What you need to know
At all meetings and hearings:
- You can submit comments for a meeting, even if an item doesn't allow a speaker
- You can speak by phone (recommended) or in-person
- Speakers can speak to staff reports that contain recommendations and Council member motions, unless it's in a closed meeting
Upcoming meetings and hearings accepting speakers
Registered to speak? Review how to prepare to speak at a meeting or hearing
Understand our meeting types: Review types of Council meetings
Note Agendas are typically posted 1 week before the meeting.
Note Some agenda items may remain on the agenda over multiple meeting days or be referred from 1 meeting type to another.
- Review agenda
- Fill out form to request to speak
- Review deadlines, how to sign up, and speaker conditions
June 17, 2025 Council Meeting
You can speak about:
- R1. Reconciliation and Language Revitalization: Renaming Trutch Street to šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street
- R2. Supporting Development Viability and Unlocking New Housing Supply
- R3. Local Improvement – Project List of Consideration – Court of Revision 642
- R4. Vancouver Heritage Foundation (VHF) Heritage Conservation Grant Program – Annual Report 2024-2025 and Grant Release for 2025
- R5. 2025 Homelessness Services Grants
- R6. Selection of and Terms for Social Housing Operator at 488 Broughton Street
- R7. Supervised Indoor Inhalation Spaces
- R8. Vancouver Official Development Plan Legislatively Required Consultation
The deadline to request to speak to the above items is Monday, June 16, 2025, at 5 pm. Speakers will have 3 minutes to speak to Council.
June 18, 2025 - Standing Committee on City Finance and Services
You can speak about:
- R2. 2025 Quarterly Capital Budget Adjustments and Closeouts
- R3. Contract Award for Supply and Delivery of Food and Beverage for Carnegie Centre and Gathering Place
- R4. Closure and Sale of a Portion of Lane Adjacent to 2096 West Broadway and 2560 Arbutus Street
- R5. Closure and Conveyance of a Portion of Road within the Granville Loops Lands
- Motion1. Jumpstarting Rental Housing: Bold Action to Boost Rental Housing Construction in Tough Economic Times
- Motion2. Expanding the School Travel Planning Program
The deadline to request to speak for the above items is Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 5 pm. Speakers have three minutes to speak to Council.
June 17, 2025 Public Hearing
You can speak about:
- CD-1 Rezoning: 469-483 East 10th Avenue
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1665-1685 West 11th Avenue
- CD-1 Rezoning: 2267-2275 West 7th Avenue
The deadline to request to speak for the above items is Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 5:00 pm for online requests and registration from 5:30 pm to 6 pm by calling 604-829-4238. You can also register in person on the day of the hearing, between 5:30 pm and 6 pm at City Hall.
You can also speak to the item by calling in with the number provided on X (previously Twitter) and on the live stream during the meeting.
June 19, 2025 Public Hearing
You can speak about:
1. CD-1 Rezoning: 1270-1290 West 11th Avenue
2. CD-1 Rezoning: 325 East 6th Avenue
3. CD-1 Rezoning: 1110-1160 West King Edward Avenue
4. CD-1 Rezoning: 4975-4997 Joyce Street
5. CD-1 Rezoning: 2158-2170 West 1st Avenue
The deadline to request to speak for the above items is Thursday, June 19, 2025, at 5:00 pm for online requests and register from 5:30 pm to 6 pm by calling 604-829-4238. You can also register in person on the day of the hearing, between 5:30 pm and 6 pm at City Hall.
You can also speak to the item by calling in with the number provided on X (previously Twitter) and on the live stream during the meeting.
