7 May 2012 Council Meeting

Agenda http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/87/2012%2005%2007.PDF

Video Minutes   http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/124/2012%2005%2007.PDF

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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.

16 April Council Meeting

Agenda http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/87/2012%2004%2016.PDF


Video Minutes http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/124/2012%2004%2016.PDF


Public Input Session - Developers Hancock and Nelson try to subvert the rules of the Public Input Session.

Public Input Session Ivan Leonard

Public Input Session Ben Woodyatt, President & Founding Member of the North Van Urban Forum

Public Input Session John Harvey

PUBLIC MEETING – 7:00 P.M.
DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT NO. 2011-00012


A Coach House at 157 East 27th Street.


PUBLIC HEARING (Following Prior Item)
BYLAW NO. 8233
642 East 5th Street. 

FROM: RS-1 (One Unit Residential) Zone
TO: CD-621 (Comprehensive Development 621) Zone
to permit a 1,000 sq. ft. Level-B Accessory Coach House



PUBLIC HEARING (Following)BYLAW NO. 8234
355 East 12th Street. 
FROM: RS-1 (One Unit Residential 1) Zone
TO: CD-622 (Comprehensive Development 622) Zone



Updates during the meeting, maybe I'll even use the "Cover it Live" program like my hero Kady O'Malley!
Oh, Boy!  Check it out, I'll try to turn the live comments on.

02 April 2012 Council Meeting

Agenda  http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/87/2012%2004%2002.PDF

Video http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/124/2012%2004%2002.PDF

Tonight's Council meeting will conduct a PARCEL TAX ROLL REVIEW PANEL MEETING and an update of the “2012 Financial Plan"


Tony Webb let Council know that the keeping of chickens, bees and other bear attracting additions to an suburban area was a bad idea.   He said that it should only be done with large powerful electric fence to keep bears away.  So much for Mayor Mussatto's crusade to follow in Vancouver Mayor Moonbeam's sandal prints to make us all urban farmers with a chicken coop in every yard.


The donation policy came up when the MS Society did a delegation for their annual donation which is done for their event done in West Vancouver.  This is the only health oriented donation done by the CNV.   In fact, the City is making a charitable donation with our tax dollars and not even getting a tax receipt!
For:  Mussatto, Keating, Buchanan, Clark
Against: Bell, Heywood, Bookham 


http://www.cnv.org/smil/2012_03_26_07.smil
http://www.cnv.org/smil/2012_03_26_08.smil


You will notice the suggestion that the Council contingency fund was created so that the Council can spend tax dollars in any unbudgeted way a majority wishes and if you disagree, you should agree to the elimination of this fund.     I hate budgets with contingency or miscellaneous funds as they are easy to misuse. Of course, we hear no discussion of this during budget discussions.


A report was given in regards the climate change con which states  that the emissions in the City has gone down PER CAPITA. The dramatic increase in population in the CNV has dramatically increased the greenhouse gases emitted in the CNV.  The portion that human activity affects the climate is not done per capita, it is a scientific not a political effect, it is a tangible measurable effect. Double the amount of people and buildings even when done more efficiently does even come close to offsetting the increase in population.


The battle of the budget and Harry Jerome goes on I'll let the Councillors speak for themselves in the clip but the flaw in the Vision NVan councillors position is that they drive the high spending Council practices and have left no more room for extra taxation.


For Clark, Bookham, Heywood, Bell, 
Against Mussatto, Keating, Buchanan

To make the North Shore News article, Budget leaves North Vancouver City council split 4-3 more clear, Vision North Van Councillors voted against the budget because it was not increased as much as they wanted.   But contrary to the article the budget was not given final ratification and another Finance Committee hearing be held on the 16 April.

Council Meeting 26 March 2012

Agenda  http://www.cnv.org//server.aspx?c=1&i=87

Video Minutes   http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/124/2012%2003%2026.PDF

Tonight's Council meeting will conduct  1 Public Hearing on the current budget.

3. Council has finally took some action against “261 –263 West 6th Street who had two illegal suites for over the past decade which put tenants in continuing danger through their violations of the Building and Fire codes. The owner has written a letter presenting his defense of his actions.
The vote was 6-0


 City of North Vancouver’s 2012-2021 Financial PlanThis is the final presentation by the Director of Finance so the final increase to the tax rate will be approved by 2 April 2012.

Density by cooking frogs method

Agenda http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/87/2012%2003%2019.PDF

Full Video Segments http://www.cnv.org/c//DATA/1/124/2012%2003%2019.PDF

Tonight's Council meeting conducted 4 Public Hearings.

BYLAW NO. 8213  8 letters of opposition submitted, two people showed up to speak opposed.

A two unit duplex at 267-269 East 4th Street increased to permit a new three unit residential development.

FROM: RT-1 (Two Unit Residential 1) Zone
TO: CD-618 (Comprehensive Development 618) Zone

For:  Mussatto, Buchanan,

Against:  Clark, Bookham, Bell, Heywood

This cannot come back to Council for a year.

BYLAW NO. 8217

 No letters rec'd. No persons spoke.

Two  rental residential dwelling units at 663 West 3rd Street on the second story of the existing commercial building.  These already exist but do not conform to the  current Bylaws. No parking for these spaces.
FROM: CS-1 (Commercial Service 1) Zone
TO: CD- 619 (Comprehensive Development 619) Zone

For:All

BYLAW NO. 8219

The Advisory Design Panel did not recommend but this was ignored by staff. No letters rec'd. One person spoke against this.

640 West 15th Street Construction of a new two story plus cellar duplex building
FROM: RS-1 (One Unit Residential 1) Zone
TO: CD-620 (Comprehensive Development 620) Zone
to permit the. The units have been designed in a back/front alignment with a detached two car garage and one car carport.

For: Mussatto,

Against:  Bookham, 
The feed locked up and I didn't get the vote.

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT NO. 2011-00008

349 East 15th Street, to permit a 1,490 sq.ft. Level-B Accessory Coach House.  Coach Houses are restricted to 1000 sq feet.    This was cut down to the 1000 foot limit for the vote.

For: Mussatto, Buchanan, Bell, Heywood, Clark
Against: Bookham

In addition to the big developments pushed for by the density junkies that gather a lot of attention, developments such as these radically increase the number of people in North Van. If most of single family homes have been eradicated by converting them to multi family lots with two or three unit lots, the effect will have a doubling of our population density. 

When frogs are cooked they put them live in cold water and heat them slowly so they don't notice when they die.  We have lost a lot of single family housing over the last 15 years, the residents don't notice that we are on the path of a City with very little single family homes.  Are we just going to sit in the cold water quietly while Council turns on the heat?

PS - Thanks to Councillor Clark for officially inquiring about the blocking of the record function of Council Meetings.   It has been restored.