Speakers list for Broadway Plan
People's arguments for and against building high-rises near SkyTrain stations.
City council’s standing committee on policy and strategic policies, chaired by Adriane Carr, met on Wednesday May 18 to make a decision on the Broadway Plan. There’s 202 people signed up to speak to council. When the council recessed at 10 pm, council had heard from speaker 66.
[Update: Added May 25, 3-5 pm; May 26, 3-10 pm; May 31, 3-10 pm.]
Next date:
June 9, 3-10 pm - there’s at least 30 amendments being circulated
List of speakers, with direct link to each speaker. If I’ve gotten anyone’s name wrong, my apologies. I’ll update the list after each subsequent session.
Wednesday May 14. Live tweets by Peter Waldkirch.
15:12 Staff presentation
1:06:05 Questions from council
3:45:45 Kit Sauder, Renters Advisory Committee co-chair (support)
4:03:40 Barrett Bryan-Soron, Transportation Advisory Committee (support)
4:13:20 Marc White, Seniors’ Advisory Committee co-chair (oppose)
4:28:43 John Irwin, Park Board Commissioner (support)
4:40:40 Jade Buchanan (support)
4:45:55 Russil Wvong (support)
4:50:45 Gregory Henriquez, Henriquez Partners Architects (support)
5:00:20 Paolo Succi (support)
5:04:20 Brian Palmquist (oppose)
5:12:55 Stephen Bohus (oppose)
5:47:18 Scott de Lange Boom (support)
5:51:30 Ryan Campbell (support)
5:57:00 Gareth Sirotnik (oppose)
6:13:50 Peter Andreassen (support)
6:15:25 Mark Trischuk (support)
6:20:10 Jeremy Bowman
6:24:45 Lesli Boldt, Vision (support)
6:28:45 Rhiannon Fox (support)
6:33:51 Will Dawson (support)
6:37:10 Christopher Porter (support)
6:39:39 Tara Sidhoo Fraser
6:51:15 Thomas Kroeker (oppose)
7:06:45 Angela Chapman, VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation (support)
7:12:07 Zoe Mabry (support)
7:15:35 Phil Kehres (support)
7:19:57 Jeff Holmes, VH1 Development
7:26:35 Stephen von Sychowski, VDLC (support)
8:42:55 Bobo Eyrich (support)
8:46:25 Peter McGee (oppose)
8:55:30 Peter Waldkirch (support)
9:01:30 Jon Stovell, Reliance Properties (support)
9:04:45 Peter McCartney, Wilderness Committee (support)
9:10:20 Michael Mortensen (support)
9:15:30 Hazel Ackner (oppose)
9:21:20 Catherine Tableau, La Maison de la Francophonie (support)
9:27:00 Rohana Rezel
9:35:55 Mazdak Gharibnavaz, VTU (oppose)
9:46:35 Jack Haybart (oppose)
10:07:10 Carol Lewis (oppose)
10:12:40 Bill Tieleman (oppose)
10:25:35 Mike Battersby (oppose)
10:34:16 Sarah Anderson (oppose)
10:40:55 Susan Alexander (oppose)
10:45:30 Anne McMullen, UDI (support)
10:51:05 Jean-Francois Packwood (support)
10:55:15 Emmanuelle Corne Bertrand, Francophone Federation of BC (support)
10:59:35 Robert Patterson, TRAC (oppose)
11:04:35 Kelly Toleco (oppose)
11:12:05 Melanie Marchand (support)
11:21:10 Mona Lemoine, CCAFCB (support)
11:27:30 Nathan Davidowicz (oppose)
11:36:00 Barrie Mowatt, Vancouver Biennale (support)
11:42:25 Reed Coffman (support)
11:48:10 Clara Prager (support)
11:53:30 Brent Toderian (support)
12:10:13 Georgiy Sekretaryuk (support)
12:15:35 Claudia Leclaire, BC Francophone Youth Council (support)
12:20:15 William Azaroff, Brightside (support)
Wednesday May 25. Live tweets by Peter Waldkirch.
6:35 Yevgen Secretariat (support)
9:50 Marie-Andre Asselin, BC Francophone Parents Federation (support)
13:55 Patrick Condon (oppose)
24:20 Gayle Gavin (oppose)
30:00 Patrick Condon
41:20 Carol Volkart (oppose)
50:15 David Webbe (oppose)
1:05:00 Andrei Mihailiuk (oppose)
1:09:00 Mary Downe (oppose)
1:16:25 Maureen Charron (oppose)
1:21:50 Ian Cromwell, OneCity (support)
1:29:35 Danielle Peacock, Mount Pleasant Heritage Group
1:38:10 Maury Ford (support)
1:41:40 Chan Hon Goh, Goh Ballet Academy
1:50:15 Sean Nardi, TEAM (oppose)
Thursday May 26. Live tweets by Peter Waldkirch.
6:05 Paul Morris (oppose)
18:40 Andrea Baxendale (oppose)
25:15 Linsea Ann O’Shea (oppose)
36:30 Pierre Gallant, La Maison de la Francophonie (support)
46:10 Erica Weiss (oppose)
52:10 Andrea Olson (oppose)
1:01:30 Janice Hamilton (oppose)
1:07:05 Don Sargent (oppose)
1:15:35 Richard Campbell (support)
1:30:20 Sal Robinson, TEAM (oppose)
1:38:20 Jocelyn Barstow (oppose)
1:44:51 Virginia Richards (oppose)
3:07:04 Lorna Shapiro (oppose)
3:12:13 Chris White (oppose)
3:17:55 Celine McRae Hamby (support)
3:24:47 Helen Salter (oppose)
3:30:26 Susan Tom (oppose)
3:37:36 Bruce McLaren (oppose)
3:44:08 Evan Allegretto, Intracourt (support)
3:54:40 Marlene Wickham (oppose)
4:01:24 Neil Wyles, Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Area
4:07:49 Donald Rennie
4:12:56 Elena McGregor (oppose)
4:14:32 Marley Lavelle (oppose)
4:21:33 Lucy Maloney (support)
4:30:52 Bryce Margetts, Canderel (support)
4:36:00 Margot Nicholas (oppose)
4:41:03 France-Emmanuelle Joly, Reseau-Femmes Colombie-Britannique (support)
4:47:17 Derek Robertson, Lime (support)
4:48:48 Dale McClagnahan, Granville Island Council (support)
4:51:41 Peter Whitelaw, Renewable Cities (support)
5:13:20 Frank Anselman (oppose)
5:17:23 Barbara May, Upper Kitsilano Residential Association (oppose)
5:21:34 Kathy Hochachka (oppose)
5:31:56 Richard Evans, False Creek South Neighbourhood Association (oppose)
5:44:34 Olivia Edwards, Dunbar Residents Association (oppose)
5:50:13 Ian Poole (oppose)
5:57:35 Aiko Osugi (oppose)
6:00:38 Imtiaz Poppet (oppose)
6:03:19 Neil Adolph (support)
6:09:19 Michelle Scarr (support)
6:16:38 Sydney Ball (oppose)
6:24:21 Daniela Elza (oppose)
6:29:53 Ann O’Sullivan (oppose)
6:31:27 Nathan Edelson, False Creek South Neighbourhood Association (oppose)
6:38:54 Jordan MacDonald, Fabric Living (support)
6:50:33 Evelyn Jacob (oppose)
Tuesday May 31. Live tweets by Peter Waldkirch and Frances Bula.
2:55 Cheryl Webster (oppose)
19:55 Alison Bealey (oppose)
27:05 Michael Wiebe (support)
30:40 Liam Begley (support)
33:40 Sam Gheragozlu, Axiom Zen (support)
38:20 Jay Taylor, MEC (support)
41:22 Emma Macklem (support)
44:30 Anna Holton (oppose)
1:03:05 Tamara Heitner (oppose)
1:08:25 Sandra Poe (oppose)
1:13:17 Devon Hussack (support)
1:20:45 Cathy Poole, YMCA (support)
1:23:40 Derrick O’Keefe (support)
1:46:30 Don Gardner (oppose)
1:58:25 Richard Nantel (oppose)
3:17:00 Jenna Durr (support)
3:20:05 Barbara Neff (oppose)
3:27:15 John Donovan (oppose)
3:35:00 Roberta Olenick (oppose)
3:45:30 Joan Bunn (oppose)
3:51:15 Robert Heyman (oppose)
3:59:40 Stefan Nielsen, UFCW 1518 (support)
4:05:50 Cheryl Grant (oppose)
4:14:20 Colin McGrath (oppose)
4:23:20 Ward Stirrat (oppose)
4:30:10 Lewis Villegas (oppose)
4:38:10 Naomi Singer (oppose)
4:42:48 Jared Anderson (support)
4:44:50 Helen Lui (support)
4:52:15 Michael O’Shaughnessy (support)
4:58:05 Alyssa Myshok (oppose)
5:17:40 Jeff Andrus (support)
5:20:30 David Austin (oppose)
5:29:15 Stuart Smith, Abundant Housing Vancouver (support)
5:36:30 Maria Roth
5:42:18 Owen Brady, Abundant Housing Vancouver (support)
5:50:55 Amanda Collinge (oppose)
5:57:50 Chris Kyle (support)
6:03:45 Margareta Dovgal (support)
6:09:00 Elizabeth Murphy (oppose)
6:32:45 Staff closing comments
References:
Staff report - includes overview of the plan, economic viability analysis (Appendix K), summary of public consultation (Appendix J). It’s a lot easier for people to fill out a survey than to speak to council: 3600 survey responses were submitted for the draft plan, about two-thirds in support.
Appendix A - details of the plan
Vancouver could be on cusp of a ‘generational change’ as city council eyes approval of Broadway, Vancouver plans. Frances Bula in the Globe and Mail.
More Housing: Broadway Plan, my speaking notes