Of the three North Shore councils, only two are meeting this week and one of the biggest items on their agenda might lead to, eventually, one less municipal government on the North Shore…
District of North Vancouver council has a massive agenda Monday night (7 p.m. start) with some major big decisions to make.
District council members will vote on launching their plan to eventually reunite the two North Vancouvers. That plan starts with the publishing of an open letter to the community laying out their case followed by a statistically significant survey of residents on both sides of the border.
A controversial housing development will also meet its first test at council. Developer Mosaic is proposing 327 strata units as well as 84 rentals at Emery Place in Lynn Valley. Half the rental units would be priced at rates 15 to 25 per cent below market rates but the project would result in the demoviction of 61 families currently at the site.
District council members are also set to clamp down on parking in Deep Cove and Lynn Canyon, two tourist hot spots that are overrun when the weather gets nice.
Other items on the agenda include final development permits for towers already approved at the Grouse Inn site at Capilano Road and Marine Drive, and first reading of a bylaw that could see an eight-unit townhouse constructed at 4670 Capilano Rd.
The city, meanwhile, has two public hearings of note.
At 7 p.m., the council will hold a public hearing to gather the community’s thoughts on a potential ban of the sale and production of non-medical retail cannabis in all zones. It follows a dispute with several pot shops operating illegally in the city already.
Immediately after, the public will have their say on a six-storey, 44-unit condo/rental apartment project at 2601 Lonsdale Ave.
Council is also going to consider a 55-unit condo with retail and daycare space at 705 West 3rd St. although the vote is note a first reading of a rezoning bylaw.
Also on the agenda, council is expected to vote on both matters following the public hearings.
Council will also decide how to divvy up its property tax pie with public input and a vote on how the overall expected 1.5 per cent property tax increase be shared by the residential, business and industrial tax classes.
