Starting fresh with a public planning process ensures that the process begins from a place of trust with the residents, said Councillor Christine Boyle.
The False Creek South neighbourhood plan proposed increasing the number of units in the waterfront neighbourhood on the south shore of False Creek from the current 1,849 to an eventual target of 6,645. It would also change the housing mix, increasing the proportion of market stratas and rentals.
False Creek South, which was formerly industrial land, was developed in the 1970s and is now home to about 5,500 people. The plan envisioned each of the three housing types making up roughly one-third — something many residents weren’t thrilled about. Preserving that affordable mixed-income housing with co-ops and lower-income units requires funding from senior levels of government, she added.
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