Committee of Council · Regular
October 29, 2025
Standing Committee of Council on Policy and Strategic Priorities
2 sittings (recessed)
Sittings — this meeting was recessed and reconvened
Day 1 October 29, 2025 9:30 am – 11:54 am
Day 2 October 29, 2025 11:54 am – 11:55 am
9 present · 2 absent
Staff & officers present
Revisions
- First published Substantive fetched Jun 28, 2026
- · Motion 1 added: THAT the Committee adopt Reports 2 to 5, and 7, on consent.
- · Motion 2 added: THAT Council approve Capital Plan and Capital Budget adjustments as outlined in the Report dated October 16, 2025, entitled “2025 Q3 Quarterly Capital Budget Adjustments and Closeouts”, and Appendices B and C of the above-noted report, whi…
- · Motion 3 added: THAT Council approve, in principle, the following amendments to the Vacancy Tax By-law No. 11674: [list of amendments] FURTHER THAT the Director of Legal Services bring forward for enactment the necessary amendments to the Vacancy Tax By-l…
- · Motion 4 added: THAT A be struck; and FURTHER THAT the following B and C Clauses of the motion entitled “Safe Streets for Trick or Treats: Creating Safe Pedestrian Areas to Make Halloween a Little Less Scary”, be referred to staff for information, within …
- · Motion 5 added: THAT Vancouver City Council acknowledge and support the BC Parks Foundation’s application to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Growing Canada’s Community Canopies initiative for the Learning by Nature project, in partnership…
- · Motion 6 added: THAT The City of Vancouver reaffirms its support for lowering the voting age to 16 in municipal elections in BC and specifically in the City of Vancouver. B. THAT Council requests that the Mayor write a formal letter to the Premier of Brit…
- · Motion 7 added: THAT Council direct staff to report back with possible amendments to the Single Room Accommodation (SRA) By-law to set clear and predictable conditions on SRA conversion charges...
- · Motion 8 added: THAT the recommendations and actions taken by the Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities at its meeting of October 29, 2025, as contained in Reports 1 to 7 and Council Members’ Motions 1 to 4, be approved.
- · Motion 9 added: THAT the meeting be adjourned.
- · Attendance added: Peter Meiszner (present)
- · Attendance added: Lisa Dominato (present)
- · Attendance added: Pete Fry (present)
- · Attendance added: Sarah Kirby-Yung (present)
- · Attendance added: Mike Klassen (present)
- · Attendance added: Lucy Maloney (present)
- · Attendance added: Brian Montague (present)
- · Attendance added: Sean Orr (present)
- · Attendance added: Lenny Zhou (present)
- · Attendance added: Ken Sim (absent)
- · Attendance added: Rebecca Bligh (absent)
- · Attendance added: Donny van Dyk (present)
- · Attendance added: Armin Amrolia (present)
- · Attendance added: Tina Penney (present)
- · Attendance added: Alyse Stewart (present)