UPDATE on Waterfront, Nbrhd character, Infill, dogwalking, and more, then Q&As. 

Cclr Evison will also be in attendance.  Bring your ideas, comments; provide input; get the latest about what's going on and planned in WV; ask about your nbrhd (what do you want to see?), preserve/enhance your quality of life, get involved and make a difference!

Grace Annie Lockhart graduated from Mount Allison University (NB), becoming the first woman in the British Empire to earn a university degree.

The West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation is hosting the 14th Annual Mallet Masters Croquet Tournament.  The Mallet Masters is an outdoor, white glove affair at the beautiful Ambleside Greens Golf Course.  The theme is "Hampton's White Party" featuring a Champagne Welcome Reception, dynamic steel drum band, martini bar, live auction, and full dinner service catered by the Glowbal Restaurant Group.  Please contact Diana Matrick at foundation@westvanlibrary.ca or 925 7425 for more information.

by Director of Engineering, Raymond Fung, DWV staff

Every time you pour a glass of drinking water from your tap, flush your toilet, or see rain water flowing into a catch basin, you benefit from West Vancouver's utility infrastructure. Maintaining and replacing this infrastructure is self-funded through utility user fees. As the systems age and need replacement, the current budget is not sufficient to do the job. Ultimately, utility rates will need to be increased to address the aging infrastructure and safeguard the quality of life for future generations, or levels of service will be significantly reduced.       

At this time, the Engineering Division is seeking resident input on the draft District's Infrastructure Management Plan as it relates to the Utility systems.  Staff will be making a presentation at the WVM Public Information meeting in Welsh Hall/West.

WV residents and members from cmnty organizations are all invited to join this session. 

For more info,  2010 Utilities Brochure; for questions re public consultation, pls contact Tamara Shulman, Education, and Outreach Coordinator, at tshulman@westvancouver.ca or 921 2178.

Cclr Evison will also be present.  All welcome.  You choose the topics -- Budgets? Parks?      

UPDATES on Waterfront Plans/Possibilities ~ Pier? Restaurant(s), seafood stands? Focal points? Pedestrian-friendly?  What about nbrhd character, Infill, dogwalking, parking? Bring your ideas, find out what's new, ask questions, provide input, make a difference!

Event Calendar: http://www.westvanlibrary.ca/event/calendar.php

Come and practise English conversation at the Library  Friday June 18 and 25 (last till Sept 10)

Requirement: able to read English.  Info: Fariba Rocker (604 506 6616). Facilitated by WV Baha'i Cmnty.

Complete list of events: http://kaymeekcentre.com/on_stage/events_calendar

Electronic newsletter: http://kaymeekcentre.weebly.com

Simplest way to get on email list, call 913 3634 or email tickets@kaymeekcentre.com

Twentieth Century, adapted by Ken Ludwig, June 19 to July 17.

3.  labour relations or other employee relations;

7.  litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality;

11.  negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public.

Council will include home energy performance as a criterion in the consideration of development applications and in the disposition of surplus municipal lands;

Encourage more energy efficient buildings that help to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions, including the promotion of home energy audits;

Collaborate with other levels of government, utilities, and non-government organizations to: raise awareness and build community-wide appreciation and support for climate change mitigation and adaptation; explore policy tools to affect improved energy performance of residential buildings; explore innovative, low carbon solutions for the Capilano sewage treatment plant; and to meet the "Zero Waste Challenge";

Support neighbourhood and multi-family retrofit projects intended to reduce community GHG emissions; and other community-based environmental initiatives to sequester carbon, beautify public spaces and make the built environment greener and healthier; and

Strive to reduce community GHG emissions resulting from vehicle trips through the development of policies and programs that encourage the use of alternative forms of transportation and provide increased transportation-related non-vehicular facilities throughout the community.

1.  The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) Update Report to Ccl be received for info and;

2. "Fees and Charges Amendment Bylaw" be read a first, second, and third time.

3.    labour relations or other employee relations;

11.  negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public.

Further to Council's endorsement of the Zero-Waste Challenge, the 70% diversion target and actions expressed within Goals 1 and 2 are supported;

Considerations of any increases beyond the 70% diversion rate should only be made following the establishment of organics diversion throughout the region, and implementation of mandatory recycling in the Institutional, Commercial, and Industrial Sector and the Demolition, Land-Clearing, and Construction Sector;

Metro Vancouver should strengthen its discussions with the Province to accelerate expansion of the Extended Producer Responsibility Programs to include packaging materials;

The Eco-Centre concept should be further studied and evaluated due to concerns about municipal equity, cost, and ramifications for existing stewardship group business arrangements;

Council supports the concept of extracting energy from waste where financially and environmentally appropriate;

Further study and financial modeling are needed to determine the appropriate ownership and business model governing any new Waste-to-Energy facility; and

Metro Vancouver needs to provide a robust site-specific business case for Waste-to-Energy (WTE) in comparison to other disposal options.

Ambleside Orchestra                             $500

North Shore Light Opera Society                 $1,000

O'Shihan Cultural Organization                  $500

Theatre West Van                                        $3,250

West Vancouver Adult Community Band Association $500

Hollyburn Heritage Society                              $750   

Deep Cove Chamber Soloists Society                      $750

West Vancouver Historical Society                       $2,000

WV Fire Service                                 $500

BC Paraplegic Association Peer Support           $500

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association            $600

Lions Gate Hospice                             $1,000

NS Disability Resource Centre - Adults at Risk        $1,000

NS Women's Centre                            $1,500

NS Stroke Recovery Centre - Seniors Peer Group      $1,300

Red Cross RespectED                         $700

                                                Sub total $6,600

Avalon Recovery Society                    $800

(BC) Canadian Paraplegic Association - Transition Services      $500

Canadian Mental Health Association                $500

Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre of BC               $1,000

Friend to Friend Social Learning Society           $750

Harvest Project                                 $2,500

Lookout NS Emergency Aid Shelter                  $3,000

NS Association for the Mentally Handicapped-NS Connexions Society        $1,000

NS Disability Resource Centre - Children's Summer Program           $2,500

NS Project Society for Low Income & Handicapped            $5,000

NS Schizophrenia Society NS Branch                $2,000

NS Stroke Recovery - Young Stroke Survivors                   $1,000

                                                Sub total $20,550

Family Services of the North Shore              $14,500

Living Systems - Access Counselling             $500

NS Community Resources Society          $12,000

NS Restorative Justice                  $5,000

NS Multicultural Society                        $3,000

West Vancouver Family Place Society             $4,000                                 

                                                Sub total $39,000

Autism Society of BC            $1,500

Big Brothers                    $500

Big Sisters                     $500

Highlands United Church         $500

NS Crisis Services Society                      $10,000

NS Neighbourhood House - Learning Together      $1,000

                                                Sub total $14,000

Capilano Community Services Society             $1,300

Lionsview Seniors Planning Society              $2,000

Lionsview Seniors Planning Society - Seniors' Coalition $1,300

NS Meals on Wheels Society                      $1,500

NS Volunteers for Seniors                       $3,500

NS Keep Well Society                    $2,000

NS Neighbourhood House - Seniors Peer Support          $1,300

Coho Society - Operating Grant          $5,000

Coho Society Bus Transportation         $1,250

NS Lifeboat Society                             $2,500

NS Safety Council                               $1,000

525 Pathfinder Squadron (Air Cadet League of Canada)    $900

                                               Sub total $10,650

Individual:

$ 200 -- Emma Currie (BC Female PeeWee A Championships - March 2010)

$ 200 -- Alexandra Larson (PeeWee Provincial Female Ice Hockey Championships - March 2010)

$ 200 -- Andre Matheusik (K1 Provincial Slalom and GS Ski Series - March 2009)

$ 200 -- Andre Matheusik ( K2 Provincial Slalom and GS Ski Series - March 2010)

$ 100 -- Bridgitte Matheusik (BC Provincial High School Cross Country Running Championship - November 2009)

$ 100 -- Bridgitte Matheusik (BC Provincial high School Tennis Championships - May 2009)

Team:

$ 1000 -- Cypress Ski Club (Provincial K1 and K2 Alpine Races - March 2010)

Total current recommendations   $2000

RECOMMENDED: that DVP Applic to vary the Zoning Bylaw to allow construction of a new house, pool deck, accessory building, and landscape walls, [be] considered on Monday, July 19.

Allan Bardsley; Rebecca Buchanan; Margaret Corbett; Rod Day; Kelley Korbin; Mick Matheusik; Graham Nicholls; Sue Rowan; and Trent Walsh

G, a qualified beer judge (as a hobby), when asked what his favourite beer was, wd answer "the next one", however we've just heard a better reply: "an open one".