*RePlan 2018 Election Report Version 2.0 Table of Contents SECTION 1: Candidate Interviews Topic 2: Negotiating strata and co-op leaseholds 12 Background and Purpose 1 Topic 3: Planning beyond False Creek South 12 Parties and Candidates 2 Candidate Conversation: One City 13 Candidate Conversation: Shauna Sylvester Candidate Background 13 (Mayoral Candidate) 3 Topic 1: Coordination between City Staff, Council Candidate Background 3 and *RePlan 13 Topic 1: Coordination between City Staff, Council Topic 2: Negotiating strata and co-op leaseholds 14 and *RePlan 3 Topic 3: Planning beyond False Creek South 14 Topic 2: Negotiating Strata Leaseholds 4 Candidate Conversation: COPE 15 Topic 3: Negotiating Housing Co-op Leases 4 Candidate Background 15 Topic 4: Planning beyond False Creek South 4 Topic 1: Coordination between City Staff, Council Candidate Conversation: Kennedy Stewart and *RePlan 15 (Mayoral Candidate) 5 Topic 2: Negotiating strata leaseholds 16 Candidate Background 5 Topic 3: Negotiating co-op leases 16 Topic 1: Coordination between City Staff, Council Topic 4: Planning beyond False Creek South 16 and RePlan 5 Candidate Conversation: Vision Vancouver 17 Topic 2: Negotiating strata leaseholds 6 Candidate Background 17 Topic 3: Negotiating co-op leases 6 Topic 1: Coordination between City Staff, Council Topic 4: Planning beyond False Creek South 6 and *RePlan 17 Candidate Conversation: Yes Vancouver 7 Topic 2: Negotiating strata leaseholds 18 Candidate Background 7 Topic 3: Negotiating co-op leases 18 Topic 1: Coordination between City Staff and Topic 4: Planning beyond False Creek South 18 *RePlan 7 SECTION 2: Additional Candidate Responses Topic 2: Negotiating strata and co-op leaseholds 8 Background and Purpose 20 Topic 3: Planning beyond False Creek South 8 Candidate Response: Barbara Buchanan 21 Candidate Conversation: Green Party of Vancouver 9 Candidate Response: Elke Porter 21 Candidate Background 9 Candidate Response: Gölök Z Buday 22 Topic 1: Coordination between City Staff, Council Candidate Response: Dr. Hamdy El-Rayes 22 and *RePlan 9 Candidate Response: John Malusa 22 Topic 2: Negotiating strata and co-op leaseholds 10 Candidate Response: Justin Caudwell 23 Topic 3: Planning beyond False Creek South 10 Candidate Response: Mike Hansen 24 Candidate Conversation: NPA 11 Candidate Response: Penny Noble 25 Candidate Background 11 Candidate Response: Robert McDowell 26 Topic 1: Coordination between City Staff, Council Candidate Response: Sarah Blyth 27 and *RePlan 11 Note: This is an evolving document and will change as candidates continue to submit changes to the summaries we’ve prepared. SECTION 1: Candidate Interviews *RePlan 2018 Election Report | Section 1 iii Background and Purpose Between September 14 and October 3, implementing a new community plan to guide the representatives of the *RePlan Committee of the area’s future. False Creek South Neighbourhood Association held a series of conversations with Mayoral candidates While many candidates differed in the way they Hector Bremner, Kennedy Stewart and Shauna would resolve key issues, all of them agreed that Sylvester as well as several Council candidates from negotiating False Creek South leases should be an COPE, the Green Party, NPA, OneCity, Vision, and urgent priority for the new Council. All candidates Yes Vancouver to discuss issues currently facing our also agreed that the medium density, mixed tenure, neighbourhood. Attempts were made to reach out mixed income make-up of the area should be a to Coalition Vancouver and ProVancouver but these model for other parts of the city. requests were unanswered. It is important to remember as we move past the *RePlan acknowledges that a number of candidates election, that everyone we spoke to voted for us. in this election are running independent of a party. On the next page is a list of the independent mayoral Unfortunately, due to limited time and capacity, we candidates and parties interviewed by *RePlan were unable to meet with them, but have requested along with each party’s respective candidates. Click that they send us written material that we will post through the party names and those of independent as we receive responses.. candidates to read more about each. In carrying out these conversations, *RePlan aimed Information about the priorities of all candidates to raise the profile of the community while making can be found on the City’s website: candidates aware of pressing issues facing local residents. In response, the candidates outlined • Mayoral candidates the approach they would take to, among other • Council candidates things, renew leases on City-owned land and • Park Board candidates engage residents and others in developing and • School Trustee candidates From September 14 to October 3 *RePlan spoke to: 6 Political parties 23 Mayoral, Council, Park Board and School Board candidates *RePlan 2018 Election Report | Section 1 1 Parties and Candidates Mayoral Council Park Board School Trustee Party Candidate Candidates Candidates Candidates Independent Shauna Sylvester Independent Kennedy Stewart Phyllis Tang Leo Heba Julian Prieto Glynnis Chan Yes Vancouver Hector Bremner Brinder Bains Jaspreet Virdi Stephanie Ostler Adriane Carr Camil Dumont Lois Chan-Pedley Green Party of Pete Fry Dave Demers Janet Fraser Vancouver David Wong Stuart Mackinnon Estrellita Gonzalez Michael Wiebe Colleen Hardwick Tricia Barker Fraser Ballantyne Sarah Kirby-Yung Pall Beesla Carmen Cho Melissa De Genova Ann-Marie Copping Oliver Hanson Christopher David Grewal John Coupar NPA Ken Sim Richardson Rebecca Bligh Casey Crawford Chris Qiu Lisa Dominato Kathy McGarrigle Justin P. Goodrich Jojo Quimpo Christine Boyle Erica Jaaf Endorsed One City Brandon Yan Carrie Bercic Kennedy Stewart Jennifer Reddy Jean Swanson Gwen Giesbrecht Diana Day COPE Anne Roberts John Irwin Barb Parrott Derrick O’Keefe Wei Qiao Zhang Shamim Shivji Aaron Leung Catherine Evans Cameron Zubko Erin Arnold Vision Vancouver Diego Cardona Allan Wong Tanya Paz Heather Deal *RePlan 2018 Election Report | Section 1 2 Candidate Conversation: Shauna Sylvester (Mayoral Candidate) Candidate Background Endowment Fund in her first 100 days. However, she’ll need the public’s backing as well. Thanks to Born in Nelson BC, Shauna’s family moved to amplification by the press and other candidates, she Vancouver when she was a child. She raised her may have this on the issue of co-op leases. family near Commercial Drive and is now a resident of the West End. Sylvester is a Professor of Professional When asked how Sylvester would work with Practice and the Director of Simon Fraser University’s Councilors from different backgrounds, she explained Centre for Dialogue. she would approach this as with a facilitator would approach working with a group: Topic 1: Coordination between City Staff, Council and *RePlan I will work to understand who they [Councilors] are as people, what they’re there to achieve. Working with City Staff And if there’s an alignment of values, I want Sylvester believes the lack of coordination between to help them achieve it. But they also have to Council and City staff comes down to accountability, know what I’m there to achieve. And so, they’re good governance, and trusting professional staff. going to get my support for some of the things This means ensuring the promises Council makes they’re trying to do if they in turn come to the “table. That’s part of the negotiation process. to residents are used to evaluate and compensate senior staff members. To action this, Sylvester would This, Sylvester made clear, is different from the work with Council to develop three or four key partisan method of decision-making used by items to advance in the first year. From there, she Vision Vancouver. Whereas Vision and other former would meet with the City Manager and state that governments (e.g. NPA) had often come to the table achievement of these items would be tied to this with a decision already made, Sylvester would use person’s evaluation and compensation package. a model of good governance to inspire ”authentic This approach embodies a trust in senior staff and discussion and collaboration among Councilors. a commitment to professional accountability that Sylvester believes has been missing from City Hall. Working with *RePlan When asked about how she would unite City Sylvester indicated that one of the reasons she left departments and change staff culture, Sylvester Vision Vancouver is because of the inauthentic way indicated that she has worked with nearly all they consult with the public. This emerges in part departments at City Hall. She has also developed from not knowing when, why and how to consult tools for government, particularly around public citizens.. However, for Sylvester, this is something she engagement, and would use her skills as a has done for 30 years. In working with the False Creek professional facilitator to do so. “That’s the part I’m South community, she made it clear that the City least worried about,” she said. would be a partner. This means acknowledging that *RePlan represents a mixed tenure community, not Working with City Council solely co-ops, strata leaseholds or non-profit housing Sylvester indicated that she has met with a number of societies: candidates for City Council from across the political I’m assuming that if it’s a partnership, it’s a spectrum so that she can build relationships on partnership where we have done the work Council to advance some of her promises. Among together, you figured this out as a community. these include a commitment to sign all outstanding It’s not that you figured it out as a co-op, you co-op leases on City land within her first year in office figured it out as a community, and that’s the and to report on City finances and the Property partnership with *RePlan…which is a model. *RePlan 2018 Election Report | Section 1 “ 3 ” Topic 2: Negotiating Strata Leaseholds a non-issue.