Recorded votes on PUD2014-0312

That the SPC on Planning and Urban Development Recommendations contained in Report PUD2014-0312 be amended by adding new Recommendations 3, 4 and 5, after amendment, as follows: “3. Direct Administration to bring forward through the SPC on Planning and Urban Development and then to Council a framework for communities to receive the benefits of increased density through land use amendments as they occur along Urban and Neighbourhood Corridors: a) Create a list of potential bonus items for community consideration that lists items that support community character, heritage, affordable housing, and general community improvements. b) Create and institutionalize a process for individual communities to identify community priorities as they relate to community character, heritage amenities, affordable housing and local improvements. c) Develop a process for Administration and developers to negotiate the value of developer contributions, including creating evaluation criteria and standard valuation techniques, as developers apply for land use amendments that increase density. 4. To ensure that heritage and affordable housing priorities can be met through the allocation of community benefits, direct Administration to: a) Research and implement tools to protect and mitigate the loss of heritage amenities in communities. b) Ensure that identified corridors in the Corridor Program can support intensification beyond the existing land-uses without damaging the valued character of a corridor; if further intensification would damage the valued community character or amenities of a corridor and could not be mitigated with bonusing and other tools, then inclusion of the corridor in the Program should be reconsidered. c) Ensure alignment between the Corridor Program and the Affordable Housing Strategy. d) Research and implement tools to protect and encourage more affordable housing in communities, to offset potential gentrification effects. 5. Direct Administration to bring forward to the SPC on Planning and Urban Development no later than 2014 September, an interim report to support Recommendations 1 and 2.”.