NOTE: This meeting will be held both in person and electronically, as authorized by Part 14 of the Procedure By-law.

ROLL CALL

CONDOLENCES – In honour of the victims of the attack at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival

IN CAMERA MEETING

THAT Council will go into meetings later this week which are closed to the public, pursuant to Section 165.2(1) of the Vancouver Charter, to discuss matters related to paragraphs:

Rationales (a) and (c) added below on May 1, 2025

(a) personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the city or another position appointed by the city;

(c) labour relations or other employee relations;

Rationale (e) added below on May 2, 2025

(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the Council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the city;

(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the city;

(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;

(k) negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of an activity, work or facility that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the Council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the city if they were held in public;

FURTHER THAT Council will go into meetings later this week which are closed to the public, pursuant to Section 165.2(2) of the Vancouver Charter, to discuss matters related to paragraph:

(b) the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the city and a provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

1. Nomination Subcommittee – April 8, 2025

2. Council – April 15, 2025

3. Public Hearing – April 15 and 22, 2025

4. Council (City Finance and Services) – April 16, 2025

5. Public Hearing – April 17 and 23, 2025

6. Mayor's Budget Task Force Implementation Oversight Committee – April 22, 2025

MATTERS ADOPTED ON CONSENT

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. CD-1 Rezoning: 121-129 West 11th Avenue

At the Public Hearing on April 23, 2025 (reconvening from April 17, 2025), Council heard the staff presentation, asked questions to staff and applicant, heard from public speakers and closed the speakers list and receipt of public comments for this item. Council subsequently
referred debate and decision to the Council meeting on May 6, 2025, as Unfinished Business.

The following previously distributed documents refer:

• Summary and Recommendation
• Referral Report dated January 21, 2025
• Draft CD-1 By-law
• Draft Sign By-law
• Renderings
• Yellow Memorandum dated April 7, 2025
• Staff Presentation

Councillors Bligh, Meiszner, Montague, and Mayor Sim will need to review the proceedings they missed to be eligible to vote.


REPORTS

1. Assignment of Business Licence Hearing Panels for September to December 2025 and changes to Business Licence Hearing Panels for May – July 2025

2. 2025 Property Taxation: DPRP By-law, Tax Rating By-laws, and Averaging Resolutions

3. 2025 Supportive Housing Capital Grants
Recommendations A to C require at least 2/3 affirmative votes of all Council members under section 206(1) of the Vancouver Charter

4. Vancouver Heritage Foundation Board – Annual Report 2024
Recommendations B and C require at least 2/3 affirmative votes of all Council members under section 206(1) of the Vancouver Charter

5. Vancouver Heritage Register Administrative Update

6. Heritage Incentive Program (HIP) 2024 Update and Grant Recommendation for 355 Burrard Street (Marine Building)
Recommendation B requires at least 2/3 affirmative votes of all Council members under section 206(2) of the Vancouver Charter

7. Capital Budget Adjustment – New Park at Main and 7th Avenue

8. Small-Scale Pharmacies in Chinatown

 

BY-LAWS

By-laws 1 to 9 and 11 to 13 PDF

By-laws 14 to 16 PDF

1. A By-law to amend the City Land Regulation By-law No. 8735 Regarding Consumption of Liquor on City Land (2025)

2. A By-law to adopt the Jericho Lands Development Plan as an Official Development Plan

3. A By-law to amend Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 to rezone an area to CD-1 (5630-5678 Heather Street)
(Councillors Maloney, Orr and Mayor Sim will need to review the proceedings to be eligible to vote)

4. A By-law to amend Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 to rezone an area from M-2 to I-2 (1568 West 75th Avenue and 9123 Bentley Street)
(Councillors Meiszner, Montague and Mayor Sim will need to review the proceedings to be eligible to vote)

5. A By-law to amend Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 to rezone an area from R1-1 to RR-2B (2753-2769 East 49th Avenue)
(Councillors Dominato, Maloney and Orr will need to review the proceedings to be eligible to vote)

6. A By-law to amend Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 to rezone an area to CD-1 (1068-1090 Burnaby Street & 1318 Thurlow Street)
(Councillors Bligh, Dominato, Maloney, Orr and Mayor Sim will need to review the proceedings to be eligible to vote)

7. A By-law to amend Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 to rezone an area to CD-1 (1026-1108 West 41st Avenue)
(Councillors Maloney, Montague, Orr and Mayor Sim will need to review the proceedings to be eligible to vote)

8. A By-law to enact a Housing Agreement for 436 East Hastings Street

9. A By-law to enact a Housing Agreement for 5950 – 5990 Granville Street

10. A By-law to enact a Housing Agreement for 4635 – 4675 Arbutus Street - WITHDRAWN

11. A By-law to enact a Housing Agreement for 701 Kingsway

12. A By-law to enact a Housing Agreement for 523 – 549 East 10th Avenue

13. A By-law to enact a Housing Agreement for 188 Jackson Avenue

14. A By-law to provide for tax relief from development potential for 2025
Subject to approval of Report 6

15. A By-law to levy rates on all taxable real property in the City of Vancouver, to raise a sum which added to the estimated revenue of the City of Vancouver from other sources, will be sufficient to pay all debts and obligations of the City of Vancouver falling due within the year 2025 and not otherwise provided for
Subject to approval of Report 6 and By-law 14

16. A By-law to levy a rate on property to raise monies required to be paid to the Metro Vancouver Regional District
Subject to approval of Report 6 and By-law 14

 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS

1. 2025 Tax Levies for Provincial Schools
Subject to approval of By-laws 14 to 16

2. 2025 Tax Levies for South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (“Translink”)
Subject to approval of By-laws 14 to 16

3. 2025 Tax Levies for British Columbia Assessment Authority
Subject to approval of By-laws 14 to 16

4. 2025 Tax Levies for Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia
Subject to approval of By-laws 14 to 16

 

NOTICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER’S MOTIONS

NEW BUSINESS

ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS

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