Do you want to add your voice of support for a project that is being reviewed at Appeal?
Part 1: How to apply to be heard
The most popular appeals at City Hall, involve DAV/DCU applications; as these can be appealed by anyone, including adjacent property owners within 1 km of the property. When an appeal is received and a hearing date is scheduled the property will be posted with the information on how residents can participate.
Applying to speak at Appeal Hearings
Anyone who wants information or would like to register to speak or appeal a matter can contact the City Clerks office in one of the following ways:
Mail/In Person:
City Clerk's Department
Susan A. Thompson Building
510 Main Street
Winnipeg Manitoba R3B 1B9
Email: cityclerks@winnipeg.ca
Fax: 204-947-3452
When contacting the Clerks Office to register to appear please ensure that you include all of the following in your email:
The full DAV/DCU file number that would be found on the posted notice at the property.
The address of the property
Your Full name – first and last
Your address
Your phone number
The email address you will enter the Zoom call with
The phone number you will be calling in on
All representations, verbal or written become part of the public record. Submissions to a hearing body must be received prior to the meeting, or during a hearing, and cannot be made following the conclusion of public representations when no new information is considered.
When you register to present at an appeal you will register in one of three ways: i) to speak for information, ii) to speak for or iii) to speak against.
Prior to the pandemic, people waited in the gallery in the Council Chamber to present in the public hearing process and make their public representation. (Public representations include information, materials or arguments presented orally or submitted in writing or other form at a Public Hearing).
Given the public health orders, and safety changes of gatherings during the pandemic, the public representations are made via zoom or telephone. As a result, the technology has increased participation and increased access. However, appearing at appeal committee is a task that deserves respect. Waiting times are onerous. While those registered to speak in appeals now can participate at home or at work, taking the turn to present requires patience. However, it appears the inconvenience has been made somewhat more convenient with the technological changes.