Council Meeting News: City of Surrey (Feb 13, 2023)
Here is the latest council news from the City of Surrey! Below you will find a summary of the residential development projects covered at the February 13, 2023, City of Surrey Public Hearing Council Meeting.
CITY OF Surrey – February 13 PUBLIC HEARING
11420 – 157A Street
- Applicant: 1071948 B.C. Ltd. (Director: Karl Schmidt, Donald Kent Sillars) & Pacific Land Resources Group Inc. (Director: Oleg Verbenkov)
- Application No.: 7916-0130-00
- Location/NCP: Near Guildford
- Associated Project Summary: 38 single family lots
- Application Summary: The proposal also includes rezoning a portion of the subject site from One-Acre Residential Zone to Cluster Residential Zone and a portion of the subject site from Light Impact Industrial Zone to Cluster Residential Zone in order to allow subdivision into 38 single family lots and two lots to be conveyed to the City for riparian, biodiversity and open space protection purposes.
- Outcome: Third Reading for all three items
Amalgamated vote for all three items:
| Name | In Favour | Opposed | No vote recorded* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Brenda Locke | X | ||
| Councillor Doug Elford | X | ||
| Councillor Pardeep Kooner | X | ||
| Councillor Harry Bains | X | ||
| Councillor Rob Stutt | X | ||
| Councillor Gordon Hepner | X | ||
| Councillor Linda Annis | X | ||
| Councillor Mike Bose | X | ||
| Councillor Mandeep Nagra | X |
*Abstain also includes any vote that was not recorded at the time the vote was called. Learn more at the bottom of this post.
16437 and 16483 – 20 Avenue
- Applicant: 20 Development Inc (Director: Tarlok Sablok) & 1050127 B.C. Ltd. (Director: Rajinder Bhandall, Kuldip Rawan)
- Application No.: 7916-0415-00
- Location/NCP: Sunnyside Heights
- Associated Project Summary: 6-unit rowhouse + 21 single-family lots
- Application Summary: The applicant is requesting to rezone a portion of the site RA to RF, RF-13, RF-10, RF-SD; RA and RF-SD to RM, as well as a Variance permit to reduce the minimum lot depth. The proposal will allow the development of six row house units and a total of 21 single family lots.
- Outcome: Third reading for both items.
| Name | In Favour | Opposed | Abstain* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Brenda Locke | X | ||
| Councillor Doug Elford | X | ||
| Councillor Pardeep Kooner | X | ||
| Councillor Harry Bains | X | ||
| Councillor Rob Stutt | X | ||
| Councillor Gordon Hepner | X | ||
| Councillor Linda Annis | X | ||
| Councillor Mike Bose | X | ||
| Councillor Mandeep Nagra | X |
*Abstain also includes any vote that was not recorded at the time the vote was called. Learn more at the bottom of this post.
1704 – 160 Street
- Applicant: 786SD Estate Ltd. (Director: Sonia Dhunna, Pawandeep Dhunna) & Flat Architecture Inc. (Director: Rajinder Warraich)
- Application No.: 7920-0100-00
- Location/NCP: King George Highway Corridor
- Associated Project Summary: 4 storey , 27 rental units + commercial
- Application Summary: The applicant is seeking to amend the Official Community Plan Figure 3: General Land Use Designations for the subject site from Urban to Multiple Residential. The proposal also includes rezoning the subject site from RF to CD in order to develop a four-storey mixed-use building consisting of 27 rental apartment units and 782 square metres of ground-floor commercial space.
- Outcome: Third reading
| Name | In Favour | Opposed | No vote recorded* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Brenda Locke | X | ||
| Councillor Doug Elford | X | ||
| Councillor Pardeep Kooner | X | ||
| Councillor Harry Bains | X | ||
| Councillor Rob Stutt | X | ||
| Councillor Gordon Hepner | X | ||
| Councillor Linda Annis | X | ||
| Councillor Mike Bose | X | ||
| Councillor Mandeep Nagra | X |
*Abstain also includes any vote that was not recorded at the time the vote was called. Learn more at the bottom of this post.
If you’d like to learn more about these items, agendas, meeting minutes, and videos can be found on the City’s website HERE, or give us a shout to discuss.
Note: Each member present at a meeting must vote on the matter being decided. If a council or board member does not indicate how they vote, they are deemed to have voted in the affirmative. In other words, they cannot abstain from voting, unless they may not participate because of a conflict of interest and have followed the procedure for dealing with various types of prohibited conflicts of interest under the Community Charter. Source: Government of BC’s local government council and board procedures.
