
morning,
council
sarah
hicks
chief
license
inspector.
You
know
it
at
the
moment
in
time
we're
not
proposing
additional
helmet
regulations
as
these
vehicles
move
at
such
a
slow
speed,
typically
between
8
and
10
kilometers,
they
do
have
a
specific
exemption
under
the
motor
vehicle
act
and
much
along
those
lines
with
the
speed
limits.
C
D
C
I
believe
that
we
have
our
my
colleague
paul
store
from
engineering
good
morning,
paul
story,
director
of
transportation
yeah.
For
the
most
part,
these
are
gonna,
be
operating
on
like
more
local
streets,
and
you
know
streets
where
the
speed
limits
are
already
lowered.
You
know,
as
we
look
at
the
ability
to
kind
of
lower
speeds
on
kind
of
all
local
streets
around
the
city.
You
know,
hopefully
that
keeps
beats
down
on
the
sorts
of
facilities
that
these
will
be
operating
on.
A
A
Instruction
over
here
we
go
okay
thanks!
So
much
that's
unanimous!
Thank
you
so
much
council
for
that.
Thank
you
for
coming
into
the
speaker
and
we're
going
to
move
on
now
to
we're
moving
on
to
referral
reports.
Counselor
hardware.
I
think
I
am
just
one
second
here
clerks.
We
moved
to
referral
reports.
Next
is
that
did
I
miss
yes,
but
that's
where
we're
next
yep?
Okay,
so
counselor
hardwick,
you
held
referral
report
three,
which
is
there
be
zoning
on
oak
street
and
west
37th,
and
you
have
questions
to
staff.
J
C
C
C
A
A
J
C
M
C
J
A
J
C
J
A
A
Okay,
council,
we
have
20
bylaws
on
the
agenda
council
members
who
are
not
present
for
the
meetings
related
to
public
hearing
enactment
bylaws
must
they
have
reviewed
the
proceedings
of
the
meetings
if
they
wish
to
vote
on
the
enactment
by
law.
4
is
for
the
public
hearing
of
july
6
2021
councillor,
deja
nova
is
absent
for
this
item
at
the
public
hearing
consultation.
But
have
you
reviewed
the
proceedings
and
will
you
be
voting.
A
Thank
you,
bylaw
5
is
the
public
hearing
of
june
17th
2021
and
the
subsequent
council
meeting
of
june
22nd
councilors,
deja,
nova
and
hardwick
were
absent
for
for
this
item
at
the
public
hearing
and
the
council
meeting,
stating
that
they
had
not
reviewed
and
were
ineligible
or
vote.
So
council
denova
have
you
reviewed
the
proceedings
and
will
you
be
voting
on
the
enactment.
H
H
A
C
A
C
A
A
Counselor
dominato
there
we
go
okay,
thanks
that
has
passed
with
councillor
swanson
and
hardwick
and
opposition.
We
will
move
to
our
next
round
of
that
were
held
by
councillor
hardwick
and
I'm
making
sure
I
get
this
right
we
have
individually
held.
I
think
it
was
only
a
bylaw,
18,
4
and
18.
Oh
I'm
sorry,
my
scribble
is
not
too
great,
so
4
and
18..
So
can
I
remember
now
surprise
thank
you.
H
A
A
A
A
Thank
you
any
opposed,
nay,
okay,
great
thanks!
So
much
those
have
passed
so
moving
right
along
we're
at
the
administrative
motions.
There
are
four
administrative
motions,
I'm
just
moving
us
back
to
the
question
queue.
There
are
four
administrative
motions
on
the
agenda:
the
approval
of
former
development
on
joy
street.
Anyone
wish
to
declare
a
conflict
of
interest
on
this.
A
J
H
Item
yes,
I
am
thank
you
very
much.
I
just
have
a
quick
question
of
staff
and
this
actually
comes
from
a
member
of
the
2s
lgbtq
plex
advisory
committee,
and
the
question
is,
although
understanding
the
stage
that
we're
at
in
terms
of
this
being
a
approval
of
form
of
development
just
want
to
reflect
the
question
which
is
around
integrated
streetscaping.
H
C
Yes,
thank
you
counselor.
Yes,
so
the
motion
at
public
hearing
was
for
staff
to
work
with
the
applicants
in
the
community
to
provide
to
reflect
the
2s
lgbq
plus
community,
and
that
was
done
and
it
was
worked
through
at
the
development
permit
stage.
It
has
reflected
in
landscape
drawings.
I
don't
have
those
with
me
specifically
and
I'd
be
happy
to
follow
later
and
so
that
it
does.
It
doesn't
affect
the
form
of
development,
but
it
is
a
good
question
and
happy
to
do
that.
H
A
A
A
H
A
A
Answer
hardwick:
here
we
go
that's
past
with
councillor
swanson
in
opposition.
We
are
going
to
move
to
item
four
now,
which
is
the
item
on
8705
french
street.
Any
conflicts
on
this
one
nope,
any
questions
to
counsel
sorry,
questions
to
staff
have
a
mover.
Please
kessler:
fry
counselor
car
seconded
any
discussion.
A
A
A
Hardwick
seconded
by
counselors
asian
nova,
all
in
favor
gay,
any
opposed,
nay,
great
thanks,
okay,
council
we're
now
moving
to
members
motions
and
we're
into
the
two-minute
presentation
and
then
questioning
phase.
So
we
have
motion:
two
is
local
elected
representation
on
the
translink
board.
This
is
co-submitted
by
councillor
frying
counselor,
swansons
counselor
fry.
Are
you
introducing
yeah.
N
Thanks
mayor,
this
came
about
as
advocacy
from
the
transportation
advisory
committee,
which
is
liaison
and
was
also
endorsed
by
the
seniors
advisory
committee,
which
I
believe
council
swanson
says
as
a
liaison,
and
I
think
in
in
no
small
part.
Inspired
by
some
of
the
frustration
folks
have
expressed
around
some
of
the
moves
of
translink,
in
particular
with
delivery
of
local
bus
service
and
bus
route,
balancing
and
and
the
loss
of
state
of
stobs.
N
So
this
is
essentially
repeating
it's
a
request
for
the
mayor
to
write
a
letter,
and
it
is
consistent
with
the
advocacy
that
the
mayor's
council
have
been
making,
including
in
the
most
recent
2020
election,
which
is
for
local
elected
representation
on
the
translink
board.
Right
now,
the
translink
board
is
is
appointees.
N
N
H
B
N
Certainly,
I've
heard
the
critique
that
that
it
could
lead
to
politicizing
translink
in
in
ways
that
may
stymie
progress,
which
I
suppose
could
be
the
case
as
well
with
an
appointed
board
for
that
matter.
I
would
say
that
one
of
the
bigger
concerns-
oh
gosh.
I
totally
lost
my
train
of
thought,
I'm
so
sorry
I
had
a
point
that
was
germaine
to
that
and
I've
already
forgotten.
My
apologies.
H
Thanks
very
much
council,
for
I
just
wondered
if
you
and
perhaps
further
to
councillor
boyle's
question
related
to
intersectional,
lens
and
and
those
interests
specifically
right
now
from
bus,
stop
balancing.
I
wonder
if
you
contemplated
the
benefit
of
an
advisory
committee
that
that
supports
the
translink
board,
as
opposed
to
reconstituting
entirely.
N
H
I
Yeah
had
you
considered
other
avenues
to
advocate,
such
as
difference
through
the
mayor
for
specific
issues
like
bus
balancing,
and
do
you
have
concerns
you
know
we
have
very
highly
dynamic
political
situations
in
vancouver
in
surrey
right
now.
We
have
concerns
around
that
weighing
in
and
overriding
a
combination
of
the
current
elective
representation
and
professional
expertise
on
the
board.
I
A
A
I
heard
councillor
hardwood
first
then
councillor
dejanova
seconded
all
in
favor
of
the
referral
yay
opposed,
nay
great
thanks
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
next
item.
However,
I
have
to
the
british
consul
generals
here
who
I'm
supposed
to
meet
with,
and
so
councilor
hardwick
has
agreed
and
stepped
him
here
to
share
these
items.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
you.
If,
while
I
exit
the
chamber
and
I'll,
let
you
know
when
I'm
coming
back
thanks
so
much.
J
D
And
a
few
weeks
before
that
we
got
an
email
from
the
world
sick
organization,
national
council
of
canadian
muslims
asking
us
to
support
a
supreme
court
challenge
to
bill
21
in
quebec.
That's
the
bill
that
makes
it
so
a
grade.
Three
teacher
was
told
to
leave
her
job
because
she
wears
a
hijab,
so
canadian
cities
are
banding
together
and
showing
concretely
that
islamophobia
has
no
place
in
canada,
but
contributing
to
this
court
case.
D
Toronto
have
already
contributed
up
to
100k
each.
So
I
took
this
to
our
own
racial
and
ethnocultural
equity
committee
and
they
thought
it
would
be
a
good
idea
if
vancouver
contributed
to
the
court
case
too
and
passed
emotions
that
affect
and
were
very
eloquent
in
their
support.
For
this
action,
I
know
that
the
city
is
strapped
for
money.
Our
committee
wanted
a
donation
of
at
least
a
hundred
thousand.
I
reduced
that
amount
to
10
out
of
our
reserves
out
of
respect
for
our
financial
situation,
but
I
hope
we
can
contribute
at
least
something
financially.
D
J
H
D
C
F
Thanks
chair,
I
put
myself
on
the
queue
to
ask
you
a
question
as
chair
to
rule
on
this
motion
being
in
order
based
on
procedure
by
law.
Eight
point:
seven
sections
d
and
f
d
that
we've
already
dealt
with
this
matter
through
motion
previously
brought
by
myself
and
council's
kirby
young
and
f
in
that
the
articulation
of
accessing
the
stabilization
reserve
for
grant
funding
is
not
an
appropriate
use
based
on
the
fact
that
that
is
to
be
used
for
potential
future
events,
the
city
for
example.
J
J
If
we
are
back
counsel
and
on
the
chart
challenge,
I
am
going
to
rule
that
this
is
in
order,
after
consulting
with
the
clerk
and
with
the
city
manager,
on
the
basis
that,
therefore
it
be
resolved,
a
is,
is
not
redundant
is
not
directly
reflected
in
the
original
motion
and
the
question
in
b
that
city
council
contribute
a
grant
from
the
reserve
fund
is
at
the
discretion
of
council,
so
this
is
in
order
and
can
proceed
from
here.
Thank
you.
J
B
J
I
Yeah
I
have
a
procedure,
question
chair.
If
I
might,
I
wonder
if
you
can
just
clarify,
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
understood
did
I
I
heard
you
say
that
clause
a
was.
Did
you
say
in
essence
that
it
was
new
because
clause
just
asked
for
asking
the
mayor
to
make
public
council
support,
which
has
previously
been
done?
It's
close
b,
that's
new,
so
I
just
wanted
to
clarify.
Could
you
confirm
no.
C
I
J
I
N
Yeah
thanks
a
question
of
the
of
the
motion
mover.
Then
there
there
seemed
to
be
some
confusion
in
one
of
the
earlier
lines
of
questioning
that
suggested.
This
money
may
be
going
to
communities
that
were
discriminated
against
explicitly
and
and
this
this
motion
talks
about
sending
money
to
the
legal
challenge
for
bill
21
not
to
individual
communities.
J
J
The
motion
is
referred
to
the
standing
committee
meeting
tomorrow
now
we'll
move
on
to
motion
number
four,
which
is
aligning
vancouver's
2023
to
2026
capital
plan
with
increased
climate
emergency
action.
This
motion
is
to
be
moved
by
councillor
carr
councillor
carr.
Would
you
like
to
introduce
the
motion
for
two
minutes?
Please.
K
Yeah,
thank
you
so
much
chair.
I
think
we
all.
We
know
the
capital
plan
only
happens
once
every
four
years,
but
what's
interesting
to
me,
is
to
know
that
it
takes
two
years
to
prepare
a
capital
plan
and
two
years
to
complete
it
or
to
finish
up
the
projects
that
would
take
this
2023
to
2026
capital
plan
to
2028..
K
Certainly,
staff
have
also
indicated,
in
their
november
3rd
2021
report
on
a
first
climate
emergency
action
plan,
update
that
the
next
capital
plan,
which
is
this
one
that
we're
dealing
with,
is
a
significant
opportunity
to
consider
cf
funding.
I
think
also
the
people
of
the
city,
us
as
a
council,
very
much
understand
that
there
is
an
increased
risk
of
many
more
severe
climate
events.
J
C
I
I
K
What's
new
is
understanding
generally
the
resilience
need
because
of
the
emergencies
that
we've
faced
in
the
last
year,
so
it
is
in
fact
emphasizing
that
there
may
be
some
new
measures
that
we
have
not
contemplated
because
of
that.
What's
new
is
also
the
reporting
schedule
and
we
found
out
through
the
clement
emergency
action
plan
report
that
we
received
last
last
november
that
the
public
90
of
the
public
are
actually
very
concerned
about
climate,
but
they
don't
really
know
what
to
do
so.
I
think
the
reporting
function
isn't.
K
I
don't
you
know,
I
think
that
we
get
those
those
reports,
but
I'm
asking
it
to
be
more
frequent
in
this,
and
also
that
it
would
include
the
reporting
on
on
the
specifically
the
capital
projects,
including,
very
specifically,
the
the
cost
of
the
program
and
the
benefits
of
the
projects.
The
ghg
reductions.
The
public
is
not
aware
of
those
things.
F
K
You
know
I
think
staff
are
the:
are
the
appropriate
people,
in
this
case,
to
come
back
with
approach,
an
approach
that
ensures
that
other
kinds
of
investments
in
capital
projects
are
being
made
at
the
same
time
and
that
they
can
give
us
a
set
of
options?
That's
what
this
motion
calls
for
is
is
to
come
back
with
those
options
and
to
also
advocate
around
senior
government
funding
in
a
more
concerted
way.
J
B
J
J
I
Yeah,
thank
you
chair,
so
the
motion
is
really
asking
staff
to
take
a
closer
look
at
the
standards
of
maintenance
by
law,
which
is
number
5462
and
that
bylaw
governs
all
buildings
in
the
city
of
vancouver
to
ensure
they're
maintained
in
acceptance
with
health,
fire
and
building
requirements.
For
the
most
part,
I
think
across
the
board.
We
have
very
good
rental
landlords
and
very
good
building
owners
and
managers
that
really
do
care
about
their
buildings.
I
So
I
think
that
the
one
point
I
want
to
make
here
is
that
if
a
building
owner
operator
is
trying
to
fix
something
in
good
faith,
I
think
the
bylaw
allows
for
that.
The
challenge
is
when
that
isn't
the
case
that
the
process
can
result
in
a
long
period
of
time
before
council
can
compel
the
repairs,
and
so
a
city
staff
inspector
has
to
deem
a
building
manager
to
be
in
contravention,
has
to
issue
that
notice
has
to
get
on
a
council
agenda.
I
J
B
I
It's
an
excellent
question,
counselor
boyle
and
very
much
so
because
we
are
having
extremes
of
temperature
on
both
areas,
and
I
would
say,
for
example,
that
in
a
lot
of
these
older
buildings,
it's
not
feasible.
Nor
do
they
have
certain
luxuries,
like
air
conditioning.
But
things
like
functioning
windows
right
and
access
to
fresh
air
would
be
really
important
so
that
people
literally
don't
overheat
in
the
summer
time-
and
I
would
sort
of
put
that
forward
as
one
example.
D
J
N
Appreciate
this
motion
coming
forward,
I
know
that
in
the
previous
conversations
with
staff
around
these
very
issues,
there's
been
long-standing
concerns
around
the
balance
of
enforcing
the
standards
of
maintenance
and
then
and
then
ending
up
having
these
properties
unloaded,
because
the
landlords
don't
wanna
pay
for
that
kind
of
upkeep
and
then
landing
ending
up
with
more
unintended
consequences
with
more
homeless
on
the
streets.
Have
you
contemplated
the
unintended
consequences
piece
and
how
that
might
play
out.
I
Yeah,
absolutely
and-
and
I
think
he
raised
a
really
important
issue-
and
I
have
thought
heavily
about
that-
I
think
that
one
of
the
positive
steps
that
council
took-
and
I
knew
you
were
supportive
of
counselor
fry-
was
the
vacancy
control
in
the
sro.
So
the
tenants
were
more
free
to
speak
up
about
some
of
these
issues
and
not
risk
displacement
or
losing
their
room
and
losing
their
home
and
again,
I'm
really
trying
to
zero
in
here
on
life-threatening
issues.
I
So
while
it
can
be
really
difficult
to
maintain
some
of
these
old
buildings,
the
region
was
built
in
1910,
for
example,
it's
110
years
old.
I
don't
think
that
we
can
turn
a
blind
eye
if
somebody
doesn't
have
running
water
or
it
doesn't
have
functioning
heat
right
or
access
to
needed
air.
So
I
think
that
you
know,
with
the
other
steps
that
council's
taken
looking
for
a
balance
here
on
that.
D
So
this
is
just
that's,
got
several
parts
to
it.
One
is
to
extend
the
time
period
because
the
staff
said
it
would
be
hard
to
do
it
by
quarter
two.
So
I
put
quarter
four
and
then
further
to
counselor
fry's
point
I
put
further
that
staff
include
in
the
report
and
analysis
of
the
analysis
of
the
impact
on
building
closures
and
evictions,
I'm
hoping
that
the
vacancy
control
will
deal
with
that,
but
it'd
be
nice.
D
The
sro
collaborative
did
a
survey
of
tenants
and
they
found
that
most
tenants,
like
90
of
them
didn't
have
a
clue
how
to
complain,
and
then
the
last
one
is
requiring
the
report
or
having
the
staff
report
back
on
the
possibility
of
requiring
inspectors
to
contact
tenants
after
they've
made
inspections.
So
the
tenant
knows
the
result
of
their
complaints.
J
I
So,
first
of
all,
it
took
a
while
to
actually
sort
of
address
it
and
fix
it,
and
then
there
was
also
a
period
of
time
where
apparently
it
was
gonna
take
a
while
for
the
boiler
to
restart
and
people
didn't
know
that,
and
we
also
had
a
gap
in
terms
of
rather
than
just
waiting
several
days
and
saying:
okay.
Well,
not
every
room
will
be
maybe
back
online.
There
was
a
chance
to
ask
questions
and
I
had
asked,
for
example:
can
we
get
anything
else
in
there?
I
That,
at
least
is
you
know
fire
from
like
fire
hazard
friendly,
but
like
space
heaters
or
some
things
in
the
meantime,
if
we
know
it's
going
to
be
three
or
four
days
before
it
comes
back
on,
so
I
really
do
support
the
communication
piece.
I
think
that's
an
important
one
and
that's
sometimes
where
the
loop
gets
closed
or
it
doesn't
get
closed.
I
should
say
so
just
happy
to
comment
on
that.
Thanks.
F
I
think
that
to
council
carrizon
kirby
young's
point
earlier
is
that
communication
is
really
critical
and
sometimes
we
have
breakdowns
in
communication
around
these
issues,
but
I
think
just
that
added
access
to
information
and
transparency
that's
available
to
tenants
to
so
they
know
their
rights
and
they
know
how
to
have
these
issues
addressed,
I
think,
is
a
great
addition
so
happy
to
support
it.
Thank
you.
C
B
And
that
is
I'll
speak
to
it
speak
to
it.
Now
I
guess,
and
then,
if
it's
seconded,
we
can
move
to
an
amendment
queue
as
council
may
or
may
not
know.
The
our
standards
of
maintenance
by
law
has
a
minimum
heat
standard
for
ensuring
places
don't
get
too
cold
during
cold
snaps
and
our
temperate
climate.
J
I
I
So
I
think
this
is
really
top
of
mind
for
council
and
really
important,
but
I
hope
we
can
be
flexible
in
looking
at
the
options
for
cooling,
recognizing
that
we
do
want
to
maintain
these
rules
over
people's
heads
and
it's
going
to
be
quite
difficult
to
put
different
types
of
systems
into
the
older
buildings,
both
just
practically
and
financially,
and
keeping
those
rents
for
people
and
those
ribs
over
people's
heads.
So
those
are
my
comments.
B
Yes,
thanks
just
wanted
to
speak
to
that
concern,
to
say
that
I
have
heard
our
staff
in
talking
about
zero
mission
building
bylaws
within
the
climate
emergency
plan,
articulate
just
that
this
balance
of
needing
to
make
sure
that
the
quality
and
life
safety
of
buildings
is
kept
up
as
the
climate
impacts
hit
us
even
harder,
while
ensuring
that
those
required
changes,
don't
displace
tenants.
So
just
wanted
to
reassure
that.
B
But
the
landlord
had
the
heat
on,
and
there
was
nothing
within
our
standards
of
maintenance
bylaws
to
be
able
to
enforce
related
to
that
because,
as
I've
said,
there's
not
any
language
in
there
around
a
maximum
temperature
and
cooling
so
appreciate
that
tension
absolutely
on
both
ends
that
these
need
to
happen
and
they
need
to
that.
Don't
displace
existing
tenants
on.
B
D
We
really
have
to
start
looking
at
keeping
these
buildings
cooled
and
not
all
buildings
covered
by
the
standards
of
maintenance
by
law
are
sros.
A
lot
of
them
are
apartment
buildings.
So
that's
really
important,
and
it
may
be
that
in
the
interim,
rather
than
providing
air
conditioning
to
everybody,
we
have
cooling
rooms
or
cooling
basements
or
something
like
that
in
each
building.
But
this
is
just
for
report
back
and
hopefully
the
staff
can
come
up
with
some
short
and
long-term
options
and
maybe
even
some.
J
E
J
J
J
J
I
N
E
K
F
H
J
Okay,
well,
let's
so,
we've
gotten
through
at
that
and
we've
got
the
dates
and
everything
that's
great.
So
now
we're
going
to
move
on
to
new
business,
and
we
have
one
item
on
new
business
on
the
agenda
today,
which
are
requests
for
leaves
of
absences
as
follows:
first
councilor
dominato
for
personal
reasons,
from
meetings
on
february,
16th
2022
from
7
00
pm
to
8,
30
pm
and
counselor
boyle
for
civic
business
for
meetings
on
february
9th
2022
from
9
a.m.
To
12pm
would
someone
like
to
move
the
motion.
J
C
J
H
J
I
I
I
know
that
communication
was
issued
that,
due
to
some
staffing
concerns
and
other
challenges
that
they
were
moving
to,
we
were
moving
to
less
frequent
pickup
in
february,
and
the
staff
were
working
to
catch
up
on
overdue
collections
from
with
a
lot
of
people
that
I've
spoken
to
quite
a
quite
a
few
that
have
messaged
me
directly
or
on
social
media
that
didn't
have
pick
up
since
before
christmas
time.
I'm
wondering
if
we
can
just
get
a
sense
of
where
we
are
in
terms
of
that
catch-up
overall.
L
Of
course,
it's
typically
weekly
collection
for
green
bin,
our
our
and
that's
a
reflection
of
staffing
shortages
related
to
covet,
both
in
sanitation,
as
well
as
in
our
fleet
maintenance
shop,
which
keeps
those
trucks
on
the
road.
The
team,
as
I
received
an
update
on
this
yesterday,
the
team's
made
some
really
good
progress
in
catching
up.
L
We're
now
largely
caught
up,
and
the
team
is
also
working
to
finish
the
collection
of
christmas
trees,
which
was
also
disrupted
by
the
staffing
shortage,
so
the
the
we're
still
expecting
to
be
back
to
weekly
collection
for
green
bin
for
march,
as
we
had
indicated,
and
that's
kind
of
the
current
status.
As
I
understand.
I
Scott
thank
you
for
the
update.
That's
helpful.
Can
I
ask
you
to
follow
up
to
that?
Is
there
any
possibility
of
resuming
weekly
collection
prior
to
march,
because
some
of
the
concerns
I
hear
from
residents
are
bins,
filling
up
or
potentially
concerns
around
rodents
or
other
unrelated
issues
that
or
sort
of
unanticipated
issues
that
come
up
with
respect
to
sort
of
sanitation
and
health?
Is
there
any
chance
of
picking
up
before
mark
in
terms
of
resisting
the
regular
schedule,
thanks.
L
For
the
question,
we'll
certainly
continue
to
monitor
that
we,
we
are
still
in
significant
staff
shortages.
You
know,
overall,
as
a
city,
our
absenteeism
rate
is
roughly
double
what
it
was
this
time
last
year,
so
we're
definitely
not
out
of
the
woods
yet
with
respect
to
covid,
but
take
the
question
and
we'll
continue
to
monitor
with
our
the
management
team
in
engineering.
If,
if
we're
in
a
position
to
proceed
earlier,
then
we
would
certainly
look
to
do
that.
I
Okay,
that's
also
very
helpful
and
then
my
final
kind
of
point
related
to
that
is:
do
vancouver's
procedures,
sort
of
mirror
other
cities
and
are
we
experiencing
higher
absentee
rates,
because
I
haven't
heard
of
sort
of
the
delay
in
collection
and
some
of
the
other
municipalities
and
the
challenges
that
we
had.
So
I'm
wondering
is
it
because
our
are
our
sort
of
impacts
on
staff
relate
to
covet,
are
higher
or
do
other
cities
have
different
procedures
where
they
are
able
to
redeploy
from
other
functions?
L
Yeah,
thanks
guys,
I
can't
speak
to
that
specific
question.
I
I
don't
have
specific
data
from
other
municipalities
regarding
their
waste
collection
services.
Many
municipalities
contract
that
service
out,
so
it
would
be
third
parties.
I
think
you
know.
One
of
the
challenges
that
we
had,
of
course
was.
L
All
municipalities
had
was
the
impact
of
winter
weather
and
the
significant
work
that
our
sanitation
staff
did
over
the
holiday
break
on
snow
clearing,
in
addition
to
garbage
collection,
so
our
stuff
very,
very
significant
amounts
of
overtime,
and
that's
that's
essentially.
What
we've
hit
the
limit
on
is
our
ability
to
deploy
staff
at
overtime
to
make
up
for
those
losses.
I'm
not
certain
that
other
municipalities
were
running
as
much
over
time
over
the
holiday
break,
but
I
I
can
certainly
reach
out
to
my
colleagues.
I
just
don't
have
any
data
on
that
right
now.
I
Okay,
it
would
be
interesting
to
know
if
there
was,
for
example,
the
contracting
outpiece,
if,
if
they
didn't
see
downtime
and
that
aligned
with
municipalities
or
if
there
were
any
patterns
there,
but
I
really
appreciate
their
perspective
because
I'm
getting
asked
about
it
a
lot.
So
it's
helpful
to
have
the
information.
Thank
you.
K
Thanks
so
much
chair,
I
have
two
matters.
Sorry,
one
matter.
One
inquiry
that
I'd
like
to
to
inform
council
of
my
other
matter
is
related
to
the
role
that
I
play
as
your
liaison
or
the
city's
liaison
to
the
zero
emissions
innovation
center
zeke
to
inform
you
that
on
january,
the
whatever
the
31st
the
last
day
of
january,
we
received
our
endowment
from
the
federation
of
canadian
municipalities,
and
that
endowment
is
a
21
million.
298
827.
K
It
is
an
endowment.
It
will
be
used
to
get
the
programs
going,
but
there
is
an
expectation
that
we
will
actually
be
raising
money
as
well,
so
that
we
keep
the
endowment
intact
and
money
flows
in
and
out
as
we
as
we
move
forward
with
different
projects.
So
it's
a
big
move
and
it
was
a
lot
of
work
to
do
that.
You
know,
I
think
the
whole.
The
whole
board
is
extremely
excited
about
about
the
opportunities
that
it
now
unleashes.
K
My
second
is
an
inquiry
to
the
city
manager
through
uchair,
and
that
is
regarding
fortis's
application,
fortis
bc,
application
to
the
bc
utilities
commission,
to
connect
new
residential
dwellings
with
100
renewable
gas,
and
my
understanding
is
that
that
does
have
the
potential
to
undermine
our
own
city
goals,
which
are
moving
to
all
new
buildings,
providing
area
and
hot
water
heating
by
sources
other
than
fossil
fuels.
And
so
I'm
wondering
if
staff
have
considered
requesting
intervener
status
on
this
application
by
fortis
specie.
Well,
I
don't
know
I
you
know.
K
L
Thank
you
for
you.
Yes
share
of
the
forest
application
to
the
bcud.
It
does
potentially
have
implications
both
negative
and
potentially
positive
for
the
city.
Our
staff
have
applied
for
intervening
or
status
in
that
proceeding
and
are
working
with
metro
and
other
municipalities
in
that
regard
as
well.
But
yes,
we
have
submitted
that
application.
N
Thank
you.
So
this
is
in
follow-up
to
some
of
the
direction
that
council
had
given
last
year
in
assigning
councilor
hardwick
and
I,
as
liaisons
with
south
falls
creek
councilor
hardwick,
and
I
have
had
several
productive
meetings
with
community
leaders
in
the
falls.
Creek
south
neighborhood
association
and
the
community
is
eager
to
begin
working
with
planning
staff
in
particular
to
set
up
some
of
the
baselines
of
expectations.
N
Things
like
clarifying
data
and
timelines,
optimizing
the
contributions
of
the
existing,
affordable
housing
on
the
site
and
support
for
emergent
priorities,
beginning
with
the
campus
of
care.
So
I'm
I'm.
I
guess
question
for
the
city
manager
and
I
feel
so
awkward
standing
here
with
my
back
turned
to
the
city
manager.
But
is
there
a
proposed
timeline
for
staff
engagement
with
the
community
in
keeping
with
the
council
policy
that
this
be
an
open
and
transparent
process
and
further
to
that,
if
council
hardwick
and
I
can
help
facilitate
that
work.
L
L
And,
being
you
know,
full
opportunity
for
engagement
with
the
community
in
southwest
creek,
as
well
as
the
community
generally
in
vancouver,
so
that
work
is
underway?
I
can
follow
up
regarding
the
timeline
to
come
back
to
council
with
that
term
draft
terms
of
reference
for
approval.
My
understanding
is
it's
in
the
near
term,
but
I'll
follow
up
with
the
specific
timing
for
that.
N
L
F
As
we
know,
the
pandemic
has
really
shifted
how
people
work
and
where
they
work
and
we've
had
many
inquiries
from
the
public
about
the
ability
to
have
clients
come
to
their
home-based
businesses.
Right
now.
The
bylaw
prohibits
this
largely
and
staff
had
indicated
that
they
were
likely
to
bring
back
recommendations
in
2022,
and
so
I'm
curious
about
an
update
as
to
whether
we
will
see
those
recommendations
come
before
council
prior
to
august.