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Welcome to Vanier Court

This website is for owners and residents of Vanier Court, 1355 Harwood Street, Vancouver BC V6E 3W3  legally known as The Owners, Strata Plan VR255.

Council meetings are scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month, except in July, August and the month our AGM is held, unless otherwise advised. Check your most recent minutes for the next scheduled Strata Council meeting date.

Owners, eligible tenants* and occupants may attend council meetings as observers. Such owners, eligible tenants and occupants may participate in the discussion at the meeting, but only if permitted to do so by the chair of the meeting.

[* – Eligible tenants are those tenants who, under SPA 147, have been assigned by their Landlord some or all of the Landlord’s powers and duties for which the Landlord has provided written notice to the strata corporation. ]

New Owner Information

Take a moment to read our Welcome to Vanier Court document, which will tell you everything you need to know about being a new owner at Vanier Court. Click here for our Renovation Guidelines.

Every Strata Corporation has to have bylaws and rules. Click here for our Vanier Court Bylaws and Vanier Court Rules.

Please complete the Owner Information Contact page and print and submit the Property Management Associa – PAP Form for your strata fees.

What’s New at Vanier Court

March 22, 2024
Council Meetings:

  •   Tuesday, 16 April 2024, at 6pm
  •   Wednesday, 22 May 2024, at 6pm
  •   Wednesday, 19 June 2024, at 6pm
  •   Wednesday, 18 September 2024, at 6pm
  •   Wednesday, 16 October 2024, at 6pm
  •   Wednesday, 20 November 2024, at 6pm
  •   Wednesday, 18 December 2024, at 6pm
  •   Wednesday, 22 January 2025, at 6pm

2025 AGM:

  •   Wednesday, 19 February 2025; time TBA

March 5, 2024
The Unapproved minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 20 February and the Council meeting following, have been posted on Vanier Court’s own site and our site at Associa’s Town Square. Please visit the Vanier Court Minutes Page to view or download the file.
(If you do not recall the password, please email Vanier Court’s web administrator at web.admin@VanierCourt.ca.)
Next Meetings
Council Meetings will be scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month, starting at 6:00 p.m.
The next Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

February 21, 2024
At the AGM on February 20, 2024, the following were elected to Council:

  •  Ian Bailey – President
  •  Dale Gercken – Vice-President
  •  Christa Canitz – Recording Secretary & Treasurer
  •  Sue Spooner – Corresponding Secretary
  •  Natasha Barsotti – Member-at-Large
  •  Kat Coleman – Member-at-Large
  •  Robert Makowichuk – Member-at-Large

February 15, 2024
WSP representatives attended an Information Meeting for Owners, held on 13 February 2024 in the Rec Room.  A PDF of their presentation is available on the password-protected Roof Replacement Project 2024 page.
(If you do not recall the password, please email Vanier Court’s web administrator at web.admin@VanierCourt.ca.)

February 9, 2024
Roof Replacement Project 2024
In preparation for the Information Meeting for Owners on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 6:00pm in the Vanier Court Recreation Room, please see the password-protected Roof Replacement Project 2024 page.
(If you do not recall the password, please email Vanier Court’s web administrator at web.admin@VanierCourt.ca.)

February 2, 2024
AGM 2024
Notice of Annual General Meeting of Vanier Court, to be held Tuesday, February 20, 2024 – the Information Package has been posted on the password-protected Minutes Page.

    • Registration: 5:30pm
    • Meeting start: 6:00pm

Roof Project Information Meeting
An Information Meeting for the Owners will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 6:00pm in the Vanier Court Recreation Room.

December 18, 2023
Fireplace Chimney Cleaning
The mandatory fireplace chimney inspection & cleaning will take place on Saturday, 6 January 2024, starting at 11 am. Access to suites with fireplaces is required. Please ensure that you or someone else can provide access to your suite. For further details, please see this
notice

Marcel on Holiday 20 December to 1 January
A quick note to let you know that Marcel will be on holiday (and away from Vancouver) from Wednesday, 20 December, to Monday, 1 January. For any urgent matters that may arise during that time, please contact your Council members at council@vaniercourt.ca. Dura Cleaning Services will be here every few days to clean the common areas, but everyone’s help with keeping the building neat and tidy would be much appreciated.

November 22, 2023
Dryer Vent Cleaning on 13 December – Exterior Dryer Vent Cleaning
An Air-Vac crew will be on site on Wednesday, 13 December 2023, starting at 1:30pm to clean the dryer exhaust ducts for the building from the outside only. Suite access is not required.
The common laundry room will be closed from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm on Wednesday, 13 December 2023.

November 2, 2023
Council meetings:

        • Tuesday, November 14th, 2023, at 6pm
        • Monday, December 11th, 2023, at 6pm
        • Monday, January 22nd, 2024, at 6pm

AGM:

        • Tuesday, February 20th, 2024, time TBA

October 31, 2023
The minutes of the Council meetings of 12 September (approved) and 16 October (unapproved) are posted at both websites – Vanier Court’s own site and our site at Associa’s Town Square. Please visit the Vanier Court site at Council Minutes Page to view or download the file. The page with the minutes is password-protected. If you do not recall the password, please email web administrator, at web.admin@VanierCourt.ca

June 18, 2023
For current and past Insurance Certificates, please see our Insurance Page – (requires password to access – if you cannot access these pages please contact our Web Admin

13 May 2023
Window Cleaning on 18 & 19 May 2023
Great Heights Building Maintenance will be on site for the exterior window washing of any inaccessible windows. This work will take place on 18 & 19 May 2023.
Please CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND SKYLIGHTS and please REMOVE ANY EXTERIOR WINDOW SCREENS on inaccessible windows by 18 May at 8:00am. Once the crew has cleaned the windows in a section of the building, they will not return to wash any windows whose screens were not removed on time.
For your privacy, you may wish to close your blinds and curtains between 8:00am and 5:00pm while the work is in progress.
Any deficiencies should be reported by email to our Property Manager, Andre Solorzano, at andre.solorzano@associabc.ca. Please copy Council when reporting any deficiencies.
Deficiencies must be reported no later than three days after the work is completed, i.e., no later than Monday, 22 May 2023.

5 May 2023
Upcoming Council Meeting
The next Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, 5 June 2023, at 6:00 pm.
Owners are welcome to attend the meeting.  A Zoom link will be made available closer to the time.

4 May 2023
Elevator quirk – incorrect “Fire return” announcement
Council would like to ask for your help regard to an ongoing issue concerning the elevator.  The elevator occasionally announces that it is in “Fire Return Mode” and asks riders to make their way to the exits.  This error has been present ever since the installation of the elevator last summer, and while it does not affect the elevator’s operations, it should not occur in a new system.  West Coast Elevator is trying to pinpoint the cause of this erroneous announcement.

If you hear this announcement in the elevator or if you notice any other odd behaviour, please report it to Council at Council@vaniercourt.ca so that we can properly document the problem.  Robert, our point person when the elevator was installed, is generously continuing to look after such issues, but we need your help.

The technician was on site on 2 May to change a computer chip, and further action may be required.  This service (along with any components that may be needed) is covered under our 1-year installation warranty, so there is no cost for us at the moment, but we should ensure that the problem is sorted out fairly soon.

12 April 2023
Call for Committee Volunteers
Council would like to invite Owners to volunteer for the following three committees:

      • the Gardening & Landscaping Committee
      • the Renovations Committee (for the new carpet in the hallways and stairwells)
      • the Social Committee

Sign-up sheets are posted on the bulletin board in the lobby. Please consider volunteering for the committee(s) of your choice by the end of the week. We are hoping to have the committees in place early next week.

29 March 2023
Pioneer Plumbing will be in the building on Wednesday, 12 April, for the installation of the lateral shut-off valves that we approved at the AGM. Work is expected to begin at 8:00am and to last for approximately 8 hours. The water main will be shut off during that time, i.e., there will be no water throughout the building.

March 23, 2023
The minutes of the Council meeting of 7 March are posted at both websites – Vanier Court’s own site and our site at Associa’s Town Square. Please visit the Vanier Court site at Council Minutes Page to view or download the file. The page with the minutes is password-protected. If you do not recall the password, please email web administrator, at web.admin@VanierCourt.ca

Upcoming Council Meetings
The next two Council meetings are scheduled for the following dates:

      • Monday, 3 April 2023, at 6:00 pm
      • Monday, 1 May 2023, at 6:00 pm.

Owners are welcome to attend these meetings. Zoom links will be made available closer to the time.

Owner Information Form
Council would be grateful if all Owners would please update their “Owner Contact Form,” which is posted at the Vanier Court website. Condo corporations in BC are required to collect this information and keep it current. Please help us meet this obligation.

February 27, 2023
The next Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 7, 2023 commencing at 6:00 pm.

The following persons were elected to Council:
David Tiede – President
Dale Gercken – Vice-President
Christa Canitz – Secretary
Meghan Lees – Treasurer
Tom Jensen
Ian Bailey

January 23, 2023
The next Council meeting will be scheduled after or at the AGM by the next Council.
The AGM is rescheduled for Monday, February 27, 2023 in the upper garage commencing at 6:30 pm. Registration commences at 6 pm. The meeting will be in-person only and not by Zoom. [see Notice of Meeting]