Six-plex proposal moves forward

At today's policy committee meeting, Vancouver city council voted 9-2 to move the six-plex proposal ("Making Home") forward. Colleen Hardwick and Melissa De Genova were opposed.

City staff will prepare a detailed recommendation, which will then come back to council for approval later this year. For background info, see Why is "gentle density" so important?

Video from the committee meeting.

List of speakers:

• 4:39:46 pm John Irwin, Vancouver Park Board (support)

• 4:43:57 pm Stefan, VDLC (support)

• 4:52:53 pm Ellen Woodsworth, Women Transforming Cities (support)

• 6:05:00 pm Peter Whitelaw, Renewable Cities (support)

• 6:09:03 pm Peter Waldkirch (support)

• 6:17:40 pm Tom Davidoff, UBC (support)

• 6:34:04 pm Helen Lui (support)

• 6:35:21 pm Stuart Smith, Abundant Housing Vancouver (support)

• 6:38:58 pm Elizabeth Murphy, Vancouver Character House Network (oppose)

Statements from councillors:

• 8:02:16 pm Christine Boyle - Yes

• 8:26:36 pm Pete Fry - Yes

• 8:27:35 pm Michael Wiebe - Yes

• 8:29:08 pm Rebecca Bligh - Yes

• 8:32:38 pm Sarah Kirby-Yung - Yes

• 8:33:25 pm Colleen Hardwick - No

• 8:36:25 pm Jean Swanson - Yes

• 8:39:04 pm Kennedy Stewart - Yes

I didn't see statements from Adriane Carr (Yes), Lisa Dominato (Yes), and Melissa De Genova (No), but I may have missed them.