POLICY REPORT
URBAN STRUCTURE

Date: October 10, 2002
Author/Local: Dave Thomsett/604-873-7796

RTS No. 03033

CC File No.: 5303

Council: October 22, 2002

TO:	Vancouver City Council
FROM:	Director of Current Planning
SUBJECT:	711 West Broadway (Holiday Inn) - Amendment to Rezoning Condition

RECOMMENDATION

THAT, condition (c) (i) for the CD-1 text amendment for 711 West Broadway, approved at Public Hearing on July 6, 2000, be amended to read:

"pay to the City $850,000 to be allocated by Council for public amenities within the neighbourhood."

GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS

The General Manager of Community Services RECOMMENDS approval of the foregoing.

COUNCIL POLICY

There is no policy directly related to this matter.

PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

This report recommends that a prior to enactment condition for the text amendment to the CD-1 for the Holiday Inn site at 711 West Broadway be amended from a requirement to provide an amenity space with an operating endowment to a pay-in-lieu equivalent.

BACKGROUND

At Public Hearing on July 6, 2000, Council approved an application by Brook Development Planning Inc. to amend the CD-1 By-law for 711 West Broadway to permit expansion of a hotel, along with the development of a multiple dwelling along West 8th Avenue. The rezoning has yet to be enacted.

DISCUSSION

A condition of the rezoning is that the owner must provide a community amenity space along with an operating endowment, as follows:

"(c) That, prior to enactment of the CD-1 By-law, the registered owner shall:

(i) enter into an Agreement with the City of Vancouver, to the satisfaction of the Director of Social Planning and the Director of Legal Services, in which the owner, at his own cost, must construct, fit, finish and equip at least 241.54 m² (2,600 sq. ft.) of indoor space, including arrangements for operations support through an endowment, including a kitchen and washrooms, together with required parking, and grant either a lease for the life of the building or a statutory right of way over the amenity space under such terms and conditions as determined by the Directors of Social Planning and Legal Services, at a value of at least $850,000, and staff report back on the cash endowment prior to approval of a form of development, noting the endowment is intended to be in the order of $500,000."

The community amenity space was proposed by the owner in collaboration with the Fairview Slopes Residents Association. The allocation of community access was to be the subject of a separate report.

The association, now registered as the Fairview Slopes Community Association, has advised it does not have the capacity to operate a public facility and has asked that the contribution be accepted by the City as pay-in-lieu. Staff support the pay-in-lieu equivalent alternative.

The applicant has made a payment of $850,000 to the City which staff are holding pending Council's decision on the condition. After enactment, when Council is able to address the community, staff would report back on the allocation of the amenity contribution, including a proposal from the association.

CONCLUSION

Staff believe the pay-in-lieu alternative is in keeping with the spirit of the condition to require a community amenity space plus an operating endowment. The total value of both elements was to be at least $850,000. Staff recommend that the condition be amended to require a payment of $850,000 to be allocated by Council for public amenities within the neighbourhood.

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(c) 1998 City of Vancouver