Dear Heritage Supporter, It was brought to our attention that letters to individual councillors are not counted at a public hearing. For those of you who sent letters, please resend them to: publichearing@vancouver.ca . For those who wish to send them, the information, including a sample letter, follows. Public Hearing on Character Home Retention Incentives Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber URGENT: PLEASE WRITE OR SIGN UP TO SPEAK! Sample letter to cut, paste and personalize: Subject Line: Rezoning Application for Character Home Incentives Dear Mayor and Council, I am writing to protest the inadequacy of the measures proposed to protect our fast disappearing character homes. While I support the actual incentives outlined in the report, as the report itself states, “Staff do not expect that incentives alone will result in a significant change to current development trends in single-family zones.” The report goes on to state what WILL make a difference: “Reducing the floor area for new construction, as exists in our RT zones, would have a great impact in retaining character homes but is not recommended as part of this report.” No reduction in floor area of new buildings and the lack of design guidelines will mean that our neighbourhoods will continue to be redeveloped for the luxury market during an affordable housing crisis. You have sufficient public support to pursue an effective solution. In the recent Character Home Zoning Review Questionnaire only 24% disapproved of reducing floor area compared to 59% who approved and strongly approved. If you are sincere about your greenest city initiatives and about creating affordable housing, act immediately to stop the rampant demolition of liveable homes. This is a priority issue for me and I will be voting accordingly at the upcoming municipal elections. Sincerely, Email: publichearing@vancouver.ca Documents: http://council.vancouver.ca/20170725/documents/p2.pdf http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/character-home-zoning-review-questionnaire-summary-april-2017.pdf Information: vancouver.ca/character-home-review Please register to speak before 5 pm, September 19, 2017, by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing.