WVM2010-21
Ccl NOTES Sept 13
CLOSED Mtg Agendas Sept 20/22
Calendar to Oct 8
by
Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
www.WestVan.org
autumn's official start
Sept 22; may we have a bit more summer please?
IN THIS ISSUE:
MAIN ITEMS Ccl Mtg Sept 20th and 22nd: NONE!
Well, at least none for us b/c both CLOSED. Next public ccl
mtg is Oct 4
= Vive le Canada (Politicians you choose;
Terry Fox); from the EDITOR'S DESK (AWAD; Bard; Yes?; WVSkS) ;
UPDATES & INFO (Cap River Traffic; Marine Dr Bus Lane; Taylorwood
Place Redevt)
= CALENDAR to Oct 8th; CULTUREWATCH (Theatre;
Art; Photography; Call for actors; Early Music)
= Ccl Mtg NOTES Sept 13th: WV Arts Ctr
Trust, KMC; DVP 6275 Taylor Dr; DVP 2208 Queens & 1865 22nd
extended to June 2011; OCP re 803/889 Taylorwood Pl (Debate on
Uplift of interest to taxpayers); 2200 Marine Dr road closure
(Wetmore); $6K grant to Legion; Emergency Plan; Gleneagles
Clubhouse Concession; KMC Fee for Service; Devt App Status; STILL NO LETTERS! but
interesting discussion about putting them on agenda (set off --);
PQP: noise on hwy for Ansell Pl and Seascapes with
petition; more on importance of Uplift and Cmnty Benefits for
the public.
= Ccl Mtg AGENDAs Sept 20th and 22nd
(FWIW)
= ANIMALWATCH (pet raccoon; taming a squirrel); SALMONWATCH
(Weekend); INFObits (WVSPCA; Opera History); NEWSWATCH ('free'
speech?); CPTWATCH (Reflection); WOMANWATCH; HERITAGEWATCH (Vancouver
Special Tour; History and Masonry); ECOWATCH/TREEWATCH;
RIVERWATCH; Unofficial Laws; BOOKWATCH (Banned); LANGUAGEWATCH
(TextSpeak); GRAMMARWATCH (National Punctuation Day); WORDWATCH (AWAD
passes 1M!); MAIKU (Remembering); QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS/PUNS
=== Vive le CANADA
===
> if only we had more offering themselves to
serve/represent their countrymen...... truly inspirational....
such a loss........ MNA Claude Bechard
> 30th Annual Terry Fox Run Sunday Sept 19!
The Terry Fox Monument was erected near the site
outside Thunder Bay where Terry Fox ended his Marathon of Hope on
September 1st, 1980. He passed away on June 28th, 1981. The monument,
with its view of Lake Superior, is a moving tribute to Terry Fox's
incredible courage and his journey, which lasted 143 days and covered
5,373 kilometres.
"The image of Terry Fox running along
Canada's highways is forever etched in the memories of those who
witnessed it in person or through the power of film and television,"
continued the Prime Minister. "On September 19th, I encourage
Canadians to once again carry on where Terry left off and run to fight
cancer."
The first Terry Fox Run was held in 1981. The
month of September was chosen to reflect the month in which Terry
decided to end his run. Since 1981, millions of Canadians have taken
part, making the Run one of the largest single-day cancer fundraisers
in the world. [The Prime Minister's
Office - Communications]
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK
===
> PUBLIC
CORRESPONDENCE: have been promised an update; let's see
what happens whenever there's another (public) ccl
mtg.
> Beware Fulton & 14th.
2010 Cadillac ran a stop sign so was hit by a 2010 Mercedes wch
pushed it into a third car. Totalled the two 2010s.
Only in West Vancouver you say?
> AWAD
Some of you may know that I
copyedit AWAD (A Word A Day) and it's now passed 1M subscribers!
Anu's announcement is in WORDWATCH at end.
> INCREDIBLE CLOSING NIGHT OF THE
BARD!
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE/STANDING OVATION
And Christopher Gaze announced the plays for next season: As You Like It, Merchant of Venice, The Wars of
the Roses (Henry VI Pts 1, 2, 3), Richard III -- you saw it
here first!
> The Real Power of
Yes?
Sir David Hare's captivating play
"The Power of Yes" at the Jericho Arts Ctr is described
as not so much a play as a
jaw-dropping account of how, as the banks went bust, capitalism was
replaced by a socialism that bailed out the rich
alone.
Chancellor Gordon Brown, Northern Rock,
Lehman Bros, Bank of Scotland, Goldman Sachs, and many other
characters -- directors, academics, journalists,......
Rarely has there been a quieter, more attentive, audience.
Perhaps they were trying to follow the sequence of terms and banking
actions, though the playwright does walk us through.
The help I wd like is for a banker or accountant on my elist
who may have seen or read the play, let me know if it's accurate.
It sounds so, but although I took some Economics at university,
obviously not to this level.
OTOH, it seems to me banking practices and theory were secondary
or almost irrelevant b/c the meltdown may be explained by our human
faults -- ego, hubris, fear of competition/failure, etc.
And that is something I learned in my Economics course: lowering
the price or increasing the price of an item does not necessarily mean
selling higher or lower quantities. Depends on human nature --
desirable? prestigious? embarrassing?
Anyway, I've long suspected that the sort of govt we experience
is not so much the system as the ability, ethics, and sincerity of the
leaders (and those participating).
If bubble and bust is a natural cycle aided and abetted by
humans, guess we'll never avoid disasters, better just prepare for
them.
We have a lot to thank our Canadian bankers and regulators for --
the bankers didn't fall for the enticing tempting returns bragged
about and apparently weren't fooled or greedy, and our regulators
(David Dodge) and regulations kept them on a tighter leash than in the
US.
So glad to be in Canada.
Look forward to reading
any comments anyone wd have......... Carolanne
> WV STREAMKEEPER SOCIETY
AGM
The AGM was held Sept 18. The President, Elizabeth Hardy,
gave the annual report, and the financial report was received.
The unusual part of the meeting occurred with the Election of the
Directors.
A director (past president) of the Coho Festival went to the
front of the room and presented a recommended slate of nine.
(Some at the mtg came with this same printed list for voting.)
Elected by acclamation: Barrie Adams, Mike Akerly, John Barker, Bill
Chapman, Sandi Dix, Nora Gambioli, Elizabeth Hardy, Bill McAllister,
Jim Torry.
FYI, at the mtg I pointed out that at last year's AGM I had made
a motion to expand the board to 11 to welcome more directors and have
new ppl. Unfortunately it failed, so I was pleased to note that
this new board has in fact two new ppl.
Nevertheless, it was disconcerting to have one organization
name the board for another organization (regardless of how worthy
those named all are, not at all the point). Do hope this is not
a precedent no matter what group.
=== UPDATES & INFO
===
+ Capilano River Bridge Traffic
Updates -- Monday, August 30
Please be advised
that Neelco Construction will be implementing the following traffic
control measures to facilitate construction activities for the
replacement of the Capilano River Bridge.
For the weeks
of: August
30 - September 4, and Sept 6 - 11
Monday to
Friday from 10am
to 2:30pm - Full closure of the west-bound inside lane on Marine
Drive between Capilano Road and Highway 99, and the east-bound inside
lane on Marine Drive between Taylor Way and Capilano
Road.
Please expect minor
delays - allow extra travel time.
+ Marine Drive Bus Lane Information
Display -- Thursday, September 02
A bus-only lane is
being built on Marine Drive from Pound Road east in West Vancouver to
the Lions' Gate Bridge, providing faster, more reliable service for
transit users. This project builds on the Capilano River Bridge
replacement work already underway to improve traffic flow. The public
is invited to learn more about the bus-only lane at a public
information display.
Park Royal
Shopping Centre:
Thursday, September 2 -- 11 am to 3
pm Saturday, September 4 -- 11 am to 3 pm
TransLink, District
of West Vancouver, and Park Royal Shopping Centre representatives will
be on hand to answer your questions. For info, pls
contact
Vincent Gonsalves, Community Relations Coordinator
604-453-3043 www.translink.ca
+ New
Bus-Only Lane on Marine Drive -- Thursday, September
23
A bus-only lane
is being built on Marine Drive from Pound Road east in West Vancouver
to the Lions' Gate Bridge, providing faster, more reliable service for
transit users. The bus-only lane will open in Spring
2011.
Construction
Updates: Friday, September 24th - Construction on the West Van portion
begins with the removal of trees and vegetation on the south side of
Marine Drive, from the pedestrian control crosswalk by the Keg to
Taylor Way. The curb lane has been closed to facilitate this
work.
For information
about the project email vincent.gonsalves@translink.ca, call 604-453-3043, or
visit www.translink.ca
+ Taylorwood Place
Redevelopment
Proposal highlights
include:
60
townhouses
Two
low-rise apartment buildings with 50 units each, adjacent to Keith
Road
Vehicle access from Keith Road
=== CALENDAR to Oct 8th
===
All mtgs are at M Hall
unless indicated otherwise. NOTE: shown are mtgs known at
this date; often there are additions, changes, cancellations after WVM
goes out. Check the DWV Calendar: http://www.westvancouver.ca/Calendar.aspx .
Notices/mtgs/changes too late for the last WVM or too early for the
next one are sent to subscribers as updates. They then,
unfortunately later, appear in the newsletter.
UPDATE:
== Wednesday Sept 15 ~ 6pm ~ Child Care Services WG, Cmnty
Ctr (Cedar Room) -- CANCELLED
---
== Monday Sept 20 (if you don't go to the ccl mtg!)
~ 7 - 8:30pm ~ Building Bridges: Maxine
Kaufman-Lacusta
Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level, Central
Library [VPL]
Join Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta as she introduces her
book Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent
Resistance to the Israeli Occupation.
Refusing to be Enemies:
Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli
Occupation is an interview-based study in which over 100 Israeli
and Palestinian nonviolent activists share hopes and visions and
discuss effective strategies, as well as challenges faced in pursuing
the goal of a just peace.
Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta
is a Quaker-Jewish activist who lived in Jerusalem for seven years and
has written widely on Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent
activism. Since her return to Canada in late 1995, she has
visited Israel and Palestine eight times. She is a member of
Vancouver Jews for a Just Peace and Independent Jewish Voices and has
been part of nonviolence training collectives here and in
Jerusalem. Copies
of the unofficial early paperback edition of the book will be
available for purchase and signing
== Tuesday Sept 21
~
5pm ~ OPEN HOUSE: Proposed Infill Housing 2000-block
Esquimalt/Fulton
~
7pm ~ Parks Master Plan WG
== Wednesday Sept 22 ~ 6:30pm ~ Cmnty Consultation: Pacific
Arbour Plans for Wetmore Site, at Srs' Ctr
== Thursday Sept 23
~
7:30am ~ Field Sport WG; Cmnty Ctr, Cedar Rm --CANCELLED
~ 5pm ~
NSh Adv Cmte on Disability Issues at DNV M Hall -- CANCELLED
== Friday Sept 24 -- National Punctuation Day
~ 3:15
- 4pm ~ Cmnty Concert, Cmnty Ctr Atrium
== Sunday Sept 26
~~ WORD ON THE STREET across Canada; at Library Square in
Vancouver ~~
BC RIVERS
DAY -- 30th Anniversary; for activities see www.orcbc.ca ph 604 873 5546
Rivers Day is a great BC success
story, inspiring UN agencies to endorse it as a global event.
World Rivers Day is now celebrated on the same day as BC Rivers
Day. [See RIVERWATCH below]
~ 7pm ~Talk by Gideon Levy, Israeli
journalist; at UBC
Gideon Levy is an Israeli
journalist and editor for the Haaretz newspaper [in Israel].
He is also an outspoken opponent of Israel's
policies in the occupied Palestinian territories. Prior to
working for Haaretz, Levy was an aide to Shimon Peres -- at
that time leader of the Israeli Labour party, now Israel's President -
and served in the Israeli army for four years. He is the son of two
Holocaust survivors, and was born in Tel Aviv, where he
resides.
Join us as Mr. Levy discusses
the findings of his most recent book, The Punishment of
Gaza, in which he tracks Israel's progressive abandonment of
diplomacy in favour of a policy of provocation and the exercise of raw
military power.
Gideon Levy's address will
be followed by a time of Q&A.
Admission $15, $10
for students with ID; Vancouver tix available on-line or via telephone
at 1 888 222 6608
Mr. Levy's speaking
tour is proudly presented by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the
Middle East (CJPME.)
For more info on
these exciting events, pls see www.cjpme.org or call our office at 438 380 5410.
Canadians for
Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is a non-profit and
secular organization bringing together men and women of all
backgrounds who labour to see justice and peace take root again in the
Middle East. CJPME's work depends on donations to
continue.
== Monday Sept 27
== Tuesday Sept 28
~
7pm ~ WV Historical Society, Srs' Ctr
== Thursday Sept 30
~
4:30pm ~ Design Review Cmte
~ 5pm ~ NSh Adv Cmte on Disability Issues at DNV M
Hall
OCTOBER
== Sunday Oct 3
"The only force
between us and the complete loss of our natural resources are the
people themselves."
- Rex Weyler,
Co-founder Greenpeace: Part 1 - PEOPLE POWER
YOU ARE INVITED TO
THE FILM PREMIERE OF "PEOPLE POWER"
Greetings Friends, Colleagues, and
Allies,
BC Citizens for Public
Power (BCCPP) proudly invites you to the film premiere
for
PEOPLE POWER:
Building Social Movements to Protect Public Power in
Canada.
PEOPLE POWER: Building Social
Movements to Protect Public Power in Canada is the one-hour
(six-part) film inspiring citizens to fight the privatization of our
rivers and BC Hydro.
The official launch event takes
place Sunday, October 3rd at 6pm at the SFU
Harbour Centre.
Come and enjoy:
- 6 - 7:00 - Wine and
cheese reception
- 7 - 7:45 - Presentations by Vancouver ecologist Rex
Weyler and documentary film maker Damien Gillis
- 8:00 - The premiere film screening of PEOPLE POWER
- 9 - 9:30 - A question/answer period
PEOPLE POWER's SIX
parts:
1. An introduction to the private
power gold rush in Canada
2. Traditional approaches to
grassroots activism
3. New media campaign
strategies
4. Collaborating with First
Nations
5. Strategies to counter
opposition
6. And a call to action to develop
effective community-based campaigns to protect public
power
RSVP NOW - This FREE
event has LIMITED SPACE
We appreciate
your attendance and will only contact you if the event is
full.
The Vancouver premiere
launches BC Citizens for Public Power's provincial PEOPLE
POWER tour. Film screenings and presentations by
ecologist/activist Rex Weyler and local community organizers will take
place throughout the fall.
== Wednesday Oct 6 ~ 6pm ~ TAYLORWOOD
DEVT
A Community
Consultation Meeting has been scheduled to give the public
opportunity to learn about the development proposal and to provide
comments.
6 to 8pm (doors
open at 5:30 pm) at Christ the Redeemer Church, 595 Keith
Road
At
this Meeting, you will have an opportunity to:
Learn about the proposed OCP amendment, rezoning, and
development permit application;
Hear
a presentation about the proposed redevelopment of 803-889 Taylorwood
Place;
Ask
questions about the project; and
Provide comments to help evaluate the proposal
A summary of the
meeting proceedings will be prepared, distributed to the
neighbourhood, and placed on this webpage.
The Proposal:
DWV has received
a major development application from Polygon Homes for lands located
at the northwest corner of Taylor Way and Keith Road. Polygon
has assembled this
6.6 acre site, which currently has 21 single-family homes and wish to
build 160 multi-family units.
= ONGOING Fridays, Sept 24, Oct
1 -- English
Corner -- 10 -
11:30am
Come practise English Conversation! Free, no registration
required.
= Monday Sept 20
-- Kay
Meek
OffStage --
10:30am
Intimate Conversations: The
Chamber Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a special lecture with
Vancouver musician Marc Destrube of Early Music Vancouver. Welsh
Hall.
= Thursday Sept 23 -- Journey Through the
Jungle: Borneo -- 7:30pm
Sheryl Gruber &
Brent Loken of Ethical Expeditions will present documentaries and
stories about the environment and people of Borneo, one of the most
biologically diverse places on the planet. Welsh Hall.
= Friday Sept 24
-- Friday
Night Concert Series Presents: Steve Maddock
Come out and enjoy
the first concert of our 2010/2011 season. Doors open at 7pm, concert
starts at 7:30 pm. Seating is limited so come early!
= Saturday Sept 25
-- 100 Dresses
Whitehorse
storyteller & artist Nicole Bauberger will show projection pieces
from the project she completed for the West Van. Community Centre
during the Olympics. A family event for all ages. 3pm, Welsh
Hall.
= Wednesday Sept 29 -- It Never Stays in
Vegas
Join author Lindy Hughes as she discusses her book. 7:30pm.
Welsh Hall.
= Saturday Oct 2 -- Grandparents Day with Rick
Scott;
3pm
= Tuesday Oct 5
-- Caught in the Middle: The Dilemmas of Mid-Life Sons &
Daughters; 7 -
9pm, Welsh Hall.
= Thursday Oct 7 -- Hearing Loss: Signs, Symptoms, and Coping
Strategies
Mandy Fisch,
MSc.Aud.C & Jessica Slater BA.Aud.C, will present coping
strategies for people with hearing loss, as well as friends and family
members. 2 - 3:30pm, Welsh Hall.
> Greenest City Pitch
Session ~ 7pm Friday Oct 1
Venue: SFU Woodwards, 149 W Hastings Street,
Vancouver Admission is free; reservations are
required.
Building on the success of the "Talk Green to
Us" campaign, the public is invited to participate in the on-line
forum www.talkgreentous.ca to share
ideas they want to put into action to help Vancouver become the
greenest city. The public can also visit the forum to vote on their
favourite ideas. The most innovative and creative ideas will be
selected to be pitched to, and receive feedback from, a prestigious
panel of experts facilitated by Mayor Gregor Robertson and Bill
Richardson, host of CBC Radio's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera and
In Concert programs.
The panel features professionals from the
sustainability sector and community leaders including: Mayor Gregor
Robertson; Councillor Andrea Reimer; Arran Stephens, President of
Nature's Path Foods; Tamara Vrooman, Chief Executive Officer of
VanCity; Janet Austin, Chief Executive Officer of YWCA Vancouver; Matt
O'Grady, Editor of BC Business Magazine; and Greenest City Action
Team (GCAT) member Cheeying Ho who is the Executive Director of the
Whistler Centre for Sustainability.
> Stewart Brand and "Whole Earth
Discipline"
- the Eco-pragmatist's Manifesto
~ 7pm Monday Oct 4
Venue: Milton and Fei Wong Experimental Theatre,
SFU Woodwards, 149 West Hastings Street
Whether you realize it or not, your awareness of
the world has been influenced by Stewart Brand. He thought the image
of our planet might be a powerful symbol, so in 1966 he campaigned to
have NASA release the then-rumoured satellite image of the entire
Earth as seen from space. He distributed buttons - for 25 cents each
- asking, "Why haven't we seen a photograph of the whole Earth
yet?" In 1968, a NASA astronaut made the photo public, and in
1970, not coincidentally, Earth Day began to be celebrated. Brand
explained that the image "gave the sense that Earth's an
island, surrounded by a lot of inhospitable space."
He is on the board of the Santa Fe Institute, and
maintains connections with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wired
magazine and MIT's Media Lab, while occasionally consulting for
Ecotrust. He is the original editor of The Whole Earth Catalog (winner
of the National Book Award); author of The Media Lab: Inventing the
Future at MIT; How Buildings Learn; and The Clock of the Long Now:
Time and Responsibility (MasterMinds Series); and Two Cybernetic
Frontiers, on Gregory Bateson and cutting-edge computer science. It
had the first use of the term "personal computer" in print
and was the first book to report on computer hackers. Most recently,
he is author of "Whole Earth Discipline" - a provocative
book that is likely to make one question the entire range of thinking
on the state of the earth and how we should respond. Whether you agree
with Stewart Brand or not, you have to hear what he has to say
-something you've been doing all your life, whether you know it or
not.
> COMMUNITY EVENTS (not sponsored by SFU City Prog; see links below for
more info)
o Streetcars: The Missing Link? ~ 8:30am
Wednesday Sept 29
Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside,
Vancouver
Program: 8:30 am - 5:15 pm Reception: 5:30 pm -
6:30 pm
Streetcars: The Missing Link? brings together
decisions makers, academics, and community leaders to explore, discuss
and debate the potential role of streetcars as a critical link within
the transportation system and the idea of bring streetcars back to
Vancouver. For more details: http://www.soeh.ubc.ca/
o Walking the
Talk
- The Footprint for Active
Transportation: A Workshop and Learning Lab
(Part of the Gaining Ground
Conference)
MONDAY October 4
-- Segal Graduate School of Business,
SFU, 500 Granville Street
Join local leaders, decision-makers, and leading
global experts on walking environments and walkability in a full day
workshop exploring this foundation of Active Transportation. This
exciting day consists of a working breakfast session with professional
training on walking environments, followed by an on street hands-on
walking audit, analysis, and in-depth discussion. Learn innovative
best practices that can be used by you to make communities more
walkable. This session will be led by Dr. Rodney Tolley from
Walk21, Jacky Kennedy from Green Communities Canada, and Paul Young,
with Public Space Workshop.
o Local Food Plans: Lessons from Other
Communities
Plus Dialogue on the Regional Food
System Strategy in Metro Vancouver
(Part of the Gaining Ground
Conference) October 5 -
6
Concerns about food - its impacts on our
health; its inaccessibility to many low income people; its
vulnerability to climate change, soil erosion, water shortages, and
rising fuel prices; demand for local food; its role in creating new
jobs; and the need for farmers to be able to make a decent living -
have vaulted food strategies up the public policy priority list. Find
out how Toronto, Portland, and California are planning to transform
local food production, distribution and land use, and how to help
shape Metro Vancouver's Regional Food System Strategy.
These events are free, however pre-registration
is required. To register and for more details:
September 14 to
October 16
Fragmented History: Objects and
Meaning features a selection
of artworks and historical artifacts from the museum's own
collection, and presents in a series of thought-provoking displays
that explore critical themes pertaining to collecting
institutions.
The act of collecting is
rooted in a desire to endow value and meaning to our lives through the
gathering and ordering of the material world around us. Motives that
drive this accumulation of 'things' are complex and varied,
ranging from the psychological desire to possess, the emotional need
to preserve and remember, to the political and economic drive for
power, status, knowledge, and validation. The history of the
Museum as an institution is inextricably linked to this practice, and
the collections that it houses embody the assumptions about knowledge
and value of the societies and culture that create them.
Fragmented History explores the acquisition,
organization, and display of objects, addressing some key topics in
collecting discourse -authenticity, fragmentation, classification,
possession, and the imbuing of value. This exhibition includes
artworks by well-known B.C. artists including Emily Carr and Jack
Shadbolt, as well as personal possessions from the estates of B.C.
Binning and architect Hugh Hodgson in juxtaposition with other
historical items from the Museum's diverse collections. The
exhibition re-evaluates the relationships between institutions,
visitors, objects, and collections.
The WV
Museum's opening reception is Tuesday, September 14th from 7pm to
9pm.
For more
information about the exhibition, please call 925
7295.
+ September 28 - October 17
Desire: The Magnificent Obsession -- Paintings
by Elizabeth Topham
Opening Reception:Tuesday Sept 28 from 6 - 8
pm
Artist in Attendance: Saturday Oct 2 from 2 -
3pm
***
WEST VANCOUVER CMNTY ARTS CCL -- AGM ~ 7pm ~ Sept 8
***
* September 21 -
October 3 -- "Contemplation"
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches
into nature and there defines the spirit in which Nature herself is
animated. North Shore artists, Gordon Oliver and
Ollie Pritchard's acrylics
and oils depict this sense of spirit and self-awareness. Join us as we
increase our own sense of reality by the contemplation of their
beautiful works.
Opening
Reception: TUESDAY September 21st from 6 to 8pm
October 5 -
17
-- "A
Little Abstraction"
Well-respected watercolour,
acrylic, and mixed media artist and teacher Teressa Bernard, displays her current collection. Past
works have been predominantly representational and in watercolour,
inspired by the way light fell on objects. Her approach to painting
has evolved over the years, from being a watercolour purist to
layering watercolour with gouache or acrylic and other mediums to
achieve the desired results. She now works primarily in acrylic and
enjoys experimenting, inviting an intriguing examination at close
range.
Opening
Reception: TUESDAY October 5th from 6 to 8pm
+++ KAY MEEK CENTRE
+++
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
The Season Brochure is in the mail! If you do not
receive yours, pls call the box office.
Culture Day at Kay Meek
Centre
A FREE celebration of the performing arts on the North Shore:
Saturday, September 25
Have you ever thought you would like your 15 minutes of fame on
one of our stages? Here is your chance to show off your talent. Give
us a call to find out more (913 3634). Read about Culture Day
here.
= Get the Most for Least -- tel 913
3634
Save up to 20% -- Purchase series
tickets to Vancouver Recital Society, Early Music Vancouver, Musically
Speaking, Arts Club, or Movies at the Meek.
Save 20% -- Purchase ten or more
tickets to any one performance and we will take 20% off your
order.
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, West
Vancouver +++
"Where Volunteers make the difference."
Chartered November 17th, 1926
~ 6:30pm Saturday Sept 18th ~ CARIBBEAN NIGHT DINNER AND
DANCE
B/c of the success of last year's Caribbean Night Dinner &
Dance, Cheryl Varga is once again planning the same. Tickets
are only $25 and include a wonderful Caribbean meal, and dancing
to the same high energy steel band music. Tix now on sale behind
the bar, and we hope to see you.....and come in your Caribbean
clothes!
Best regards, Special Events Committee
The Summer-Autumn
Issue of "The Torch" is now available
Pls email me at
thetorch60@telus.net -- if you
wd like to submit a article, or if you have any questions or
comments.
Thank you for your interest. / Best
regards, Janice Mackay-Smith, The Torch
September 15,
2010
To all members of Branch
60, their families and our Community friends:
As members of The Royal
Canadian Legion we are all aware of our oath and commitment to this
great organization. Assistance of our Veterans in need is our priority
and our sole reason for existence.
This year we honour and
respectfully remember the 65th Anniversary of the End of WWII,
and those Canadians who made the ultimate sacrifice, which gave us the
great country we live in today.
Veterans Week, November
5 - 11 is a time to reflect on all Veterans, past, present, and
those currently serving in our Canadian Armed Forces.
As we approach our most
important Fundraising event of the year, I am writing to you to
express our
urgent need for persons to
assist with our 2010 Poppy Campaign. Our campaign this year,
takes
place on Nov 4th, 5th,
6th, and 7th. On those days we have volunteers at different sites in
West Vancouver, tagging poppies and accepting donations to our Poppy
Trust Fund.
The shifts for tagging are
10 - 12noon; 12 - 2pm; 2 - 4pm; 4 - 6pm. Locations include, Park
Royal
Shopping Centre, Caulfeild
Village Shopping Centre, Ambleside and Dundarave business
districts.
Our tagging board will be
prominently displayed on the east wall of our Lounge, and may
be
accessed daily during
Lounge opening hours starting October 1st.
Please show your respect
for our Veterans, by signing up for a tagging shift. For those unable
to tag,
any and all donations to
our Poppy Trust fund will be gratefully accepted.
I thank you in advance,
for your support of our Poppy Campaign and our Veterans.
Sincerely,
Rosemarie Block, Branch
President/Poppy Campaign Chair.
926 6614 for info; govt panel for breakfast
mtg Oct 13
+++ WALKS with David
Cook 924-0147
>>> Sunday 19th September
Dog Mountain, Seymour Provincial Park, NV. An event
for Nature Vancouver.
Meeting: 10am; Entrance to Safeway, Parkgate Village Shopping
Centre, NV; Duration: ~ five hours.
Elevation Gain: 50 metres (not 500 metres) over a distance of 4
km (8 km return).
The hike up to Dog Mountain (1050 m) will be an opportunity
to learn something of the geology and ecology of this Provincial Park.
Interesting views from Dog Mountain of the mountain peaks to the north
and the Seymour River valley to the west.
Bring lunch, water & dress for possible changes in weather.
Wear deep tread hiking boots with ankle support as the trail is steep,
rooty and slippery in places. Sneakers not recommended.
We will be meeting near the entrance to Safeway in Parkgate
Village Shopping Centre (corner of Mt Seymour Parkway & Mt Seymour
Rd in North Vancouver) at 1000 hours for car pooling as some people
may be coming by bus and there is a parking fee in the
park.
>>> Sunday 26th September
Norvan Falls, Lynn Headwaters Regional Park, North
Vancouver. An event for Nature Vancouver.
Meeting 10am at Northern parking lot, Lynn Headwaters
Regional Park.
Duration/Distance: About six hours, 6.5 km (13 km return).
Elevation Gain: 100 metres.
This will be an interpretive botany/geology hike to
Norvan Falls in Lynn Headwaters Regional Park. We will be paralleling
the east bank of Lynn Creek along the Headwaters Trail, so elevation
gain will only be 100 metres. Bring lunch and water and be prepared
for changes in weather.
The meeting location is accessed by driving to the end of
Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver then through the entrance gate into
Lynn Headwaters Park and then to the very end of the winding road. For
those travelling by bus, there will be car pooling at 0930 hours at
Phibbs Bus Exchange. People with cars prepared to give people a lift
from Phibbs Exchange and those requiring a lift from Phibbs Exchange
should call 924 0147.
=== CULTUREWATCH
===
*
THEATRE
Much Ado About
Nothing; Antony and Cleopatra; Falstaff; Henry V Pt 1 and
2
NEXT SUMMER from June
2:
As You Like It; Merchant of Venice;
Henry VI Pts 1, 2, 3, called The Wars of the Roses; Richard
III
+ Arts Club (tel 687
1644)
~ Tear the
Curtain! at the Stanley; to
Oct 10; multimedia thriller inspired by the "reel" history
of the Stanley
~ Don Quixote,
Granville Island Stage -- September 23 - October
23
An Epic Comedy of Love and Delusion --
PREMIERE
This immortal quest has captivated
readers for over four centuries. Don Quixote's tale of courage and
madness is re-imagined with masks, magic, and mayhem. Physical comedy
at its finest; brought to you in collaboration with Axis Theatre
Company, creators of the smash hit The Number 14.
Co-production with Centaur Theatre,
Montreal, in association with Axis Theatre Company
Adapted by Peter Anderson and Colin
Heath; Director Roy Surette
Starring Peter Anderson, Michel
Perron, Allan Zinyk, Harry Standjofski, Mike Wasko, Beatrice
Zeilinger, Sasa Brown, Glenda Braganza
NB: Another wonderful
opportunity to see an Arts Club show for only $25 if you are, or ever
have been, involved with Metro Theatre or are on our eNewsletter
database. Below is the information for the Arts Club's epic comedy,
DON QUIXOTE, and information on how to order your $25 tickets (yes,
you can bring a date, friends, or whoever you want and they, too, can
get a ticket at this price). If you know someone who has been involved
with Metro and they didn't get this email, then feel free to let them
know and pass on the information/email!
+ Jericho Arts
Centre (1675 Discovery) tel
224 8007
~ Sept 3 -
26 United Players proudly
presents THE CANADIAN PREMIERE of The
Power of Yes by Sir David Hare directed
by Adam Henderson; Thursday through Sunday, at 8pm; Tix: $14 -
$18
{See
From the Editor's Desk for my comments and request for
help.}
~ THE FRINGE AT
JAC -- Sept 29 - Oct 2 (Wed - Sat)
A selection
from the best of this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival. There will be
two different performances each day, with five companies performing
once or twice over the four days.
Tickets $15
for one, $20 for two, $25 for three and $30 for four. Valid for
any performance. Buy four tickets and see all four shows, or take a
party of four to one show.
o Wed Sept
29th --
7pm The Bike Trip; 9pm
Wanderlust
o Thurs Sept
30th --
7pm Framed; 9pm Oh the Humanity! And
Other Good Intentions
o Fri Oct
1st --
7pm The Exquisite Hour; 9pm
Framed
o Sat Oct 2nd
-- 7pm Oh the Humanity! And Other Good Intentions; 9pm The
Exquisite Hour
* ART
+ VANCOUVER ART
GALLERY
- VAG PUBLIC PROGRAMS
-- All Programs free for Members.
NOW SHOWING: July 1, 2010 - January
3, 2011
IN DIALOGUE WITH CARR: Douglas
Coupland, Evan Lee, Liz Magor, Marianne Nicolson
This exhibition strategically pairs
the work of Emily Carr with key contemporary BC artists to draw out a
dialogue between Carr's legacy and the myriad ways in which artists
respond to it.
http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_in_dialogue_with_carr.html
*
PHOTOGRAPHY
Results: CPC 4th Annual
Photography Competition 2010
Thanks to CAPA, Allen Bargen, Larry
Breitkreutz, Nafiseh Tabari, and the jurors: Hazel Breitkreutz, Lynne
R. Kelman, Birt Nord. The CPC 4th Annual Photography Competition
was judged at Caroun Art Gallery (CAG) on Sept. 22, 7 - 9pm. The
results:
- First Winner: Sahar Seyedi,
Iran (CAPA Gold Medal), for her four works "Evening Chat in the
Village", "Entering", Two Different" & "In My
Heart"
- Second Winner: Shahriar
Davachi, Iran (CAPA Silver Medal), for his work "White in
Green"
- Third Winner: Daniel Soheili,
Canada (CAPA Bronze Medal), for his work "Old Iranian
Mansion"
Winners will receive CPC certificates
too.
Selected Works:
- Ali Shahidi, Canada, for his
four works "Evolution Passage to Nature", "Green Window to
Freedom", "Journeyers" & "Did you find anything to
eat?"
- Amir Jam, Canada, for his
work "My Trip to BC"
- Daniel Soheili, Canada, for
his work "Ceiling of an Old Iranian Public Bath"
- Farhad Varasteh, Germany, for
his works "What is that?", "Motherly Music" & "Laughing
Pistachio"
- Shahriar Davachi, Iran, for
his work "The Hole of the Sky"
- Tabassom Atabaki, Iran, for
her work "In My Dream, I Can Fly"
Selected Works will receive "CPC
Honourable Mentions"
Congratulations -- Caroun Photo
Club (CPC) www.Caroun.org Masoud Soheili
* CALL FOR YOUNG
ACTORS [from JJP]
Dear friends,
Please circulate this announcement to
your networks as you think appropriate. If you know young people
-- you, your friends, your kids, your siblings, your friends' and
colleagues' kids and siblings, your kids' and siblings' colleagues and
friends -- who might be interested in this project, please
encourage them to get in touch!
Jews for a Just Peace seeks two
young performers, age 14-16, from the local Palestinian and Jewish
communities, for a performance of excerpts from The Gaza
Mono-Logues, created by ASHTAR Theatre in Palestine. We are
working in co-operation with local theatre companies neworldtheatre
and Headlines Theatre. The three companies will present a total of six
of The Gaza Mono-Logues on October 17th.
Best
wishes, Stephen Aberle on
behalf of Jews for a Just Peace
Gaza will be the starting
point; at ten in the morning the initial group will inaugurate the
event by reciting their monologues on the sea shore and sending them
out as paper boats to the world through the sea. The event will be
covered by local and international media. Each country will then start
their own recitals, following international time zones until returning
to Palestine where each Palestinian city will have its own event.
Ramallah and Gaza will be linked through satellite with other
partnering countries. After this grand opening, the partners will
continue performing the monologues as they wish. ASHTAR Theatre will
encourage them and newcomers to program The Gaza Mono-Logues in
world theatres and distribute the texts in a pocket book. ASHTAR will
document the whole initiative in video and in an art
book.
Production name: The Gaza
Monologues Created by: ASHTAR Theatre
(Palestine)
Company: Jews for a Just
Peace (in co-operation with Headlines Theatre and
neworldtheatre)
Director: Rachel
Aberle Production date: October 17,
2010
Requires: Two young
actors, ages 14-16, from the local Palestinian and Jewish
communities.
* EARLY MUSIC
VANCOUVER
Come join Early Music Vancouver for
the first concert of our 40th anniversary season! A brilliant
performance of chamber music by Mozart, featuring local favourite Marc
Destrubé - and the world-renowned natural horn player Andrew
Clark.
And don't forget - there's also an
informal chat with Marc about the intricacies of Mozart's chamber
music!
Mozart
String Quintets and the Horn Quintet
Friday, September 24 at 8 pm
(pre-concert introduction at 7:15 pm) Unity Church (5840 Oak St)
*** Sunday, September 26
at 3 pm (pre-concert introduction at 2:15 pm)
Kay Meek Centre - Studio Theatre
This year we've given Vancouver
violinist Marc Destrubé carte blanche to design a series of three
chamber music concerts, under the title "Marc Destrubé &
Friends". This opening performance will include two String Quintets,
scored for two violins, two violas, and cello. The final piece is the
fantastically virtuosic and rarely-performed Quintet for natural horn,
violin, two violas, and cello - but these musicians are more than up
to the challenge!
Marc Destrubé violin; Farran James
violin; Steve Creswell viola; Krishna Nagaraja viola; Joanna Blendulf
cello; and Andrew Clark natural horn
These concerts are included in our
"Bring a Youth for Free" programme.
Series Ticket Prices for all
three Matinée performances of the series "Marc Destrubé &
Friends" at the Kay Meek at $110 (students & seniors $100)
are available via a secure connection from the Kay Meek Centre Box
Office or from Early Music Vancouver.
Rush Seats for Students with
valid ID on sale for $10, at the door only, from 2 pm on the afternoon
of the concert.
Curious about the concert you're
about to see? Check out:
Intimate
Conversations:
The Chamber Music
of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Monday Sept 20 from 10:30 to
11:30am
*** The West Vancouver
Municipal Library
In preparation for Early
Music Vancouver's first concert of the season, "Mozart String
Quintets and the Horn Quintet", violinist Marc Destrubé will
speak about Mozart's chamber music. This is a great chance to gain
some insight into this repertoire, delivered by an internationally
renowned teacher and performer.
Series
subscriptions are still available! If you're interested in seeing several of
our concerts, we have a number of series options available this
season! There are series subscriptions available for concerts at the
KMC, for our concerts at the Chan Centre, for our brand new Marc
Destrubé and Friends series -- and more! For more info, pls
visit: http://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/CA-AllSeriesOverview0910.html
Early Music Vancouver -- 1254
West 7th Avenue Vancouver BC V6H 1B6
=== CCL MTG NOTES Sept
13th ===
6pm in MHall Main Floor
Conference Room; 7pm ccl mtg in chamber
Note: At 6pm the reg
Cci Mtg will commence in open session and will be immediately followed
by a motion to exclude the public in order to hold a closed session,
pursuant to section 90 of the Cmnty Charter.
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER OPEN SESSION
2.
EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
RECOMMENDED: THAT in the public interest, members
of the public be excluded from part of the July 5 reg Ccl Mtg on the
basis of matters to be considered under the following section of
the Community Charter:
90. (1) A part of a ccl mtg may be closed
to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to or is
one or more of the following:
(a) personal information about an
identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a
position as an officer, employee, or agent of the municipality or
another position appointed by the municipality;
(c) labour relations or other employee
relations;
(d) the security of the property of the
municipality;
(e) the acquisition, disposition or
expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that
disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the
municipality;
(f) law enforcement, if the council
considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the
conduct of an investigation under or enforcement of an
enactment;
(g) litigation or potential litigation
affecting the municipality;
(i) the receipt of advice that is subject
to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for
that purpose.
3. Council will then proceed with the closed
session. At its conclusion, the ccl mtg follows.
7:00 PM
4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
Mayor: ...first ccl mtg back after an amazing summer on the
west coast.
Wd like to begin by welcoming two new directors to our team here
at the DWV.
CAO: I am v honoured and pleased to introduce Nina Leemhuis as
our new Director of Financial Services. She has joined us as
of July 28th; resident of WV; has had over 20 yrs at sr mgmt levels in
financial acctg. She was the CFO for BCIT and has provided
leadership to the growth of that enormous organization. She's
also worked with the aerospace industry in the Vancouver airport.
BCIT is a public sector org with over 50K students and 2300 FTEs.
She brings with her extensive experience in implementing and
monitoring new financial policies and procedures, something we were
looking forward to.
As well, financial accountability and measures. An ability
to motivate and mentor administrative teams. We went through an
exhaustive search...... entice her to come to WV; she lives in WV;
star to bring in; all looking forward to working with her.
NL: truly a pleasure to be here. Spent the last month and a
half getting to know staff and some of the operations, and looking at
some of the great opps here..... some financial challenges; looking
forward to digging in with all of you.
Mayor: now, our new Dir/Library Services. We don't
always have the Dir/LibServices at our ccl mtgs but always are
thrilled when you are here. Jenny comes to us from the US; was
most recently the Dir of the Hartford Public Library, but her
education began with a Bachelor of Journalism at the U of Texas, a
Master's in English, a Teacher's Certification in Secondary English, a
Master's of Library Sciences, and a graduate Academic Certificate in
Advance Management of Libraries.
You've come to the right place. Everybody in WV has that
much education.
[laughter]
I was v fortunate to be at the final stages of the interview
process and what really impressed me about Jenny's background was her
volunteer involvement with a symphony orchestra, and her facility in
talking about literacy and integrating literature, but also literacy
in math and literacy in finance, and literacy in the arts. Think
that's going to be a v welcome addition to WV, and we're thrilled
you're here.
Jenny Benedict: As you well know the WV Memorial Library
is a much-beloved treasure in this cmnty and since I've been here I've
bn meeting a lot of cmnty mbrs, sharing how they feel about the
Library...what shines through, fondness and memories of experiences
there...... heartening, remained vital throughout lifespans and next
generations... honoured and delighted, continue to
maintain
Mayor: also a pleasure to announce Terry Fox Run on Sunday
Sept 19th; DWV first raised TF flag, 30th anniversary.
Appropriate to read from book by Douglas Coupland also from WV;
"What If....."
DWV thrilled to be working with other mayors and Douglas
Coupland.....
Also, in keeping with that, the Keep Well Society of the
NShore wants us to know their special week is this week as
well.
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
amended, adding: 14.5, release of decision naming of Ambleside A
field to Rockridge Field, and 15.1 regarding Correspondence to the
Other Items section
{wd be simpler if list of Correspondence there in the first
place}
DELEGATIONS
7. P. Gravett and S. Bell-Irving Gray, West Vancouver Arts
Centre Trust: Kay Meek Centre
(File: 3006 15)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
Mayor: welcome delegation, always a pleasure
S B-I G: intro
PG: SLIDES -- 41% from WV, 31% NV, 18% Vancouver; notice ppl
coming here as a destination
4500 hours with 91 volunteers; $262 av donation
Corporation support (three slides!)
young kids $5 a ticket; 19 to 37 ??? ; three restaurants 15% off
and come to KMC
slides of collaborations
Musically Speaking in afternoon no need to come at night, no
stairs
musicians to schools: Sentinel and Collingwood
Culture Day at KMC Sunday Sept 25
Net revenue pie chart
Mayor: congratulations, exiting fall prog and quality
first-class; making WV shine
Sop: seen a lot of theatres have a tough go -- want to
acknowledge you and board for an outstanding job; without you don't
think it wd happen
Mayor: and a few of his friends, sitting behind you right
now
SW: Well done; thx....
REPORTS
Sokol described applic and hours: seven days per week; alcohol
not a primary function, solely in support of other activities; during
week of July 26 notices in NSN, notices mailed out; mtg; DWV received
five different responses; some general disagreement with alcohol
Given history of compliance recommend approval.
Mayor: shd hv mentioned you're able to speak to any item on the
agenda and shd hv mentioned that.
Maggie Pappas: here to support Paul Gravett and Susan, and as
having been a founding member and who came up with the name
served at intermission not time for more than a bit to enhance
the event
not allowed to go outside, those are the smokers
normal as with elsewhere
Can't believe how far the KMC has come in a short time -- due to
Paul and his staff
Kay Meek wd be so pleased, she ended up donating $8M to
this
last pin, huge door cutting off school; but drinking not in
excess
ML: I recommend THAT:
1. The Council report dated August 21, 2010 from the Manager of
Permits, Inspections, and Bylaws regarding an application...be
received.
2. Council [support] the application... based on the
information contained in the Council report
3. A copy of the resolution be forwarded to the Liquor Control
and [Licensing] Branch (LCLB) in accordance with the legislative
requirements.
I'll echo comments
Sop: going to fill their jars at midnight?
Mayor: don't think they go beyond.
Sop: why the extra time?
Mayor: Trust or Planning?
Sokol: part of application
S B-I G: we'd, staff, wd want to go home after the performance,
true, Paul?
PG: yes
S B-I G: except annual gala
Sop: performances over at midnight?
S B-I G: rarely, usu between 10 and 10:30;
Sop: why?
S B-I G: believe requirement of application to Liq Control
Bd
MS: getting into ridiculous element here
suppose new year's eve, annual, once a year midnight drink
as Cclr Lewis said; can't we finally get over the 97 or 98 or 99
years track record of nannyism that we have in this cmnty
Mayor: did you say that?
ML: I might have
Mayor: is that your way of calling for the question?
I wd also like to reiterate Sch Bd is also in favour of
this
they have a big stake in this as well
they, KMC, reputation to maintain.
PASSES
At the July 26, 2010 special meeting Council received the report
dated July 14, 2010 from the Community Planner and set the
date for consideration for September 13, 2010.
NAME / DATE / FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
= Written Submissions received up to Sept 9: M. and R. Thornton / August
30 / September 13
PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT
CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT
Geri Boyle, Planning staff, gave description and reasons for
variances.
Mayor: presentation by applicant?
GB: they are available if questions
Mayor: none
Sop moved: THAT all written and verbal submissions...be received
for information.
PASSED
Sop moved: THAT the DVP to allow construction of a new
detached garage with basement, and new driveway and stairs, be
approved.
The prop is v steep; don't think we shd hv any
concerns
so narrow, maybe keep bulge open?
GB: kept just where garage is
Ev: one letter from nbr to west in support, nbr to the east any
comment?
GB: none at staff level; applicant?
Jason King, contractor: I did receive corresp and a ph call from
nbr to east
re setbacks; elderly couple, trouble to discern what we're
looking at
they were quite happy and in support of our proposal
Ev: says reference to blvd landscaping to be determined
other detail, why this still to be determined?
JK: in trying to discuss with District arborist and ...
7:34
as well
as in xxx
we work primarily in WV; trying; still determination
GB: we were a bit stymied with summer vacations
re how to plant in blvd/District area
PASSED [7:35]
Mayor: any comments?
GB: no
Ev moved: THAT the approved DVP for 2208 Queens and 1865 22nd,
be extended to June 13, 2011.
I'm comfortable with this
ML: this was originally 2008; seems exceptional
GB: certainly is
the two owners both got ill, one after another; totally delayed
their plans
the variance had two parts; first to resubdivide and they carried
that out immediately; the bldg part caused the delay
ML: comfortable that
GB: yes, talked to them about dates
MS: it actually goes back further than 2008; Bd of Variance June
2006
how much staff time does one, or two, property owners get to
expect
Bd dealt with it, staff did, given an extension
ev time it comes need a staff report
at some point, not a charity; trying to run a biz here; don't
have time to 7:38 ... xxx
Mayor: support
approved, so reasonably sized houses ... xxx
try to provide slightly diff
they have six months; they've come back once so support
Sop: in the past came back once, didn't support it b/c lots
too small
wrt Smith, whole process too long
no guarantee started in six months
what are they asking? setback 10 - 12ft ...?
xxx
where's the livable ...?
Mayor: question is about extension
PASSES (Sop and Smith opposed)
GB: 6.6 acres; been assembled by Polygon
not something Ccl usually sees; roads resp of the owners
You probably drive down and don't notice this on the other side
of the trees
OCP Policy H3 provides for a site-specific area [cites
features]
staff's view is supportive
re Housing Dialogue, smaller and multifam units
Keith Rd is a collector-level road so there is a separation
there
St Anthony's school and church; on the north side another
separation [see context map]
lack of connection reinforced by large berm along north and east
boundaries
think it stacks up quite well as to separation from the
nbrhd
looking at townhouses and apartments
taken into account views wrt heights
impact of traffic -- residents take access at Keith Rd -- see
Site Plan [slide]
underground parking structure for the apts
submitted a traffic study and as a result have added technical
clarity
some definite probs with line-ups along Keith in [rush]
hours
allow turning lanes?
staff is recommending that the cmnty be consulted on the
project
applic has done its consulting, this wd be a Ccl-directed
consultation
applicant hasn't presentation tonight, will save it for later,
but here to answer questions
Mayor: anyone wanting to speak at this stage? No?
MS moved: THAT
1. Staff consult with the community on the development
proposal for land at 803-889 Taylorwood Place (located at the
northeast corner of Taylor Way and Keith Road);
2. Community consultation take the form of a public meeting in
October 2010 and include direct notification to the properties
shown on the map attached as Appendix "B", to the staff report
dated September 1, 2010 and a notice of the public meeting be posted
on the District website; and
3. Following the community consultation on the development
proposal for the land at 803-889 Taylorwood Place (located at the
northeast corner of Taylor Way and Keith Road), staff report back
to Council on the comments provided by the community and provide a
complete review of the development proposal.
Has staff been made aware of our CB policy?
Sokol: been made aware
MS: does applicant pay in advance so adequate?
Sokol: when submit application and they also pay fee
Mayor: commensurate with staff time required is the
question
GB: fee is $12K; comfortable in saying pretty close on that
one; will cover staff time on this one
v experienced devt team, open to providing us complete info in
timely manner; makes difference
ML: think v interesting proposal and gives sufficient opp to hear
from cmnty
Sop: in 1972 this area was zoned R3 with 0.5 units to
acre
in 1980 it went up to 21 units, 2.35upa
and now 2010 asking for 160 units, that's 24.3upa, an
incredible climb of density
if that be the case, don't know what public's going to say re
traffic and other things, wd we not be v wise to consider the
incredible uplift of this prop and the impact it's going to have
and determine the Uplift in dollars back to
this cmnty and the taxpayer prior to any sessions with the
public?
b/c after the fact it's going to get legs and move.
end result goes into negotiable patterns
but I'm not accepting the fact that if this were to move
along -- and Ms Boyle b/c they did some roadwork at TWay and Upper
Levels that be considered "public amenities", and thank you
v much -- This is a substantial increase, from 21 to 160
units
the Uplift is incredible and think we shd hv discussion
with the owners about that
GB: you've hit the basis for the discussion on Cmnty
Benefit
cd say cd go through that process right now but frankly
proposal itself has not been tested in the cmnty; we feel
important to have that discussion first b/c it isn't a done deal
{silent scream: it IS part of the
deal!!!}
want discussion on density and use and type of housing
first
certainly before we proceed to write any bylaws, that discussion
on Uplift will be reported to Ccl and will have to meet with Ccl's
approval
{7:52 er, um. let's put the horse
before the cart, shall we?
Well said; good start, Sop,
tyvm!
The cmnty shd know BEFORE the
discussion starts, ALL the factors. The cmnty shd be involved in
CHOOSING the CBs and they can't do that until they know the Uplift.
It's part of deciding whether or not this is desirable. And
CERTAINLY the owners shd be made aware of the CB portion of the
Uplift. Why lull them into thinking the increase in the value of
their property will cost them nothing? Just b/c that's been done
in the past.
Haven't we established that a portion
of this windfall is owed the citizens b/c it is their cmnty, their
quality of life, theoretically they decision to change the zoning, so
they shd benefit as well?
Please, Ccl, don't be swayed by this
delay tactic. NOT FAIR: not to the owners/devprs, not to the
taxpayers.}
Sop: we don't have the manpower...
Sokol: at this point, yes, we have staff av to handle applics
before us; if future come forward, not enough staff, we'd bring them
forward and talk with CAO re add'l funding and sources
Sop: Policy H3 -- from a sgl-fam area; this is a stratified
area
GB: sgl-fam housing there now
Ev: share concern with the CB and the Uplift; shd be
addressed to Ccl at a relatively early stage
Second, not nec approp at this stage to delve into the finer
points of the devt
a bit surprised that the hi rise wd be a wood
construction
GB: applic is proposing that for four storeys and that is
allowed
{Preliminary research: think
that only three storeys was allowed till lately -- as a result of
pressures from developers, four. Wood is safer in earthquakes
but I was told three or under. Anyone with more info, pls let us
know.}
Ev: lower end of what might be considered approp devt in
WV?
GB: applicant taking that into consideration
Mayor: helpful to hear from applic; woodframe construction
technology and bldg codes have changed
imp to hear from the beginning
Renee Rose (sp?): Sr VP of Devt at Polygon Homes, primarily wood;
built 10K in last 30 years
happy to take you around
far more affordable; hoping to provide something a bit more
affordable
Mayor: thank you for that clarification
SW: I support this applic; fair amt of consultation already and
traffic at TWay
before we go into Cmnty Benefits [CBs], look at economics
always get into debate about what is affordable
hate to get distracted by CBs; listen to what nbrs have to
say
{pardon me,
distracted? make it a gift to the devpr instead of having
residents get paid for the increased value of the land as a result of
upzoning they're granting? why favour devprs and give them
freebies? I had not thought I'd speak at this ccl mtg but this
definitely needs background, context, and explanation, so will have to
speak at PQP b/c once Ccl starts to debate, the public is no longer
permitted to.}
TP: excellent comments; looking forward footprint and
sustainability
Mayor: crafted CB policy
housing forms
seeing that be taken up; at this stage public's turn; made in WV
soln
Sop: find it fascinating to find someone support when we have to
go through a whole process understanding the whole project
fact remains: absolutely vital to citizens of WV and this
Ccl wd be to establish, as they do in the City, where they receive
a large portion of the Uplift of any major devt they have
we've steered clear of this in a few of the past projects;
we've gone nowhere with it and I think it's about time that we
establish a policy that really speaks out to it.
how many times going through with this and not address that
avenue?
There are ppl who wd love us to go through with this and I'm a v
open-minded person and so we have to look at all avenues,
traffic and everything else, and if it does move from 21 to 160,
start giving us some cash. That's the way it is for us in the
future here in WV.
Mayor: Mr Sokol? maybe Mr McRadu to comment on the Cmnty Amenity
policy
MS: we all know what the policy is
Mayor: I'm not sure Cclr Sop--
Sop: --I do v much, tyvm, Madam Mayor. In fact it's
never been attended to, and once this starts, ah the last time we had
one of these, "Oh, we're too late, we cdn't do anything", so
the amenities were a traffic light and fixing the bus stop!
I disagree that that's a benefit to this cmnty, that is going
to warrant the size of this devt.
Go for it or not, I want to see some bucks coming back to this
cmnty from that.
Mayor: I disagree with your characterization of our Cmnty Amenity
Policy and its efficacy, but that will be up to the applicant to
respond accordingly
{hold it just a minute! Has he even been told what it
is? and if no amount, how can the the applicant respond?
how can the cmnty???
Seems the point of the timing of getting the information
has been completely missed or glossed over.}
furthermore what we're deciding tonight is does this go out for
public consultation, this is not even introducing first reading
so there's a ways [sic] to go, and I believe we have put some
really good public policy in the hands of the cmnty, and it will be up
to the applicant to deliver on that.
{hm? going out to consultation without knowing the Uplift
so the cmnty doesn't know how much $$$ for the cmnty benefits?
how can they let Ccl and the applicant know what CBs wd make the devt
acceptable???
Surprise b/c the Mayor usually wants to see the ducks in a
row........}
MS: [hope] I can bring closure to this debate; good thing Sop
says he has an open mind b/c listening to the public and to staff when
they bring this back, but we need to clarify a couple of points
1: don't want to leave the impression that Ccl considers
everybody, virtually everybody in this room, who lives in a woodframe
house that it's substandard housing
secondly, need to leave the applicant feeling we're positive
about the proposal, encourage good devt, and we want to hear from
the public and we want to see it move forward on an orderly basis, and
that all these questions raised tonight be answered
we are positive, hope everybody leaves with positive
impression
Mayor: [question]
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY [8:01]
GB: never going to be used; actual process under the
Charter
devt lot we're talking about is the Wetmore redevt
site
[pointing to lane on slide]
many things to be put in place and road one of those
Cmnty mtg on Wed Sept 22 re the site
ML moved: THAT
1. ...be read a first, second, and third time;
and
2. Staff are [sic] {shd be BE} authorized to
publish the statutory notices required ... setting October 4, 2010
as the deadline for written and oral submissions.
well explained by Ms Boyle, public mtg at srs' ctr important; I'm
supportive
CARRIED [8:05]
13. One-Time Grant to Royal Canadian Legion (File:
0055-20-RCLE1)
The Finance Committee at its July 23, 2010 meeting passed the
following motion:
"THAT the Finance Committee recommend to Council that a
one-time grant of $6000 to the Royal Canadian Legion (West Vancouver
Branch) be considered for 2010, in lieu of a permissive tax
exemption."
RECOMMENDED: ... be approved.
{There was public
discussion about this, so this is the resolution. Great news as
the Legion does a lot of good work. Do think, however, that
where the funds are coming from shd be noted since it wd not be in the
budget, ie where are they getting the money?
more intriguingly,
how much more is there in that fund?}
to laughter.......:
Sop made motion, Mayor: wch year?
Sop: 2010
Mayor: I'm a mbr as Cclr Smith is, along with others, but not in
conflict; b/c many benefits shared by the entire cmnty for the
Remembrance Day ceremony
Sop: not a mbr, but Ccl Smith takes me there once in a
while
Mayor: one time you went in between an in camera mtg and a ccl
mtg though!
MS: just wish Cclr Sop wd buy once in a while!
Mayor: any discussion
throughout prov and maybe the country, Royal Cdn Legion looking
for permissive tax exemption
have every reason to ask for that
we are suggesting that commensurate with the prop taxes paid
instead of tax exemptions for wch no end of applications; wd rather
honour their commitment by awarding them this grant in great
appreciation for what they provide to the cmnty and what they've
provided to our country.
CARRIED
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
14. Consent Agenda Items
REPORTS FOR CONSENT AGENDA (received for
information)
14.1. Updated District of West Vancouver Municipal Emergency
Plan (File: 2715 02)
14.2. Gleneagles Clubhouse Concession Licence Agreement
(File: 1145 04)
14.3. WV Arts Centre Trust (KMC) Fee for Service Agreement
(File: 1135-08/3006-15)
14.4. Development Application Status Report to September 3,
2010 (File: 1010 01)
OTHER ITEMS
15. No items.
{This is where Ccl
may choose to discuss an item/letter in the Public Correspondence; let
us all hope it returns soon -- at least the list of letters so we then
are informed of what they've read and we know what topics/subjects are
involved, as well as updates and reports from other bodies, govt and
cmnty.}
*** Pls note that 15.1 was added to the agenda at the
beginning of this ccl mtg. The public agenda stated "No
Items". No identification of wch letter was given nor any
indication wch one -- they just start into discussion with all of us
sitting there in the dark. Why wd Cclr Lewis not want the public
to know wch letter by having the list of correspondence on the agenda
and then just referring to the one he wanted to talk
about???
Ask him. ***
Mayor: Ccl Lewis
ML: corresp over sec stes
if Sokol wd take a look; report back wrt some clarification and
some enlightenment
don't want to speak about a specific issue
we have the bylaw; if ways to improve
Sokol: staff aware of some of the issues raised in the
letter
{One subscriber asked me: what issues?
what letter? Is this an appropriate way to conduct Council
discussions?}
looking into this, what other Ms do; staff working on
preparing a report for Oct 4
Mayor: understand had some increase in number, rate, of
applications over the summer as deadline gets closer?
Sokol: up to 140 applics, think well over 200 by end of
month
---<
correspondence---------------------------------------------------
{Cclr Smith obviously thought the discussion of sec stes
was over and brought up
CORRESPONDENCE:
MS: while we're on the subject of Other Items, this is
the place where Correspondence comes up and I was wondering, and maybe
my question shd be for Ms Scholes, why we can't put the link that is
on the website for Correspondence that comes to Ccl on here so that
mbrs of the public can go click on the link while reading through
agenda and read the letters that come to Mayor and Ccl.
Mayor: You mean just this spot on the website?
MS: yes
Mayor: type in. Okay, good suggestion
{Thanks MS for bringing this up but,
um, just a bit of clarification. The LIST of Correspondence shd
be on the agenda. Putting the link is not enough -- and may not
even be necessary. The essential, indeed critical, requirement
is to KNOW what's on the list. Then, if anyone interested that
person can go and try to find out where staff/Ccl have hidden it this
time. IOW, having the link is secondary to having the list on
the agenda. There are ppl without computers so a link is moot,
and some organizations/bldgs print and post the agenda. Still
uninformed if not list.
Pls keep this in mind. It's the
LIST that needs to be on the agenda as the minimum, NOT the
link.}
WE NOW RETURN TO REGULAR PROGRAMMING, THAT IS, BACK TO THE
LETTER UNDER DISCUSSION:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------correspondence >---
Sop: two points, Mr Sokol, if one is allowed two lodgers who
pay rent to owner of the house, what if one rents downstairs and one
upstairs, is one a sec ste?
downstairs not a sec ste? not allowed b/c not
owners?
lodgers allowed in this cmnty
Sokol: need to look into specifics
key diff between a sec ste and a lodger, is that a sec ste
is a completely independent living unit, whereas a lodger is living
in a part of the house and probably sharing the kitchen. That's
the distinction. Also believe lodgers limited in duration of
time
Mayor: look fwd to your report
===<
correspondence==================================================
BACK TO CORRESPONDENCE!
Sop: a followup to Cclr Smith
my thoughts were that a lot of ppl now are looking at the letters
on the Web, some thankful there
it's not that they're going there; some are
my thoughts were, to all of Cclr Smith, that, when we won't
nec have the letters here, you know how you list the different Consent
Agenda items, we cd just have the listing of -- cuz there's five
letters in -- just the heading of each letter, so visually an indiv
can see that and if it perks their interest, then they can go look it
up on the Web
{By Jove, he's got it! I think
he's got it! Oh, frabjous day! How long for some others to
get it???}
don't think it's a difficult task to put five or six lines of the
heading of each topic of the letter
{sure isn't}
Mayor: Ccl has gone around on this discussion several times and
it's Ccl policy, the Ccl decision right now, is that the letters we
receive from the general public are not on the formal Monday night ccl
agenda
{DEAR READERS, PLS NOTE the word
'discussion' b/c there was
no motion (or
discussion for that matter) passed at a (public) ccl
mtg.}
but they are absolutely on the website for everybody to
see,
{GULP!
a) IF they have a
computer
b) IF they can find them -- they're
not on the agenda
c) there is no reference at all on
the agenda to letters or correspondence.}
and in many ways it's more accessible and there are more ways in
to finding that.
{Well, here I nearly woof my
cookies.
A bold-faced
misstatement.
This is absolutely and categorically
NOT TRUE.
Until March, all correspondence
was listed on the agenda and you cd click on a letter to see it.
No doubt that was the easiest and most
accessible.
Has the Mayor forgotten what was done
in the years before March this year???
Keep in mind, if that's a lot of
work, we're not asking that each letter be separately clickable, just
that the list of the letters (as Sop said earlier, sometimes just five
or six) on the agenda.
While it wd be helpful to be able to
click on the link on that agenda item, we're not even asking for
that. We just want to know what's there. Wherever they put
it, if someone's interested they can go search for
it.
When first asked to bring the
Correspondence back they hid it on the Mayor and Council page -- who'd
think of looking there for something that cd be considered at the ccl
mtg (and was previously on the agenda)?
The mere fact that we have to go
searching for it is incontrovertible proof that it's not more
accessible now.
ASTONISHING! How cd the Mayor
possibly claim that?
Has someone hypnotized her to deny
the truth?
under the evil influence of a local
Rasputin?
caused selective
amnesia?
Rather
worrisome.}
What we are trying to use our agenda for is the public policy
decisions we need to make on behalf of the cmnty
any mbr of Ccl can put any piece of correspondence on that formal
agenda at their request
{but WE don't get to see that b/c
it's not on the public agenda!!!}
In order to manage our legislative agenda and also to protect it
somewhat from abuse, that's the decision we've made.
{what abuse? It's been
done for years and years; anything libellous or litigious has been
removed.}
For sure, I think we've taken great strides in how
accessible
{but the strides have been
backwards!!!}
that Correspondence is through the Web, and directing ppl to it
is a good suggestion
{Suggestion? anyone
listening?
Pardon me, but it's pathetic a couple
of cclrs, thanks Smith and Sop, have had to bring it up. A
couple of times at that and only managed to get it to inch back, not
fully back, not even meaningfully back.}
So I can follow up with Ms Scholes on that.
But I wasn't planning on that debate tonight so, if you want to
have a better one, we shd plan on it next time.
Sop: how wd you like me to set it up?
Mayor: for the 15th time, if you wd like to do that, you can, but
I think we have a system that works quite well.
Sop: What area wd it fall under? cd I talk about it next week
under Reports and ccl agendas?
where wd I put it?
Mayor: you may take the initiative to craft a public policy that
you think wd be better as well
Right now the majority of Ccl I think, believes, what we've got
is working
Sop: you know we are progressive
by putting it on the Web
and we can be even more progressive and be a leader in this
prov by putting a listing of those on the ccl agenda in
future.
Simple stuff.
{Full marks to Sop for being
persistent to try to get an answer and make some
progress.
Must point out however, that we are
no longer the leader in the prov. Other Ms still put the letters
on as we did until March -- some of them do not even delete names as
DWV started doing sometime ago -- so we've slipped
behind.
At this point, the list so we know
what the Correspondence is about is
PARAMOUNT.
Smith and Sop have agreed, the others
did not speak up at the mtg -- where do they stand? in front or
behind closed doors where the decision to remove was
made?
Is this the kind of democracy we
want? their definition of openness and
transparency?
Removal of rights and ease of access
to information is a cornerstone and shd not be taken
lightly.
Answer to Sop?
Cut off and Mayor moved to next
item.
Let's see what happens in next
episode, next mtg.
Stay tuned.}
================================================================correspondence >===
Mayor: I'm going to move to Item 16 now, Reports from Mayor
and Councillors, in case you want to bring it up again.
8:15
16. REPORTS from MAYOR/CCLRS
Sop: Yeah, I wanted to talk about {laughter}
We had a very rainy day yesterday {re Coho Festival on Sunday},
God bless all those who came out
cclrs who came out -- how to feed 1000 staff or volunteers, cuz
that's all that was there!
we'll carry on, second time in 31 years I've been involved
ev happy; I got soaking wet
cclrs with smoke in their eyes cooking salmon, terrific
Mayor: and you make it terrific, Cclr Sop, or Coho Billy, as you
sign your emails to me
Sop: may I add one more thing
we've been raising money, education; first fingerlings in
hatchery ...streams, habitat, streamkeepers and others have helped us;
sponsors giving us money
years of preserving coho, we stopped serving coho b/c we didn't
want to add to the demise list
isn't it fascinating after all these years, between 25 and 31M
sockeye returned to our waters.
I still maintain and one day I will find out before I pass this
Earth, that somewhere those coho are out there and they'll return to
the degree we had in the past. I'm keeping my fingers crossed
after this year b/c to me all this work thousands of dollars raised,
years, and finally the sockeye were there.
amazing
TP: success of Nature/Parks at FBG, exhibition there until Sept
27
opening packed; all the hard work of the LPPS that got this
rolling; remarkable show
never thought I'd see a riot into the Library, but on Friday
night the recipients for the summer reading prog happened and all of
our young citizens were there
such a treat to be there, exciting
the Mayor was an important piece of that b/c kids cdn't get
enough of her
Mayor: wonderful event, 1600 young readers signed up, SRO
great way to welcome our new Chief of Library Services
anything further?
RECEIPT PASSED [8:18]
17. PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
Mayor: I have at least four mbrs of the public wishing to speak
wrt a petition Ccl received late this afternoon. First name is
Allan Raffi [sp?]
AR: reside just off Ansell Place. This petition is about
the noise level
a lot of supporters here tonight
also Seascapes, Citrus Wynd and Bedora.
noise elevation right after the four-lane hwy was opened
5, 5:30 in the morning sound of trucks wake us up
sleep deprivations; I woke up at 4 in the morning today; weekends
are worse; traffic volumes worse, 200% b/c of travellers to Whistler,
esp in the summer
Sunday afternoons between noon and 7pm cannot stay out on the
patios
Cclr Sop was good enough to visit us on a Sunday afternoon and we
had trouble understanding each other b/c of the noise level
cannot entertain on the patio
intolerable; asked Brent Dozzi (DWV) to do sound recordings; did
so, around same time as opening up the hwy, Labour Day weekend.
it was rainy, traffic lower, but high levels
Min of Transp did own recording in Oct/Nov last year, a rainy
Tues at 10am, not really a good representation, and they said noise
levels not there
Lions Bay and Squamish have been less favoured by Min of
Transport with asphalt treatment, noise lower [????] mile or mile and
a half either side; noise levels lower and speed levels 60 and ppl
respect that but for some reason not in our area
seen going by us 130, 160, where the speed limit is 80
concrete, chopped down mountain, where before vegetation and soil
softened
created an amphitheatre, noises amplified
we have 180 sigs
Mayor: wd like to suggest b/c we're just all-- oh, I know you've
been working with Cclrs Smith and Sop for sure
perhaps I can organize a mtg with you and whoever in the cmnty,
Brent Dozzi on our staff who has a good relnship with the Min of
Transp and with our MLA, Joan McIntyre
and then we can come up with an approach; we'd be plsd to
represent you.
Notice the petition is to our MLA. Let's do that
together.
Have more mbrs wishing to speak, or we can carry on with this
course of action.
Ashley Robinson?
Ashley R: same road as Lions Bay; all the traffic has to come
through
strategies used: pavement, barriers, still installing, and zero
done at Ansell Point and SeaScapes
understand DWV has some resp
one to hold mtgs with Min of Transp and as far as we know didn't
happen
enforcing 80kmh, not being done; mufflers, up to 160kmh an
hour
also have some sigs; my colleague has a map -- just hold it up if
you don't mind
{Lady stands up in gallery holds up a map}
hands up who's here
Mayor: that's what we'll be able to do; not in this format
take your concerns; so much history
Ccl Sop, a few more to speak
Sop: I'll wait
Dr Jay Wurtman [sp?]: a recent resident at Seascape, having lived
in Eagle Harbour
the noise problems are diff to describe; have to keep doors and
windows closed all the time, in summer time, unfortunate
our one-year-old baby kept awake even with doors and windows
closed
drives my wife crazy, wch is why my wife has allowed me out
tonight
noise on MDr a big headache for us
something else to be done: enforcement; noise bylaws need to be
taken seriously
run my lawnmower on Sunday a $2500 fine
motorcycles more; need to do something about that
Anthony Wood: ... agree with most of the comments
been living at Seascape for four and a half years; the diff
between before and new hwy amazing; totally diff
a bit further back than some of the residents but even where we
are, noise levels much too high
thinking of moving but if some of these steps introduced; wd go
to solving, if 50% shd make our lives a lot better
Lars Linksell [sp?]: before the hwy opened we had construction;
had noise for several years, a diff one, now vehicle more constant,
more or less around the clock
want to enjoy the outdoors, noise is always there; believe above
prov limits, decibels
only thing Ccl interested in is money; suggest reduce prop
taxes 50%, goes down till acceptable solution...
Mayor: challenge for us is within Min of Transp, so goal to work
together, to represent you
in my experience; take that approach with our MLA and Minister,
some hope of success
LL: I was there the day Kevin Falcon when he opened; promised
several things that day wch we didn't get at all
one of the first ppl driving through; promised things, didn't
happen...
Mayor: hope you took good notes
LL: I can still remember it; I didn't
unfortunately, he's not the Minister of Transp--
Mayor: --maybe fortunately
thank you; wd like to know from your group -- don't have anyone
else on the Speakers' List, who wd be our contact so we can follow
up?
Sop: I think, Allan and Ms Husband [sp? hard to hear]
it goes beyond the fact; notify Ms McIntyre
public v forgiving, our public; over years certainly can put up
with a lot of things
can't put up with sleep deprivation and quiet enjoyment
before hwy,
{but hwy went through in 1958 from Squamish, Seascapes
developed well after that}
lived many years; put up with, today super speedway
Than cannot be tolerated by the taxpayers of this cmnty for a
long periods of time
APPLAUSE
point is we, you, will do our v best with Ms McIntyre
we have done our testing; proved conclusively levels higher than
what the project team established
take this seriously resolved as quickly as possible, go ahead and
alleviate
no person shd be forced to lose sleep or sell home, b/c of
something put in by the prov govt
if you build it they will come, and if they built it and they
have come then support ppl along there put up noise abatement
end of story
APPLAUSE
Mayor: not sure anything you said is diff from proposed course of
action
unless you wd like to lead it yourself?
Sop: if folks want to join; not going to let this go
know you'll do everything in your power but I know the prov govt,
things have a tendency to slide; don't want it to slide any further
than has been
these ppl need their sleep; shdn't have to wake up at 5:30 in the
morning
period
Mayor: All right. Nice to receive your petition at about
4:30 and to see you here tonight, and to be acting on that.
Ms Scholes, our Clerk, will be in touch with your
leadership
set up a mtg as soon as we can
I don't have anybody further wishing to speak so, ... well, oh,
on this matter
Sorry. If I don't see anybody, then I'll go to Carolanne
Reynolds, for separate, I believe, comment
CR: Welcome back. Hope everybody had a great summer.
Thank you for the comments on the Correspondence; I hope the
list will appear on the agenda b/c it is not quite as easy as being
portrayed, but I think with one little suggested piece given, it can
be -- but what I am here to speak about is, I was overjoyed to
hear the comments made about Uplift and Cmnty Benefits
mentioned tonight.
It took about 15 years for the District to recognize there was
such a thing as Uplift, and another five years for the CBs; so I'd
like to thank you, Mayor, for bringing that up and saying that you
have crafted a policy; thank Cclr Smith for requesting it be discussed
now; and to thank Cclr Sop -- it was quite correct [saying] delayed to
the end often, and when it doesn't happen and much less; and to thank
also Cclr Evison for saying it's information we shd have to then
discuss.
It was my understanding that anything that was an increase in
density -- and shd apply to all -- in this case it's from 21 units to
[160] units -- that part of the process, when staff brought their
report to you, one of the things that was asked to be mentioned in
the report was in fact the Uplift, and I thought that was in
place.
So if you didn't get that, I'm quite concerned.
As to CBs, most Ms have a policy that it's about 2/3 to 3/4,
so once you have the Uplift, then you can go out to the public and
say, what is it that you wd like as CBs in return, b/c what
somebody pays for a property with 21 units is considerably less than
what someone pays for a property with 63 units. The ppl who
bought this property bought it with a lower density. What the
cmnty is giving to the applicant is increased value in this
assessment, and what the cmnty, the ratepayers, want it return --
not to ask them to pay the full amt of what they wd have to pay for
whatever the increase in units is, but at least a portion is only
fair for them to pay.
Now, once that amt is calculated, then when this was discussed
before, the mayor at the time said, well, we'll let the cmnty say
wch, once we've set the amt, the cmnty will decide. We
have had, as someone has pointed out, sometimes, for example in Evelyn
Drive, the CBs were decided by staff and it didn't go to the Ccl or to
the cmnty.
So I'm hoping that in this case, you get the Uplift right away so
that when you go out to the cmnty we can say, "look at this great
devt, it's an increase but it's affordable housing and this is what
we're getting in returm, pls support it." I think it's not
only a way to ensure support, but it's only fair to the ratepayers
to get some return for what they are granting.
So, I heard the little bell.
If anyone has any questions about that, fine, otherwise, I'm
looking forward to a list of letters on the Correspondence and the
Uplift on this so we can all look at what marvellous suggestions
ppl can have for this great devt.
Thank you. Hope you had a great summer. Bye.
18. ADJOURNMENT [8:45]
= CCL AGENDAS Sept 20/22
=
NB: both mtgs closed to
public [next public ccl mtg Oct 4]
=== Monday Sept 20th
===
6pm IN MAIN FLOOR CONFERENCE
ROOM
Note: At 6pm the regular Council Meeting
will commence in open session in the main floor conference room and
will be immediately followed by a motion to exclude the public in
order to hold a closed session pursuant to section 90 of the
Community Charter. There
are no items for Council's public agenda this week other than to open
the meeting and then hold a closed session. The next regular
Council Meeting will be held on Monday, October
4.
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER OPEN SESSION
2. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
RECOMMENDED:
THAT in the public interest, members of the
public be excluded from part of the September 20, 2010 regular Council
Meeting on the basis of matters to be considered under the following
section of the Community Charter:
90. (1) A part of a council meeting may be closed
to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to or is
one or more of the following:
(e) the acquisition, disposition, or
expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that
disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the
municipality;
(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting
the municipality;
(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to
solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for
that purpose.
3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION Council
will then proceed with the closed session.
(Note: The meeting will conclude following the
adjournment of the closed session.)
=== Wednesday Sept 22nd
===
9am IN MAIN FLOOR CONFERENCE
ROOM
The Special Council Meeting will commence in open
session in the main floor conference room and will be immediately
followed by a motion to exclude the public in order to hold a closed
session pursuant to section 90 of the Community
Charter.
9:00 AM
1. CALL TO ORDER OPEN SESSION
2. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
RECOMMENDED:
THAT in the public interest, members of the
public be excluded from part of the September 22, 2010 special Council
Meeting on the basis of matters to be considered under the following
section of the Community Charter:
90. (1) A part of a council meeting may be closed
to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to or is
one or more of the following:
(d) the security of the property of the
municipality;
(e) the acquisition, disposition, or
expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that
disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the
municipality.
90. (2) A part of a council meeting must be
closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to
one or more of the following:
2. the consideration of information
received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the
municipality and a provincial government or the federal government or
both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or
both and a third party.
Purpose of meeting: to discuss land
matters.
3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION --
Council will then proceed with the closed session.
(Note: The meeting will conclude following the adjournment
of the closed session.)
=== ANIMALWATCH
===
=== SALMONWATCH
===
Join Alexandra Morton, Rex Weyler, Chief Marilyn
Baptiste, Chief Joe Alphonse, along with filmmakers Damien
Gillis, Franklin Lopez, Susan Smitten, and many others for a weekend
about salmon, "Communities in Action" , and much
more!
"COMMUNITIES IN ACTION"
Hope is not what we find in
evidence. It is what we become in
action.
Mission World Community Film Festival
-- OCTOBER 1, 2, 3
On October
1st, Alexandra Morton will be speaking at an evening to
celebrate the legendary salmon return of 2010, and to recognize
the need to ensure the future survival of wild salmon....
On October
2nd, Rex Weyler will be speaking after Land of Oil and
Water... About two oil tankers per week already pass through
Vancouver harbour, with plans for ten tankers per
week.
Professor Trevor Carolan will be
speaking after "The Practice of the Wild" to remind us
of why we need to recognize our connection to ecology in literature
and in our lives.
Franklin Lopez will be
present to speak after "Sweet Crude" and the sneak
preview of "END:CIV". ...
On October 3rd, it will be an
honour to have Chief Marilyn Baptiste
and Chief Joe Alphonse present to speak after 'Blue
Gold: the Tsilhqot'in Fight for Fish Lake'. ...
What else links Alexandra, Rex, and
Chief Marilyn together? Come find out when they announce their
upcoming plans for October.
=== INFObits ===
> WVSPCA
The West Vancouver SPCA, founded 1983, is the
only SPCA branch on the North Shore, but welcomes visitors and
volunteers from all over Metro Vancouver. Shelter Location: 1020
Marine Drive
Phone: 922 4622, the same number to use in case
of emergency; Fax: 922 4921
> Today
in Opera History
September 17, 1809: We're
days away from the re-opening of the Royal Opera House in
London!
The Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, is built on lands originally farmed by Westminster Abbey
monks. In 1632 Britain's first public square was created on these
lands (then called Convent Garden), and a few years later a fruit and
vegetable market was located there. A theatre was opened on the site
in 1732, called the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. Beginning in 1734,
this early incarnation of the ROH produced opera by Georg Frideric
Handel, until it was completely destroyed by fire in
1808.
The Theatre Royal was quickly
rebuilt. Less than a year later, on September 18, 1809, the theatre
reopened with a double bill of Macbeth (Shakespeare's, not
Verdi's) and a musical called The Quaker. In 1846, it
went back to producing opera and was completely
remodeled.
Disaster struck when the theatre was
again destroyed by fire in 1856. It re-opened in 1858. In 1892, the
ROH acquired the name by which we know it today. It was used for
storage during World War 1, and in WWII became a popular dance hall.
Peacetime brought a revival of the arts, and opera returned to the ROH
in 1946.
=== NEWSWATCH
=== Free Speech? support
it!
~ 7:30pm ~ Thursday Sept 23 ~ SFU Harbour Ctr, 515 West
Hastings ~ FREE ADMISSION
CRITICIZE
ISRAEL - GO TO JAIL?
Should Canada criminalize criticism of
Israel as antisemitic hate speech? Some Canadian parliamentarians
think so. The Harper government recently gave $450,000 to support an
international conference that brings together in Ottawa in November
Zionist supporters from parliaments around the world. Their goal is to
expand the definition of antisemitism to include criticism of
Israel.
{INCREDIBLE! so will it be
anti-Canadianism to criticize Harper or the Cdn govt
policies!!!}
The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to
Combat Antisemitism (CPCCA) is the Canadian branch of this effort.
It's an informal coalition of MPs from the Conservative, Liberal and
NDP that has been studying the growing threat of what they call a
"new antisemitism".
The CPCCA, which will release a report
at the conference in Ottawa, is expected to recommend changes to the
human rights legislation or hate laws that would make it illegal to
criticize Israel.
Responding to this threat to free
speech, Michael Keefer, a University of Guelph professor, has written
an important book, Antisemitism Real and Imagined, that
provides an in-depth investigation of the extent of antisemitism in
Canada, the ideology of the "new antisemitism," and the role of
the CPCCA as a mechanism to protect Israel.
In an attempt to raise awareness of the
imminent danger, Dr. Keefer is conducting a western Canada tour that
begins in Vancouver.
Hear MICHAEL KEEFER, along
with MICHEAL* VONN, Policy Director for the BC Civil Liberties
Association. The meeting is co-sponsored by CUPW and organized by the
Seriously Free Speech Committee.
* not a typo; it is EA and she's an adjunct
professor at UBC
=== CPTWATCH ===
REFLECTION
Hebron: God's Justice, Even for the Shops
Steve
Heinrichs --
And the shops of the city will clap their
hands!
That =EDs what
those radical biblical prophets would be singing if they were here in
occupied Hebron, tramping thru the streets of the Old City, seeing the
overwhelming number of Palestinian shops that have been shut down by
the Israeli forces. Long time ago, these courageous
truth-telling Jews, like Isaiah and Jeremiah, went around proclaiming
to the oppressed that God was coming to bring justice to all things.
Not only people, but everything would receive God's peace, so that
according to the prophetic imagination, even "the trees will
clap their hands" (Is. 55:12). And if trees clap, why
not Palestinian shops?
The prophets
dreamt of a world with jubilant trees because the trees were one of
the chief victims of ancient imperial politics. They had been
clear-cut by empire after empire in order to satisfy a variety of
violent and extravagant purposes; thousands of military chariots,
fleets of naval war ships, opulent palace residences and temples.
"But there is hope for the trees!" shout the
prophets. One day they will clap their hands because God
will come at last to rescue them from the death-dealing ways of the
empire. One day the trees will clap because the powers of
this earth will finally stop abusing them, stop taking more than they
really need, and never again cut them down for purposes of
war.
Today, in the
streets of Hebron's Old City, I can hear those old prophets singing
that familiar tune once again, yet remixing the powerful words to
speak hope and challenge into this particular situation.
"And the shops of the city will clap their
hands."
Over the past
decade, more than five hundred Palestinian shops have been welded shut
and well over a thousand more closed due to Israeli imperial politics.
That =EDs about 75 % of the shops in this place, and the
impact of such oppression, as you can well imagine, has been
devastating. Once the hub of trade, giving life to the entire
community, today's Old City struggles simply to survive. And the
violence against the shops continues. This past month, we have
witnessed Israeli soldiers arbitrarily breaking open the doors of
three more shops, and welding shut three others. It is
outrageous. And the prophetic tradition won't stand idly by.
So if you and I have ears to hear, let us hear those ancient
Palestinian activists singing a subversive song in today=EDs
Palestine, crying out to God and to us and against the Israeli Empire,
"And the shops of the city will clap their
hands."
One day, God will restore all things; not just
Israeli and Palestinian, but even trees, and yes, even the shops of
Hebron. Until that day, let us boldly sing the song of our elder
prophets, and perhaps we will hear a little clapping, even
today.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cpthebron/message/1377
=== WOMENWATCH
===
from VSun:
= 20-year-old woman new fire chief in Port Renfrew (had
volunteered for four years)
= most common cause of death of women in China:
suicide
(from a
story about those who get paid to retrieve bodies from a river, some
murdered)
=== HERITAGEWATCH
===
+ VANCOUVER HERITAGE FOUNDATION TOUR "VANCOUVER
SPECIALS"
Saturday, September 25th
from 12 - 5 pm $25
Get your
tickets early so you don't miss out! get INSPIRED, EDUCATED, &
INSIDE local renovated Specials. Experience the stories of creative and unique
projects.
+ Masonry in Heritage Buildings 7pm
Thursday Sept 30th
Presentation by North Shore Heritage Preservation Society
Anchor Room, John Braithwaite Community Centre 145 West 1st
Street, North Vancouver
Dwayne Friesen, a certified brick specialist at I-XL Industries,
will give a presentation and slideshow on the use of masonry in
heritage buildings in Vancouver and Western Canada.
The talk will include:
* the historical
use of brick and stone as a building material in Greater
Vancouver
* design features
and trends, and construction techniques
* historical and
contemporary brick manufacture
* the
availability of reproduction masonry
* identifying and
matching heritage bricks
A question and answer session will follow
=== ECOWATCH/TREEWATCH
===
15 slides in Port
Alice?
did you notice the mountainside
had been logged?
shd we be
surprised?
will greed without sensitivity
to the environment continue to triumph over its
consequences?
=== RIVERWATCH
===
Subject: National Geographic
Articles on World Rivers Day, Urban Stream Restoration
Dear River Advocates,
Attached are links to two interesting and timely postings from
National Geographic by river conservationist Mark Angelo. One
focuses on the phenomenal growth we've seen in World Rivers Day (which
has its roots in British Columbia, Canada).
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2010/09/world-rivers-day.html
The second article looks at the importance of urban stream
restoration, relating it to the quality of life we enjoy in our
communities.
It is great to see these issues being raised by the National
Geographic Society, as part of an ongoing series they're doing looking
at global waters issues.
=== Interesting Unofficial Laws
===
"The Law of Volunteering" -- If you dance with a
grizzly bear, you had better let him lead.
"The Law of Avoiding Oversell" -- When
putting cheese in a mousetrap, always leave room for the mouse.
"The Law of Reality" -- Never get into
fights with ugly people; they have nothing to lose.
"The Law of Self Sacrifice" -- When you
starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last.
"Weiler's Law" -- Nothing is impossible for
the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
"Law of Probable Dispersal" -- Whatever
hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
"Law of Volunteer Labour" -- People are
always available for work in the past tense.
"Conway's Law" -- In any organization
there's one person who knows what's going on. That person must be
fired.
"Iron Law of Distribution" -- Them that
has, gets.
"Law of Cybernetic Entomology" -- There is
always one more bug.
"Law of Drunkenness" -- You can't fall off
the floor.
"Heller's Law" -- The first myth of
management is that it exists.
"Osborne's Law" -- Variables won't;
constants aren't.
"Main's Law" -- For every action there is
an equal and opposite government program.
"Weinberg's Second Law" -- If builders
built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first
woodpecker would have destroyed civilization.
=== BOOKWATCH ===
BANNED!
> September 25 - October 2,
2010
Banned Books Week is an
annual awareness campaign that celebrates the freedom to read, draws
attention to banned and
challenged books, and highlights
persecuted individuals. The United States campaign "stresses the
importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or
unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them" and the
requirement to keep material publicly available so that people can
develop their own conclusions and opinions. The international campaign
notes individuals "persecuted because of the writings that they
produce, circulate or read." ...
Amnesty International also celebrates Banned Books Week by directing
attention to individuals "persecuted because of the writings that
they produce, circulate or read."
from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banned_Books_Week
> Education Ministry bans textbook that
offers Palestinian narrative
The [Israeli] Education Ministry summons principal of Sderot
area high school after school was found to be using book that offers
both the Israeli and Palestinian narratives of the Middle East
conflict.
=== LANGUAGEWATCH
===
=== GRAMMARWATCH === National
Punctuation Day Sept 24!
o
Punctuation gets high marks on holiday
by
Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN September 24, 2010 6:54 p.m.
EDT
(CNN) -- Appreciate the apostrophe, salute the
semicolon and exalt the exclamation point Friday. It's National
Punctuation Day!
The holiday started when Jeff
Rubin, a newsletter publisher and former reporter, grew increasingly
frustrated as he spotted errors in the newspaper.
"I would sit at the
kitchen table with my red Sharpie ... screaming obscenities, which
would upset my wife," says Rubin, 60. "She encouraged me to
find another outlet for my aggravation."
In 2004, he secured a listing
for the day in the "Chase's Calendar of Events" reference
book, and National Punctuation Day was born. This year marks its
seventh official celebration.....
o More on
Punctuation
Think an ellipsis is when the moon moves in front of the
sun?
Celebrate the
seventh annual National Punctuation Day=AE September 24,
2010
Enter the NPD Punctuation
Haiku Contest and win great punctuation chotchkes
PINOLE, CA - Last year we
had a baking contest-and what a delicious exercise that
was!
This year we're trying
something a bit more literary-our first National Punctuation Day=AE
Haiku Contest, with the winners receiving a plethora of punctuation
goodies....
Sample haiku (deadline is Sept
30):
Raised by two
parens
I've been bracketed
since youth.
I'm an inside
job.
Colon-oscopy:
When my editor
removes
My inflamed
colon.
and from: Toronto Star,
Canada: Saving
language, one comma at a time
Rubin's
message is simple: "This is our language. Learn to use it
properly. Have some dignity."
=== WORDWATCH ===
AWAD passes 1,000,000!
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:20:17 -0400
Wordsmith.org -- The Magic of
Words
As a computer science grad student in 1994 when I started what
would become Wordsmith.org, I had no idea that one day I'd be typing
this. This month subscribership of A.Word.A.Day has crossed one
million (from Italian millione "great thousand", from Latin
mille "thousand"). Welcome, one millionth subscriber Barbara
Robertson of West Covina, California.
It has been many years, much has changed, but I enjoy exploring
words and sharing their stories with you as much as that first day.
And going by this milestone, it seems you too enjoy it (and tell your
friends about it).
Here are some interesting facts and figures:
Number of subscribers: 1,000,749
Number of countries and territories
represented: 217
Number of individual pieces of email sent: 2.2
billion
Number of unique words sent: 4,183
Length of shortest words featured: 2 letters
(
aa, os, rx)Word featured most often: 4 times (1994, 1996,
2003, 2006) (
nirvana)Subscriber who has been with us the longest with
the same email address:
Patrice S. Fox, Texas (since 1995)
Highest number of gift subscriptions sent: 4736
(Thank you, Dante V. Ferraro!)
Longest email address on the list: 251 characters
(Tom Trottier):
(I.used.to.have.the.record.long.email.address.in.the.world.but.they.kept.on.changing.the.software.so.my.email.did.not.get.thru-however.now.I.have.foiled.the.bitstreams.and.byteHappy.electroncs.that.scupper.the.least.little.bit.of.ambition AT abacurial.com)
[earlier he had an even longer, a 333-character
address]
Shortest address on the list: 6 characters
(Rajjesh Mittal) (r AT p.kg)
Longest domain name: 34 characters
(trinitycatholicacademybrockton.org)
Logarithmic timeline of subscriber growth:
1: Mar
1994
10: Mar
1994
100: Mar 1994
1,000: Mar 1994
10,000: Apr 1995
100,000: Feb 1998
1,000, 000: Sep 2010
We are grateful to all subscribers who have joined us. Thanks for
being here! You are what makes Wordsmith.org.
Also a tip of the hat to the people at Wordsmith.org who help
bring the daily AWAD: Todd Derr, Carolanne Reynolds, Christy Cox,
Stuti Garg, and Eric Shackle (who recently retired at 91).
Happy words to you,
Anu
Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the
imagination.
--
Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (1889-1951)
=== MAIKU ===
2010 September 6/7
miss his responses
reasoned, thoughtful, leavening ~~
and kind loving
smile
{my father passed away 1994
September 29; hard to think so long ago}
=== QUOTATIONS / THOUGHTS / PUNS
===
It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with
bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.
--
Jimmy Carter, 39th US President (b 1924)
The Carter
family had come from southern England (Carter's paternal ancestor
arrived in the American Colonies in 1635), and had lived in the state
of Georgia for several generations. Carter's great-grandfather,
Private L.B. Walker Carter (1832-1874), served in the Confederate
States Army. ... Throughout his career, Carter strongly
emphasized human rights.
In 1981, Carter
returned to Georgia to his peanut farm, which he had placed into a
blind trust a during his presidency to avoid even the appearance of a
conflict of interest. He found that the trustees had mismanaged the
trust, leaving him over one million dollars in debt. In the years that
followed, he has led an active life, establishing The Carter Center,
building his presidential library, teaching at Emory University in
Atlanta, Georgia, and writing numerous books.
The love of one's country is a splendid
thing. But why should love stop at the border.
--
Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist, conductor, and composer
(1876-1973)
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged
to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
--
Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel laureate (b.
1918)
[Journalist Daniel Schorr] had a great way of irritating
government officials because he always came up with the truth.
BOB SCHIEFFER (television broadcaster and host of Face
the Nation), quoted in Perspectives, Newsweek, 2 August
2010. Schorr died on 23 August at 93.
Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning
is perilous.
--
Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE)
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty
head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea
fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
--
Charles Caleb Colton, English author, collector, and clergyman (1780 -
1832)
All I really need is
love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't
hurt!
-- Lucy, of Peanuts
+ Did the reproducing
amoeba get a splitting headache?
+ He drove his expensive
car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.
+ Tubal ligation can get
knotty, but lobotomy is a no-brainer.
+ Mimes are determined to
remain silent, to say the least.
+ Those who get too big
for their britches will be exposed in the end.
+ GOTTA
HAVE A DRINK!
A piece of string
walked into a bar and said "Gimme a beer!" but the bartender
said "Get outta here! We don't serve your kind
here!"
So the string
left, but he was thirsty, and he really wanted a beer, so he messed up
his hair really badly and looped himself around until he had tied
himself into a knot. When the string went back into the bar, the
bartender looked at him suspiciously and said "Aren't you that
worthless piece of string I just threw outta here?"
No, the string
replied, "I'm a frayed knot!"
{Surprised? Well, I cdn't bear to send
you another msg without at least a pun. Sorry for being so
knotty -- presume you're a groan man........}