There’s poetry and motions this Monday night. We’ve got electricity on the agenda in the City of North Vancouver and a closer look at development around Rodgers Creek in West Vancouver. It’s like a Hallmark Christmas movie; only instead of an attractive couple falling in love they debate zoning variances.
West Vancouver
If you have thoughts on the development surrounding Rodgers Creek now’s the time to speak your mind.
The public is set to have their say on West Vancouver’s agreement with British Pacific Properties regarding development in the area, which includes 215 acres between Marr Creek and Cave Creek West above the highway.
Signed in 2008, the current deal was inked on the understanding Rodgers Creek would be “serviced and built out” within the 10-year term of the contract. However with the deal expiring Dec. 23 and three of the six areas in the plan still set to be developed or subdivided, council is considering a new agreement.
At the moment, the new agreement is “substantively the same” as the previous deal, albeit with a much shorter term of nine months.
The district is “reviewing opportunities to provide for more housing options in Rodgers Creek, including possible rental and affordable housing,” according to a staff report.
After discussing the agreement Monday, council could adopt the new arrangement at a special meeting on Wednesday.
That meeting is also scheduled to provide an update on the Ferry Building Gallery’s programs, the achievements of the Gleneagles Community Centre, and the Community Engagement Committee’s plans for community consultation on Ambleside Town Centre, the district’s 2019 budget, and the possibility of multi-family housing at 2195 Gordon Ave.
City of North Vancouver
The future is electric – 20 per cent electric, at least.
That’s the crux of a scheduled presentation advising council to ensure electric vehicles can charge up at 20 per cent of parking spots in new residential developments.
Council’s also set to get the down-low from the Lower Lonsdale Business Improvement Area and to consider chipping in on the North Shore community Christmas dinner.
Council’s also set to issue final approval to the new utility rates, which are slated to tick up 4.9 per cent overall. Sewerage and drainage rates are up 12 per cent, water utility rates are projected to hop up five per cent, but solid waste rates are scheduled to dip six per cent.
District of North Vancouver
The previously scheduled meeting has been cancelled, so anyone hoping to spend Monday night dissecting the minutiae of municipal politics will have to scroll through Netflix and hope for the best.
