City Forms Truce with Marpole Residents
The City of Vancouver has quelled Marpole residents’ furor over their draft community plan — at least for now — through additional consultation.
The city started holding a series of “coffee talks” in the neighbourhood in mid-November offering residents individual discussions with planners. Two more coffee talks are scheduled next week on Dec. 3 and 4, while “community dialogue sessions” are set for Nov. 30 and Dec. 7.
Planners have also been meeting informally with small groups for “kitchen table talks,” including with members of the Marpole Residents’ Coalition.
Council voted, at the end of September, to extend consultation on the plan based on residents’ complaints about consultation and issues such as the proposed rezoning of some single-family areas to allow stacked townhouses and low-rise apartment buildings.