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Residents seek clarity on heritage When will NewWest unfreeze heritage revitalization agreement applications in Queen’s Park? Theresa McManus
tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
New West council’s Queen’s Park residents will have to wait a while longer before they know the city’s plans for addressing heritage projects in their neighbourhood. In July 2021, council voted 5-2 in favour of a motion by then-mayor Jonathan Cote to temporarily suspend heritage revitalization agreement (HRA) applications in the Queen’s Park heritage conservation area until the city puts some policies in place. At the time, Cote said it was “challenging” for council to evaluate the benefits of heritage revitalization agreements in Queen’s Park compared with neighbourhoods where the level of heritage protection offered in the conservation area doesn’t
exist. But some Queen’s Park residents have been left waiting for the city to develop policy around heritage revitalization agreements in the Queen’s Park heritage conservation area. In a letter to the Record, Queen’s Park residents Perry and Caroline Roussy said they were addressing all the required key points prior to making a formal submission and staff were fully aware of their incoming application when council put HRA applications on hold. “Entering into this process we were warned this was not an undertaking for the faint of heart.The financial outlay, the city-required upgrades, modifications to the existing home and, of course, being beaten down by community members who object,” Continued on page 3
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Connaught Heights in density ‘limbo’ Theresa McManus
tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
Some Connaught Heights residents feel like they’re stuck in limbo while waiting for the city’s “bold vision” to be developed for the area around the 22nd Street SkyTrain station. As part of a 2017 up-
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date to the official community plan, the city identified the area around that station as a place that could accommodate higher density development. “People here are living in limbo,” area resident Miao Peijiang told council Monday. “Like, we don’t know what’s going to hap-
pen.” In February 2020, staff proposed developing a “bold vision” for the area around the station, one that could include initiatives such as car-free zone; a zero-emissions vehicles zone; a renewable energy zone; or other plans as determined through an ideas competition. At that time,
the city’s plan was to retain a consulting team and to launch a design and ideas competition in 2020, evaluate the shortlisted ideas and endorse a vision in 2021, and begin implementing the vision in 2022. Numerous Connaught Heights residents attended Continued on page 16
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