Sunday 27 May 2012

28 May Council featuring Harbourside!

Agenda

Video Minutes when made available

Public Input Session

Ron Sostad
Ivan Leonard


Amanda Nichol

John Harvey



Toni Bolton



Phil C coming before Council for the first time, motivated by Councillor Buchanan's stated need to see some different faces.






CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS (Done in the back room out of public view)

Item 3 Land Matter – File: 3010-01
Report: Property Valuator-Negotiator, Community Development, May 22, 2012
This is being done in secret because the Council is declaring that  the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality.

Item 4 John Braithwaite Community Centre Partnering Agreement - File: 2240-01
Report: Manager, Lands and Business Services, May 8, 2012
This is being done in secret because the Council is declaring that this concerns labour relations or other employee relations.

Item 5  Legal Matter – File: 7580-01
Report City Manager and Director of Finance, May 23, 2012.
This is being done in secret because the Council is declaring that the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party.


PUBLIC HEARING 1835 LONSDALE

One member rose in the gallery to speak.

Delegation and Correspondence


Item 8. North Van Voices




Item 15.  15. Harbourside Official Community Plan Amendment Update (Concert
Properties/Knightsbridge): 2nd Reading – File: 6740-01

Wednesday 23 May 2012

Public Hearing - Low Level Road

Agenda - http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/87/2012%2005%2023%20PUBLIC%20MEETING-LOW%20LEVEL%20ROAD.PDF


Video Minutes when they are made public - Full version until then


In less than than an hour, the public will have an opportunity to tell Council what is important to them during a public hearing on the Low Level Road.  I wonder if Vision North Van will bother to listen after being outed by Councillor Buchanan who revealed that opinions contrary to her Party's agenda  are not taken into proper consideration by her and members of her slate/Party.


I've never lived in that area and being disabled, the slope makes it an area I don't walk around much but a minor grassroots rebellion rose up against the secrecy around this project by Ports Vancouver.  Cynical George believes we're walking down a set path since the CNV tossed a huge amount of money to formulate the plans that Port Vancouver should have in the first place and this is just another facade.  Had the Federal Govt body been a private company, it would have been illegal for the CNV to take the actions they have in subsidizing the planning.


Since many residents will not be there I will post the videos of members of public who serve our City by getting off their backsides and bother to show up.


You can watch and develop an independent opinion on the matter, I doubt the 3 Councillors of Vision North Van will do the same.



Thursday 10 May 2012

Vision North Van reveals their hidden agenda

The undeclared municipal party called "Vision North Van" represented by Mayor Mussatto, Councillor Keating and Councillor Buchanan have revealed what they really think of members of the public - don't bother showing up at town halls unless you agree with their density junkie plans 








So much for Civic Engagement.

An Eye on the Safeway Site Part 3

The discussion of 12 May 2012


Friday 4 May 2012

7 May 2012 Council Meeting



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REPORTS
This has been put off until the meeting of 28 May 2012

PUBLIC INPUT SESSION


Ann Sturrock on the proposed Safeway development.


Ron Sostad on the lack of socialist party in North Van such as COPE in Vancouver.


Ron Powell on the proposed Safeway development





John Harvey on the lack of an open Police Board with a non-Council member of public being appointed to it.



DELEGATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Item 3  Mr. Dave Brett and Mr. Ryan Prox, Residents of East 4th Street, North Vancouver.
Re: 4th Street Hydro Substation and 3rd Street Bus Depot



Delegation Video Minutes






Item 4  Members of North Van Urban Forum (NVUF).
Re: A Business Case for the Low Level Road / Port Metro Vancouver Expansion Project


Insert Video Clip


Item 5  Ms. Christine Sommers, ePACT, April 3, 2012.
Re: Overview of ePACT


A private business trying to "sell?" a social network idea to Council. A network approach to emergency management as they put it. Why is this business to be dealt with in a Council Meeting?




Item 6  Ms. Nancy Kirkpatrick, Director, North Vancouver Museum & Archives,.
Re: Request for $1,000 from Council Contingency to support the North Vancouver portion of an international conference on City Museums

Item 7  Vancouver Urban Forum, May 3, 2012.
Re: “Achieving Urban Densification”, June 6, 2012, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Vancouver Playhouse, Requested by Councillor C.R. Keating.


Council approves the ?th meeting or convention of this three term term.
Approved Unanimously

REPORTS
Item 8 Arts Office: Operating and Project Grant Recommendations


Approved Unanimously


Item 9, 10 Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw, 2011, No. 8014, Underground Power & Communication Requirements for 1-Unit Dwellings – Update



Approved Unanimously

Item 11 Development Variance Permit Application, 1835 Lonsdale Avenue


This is part of the creation of the Lonsdale Canyon where one will be able to stand on Lonsdale and 12th and be able to look down a long narrow canyon created by Lonsdale having all 6 to 24 story building all along it.
More height and density by mixing residential above businesses.  They want an increase from 40 to 53 feet. It is not clear if the present rental suites were legal.

5-1 Bookham opposed

Item 12, 13 Proposed Revisions to the Development Procedures Bylaw
Approved Unanimously

Item 14 Central Waterfront Workshop Follow-Up


Approved Unanimously


Item 15 Development Application: 1308 Lonsdale Avenue (Onni 1308 Lonsdale Holdings Ltd./IBI/HB Architects)  (********This is the SAFEWAY SITE*********)
Clark brings up $10,000 in donations made to the Mayor.
The essential part of the vote to hold a Town Hall meeting on the current insane plan.

4-2 with Councillor Clark and Bookham opposed

Item 16 Existing Buildings Retrofit Framework

MOTIONS
Item 17 Submitted by: Councillor R.C. Clark
BE IT RESOLVED THAT a staff led workshop session be scheduled for mid September 2012 for the subject of the Harry Jerome Rec Centre rebuild/renovation.

Item 18 Submitted by: Councillor R.C. Clark.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff report on the implications to the City for the North Vancouver School Board’s Long Term Property Plan in a timely fashion.
See Information Report of the Community Planner dated April 18, 2012.

Item 19 Submitted by: Councillor R.C. Clark.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT an in camera meeting of City Council be scheduled as soon as possible on a separate non-Council Meeting evening to discuss Goals and Objectives, Performance Review and Succession Planning for the City Manager.

CONSENT AGENDA (These items are just voted on with no debate)
Item 20 2012 Children and Youth Initiative Fund – Special Project Grant Applications

Item 21 Metro Vancouver 2040: Shaping Our Future – Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw Proposed Amendment (Request from the City of Coquitlam)

Item 22 Sustainable and Ethical Purchasing Policy

CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS (Done in back room out of public view)
Item 23. Land Matter
Report: Property Valuator-Negotiator, Community Development, May 2, 2012. 
This is being done in secret because the Council is declaring that the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality.

Item 24. Land Matter
Report: Manager, Lands and Business Services, May 3, 2012.
This is being done in secret because the Council is declaring that the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality.

Item 25. RCMP Contract
Verbal Report: Mayor D.R. Mussatto
This is being given in secret because the Council is declaring that the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party.