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Welcome and Introduction to The Paradise Park Council Meeting and SGM”

The problems at Paradise Park continue. In April of 2013, THE OWNERS, STRATA PLAN BCS000 – PARADISE PARK held their AGM. Now council is being attacked. A Council Meeting and a Special General Meeting have been called to deal with a number of these issues. 

Council Meeting

• Item 1: Rental hardship hearing
  • what is a rental?
  • rental bylaw requirements
  • what is hardship?
  • hardship deadlines
  • procedure for hearings
  • how can time be limited? 
• Item 2: Consideration of the petition
• Item 3: Set Special General Meeting agenda, including preparation of resolutions to be addressed

Veronica P. Franco — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Matthew D. Fischer — Fischer and Company Law Corporation, Kelowna
G. Stephen Hamilton — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Paul G. Mendes — Lesperance Mendes, Vancouver
Adrienne M. Murray — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Patrick A. Williams — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Special General Meeting

• setting the agenda
• removal of council members
• consideration of smoking bylaw
• consideration of name change
• addressing resolutions to repair building
• discussion on secret ballots

Veronica P. Franco — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Matthew D. Fischer — Fischer and Company Law Corporation, Kelowna
G. Stephen Hamilton — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Paul G. Mendes — Lesperance Mendes, Vancouver
Adrienne M. Murray — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Patrick A. Williams — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Tony Gioventu — Executive Director, the Condominium Home Owners Association of BC (CHOA), New Westminster 

Lunch with Featured Speaker “Introduction to the Civil Resolution Tribunal”

Shannon Salter — Chair, Civil Resolution Tribunal

Special General Meeting (cont'd)

• setting the agenda
• removal of council members
• consideration of smoking bylaw
• consideration of name change
• addressing resolutions to repair building
• discussion on secret ballots

Veronica P. Franco — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Matthew D. Fischer — Fischer and Company Law Corporation, Kelowna
G. Stephen Hamilton — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Paul G. Mendes — Lesperance Mendes, Vancouver
Adrienne M. Murray — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Patrick A. Williams — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Tony Gioventu — Executive Director, the Condominium Home Owners Association of BC (CHOA), New Westminster 

Networking Break

Council’s Duty to Enforce Bylaws; Ethical and Law Practice Management Issues: Panel Discussion

• bylaw enforcement and update on case law
• conflicts issues
• parking stall issues
• evictions

Veronica P. Franco — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Matthew D. Fischer — Fischer and Company Law Corporation, Kelowna
G. Stephen Hamilton — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Paul G. Mendes — Lesperance Mendes, Vancouver
Adrienne M. Murray — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Patrick A. Williams — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Tony Gioventu — Executive Director, the Condominium Home Owners Association of BC (CHOA), New Westminster 

Questions and Discussion