Council Meeting
- In Camera Meeting Authorization 11–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Public Hearing January 13 2026 11–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Public Hearing January 15 2026 11–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Council January 20 2026 11–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Council Policy Strategic Priorities January 21 2026 11–0 Carried
- Consent Agenda Adoption 11–0 Carried
- Changes to 2026 Council Meetings Schedule
- Healthy City Strategy Framework Adoption 11–0 Carried
- Disaster Resilience Funding Application Musqueam Creek
- Housing Accelerator Fund 3122 SE Marine Drive
- Non-Market Housing Lease Extension 4096 Carolina Street
- City of Vancouver Official Development Plan Referral 11–0 Carried
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning East Hastings Three Sites
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 1470-1476 West Broadway
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 466-476 West 27th Avenue
- Referral CD-1 Text Amendment Gaming Approval 39-65 Smithe Street 11–0 Carried
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 2268-2294 West 3rd Avenue Vine Street
- Referral CD-1 Text Amendment 3360-3384 Vanness Avenue Clive Avenue
- Referral CD-1 Text Amendment 325-343 West 41st Avenue Alberta Street
- Referral CD-1 Text Amendment 357-475 West 41st Avenue
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 453-461 East 10th Avenue Guelph Street
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 2202-2212 West 10th Avenue Marstrand Avenue
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 2219-2285 Cambie Street
- Referral CD-1 Text Amendment 450-496 Prior Street Malkin Avenue Station Street
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 441 East Pender Street
- Referral CD-1 Amendment East Fraser Lands Sawmill Crescent River District
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 2028-2038 Barclay Street 11–0 Carried
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 3295-3333 Commercial Drive
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 3553-3563 East Hastings Street
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning Heather Lands
- Referral CD-1 Text Amendment 888 West Broadway
- Referral CD-1 Rezoning 816-860 West 13th Avenue Willow Street
- By-law Enactment CD-1 4001-4009 Knight Street 11–0 Carried
- Motion 2 Rupert Renfrew Station Area Plan Implementation 11–0 Carried
- Motion 3 Downtown Eastside Housing Implementation Policy Amendments 11–0 Carried
Public Hearing
Two city-owned sites rezoned for nearly 1,100 market rental apartments, while amendments to add below-market units at both sites were defeated.
- Rezoning 6507-6527 Maple Street 10–0 Carried
- CD-1 Text Amendment 138 East 7th Avenue 10–0 Carried
- Amendment – Below-Market Rental 1402-1462 Burrard 2–8 Defeated
- Extend Meeting Past 10 pm Items 3 and 4 8–2 Defeated
- Extend Meeting Past 10 pm Item 3 10–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning 1402-1462 Burrard Street 8–2 Carried
- Amendment – Below-Market Rental 1405 Main Street 2–6 Defeated
- Amendment – Social Housing 1405 Main Street 2–6 Defeated
- CD-1 Rezoning 1405 Main Street 6–2 Carried
- Adjournment 8–0 Carried
Speakers Bruce Althaus, Joanne Ricci, Devorah Gomez, James Gray, Greg Cassap, Shawn Wallace, Donna Chen, Nancy Tam, Kiera Young, Brad Nichol, Sofia Villarreal, Emily Oswald, Chris Stepchuk
Details Standing Committee of Council on City Finance and Services
Trout Lake view cone changes paused for further consultation; fireworks approved for summer 2026; World Cup viewing made free at PNE amphitheater for home games.
- Adopt Report 1 on Consent 10–0 Carried
- 2026 Supportive Housing and SRO Capital Grants
- Second Round of Questions Permitted 10–0 Carried
- Postpone Report 2 to 1 PM 10–0 Carried
- City-wide Design Guidelines Amendment (Trout Lake) 8–0 Carried
- City-wide Design and Development Guidelines Refinements 8–0 Carried
- World Cup Viewing BC Place Clause A Struck 10–0 Carried
- World Cup PNE Free Viewing 10–0 Carried
- Extend Meeting Past Noon 10–0 Carried
- Summer Celebration Amendment (Maloney) 3–7 Defeated
- Igniting Our Spirits Summer Fireworks 7–3 Carried
- Organic Waste Referral to Metro Vancouver 8–0 Referred
- Democratic Innovation Vancouver Elections 3–7 Defeated
- Bus to Move Snow Removal 3–6 Defeated
- Lunar New Year Gala Typo Correction 10–0 Carried
- Honouring the Horse Lunar New Year Gala 10–0 Carried
- Approve Standing Committee Recommendations 9–0 Carried
- Adjourn Council Meeting 9–0 Carried
Court of Revision – Business Improvement Areas
A Court of Revision for Business Improvement Area assessments concluded in under two minutes with no complaints or errors reported.
- Adjourn the Meeting 8–0 Carried
Public Hearing
Nearly 1,000 affordable homes approved in Vancouver's largest-ever nonprofit-led housing project, alongside four other rental rezonings along the Broadway and Grandview Woodland corridors.
- CD-1 Rezoning: 10 East 11th Avenue 8–0 Carried
- Waive Staff Presentation: 4967-5017 Main Street 7–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1613-1625 Nanaimo Street 8–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning: 4967-5017 Main Street 8–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning: 1550 West 11th Avenue 7–1 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning: 8080 Yukon Street 8–0 Carried
- Adjournment 7–0 Carried
Speakers Stephen Lerch, Mike Hanafin, Glenn Rickard, Ruth Cherry, Lewis N Villegas, Simina Toma, Marcin Lasinska, Kerri-Anne Wood, Lewis N Villegas, Stephen Bohus, John Kurucz, Joshua Tiong (Kiwanis-Soroptimist (1974) Senior Citizens Housing Society), David Olson
Details Public Hearing
Zoning changes approved to allow childcare and housing to coexist on the same property; two major downtown rezonings greenlit, including a transformative mixed-use project that will preserve the Commodore Ballroom and redevelop the former Army and Navy site.
- Childcare Flexibility Zoning Amendment 8–0 Carried
- CD-1 (776) Text Amendment 828 Cambie 8–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning 800-876 Granville Street 8–0 Carried
- Extend Meeting Past 10 PM 8–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezonings West Hastings and West Cordova 8–0 Carried
- Adjourn Public Hearing 8–0 Carried
Speakers Adeela Bhatti, Sean Cassidy, Owen Coulter, Sean Cassidy, Jane Talbot, Royce Chwin, Aaron Chapman, Summit Ambeault-Wannamaker, Brianne La Pierre, David Gulliver, Daniel Anene, Brenda Knights, Alexandra Christian, Royce Chwin, Ash Mcleod, Derek Casperson, Shannon Boase, Landon Hoyt, Elise Yurkowski, Daniela Schroyen Francis, Rachel Penner, Luis Fernando Barajas Barrera, Steve Johnston, Amy Robinson, Mark Smith, Sean Cassidy, Ameet Johal
Details Auditor General Committee
Auditor General found the city could not demonstrate it maximized value on land sales totalling hundreds of millions of dollars, citing missing documentation, outdated policies, and a $13 million calculation error on a single Beach Crescent transaction.
- In Camera Meeting Authorization 4–0 Carried
- Second Round of Questions to Staff 4–0 Carried
- Third Round of Questions to Staff 4–0 Carried
- Amendment: Staff Report-Back on Land Sales Audit 4–0 Carried
- Endorse Land Sales and Exchanges Audit Recommendations 4–0 Carried
- Extend Meeting Past Noon 4–0 Carried
- Endorse 2025 Whistleblower Report Recommendations 4–0 Carried
- Adjourn Meeting 4–0 Carried
Public Hearing
Two major rental rezonings approved; a long-awaited Olympic Village elementary school height increase drew sharp community debate over school size, traffic, and green space loss.
- CD-1 Rezoning 324 West 10th Avenue 11–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning 7051 Ash Crescent Langara Gardens 11–0 Carried
- Extend Meeting Past 10 pm 7–0 Carried
- Amendment – School Drop-Off Zones 11–0 Carried
- Amendment – Hinge Park Green Space 9–2 Carried
- CD-1 (454) Text Amendment 215 West 1st Avenue – Component D 11–0 Carried
- CD-1 (454) Text Amendment 215 West 1st Avenue – Components A to C and E 10–0 Carried
- Adjourn Public Hearing 10–0 Carried
Speakers Brian Gregg, Phoenix Winter, Julianne Hill, Melissa Sofie, Kathleen Adams, Judy K, Donald B Hickling, Jared Forman, Brianne La Pierre, Bereket Guta, Emily Luba, Scotti Green, Luke White Brune, David Belliver, Elliot Klin, Cathleen Thornicrost, Ira Nadel, Myrna Leslie, Raveen Mandair Pauls, Jonathan Berkowitz, Jason Lyons, Peter Reese, Ashlie Corcoran, Robyn Chan, Shahrzad Pedram, Matthew Hoag, Helen Lui, Diane McCurdy, Haakon Koyote, Bobo Eyrich, Lynne Gray, Sarah Pawliuk, Christopher Lee, Pavan Ram, Patricia Taylor, Gord Keep, Katherine Keep, Fiorella Pinillos, Joyce Ozier, Norman Hotson, James Boyle, Greg Morris, Joyce Resin, Robert Cornish, Alan Farber
Details Public Hearing
An 18-storey rental tower near Mount Pleasant SkyTrain approved; a bid to add 300 slot machines at Park Casino passed narrowly despite health officer opposition; and a childcare-to-commercial conversion at a Joyce-Collingwood rental project approved after debate over broken commitments to families.
- CD-1 Rezoning 453-461 East 10th Avenue 10–0 Carried
- Extend Meeting Past 10 PM (Item 2 and 3) 11–0 Carried
- CD-1 (519) Amendment Referral Back to Staff 5–6 Defeated
- CD-1 (519) Text Amendment Parq Casino Slots 7–4 Carried
- CD-1 (899) Text Amendment Vanness Avenue 10–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning West 10th Avenue Amendment 11–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning 2202-2212 West 10th Avenue 11–0 Carried
- Adjournment 6–0 Carried
Speakers Bobo Eyrich, Jordan MacDonald, Daniel Holloway, Lisa Rupert, Mark Boardman, Alexander Ciok, Kylie Riggins, Oliver Nicklin, Alistair Clark, Dr Kevin Mowbray, Dr Evelyn Lo, Michael Parker, Max Birch, Dr Oliver Nelson, Ruth Cherry, Lewis N Villegas, Jennifer Vollrath, Emily Bordeleau, Matthew Cruickshank, William, Daniel, Mark Lysyshyn, Sandra Garossino, Aman Brar, Paul Sanghera, Ian Pitfield, George Chayka, Lindsay Brown, Michelle Travis, Stanley Lee, Jean Swanson, Ruth Cherry, Laura Stannard, Lewis N Villegas, Howard Blank, Ma Rowena Alivio, Vanja Jelec, Melody Ma, Shanna Abonitalla, Helen Pahou, Bruno Clapci, Stephen Bohus, Fe Taala, Angela Brain, Mona Stilwell, Devon Harlos, Alison Merton, Melanie Cheng, Sarah MacLeod, Trevor Falkenhagen
Details Public Hearing
Three rezoning applications approved, including a first-of-its-kind workforce housing tower for Vancouver Coastal Health employees near VGH; a controversial West End hotel tower referred to a future meeting after heavy public opposition.
- Item 1 Withdrawn 7–0 Withdrawn
- Item 2 Second Round of Questions 7–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning 816-860 West 13th Avenue Approved 10–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning 1470-1476 West Broadway Approved 10–0 Carried
- CD-1 (915) Text Amendment 450-496 Prior Street Approved 10–0 Carried
- Item 5 Extend Meeting Past 10pm 7–0 Carried
- Item 5 Extend Meeting Past 5pm March 5 8–0 Carried
- Item 5 Extend Meeting Past 12pm March 12 9–0 Carried
- CD-1 Rezoning 2028-2038 Barclay Street Referred 8–1 Referred
- Adjournment 9–0 Carried
Speakers Shelly Fleck, Sean Parr, Denis Agar, Lewis N Villegas, Karen Konrad, Danna Garcia-Wigueras, Lewis N Villegas, Andrew Shilletto, Lewis N Villegas, Park Board Commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky (Vancouver Park Board), Sebastian Zein, Bruce Gibson, Jill Wanklyn, Jon Kelly, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Mark Jan Vrem, Margaret Chisholm
Details Park Board Meeting
W.C. Shelly Park expansion concept plan approved, and a rezoning motion near Stanley Park deferred to the next meeting.
- Adopt Board Committee Minutes Feb 2 2026 6–0 Carried
- W.C. Shelly Park Concept Plan 6–0 Carried
- Approve In Camera Meeting 5–0 Carried
- Adopt Regular Board Minutes Feb 2 2026 6–0 Carried
- Adopt Committee Report Feb 23 2026 6–0 Carried
- 2030-2038 Barclay Street Rezoning Motion Deferred 6–0 Referred
- BCRPA 2026 Symposium Expenses 4–0 Carried
Council Meeting
A motion to commit $104 million toward road and sidewalk repair was defeated, while a land use change for the former Molson Brewery site and a renewed 2STGD+ safety and inclusion action plan both passed.
- In Camera Meeting Authorization 10–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Jan 20/22/27 Public Hearing 11–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Jan 22/27 Public Hearing 10–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Feb 3 Council 11–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Feb 4 Finance Committee 10–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Feb 5 Court of Revision 11–0 Carried
- Adopt Minutes Feb 5 Public Hearing 10–0 Carried
- Consent Agenda Adoption 10–0 Carried
- VanStat Roads and Sidewalks Capital Funding 4–7 Carried
- VanStat Amendment – Accessibility and Equity 4–7 Defeated
- 2STGD+ Action Plan Renewal 11–0 Carried
- BIA Renewals 2026 Approval
- Road Closure – East Pender Street 11–0
- FIFA Special Use Lane Designation
- Molson Brewery Land Use Change 10–1 Carried
- Enact By-laws 1–10 and 12–15 11–0 Carried
- Road Closure Administrative Motion – East Pender 11–0 Carried
- Leaves of Absence Requests 11–0 Carried
- Adjournment 11–0 Carried
Public Hearing
Two high-density rental rezonings approved unanimously; a third, a nearly 1,000-unit mixed-use proposal on East Hastings including 157 social housing units, drew sharp community opposition and was deferred to March 10 for debate and decision.
- CD-1 Rezoning 2268-2294 West 3rd Avenue 9–0 Carried
- CD-1 Amendment East Fraser Lands Area 1 9–0 Carried
- Permit Second Round of Questions 8–0 Carried
- Extend Meeting and Refer Item 3 Decision 9–0 Carried
- Adjournment 8–0 Carried
Speakers Jane McFadden, Susan Davies, Davrin Lee-Sun, Alex Downie, Adam Bogoch, Ed Evans, Ruth Cherry, Alejandra Aguirre, Jennifer O'Keeffe, Andrew Seymour, Adrienne Tom, Jeff Janders, Lewis N Villegas, Bailey Miazga, Marissa, Philipp Postrehovsky, Jennifer Ready, James Iranzad, Tina Cheung, Stephanie San, Daniel Holloway, Nathaniel Stuart, Evan Horie, Karin Litzcke, Claudia Ramcke, Lewis N Villegas, Nova Jennifer Guest-Viitala, Katie Lewis, Will Aballe, Sam Valen, Louis Mercier, Daniel Anene, Angus Thomson, Ming Tang, Dave Diebolt, Maya Seto, Russil Wvong, Nicholas Yanome, Jayne Czarnocki, Peggy Pictin, Karim Winsor, Althea Thauberger, Naomi Adams, Amelia Epp
Details Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities
- Consent Agenda Adoption 11–0 Carried
- EV Charging Infrastructure Contract Award 11–0 Carried
- ICE Out of Beautiful Game 7–4 Defeated
- Challenge Chair's Ruling (ICE Motion) 7–4 Defeated
- Strengthening Public Safety Infrastructure 7–4 Carried
- Extend Meeting Past Noon 10–2 Carried
- Refer Public Safety Infrastructure Motion 4–7 Defeated
- Reversing Costly Ban on Supportive Housing Withdrawn
- Remote Work Policy Alignment 11–0 Carried
- Amendment to Remote Work Motion 11–0 Carried
- FIFA Public Safety Working Group 3–6 Defeated
- Recommitting to $10 a Day Childcare 9–0 Carried
- Amendment to Childcare Motion 8–2 Carried
- Approve Standing Committee Recommendations 10–0 Carried
- Adjourn Council Meeting 10–0 Carried
Public Hearing
- CD-1 Rezoning: 441 East Pender Street 6–0 Carried
- CD-1 (843) Text Amendment: 888 West Broadway 6–0 Carried
- CD-1 (893) Text Amendment: 325-343 West 41st Avenue 6–0 Carried
- CD-1 (878) Text Amendment: 357-475 West 41st Avenue 6–0 Carried
- Adjournment 6–0 Carried
Speakers Andrea Kastanis, John Ullrich, Daniel Jackson, Kevin Westell, Christopher Lee, Jamie Maclaren, Elliot Klein, Rick Gregory, Dana Dechene, Parker Zhang, Eric Froese, Daniel Anene, Teresa Vandertuin, Chloe Lesmeister, Chuck Puchmayr
Details