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Councillor Bligh missed two big votes. What's going on?

What your City Hall did while you were sleeping

It's beautiful out here today, the kind of Vancouver morning where the mountains just pop. Complicated in here, though, as always. Let's talk about what City Hall has been up to.

Seems Councillor R Bligh has been a bit scarce at important votes recently. On April 21st, when the Special Council met to approve a business license for a short-term rental at 1801-1788 Columbia Street, Bligh was marked "Absent." The decision still carried unanimously, so it didn't change the outcome, but it’s interesting to note. Then, just a week earlier, on April 14th, Bligh was also "Absent" for a Public Hearing concerning a CD-1 text amendment for some significant waterfront properties at 1055-1085 Canada Place and 1001-1045 West Waterfront Road. Again, the measure still carried.

We also saw a couple of demolition permits issued on June 11th for homes on East 41st Avenue. Two single-detached houses, one from 1961 and another from 1950, are slated to come down at 2231 and 2241 E 41st Avenue, both with a stated demolition cost of $45,000 each. It's a familiar story in Vancouver, seeing older homes make way. We’ll have to watch what new structures rise in their place and what that means for the character of the neighbourhood.

Beautiful out here. Complicated in here. That's the coast.

Kenji Nakashima, MiTL Sports Desk, Vancouver.

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