Roundup of Business at City Council for the week of May 19, 2025
City Council met this week to hear and discuss a variety of topics during Council and Standing Committee on City Finance and Services.
Tuesday, May 20
This week’s meeting began with Council’s presentation of the proclamation for Guru Nanak Jahaz (Komagata Maru) Remembrance Day, on May 23. On this day, the City honours the lives lost and reflects on a painful chapter of discrimination and injustice in Vancouver and Canada’s history.
Council business then began with the approval of the following items on consent:
- 2025 Mayor’s Budget Task Force Implementation Oversight Committee Meeting Schedule – Additional Meetings PDF file (114 KB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 325 East 6th Avenue PDF file (2 MB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 2267-2275 West 7th Avenue PDF file (1.8 MB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1270-1290 West 11th Avenue PDF file (2 MB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 2158-2170 West 1st Avenue PDF file (3.5 MB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1665-1685 West 11th Avenue PDF file (1.9 MB)
- CD-1 (887) Text Amendment: 675 Pacific Street PDF file (2 MB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 469-483 East 10th Avenue PDF file (1.4 MB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1110-1160 West King Edward Avenue PDF file (1.8 MB)
After that, Council approved the following items:
- Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Upgrading Grants PDF file (183 KB)
- Appointment of Childcare Operators, Lease Approvals, Childcare Grant Approvals, and New Lease Agreements for Two Existing Childcare Centres PDF file (414 KB)
- 2025 Municipal By-Election Review PDF file (1.4 MB)– with amendments
- Report Back – Review of City of Vancouver Committee Structures and Systems PDF file (190 KB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 4975-4997 Joyce Street PDF file (1.5 MB)
Council also approved By-laws 1-7 PDF file (11.8 MB), By-law 8 PDF file (16.7 MB), and the following new business items:
- Leave of Absence Requests
- Motion to Reaffirm British Columbia Board Position with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
- Travel Approval for Councillor Lisa Dominato and Councillor Mike Klassen to attend meetings with Mayor Sim in Ottawa, June 3-5, 2025
On Tuesday evening, a public hearing was held where Council approved the following rezoning applications:
- CD-1 Rezoning: 4-36 West 3rd Avenue and 5 West 4th Avenue PDF file (30 KB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 2180 West 6th Avenue PDF file (22 KB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1364 West 11th Avenue PDF file (21 KB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1770 West 12th Avenue PDF file (23 KB)
Wednesday, May 21
The Standing Committee on City Finance and Services approved the following reports and Council members’ motions:
- Urban Forest Strategy - 2025 Update PDF file (54 MB) – with an amendment
- Permanent Outdoor Location for an Iconic Vancouver Sign Update PDF file (803 KB) – with an amendment
- Chinatown Strategic Priority Grants PDF file (194 KB)
- Increasing Funding for Vital Community Libraries PDF file (100 KB) – with an amendment
- Reducing Home Demolition Waste in Vancouver PDF file (115 KB)
- Honouring Trey Helten: Renaming “Ashtrey Alley” PDF file (107 KB)
- Places to Be and Places to Go PDF file (121 KB) – with amendments
A Council meeting was convened immediately following the Standing Committee meeting during which Council approved the recommendations and actions of the preceding Standing Committee on City Finance and Services.
The next regular meeting of Council is scheduled for Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 9:30 am. Find agendas and meeting reports on council.vancouver.ca.