The 64-unit residential development will be outfitted with the state-of-the-art 1VALET software system. The program allows for facial recognition entry, contactless mobile phone entry, parcel scanning entry access and delivery notification, and a platform that permits homeowners to book amenity space.
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Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim unveiled what he called his “first policy commitment” for an election still a year and a half away: abolish the elected park board.
Ending Vancouver’s seven-member park board the only elected body of its kind in a Canadian city isn’t actually within a mayor’s power, but some observers described Sim’s announcement as a shot at one of his rivals for next year’s election.
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The Non-Partisan Association has appointed longtime park board commissioner John Coupar as its mayoral candidate for the 2022 Vancouver municipal election.
The NPA, in a news release announcing Coupar’s candidacy, says the “ineffectual, ideological leadership” of current Mayor Kennedy Stewart has led to tax increases and a worsening homeless crisis in Vancouver.
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“We can turn this around. I know how to do this. I want everybody to be optimistic about our future again,” Coupar said in the release. “I look forward to putting the future of Vancouver back into the hands of Vancouver residents.
Coupar is currently in his third term as Vancouver Park Board commissioner, after first being elected to the board in 2011. He is credited for helping save the Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park from permanent closure a decade ago.
During his current term in the Park Board, he has been critical of the impact of the Stanley Park bike lanes on businesses and broader accessibility needs, and opposed the Park Board majority’s approach on homelessness, specifically the prolonged encampment at Strathcona Park.
“We can turn this around. I know how to do this. I want everybody to be optimistic about our future again,” said Coupar in a statement.