With moist eyes we prepare to say goodbye to our three lovely councils until September. But before the hiatus we’ve got a series of crucial votes on the Harry Jerome rec centre project, the prospect of an intriguing debate on affordable housing in the District of North Vancouver, and in West Vancouver we’ve got the always controversial issue of chicken registration.
District of North Vancouver
Should the district spend up to $150 million to create at least 1,000 units of non-market housing in the next decade? That’s the question Coun. Roger Bassam wants to put on the ballot for the Oct. 20 municipal election. Coun. Jim Hanson, who sits on Bassam’s left, is planning to ask district staff to investigate offering incentives to encourage secondary suites in an attempt to mitigate the affordable housing crisis. Likewise, Coun. Mathew Bond is proposing an investigation into the plausibility of zoning private lands for future rental housing. The meeting is set to end with a discussion on the benefits of universal water metering.
City of North Vancouver
We’ve got a debate brewing on an 18-storey, 162-unit tower on the 100 block of East 13th Street with a seven-storey building just to the west. But the big item on the agenda is the Harry Jerome rec centre, as council is set to take a close look at the financial risk involved in the approximately $210 million project.
West Vancouver
The cannabis ban and the 12-storey apartment building in the Rodgers Creek area are both back for final permits. Council may also mull new zoning for The Beach House as well as establishing an arts and culture advisory committee. Council is also set to discuss a comprehensive fees and charges bylaw that touches everything from cemetery charges to chicken registration.
