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Originally Posted by jlousa
I don't trust any city council to know more about building code, engineering, traffic, parks etc etc then staff dedicated to those professionals. Council is certainly entitled/expected to offer their prefered direction on topics but I also expect Council to listen to staff in return.
As one example, I think most of us can agree that the ongoing dismantling of industrial zoning within Vancouver proper is not a good thing and it's something staff have voiced over and over and been largely ignorned by both Vision and the NPA over the years.
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In theory we need to maintain a base of industrial land, but in practice much of it lies empty when businesses move or stop operations for a variety of reasons. So then what? We just wait with empty land?