Just think: if a cadre of developers and landowners hadn’t petitioned the province to carve the City of North Vancouver out of the District of North Vancouver in 1907, we would only have one council meeting next Monday.
Luckily, we’ve got both North Vancouvers in action while West Vancouver council enjoys a well-deserved rest.
Both agendas are heavy on bureaucratic shuffling but there’s still marijuana, disease and free transit passes.
The City of North Vancouver
No mere council meeting, the City of North Vancouver begins its Monday night proceedings with a celebration of heritage, handing out hardware to honour six of the finest examples of classic architecture in the city.
The regular agenda features the resurrection of a six-storey, 44-unit Upper Lonsdale project that was sent back to the drawing board in early February. Citing height concerns, council voted against moving the 2601 Lonsdale Aproject to public hearing.
Council is also slated to debate a four-unit development and a garage on 272 East 9th St. and a heritage duplex with infill at 242 West 6th St.
The meeting is slated to end with Coun. Rod Clark calling for the city to work with North Vancouver School District and the District of North Vancouver to examine the prospect of offering free transit passes to students between Grade 8 and 12.
District of North Vancouver
If there’s excitement looming at District of North Vancouver’s next council meeting, the agenda does a commendable job of hiding it.
The mayor is expected to begin by issuing a proclamation for Rare Disease Day. After that, the district is slated to vote on giving a chunk of land off Dollarton Highway back to the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. The district picked up the property nearly 80 years ago to build a highway. The district will retain right of way for maintenance of the sanitary sewer infrastructure in the land.
The district is also set to debate shifting 240 square feet of road allowance by 229 Seymour River Place to Fonnie International Investments. Fonnie would consolidate the closed road with adjacent lots pending approval of their purposed Seymour River Place development, which includes two five-storey buildings totalling 193 units and 10,500 square feet of commercial space.
The night is set to end with an airing of the grievances regarding the district’s parcel tax roll.
The council meeting is set to be preceded by a 5 p.m. workshop in which council is slated to discuss the sports fields at Inter River Park and how the municipality will adapt to the scheduled legalization of marijuana. Workshops are intended for discussion rather than binding decisions.
If you can find a better council meeting: attend it!
