Thank you for persisting with this on behalf of the citizens of Vancouver!!
Absolutely disgraceful that Mayor Sim and most council members were not even present.
Did watch some of the meeting on line. Thank you to you again, and to Colleen Hardwick who said everything that most citizens believe about this Official Development Plan. She should have been elected as our Mayor. Note it says "development plan" not "community plan"!
Thanks for your presentation, Brian. Between you and Colleen and Thomas Kro plus some other solid speakers, I think the strong opposition rattled council a little. It took awhile for them all to reassure themselves and each other that they weren’t destroying democracy after all, and to pass this thing unanimously.
To your point about cutting the public out, notice the last two lines of figure 5 on page 9 of the staff report. As I told council in my own letter, it’s pretty clear that the public are a trivial afterthought in the process. While boards, agencies and FNs will get long periods of consultation, the public will only be involved in very short time periods. And then they won’t be consulted — but only told what council is planning to do, and then what it has decided. Our voices don’t count.
Upsetting indeed, but not exactly surprising. Mayor Swaggger is keeping his election promise to "get s___ done". An overwhelming majority of citizens voted for him (they didnt like previous mayor & council's democratic 'too-much-consultation' approach.)
I'm afraid not much can be done now, although I do admire you & am grateful for your excellent efforts. Those of us who "had our say but didnt get our way" and foresaw 'issues' with Mr. Sim are rooting for you. Thank you!
When the doctors needed to run the ERs, the bar staff needed to keep the nightlife going and the Tim Hortons workers all can no longer afford to live in or travel to Vancouver, that will be a tipping point.
There is one auto repair shop left operating west of Granville. The completely unnecessary Broadway Subway has destroyed small businesses along its length, especially west of Main St.
Pretty soon all the gas stations west of Granville will disappear, because the land they sit on is too valuable, and City Council possessed with omnipotent powers granted from Victoria will spot-rezone them residential in a heartbeat.
As Vancouver drifts off to be a world class mistake, the City Council does what city councils do and that is to do as they damn well please.
With a four year election cycle, civic democracy has vanished.
Density is the game being played by Eby (Vision Vancouver provincial) and the current mob ruining the city. Sadly, the Rubicon has been passed and the city has become less livable and a damn more expensive to live in.
A small cabin at Big Bar Lake is beginning to look very good these days.
Thank you for persisting with this on behalf of the citizens of Vancouver!!
Absolutely disgraceful that Mayor Sim and most council members were not even present.
Did watch some of the meeting on line. Thank you to you again, and to Colleen Hardwick who said everything that most citizens believe about this Official Development Plan. She should have been elected as our Mayor. Note it says "development plan" not "community plan"!
I’m I, thanks for reading and believing.
Thanks for your presentation, Brian. Between you and Colleen and Thomas Kro plus some other solid speakers, I think the strong opposition rattled council a little. It took awhile for them all to reassure themselves and each other that they weren’t destroying democracy after all, and to pass this thing unanimously.
To your point about cutting the public out, notice the last two lines of figure 5 on page 9 of the staff report. As I told council in my own letter, it’s pretty clear that the public are a trivial afterthought in the process. While boards, agencies and FNs will get long periods of consultation, the public will only be involved in very short time periods. And then they won’t be consulted — but only told what council is planning to do, and then what it has decided. Our voices don’t count.
Thank you, Brian.
Upsetting indeed, but not exactly surprising. Mayor Swaggger is keeping his election promise to "get s___ done". An overwhelming majority of citizens voted for him (they didnt like previous mayor & council's democratic 'too-much-consultation' approach.)
I'm afraid not much can be done now, although I do admire you & am grateful for your excellent efforts. Those of us who "had our say but didnt get our way" and foresaw 'issues' with Mr. Sim are rooting for you. Thank you!
When the doctors needed to run the ERs, the bar staff needed to keep the nightlife going and the Tim Hortons workers all can no longer afford to live in or travel to Vancouver, that will be a tipping point.
There is one auto repair shop left operating west of Granville. The completely unnecessary Broadway Subway has destroyed small businesses along its length, especially west of Main St.
Pretty soon all the gas stations west of Granville will disappear, because the land they sit on is too valuable, and City Council possessed with omnipotent powers granted from Victoria will spot-rezone them residential in a heartbeat.
As Vancouver drifts off to be a world class mistake, the City Council does what city councils do and that is to do as they damn well please.
With a four year election cycle, civic democracy has vanished.
Density is the game being played by Eby (Vision Vancouver provincial) and the current mob ruining the city. Sadly, the Rubicon has been passed and the city has become less livable and a damn more expensive to live in.
A small cabin at Big Bar Lake is beginning to look very good these days.