性视界传媒 renters 鈥� this time at Kwantlen Park Manor in Whalley 鈥� are afraid of losing their homes as city council is set to vote on a development proposal tonight following a public hearing.
"Development is moving at a rapid clip in 性视界传媒, but the lack of consultation here given the impact on multi-generational families is rather astonishing. This runs counter to 性视界传媒鈥檚 efforts to make it a welcoming place for families," Michelle Travis, research director for UNITE HERE Local 40, told the Now-Leader.
Last July, council approved a two-tower project in Whalley despite speakers at a public hearing saying this would render their families homeless when the 57-unit rental apartment building already on site would be demolished. Then in September, council approved a five-tower residential project for Whalley at the cost of three existing rental apartment buildings on site after hearing from tenants at a public hearing who were distressed about losing their homes. Council also approved a residential tower for Guildford in November which required the demolishing of three low-rise rental apartment buildings already on site.
Travis implored 性视界传媒 Mayor Brenda Locke in a letter dated Jan. 7 to "please delay" the Monday, Jan. 13 public hearing for 12975 106 Ave. so Kwantlen Park Manor tenants can learn more about the owner's plans for the property and what impact this will have on their families.
"Tenants we have spoken to tell us they have received very little information about the building owner鈥檚 plans that could displace them," Travis told the mayor. "Many of the families are immigrants with young children in nearby schools. There are multi-generational families living there. Some are elders; some have special needs.
"Tenants are unfamiliar with how the development process works in 性视界传媒, and some face language barriers, so it should come as no surprise if they have not contacted city planning staff with their concerns," she explained. "Council set the public hearing date right before the holidays. Based on what tenants have told us, they are in the dark about development timelines...If the applicant has provided the city with a tenant relocation plan, the tenants are unaware of what that plan looks like."
A numbered company is seeking to build at 12951 and 12975-106 Avenue a couple of six-storey residential buildings with 10 non-market rental, 58 market rental and 70 market strata dwellings above two levels of underground parking. After the public hearing, it will go to council for a third-reading vote. Kwantlen Park Manor, a three-storey rental apartment building containing 31 dwellings, is on the subject site.
According to a City of 性视界传媒 planning report, the applicant has produced a Tenant Assistance and Relocation Program as required by 性视界传媒. The report indicates the applicant proposes to replace the 31 with 48 new rental units and is allocating 10 units on the fifth floor of the western building "as below-market rental units with a right of first refusal to residents of the existing rental building." residential tower for Guildford in November which required the demolishing of three low-rise rental apartment buildings already on site.
Also tonight (Monday, Jan. 13), council is expected, again following a public hearing, to vote on an application from another numbered company to develop a 30-storey mixed used tower containing 445 dwellings at 14830 and 14856-104 Avenue in Guildford.
