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	"author_name": "UNITE HERE Local 40",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/unite-here-local-40",
	"title": "Council: Protect our Waterfront - Reject the Floatel",
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	"description": "Use our letter writing tool to tell City Hall what you think about the proposed floating hotel (&quot;floatel&quot;). As proposed, it will be approximately 6-storeys high and the length of 2 NHL hockey rinks - and permanently moored in Coal Harbour’s waterfront. It threatens to wall off certain public views, and dominate one of the city’s most iconic shorelines. If approved, Council could be handing over public waterfront to a foreign-owned multinational corporation, Sunborn International, with little public benefit in return. Council will hold a public hearing on April 14. The project is listed under 1055-1085 Canada Place. Using our Take Action tool you can send a message to Council urging them to reject the floatel because: It negatively impacts our landmark waterfront. The floatel’s proposed height is more than double that permitted at the nearby marina. It will partially obstruct views of the harbour and north shore along the seawall, the panoramic views at the end of Burrard Street, the Vancouver Convention Center and Canada Place. It also raises questions about environmental impacts in a sensitive marine environment and sewage management. The floatel will not be subject to the same city inspections as other hotels. No building permit. No occupancy permit. That means the City will have less oversight on building safety, fire protection, structural integrity, or evacuation procedures. Instead, the applicant is proposing to use a third party, based overseas, for critical safety inspections. That should alarm everyone. Puny public benefits in exchange for taking our public waterfront. Sunborn is offering measly dock access to the floatel as their community amenity contribution – an insult compared to the scale of what’s being taken from the public. The applicant refused to provide the $3.6 million in community contributions the City requested. &amp;nbsp; This is the latest hotel proposal City Hall is trying to ram through before the election. To put it into perspective: the ABC-dominated Council has approved approximately 3,000 hotel rooms – with 3,500 more in the pipeline. Meanwhile, too many Vancouverites still can’t afford to live here. Is this giveaway to a private floatel owner really what our Council should be prioritizing? Send a message to Council now urging them to reject this proposal. Vancouver’s iconic waterfront is not for sale.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/council-no-more-giveaways-reject-the-floatel"
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