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Committee of Council · Regular

July 9, 2025

Standing Committee of Council on Policy and Strategic Priorities

3 sittings (recessed)
Sittings — this meeting was recessed and reconvened
Day 1 July 9, 2025 9:31 am – 11:56 am
Day 2 July 9, 2025 1:01 pm – 5:26 pm
Day 3 July 9, 2025 6:06 pm – 6:06 pm
11 present · 0 absent
Staff & officers present

Revisions

  1. First published Substantive fetched Jun 28, 2026
    • · Motion 1 added: THAT Council adopt Reports 7 and 8 on consent.
    • · Motion 2 added: THAT under section 5.4(e) of the Procedure By-law, the Committee be permitted to ask a second round of questions.
    • · Motion 3 added: THAT per section 5.5 of the Procedure By-law, Council suspend the rule of order and be permitted to ask an additional round of questions.
    • · Motion 4 added: THAT under section 5.4(e) of the Procedure By-law, the Committee be permitted to ask a second round of questions.
    • · Motion 5 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council approve, in principle, amendments to the Street and Traffic By-law to reduce the speed limit on all minor streets to 30 km/h and incorporate existing 30 and 40 km/h speed limits on ma…
    • · Motion 6 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council approve, in principle, adoption of the 2024 British Columbia Fire Code, together with amendments to reflect the “Unique to Vancouver Provisions” as the 2025 Fire By-law, as generally …
    • · Motion 7 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council approve 20 Core Support Grants totalling $554,563 from the 2025 Social Policy Grants Operating budget to the organizations listed in Appendix A-1 of the Report dated June 27, 2025, en…
    • · Motion 8 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council approve the matching grant allocation of $546,055 to 15 Downtown Eastside (DTES) non-profit organizations to advance the social, economic and environmental objectives of the DTES Plan…
    • · Motion 9 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council approve $500,000 of 2025 Graffiti Abatement Grants to be disbursed to the 22 Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) as set out in Appendix A of the Report dated June 10, 2025, entitled “20…
    • · Motion 10 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council authorize City staff to negotiate an agreement for Operator for Kitsilano Beach Restaurant with Hawksworth Restaurant Services Inc. for an initial term of ten (10) years, with the Cit…
    • · Motion 11 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council authorize City staff to execute two (2) change orders totalling $3,673,500 to an existing Consulting Services contract with Deloitte Inc. for ServiceNow Resources Augmentation and bri…
    • · Motion 12 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council direct staff to amplify Metro Vancouver messaging and remind residents via the City’s own Waste Disposal and Recycling webpage, printed pickup schedules, and information channels to p…
    • · Motion 13 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council direct staff to report back in Q4 2025 with a proposed Temporary Occupancy Pilot Program in the Downtown Eastside to allow vacant ground-floor commercial spaces to be used for up to 1…
    • · Motion 14 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council A. THAT Council direct staff to explore and report back on options to allow the subdivision or stratification of residential lots containing secondary detached housing units (such as laneway homes or…
    • · Motion 15 added: THAT Council extend the meeting past 5 pm in order to complete hearing speakers on Member’s Motion 4 and recess for one hour.
    • · Motion 16 added: THAT the previous vote be reconsidered.
    • · Motion 17 added: THAT Council recess until 6 pm.
    • · Motion 18 added: THAT clause i) be amended as follows: • Replacing the words “develop a new” with the words “towards refreshing and renewing the”; and • Adding the words “to build on the work to date and with the goal of continuous improvement” after the w…
    • · Motion 19 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council [Motion as amended]
    • · Motion 20 added: THAT in the first bullet point of the second clause, the words “and intensification” be replaced by “considerations for possible intensification”.
    • · Motion 21 added: THAT the motion be amended [as per amendment text]
    • · Motion 22 added: THAT the Committee recommend to Council [Motion as amended]
    • · Attendance added: Peter Meiszner (present)
    • · Attendance added: Ken Sim (present)
    • · Attendance added: Rebecca Bligh (present)
    • · Attendance added: Lisa Dominato (present)
    • · Attendance added: Pete Fry (present)
    • · Attendance added: Sarah Kirby-Yung (present)
    • · Attendance added: Lucy Maloney (present)
    • · Attendance added: Sean Orr (present)
    • · Attendance added: Lenny Zhou (present)
    • · Attendance added: Paul Mochrie (present)
    • · Attendance added: Karen Levitt (present)
    • · Attendance added: Sandra Singh (present)
    • · Attendance added: Tina Penney (present)
    • · Attendance added: Julie Emmerson (present)
    • · Attendance added: David Yim (present)
    • · Attendance added: Mike Klassen (present)
    • · Attendance added: Brian Montague (present)
    • · Participation added: Peter Meiszner depart
    • · Participation added: Peter Meiszner arrive
    • · Participation added: Ken Sim depart
    • · Participation added: Lisa Dominato depart
    • · Participation added: Sarah Kirby-Yung depart
    • · Participation added: Sarah Kirby-Yung arrive
    • · Participation added: Sarah Kirby-Yung depart