Roundup of Business at City Council for the week of December 8, 2025
City Council met this week to hear and discuss a variety of topics during the Standing Committee on City Finance and Services meeting.
Tuesday, December 9
This week’s meeting began with the approval of the following items on consent:
- Annual Financial Authorities 2026 PDF file (147 KB)
- New Below Market Lease and Grant to Vera Housing Co-operative Association PDF file (279 KB)
- New Below Market Lease and Grant to Access Housing Co-operative Association PDF file (259 KB)
- Lease and Operating Agreement with SUCCESS for the Social Housing at 167 East 36th Avenue PDF file (141 KB)
- Below Market Lease Extension to Veterans Memorial Housing Society for 310 and 320 Alexander Street PDF file (184 KB)
- Demolition Permitting Optimization PDF file (234 KB)
- Miscellaneous Amendments – Zoning and Development By-law and Various Other By laws and Land Use Documents PDF file (446 KB)
- Miscellaneous Amendments Concerning Various CD-1 By-laws PDF file (92.2 KB)
- Rezoning: 5238-5262 Granville Street and 1495 West 37th Avenue PDF file (458 KB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1167-1193 Granville Street PDF file (1.1 MB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 320-360 West 2nd Avenue PDF file (1.8 MB)
- CD-1 Rezoning: 900-990 West 12th Avenue PDF file (2.3 MB)
- CD-1 (409) Text Amendment: 1109-1139 West Pender Street and 1122-1152 West Hastings Street (Formerly 1128 West Hastings Street) PDF file (984 KB)
- CD-1 (730) Amendment: 6428-6438 Cambie Street and 480-488 West 48th Avenue (Formerly 478-496 West 48th Avenue) PDF file (1.5 MB)
After that, Council approved the following items:
- Vancouver’s Social Housing Initiative PDF file (17.1 KB) – with amendments
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1150 Barclay Street PDF file (108 KB) – with amendments
- Changes to the 2026 Council Meetings Schedule PDF file (131 KB) – with amendments
- Amendments to Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy By-law No. 11451 – with amendments PDF file (151 KB)
- Mayor’s Budget Task Force Implementation Oversight Committee Recommendations Transmittal Report PDF file (116 KB)
- 2026 Land Assessment Averaging: Notice to BC Assessment Authority PDF file (142 KB)
- Reconsideration of Approval of Capital Grant to BC Housing for 3077 Maddams Street (Formerly 1405 East 15th Avenue and 3047-3071 Maddams Street) PDF file (57.9 KB)
- By-laws 1 to 7; 9 to 14; 16 to 41 PDF file (6.6 MB)
On Tuesday evening, a public hearing was held where Council heard public speakers on Downtown Eastside Housing Implementation – Amendments to the FC-1 District in the Zoning and Development By-law and the Downtown Eastside/Oppenheimer District Official Development Plan (DEOD ODP) By-law to Accelerate SRO Replacement and Increase Social Housing PDF file (109 KB). This item was referred to the public hearing on December 11 for Council to continue hearing speakers.
Wednesday, December 10
The Standing Committee on City Finance and Services began with the approval of the following items on consent:
- Proposed Amendment to Subdivision By-law No. 5208 – Reclassification of 3500 Ash Street PDF file (721 KB)
- Granville Island – Non-Enforcement Resolution PDF file (204 KB)
- 2025 Cultural Grants (Equity, Indigenous, Redress, Spaces, Public Art) PDF file (329 KB)
- Cultural Tourism and Community Sport Hosting Grants 2025 Year End PDF file (210 KB)
After that, the Standing Committee approved the following items:
- Report Back on Supporting Development Viability and Unlocking New Housing Supply PDF file (758 KB) – with amendments
- Vancouver Civic Theatres Rental Rates 2026-2027 PDF file (326 KB)
- Abandoned and Vacated Buildings By-law (AVBB) PDF file (514 KB)
- Report Back - Potential to Update the Vancouver Building By-law to Enable Single Egress Stairs (PDF file (995 KB) – with amendments
- Promoting Cultural Inclusion and Economic Vitality: Advancing the Main Street Filipino Cultural Centre and Hotel Project PDF file (185 KB)
- Cementing the City of Vancouver’s Support for Pride Weekend PDF file (182 KB)
- Urgent Actions from the Vancouver Business Growth Task Force PDF file (175 KB)
- Improve Public Safety for Everyone in Vancouver Through Safer Intersections PDF file (175 KB) – with amendments
- Don’t let Chinatown’s Postal Service be Stamped Out PDF file (167 KB)
- Breaking up with the X: Equitable Access for Real-time Council Agenda and Speaker Updates PDF file (274 KB) – with amendments
- Assessing Motor Vehicle Speeding Risk at Vancouver's Most Dangerous Intersections PDF file (172 KB) – with amendments
Council member’s motion, Supporting a Fare-Free Transit Route Pilot in Vancouver PDF file (174 KB), was not approved.
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.
After that, Council also approved By-laws 1-10 PDF file (307 KB).
A Special Council meeting was also held on Wednesday where Council approved Declaration of Dangerous Building at 341 East Hastings Street, Vancouver PDF file (10.7 MB), with amendments.
Thursday, December 11
A public hearing was held for Council to continue to hear public speakers on Downtown Eastside Housing Implementation – Amendments to the FC-1 District in the Zoning and Development By-law and the Downtown Eastside/Oppenheimer District Official Development Plan (DEOD ODP) By-law to Accelerate SRO Replacement and Increase Social Housing PDF file (109 KB) This item was referred to the public hearing on December 16 for Council to continue hearing speakers.
The next regular meeting of Council is scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, 2025 at 9:30 am. Find agendas and meeting reports on council.vancouver.ca.