This is a helpful summary of the woes of the last five years of COV policy to Not involve citizens in Kitsilano (and other established neighborhoods) by Not providing meaningful information or a meaningful process to consider neighborhoods' and experts' opinions on zoning and development. You should be including the arbitrary, discretionary decision by COV to make all decisions in secret and to Not disclose pertinent information to citizens on Canada's most dense development, Senakw.
So we know we have no voice, basically no democracy. Award system might help in the future. Don’t know if it’s gonna help against the plans that are already passed by majority and now we have a majority government that can do basically whatever it wants.
We can try to negotiate for solar access. On every block where there is a tall building, blocking the view of the sun in the sky. There should be access to the top floor, so neighbours can see the sun and the sky.
If the politicians wish to follow the Vancouver plan the Broadway plan then they should create the first building in every neighbourhood to be for the renters in that neighbourhood that Reno-evicted. The Reno-evicted. neighbours can stay in that building until the low cost apartment for them in their original location is ready for them to move in.
The first building for Development must be for the renters that are Reno-evicted.
I have come to the conclusion that Vancouver council is incompetent and this was the intended result of those who underwrote their election.
Thus what council decisions are made are also incompetent.
As an example, Vancouver council ineptness:
"A disability advocate says she’s shocked and upset after Vancouver city council heavily amended a motion meant to ensure the Stanley Park Train is accessible to those who use wheelchairs and other mobility devices."
Yet the Stanley park Train does have a wheelchair accessible carriage as stated on the Vancouver city Website!
The Broadway plan is all about land speculation and land development, not livability, brought to you by a city council working on the behalf of those who funded their electoral victory.
Simple and with all land speculation/development schemes, those who will be monetarily rewarded, want the most money they can squeeze out of the schemes.
This is not the first time this has happened, nor will it be the last time, as our politcal system has been so corrupted by big money that and sense of democracy has long since left the building.
Eby's NDP is right up to their necks in this sham, so no help from the province, except if one Pierre Poilievre is going to cancel the Liberals infrastructure campaign and withdraw funding, which will mean adios to the Langley extension of the Expo line and the completion of the Broadway subway to UBC!
As a as side note, Ontario transit projects are being hurried along for this sort of event taking place, but in Vancouver, Lotus Land, politcans squander transit monies at will.
Then Vancouver city council will have a choice, either stop the densification program or have Kitts plunge into endemic gridlock, as there will be no money to keep building with SkyTrain, which seems to be the catalyst for this entire densification racket.
No one is looking 20 minutes into the future and this jolly train ride for towers and high rise condos is turning into a train wreck.
In the the Arbutus Walk area, I sat on a bench this afternoon next to a grandmother with a white cane. She knew that I had a baby with me, which sparked a conversation. She told me a bit about herself: From a now-shuttered mining town in the far north, she started her career as a librarian in Toronto but found herself lost in that big city after growing up in a place where the whole town was family. Why Vancouver, I asked? How did you make yourself a home here? She told me that Vancouver has neighborhoods, and that has made all the difference for her over the years. Thanks for your work - Brian and all the other speakers and neighbors - at the meeting last week.
Brian,
This is a helpful summary of the woes of the last five years of COV policy to Not involve citizens in Kitsilano (and other established neighborhoods) by Not providing meaningful information or a meaningful process to consider neighborhoods' and experts' opinions on zoning and development. You should be including the arbitrary, discretionary decision by COV to make all decisions in secret and to Not disclose pertinent information to citizens on Canada's most dense development, Senakw.
So we know we have no voice, basically no democracy. Award system might help in the future. Don’t know if it’s gonna help against the plans that are already passed by majority and now we have a majority government that can do basically whatever it wants.
We can lie down in front of bulldozers.
We can withhold all taxes.
Renters can withhold rent.
Renovicted renters can refuse to leave.
Which of these remedies do you propose?
We can try to negotiate for solar access. On every block where there is a tall building, blocking the view of the sun in the sky. There should be access to the top floor, so neighbours can see the sun and the sky.
Solar Access.
If the politicians wish to follow the Vancouver plan the Broadway plan then they should create the first building in every neighbourhood to be for the renters in that neighbourhood that Reno-evicted. The Reno-evicted. neighbours can stay in that building until the low cost apartment for them in their original location is ready for them to move in.
The first building for Development must be for the renters that are Reno-evicted.
Thanks for documenting this, Brian.
I have come to the conclusion that Vancouver council is incompetent and this was the intended result of those who underwrote their election.
Thus what council decisions are made are also incompetent.
As an example, Vancouver council ineptness:
"A disability advocate says she’s shocked and upset after Vancouver city council heavily amended a motion meant to ensure the Stanley Park Train is accessible to those who use wheelchairs and other mobility devices."
Yet the Stanley park Train does have a wheelchair accessible carriage as stated on the Vancouver city Website!
https://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/these-guys-could-not-even-operate-christmas-trainset/
The Broadway plan is all about land speculation and land development, not livability, brought to you by a city council working on the behalf of those who funded their electoral victory.
Simple and with all land speculation/development schemes, those who will be monetarily rewarded, want the most money they can squeeze out of the schemes.
This is not the first time this has happened, nor will it be the last time, as our politcal system has been so corrupted by big money that and sense of democracy has long since left the building.
Eby's NDP is right up to their necks in this sham, so no help from the province, except if one Pierre Poilievre is going to cancel the Liberals infrastructure campaign and withdraw funding, which will mean adios to the Langley extension of the Expo line and the completion of the Broadway subway to UBC!
As a as side note, Ontario transit projects are being hurried along for this sort of event taking place, but in Vancouver, Lotus Land, politcans squander transit monies at will.
Then Vancouver city council will have a choice, either stop the densification program or have Kitts plunge into endemic gridlock, as there will be no money to keep building with SkyTrain, which seems to be the catalyst for this entire densification racket.
No one is looking 20 minutes into the future and this jolly train ride for towers and high rise condos is turning into a train wreck.
In the the Arbutus Walk area, I sat on a bench this afternoon next to a grandmother with a white cane. She knew that I had a baby with me, which sparked a conversation. She told me a bit about herself: From a now-shuttered mining town in the far north, she started her career as a librarian in Toronto but found herself lost in that big city after growing up in a place where the whole town was family. Why Vancouver, I asked? How did you make yourself a home here? She told me that Vancouver has neighborhoods, and that has made all the difference for her over the years. Thanks for your work - Brian and all the other speakers and neighbors - at the meeting last week.