Colleen Hardwick
453 W 12th Avenue V5Y 1V4 Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Gung hay fat choy! Happy New Year! May the Year of the Ox bring good health, prosperity and perseverance.

Vancouver City Councillor Colleen Hardwick does not mince any words about Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, her treatment in the media, and Vancouver's housing a...ffordability crisis in a fascinating episode about Vancouver municipal politics and housing. Full podcast Apple: https://apple.co/3pWAi06 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36TaRVX Google Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/61ngtz Stitcher: https://bit.ly/36SUfgG Web: https://bit.ly/3tDAZOk

The late, great Bing Thom, speaking at Dad's memorial. Thinking about the state of planning in the City of Vancouver today.

Vancouver: 2020 Market Rental Report - CMHC Vacancy rate: increased to 2.6% Average rent: $1,508 up by 2.0%... Highlights: Purpose-built rental apartment vacancy rate increased from 1.1% in 2019 to 2.6% in 2020 due to higher supply and lower demand. Newer structures in central areas drove the increase in the vacancy rate, while vacancy rates decreased in suburban markets. Average apartment rent increase slowed to 2.0%; however, prospective tenants face higher rents than longer-term tenants. The average asking rent for vacant units is 21.4% higher than the average rent paid for occupied units. Overall rental market loosened somewhat in 2020. New rental affordability data show that significant imbalances remain, posing challenges for lower income renter households. Number of condominium apartments in long-term rental increased by 10.2% (7,137 units). Investor-owners increased their involvement in the long-term condominium rental market. https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca//2021/2020-rental-market-report

Jan. 27 marks 76 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and is recognized as UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The pain and loss endured during the Shoah will never be forgotten. Together, we will vow 'Never Again'." #WeRemember #neveragain #Shoah #HolocaustRemembranceDay

Still waiting for the data per my Recalibrating Housing Vancouver Strategy motion! Opinion The supply crisis in Canadas housing market isnt backed up by the evidence...Continue reading

Coun. Colleen Hardwick has expressed her doubts in previous council meetings about the need to go forward with upgrades to the bridge, noting the city has already spent about $25 million on seismic upgrades and safety measures. The so-called Granville Connector is literally on top quite literally of the upgrades that have already been undertaken, Hardwick told Glacier Media in an email Friday. So, why are we pushing this capital project through when the citys financ...es are in jeopardy? I surmise that this has more to do with the future development of the north side of the Granville Bridge and proposed developer contributions than anything else. Added Hardwick: I do not support, and resist saying more, other than this is not essential, particularly at a very volatile time. https://www.vancouverisawesome.com//vancouver-looks-to-upg

Lets talk money whats important to you when it comes to City spending? Tell us which services we should spend more (or less) on: http://ow.ly/knUN50AZRGQ #GetInvolved #VanBudget2021

Still focused on the same priorities. Need to update at the half way point of our Council term. https://www.colleenhardwick.com/priorities

Core Services Climate Change Affordable Housing Local Economy Equity and Social Issues ... Whats important to you? Tell us which budget priorities we should spend more (or less) on http://www.shapeyourcity.ca/budget Translations are available in 5 languages. #GetInvolved #VanBudget2021

"Rather than just implementing the arbitrary city-wide programs and policies of the previous Vision council that was voted out, it is about time that the new council reconsiders policy based on the new context and a new mandate. A council-approved motion by Coun. Colleen Hardwick has done exactly that. It directed staff to provide data by July 31 for a recalibration this fall of the current housing targets." https://vancouversun.com//elizabeth-murphy-its-time-for-va

"For NPA Coun. Colleen Hardwick, things were moving too fast, she saying these changes shouldnt be rushed through. There is no need to push this through now, Hardwick said. We are in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of summer, and many residents are not aware of the major changes being proposed here tonight. https://vancouversun.com//dan-fumano-postpone-and-delay-va

Among those attending the event was Vancouver City Councillor Colleen Hardwick, who says the scope of the devastation in the Lebanese capital is sobering, given that Vancouver is also a port city. I think many of us have seen those maps that show what the impact would have been if a similar devastation had happened here in Vancouver, it would have wiped out the city, she said. We are staggered by the loss of death and destruction and I think everyone in the city should fin...d a quiet moment to, you know, to acknowledge that great loss, she added. https://www.citynews1130.com//vigil-canada-victims-beirut/

"There is a proverb: Tell me I forget. Show me I may remember. Involve me I understand. The challenge moving forward is to find a path to understanding and agreement in the context of uncertainty and difficult choices." https://meetingoftheminds.org/plans-pandemic-protests-time-

In 1990, I worked with my father, as survey coordinator, on the Choosing our Future update of the Urban Futures Survey. The primary objective of this survey was to solicit public opinion about the attitudes of Greater Vancouver residents towards a range of economic, social, mobility and lifestyle issues and to compare the results with those of a similar survey conducted in 1973. http://www.housing.gov.bc.ca//ht/pub_neighbour/check10.htm

"The mayor hasnt always succeeded in getting his way. In May, NPA councillor Colleen Hardwick managed to win the votes of every member of council except Stewart and OneCitys Christine Boyle for a motion seeking to reexamine how many housing units needed to be built in Vancouver postCOVID-19. The Housing Vancouver targets set by the previous Vision Vancouvercontrolled council called for 72,000 new homes between 2018 and 2027. Hardwicks motion directed staff to determine... whether that figure referred to net housing completions or gross housing completions. The NPA councillor stated in her motion that the target of 72,000 new homes would translate into a population increase of 158,400more than twice the historical rate. She based this conclusion on an assumption that each home will have 2.2 residents, which was the density rate in the 2016 census. Whether that materializes in the future, however, is anyones guess."

Councillor Jean Swanson cast one of the three dissenting votes, saying most of the units will have expensive rents. The average rent for a three-bedroom unit in the project starts at $4,000 a month. Councillors Adrianne Carr and Colleen Hardwick also voted against the project.... https://www.straight.com//board-confirms-112-million-value

From today's Standing Committee meeting: https://youtu.be/aFW45gSU6qw

#VanCityCouncil approves referral motion on agenda item 3 Amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law to Increase Rental Housing in the C-2, C-2B, C-2C, and C-2C1 Commercial Districts. Referral to Vancouver Plan by Councillor Carr, Seconded by Councillor Hardwick.

Lots of talk about Jane Jacobs in Public Hearing this evening.

Happy to report that Council voted unanimously in support of moving to the next phase in establishing an Office of the Auditor General for the City of Vancouver. Thanks in particular to the members of the Informal Working Group of Council. Onward!

Establishing an Independent Auditor General Office for the City of Vancouver

The most fundamental characteristic and principle of the auditor general model is independence https://www.vancourier.com//new-a-g-s-office-in-vancouver-

Coming to Standing Committee of City Council this Wednesday. https://council.vancouver.ca/2/documents/pspc3appendixA.pdf

Please consider writing or speaking in favour of our upcoming: Report Back on Establishing the Office of the Auditor General for the City of Vancouver https://vancouver.ca//request-to-speak-at-meeting-form-2.a https://vancouver.ca/your-government/contact-council.aspx

Coming up at Standing Committee scheduled for this Wednesday, July 22nd. Report Back on Establishing the Office of the Auditor General for the City of Vancouver. RECOMMENDATION A. THAT Council receive for information the report attached as Appendix A and entitled Establishing an Independent Auditor General Office for the City of Vancouver, prepared by the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (the CAAF Report).... B. THAT Council approve in principle the recommendations of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF) in the CAAF Report. C. THAT, if Council approves Recommendation B, Council direct the City Solicitor to prepare a By-law to implement the recommendations in the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF) Report, and bring the By-law to Council on or before November 30, 2020. https://council.vancouver.ca/20200722/documents/pspc3.pdf

The other two councillors who voted against referral, independent Coun. Rebecca Bligh and Kirby-Yungs NPA colleague Coun. Colleen Hardwick, expressed confusion over why council would delay, instead of carrying on with 10 members. Hardwick said she was gobsmacked and it does beg the question of why we are doing this, which Ive not gotten an answer to. https://theprovince.com//59ff9c56-ce5d-4a01-84b4-ae520711e

My Father, Dr. Walter G. Hardwick founded the local Chapter of Lambda Alpha International years ago. The Honorary Society for the Advancement of Land Economics. This background influences my perspective on local land use issues.

Approved today at the Vancouver Heritage Commission.

Hot off the social media presses! The infographics and social media were standing by and ready to go and pulled the trigger as soon as the vote was completed.