HERITAGE WEEKEND (16th - 18th) -- talks, tours, and more!

See http://www.district.north-van.bc.ca/article.asp?a=3027&c=654 and below in Calendar section

Main items Ccl Mtg Sept 19th; Calendar to 25th (including biz networking and calls for submissions re art); Abbreviated Sept 19th Agenda; INFObits; Our Library's Film Festival in September (15, 22, 29); Quotation

= Delegations: Presentation from District Archivist re Heritage Posters; Seniors' Housing Needs

= DVP 4640 Clovelly Walk

= GVRD Mosquito Control

= Five-Year Financial Plan Amendment Bylaw for comment

= Bylaws: Watercourse Protection; Enforcement Amendment; M Ticket Info System Implementation;

= Correspondence: EAC Minutes; Emergency Programs; Cmnty Benefits; Ambleside Town Centre; NSFC&YJC Mbrship and NSACD appointments; Cancellation of Nov 14 Mtg

~ 7:30am ~ Ch of Commerce Breakfast at Hollyburn Country Club with Christopher Gaze, Artistic Director {extraordinaire!} of Bard on the Beach

~ 7:30pm ~ WV Streamkeepers at St Stephen's with Tom Lancaster of SmartGrowth speaking about urban development on steep slopes, then 8:15 AGM

PGE Railway Station; Foot of Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver; Saturday and Sunday, 3pm

+ HERITAGE HARBOUR BOAT TOURS -- Waterfront Park -- Sailings at: noon, 1, 2, & 3pm

9am-1pm (8am registration); Seawalk from Ambleside to Dundarave Beach; see www.terryfoxrun.org

+ Caulfeild Village Mall Oktoberfest; 12-5pm -- Caulfeild Village Mall

~ 8 - 9:30am ~ Ch of Commerce's Boardroom: Making your Website Work - Six Steps to Success. Members $15 / Non-members $20 (GST included) ADVANCE PRE-PAID REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED -- 926 6614

~ 3:45 to 5:45 ~ YAC at MHall

~ 4pm ~ AGM of BC Ferry Authority and BC Ferry Services at Kay Meek Ctr; public may attend, express views, and ask questions.  Annual reports at www.bcferryauthority.com and www.bcferries.com or call 250 978 1267

~ 8:30am ~  {They're back!}  Sports/Rec Fac Planning Cmte at MHall

~ 5 - 7pm Drop-In ~ Business After Business at Chamber of Commerce's Boardroom, 1310 Marine

~ 5:30 - 7pm ~ FAC at MHall

~ 7 - 9pm ~ Bd of Variance at MHall and Library Board at WVMLibrary

~ 8:30am ~ Arts/Culture Select Cmte at MHall

~ 4:30 - 6:30pm ~ DAC at MHall

~~~ For something completely different, at 7:30pm

at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Auditorium. 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver

Presented by the Vancouver Natural History Society

Come and learn about our common amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts).  Particular emphasis will be given to amphibians whose declines are serious and little understood, and why we should all be concerned.  (WV residents should be particularly concerned, considering development issues in West Van, including the planned Eagleridge Bluffs overland highway route.) Harry Parsons has been studying amphibians and reptiles for over 30 years. He is a former WV resident, now living on the Sunshine Coast.

For more information, contact Katharine Steig, 604-922-7949 or katharine@steig.com

All day celebration of Rec Ctr prior to demolition; 9 to 4pm with ceremony at 2pm

---  Meanwhile, over at the Ferry Building:

ADJUDICATION FOR THE FERRY BUILDING GALLERY -- Sunday, September 25, 2005

...

At the beginning of the meeting Mayor Wood announced he had some sad notices, the passing and loss of two citizens: the former alderman, Dr Bob Hicks, known as "the orthodontist", first elected in 1977 and served to 1982, and enumerated his many activities; and Jack Howard who regularly attended council meetings and served on several advisory cmtes.

...

July 28 Minutes adopted/passed.

4.         REPORTS

4.1       Watercourse Protection Bylaw Amendments to Provide Ticketing Authority (Watercourse Protection Bylaw 4364, 2005, Amendment Bylaw 4450, 2005)

SJN explained the three bylaws.

JF moved introduction as well as first, second, and third readings.

Sop: operate by complaint? or how wd we know a stream being polluted

SJN: we now have an environmental coordinator who has a number of means for mediation as well as ticketing wch adds a tool.  Anticipate ticketing only used when ppl fail to comply.

Sop: do already developed properties?

Sop: accept, put fine into effect, how

other than site specific

don't see somebody dropping something in a stream (backyard)

crack bylaw team but

are they going to be sniffing around every day?  don't think that's going to happen

how effective is it going to be?

SJN: we'll report back to Ccl from time to time

what we have now did not exist

JF: seems to me once bylaw passed, in order to have general education

have in Tidings

sure there still are ppl who do not know what can be dumped into creeks, yards

make sure ppl have opportunity to understand

don't think ppl set out knowingly to pollute watercourses

not just bldg sites

an accident; work hard to remediate

VD: as Mr Nicholls has pointed out a year we didn't have anything so this is a huge step forward

always heard about salmon getting killed, really haven't had the powers to go after these ppl severely enough and now we do

wd like to congratulate staff; this is good

Sop: has the prov govt satisfied the criteria?

extended on streamside protection deadline one year?

SJN: extended it for one year for those Ms who have failed to adopted bylaws but we have one so not needed

Sop: why did the press have us to it by end of June, under pressure, then extended a year after we made our decision?

Mayor: unanswerable question....

Sop: I don't like to be put under pressure to make strong decision and then told extend a year after made a decision

Mayor: well, if you can explain to me what goes on in Victoria, it'd be very helpful.

THIS and ALL REST OF THE RELATED BYLAWS PASSED.

REPORTS

Mayor;  acknowledge volunteers re Coho Festival; highly successful day

congratulations to everybody involved

VD: wrt the Aquatic Ctr, two new honours: the Athletic Business Assn has chosen our facility for a Facility of Merit Award; also selected to be part of an exhibition and a book, on subject of regional approaches to sustainable design in Canada, exhibition in Cambridge, Ontario, starting in November

demolition of old cmnty ctr begins in week of 26th, right after civic dinner on 24th

so for people to know, those who use facilities heavily, staff have rented facilities, one the old Cdn Tire store in NV as gym, also rented 228 Marine Drive

part of transition

attended Tennis Club's annual general mtg and 80th birthday; perennial question, when are we getting our lease?

cd confirm shortly as we've now done our first one with Sailing Club

shd stop worrying

Sop: stunning day yesterday, v successful; great celebration day, North Shore-wide

NSh Credit Union came on board as a sponsor

Pamela Martin who lives in WV, was asked by her company what cmnty event she liked the most, she chose Coho Festival. so they were there filming her.   Not a news item -- they're going be running that on their network on an ongoing basis all year long; really a plus for WV and the Coho Festival

extremely successful Harmony Arts, growing leaps and bounds -- sensational

congratulations to staff

on Coho side, tremendous volunteers, hats off; never fails at end of day who shows up when we're all worn out to help take down?  WV Firefighters

that sort of help from cmnty, that's why things get successful

Also attended on your behalf the shuttle service that TransLink provided (Lions Bay to HBay to Caulfeild Village), in spite of everything, did congratulate them; will be a daily service

good for ppl from Libby Lodge, family and kids

hope we can look forward to that type of service going up our hills instead of larger buses (wch will still be going to Lions Bay

JF: wanted to hark back to birthday cake of Tennis Club, 80th, you gave a good speech, Mr Mayor, cutting the cake; Cclr G-J and Clark were there.

one person had played on the courts more than 50 years ago and he was talking about the old clubhouse -- they had to go across a bridge over a bog, swampy, to get to play tennis.

Tennis Club built on remains of bog; changes water table of the courts, strange shapes

G-J: went to Ambleside Days, v successful; businesses, not all open, said biz up

ABA will look to do that again, thank you staff helping to facilitate that

Successful fundraiser at Hollyburn Country Club Sept 1st, called the Night of Hope, to raise funds to support breast cancer research, by Yael Cohen formerly of Collingwood, now UBC, 18 years old

in two hours young Collingwood student raised for breast cancer $102K (she's now at university, very proud of her)

David Foster Fdn fundraiser for families going through organ transplants, and they raised $2.8m for organ donation (for people who will not live without that)

JC: yes, was there at Tennis Club anniversary and told about damage to courts by a couple of members; it may be the bog, settling or draining, or through excavation for our parkade

hope we're looking at that with sympathetic eye and ear

we may have to do remediation, it is our land; favour them with our help

yes, I slaved over the Beer Garden at the Coho Festival -- just hate doing it but will do it again next year

Cclr Sop and I were called on to give out the medals,

got down to age, categories by age and male and female, under 19, 20 - 29, and so on until over 70

at that point Cclr Sop had to go back over to the barbecue so I got to hand out medals; men called up one by one; took medal and hung over head, really easy

but then all the women called at same time

had half a dozen women coming straight at me and half a dozen medals to hang on their heads

and it's just not an easy job to decide whether the lady is over 30, over 40, over 50, over 60, or over 70

the first one I put on, she said that's not me, I'm older than that

I said, well, now I've got six under-19 medals, you girls decide wch ones you want

it's scary stuff

thank you

Sop: that's why I left!

JC: smart

Mayor: that's what you get the big money for

:-)

re LETTERS FROM THE PUBLIC

Sop: when it's approved for action, staff take the item and deal with it, I assume

SSch: often the item has received action prior to coming to Ccl

Sop: so many of these are information to Mayor and Ccl, but require no action?

SSch: many items are for Ccl's info only

events, invitations, etc are for receipt only

if action, then listed under action required

Sop: if action taken, do the letters from staff or the appropriate action, do they ever come back to ccl for information?

SSch: they do; lately with our electronic methods, responses are either emailed or copied to Ccl that way, or appear in Ccl's general information package

Sop: so come in, turn letter over and see staff are looking at it, is that the action?

SSch: will take the form of staff either contacting writer in person or writing

Sop: staff will pursue until completed?

SSch: correct; often, some require more than one contact, communication continues until item resolved or requires further direction by ccl

Sop: but all of them will show up back in the packages, actions confirmed

6.1.31       S. Muir and M. Hurst, St. Monica's Church, July 20, 2005, regarding tax of places of public worship and permissive exemption

                  Referred to Director of Finance for consideration and response.

G-J: re St Monica's Church

wd be interested what action wd be

Laing: initiated contact with all churches in WV and indicated there was a process to get that exemption back

process to get that reinstated by another route

been collecting that information

7.         PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

Carolanne Reynolds: Good evening.  Hope you all had a good summer

Mayor: How was the RoyalTea?

CR: Oh, it was great; we had more people come than we had chairs or tea for.

 

we're going to have a better system next time

I'm sorry you cdn't be there.

the pipers were great and it was a lovely day, so we've got to have a different reservation system b/c we had to turn about 20 ppl away; at least 60 there

Mayor: that's a positive sign

CR: Yes, so that's really great -- bigger and better next year

but thank you very much for asking

[holding North Shore Heritage Weekend brochure]

I was going to talk about this

but before I do, something that Cclrs G-J and Sop brought up came to my attention about the correspondence that you might want to look at

I guess some things fall through the cracks but my letter wrt replies to correspondence, written February 28 I think it was, has not yet been responded to; and neither has the letter from WV Streamkeepers, dated I think March 31

so I know it's not something that you are aware of but perhaps we cd look at the tracking system again

I'm sure this was unintentional, but just --

Mayor: yes

CR: there might be a loophole somewhere --

but

really what I came for was to invite you all to Heritage Weekend, wch is this weekend, Sept 16, 17, and 18

On the 16th, on Friday night at 7 o'clock at the DNV Hall, there's a presentation by our very own Tom Taylor, who's written a book, "Glimpses of WV through the eyes of a paperboy during WW2"

He's giving a presentation and getting an award on Friday night at the DNV but he's [from] WV.

Saturday afternoon there's a talk at the Kay Meek Ctr, with Ivan Sayers's Collection of old heritage clothing, so ppl are invited to come dressed up

Then of course, on Sunday, the highlight that has been for many of us through the years, is the [Heritage] Home Tours; they're $15 [tix].

Usually about ten homes; there are three in Ambleside and the rest in City and District of NV, but what's new for this year, wch is really interesting, is that our homes in WV are going to have a person there who can tell you something about the history of the place, so instead of just seeing the house, there'll be someone there who can tell you something about it

I think it's all up on the website

you can phone my office and we cd give you one of these 922 4400

Mayor: we've received that actually

CR: but ppl and the public watching -- 922 4400 -- or go to the website, ours or yours, www.westvancouver.org or westvancouver.ca, and it'll be a great weekend

There are free tours of the port; there are just so many items, I can't tell you all of them

I hope that you'll enjoy some of them and I'll get to some of them too

and thank you very much --

Mayor: thank you

CR: -- and enjoy!

ADJOURNMENT

Mayor: Thank you for coming.

Those are the types of meetings we shd hv all the time!

4.         DELEGATIONS

4.1       Presentation from District Archivist re Heritage Posters

            Designated Presenter:  Director of Administrative Services  (to be provided on table)

4.2       A. Dadson, President and S. Gilmour, Housing Committee Chair, Lionsview Seniors' Planning Society, regarding seniors' housing needs

5.         REPORTS

5.1       Development Variance Permit Application (4640 Clovelly Walk)

5.2       Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) "Service Function":  Coordination and Administration of Mosquito Control Activities

RECOMMENDED: THAT

1.                  Council give "Participating Area" approval...

2.                  The Chair, GVRD Board of Directors be advised of this approval.

RECOMMENDED: ... be introduced and read a first and second time.

RECOMMENDED:  THAT third reading ... be deferred until the September 26, 2005 meeting of Council, in order to allow for a period of resident comment on the contents of the bylaw.

RECOMMENDED:  THAT ... be introduced and read a first time in short form.

6.1       Watercourse Protection Bylaw 4364, 2005 Amendment Bylaw 4450, 2005

6.2       Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 4368, 2004 Amendment Bylaw 4448, 2005

6.3       Municipal Ticket Information System Implementation Bylaw 4384, 2004 Amendment Bylaw 4449, 2005

7.         REPORTS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS

8.         OTHER ITEMS

8.1.1         Committee and Board Meeting Minutes

(a)             Engineering Advisory Committee, July 05, 2005

8.1.2         T. Webster, Loss Prevention Coordinator and H. Siddoo, Manager, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), August 19, 2005 regarding Community Crash Reduction Challenge

                  Attachments available for viewing in the Clerk's Department.

8.1.3         J. Sydor, Director, North Shore Emergency Management Office and B. Piggott, Emergency Communications Team, September 02, 2005, regarding amateur radio communications in hurricane aftermath

8.1.4         C. Jackson, Community Programs Coordinator, North Shore Recycling Program, September 05, 2005, regarding North Shore Natural Gardens Tour

                  Previously distributed due to timing of event.

8.1.6         W. McIntyre, President, North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, September 09, 2005, regarding advance Email copy of Tourism Letter

8.1.7         F. Platteel, Chief Executive Officer, BC Ambulance Service, August 16, 2005, regarding attendance at Union of British Columbia Municipalities Convention 2005

8.1.8         N. Cropper, August 29, 2005, regarding Ambleside Town Centre plan (File:  2520?03?01)

                  Referred to Director of Planning, Lands & Permits for consideration and response.

8.2       North Shore Family Court & Youth Justice Committee 2005 Appointments

            Correspondence from the North Shore Family Court & Youth Justice Committee dated August 17, 2005 regarding North Shore Family Court & Youth Justice Committee Membership appointments.

RECOMMENDED:

THAT Constable Marc Broland, Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Constable Bruno Accili, West Vancouver Police; Trustee Pat Heal, North Vancouver School Board; Gordon De Vito, West Vancouver School Board; Janet Baker, Native Court Worker and Jacquie Stevulak, Restorative Justice be appointed to the North Shore Family Court & Youth Justice Committee for the term January 01, 2005 to December 31, 2005.

8.3       North Shore Advisory Committee on Disability Issues Appointment

RECOMMENDED: THAT

1.         Ms. Jean Chambers be appointed to the North Shore Advisory Committee on Disability Issues for a term ending on December 31, 2007.

8.4       Change of November Council Meeting Date

RECOMMENDED:  THAT

2.         A regular meeting be held on Monday, November 21, 2005 at 7:00 pm in the Municipal Hall Council Chamber.

9.         PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS  //    10.       ADJOURNMENT

What an inspirational icon of Canadian heritage.  Thank you, Terry.

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A Film Festival Connecting people with ideas, information &  cultures of the world

Sept. 15  Control Room; Sept. 22  Osama; Sept. 29  In this World 7 - 9 pm

Peter J. Peters Room 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver Perspectives

During the month of September, people all over the world  will come together in public places like libraries to share ideas that matter as part of The September Project (www. theseptemberproject.org). 502 libraries in 26 countries will  be participating. Neighbours will join together to participate  in public forums, performances, and other creative expressions about the world we live and democracy, citizenship, and freedom.

The West Vancouver Memorial Library is pleased to present the following three films from our DVD collection that showcase the people of the Middle East, their lives, ideas, and  opinions. The films will be presented in the Peter J. Peters room on Thursdays in September. There will be a short discussion after each film.

CONTROL ROOM - U.S.

An official selection at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, this  film provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's  most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet  members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a proIraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the  station presents a perspective on the Iraq War very different  from that of the Bush administration.

Runtime - 84 Minutes;  In English and Arabic

Rated PG for war scenes; coarse language.

OSAMA -  Afghanistan

Inspired by a true story, this Golden Globe=AE-winning drama is the first film made in Afghanistan after the fall of the  Taliban. After the Taliban regime bans women from working and forbids them to leave their homes without a male escort, a 12-year old girl and her mother find themselves on  the brink of starvation. With nowhere left to turn, the mother  disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called "Osama", the  young girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey  as she tries to keep the Taliban from discovering her true  identity

Runtime - 83 Minutes;  In Dari with English Subtitles

Rated PG for violence.

IN THIS WORLD - U.K.

Winner of the Golden Bear, the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury  and the Peace Film Prize at the 2003 Berlin International  Film Festival. In This World tells the story of two Afghan  cousins who embark on a refugee's clandestine odyssey from Pakistan to London. Shot on digital video with a nonprofessional cast, In This World harnesses the immediacy of non-fiction techniques to create an urgent, intimate account of human beings driven by the fundamental urge to create a better life. It is a film that is both timely and timeless.

Runtime - 88 Minutes;  In Pashtu, Turkish and English with English Subtitles.

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