=== HEADSUP 4B {Mar 1}
~~~ has spring sprung yet? ~~~
MAIN ITEMS on Agendas March 4: Reconvened PH on West Van Florist rezoning before regular mtg: Chamber/Commerce Annual Report; Library's Teen Space (Opening); OCP Amendment 1300blk (Grosvenor) process; Ambleside Activation Summary, Next Steps; Special Ccl Mtg 5pm Mar 6 -- READ THE AMENDED Schedule including a 3pm mtg Mar 11; CORRESPONDENCE: Traffic Optimization; Garbage Pickup Oddities; Five-Yr Financial/PSB (three letters) re inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and a 'doctored' doc (detailed info for watchful eyes); oodles on 1300blk/Grosvenor (mostly urging retention of village atmosphere); Cell Towers; List of effects of phone and other radiation; MANY letters supporting the Rugby Club's liquor licence; UBCM; Taylor Way's name; parking tix; great letter re Upper Lands; excellent survey by WRA re Spirit Trail); Staff Replies to letters including re parking; Seaview Walk; Spirit Trail; ...
== Lease/Sell Survey; Vive le Canada; from the EDITOR'S DESK; WVPD (Regional Policing; Crime Maps); UPDATES & INFO (newsletters; left turns)
= CALENDAR to Mar 19: CULTUREWATCH (Theatre; Art; Sculpture; Music; Festivals; Lecture; Interview; Book Talk); NATURE
= HEADSUP 4A: Mtgs; HEADSUP 4B: Rescheduled mtgs; Cmnty Day Parade is back!; events; Agendas Mar 4, 6
= Ccl Mtg NOTES
- Feb 18th: Dundarave Festival of Lights Delegation; Hollyburn Mews Devt Permit Amendment (higher roof peaks); DVP 1690 21st; CotW Housing Action Plan, bulk and boulevards; PSB Status; Montizambert Wynd (water disconnection); Non-Enforcement of Noise bylaw (five nights) for demolition/installation of bus shelters (Park Royal); Report on Marine & 23rd ped crossing; Ccl Procedures Amendments; Five-Year Financial Bylaw rescinded and amended; Setting dates for Heritage Alteration Permit Applicn for 4733 Piccadilly and DP Applicn for 6418 Bay; NSh Adv Cmte on Disability Issues (review 2012/2013); Devt Applicns Status; Correspondence: Dundarave crosswalk lighting; Spirit Trail/Seaview Walk; Litter-Free Advice; Cmte Minutes (Design Review {Grosvenor/1300MDr; Walker Bldg; 2074 Fulton}, Gleneagles Cmnty Ctr Adv (lots b/c from June 2012!, Lower Caulfeild Adv, Cmnty Grants); thoughtful submissions re 1300blk, some urging not be sold and other funding for PSB; letters re parking bylaws (twice in same block); budgeting, finance, (the mysterious) land stewardship fund; CACs for Walker Bldg expansion; Upper Lands (Rodgers Crk, mapping).
- Feb 25th: Cmte/Whole (Gleneagles sound barrier; Wireless Facilities); Finance (Parks/Cmnty Services)
= Ccl AGENDAs March 4
= ANIMALWATCH (baby sloth; beaver family; bees); ROYALWATCH (Prince Philip's Visit); TALKWATCH (Miko Peled at VPL); HERRINGWATCH; BOOKWATCH (oddest book title); WORDWATCH (Words for Linguistic Errors from AWADmail -- amusing); HERITAGEWATCH; MAIKU (rain!); QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS/PUNS (horsemeat)
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YOUR OPINION on 1300block MARINE DRIVE -- LEASE OR SALE ?
lease1300@westvan.org OR sell1300@westvan.org ?
Email your choice (above), lease or sell. If you have already done so, pls ask your family, friends, colleagues to do so.
If
we haven't lawyers/staff/personnel expert, intelligent, skilled
enough to negotiate leasing, then buy other land from the money from
the sale to replace it thus maintaining our land bank assets!
PLEASE,
Ccl.
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==
Vive le CANADA ===
and Vive la Reine! Best wishes from all for a speedy recovery to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, just admitted to hospital.
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK ===
Why do things go slowly when time speeds by?
Perhaps b/c of spring break they've packed oodles of meetings into the beginning of March. Headsup 4B has a lot of the mtgs/events so they're not all in the Calendar section.
Also, there were about eight hours of mtgs so a lot of notes. The transcripts take a lot of time. Pls bear with me and forgive the gaps -- if you want to listen to the actual words, I've put in timestamps so you can get exactly what was said.
=== WVPD ===
+ March is Identity Theft Prevention Month
+ CHIEF Peter Lepine re REGIONAL POLICING [January 18, 2013]
Open Letter regarding January 17 edition of the Georgia Straight
News Story on North Shore Regional Policing.
As a police chief in 2013, I never know what my day will bring when I walk into my office each morning. I can honestly say my job is rarely simple and never boring. Thursday January 17, 2013 was no different.
When I opened my email, I was peppered with messages from a number of sources bringing the same issue to my attention. The Georgia Straight had published a piece on the issue of regional policing on the north shore. In the piece, my supposed position on the issue was articulated by a third party, a university professor whom I have never met....
http://wvpd.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=784
+ Crime Maps and COMPSTAT
Would you like to know what is happening in your neighbourhood? Please click here to view current crime statistics and crime maps for West Vancouver. http://wvpd.ca/crime-maps-and-compstat
=== UPDATES & INFO ===
+ So much info! Newsletters:
For events out west, The Westerner for WRA and HBay: http://www.chrisadshead.com and the Gleneagles Cmnty Ctr http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs104/1103305118124/archive/1112587253889.html
There are oodles of tempting events at the Srs' Ctr -- from movies, to trips, to games, etc. See
http://westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/Recreation/Facilities/Seniors_Activity_Centre/March%202013%20Seniors%20Scene.pdf
For recreation in WV, see the Spring/Summer Leisure Guide:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/leisureguide/2013/Spring.Summer/index.html
+ LEFT TURNS -- 13th to 18th: http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=43674
=== CALENDAR to March 19th ===
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/early for an issue are sent to subscribers. [See earlier mtgs etc in the Headsup notices above sent between issues of WVM.]
== Wednesday March 6 ~ 6 - 8pm ~ Spirit Trail Public Workshop; Gleneagles Cmnty Ctr
== Friday March 8 ~ 9am ~ Cmnty Grants Cmte mtg; Cmnty Ctr (Cedar Room)
== Saturday March 9 HEY Day is almost here!
Join us in Park Royal Souths centre court on Saturday March 9 from 10am to 6pm for Park Royals 3rd annual HEY Day. HEY Day was created in 2011 by a group of active youths who were brought together by one common goal: to inspire peers in their community by providing local and global volunteer opportunities. The event will include a variety of performances and speeches, and a number of organizations will be on-site to answer questions and present informational material. HEY Day is planned and executed by local North Shore students who work in partnership with Park Royal and the office of West VancouverSunshine CoastSea to Sky Country MP John Weston.
For more information, visit shopparkroyal.com/campaigns/hey-day-0
~~~ Mar 11 Mon 3pm ccl mtg (finance?); 4:30pm Cmte/Whole: Parks fees/charges; 7pm Council Mtg (reg?) ~~~
== Tuesday March 12 ~ 7pm ~ Upper Lands Study Review WG (Cedar Rm, Cmnty Ctr)
== Wednesday March 13 ~ 10am ~ Invasive Plants Working Group
+++ WV MEMORIAL LIBRARY +++ http://www.westvanlibrary.ca
In the Gallery - The Colours of Spring
A Persian group show in celebration of Norooz (Iranian New Year) opens Feb 28.
Opening Reception: Friday March 1 from 7 - 9 pm. Everyone is welcome!
= CARVING CONNECTIONS: THE GWAII HAANAS LEGACY POLE
~ 2pm ~ Sunday March 3 ~ Carver Jaalen Edenshaw will give a slide show and talk on this 42 foot monumental work of art marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Gwaii Haanas Agreement.
[Sponsored by Parks Canadas Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and the Haida Nation.]
= ENGLISH CORNER
If you wd like to practise English conversation -- develop skills, learn vocabulary, participate in interesting discussions, and make new friends, come on Fridays starting January 11 from 10 - 11:30am. For more info pls call Nadia Vargha Majzub at 922 5152. Facilitated by the Bahai Cmnty of WV in partnership with the Library.
= PHILOSOPHERS' CAFE
Join Moderator Randall MacKinnon on the third Friday of each month, from Sept through June for a discussion at a Philosophers' Cafe, part of SFU's Continuing Studies. Admission is free, no registration is required.
Computers and Politics ~ 10:30am - noon ~ Friday March 15 ~
With growing, escalating digital technology, how do communications technologies facilitate or thwart political processes?
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+++ WV MUSEUM +++ 925 729 http://westvancouvermuseum.ca/exhibitions/current_exhibition
March 6 - April 27 ~~ Pierre Coupey: Cutting out the Tongue Selected Work 1976-2012
Opening Reception on 7pm Tuesday March 5
Artist Talk at the Museum 2 - 3pm on Saturday March 23
Pierre Coupey, founding editor of The Capilano Review and co-founder of The Georgia Straight has been a practising writer, printmaker, and painter since the early 1960s. In the mid-1970s he made the pivotal decision to focus his energies primarily on visual art, that is, the wordless activity of painting. Although the influence and importance of literature in Coupeys life and work cannot be denied, this exhibition will look at Coupeys trajectory as a painter over the last four decades, and on the contradictions and tensions deeply embedded in his abstract canvases and his decision to metaphorically obey Matisses impossible admonition to cut out the tongue and paint.
The two exhibitions run concurrently at the WV Museum and the Art Gallery at Evergreen in Coquitlam.
Pierre Coupey: Cutting out the Tongue Selected Work 1976-2012
Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Evergreen: March 16 - April 27
Artist Talk: Saturday March 17 from 3 to 4pm; Opening Reception 4 - 6pm
Group Poetry Reading: Friends of Pierres: Friday March 22 from 7 to 9pm
+++ FERRY BUILDING GALLERY +++ http://ferrybuildinggallery.com ~ 925 7290
> March 5 - 24 -- A Visual Language
Jin Hong: Linen and silk; Eric Goldstein: Coloured threads, acrylic paint, and plaster on canvas
Opening Reception: Tuesday March 5 from 6 8pm; Meet the Artists: Saturday March 9 from 2 - 3pm
+++ SILK PURSE +++ http://silkpurse.ca/exhibitions/ 925 7292
> February 19 - March 10 -- Looking from the Outside
Painter/printmaker Greg Allen muses on his inspiration and body of work: The Pacific west coast is an extremely vibrant and exciting environment. To some, it may appear grey and dull, but as an artist, I see it differently. When I look at the coastline, I feel an unsettling energy that permeates every piece of driftwood, jagged rock, or gnarled tree. It is this energy that I try to represent through my work.
Opening reception Tuesday February 19th from 6 - 8pm
> March 12 - 31 -- Imagery in Colour and Ceramic
Two very talented artists explore representational and symbolic imagery in two very different disciplines. Roohy Marandi creates elegant ceramic sculptures & pottery employing emotive imagery & unexpected finishes. Nazanin Sadeghis beautifully detailed watercolour paintings use the imagery of love-blind birds courting potential mates which are in reality only sculptures or reflections, to explore human relationships.
Opening reception on Tuesday March 12th from 68pm
+++ KAY MEEK CENTRE +++ http://www.kaymeekcentre.com/on_stage/events_calendar
Simplest way to get on email list, call 913 3634 (also for tix) or email tickets@kaymeekcentre.com
MOVIES AT THE MEEK: Headhunters 7:30pm Tues Mar 5
VANCOUVER WELSH MEN'S CHOIR & UBC OPERA -- 8pm Friday March 8
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY -- 7:30pm Saturday March 9
MAHAN ESFAHANI: THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS FOR... -- 3pm Sunday March 10
VANCOUVER YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA -- 7:30pm Sunday March 10
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, West Vancouver +++ http://www.westvan60.com/
Office: 922 3587 Lounge: 922 1920 Fax: 922 2659
Great brand new website!
For the March Calendar: http://westvan60.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/march-calendar-large.png
Of
course there's a St Paddy's party on March 16 starting at 3pm with
dancers!
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+++ WV CHAMBER of COMMERCE + 926 6614 + http://www.westvanchamber.com
getting ready for the President's Dinner and Excellence Awards April 18!
=== CULTUREWATCH ===
* THEATRE
+ ARTS CLUB -- 687 1644 http://www.artsclub.com
~ Granville Island Revue Stage: How has my love affected you? by Marcus Youssef, Feb 28 - Mar 23
~ Stanley Industrial: Two Pianos Four Hands Mar 14 - Apr 14
(hilarious; we saw when first out and G laughed so hard cdn't get up at intermission)
+ PACIFIC THEATRE -- Mother Theresa is Dead pacifictheatre.org 731 5518 Mar 1 - 23
+ METRO THEATRE 266 7191 metrotheatre.com
Murder on the Nile by Agatha Christie; Feb 15 - Mar 16
+ STUDIO 58 Balm in Gilead (directed by Bob Frazer) 8pm (plus 3pm matinees) Mar 21 - Apr 7
+ JERICHO ARTS CTR
The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson; jerichoartscentre.com 224 8007; 8pm Mar 5 - 16
+ FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE firehallartscentre.ca
theatreforliving (formerly Headlines Theatre) presents maladjusted ~~~
the mental health system. the people. the play.
Theatre for Living, the company that brought you after homelessness... (2009) and Us and Them (2011,) is proud to present their new Forum Theatre play, maladjusted, created and performed by mental health patients and caregivers. This innovative theatre project and two-day maladjusted dialogue series will confront the barriers to patient centered care within our mechanizing mental health care system.
Close Encounters With Addiction March 8-24, 2013 8pm Tues-Sun
2x1 preview March 7 8pm; 2x1 matinees March 13 & 17 2pm Interactive, global webcast March 24 8pm
Free maladjusted dialogue series March 18th 1:30 and 7pm & March 19th 7pm.
Firehall Arts Centre Box Office: 689-0926 Tickets online: www.firehallartscentre.ca Tickets $12 + service charges
More info: Theatre for Living | www.theatreforliving.com | @headlinestheatr | facebook.com/HeadlinesTheatre
+ PRESENTATION HOUSE 990 3474 phtheatre.org
William Shakespeare's ImproMusical; each show is a wholly original and completely improvised theatrical musical based on the plots and the language of the Bard; various times; Mar 14 - 17
+ DEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE
Holmes and Watson Save the Empire; Canadian premiere, a hilarious musical mystery {silliness alert}
929 9456 firstimpressions.com 8pm Feb 27 - Mar 16
+ BERNIE LEGGE THEATRE
Fawlty Towers; Vagabond Players (New Westminster) vagabondplayers.ca 521 0412
(some performances already sold out!) 8pm with 2pm matinees Feb 28 - Mar 23
* ART
+ VANCOUVER ART GALLERY http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/events_and_programs/calendar_of_events.html
Coming Exhibitions: for details: http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/upcoming_exhibitions.html ]
~ NB: VAG Mbrs receive 20% off admission to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria when you show your Gallery Mbrshp card.
For more info contact Member Services at membership@vanartgallery.bc.ca or 604 662 4711.
Current Exhibitions
Art Spiegelman -- Co-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics and Scraps -- Opening February 16
The first retrospective exhibition of the acclaimed American artist presents works ranging from Art Spiegelman's early underground comics, to his best-known and genre-defining work, Maus, as well as recent illustrations and comic art.
Co-produced by VAG, the Museum Ludwig, Köln, and the Jewish Museum, NY. Curated by Rina Zavagli-Mattotti.
Read more » http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_co-mix.html
EXHIBITION James Hart: The Dance Screen (The Scream Too) -- November 2012 to January 2014
In late 2009, artist James Hart began designing this large-scale sculpture and began carving the work in 2010. This ambitious project brings together many of the principal animal figures from traditional Haida stories, especially creatures that depend on salmon for their survival. Read more: http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_hart.html
* SCULPTURE
Celebration of Nature Flora and Fauna, a group exhibition by the Sculptors Society of British Columbia (SSBC) featuring more than 45 individual works, will run from February 9 through March 17 under the dome at the Bloedel Conservatory. Prentice Bloedels original gift to the city was not only the Conservatory, but also Vancouvers most famous and valuable sculpture, Knife Edge Two Piece by Henry Moore, located beside the iconic dome. Art and nature have gone hand-in-hand from the beginnings of the Conservatory says Garden Director, Harry Jongerden.
SSBC member Jean-Guy Dallaire will be on hand Tuesdays and Fridays from 1 to 4pm to give live demonstrations and to discuss the methodology in creating sculptural works of art.
Pieces are for sale with partial proceeds going to benefit The Bloedel Conservatory.
The Bloedel Conservatory is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during February and March.
For more information on Bloedel Conservatory: http://www.greatervancouverparks.com/BloedelCons.html For more information on the Sculptors Society of BC: www.ssbc.ca
* MUSIC
+ LAUDATE SINGERS
Mass Enlightenment: 500 years of praise celebrated by pure a cappella voices laudatesingers.com
8pm: Sat Mar 2 (St Andrew's United, NV); Fri Mar 8 (Holy Rosary Cathedral)
+ Out to Lunch at the VAG; UBC Chamber Strings (Mendelsohn, Britten, Barber) 12:10pm Fri Mar 8
+ OPERA PRO CANTANTI procantanti.com at Cambrian Hall at 7pm
Bellini's Norma Mar 3; Donizetti's Lucia de Lammermoor Mar 10; Verdi's Rigoletto, Mar 17
+ VANCOUVER OPERA
Mozart's The Magic Flute ~ March 9 - 17 QET vancouveropera.ca 683 0222
+ VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA -- Info on the season: http://www.vancouversymphony.ca
o Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Chopin: conductor Jose Luis Gomez; 8pm: Mar 2 Orpheum; Mar 4 Centennial Th
o French Masters (the VSO Chamber Players at VSO School of Music) 7:30pm Mar 7; 2pm Mar 10
o Strauss, Bernstein, Beethoven; Vadim Gluzman plays Bernstein on a Stradivarius at Orpheum 8pm Mar 9, 11
o A Celtic Celebration, with Leahy and the VSO!
~ 8pm at the Orpheum: Friday Mar 15, Saturday Mar 16
Celebrate St. Paddy's Day with Leahy, Canada's first family of Celtic and Cape Breton style music. Leahy's thrilling and emotional reels and jigs will take your breath away, and tug on your heartstrings, too. From Danny Boy to Far and Away, from a medley of U2 songs to Simple Gifts, Steven Reineke's arrangements, and Leahy's pure, joyous music straight from the heart will captivate you.
+ EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER 732 1610 http://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/CA-CalendarOfEvents.html
o The Dawn of Virtuosity -- (baroque-)trumpet-player Kris Kwapis and harpsichordist Mahan Isfahani recreate
the first trumpet and keyboard recital; Cory Weeds's Cellar Jazz Club (dinner 6:30) 8pm Tues Mar 5
o Bach's Goldberg Variations: Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord, 8pm at Chan Mar 8; KMC matinee Mar 10
Variations on the Variations: Dan Tepfer, pianist, 8pm at Chan Saturday March 9
+ VIRTUOSO PIANIST NOBUYUKI TSUJII TO PLAY AT UBC MARCH 10
Nobu Fever is Catching Hold with this Signature Event in the Series: Beyond the Screen: disability and the Arts
Vancouver, BC St. Johns College UBC, in partnership with the UBC School of Music, and UBC Access & Diversity, are excited to present Nobuyuki Tsujii, blind since birth, in performance at UBC in the Roy Barnett Recital Hall on March 10, 2013, at 7:30pm. Tsujiis Gold Medal performance at the Van Cliburn 2009 Competition surprised, electrified, and moved both critics and audience. A superstar in his home country of Japan, he is fast becoming a worldwide sensation. Tsuji will be playing a repertoire of Debussy and Chopin. Tickets are available online at: http://stjohns.ubc.ca.
Two years ago, on March 10, 2011 at 9:46 pm PST, a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the eastern coasts of Japan. In light of this tragic anniversary, Nobuyuki Tsujii is dedicating his UBC concert to the victims, families, survivors, as well as to the rescue forces from around the world and to the people who raised a helping hand to the people of Japan.
Beyond the Screen: disability and the Arts
A series of free events at St. Johns College UBC will be organized to encourage discussion and debate on the merits of competition, prejudices regarding disabled musicians, different ways of teaching music for different needs, and the responsibilities of the university when it comes to students with different learning needs. There is will also be an opportunity to meet Mr. Tsujii during a fireside chat.
MORE:
~ 7:30pm ~ Thursday March 7 ~ An introduction - The Repertoire of Chopin and Debussy for the Beginner
~ 5pm ~ Friday March 8 ~ A Fireside Chat with Mr. Nobuyuki Tsujii
~ 2:30 - 5:30pm ~ Sun Mar 10 ~ A workshop - Learning Music with a Learning Disability: Gifts and Challenges
~ 7:30pm ~ Mon Mar 25 ~ A conversation - Measuring the Best? A conversation about merit and the university.
All events are free, open to the public, and take place in the Fairmont Social Lounge at St. Johns College UBC, 2111 Lower Mall. To register for these events: http://stjohns.ubc.ca/2013/01/disability-and-the- arts/.
Beyond the Screen: Disability and the Arts Series:
Dr. Christopher Lee, Associate Principal, St. Johns College Assistant Professor, English, 822 2943 chris.lee@ubc.ca
* CELTIC FESTIVAL -- March 9 - 17 celticfestvancouver.com with St Patrick's Parade on Mar 17th
* COASTAL FIRST NATIONS DANCE FESTIVAL -- MOA; multiple events; moa.ubc.ca Mar 6 - 10
* LECTURE
Join authors Diane Purvey and John Belshaw as they discuss Vancouver's gritty underbelly and their book, Vancouver Noir: 1930 - 1960, VPL, 7pm Mar 5
* INTERVIEW
Sayed Kashua, Palestinian-Israeli writer, author of Second Person Singular at the Jewish Cmnty Ctr
www.jewishbookfestival.ca 604 257 5111 -- 8pm Sat Mar 9
* BOOK TALK -- Deepa Kumar
http://www.cpavancouver.org/index.php/2013/02/24/deepa-kumar-on-islamophobia-and-the-politics-of-empire/
Deepa
Kumar on "Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire"
Sat Mar 2 ~ 7 - 9pm ~ Public Forum on Coast Salish Territories [Vancouver BC Canada]; SFU Hbrside
Monday March 4
~ 12:30 - 2pm ~ Monday March 4, UBC Student Union Building, Rm. 207 209
~ 7 - 9pm ~ Conference Centre Kwantlen Polytechnic University Surrey Campus 12666 72 Avenue
Tuesday March 5 ~ 12:30 2:00pm ~ Langara Community College, 100 W. 49Th, Rm. TBA
Deepa Kumar is an Associate Professor of Media Studies and Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University.
Dr. Kumar discusses how racism is as central to contemporary American imperialist policies now as it was when war was waged against North Americas original inhabitants. She explores historical encounters between Islam and the west, debunking the myth that these can be understood in terms of a clash of civilizations.
ORGANIZED BY Seriously Free Speech Committee Vancouver.
FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY the Hari Sharma Fdn; the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group; and the UBC Social Justice Cmte.
ENDORSED BY Afghans United for Justice; Boycott Israel Apartheid Committee; Canada Palestine Association; Canada Palestine Support Network; Critical Race and Postcolonial Feminist Theory Research Network; Independent Jewish Voices; Kwantlen University Critical Criminology Working Group; South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD); UBC Colour Connected; UBC Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights Committee, Westcoast Sheen; and the Siraat Collective.
More info Islamophobia Book Join Facebook event Contact: Seriously Free Speech Cmte: Brian Campbell - 254 1803, Kathy Copps - 436 4850
=== NATURE === David Cook 924 0147
1. Wednesday March 13th
A free public talk presented by EarthWorks and the Schools of Outdoor Recreation Mgmt and Tourism Management, Capilano U.
~ 7pm ~ Title of talk: The 6th Extinction. Speaker: Dr. Keith Wade.
NSCU Centre for the Performing Arts, Capilano University (Birch Building).
Talk description: The speaker will give an account of the loss of biodiversity worldwide, and why the global extinction event we may be witnessing is different from past events.
Dr. Keith Wade is an ecologist and biogeographer. He taught biology, ecology, botany, and biogeography at Capilano University for 39 years. He received his education in botany, zoology, and plant ecology from UBC and the Australian National University in Canberra. He is well-known as a natural history lecturer and international tour leader.
2. Thursday March 21st
A free public lecture presented by the Botany Section of Nature Vancouver.
~ 7:30pm ~ Title of talk: The changing ecology of Southeast Asian rainforests. Speaker: Jedediah Brodie.
Meeting location: Unity Church, 5840 Oak St, Vancouver.
Talk description: Trees and animals in tropical forests depend on each other for seed dispersal and food, and these "mutualistic" interactions help support the astounding biodiversity of rainforest ecosystems. The speaker will explore the ecology and evolution of plant-animal interactions in tropical Asia, and look at how they are affected by human disturbances such as hunting, logging, and climate change.
The Speaker: Jedediah is originally from California, and has done ecological field work in ecosystems ranging from the deserts of southern Africa to the rainforests of Borneo and the Alaskan tundra. He is currently an assistant professor of Conservation Ecology at UBC, and serves on the board of directors for the Society for Conservation Biology Asia Section.
=== HEADSUP 4A (Feb 26)
Update and info re the DWV Calendar and Gleneagles Cmnty Ctr's Tenth Anniversary Celebrations (and qtn/pun at end).
= Today's 7pm Upper Lands WG mtg's location has been moved to the Cedar Room (Cmnty Ctr)
= Thursday's 5:30pm Police Bd mtg (at stn) is missing from the DWV Calendar
|
26 Upper Lands Study Review Working Group Meeting - Cedar Room |
27
10:00
am Invasive Plant Species Working Group Meetings |
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GLENEAGLES CELEBRATES!
===
HEADSUP 4B {Mar 1}
Time is marching on, if you'll pardon the pitiful pun.
Herewith the main items for Monday night {moved to WVM5}, then some events, {followed by abbreviated agendas and Q/Th/P at the end. Whoops. Since about 100 letters re the Rugby Club's liquor licence, had to put a rugby joke before the Q/Th/P. Parental discretion advised. -- MOVED to WVM5}
Rushing to get this Headsup out so you'd know about the important things on Monday's agenda (eg 1300blk/Grosvenor) but hit a snag. This was finalized to go out to you Thursday not long after midnight, however the agenda had the Correspondence to Feb 26 but the Correspondence webpage only went to Feb 22, so wrote to the Hall pointing that out. The good news is that by lunchtime they'd added it.
You know when things go wrong it's sometimes better.
Looked at the agenda after lunch today and now there's a big red notice:
REVISED MARCH 1, 2013 REGARDING DEFERMENT OF ITEM 8 AMBLESIDE ACTIVATION PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT STEPS TO A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 11, 2013; AND REGARDING REVISION TO ITEM 9 AMENDMENT TO 2013 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 11, 2013
LATER:
Delay means I can pass on breaking news from Christie:
In a nutshell, the location will be from John Lawson Park to Ambleside Park and there will be a parade at this years Community Day!
We received several comments and recommendations regarding how and where to host the parade. These comments provided a broad range of formats, many of which are possible and have the potential to provide a very entertaining and interesting parade.We would like to invite you to please join us on Thursday, March 7 at the Municipal Hall Main Floor Conference Room from 7 to 8pm to review the comments and help determine a parade format.
Now back to the Headsup notices for you......
> CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER (events, etc)
DANCE
Feb 27 - Mar 2 -- The National Ballet of China, 'Swan Lake'; QET (balletbc.com 855 985 2787)
= Friday March 1 =
~ noon ~ Preston Manning: What makes good govt? (Four Seasons Hotel, ph 688 0221 x578)
~ 12:10pm ~ Out For Lunch Concert at VAG: Clarinettist Gene Ramsbottom and pianist Richard Epp perform the Canadian premiere of Clarinet sonatas of American composer Carl Vollrath
~ 8pm ~ Arts Last Lecture: Michaelle Jean (former GG and CiC) at the Chan Ctr
= Saturday March 2 =
~ 4pm ~ Fanfare! -- Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral Choir and director/organist Rupert Lang present a concert of works spotlighting the Kenneth Jones pipe organ and choral works {bpt.me/329352 ph 682 3848}
~ 7:30pm ~ Centennial Theatre, NV -- Pre-concert chat begins at 6:30 p.m.
Two years after their exciting first collaboration, Lions Gate Sinfonia and the North Shore Celtic Ensemble present their exciting crossover program in the Sinfonia main series. The program features highlights from the original show, plus new material "bending the lines" between classical and celtic music. Lush orchestral melodies will blend with traditional Celtic tunes, and vocalist Ingrid Mapson will add her beautiful renditions of folk songs from the British Isles.
For tix, call Centennial Theatre at 984 4484 or purchase online. Special ticket offer, this week only: For 25% off r egular prices, use the discount code CROSSOVER (applies to both phone and online orders).
= March 2 and 3 =
~ 10am - 5pm ~ Saturday - Sunday VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
Family FUSE Weekend - Make! Move! Discover!
Join us for Family FUSE Weekend, where you will meet artists, musicians, performers, and educators and go on an exciting journey Into the Frame. Learn new ways to share your stories of the past, present, and future through a range of fun activities, performances, and hands-on sessions throughout the Gallery.
FREE for Gallery Members. Children age-12-and-under are free when accompanied by an adult.
For more info: http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/events_and_programs/children_family.html#ffw12
~ Saturday 7:30pm ~ St Mark's Anglican (Vancouver) and Sunday 2:30pm ~ WV United Church
PACIFIC BAROQUE ORCHESTRA: Purcell and friends {pacificbaroque.com}
= Saturday March 2 and Monday March 4 =
VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA http://enews.vancouversymphony.ca/1213VSO-12.html
Romeo and Juliet
8pm: Sat Mar 2 Orpheum; Mon Mar 4 Centennial Th
José Luis Gómez, conductor Dina Yoffe, piano*
Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain;Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor*Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (selections)
Exciting young conductor José Luis Gómez presides over this thrilling concert featuring some of the best-known pieces from the Russian repertoire, and Chopin's beautiful Piano Concerto No. 2 with the warm, poetic playing of Dina Yoffe.
= Sunday March 3 =
o 2nd annual West Van Run -- 8:30am -- Ambleside Park
Come out and enjoy the second annual West Van Run, a five kilometre and 10 kilometre run/walk that brings the community together and promotes an active lifestyle. This event attracts both professional and recreational runners/walkers. Each year, the West Van Run supports local charities by donating 50 per cent of the net proceeds collected from the event. In 2013, they will be supporting Special Olympics North Shore, which is a local organization that enables athletes with special needs to stay active. For more information, visit westvanrun.com.
o Festival du Bois -- 10am 4pm --
Join us for the 24th annual Festival Due Bois at Parc Mackin in Maillardville/Coquitlam. There will be music, storytelling, entertainment, great food, and more.
Cost includes transportation/admission. Involves walking. Register with the Srs' Ctr 895067 Members $15 incl HST
{Have just seen the Srs' Ctr newsletter -- it's fabulous! what a selection of courses, trips, events, etc}
See: http://westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/Recreation/Facilities/Seniors_Activity_Centre/March%202013%20Seniors%20Scene.pdf
o OPERA PRO CANTANTI -- Bellini's Norma ~ 7pm ~ Cambrian Hall {procantanti.com ph 345 8545}
= Monday March 4 =
~ 7pm ~ WV Memorial Library: "How laughter created the world"
Stand-up comedian Christopher Molineux has worked with Olympic torch teams, Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres. In preparation for his TED talk, he will discuss the influence of humour on intelligence, society, and a positive future.
{rest moved to end of this newsletter}
+ REGULAR COUNCIL MTG NOTES MONDAY FEBRUARY 18
*NB: typed while ppl speak; gaps; some timestamps to help you find the part you want to listen to on the videotape*
7:00 PM
1. Call to Order. [7:03]
Mayor: sad to announce the passing of John Clark; nine yrs (on Ccl?)
Ch/Commerce; served on 33 cmtes; great deal of sense of humour and passion for WV
with him for three but Sop with him for nine years
Sop: a real sense about this cmnty
PkR Merchants, we were both on
wanted to move into Amb to enjoy spirit
opening red carpets and limousines; enthusiasm new store with partner Christine
talked a lot about third crossing
he and I attended the Parks Bd when wanting widening of causeway, threatened to go to court; adamant so buses cd cross without mirrors touching
stayed up watching 11 to 5am last section of Lions' Gate
summer vacation up in Shuswap
John had initiated to me; two kids Laura, Gavin, wife Wendy, and partner Christine
health got worse
celebration Sat at the Holiday Inn bottom of cut 2 - 5
wonderful sense of humour, casual way
shaking hands with Johnny Carson, took on his line of clothing
great guy, lots of memories and sadly missed
ML: want to echo
encouraged me to participate in local politics, I'll miss him sorely
his luncheons at Carmelo's
2. Approval of February 18, 2013 Regular Council Meeting Agenda
DWV website NOTE: On-Table Items please see Items 3, 7, and 16.1 16.3
and amended by:
adding to Item 3 replacement page M-2 of the February 4, 2013 Council Meeting Minutes;
adding to Item 7, written submission C-2;
adding to Item 16, an addition to Item 16.1, and Items 16.2 to 16.3 regarding correspondence;
3. Adoption of Minutes
January 14, 2013 special and regular Council Meetings;
January 21, 2013 Public Hearing and special and regular Council Meetings;
January 28, 2013 Committee of the Whole and regular Council Meeting;
February 4, 2013 special and regular Council Meetings.
DELEGATIONS [7:08]
4. M. Markwick, Dundarave Festival of Lights Society, regarding Dundarave Festival of Lights (File: 0055-01)
Gwendolyn Allison, Chair: mission; celebration true spirit of the season
thx to Mayor and Ccl and staff for support
dedicated past season to centennial
planted 100 trees on Dundarave Beach
Mayor Smith & Ccl let, met that goal
SLIDES
vote of thanks for encouragement
Executive Director Markwick
recognition of her work
Megan?: Dundarave Beach, the forest of miracles
$35,250 for Shelter Society
use funds to double support staff to the Shelter
possible with support you give; Fed funding too; grant from H Canada was 50% less
Arterix, DBA, passion they've shown
this past season 16.4ft tide surge and cd hv washed all our trees out
thank our firefighters, saved in time!
goal tonight to upgrade the wiring system
you made that moment, Mayor Smith, when you recognized homeless shelter
meant so much to hear you speak out; to fix that problem
xxx of miracle [7:15]
MAB: Ccl Panz and I had a tour of the Lookout Shelter; v impressed by the work there
sense of you really fit a lot of ppl in a small space
the growth in homelessness in popns we haven't seen before used to be middle-aged but now youth and seniors and equally split
those funds for an addl person
{REC'D with THX}
Mayor: thanks for coming; hope you'll get that wiring fixed
did we win? I didn't hear
REPORTS
5. Reports from Mayor and Councillors on Boards, Committees, and Working Groups
ML: ... to consider staff reports on policy; hear and consider
MetroV -- major capital expense
budget in 100s of millions of dollars
reviews ev contract let
will keep Ccl informed as we go forward and will make av agenda to Ccl
MAB: endorsement of child-friendly
we are hosting it at Gleneagles Golf Course
welcome our NV colleagues
a north wind is blowing and why you shd care
investment and employment opps in growing north devt
encourage youth and others looking for emploment to go north
board attended a blue-sky visioning session for a whole day
dreams of the cmnty ctr and environs
really exciting
finally, no, I'll end it there
Sop: to Cclr Lewis
the feds constantly carving up a golden turkey and prov downloading on us
and we have to look after it
ever-exploding tax to the taxpayer
the chairman just upped ev stipends a little bit
we sit with no industry
Mayor: does that conclude your report
Sop: three hours, took over from Cclr Cam
Royal SAR
place under 2nd Narrows bridge; 35 volunteers
heard from exercise
that's what I did this morning
TP: OGCS holding their AGM Wed at Srs' Ctr
CC: Panz and I Upper Lands
putting together -- chairs putting together a work plan
{strange; another instance of a WG not operating as 'open' as intended?}
then will become public; and when public will become involved
{but intended to be entirely open -- right from beginning......}
Lib Bd -- opening of Room 14, the new youth lounge
rather than libraries becoming obsolete; inviting young ppl to the Library; gather when dark; books, become relevant
NG: two events
Gleneagles family fun night; never been before
recommend anyone who has small chn, send them there, we hd a riot
other event with MAB Asian at PkR two-hour show, wonderful
chu xxx {she said happy new year in Vietnamese}
Mayor: on Thurs Rotary Sunrise; on Peace Forum; urban peace, int'l service projects; congratulations
This is heritage week www.heritage.westvan.org call 922 4400 Carolanne Reynolds will be happy to set them in the right direction
[7:28]
6. Proposed Amendment to Development Permit No. 08-041 (Hollyburn Mews) for property located at 2011 Esquimalt Avenue (formerly 2031, 2047 and 2063 Esquimalt Avenue) (File: 1010-20-08-041)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
At the January 21, 2013 regular meeting Council received the report dated Jan 9 and set date (to Feb 18)
Reports received up to and including February 14, 2013: S Mikicich / lJan 9 / for Jan 21, Feb 18
Written Submissions received up to and including Feb14: Vaal Investments / Feb 10 / for Feb 18
{Basil Davis's company}
GB: SLIDES
a v small change; coach house, more than -- almost a foot
PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT -- none
CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT
George Pajari: two questions wrt this application; one is what do they estimate the staff costs in processing this amendment request, preparing for tonight's mtg, and bringing this matter before Ccl?
Secondly, what is the cost to the devpr for making this amendment request?
Mayor: thank you. Mr Sokol, do you want to try to tackle those or do you need a minute?
Sokol: in general the cost of processing a devt variance permit (DVP) is covered by the application fee -- $1650 -- that covers the staff costs of preparing the report; cannot estimate devpr's costs
GP: Sorry, Yr Worship, but I don't care what the applicant's costs are.
I was just wondering about the cost of the amendment, not of the original Devt Permit Applicn, but the cost for the amendment and then staff costs to process that
Mayor: what I heard Mr Sokol say, is it was $1650 the applicn fee wch covered our costs
GP: tyvm
Mayor: that's correct, is it not, Mr Sokol?
Sokol: the cost of the amendment was $1650, and that generally covers the staff
Mayor: does anyone on Ccl have a question for Ms Boyle or the applicant?
MAB: notice there've been a few applicns around roof heights...
the calculation seems a bit unwieldy and complex -- is that something that can be simplified in the future?
these roof issues seem to come up
[7:34] GB: methodology; throughout residential zones
until we tackle that
MAB: I understand that
GB: it is complex dealing with steepness of prop; not review of permit, the construction afterward
the 11.8in is the tough one
Sokol: there was a variance a few weeks ago
think coincidence close together
ML: diff between the zoning and the Devt Permit (DP)
anomalies; DP, not zoning
don't think there's any malice aforethought; sort of goes back to what the speaker spoke to
the cost recovery
Sokol, address that
this shdn't come back to Ccl
when I hear the permit fee was under $2K nowhere near the cost to do X, much less this amendment
{Right, ML!
No comment from Geri Boyle; the remuneration of the Mgr, Cmnty Planning, alone was over $133K in 2011}
v curious look at that on a going forward basis
Sokol: in general the costs covered by fee, sometimes a little under or over, on av
however ea yr when we do fees and charges, look at, level of work
staff will be doing a report, looking at some things that cd be with staff not come to Ccl
now language built in, says explicitly that must be exactly built as shown in the drawings
cd be diff language that we add to our DPs that wd enable issues small like these, give staff some discretion in approving them, and that's what we'll be coming back to Ccl with.
{just a minute -- give staff discretion?
Is that wise, given Ccl's decisions that do not concur with staff's recommendations?
What about staff's recommendation no CACs for a commercial devt and not pointing out to the applicant that claims CACs not asked for in Vancouver were not true b/c in fact Vancouver does get CACs and even for the buildings said not to have paid anything???
Staff didn't do the research and did not advise the applicant that perhaps she had been misinformed.
If a cclr and a citizen had not done the research Ccl might have accepted an increase in density not paying anything to the residents as a Cmnty Benefit -- shdn't staff be actively looking after the cmnty's interests?
Moreover, as you're about to see in the next agenda item, staff recommends approving a violation of the bylaws wch, after consideration, Ccl rejects.
So given staff's questionable judgement, do we really want to give them discretion?}
Sop: I thought that always was the policy, what you saw, that's what you build and if you went over it, there was a fine or other ramifications -- not the case?
Sokol:[7:38] there are ramifications right now; they've had to come back to Ccl to get it approved.
we're suggesting for minor changes, there may be some interest on the part of Ccl not to go through this exercise
{v amusing}
Sop: not intentional here
starting to see more and more of these slight variances
Bd of V -- if it becomes a way of life, challenge it
where's the penalty? owner, architect or?
ruler?
or why have the law?
xxx; we have had ppl remove steel beams
we shd hv some hard and fast rules
say: don't go over the line
CC: how much less is it than the max ht to peak? and av?
GB: coach house with 11in
3ft 7in below the max ht
CC: the mean ht?
GB: don't have that number
couple fee below
CC: I'm concerned about the cost of these coming back
we do have a penalty, $1650 fee
for something this minor wch doesn't increase resale value
{not the point}
encourage, obviated the need for a driveway slope
really wd agree allow Sokol allow minor
understand the practice in other Ms
recall sitting here, almost disbelieving from one to two when one inch short b/c of a surveyor's error a yr and a half ago
shd be an informal process
{then there are going to be more and more 'minor' variations
architecture/engg not exact science? casual in mathematics and calculations?
really?}
yourself or delegate
ridiculous this shd come [7:43]
RECOMMENDED: THAT all written and oral submissions be received for information.
CARRIED
RECOMMENDED: THAT the proposed amendment wch wd allow for higher roof peaks for three buildings as follows:
Duplex A: Increase of 0.046 metre (1.8 inches); Duplex B: Increase of 0.046 metre (1.8 inches); and
Coach House Unit 3: Increase of 0.29 metre (11.3 inches); be approved.
higher roof peaks for three bldgs
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY [7:44]
7. Development Variance Permit Application No. 13-001 (1690 21st Street) (File: 1010-20-13-001)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
At the January 21, 2013 regular meeting Council received the report dated Ja 9, set date for Feb 18..
Reports received up to and including February 14: J Allan & G Boyle / Jan 9 / for Jan 21, Feb 18
Written Submissions received up to and including Feb 14: M Silverbrooke / Feb 14 / for Feb 18
GB: SLIDES
variance relates to stairs; rear elevation
several deviations from the bylaws identified at the time
took two variances to the Bd, not allowed, but resolved
reduced rear yard
PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT
CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT
John Mahon: will the proponent? prefer he go first
Mayor: up to him, spoke through staff
{and there we have it! confirmation indeed that staff often give the applicant's POV.}
GB: architect is here
Mayor: an advantage to go first
JM: I live directly behind, submitted a letter
the size of this house is 6500sf -- 114ft long by 34ft wide
built on three levels: a basement a main floor and an upper floor; lots of windows; value $3.5M, spec house 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms
encroaching deck is not part of this applicn
deck is part of the encroachment, stairs not part
went to variance bd and were denied; grounds of hardship to meet bylaw
haven't heard grounds Ccl to overturn the Variance Bd
may hv bn a trivial matter
believe the owners have cavalierly disregarded the xxx
and xxxx permit
Sept, went to Bd of V in Oct, had seven months
since BdV, they've had four months to comply
the nbrs do have rights
expect bylaws complied with uniformly and fairly
monster home invasion -- more and more angry and upset invasion of these
and typically they dwarf their nbrs; windows on all four sides
Mayor: size the next agenda item
wrap up your summary
CC: I read your letter and understand we're dealing with housing bulk; we hear you on that
on this, wd you say building the staircase wd affect you and your nbrs in any way?
JM: why wd you want to overturn the Variance Bd
CC: wd the staircase affect you or your nbrs?
JM: I'm not really unemotional about this; block my view and windows facing into my kitchen and bedroom
CC: but tonight we have to decide about the staircase
JM: they've had four mos to comply, BoV denied
am sure architect designed something
question for you is do you want them to meet the bylaw? xxx
Mayor: go back to your seat and you'll understand
Sokol: BoV denied it b/c not in their purview, not a hardship
the only body that can rule on a bylaw variance is Ccl
they have made some changes to the size of the decks
based on the railing of the deck not the deck -- so now comply so actually now complies; so not nec to come forward
Mayor: so you're saying build deck three feet but move the railings okay?
Sokol: within xxx
ML: can't believe hardship in any way for a spec house
this reeks of digging out the land
curious why stairs needed
to comply with the setbacks
hard to have any sympathy at all
access or egress in case of a fire? give me something
honest to God
Mayor: doesn't seem to be a staff recommendation
Sokol: section xxx says staff support for the following reasons
{they support!!!}
CC: don't really understand ML
not against making accommodations when things go awry
doesn't say anything, why house not built they way it shd
as ML said , way cd be built
Mr Geller, error on the part of the architect
here an error -- some explanation?
Sokol: not clear where stairs were, architect yes, but staff
there but not in compliance with the bylaw
TP: size of the house is another issue entirely
they cd hv built this house -- stairs part of orig plan and cd build; didn't need variance that time
Sokol: unclear on the plans, staff approved
{!!! approved???
why on earth approve something unclear??? not some obligation to make sure everything clear and understood as well as in compliance with the bylaws???
In the last item Sokol said language explicitly states must be built exactly.
How can it be built exactly if unclear?
who's minding the store?
devprs behind the counter!}
TP: three variances: two denied, one resolved (the deck), and one outstanding, the stairs
if we don't approve this, what is the impact?
Sokol: the applicant will need to redesign the home; remove the stairs and put in another location
NG: in the picture I have, hard to see -- stairs already built?
Sokol: no
NG: so stairs not built
what moment in time discrepancy was discovered? between BoV Sept and now? stopped then or ?
GB: construction on the site but not the stairs
Sop: bring up the picture of the stairs
SLIDE -- in red deemed to be okay?
Sokol: what was unclear, unclear where dimensions going to
unclear that variance needed, lack of clarity on the plans
{OMG -- approved anyway when unclear? standard practice??? if close to a maximum, why not check more carefully to be sure in compliance?}
Sop: extending over 4ft? not allowed
GB: understand it complies
Sop: we went through this about extending over balconies
that's beyond four feet from the house
stairwell down inside retaining area
GB: yes
Sop: was that something not recognized in a plan?
stairs on other side
rather odd we're in this position, shd hv bn caught earlier
Sokol: were the plans clearer wd hv caught
{AND had the requirement been for clear plans, this wd not hv happened?}
first discovered when starting to being built
Sop: sympathy with nbr
not altered, what we expect
still not right; max out on a prop, go for an extra bit, rubs wrong way
NG: proposed material? concrete or wood or? wondering about permanence
GB: ask architect to come forward
Mehrdad Rahbar, Architect: transparent; slabs, can see through
NG: the wall is compliant?
MR: retaining wall? in setback area
MAB: outside or inside retaining wall
Ans: inside
MAB: access from deck to back yard
Ans: this is main floor of the building, see two storeys b/c of grade, and another floor on top, part of the basement is exposed
to clarify why asking for the variances -- site tight, 90ft deep
{hm...wrong way round -- site tight or bldg too big? the lot is a given and known beforehand, building shd be within the setbacks, and comply with bylaws. 90 ft long? Doesn't make sense to say the site is tight -- isn't it rather that the bldg designed was too big for the site? Planning?}
did the drawing, there was an error; builder built on approved drawings
wd hv but bldg advanced; cdn't put the stairs anywhere else
if not, those stairs wd hv to go through the basement to go to the backyard
MAB: lot size is over 12Ksf -- b/c long?
Ans: 90ft, but setbacks 30ft front and rear and
???30ft [8:09]
Ans: 90ft, 30ft front and rear setback so left with 30ft and that's how the bulding was built
Sokol: along 21st 30ft, and back 30ft
this goes into rear setback 4ft
Mayor: whatever happened was not caught
{so, why not?
maybe b/c of accepting something unclear???}
xxx [8:11] jump down? what's the alternative?
Sokol: we were not able to find another
{credible?}
ML: let's be clear, you can get out of the house; go out on the deck
Mayor: for the third time?
NG: yes, third time, can you believe it
staff saying no other legal way to build a set of stairs that's compliant?
Sokol: a lot of alternatives
ML: you're telling me you can't make the deck
GB: demolish
ML: that's hardly demolish
RECOMMENDED: THAT all written and oral submissions be received for information.
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY
CC: THAT the DVP, wch wd allow for exterior stairs from the ground to the main floor deck to be constructed within the required rear yard, be approved.
no seconder so fails
no one in favour; motion defeated
[8:14]
8. Directions from Cmte of the Whole Mtg on Nbrhd Character and Housing Held on Jan 28 (File: 2515-02)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
The Housing Action Plan dated November 2012 be adopted to provide the framework for the Planning Depts work on housing during 2013-2014; and
The Districts 2013-2014 deptal work plans include housing bulk and boulevards as priority work items as described in the report dated February 4, 2013.
staff: report back to Ccl in July ...... fall......continue to process housing types
we have sev applications in
mem car??, Keith and TWay, and Unitarian church
anticipate other applicns
housing bulk compared with WV
reporting back later this year, report to ccl in spring 2014
nbrhd char on blvds -- interdivisional team; early summer
CC: two concerns, pages xxx
July 2013; on coach houses
similarly p5
disappointed study our own
coach houses
rather than tightening up on blvds
had a laissez faire attitude toward blvds for ten years
start enforcing blvds. cmnty-friendly, it's so easy
rather than spending time
not a criticism but I want to see it move fwd
Sokol: coach houses in July; if Ccl wants we can move that forward; re blvds, not as clear
nbrhd character, not making a bylaw and enforcing
a lot of our guidelines not intent re char, but toward making things safe so planting not over sewer llines
we want to bring back and discuss interdivisionally so understand what included and want to integrate
CC: concrete proposals, here's some
some for heritage purposes; want to see it move
Sokol: that's our intention
intermediate recomms, full later
ML: p3 conclusion, second bullet
RGS -- never been a huge proponent of the RGS, l articulated that about the Upper Lands
context stmt -- when is that due?
provide diverse and affordable housing choices
this is a cmnty where affordable based on land values is difficult
so concerned pushed along by Van
once again [8:22] don't approve?
Sokol: regional context stmt -- two-yr coming up in July; no penalties if you do not meet that two-yr timeframe
may slip a little bit beyond that
reporting on that, how we might move forward
provide diverse and affordable housing choices
affordable -- language directly out of the RGS but also language in our OCP
consistent w/ our WG on housing
affordable is a loaded term, but in WV we're talking about relative affordability
ML: we shd be v clear on that; thank you not finished
Mayor: -- Cclr--
ML: --haven't finished
nbrhd character third paragraph {read from doc}
critical re changing housing stock
to suggest it is outside the authority of the M granted by the prov
perhaps it is within the permitting process
we have other opps to ensure some continuity of nbhd character if that's what we choose to do
sort of glossing over this -- it's no big deal b/c we have no control
[8:24] I live here, and I have certain expectations about my cmnty as do many other citizens
in all sorts of diff nbrhds
Caulfeild is diff [from] Gleneagles is diff than Amb is diff than Cedardale, and if we don't come to terms with understanding that, this is doomed to failure IMO.
I don't want us to gloss over it by saying, oh it's beyond the authority granted to us by the prov
v supportive we're going have discussion around basements and decks and sizing of houses
we just went through a 6500sf house on a [12Ksf lot] and an architect telling it was a tight fit, for God's sakes
we gotta get real here
long overdue; have to go with some consideration of expectations of their nbrhds
and they differ as you go across cmnty
don't think one size fits all
{of course, who does?}
Sop: wonder if modern enough, 2006 Canada stats
number of projects, finality: coach houses, infill housing, alternate
wonder why accept a housing plan rather than going to public to get major feedback, without any consideration
three categories, rental
how this cmnty going to be altered
built with certain considerations
hwy to water, divide it up, not a big area, not massive we're talking about
applicn of what your'e saying, densification -- to make it easier for who?
market -- open to the world, not for our seniors and our youth
v concise; get major direction from majority in our cmnty
xxxx low
1.7 and climbing, gotta be careful
this quaint little area by the seaside, stratification on lots serious
a lot wrt housing types
if starting dividing it up
how it affects nbrhd character
and claim can't be articulated
how'd we get
biggest housing starts was two years ago
don't like what I see in some places, Vanc, NV
TP: when you say for who, infill, coach, for most ppl in this cmnty b/c that's who's asking it to happen
when you're looking at coach houses, are you using that to address bulk?
Sokol: we'd be learning
some cmnties say same sq ft; some cmnties allow more sq ftg so wd be having that discussion
TP: fully supportive of this; read p3 "...."
we do have land expensive so have to be innovative; keep spectrum and stretch
last term we did tremendous lot of xxx sec stes Kiwanis xxx housing
look forward to public consultation; thrilled to support this tonight
MAB: Housing Plan Act p27
beyond local resources????
in other Ms there have been partnerships
Sokol: if WV chose to do that we cd contribute
direct contribution of land build-- don't see that as the role for WV
we did play a role in Kiwanis some years ago
MAB: maybe that cd be clarified in the Housing Plan
p29 -- re rental
stratify?
Sokol: we do have the ab to restrict and been v few stratification
do not have the ab to prevent it be demolished
MAB: or rental
Sokol: correct
MAB:
GB: that wd be a fair characterization
can't prevent demolition, can discuss; can't see how make it mandatory
Vanc has more control than we do
xxx on conversion
v few rental props under threat in WV
good handle on what's under threat, and when you have a handle on that you can reduce that threat
MAB: generally v happy to see these actions wch are specific
however
have some concerns with the timelines
last May identified housing as a top concern in WV
prepared in 2008; 30 yrs of concerns of increasing size and bulk of new houses
concerned the timeline wrt coach houses, bulk
so far out -- end of 2013 and beginning 2014 -- another year
not a lot of movement; policies to address the recomms from the cmnty dialogue
eg around coach houses can any of these timelines be moved fwd
Sokol: quite a bit has happened since 2008
sec stes 850, now on the map
adopted bylaws re limiting the impact of new construction on nbrds
we have the coach house discussion paper; following the model of sec stes we report back ready to have bylaw
sgl-fam three on Esq
even on housing bulk has been for 30 years
clearly not enough but work was done
xxx, coach.... Amb Action, Upper lands, 1300blk, working on blvds all a priority
a question of resources; best I can do
MAB: perhaps under research?
will there be an opp to engage some experts outside the cmnty, had experience with bulk, etc?
Sokol: absolutely
other Ms; identify alternates and best way to move forward in WV
NG: oh me, already
good thing Mr Sokol has bylaws off his plate
move forward
sustainability 3.2, reducing bulk
both improvement in sustainable
happy to be supporting both the recommendations
Mayor: wd like to say Mr Sokol, I am disappointed as others on timing
hear about any issue xxx
nice houses demolished and monsters
don't seem xxx
no prob diff building in WV and in Newton
what we're building is not what nbrs want to see being built
what I hear constantly is monster houses
tonight won't belabour it
after 30 years, address the issue
tightening up regs, reno these bldgs; bungalows that fit in
not what our citizens want to see anymore
Sokol: not what staff wants to see
if Ccl wants to redirect us...
Mayor: from an economics POV, it's
9500 chn in school, last 35 years
Caulfeild plateau, a lot more xxxxx
and half the number of kids
building; xxx market doesn't need what we're building; 5 - 6 bedrooms with nobody in them
Sop made motions: {ABOVE}
ML: not sure how adopting the 'as written' in any way addresses the comments gone around the table the last 45 minutes
how are we accelerating things, focusing
Mr Sokol has a work plan, we know what it is, we say we want to change it but motion doesn't suggest that it be changed so not sure how we operationalize our discussion
Mayor: cd table and ask Mr Sokol to come back with, in view of the comments he's heard, changes to his work plan
ML: I'd support that as a friendly amendment
Mayor: making a tabling motion?
ML: yes
Mayor: no discussion on a tabling motion; four three in favour so carries
[4-3 passes]
Sokol: I do not know what I'm going to be reporting back on--
CC: --exactly
Sokol: b/c I don't think I received clear direction
{mumblings around horseshoe}
Sop: votes hv bn taken
Mayor: tabled this; sensible suggestion wd be to come back, you've heard comments, and say this is the work plan recomm two weeks ago
I'm recommending no change or tweak this or theoretically cd come back with a change in your work plan based on the comments, or you cd not
CC: you say progress more quickly then want staff to come back in two weeks to get approval to make things move more quickly
we're making more work not toward our objective so why wdn't we pass this, and ask Mr Sokol to come back when he can
Mayor: this motion's been tabled, so leave it where we are and move on to the next item
CC: how does this constitute progress on this file?
Mayor: the progress is we've finally moved on to another agenda item
[LAUGHTER 8:49]
9. Public Safety Building Project Status Report for January 2013 (File: 0500-01)
RECOMMENDED: be received for information.
Mayor: 18 items and many to speak on item 10 so can we make this [brief]
Wong: on time and on budget
CC: 3.3 on p4; Ccl on July 23rd approved a $36M target
Mr Chan, p2 require ccl approv; not defined
concerned about moving fwd and how to get $36M
out of EndFund but near end [limit]
wd like to know sooner than later as to how getting money to pay for it; haven't had discussion
been told we approved a budget of $3.xxx design and xxx
not sure what approval is
you're going to come back for approval; you seem to be coming back xxx
don't know when coming back; don't know budget items
$3.xxxM
when we're going to approve ea item and where money coming from
Mark Chan: major phases on page x
the funding that's been approved is $495K
we're currently in the xxx design phase
will .... a construction time line; can come back with a construction budget
prior to any construction contracts we wd come back to ccl to confirm funding model
from beginning from land sales, other options
have confirmed can fund: land sales End Fund, taxation, MAuth loans
CC: need to make a decision on what's going to be in the xxx
EndFund $22M and need $36M so not from that
NG: my pet peeve that Mr Chan and Mr Wong know, is underground parking
when going to discuss that as a Ccl?
cdn't put my hands on original report
in addn to all the parking for the staff -- police, fire, etc
125 pkg spaces to be built for staff and this Ccl
prob I have is we put a price tag that's almost $4M to give free underground secure parking
reason prob, we trying to encourage ppl not to drive their gas-guzzling vehicles -- in 30 years not have cars?
Wong: 120 spots for staff
current proj, around worst case scenario; discussions at that time
at this point flexibility is there to take away
MAB: thank you for the report, final page p 36 gives the time line
Q re Jan 30 open house wch I attended; heard some feedback on all the optional massing scenarios
strong feedback pos and neg in one area
to do with Ccl involvement in this process
prepare massing scenario, fire/pol, design review cmte, public open house feedback on massing scenario
no opp for Ccl to hear feedback from the Jan 30 open house
CAO: we've had disc about that; discuss going back
what we believe will be the staff scenario
we're targeting Mar 4, fully recognizing Grosvenor
fully recognizing xxxxx
if we can't get through the Mar 4 agenda even tho we've pulled things off
so will be back
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY [9pm]
10. Montizambert Wynd (File: 1815-05)
Mark Chan: not immediate; six months
outside District; 16 properties xxx by District of Van
6000 days
previously raw water and now
not treated by the District's water treatment system
Montizambert [MZ] has been taking water without payment or agreement
not been authorized by Ccl or by the prov
potential District cd be defined as a supplier and requires legal xxx and Vanc Coastal Health
breach of the District's water licence
... in view of potential .... best interests of the residents
residents wd need to est a new intake
they cd resolve by indiv entrance, $5K per house, xxx and water testing; that wd satisfy VCoastal Health
Mayor: we have two to speak; don't go v far Mr Chan
who?: one presentation, speak for all, so not a lot
had five days,
Mayor: you'll speak for Mr Maguire as well
X: Dr John Maguire and xxx are the experts
the residents wd like to achieve a satisfactory; best with DWV and MetroV
we're outside your jurisdiction
any soln we pursue will have no cost to WV xxx and fully compliant
SLIDES
delay vote as long as progressing toward a solution
historical relnship; water licence back to 1942, maj in 1945; 1966 water system design; since 1966 updated twice
1991 and 2011 and each time the water connection was renewed by WV; no history of ppl being sick
SLIDE -- pointing, here's water line
ROWs granted to WV
red circle marks intake
we believe there's no contravention b/c we've dealt with ppl and this is what they said to us.
we share water resources out of MZ crk
MetroV and MZ to take lead on devping solns with the support of WV staff
sensitive to needs of the liability and cost concerns of WV
residents from ea home
MAB: you said you'd work with MetroV; speaking with Mr Leigh today, you have the facilities
you xxx Vanc
X: we're entitled to take water from MZ crk same as WV is
wd like to avoid being cut off in six mos time
we wd use our systems in full compliance at no cost to WV
working with MetroV as to how best to do
Mayor: Vancouver has new mgmt and they'll work with
ANS: you're right, I skipped that part
Mayor: if we give six mos' notice; a lot cd happen so we cd withdraw
Ans: delay the vote to pressure Vanc to get something done
NG: one of your stmts, figure out soln with no cost to WV
since Oct/Nov, residents have already spent 1000s of dollars and time
[9:15] so how is that no cost?
Ans: xxx
for an ans to your question
NG: no cost?
Ans: will have to figure out how to do this
TP: prob Vancouver has not xxx
VCoastal Health
pass this tonight, cd take is as putting pressure
come up with a sensible soln
imp to communicate, may beget staff to confirm, we're open all this time
trying to figure out what that one month wd achieve
ANS: think you can get msg to Vanc even if deferring one month
msg can be achieved; we've come here tonight; been a scramble for us; xxx
TP: delaying a month does that put other legal pressures on us
Mayor: can't ask him
TP: no
CC: don't find your explanation one month easier, think it's the reverse
what the residents can do so District has no legal liability
ANS: happy to entertain any
Mayor: you're not counsel for us
FROM AUDIENCE: can answer as to answer wrt a month
hope wd make things a lot clearer; enquiries from prov, etc; in timeframe, cdn't
Mayor: so quickly hear from Mr Maguire
Dr John Maguire: resident from 1997 to 2008; still have an address in WV
five chn through schools, one child, girl, still
have complied with VCH, maintaining a system up to their standards
so I am compliant; only heard recently
I strongly support Mr Flannigan's (sp?) request
street more united than has been in past; all residents committed to becoming compliant with the time
we feel one month extension will provide us time to identify xxx and solns
ML: I was felt you were all compliant, and now infer not
Maguire: I've been informed I'm compliant
understand all xxx except one under construction
I was only one not and I invested in system that I was compliant so not the one out on my street
Mayor: one month extension, does that preclude xxx
CAO: gives MetroV xxx to work with us
pleased with presentation tonight
xxx ... pass this tonight, gives six mos to work on that
MAB: is not just providing six mos notice, it's the District WILL disconnect
this is notice AND disconnection
CAO: that's correct; disconnect in six mos
hopeful a soln to this
MAB made motion:
THAT the District of West Vancouver (the District) resolve to provide formal notice to the residents and owners of properties on Montizambert Wynd that the District will, six (6) months after Council passes this resolution, disconnect the connection between the Montizambert Wynd water pipe to the Districts water pipe at the location of Latitude: 49° 24 25.155 N and Longitude: 123° 14 24.808 W, and as shown in Appendix 1 to the report dated February 7, 2013 entitled Montizambert Wynd.
CAO: to be clear, this is the direction we've given to MetroVancouver;
see if this can be rescinded within six months
Mayor: if we can find a resoln, Ccl can rescind if a soln in place
motion carries unanimously
[9:27] {over 20 left; Sop left briefly}
11. Request for Order of Non-Enforcement of Noise Control Bylaw for the Demolition of Existing Bus Shelters and Installation of New Bus Shelters at Park Royal (File: 1605-15/1785-10)
RECOMMENDED: THAT Council approve the request from the DWV Roads & Utilities Dept and Pattison Outdoor Advertising for an Order of Non-Enforcement of Section 6.1.2 (a) for approximately [five] nights during the months of February and March for the purposes of demolishing the existing bus shelter structures and the installation of new bus shelters on Marine Drive adjacent to the Park Royal pedestrian crosswalk.
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY [9:28]
12. Pedestrian Crossing at Marine Drive and 23rd Street Intersection (File: 1785-01)
Mayor: report clear
{ML made motion}
RECOMMENDED: THAT the report dated Feb 7 from the Transportation Engr be received for information.
Carries unanimously
BYLAWS
13. Council Procedure Bylaw No. 4730, 2012 (File: 1610-20-4730)
The proposed bylaw received first reading at the February 4, 2013 regular Council Meeting.
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Council Procedure Bylaw No. 4730, 2013 be amended by:
In section 4.7 by deleting the words as the Councillor responsible for acting in the place of the Mayor;
In section 4.27 by adding commas before and after the words without limitation;
In section 4.40 by adding to the title the words and Tie Vote and by adding to the text the words If the votes of the mbrs present at a ccl mtg at the time of the vote are equal for and against a motion, the motion is defeated.;
In Part 6 by using capitals consistently for Committee of the Whole;
In Part 6.11 by replacing the words at following reg Ccl mtg with the words at a future specified Ccl mtg; and
In Part 6.12 by adding the words and address after the words by stating their name.
2. Council Procedure Bylaw No. 4730, 2013 be read a second time as amended.
3. Council Procedure Bylaw No. 4730, 2013 be read a third time.
MAB: I'd like to make a further amendment to the motion
Mayor: Ms Scholes? what's best way? now?
SSch: yes
MAB: I distributed it to all of Ccl
I move that the proposed amended motion be amended to say in the definition of public notice posting places by adding after M Hall these words: "and on the District website unless after having made reasonable efforts, the Clerk is unable to effect such posting to the website"
Mayor: seconder? Cclr Cameron. Any discussion?
AMENDMENT CARRIES
{Yippee! that's what I suggested so glad MAB picked it up. Now let's try for three biz days' notice}
the main motion?
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY [9:39]
Mayor: Cclr Cam re Financial....
SSch, who's been waving madly: bylaw requires second and third as amended
DONE
[Sop back]
14. [Five-]Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4717, 2012, Amendment Bylaw No. 4745, 2013 (File: 1610-20-4745)
The proposed bylaw received first, second, and third reading at the February 4, 2013 regular Council Meeting.
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Third reading of 5 Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4717, Amendment Bylaw No. 4745, 2013 be rescinded;
[carries unanimously]
2. 5 Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4717, Amendment Bylaw No. 4745, 2013 be amended by replacing Schedule B with the Schedule B as attached to this report;
[carries unanimously]
3. 5 Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4717, Amendment Bylaw No. 4745, 2013 be read a third time as amended.
CARRIED [9:31]
15. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
15.1. Heritage Alteration Permit Application No. 12-060 for 4733 Piccadilly South (File: 1010-20-12-060)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the MClk give notice that the applicn for addns and alterations to an existing house, with zoning bylaw variances for highest bldg face, number of storeys, bldg height, and the rear yard be considered on Monday, March 18.
15.2. Development Permit Application No. 12-055 for 6418 Bay Street (File: 1010-20-12-055)
RECOMMENDED: THAT The MClk give notice that the applicn to allow for a 52 square metre addition, with a zoning bylaw variance for parking be considered on Monday, March 18.
{v helpful Dir/Planning, Bob Sokol, adds: "The conversion of 52 square metres is 559.723 square feet."
How can you tell someone's an engr? :-) Just think 560sqft.}
15.3. NSh Adv Cmte on Disability Issues Review of 2012 Cmte Wk/Wk Plan; Budget Request (File: 0810-18-12)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The North Shore Advisory Committee on Disability Issues 2013 Work Plan be approved; and
2. The budget request for a one third share ($4,767) of the total budget ($14,300) be approved utilizing existing funds within the Grants in Aid budget.
15.4. Development Applications Status List (File: 1010-01)
RECOMMENDED: to February 8, 2013 be received for information.
15.5. Correspondence List (see link on electronic agenda) (File: 0120-24)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the correspondence list be received for information.
Council Correspondence Update to February 1, 2013 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) D. Close, January 25, 2013, regarding Request for Crosswalk lighting Dundarave
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(2) January 28, 2013, regarding 28 January Council Meeting Agenda Item #4
(Referred to Acting Chief Financial Officer for consideration and response)
{of interest to numbercrunchers; Core Services Review}
(3) H. and D. Miller, January 24, 2013, regarding Spirit Trail Upgrade and Seaview Walk
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(4) E. Roberts, January 30, 2013, regarding Litter Free Communities Campaign
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(5) P. Chapman, January 31, 2013, regarding FW: 1105 Esplanade
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(6) Cmte and Bd Mtg Minutes
Design Review Cmte December 13, 2012 {their excellent comments and answers on: Grosvenor/1300 MDr,
eg 11ft 6in floor to floor; Walker Bldg; 2074 Fulton);
Gleneagles Cmnty Ctr Adv Cmte June 21, 2012, Sept 13, 2012, October 11, 2012, November 8, 2012;
Lower Caulfeild Adv Cmte June 13, 2012, Nov 14, 2012; Cmnty Grants Cmte Nov 9, 2012, Dec 14, 2012
(7) MetroV Board, Jan 25, re Expert Panel on BCs Tax Competitiveness
(8) K. Little, January 28, 2013, regarding Council of the whole mtg.
(9) E. Lyman, January 24, 2013, regarding Fwd: land use information for you
(10) Park Royal Shopping Ctr, Jan 29, re Update on Remaining Work on New Intersection and Ongoing Construction
(11) 2 submissions, dated January 31, 2013, regarding Departmental Budget Reviews
(12) 20 submissions, dated January 24 February 1, 2013, re 1300 block Marine Drive
{some say lease, not sell; some say other ways of paying for the PSB:
interesting comments and info, see second half of (a), (c), (d), (n)}
Responses to Correspondence
(13) Director of Engg/Transportation, January 29, response to J. Wyckham, regarding Pedestrian Overpass at Park Royal
Council Correspondence Update to February 8, 2013 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) i2i Intergenerational Society of Canada, Jan 31, re Request for Proclamation of Intergenerational Day Canada
(Referred to Municipal Clerk for response)
(2) Pret-a-PorterLuxe, February 5, 2013, regarding WHAT NEXT?
(Referred to Director of Lands, Bylaws, First Nations and Legal Affairs for consideration and response)
(3) A. Lepiarczyk, February 3, 2013, regarding Rules of engagement (garbage pickup)
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(4) Feb 3, re Parking Signs Traffic/Parking Bylaw No. 4370, 2004; NSN 3 Feb p. A6 Mailbox: WV parking signs mislead
(Referred to Director of Lands, Bylaws, First Nations and Legal Affairs for consideration and response)
(5) February 4, 2013, regarding 2012 Finance Committee Meeting Minutes for the Month of November
(Referred to Acting Chief Financial Officer for consideration and response)
(6) February 4, 2013, regarding 2012 5 Year Financial Plan Bylaw 4717, 2012, Amendment Bylaw No. 4745, 2013
(Referred to Acting Chief Financial Officer for consideration and response)
(7) W. and M. Hill, February 4, 2013, regarding Parking Regulations Bylaw
(Referred to Director of Lands, Bylaws, First Nations and Legal Affairs for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(8) Honours and Awards Secretariat, January 28, 2013, re Order of British Columbia ~ 2013 Call for Nominations
(9) North Shore Family Court and Youth Justice Committee, February 4, 2013, re Law Day 2013 SAVE THE DATE
(10) Ambleside and Dundarave Ratepayers Association (ADRA), February 5, 2013,
re FW: draft as per last meeting (Walker Building Renovation application)
(11) 15 submissions, dated January 22 - February 7, 2013, regarding 1300 block Marine Drive
Responses to Correspondence
(12) Senior Community Planner, Planning and Devt, February 1, 2013, response to C. Ballantine, Shadow Study!
Council Correspondence Update to February 12, 2013 (up to 4:30 pm)
Referred for Action
(1) HUB North Shore Committee, February 12, 2013, re Request for Delegation to Council
(Referred to Municipal Clerk for response)
(2) Green Jobs BC, February 1, 2013, regarding Open Letter Calling for a Bold Green Jobs Plan for BC
(Referred to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for response)
Received for Information
(3) 2 submissions, dated January 31 February 7, 2013 re 1300 block Marine Drive
(4) Da Vincis Home, February 7, 2013, re Ambleside Activation
(5) Vaal Investments Ltd., Feb 10, re Proposed Amendment to DP # 08-041 2011 Esquimalt Avenue Hollyburn Mews
(Referred to February 18, 2013 Council meeting for Council consideration)
(6) G. Knight, Feb 12, re Display case in WV Cmnty Ctr Atrium for Heritage Canada Feb. 17th - 24th
by Hollyburn Heritage Society & W.V. Heritage.
{great; fyi the actual dates for Heritage Week are Feb 18 - 24)
OTHER ITEMS
16. Ccl has requested that the following corresp be brt fwd for discussion, and may propose a motion
16.1. PkR/The Village at PkR, Jan 21, re Connectivity/safety are essential elements of PkRoyal upgrades
Mayor: who brt this fwd?
NG: me
ppl trouble getting around; xxx make better
existing overpass for cars is closed expected to take 4 to 5 wks
not going to be demolished but being renovated for ramp to be changed
wanted to let ppl know
16.2
CC: re Upper Lands; WG is dealing with issues in this letter
will be forwarded to WG; ample opp for public to xxx
16.3
CC: rec'd quite a few calls re garbage; perhaps better dealt with another time
believe biweekly in April; don't want to get into it now given the hour and coming to ccl again
Mayor: presumably with notification
plan under way
looking around Earth Day
staff will be xxx; response will be included next week
17. Public QuestionsComments
CR: Editor, West Van Matters
{holds up the Heritage Week poster}
before I go to ... uh, about the monster houses, I thought I'd just mention that the FAR used to be .45, and when I was on Ccl we reduced it to .35 wch was a major accomplishment
{indeed -- almost by a quarter!}
however we did not know when Planning (it wasn't Mr Sokol) put the things together they did not include decks wch are now partly addressed, or the way they're doing basements.
So it has been a long [time] so we did do a lot, reduced from .45 to .35 is a big difference.
So, good luck in continuing that.
So, I'm here b/c Heritage Week starts today. Its [theme is] Good Nbrs -- Heritage Homes and Nbrhds
so it's a good time to talk about housing, it's actually the theme.
There are lots of events. You've seen these {salmon-coloured flyers}; they'll be going around -- there's something every day.
Thank you for mentioning it, Mayor Smith.
On Saturday there's Heritage Fayre and many cmnty groups will have their information out.
Think there'll be something from Ambleside Activation, and something from Pk Royal, something from many of the diff groups, they're listed here
I hope you get a chance. I can pass these around, if you want; hope you get a chance to go to some of these things
your breakfast is on Wednesday morning, Mayor Smith, so that can be part of our biz, part of our heritage too
with our MP Weston
Mayor: who's the heritage mbr there? me or the MP?
CR: Pardon?
Mayor: who's the heritage person there -- me or our MP?
CR: Well, you're the heritage person from West Van
Mayor: there you go
{laughter and some saying he's/you're heritage}
CR: I think quite a few of us are heritage ppl; anyway I hope, there are many different things.
there's a cream tea and the WRA tomorrow night having a talk on the Blue Buses (they were 100 last year); the Old Growth Conservation Society is on Wed night, and as I said, the Heritage Fayre on Saturday 2 - 4 PkR North -- get information on lots of things, enjoy celebrating our cmnty.
[9:38]
Keith Pople: ADRA has been getting signatures on a petition wrt redevt of 1300blk
believe this is the last ccl public will speak before Mar 4 when Ccl will consider whether or not to proceed with drafting bylaws and OCP amendments to accommodate the DP and the PH.
ADRA has conducted a survey and results presented to Ccl.
Survey indicated more than 90% believe the manner in wch this block is devpd will set a precedent for future devt in the Amb Village.
95% wanted a ht limit and more than 85% favoured bldgs not exceeding four storeys.
Conducted a petition for last three months requesting bldgs be limited to four storeys and density to 1.75 FAR
To date, 1400 signatures and they're still coming in.
Signatures are not difficult to get but it's a time-consuming task.
This morning between 9:30 and 12, another ADRA mbr and myself collected 67 sigs
of the 70 residents we spoke to, only three refused to sign.
Favourable responses we're getting corroborate the above survey [results]
Presume staff will be providing Ccl with the questionnaire data collected at various public mtgs, wch I do not believe have sigs or resident verification.
I also understand Mustel have been conducting a telephone survey, again without resident sigs.
{well, that's not unusual -- can't sign over the phone!}
In Ccl's review of this Devt Applicn, we respectfully request that they give appropriate consideration to the validated wishes of 1400 WV residents.
If staff and Ccl wd like verification, I wd be pleased to provide copies
Mayor: did you want to?
Linda Kowalski: No. I was the ADRA person who worked with Keith to do the petitions this morning.
I just came -- he said everything that needed to be said.
Mayor: two charming cmnty mbrs like this, no wonder ppl sign.
{inaudible comments}
18. Adjournment [9:42]
=== COUNCIL NOTES Monday February 25 ===
+ CMTE OF THE WHOLE +
4:30 PM IN MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
No voting takes place in Committee of the Whole meetings. Following discussion of an item a decision may be made to forward the item to a regular Council meeting for consideration and vote, or a decision may be made to send an item back to staff to provide further information or clarification before proceeding to a regular Council meeting.
1. Call to Order
Mayor: second CotW mtg; less formal
we're all wearing pink today, against bullying; pink shirt day is Wed Feb 27
REPORTS
2. Removal of Sound Barrier at Gleneagles Elementary School - Discussion on Feb 25, 2013 (File: 1785-03-06) A presentation will be provided.
RF: Sch Dist and Min of Trans reps here as well
all three players so we can talk about the issue
BC Ferries was also invited but declined to attend
here to address removal by SD45
originally constructed during BC Ferries improvement
primary source of noise from StS hwy
noise exceeded so lump sum from BCF to SD; package triple-glazed windows, etc
spring 2012 during construction of the roundabout, discovered, immediate action by SD b/c of concerns -- wall was failing
sound fence replaced by a chain link fence
then heard from nbrs b/c of noise
since sound fence not nec for school, SD had no funds allocated
sound barrier a prov or M, SD wd reconsider
part of overall proj budget; not considered a part of the Ministry's infrastructure, so not responsible; on MDr allowance
staff looking at other mitigation measures, eg redirecting some of the truck traffic, to Exit 2
staff has research materials, got costs
looked at alternatives: from $20K to $70K; diff levels of effectiveness
SLIDES
if re-est of fence, shd be at prop line
staff do not recomm Dist alone re-establish; noise not from M roadway
most effective wd be fence along ramp
we're not noise experts
precedent across M if noise from M streets, expected then
this has come to Ccl twice
District is not responsible for removal of the sound barrier
CotW cd recommend a sound barrier at end of M roadway, an alternative soln
ML: re funding -- not a nbrhd improvement option? nbrhd cd fund if they feel they've lost?
we've done it with lighting
RF: we have 'local improvement area'; lanes, hydro
might have to entertain a bylaw amendment, make it available
Sop: where was the fence?
RF: seems to be a gap in info; consultant; didn't take place; so put on school prop
Sop: ?
RF: not part of their infrastructure; funding contrib to SD
MAB: M and SD involved in taking down the fence
RF: a small part on roundabout and staff took that down; SD took rest, from safety concerns
CC: constructed no more than ten years ago so arguably not well built
why weren't they pursued b/c of shoddy construction?
RF: probably be best to let SD to explain -- they took control, funds through them
CC: wch side of chain link fence?
RF: those details not worked out; we have trees and slope; if re-est have to look at it in more detail
SD doesn't want it inside school prop, so roadside; engg detail we haven't gotten into yet
CC: first time given four diff options, $20K to $70K, quite a bit less than the $200K initially quoted
wd $35K option work well in dampening sound or need a cement one?
RF: you're right; we were looking at one more expensive; looking at one from Ministry
sat down with them to look at the estimate more
b/c of linear ... so $70K
did a bit of research re technology; staff don't have that much expertise re noise so wd hv to do more research
rating of 26 more than 32...
CC: so, short answer is you don't know
last question: any obstacles to putting sound barrier think best
RF: maybe later have Ministry rep speak
need analyses, not just weight-loading but lateral wind-loading
.... whether need reinforcement, ...
RF: looking to 30 to 40m length, b/c SD wd look at -- original was much much longer, 100m or so
from tip of roundabout to parking lot
CC: hwy side 30m?
RF: more
Mayor: remind Ccl staff have said they're not sound experts, wd need a consultant
TP: p19, second bullet; look fwd to hearing from nbrs
Mayor: hear from SD or Ministry before public?
Jessie Morwood (sp?), Ministry: Mr Fung did a good job about the history
needs some clarity
it was a BC Ferries project, not a Ministry project; unf they're not here; BCF privatized
they're the owner of the project, not the Min
we do noise studies, traffic ten years in advance
Understand that was done; study have saying no increase in noise b/c of the noise
I wasn't there at the time but says none so no sound wall built along the hwy
report says no extra noise but if you want sound wall build it here; IOW said not warranted
Mr Fung has more info on the funding
he gave you costs -- I gave him the wrong numbers and he was v diplomatic about that; my apologies
I lumped all the costs for the project and tried to break the sound wall out
Mr Fung's costs close but there are also engg costs
locn of the hwy to go there but why to school, they decided where it went
150m vs 30-40m
Exit 0 to 2 -- a proposal with DWV; reviewing the feasibility
roundabout wd hv to be expanded to accommodate trucks
not decided but moving in that direction
MDr is on Min RoW; always willing to work with stakeholders
Mayor: is there an opp for Min funding for part or all of sound wall
JM: wd look at sound mitigation but study says no noise so no funding av
Sop: I was there as a cclr. Ferry Corp gave the Dist $500K, improved HBay, Ron's Walk, and parking area
School rec'd dbl-glazed windows, entirely new HVAC system, complete new siding on the front of the school, plus the fence
negotiations of funding through Ferry System and Sch Bd
All in favour of mitigating noise for chn, nbrs, etc; protected them
$200K from District
Mayor: getting to a question?
Sop: I said I'd fill him in cuz not aware
Mayor: I'm sure the gentleman has taken notes
MAB: Sorry, didn't catch your last name?
JM: MORWOOD
MAB: thx for coming
when the Ferry did [sic] improvements back in 2000, exit 0 was a new addn to transp net work there, correct?
JM: I haven't bn around that long
MAB: was it in its current spot?
RF: not totally clear
with the change in the toll booth, parking, parkade, etc did necessitate a bunch of changes
bn reduced from beginning or 2000
MAB: rerouting trucks to Exit 2; stood there for an hour, and the traffic coming off the ferry to go to Whistler a signif contributor b/c accelerating up the hill
discussion on rerouting others -- buses, motorcycles?
JM: no haven't looked at yet; can be
CC: any obstacles from the Min's perspective to constructing barrier?
JM: comes down to an engg review; haven't done it yet
CC: wd the Min fund such a review?
JM: if doing a major project, but we're not
CC: look at original to see if forecast accurate?
hear from residents a signif increase in noise; they can speak to that
seems to me the sound study wasn't really worth the paper it's printed on wch is now forming the basis for the Min not to
we need to revisit and make sure the sound study is valid b/c the information we have is not
JM: no we haven't gone back and done one ten years after
there was constant traffic at the time, always up the hill
whether changed, I don't know
CC: willing to do another sound study? to see if basis of original decision holds still
JM: good question; will certainly review to see if we can do that.
MAB: confirm the locn was supposed to be? along the hwy?
JM: there is a report; BKL company that did the assessment
{much inaudible whispering}
at top of picture is Gleneagles School
{away from mike; pointing to slide}
Mayor: thank you; mbrs of public to speak: Don Umbach and Sherry Hancock
DU: the number I have was $731K; not sure if combination buying out of the resp re sounds
some went for improvements to school
assuming BC Ferries bought their way out of that problem with a cheque in court, basically transferring resp for sound mitigation to the School who built the sound barrier and upgrades to school
no accountability from BCF -- so cd hv built a 10ft fence and pocketed the money -- no one owns it after that
lots of mtgs
av sound allowance
prob in this nbrhd unique -- found entrance, exit, so over night
...reason I got from Sch is safety
there are open 2ft pathways down; and spaces under the fence
Sch Bd said safety primary; can't believe with underpinning missing
disproved that
this is what we've done to improve safety, and we can't do that
it's health and safety -- no way you can say it's healthier for those kids
Principal was asked and he said there were no specific complaints wrt safety
there have been petitions
we're not protecting xxx; we're protecting egos about previous decisions
the only mitigation for the nbrs is to put the sound barrier back where it was originally in that location
that's what we wd request
thank you for your time.
Sherry Hancock: 6415 Fox St, rt beside Gleneagles school -- faces play(ground)
my kids went there, lived there since 1989, supported the school
when Ferries expansion, we needed some protection for our students -- sounds and emissions, part of the reason, part of the reason for a wall
what they've put in is barely xxx
insult no notice
removed trees, shrubs, xxx huge increase in noise and traffic
can't open our windows any more -- can't sit on our porch, in front yard, etc -- noises
buses coming up, jake brakes at 3am
promised protection, why not given same treatment -- we don't have any barriers at all, doesn't seem reasonable or fair
affect our property values and the quality of our life
Julia from School District: thank you, looking at this again
some things not exactly accurate
funding for fence [5:21] from Min of Transp
and funding for xxx several hundred thousands of dollars Min of Ed?
xxx, installing, minor modifications
finished, no longer responsible
footings not deep enough so slid into, were shifting, slats coming loose so that was the danger prob
sev times extended apologies to residents, right they were not advised
some panels cd be pushed over by hand so urgent, had to be dealt with right away; fortunately didn't fall on any kids
we try to be good nbrs
our standard for all is chain-link fencing
crime prevention, preferable to see in and see out so felt appropriate choice; wdn't put in a solid barrier
we're not prepared to put anything else in when nbrs came, chn primary
in fall, discussed; look at the safety issue on a continuum
not to say a solid barrier was unsafe
did not make sense to say nothing solid cd be built along the line
did state wd prefer it not to be on school prop
wdn't have capital funding av
30 to 40m not ours, nbrs'
from a school perspective, felt safe for chn
we wdn't stand in way if someone wants to put something solid
not on sch prop, prop falls away there; discuss
our capital funding is minuscule $1.2M for all sites
none for this project [5:27]
cd not rationalize putting fwd for one small grp of ppl
if explained taken out of classroom -- not sure a solid fence wd be the No. 1 choice
usually if parents unhappy about anything we hear from them right away
we have not had anyone directly address us
we do have a petition: wd you support having the xxx of the nbrhd restored?
if: wd you prefer money for an extra teacher, etc not sure same result
the Sch Dist is extremely resp, audited ev year
we wd not pocket funds for another purpose
Mayor: thank you Julia
Sop:
Mayor: just a minute; haven't recognized you -- keep your remarks tight
Sop: have you any record of what was done years ago?
Julia: yes, invoices from
Sop: the toll booth was going to be across from the school but b/c of the Larson Crk outfall, it was moved
some sort of funding -- that's nice playyard
Mayor: she's already answered that -- funding
Sop: not compromise?
MAB: cognizant... dollars orig from the Min of Ed
Julia: yes for the modification
MAB: for the fence, the Min of Transp
Julia: yes
MAB: the petition -- don't think we received a copy.
re mitigation efforts, the Min of Ed concerned about air quality and noise enough to mitigating, given scarceness
CC: why wasn't the original vendor contacted to fix the fence?
Julia: wasn't there; contacted in first year and then warranty over and cdn't contact
CC:
what shd hv happened is go back to the original vendor; point is shd hv gone to them
Min of Transp gave money to Sch Bd for fence for benefit of school and residents
The SchBd before removing the barrier shd hv .......benefit of school and residents
unfortunate putting choice school next to residents -- sort of like if you kill these puppies
wd hope Sch Dist cd exercise some discretion, obligation to residents
use of some of those gen funds without penalizing those residents
NG: has anyone or Engg considered, what if we just plant a row of trees?
cost less and some effect that wd help?
RF: my understanding of sound engg while landscaping may provide some muffling but not reduce sound
xxx not adequate sound barrier
NG: wd like to recomm
DWV not responsible; continue to work with Min?
reroute? trucks xxx
ML: I have great sympathy with the residents
light pollution however I do not see this as a resp of the Dist from a fiscal perspective to absorb this
shd allow for a nbrhd improvement
not sure even a wooden fence with some shrubbery
not convinced you're ever going to get rid of the noise coming out of HBay even with a fence all the way up
many factors
examine; encourage
TP: we all seem to be throwing the buck back and forth
wd like to xxx nbrs' concern
redirecting the traffic to Exit 2, are we not just affecting another nbrhd
cost, maybe staff cd work with MoT
how do we move fwd
a noise study, so if we're looking for nbrhd to come up with funds imp we have good info
need a long-term soln; traffic keeps coming
wd hope we'd be able to facilitate more of the conversation; disappointed Ferries not here
nbrs are our residents
more than redirecting trucks to Exit 2, not enough, have the traffic/noise study first
Mayor: if this motion passes, MoT says they'll see what they will be prepared to do (with more facts on the table).
MAB: I'm not going to support this motion
not prepared to get into a blame game, not constructive
the nbrs and the cmnty left in a worse position b/c of the M and the Sch Dist
Ccl talks about protecting nbrhd character
xxx, we have to support the model
these are taxpayers, money to protect the nbrhd
not afraid of precedent b/c our job to xxx [5:44]
I'd want some shelter from noise, vision impact -- I found it offensive standing there for an hour
that's my opinion
the noise from Ferries and hwy not so much; more from the roundabout -- trucks, motorcycles
hwy has moved now over Eagle Bluffs, xxx
not money for a sound study, rather for a barrier
thought we'd meet with Sch Bd and come up with $10K
not a lot of money, $15K to $20K
obviously was a reason years ago, and to do with school
chain-link fence doesn't do that for me
Sop: too late for blame game
Rise and Report ask staff to replace the sound barrier
that's what we shd leave
no fault here
an area that has had a lot of work
make best of both worlds
up to Ccl whether they want to pass a budget amendment
also, don't think as relevant to sound as today; given atmosphere in that era; as Ccl MB says, hwy way above now
CAO: clear Sch Dist not prepared to put money
to go back again is chasing our tail, they won't put in money
staff been talking and always -- NO
CC: reasonable needs for residents; won't be a precedent for rest of the M, so not concerned about it
{yes, it will, and that is pointed out later}
as MAB rightfully pointed out, we have impacted residents with the rerouting and the roundabout and that has strayed into but more strain on this area
when we found out the prob, shd hv.....
we have obligation to represent all our constituents
when we found out fence had to come down we shd hv xxx
heard what Mr McR said about xxxx
saw alternate motion "on a cost-shared" basis and that I wd support
I'm still optimistic Sch Bd wd kick in ???$10K Min $ xxx [5:51]
ML: don't see how roundabout caused more, were stop signs
traffic along MDr where always
a truck coming from the ferry to roundabout, not many; most likely continue along MDr.....
come along, past where I live
my concern, traffic along MDr impacts me so there is the possibility of a precedence
agree with CC Exit 2 -- come out at Seaview terminal so back on MDr -- you're just moving it from one area to another
if my nbr takes his fence down, do I go to the District?
a fence falls down and xxx?
wd like to see some mitigation -- lights coming into yards -- the concrete fence
we don't know that
think Cclr G's motion appropriate
Mayor: all mbrs of Ccl have concern for nbrs
haven't seen any soln that wd guarantee success and that's the imp part
don't know what to replace with what and cost
we've heard from Min and Sch Bd it wd be 100% us
put it into 2014 budget and weigh against other capital projects proposed
pulling solns out of a hot-air balloon....
I'll support staff continue neg with Min
approp put into
CARRIES with Booth Sop Cam opposed [5:56]
{think consensus meant b/c they did say no votes in Cmte/Whole mtgs..... (see intro)}
Mayor: appears still alive
ML: this similar to xxx
Mayor: advertised so have
NG: maybe keep ev to three minutes including mbrs of Ccl
Mayor: won't disagree with you there
3. Update to the draft Wireless Communication Facilities Policy (2515-05)
A presentation will be provided.
Sokol: hand over to Geri Boyle
GB: History 2010, 2011 something was happening in the industry
top of Libby Lodge
xxx difference
options designed by a local architectural firm, Rogers
proposals went forward and went to DRC from design perspective
shd we do what we've always done
run quickly through wireless connective -- federal control
WV wants local consultation (not all do)
unlike a dvpr of a bldg, antenna, wireless, must be spread throughout cmnty so we do have to take our share
xxx [6:02]
better to be involved
xxx a last resort; feel cmnty benefits from not going there
will have Andrew Browne go through
policy broad and simple; towers will be here, how
wd like carriers to reveal their needs; don't want to be surprised; expect them to co-locate
the proposed Wireless Communication Policy
first: roof top; under 15m in height do not require consultation
broad agreement we can work together
alienate or integrate with the building
to be refined; adaptable
obvious locn within a bldg
SLIDES
Type 2 structures are no towers
conversion of a hydro pole
unobtrusive, carefully positioned, case by case; notification to owners within 50m
Towers (Type 3)
SLIDE showing the two-tower design concepts
towers directed to UL hwy
recommended design; shd not significantly impact foreground views of residents uphill
notification within 100m; public open house, Ccl consideration
Outcome
discuss draft policy final revisions so that staff can report back to Ccl in April
Brian Gregg: quite pleased with policy as it stands but with a few qualifications
SLIDES
three main topics: paradigm shift
more and more moving to smart phones
carrier in WV and broader struggling to keep up with demand
email, etc [6:12], expecting to work
SLIDE re bandwidth 20x and 500x Graph
Coverage Slide
receiving complaints about dropped and xxx [6:13]
more than half of 911 calls made on mobile devices
policy to date wd be what [govt?] wd accept
xxx whereas towers wd have to go to Ccl [6:14]
how can we best serve WV; think Type 2 xxx
Mill Foley: xxx
Mayor: how are you?
MF: good
{ouch! so many are forgetting that 'good' refers to morals, ethics, ability, and expertise, NOT health -- why not say 'well'?
if addicted to a word starting with G, say 'great'.
there's a difference (in English and five other languages) between good and well -- a person who is good and one who is well.}
I apologize for not wearing pink
Mayor: at least you're wearing clothes
MF: with xxxx [6:15] in Washington DC
{get impressive background}
Slide
ironically employees in Health and Welfare Canada complaining
aware from 1977 on
AT&T was going to put on top of my school
donated to church across street and put xxx inside the cross
xxx WDC
cursory reading, lack of [one] on health
classified as a carcinogen; not just cancer but other issues
for a cel tower to heat your tissue
wd hv to climb tower and lick it
non-thermal effects
I've worked with DWV in 1998 original bylaws, worked with fed, prov, Ms since 1997' v knowledgeable; wd be pleased to provide more information
Cindy Grauer: tyvm for opp; ackn hard work of staff; recogn prog made
over course of our
don't want to repeat what Telus has said b/c similar
need and demand; do we really need it, in car
demand has shifted from using cell ph to using multiple devices in homes
ppl esp in WV using smart devices -- even voice calls 90% in home so need to build more towers
most of our customers, buy a package and expect things to work
Companies don't increase revenue when we build a tower, just to provide level of service ppl expect
the terrain, the hills, the tall trees, challenging
if questions
Liz Walker: Citizens for Safe Technology, volunteer
my 14 years with BC Hydro gained knowledge and weaknesses in research
...... practice not sustainable
protection of industry
two other pillars neglected: environmental sustainability
in 2000 (have title page here for staff) headline
effects of electro-magnetic fields on plants
microwave xxxx will interact .... uncharted territory
present paper to you on over 100 studies; birds ?'
draw your attention to carbon footprint
how often it's used [6:24] xxx equiv to flying... xxx
Mayor: wrap this up?
LW: myriad other reference
Mayor: end now?
LW: possible to forward to you?
Mayor: yes and we can read it at our leisure
Sop:
Mayor: given time keep comments
Sop: I always try to do that but others don't
:-)
question re rooftop
GB: they tend to be small
xxx in a cmnty were we highly value what we call the fifth elevation, the roof xxx
looked at idea of notification -- do you involve ppl in bldg, complicated with rental housing and feel shd be dealt with the bodies who handle rental housing
obvious location in bldg
Sop: these under 15m, are you advocating retrofitting on tel poles?
GB: I think I can clearly say not advocating be on all tel poles
shd try to avoid residential roads (90%); look at higher travelled roads
NG: don't know where to start, don't want to get too worked up b/c this is my issue
shocking industry reps here telling us how to write
Telus three letters, telling us the words to write
can't see any different from Grosvenor coming to us how to write our OCP and say eight storeys [6:31]
puts a lot of pressure on our staff; a bit of pushback happy to see
find it v v strange; pressures put on our staff, really bizarre
number of letters from residents and that's who we work for
100 nbrs strongly opposed b/c of health issues; ev letter except one or two
concerned about health; don't put them near schools
policy has to reflect more about health; see it's a little bit skewed; advocacy from companies making money from these projects and I think that's wrong
GB: health issues regulated by Industry Canada
and we don't have the expertise to
Sokol: we don't have the expertise and we don't have the right to advise re health issues it does to [6:34]
TP: ten about health, others about affecting TV xxx
want towers removed for aesthetic reasons
my question is what our nbrs are doing; same policy across NSh so predictability, biz
Brown: Cty has done
we have fewer sites [6:35]
however framework devping similarly
not ev done and settled yet
not exact but v similar; facing same challenges as well as UL hwy corridor
GB: we are trying to work at the staff level to devp a common approach
TP: we're early adopters, a lot who run home biz
... as well as health and peace
appreciated info about demand
providers, what does that look like? or will change so much not need
GB: Stephanie Grauer
SG: Rogers had a big issue Hwy 1 and CNV
asked by MoT to come up with a plan so know; gave birth to three sites in WV over next five years
meet with local govts and share our plans, three- and five-year plans
up until the iPad was introduced we weren't faced with this demand
three- to five- can't b/c of changes
Man: and innovations
.... light standards, can hardly see
CC: Q for staff
in our original draft policy there was stronger language [read]; that's not been softened to 'avoid'
how far? how to avoid a resid road?
Man: to not be on that road
CC: 5m away xxx
Sokol: not along the road
CC: avoid local road where possible, how far? wd like to know
direct to undevpd Upper Lands
ULWG so shd refer it to the UL; it's a red flag
notice the notice reqmts have been watered down
Telus and Rogers want us to do as little public notice as possible, I understand
you don't have reqmt undr 15m but for me 13m stil high -- 10 or 12m shd be some sort of process
short- and mid-term needs? don't know what that means
GB: short two years, and three years mid
CC: think Cclr Sop raised that both Telus and Rogers both noted that other Ms seem to prefer co-locn (eg street lights)
no diff in policy between Type 2 and 3
trying to find minimize impact -- aesthetic and health -- some don't even notice
more, smaller facilities, send out less reaction; don't know if that's right but heard that argued
we shd be encouraging Type 2 facilities wherever possible
seems not to be provision -- pre-identify preferred sites and particularly sensitive sites
shd just say that
preferred even more if possible
MAB: Cclr Cam highlighted a few of my
smaller, co-locn; I'm not a scientist
balancing health with increasing use by residents
welcome [comments] from everyone
how can we incentivize the policy we want in our nbrhd?
encourage providers to do what we want [6:47]
GB: based on our experience w/ industry is quick decision; that's something we can control
MAB: informing the public
[reading] potential harm; not aware we're doing this -- shd be so ppl know
study was supposed to be done, IRAC
{man: it's been done}
Mayor: let's keep control of the mtg
MAB: identify sp, preferred, ....
Mayor: think staff has heard that loud and clear; not sure all answers but
need to wrap this up
ML: need to clear this up; tel poles tend to be on local roads
some cut through a nbrhd
If ppl think none at 14th and Inglewood b/c nbrhd, have to clarify that
Mayor: so that will be part of the report in April
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY
{motion? motion? they say there aren't any in CoW; bring things to Ccl, "Rise and Report"}
thank you, staff
Sop: may I ask anyone here have anything submit it
Mayor: always happy to have submissions
THEY TOTALLY OMITTED THIS:
4. Future Committee of the Whole Meeting Items (File: 0120-01)
An opportunity for Council members to request or suggest items for future Committee of the Whole mtgs.
5. Public Questions and Comments - NONE
RISE AND REPORT
6. Committee of the Whole rise and report
7. Adjournment [6:51]
+ REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING NOTES (Finance, Feb 25) +
7:00 PM IN MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
[~7:09]
1. Call to Order.
2. Approval of Agenda
Mayor: a bit late; looking fwd; more knowledge, better decisions
REPORTS
3. Divisional Services Review Parks and Community Services (File: 2100-01)
Presentation to be provided. ... be received for information.
Mooi: 11 of 37
..... complete at next mtg
Graham Nicholls and Alex Tunner from V4S; worked with our team
help cannot be understated
invite Mr T to speak (Mr Nicholls had a work conflict)
AT: unfortunately [he] cdn't participate today
good experience
group of five, and indicators -- see this
started this a couple of weeks ago
question was what's a core services review [CSR] -- happy to xxx
will help Ccl to make better decisions,
37 service areas; so said, group them
remember A Maslowe?
he wrote a paper 70 years ago in 1943, Human Needs and xxx
okay, the cclrs have seen
SLIDE of WV's operations
bottom air/food/water/then safety/ belong/ then as quality of life improves esteem xxx/ xxx creativity
how work for WV so at bottom Engg, didn't have sewers we'd be so sick -- resp for 80% of our health
rest cherry on top
utilities then protection -- don't want mobs running around disturbing our peace, or fires
approximately -- Achievement fitness swimming pool overlaps into personal
Parks and Cmnty Services and Library are the quality of life
We have handouts
Mayor: put under my pillow tonight
AT: xxx
{some interesting points but didn't catch them fully, sorry}
$80M
Mooi: xxx
Pam Fretz, Sue Ketler, Alex Hejduk. Corinne Amber, Ian Haras, Arleta Beckett, Steve Kellock; Jill Lawlor
SLIDE of operating expenses for the District
Parks 20% ($22M)
{I saw Engg & Transp 39% ~$44m}
chose 11 areas based on questions at last mtg
with AT and GN presented a 'dashboard'
CCL, xxx, Aquatic Ctr
Mooi: then Sue Ketler
{7:27} Sue K: well loved; ev knows it
highest recovery rate 79.5% of all our rec facilities
ML: looking at the dashboard down lefthand side: adults, child, drop-in
see fee, but how much to recover full costs in the others?
not suggesting for one second ppl not happy but not certain that describes efficiency
Pam Fretz: used to benchmark and our recovery ahead of others
cannot tell you how much it costs those facilities; we only have that info for us
others not keen on showing theirs but we're about 10% higher
ML: somewhat anecdotal; still think useful info to publish
PF: cd bring to fees and charges discussion Mar 11
CC: agree, Cclr Lewis; feel our recovery higher
whatever we can do to get that info -- maybe keep it anonymous? we'll open our kimono if you'll open yours and keep [secret]
satisfaction only half the story
need to absorb 4% per year in labour costs -- seems high; solely to collective agreements
Mayor: think last year of our 4% deal; think we're not budgeting for 4% now
MKoke: no, we're not
Sop: $700K per year Cmnty Ctr; looking to expand
who: blue-sky session
weight room overcrowded, hear most about that
NG: love this report, this format; makes it fun, exciting, colourful
reduction xxx
main trends coming
future opps to explore -- destination status
some friends in NV call our pool the NV Country Club
who are the volunteers?
SKetler: birthday parties, with their friends
TP: decrease in adults, expand
Steve Kellock: drop; growth chn
count those passing desk
Mooi: wch one next?
Mayor: skip over cemetery, will get there soon enough
LAUGHTER
okay to Concessions
Andrew Banks: challenge to provide financially success
limited response for proponents
Mayor: why is that? what can we do about that?
Andrew: find it diff to be profitable and we find it xxx
sp in summer months so we tend to struggle
Amb Park facility is in poor condition
Sop: ... stationary focus, new look is carts that come out in all directions
shd we be in the concession biz?
Mooi: looking at food carts; will come back with recomm
Sop: so not a viable operation as we see it today
Mooi: food carts we're definitely looking into
CC: one of my fav things, a waterfront restaurant
xxx$ rather piddling
info from Vanc? concession at Kits Beach? and Cactus Club; shd be moving to that model
ROI
Mooi: looking at short-term options, food carts, and long-term use of that area
will come back to Ccl with a report later in the year
CC: I keep hearing, est and get going and I can't answer why we're not doing it this year or this month even?
Mayor: Mr McR want to summarize or another day?
CAO: looking at a number of options; the two houses on Argyle
commercial study re having two restaurants
looking at concessions as well as Amb Beach
concerts and use of Sailing Club
staff internal assessment to see how can move
how do we provide a public service and still make money
TP: money for making parking improvements
use for park improvements -- looking for a way fwd
Mooi: will look into
CAO: money goes into gen revenue
NG: in terms of 11 this is the only area without a guiding doc
is there a policy doc we shd be creating?
seems we have not direction
CAO: we have a rev agreement with the Beach House; guiding we're working toward
when we do the review, how much rev generated
Mayor aware -- when we did an RFP for the concession stand, there was so much infrastructure [biz] said did not make sense to us.
is it a service? what sort of public service
Amb is down on the water, cold and dark
revitalization to get ppl down there; one piece of the magnet will get other things
get -- not philosophy at this time
MAB: can you expand on that xxx?
Mooi: making sure we're moving forward
MAB: around playground? what will draw ppl there
Mooi: all around Amb Park
Sop: Garbage and Litter
Mooi: near and dear to Andrew's heart
Andrew answered:
prosthetics health and ???
trying to reduce garbage in parks; hoping to do over next xxx
ML: why not contracted to our service? have we looked at alternate ways?
ABanks: yes; busy season there almost on a daily basis
always look for something more efficient
public complain; we always do the best we can
ML: gone to
AB: probably garbage only; litter pickup beneficial for staff to go into parks
Mooi: large garbage cans -- Ian?
IH: one initiative, garbage with 10ft tube so can hold more garbage so don't have to service so much
also in outlying park, can last a week
reduce complaints re overflowing wch dominates our complaints
CAO: in response wrt outsourcing garbage; discussion today
really nothing that cd not be contracted out; the real challenge is to get to that and efficiency of that contract
will kick that idea around
will result in v little, in fact a cost to cmnty short-term, but in long-term; we feel our staff is doing a better job of that
question is can we do better
Sop: daily routine of pickup?
transported, picked up by another agency
Ans: bus pickup truck goes around; park garbage -- has a road he follows, when full, takes to transport stn in NV, empties and starts again
garbage Amb sea walk, daily
taken away under contract service
Sop: more dialogue on contracting out
Mooi: Mr Fung has more info
RF: two sources, streets and parks; right now Parks Dept looking after both components
seen more efficient to have together
trends and in response to Cclr Lewis -- only to provide service to sgl-fam
so beyond boundaries of our utility
may be other ways -- in NV eg see a lot of coffee cups by coffee shops so they've introduced a levy fee
recyclables
Bby has used advertising media to offset costs (containers)
Both of our divisions looking to Parks and Engg; looking to Engg/Transp
open to looking for who does what
find what makes sense
CAO: reassure Ccl this is what the success of these divisional reviews
getting staff to work together
outside or not? this, staff working together, coming out clear
NG: really happy to see work plan expanding recycling opps
dumping garbage in parks, pets...... re enforcing, isn't there a bylaw against littering in parks? signs?
education in general so we can save money picking up the garbage
Banks: education we're looking at
TP: this is a big one and ppl expect the parks to be clean
anything we can do to improve efficiency
a big piece, and know staff get a lot of complaints; staff to respond quickly; a big issue in cmnty esp in summer months
Mooi: our staff aware so tell me stories
call from a mbr of staff who works v hard
many residents put their garbage, household waste in parks and in bus stop
v diff to be satisfied when clean and then shortly afterward household garbage put in that can!
staff want our parks, bus stops, and xxx to be clean; need ..... hehp
ML: find it difficult to xxx
maybe I live in a diff world
xxx .... car batteries?
Mooi: yes, household garbage
Today an aquarium dropped off in a parks garbage can
encourage our cmnty to recycle and xxx [8:02]
ML: I've been in a number of cmnties where they have a big dumpster; have we ever looked at that?
Mooi: to my knowledge haven't but the staff mbr suggested that
{sorry, didn't catch this}
CAO: xxx
and I can attest a lot of household garbage dumped in our garbage cans
MAB: adopt a hwy, adopt a park; looked at?
Mooi: started to look at that; some examples?
Banks: having a mbr close to the park to look after recyclable containers
take it over to their house for colln
successful in some cmnties; check if applicable
CC: Cclr Lewis's point, a central bin, $35 a bag
TP: Sunset Beach, a bin, lots at summer, ready to go
Mayor: on 'G's, so Golf
Mooi: Banks Golf Fund
Banks: Golf highly competitive market, improve playability of the course
Mayor: not even time for the page!
Mooi: didn't want to take time with presentations, just take questions
ML: weather
don't know what we can do; Amb Par 3 on native land
we understand what our core competencies are, and we take in [consultants]
bring in xxx
restauranteur trying [8:07]
look at; it is a success
Sop: good, well-laid out, like Mayor's favourite, Cemetery
what kind of concessions, the pro, how does that work?
PF: the pro-shop mgr brings in staffing and also runs the merchandise area
make sure ppl paying, also have rental
fee plus %age; no long re merchandise now they buy and keep profits
Sop: a gem; model that will increase?
favourable to have nine holes at $24.50
Banks: we work closely with pro-shop; v competitive market; price point
pro-shop mgmt company v good at helping us
shoulder seasons; thinks that's where we can be successful and improve
working hard on drainage and playability
TP: thank staff for working on this
declining revenue; cutting down to three days from five
xxx; interesting golf courses out at Gleneagles, like indoor golf
share that?
Mooi: don't know if Jill can speak in specific
know that our junior golf xxx [8:11]
TP: wanted to showcase what being done to increase
MAB: noticed you've narrowed the fairways wch is why my xxx gone down
many ageing and mentioned cardiac hill
considered a few motorized carts?
A Banks: discussion over past years; cd change the character of the whole course
wd have to have asphalt up the hill
always open but serious consideration b/c wd affect feel of Gleneagles
ML: wd be remiss that it's their tenth anniversary
March 1st at ? treats with school choir
these posters; want to commend the Gleneagles ppl
want to encourage this
remember when built, controversy; amazed ten years ago; becoming a remarkable
turn up, specially on Friday
Mayor: am sure looking fwd to this
CC: haven't spoken
Sop: happy to share my time
CC: look to the right
Mayor: always do, Ccl Gamb; xxx
PF: if the clubhouse operator wd not renew we cd look at that proshop and other combination
right now a longterm agrmt with clubhouse
Mayor: Cclr Sop
Sop: I'll pass
Mooi: next dashboard
Banks: invasive plants
meeting to consider this diff picture
other: parks and gardens
Sop: see invasive plants on waterfront have turned brown -- injection?
WG have to look at a policy not so labour-intensive
you don't have to answer
looking to the answers from the WG
CAmbor: has a timetable xxx [8:18]
ML: makes obvious sense to contract out, certiainly spraying and other activiites
not talking about ivy
in NV they're spraying and we're going around with needles
Banks: two schools of thought: direct injection, doesn't touch other plants. and that's the one we're engaging in
hope last in Caulfeild Park and this be free of Japanese knotweed
unclear long-term success with spraying b/c effect on nearby
staff will look into this
Mooi: we do contract out
Banks: work with OGCS and xxx society
usually get three prices, make sure prov certified; 25 parks in 2012
ML: some of these species ending up in compost
out of WG, what indivs can do on their own props -- not looking for answer now, but something I can do on my prop
CAmbor: recomms from the WG
TP: want to ackn some ppl in the audience; PMPlan
amazing what stewardship groups do in the cmnty; now in right place where it shd be
imp to ackn how cmnty mbrs have driven this
Mayor: speaking
note from Ms Brink today chair of cmnty ctr services
do you want to make a public announcement of that announcement
Mayor: thought it as exciting
BB: new exec?
new exec dir; extensive background, last ten years at college fdn
similar work
Mayor: 11 of these, doing it all tonight
Mooi: Mar 11 will be fees and charges
volunteers that come out to pull out ivy; their commitment to our cmnty and parks
CAmbor: removal of ivy in Lighthouse Park and they've made an unbelievable impact
not what it might hv been
stewardship groups: OGCS monitoring around the edge so inv speices don't creep in
other groups: Streamkeepers, engagement of young ppl; many hours
ML: a little bit concerned; a few more; one more scheduled for Pks and Rec; want to step back -- are there things Ccl wd like to have in the next session that wd help us
goal, efficiency and xxx; xxx
Mayor: Ms Mooi has that in hand
Mooi: our goal though we won't be able to finish it by Mar 11 b/c that
fees and charges
will present to Ccl in next mos
ML:well and good but how do we take the next step
now I know than before last mtg
how do we move fwd
CAO: what we had heard from Ccl was that this Ccl hadn't had input into 2012/3 budget
what are the KPIs you want? ... services and at what level
attempted to show to you; if we had 5% increase, 5% decrease,....
we have now changed our position; shd not be a zero % and that's still in a number of areas
we've delivered 2013 a zero % incrase even though costs have gone up
give you as much info, and for you to determine KPIs.
this is not a budget review; not one dollar here is legislated
think ML is saying where do you want to go next
so what areas do you want to delve into
don't want to end mtg with an argument
{[8:30] GET this bit}
NOT ASKING WHAT YOU WANT FOR 2014
How can I articulate to cmnty xxx
Mayor: to be fair
ML: we don't have that
Mayor: broken down; well, where dollars go and how come in
up to ccl mbrs if they don't understand or....
to phrase questions here
CAO: we went out to former mbrs of [Finance}
be critical, what do you
one a former deputy minister and involved in priv ind
what other info wd you like?
ML: on Parks and Gardens
I have been asking for five years what it costs to cut
I now know we cut ev five days not three
135 hanging baskets how much
closed nursery, costly; 95% likes but don't know how much
that's what I expect to see
CAO: not to get into an argument
we've given you info... let us know... if you ask cost
higher level
ML: I'd be xxx
pennies dollars
don't know how xxx
this doesn't really tell me much about how well running from an efficiency POV
NG: not so much interested in the details as Cclr Lewis b/c I know he is and can
I can see with dashboards we can articulate our questions; can come back; can ask for more info
concerned if one cclr asks a question, staff going back and spending hours.......
prefer if all of us can come up with a question; {get this}
Mayor: thx for that
CC: {[ 8:36] also GET THIS interesting bit on the videotape}
core, less core; ans Q as Lewis said -- are we delivering services in an efficient manner
high quality
efficiency also
not mean necessarily contracting out
saying we have a 79% recovery rate at the Aquatic Ctr
what does that tell us? absolutely nothing
is that good
parks -- recovering xxx
79.5% is not telling me one stitch of information, not value for money, not efficiency
knowing kilos of waste is a fact but I don't even know what that means -- is it a lot?
for me what the key performance indicators is
delivering high quality and doing it efficiently
on concessions -- we got $15K in 2012
xxxx
72%
doesn't tell me
$15K doesn't seem like much but it might be the going rate
to the extent possible, the quality of the service, quantity, xxxx
your taxes are going up, we're delivering at eff but xxxx
I'd like KPIs in addn to staff's assurances
Mayor: have to understand the role of Ccl and the role of staff
we hire professional staff to run
{who don't know or don't tell Ccl Vancouver and other Ms get CACs therefore Ccl, to make a decision, are left to believe a devpr's claim they don't pay? And staff recommends they not pay? Where's the concern for residents' money/costs?}
I felt imp for Ccl to know what they deliver and how
broader understanding if changes nec or to suggest
we hire professionals; can hire someone to give higher KPIs
of eggshell
{another part interesting you may wish to get this at [8:41]}
shd xxx enough to know if competent
xxx; to provide better
never going to understand
Mayor: I know more than anybody in this room
CC: not just
are we {another interesting bit [8:43]}
Sop: this is great; I'll xxx
fees and charges; watched this for 16 years; improvement
appetite for xxx
signif info for me to form judgement
when we go to final analysis; gather up on my own
cd say don't like a, b, and c
TP: always imp to know and not mvoing along on a continuum
a lot of innovation here that you don't see in the private sector
look at golf course
adopted policies from cmnty, WGs, xxxxx quality
quality what liked but of course want to be efficieint
excellent start
thanks again to have this sort of dashboard in front of us
always gong to be pieces of the puzzle we don't have
to say this isn't good enough, I find unfortunate to hear b/c we are supposed to be at the policy level
like Gambioli I don't want to get down to the details
I see [8:46]
xxx starting to xxx
valid comments
getting into user fees, that's going to be fun, a good debate
MAB: thought an excellent presentation
xxx; compared with weighty things we get
we're chunking it down; a heck of a lot of time has gone into this
happy to see that presentation
we're trying to meld a couple of concepts here
Tunner xxx
Core Performance Review is another key xxx tool
plsd looking at a strategic way of looking
no expectations going to be perfect; can't read our minds
lead through process, see as a collaborative one
do believe -- look at
look at Prince George's performance review (Cclr Panz sent it round) and I went through it
my attitude is, like take the top three
also encourage other too, Mr Tunner's KPIs
take top three, like answers to these three
end on positive note
great start and we will help each other be a better org
Mayor: Parks Gardens and Washrooms into one?
Banks: large part
3.9ha of gardens -- 4.75 soccer fields
size of parks: 445ha of parkland, 543 [?] soccer areas we maintain and look after
95% of households visit parks on a regular daily basis
looking at more perennials rather than annuals
looked to be efficient with costs so eg we closed the nursery down
CC: not criticizing, talking about efficiency; great to have those numbers ($13yr etc but no way to measure, no benchmark)
seems good but wasted
Sop: can buy some of that
6-mile long mtnside to deal with 140-odd parks; comment ev chance they get
vastness is incredible
look at from perspective of cost over xxx to net out
in a world, we're living in one of best places in world
fostered new ideas and new promotions
inv species, waterfront; going to be with us for a number of years
xxx; good
we're looking at that
see enough info here
ccl decision, don't see a problem; if we want a change we can ask for it
don't expect ev to be in here
NG: Yes, I changed my mind
1 2 pay parking
garden and park grass
bulb gardens will have to be cut down and I see you're doing that
considering reducing garden displays and [xeriscaping?]
in first section, av three-year growth, 9.1% inc in costs
why higher than other dashboard areas?
Banks: inc in staffing; shift
Mayor: time for
Mooi: SAC, Jill and Sue
Ans: [8:55]
seniors fixed incomes; fear live longer exceed their funds
mbrship does a lot of fundraising
CC: speed comparison
to cover full costs $57/yr to cover full costs
what
Ans: to cover full cost, increase ev prog by 67%
CC: ???
Ans: financial access prog
least likely to ask for help, srs think "I'll get by on my own"
some but not to extent
ML: ?
Ans: took whole amt
drop in
hour for class
ML: implies all same cost
Ans: might double or triple mbrship and xxx
NG: xxx
?Av Growth
food revenues remained flat; while food costs increased
NG: even with my buying all those cinnamon buns?
Ans: you're not buying enough
Sop: xxx
if all attended not enough space
time and time got out raising money for whatever
certainly board runs on a serious basis
finite in their decisions; don't think you cd get a better model
xxx; atmosphere of friendship; success better than most in Lower Mainland
Mayor: certainly fair to say our Ctr has extended a lot of lives
TP: SAC under capacity evenings and weekends
use space for longer period of time and ?
Jill Lawlor: xxx; moving; constantly looking to be more efficient
TP: ?
Ans: we have a fencing prog for chn
xxx; other progs, srs and chn working togethr
learned more now on bd
Ans: one of our latest innovations
purchasing re xxx
increase our take-out sales
MAB: happy to hear a bldg not being used, now being used -- more
under ageing demographics; doesn't seem to be a replenishment of mbrs in the younger
some don't think seniors till in their 80s
maybe change of the name of the ctr, a pet peeve of mine
a lot of ppl out there who cd be served -- you can get in at 55?
Ans: our largest growth is between 55 and 65
cycling progs, golfing, seeing a large uptake in those progs
Mayor: MAB has a good point
changed seniors to Championship Golf
{turns out that having 'seniors' turns some off, more join!}
Mayor: Youth Services?
Ans: Amb drop in
variety of groups; youth, garage, xxx [9:10]
CC: had a couple of ppl contact me about youth and substance abuse
kids falling through the cracks
main challenges
dashboard
what we plan to do in future to make this better
WV has an interesting role, mental health is a prov resp
but
why we have a youth ctr
like to hear what more we can be doing
Ans: mental health services are prov
VCH and MCFD handled; don't think we're doing anything worse that others
ppl reach out to professionals for support and referral
a parent who'd never experienced mental health prob in family, shooting arrows in the dark
not nec fast track but narrow scope
CC: if a 5% increase, if this a priority, what wd you be doing?
Mooi: the HUB model?
Ans: looking at delivering services in a HUB model; youth group looking at that
we want to have around the table xxx MCFD
positive response
may help expedite referrals
MAB: wd like to highlight two; from pie chart
equal popn from ends of the spectrum
cd do better allocating resources on youth
anticipating hearing from the Youth Services Review shoring up this area
our stats support this; wd be interested in staff commentary
Mooi: v supportive of that
NG: definition question: what age youth?
Ans: youth outreach 13 to 18; do deliver services for pre teens, grades six and seven
NG: see as one to explore
room for volunteers to be part of the structure?
under the indicators, seems high, why?
Ans: responding to crisis and supporting one to one support expensive and can't do in a group situation
lounges a safe stimulating envirmnt for youth; safe ratio
youth may have many barriers and in WV financial barriers do exist
don't want drop xxx fear wd happen
NG: wd like to suggest
compare one of these metrics with other districts I cd come up with a question go to other ccl mbrs and cd debate if that a question we want staff to research
Sop: xxx; vulnerability of chn; 0 to 6; we have a mix from wealthy to not
range of ab to cope
do on Congress coming up on Thurs night
Mayor: shd leave deptal review; except Cemetery, so Corinne
{Alex T stood up}
Mayor: wait till PQP
4. Finance Committee Meeting Minutes - November 2012 (File: 0116-20-FIN)
Information to be provided.
Mayor: shd thank Ms Mooi and staff coming, preparing the booklet; helpful; Ccl always likes to debate...
{did they adopt the minutes???}
5. Public Questions and Comments
Mayor: Carolanne Reynolds and Alex Tunner
CR: you zipped through that rather quickly!
I just wanted to say wrt the ppl wanting to know whether it shd be the big picture or the policy or the little, as the Chinese say, "Every journey starts with a small step."
so maybe you cd hv some of you look at one part and some another.
And one of the things while you were speaking about Parks occurred to me
you cd ask ppl to come up with suggestions of how to save money
in some cmnties they have you know, this park has been maintained by Rotary, or whatever
you can start putting out some of these things so local businesses can use it as an advertisement, tastefully done, of course
so
rather than stop b/c you don't know whether it's going to be the big picture or the small picture, just welcome recommendations from whatever level it cd be.
the other thing happened a few years ago -- a plain brown paper envelope -- was the employees, the WVMEA, submitted a large envelope, ideas that they had, anonymously given, for savings in their various depts.
I think you shd welcome them.
I mean, it's ppl in the depts, who know how the depts run, who can come up with really good suggestions, but they don't want it to be seen they're cutting someone out of work or whatever -- they can be reassigned
but welcome ideas from the public and from the staff b/c we're not going to see the big picture necessarily but look you can save money if you do this, as I suggested years ago.
About 20-some years ago, the washrooms. We were paying the washroom staff something like $12 - 15/hr wch was v high hourly wage for cleaning bathrooms at that time. I suggested that that be outsourced. They did. And it did save a lot of money b/c as you know when you outsource you don't have to pay all the benefits
but anyway
why not, with this, also have ppl, both staff and cmnty, suggest ways to cut costs.
You look at the big picture, we can take care of some of the pennies.
[9:25] Mayor: thank you for those welcome suggestions
box?
AT: often you don't see what you want until you see what you don't want
notwithstanding KPMG's magnificent doc
we're leading by example
a KPI for leading by example
I'm sure the succeeding iterations will be quicker; this was the first one; quicker next year
much quicker, other depts take a leaf out of Anne's book and .....
comparisons with outside
we at V4Services, looked at other Ms and WV's by far the most informative
GVRD, forgotten his name
we like a comparison of FTEs by Ms
go back a while later and he said can't be done
restricted database
there's something that's obvious
fairly difficult but try
to answer legitimate questions that hv bn asked
you, often Sop, saying the best place
remember triangle
top three is what makes it the best place
Pks/Cmnty services and the Library than make it the best place
20% from top, not unreasonable to be making it the first place
Mayor: thank you for those words
{NG clapping}
6. Adjournment
=== CCL MTG AGENDAs MONDAY MARCH 4 ===
= 6pm IN CAMERA
Meetings that may or must be closed to the public -- 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:
(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;
Purpose of meeting: Personnel matter.
= 7pm RECONVENED PUBLIC HEARING
Note: At 7pm the Reconvened PH will commence in the Ccl Chamber. The reg Ccl Mtg will commence in the Chamber immediately following.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. RECONVENVED PUBLIC HEARING
Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4736, 2012 (File: 1610-20-4736)
The Public Hearing opened on January 21, 2013 and was adjourned to March 4, 2013.
The Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits will describe the subject application.
Applicant: Karl Gustavson, Architect, for the owners.
Subject Land: The proposed bylaw amendment applies to 1821 Marine Drive.
Purpose: In 2008, the site was rezoned from C2 (Commercial 2) to AC2 (Ambleside Centre Zone 2) as part of the Districts implementation of the Ambleside Village Strategy. The applicant has demonstrated that a building at 2.0 FAR could have been constructed on the property under the previous C2 zone. The intent is to re-establish this previously permitted density of 2.0 FAR for this property.
Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment: the proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment would increase the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for the property at 1821 Marine Drive from 1.75 to 2.0. There is no building proposed at this time; the rezoning deals solely with the proposed increase in FAR. Prior to redevelopment occurring on the site, a development permit would be necessary.
3. RECONVENED PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURE [described]
4. REPORTS/WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
1) Reports received up to and including February 27, 2013:
Rezoning Application No. 12-050 for 1821 Marine Drive (West Van Florist) Nov 29; Date for Consideration Dec 10, Jan 21, Mar 4 // R-1
Rezoning Applicn No. 12-050 for 1821 Marine (WVF), Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4736, 2012 Jan 9; Date Jan 21, Mar 4 // R-2
2) Written submissions received up to and including February 27, 2013:
To view all written submissions click here.
AUTHOR DATE DATE FOR CONSIDERATION NO.
B. and R. Blamey January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-1
A. and N. P. Morley January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-2
B. Henry January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-3
J. Hann January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-4
J. Jansen and D. Dunbar January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-5
J. E. and J. MacCallum January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-6
A. M. Tait January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-7
E. Wootten January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-8
P. Budra January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-9
C. Young January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-10
S. McKee January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-11
B. F. Phillips January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-12
C. and M. Hunter January 14, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-13
C. and M. Hunter January 15, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-14
ADRA January 15, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-15
B. and R. Blamey January 20, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-16
M. Slater January 20, 2013 January 21, 2013 / March 4, 2013 C-17
A. and P. Morley February 13, 2013 March 4, 2013 C-18
B. Hann February 26, 2013 March 4, 2013 C-19
On December 10, 2012 Council set the date for the Public Hearing. The statutory notice of Public Hearing was published in the North Shore News on January 13 and 16, 2013. The Public Hearing opened on January 21, 2013 and was adjourned to March 4, 2013. The statutory notice of Reconvened Public Hearing was published in the North Shore News on February 24 and 27, 2013. The Municipal Clerk will note written submissions received for the March 4, 2013 Reconvened PH.
5. APPLICANTS PRESENTATION
6. PUBLIC INPUT
7. CLOSURE OR ADJOURNMENT OF RECONVENED PUBLIC HEARING
If there is no further public input and Council does not request a further staff report:
RECOMMENDED: THAT all written and oral submissions regarding proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4736, 2012 up to and including March 4, 2013 be received and that the Reconvened Public Hearing be closed.
OR
If Council requests a further staff report:
RECOMMENDED: THAT staff report back to Ccl re the Mar 4, 2013 Public Hearing re proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4736, 2012 and that the Reconvened PH be adjourned to _______. (date, time, location)
Mbrs of Council are not permitted to receive any further submissions once the Reconvened PH is closed.
= 7pm* REGULAR COUNCIL MTG AGENDA
*Note: At 7pm in the Council Chamber the Reconvened Public Hearing regarding proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4736, 2012 (1821 Marine Drive) will be held. The regular Council Meeting will commence in the Council Chamber immediately following the Reconvened Public Hearing.
Following conclusion of the Reconvened Public Hearing the following items will be considered.
1. Call to Order.
2. Approval of March 4, 2013 Regular Council Meeting Agenda
3. Adoption of Minutes -- February 18, 2013 regular and special Council meetings.
DELEGATIONS
4. West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, regarding Annual Report (File: 0055-20-WVCC1)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
REPORTS
5. Reports from Mayor and Councillors on Boards, Committees, and Working Groups
6. West Vancouver Memorial Library Teen Space (File: 1900-01)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
7. Official Cmnty Plan Amendment, Rezoning, Devt Permit Applicn for 1300blk S Marine Dr (File: 1010-20-12-069)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The applicant work with staff to pursue revisions to the proposal as follows:
a) A reduction of approximately 9 m (30 ft) in the maximum overall building height through a combination of measures
such as reduced floor to ceiling height, reduced number of storeys, and treatment of rooftop equipment;
b) Further design devt to create an attractive fifth (rooftop) elevation using a combination of measures such as
minimizing rooftop equipment, using elevators with small overruns, and concealing the equipment within the
uppermost storey;
c) Further design development to introduce architectural distinctness between the west and east buildings;
d) Landscaping and public realm revisions consistent with the Ambleside Streetscape Standards;
e) Design modifications which reinforce 14th Street as the principal public space, including public realm treatment
consistent with the Ambleside Streetscape Standards, and improved building permeability facing 14th Street through
measures such as storefronts, doors, restaurants, patios, and awnings;
f) Updates to the Bellevue Avenue cross-section including the provision of parking on the north side and potential
changes to the location of separated bike lanes and public art;
g) Consider a reduction in average residential unit size;
h) Consider inclusion of office space as a 2nd storey land use;
i) Consider add'l public parking (on- or off-site) as an anticipated component of a possible Cmnty Amenity
Contribution; and,
j) Various architectural refinements intended to reduce building bulk and sense of horizontality (e.g. cut back
overhangs, reduction in number and extent of concrete slab extensions, etc).
2. The revised applicn be referred back to the Design Review Cmte for add'l urban design and architectural feedback;
and,
3. Staff report back to Council with the revised proposal, the outcome of the Design Review Cmte mtg, and/or direction
on next steps in the devt application review process.
*March 1, 2013 NOTE: Consideration of Item 8 Ambleside Activation Public Engagement Summary and Recommendations for Next Steps has been deferred to March 11, 2013. Council will be scheduling a special Council Meeting for March 11, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Hall Council Chamber and Ambleside Activation Public Engagement Summary and Recommendations for Next Steps will be scheduled as the first item for consideration at the March 11, 2013 special Council Meeting.
*8. Ambleside Activation Public Engagement Summary and Recommendations for Next Steps (File: 2195-01)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
RECOMMENDED: THAT staff implement the Ambleside Activation items set out in section 4.2 (a) to (q) as recommended in the report dated February 20, 2013.
**March 1, 2013 NOTE: Item 9 Amendment to 2013 Council Meeting Schedule has been revised to include the scheduling of a special Council Meeting on March 11, 2013 and time changes for the Cmte of the Whole meeting and the Council Meeting regarding Financial Matters which are also scheduled for March 11, 2013.
**9. Amendment to 2013 Council Meeting Schedule (File: 0120-01)
RECOMMENDED: scheduling a special Council Meeting for Wednesday March 6 at 5:00 p.m.
THAT the 2013 Council Meeting Schedule be amended by:
scheduling a special Ccl Mtg for Wed March 6, 2013 at 5pm in the M Hall Main Floor Conference Room;
scheduling a sp Ccl Mtg for Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Hall Council Chamber;
rescheduling the Mar 11 Ccl Mtg re Financial Matters to commence 3pm Mar 11 in the Ccl Chamber; and
rescheduling the Mar 11 Cmte/Whole mtg to commence at 4:30pm on Mar 11 in the M Hall Ccl Chamber.
ADOPTION OF BYLAWS
10. Council Procedure Bylaw No. 4730, 2013 (File: 1610-20-4730)
The proposed bylaw received first reading at the February 4, 2013 regular Council meeting, and was amended, read a second time as amended, and read a third time at the February 18, 2013 regular Council meeting.
11. 5 Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4717, 2012, Amendment Bylaw No. 4745, 2013 (File: 1610-20-4745)
The proposed bylaw received first, second, and third readings at the February 4, 2013 regular Council Meeting. Third reading was rescinded, and the proposed bylaw was amended and read a third time as amended at the February 18, 2013 regular Council Meeting.
12. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
12.1. Devt Permit Applicn No. 12-036 for addns to Mulgrave School for an expanded sr school (File: 1010-20-12-036)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the Municipal Clerk give notice that Devt Permit Applicn No. 12-036 for Mulgrave School,
located at 2330 Cypress Bowl Lane, which would allow additions to Mulgrave School for an expanded senior school,
will be considered at the meeting of Council on Monday, April 8, 2013.
12.2. Integral Grp for Grosvenor Request for Order of Non-Enforcement of Noise Control Bylaw (File: 1010-20-12-069)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
The request from Integral Group on behalf of Grosvenor Group Ltd. for an Order of Non-Enforcement of Noise Control Bylaw No. 4404, 2005, Section 6.1.2 (a) for the night of Thursday March 7, 2013 between the hours of 7pm and 11pm, allowing for night time work to conduct a condition assessment of an 8 concrete storm line running from the 1300 Block South of Marine Dr to its terminus at the ocean, be approved; and
Notification be provided by letter drop by the applicant on March 5, 2013 to area residents.
12.3. Correspondence List (see link on electronic agenda) (File: 0120-24)
~ Council Correspondence Update to February 15, 2013 (up to 12:00 Noon) ~
Referred for Action
(1) M. Montanya, January 16, 2013, regarding Ambleside Food Stand
(Referred to Director of Parks and Community Services for consideration and response)
(2) J. Lunter, February 6, 2013, regarding Ambleside and Dundarave Traffic Optimization
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(3) S. Radcliffe, February 8, 2013, regarding Two oddities in new garbage pickup
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(4) B. McArthur, February 11, 2013, regarding Upper Lands Study Review
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
(5) D. Curran, February 12, 2013, regarding Incorrect Liquor Licence Application notice sign on Curling Road
(Referred to Director of Lands, Bylaws, First Nations and Legal Affairs for consideration and response)
(6) February 14, 2013, regarding 2012 5 Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4717, 2012, Amendment Bylaw 4745, 2013 (Referred to Acting Chief Financial Officer for consideration and response)
(7) February 14, 2013, regarding 5 Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4717, 2012, Amendment Bylaw No. 4745, 2013 (Referred to Acting Chief Financial Officer for consideration and response)
(8) Feb 14, re Public Safety Building Project Status Report for January 2013 18 Feb 2013 Agenda Item # 9
(Referred to Mgr of Facilities and Assets & Acting Chief Financial Officer for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(9) M. Silverbrooke, Feb 14, re VARIANCE PERMIT NO. 13-001 To be considered at Council Mtg February 18, 2013
(Referred to February 18, 2013 Council meeting for Council consideration)
(10) 15 submissions, dated January 26 February 14, 2013, re 1300 block Marine Drive
(11) R. McNutt, February 4, 2013, re Important Talks on [Citizens'] Wireless Radiation Concerns
(12) 2 submissions, dated February 13, 2013, regarding Capilano Rugby Club Liquor [Licence] Application
Responses to Correspondence
(13) B. Sokol, Dir/Planning, Feb 8, response to E. Lyman re Fwd: Radiation from Wireless Devices Dangers Young
People Need to Know About!
(14) B. Sokol, Dir/Planning, Feb 8, response to Wood WORKS! BC re 44 Wood First commitments in B.C. and counting.
Could you be next?
(15) B. Sokol, Dir/Planning, February 8, 2013, response to P. Best regarding DWV Use of Kay Meek Theatre
(16) B. Sokol, Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits, February 8, 2013, response to Royal Lepage
Northshore regarding Topic : Innovations in Housing : Self Owned "Secondary-Basement) Suites
~ Council Correspondence Update to February 22, 2013 (up to 12:00 Noon) ~
Referred for Action
(1) P. Chapman, February 15, 2013, regarding FW: Emailing: IMG_0976_1_1.JPG {photograph}
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
(2) 2 submissions, dated February 17, 2013, regarding Marine Drive at 23rd Street
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(3) J. Adams, February 20, 2013, regarding FW: Thank You for speaking out on Parking Costs for PSB
(Referred to Acting Chief Financial Officer for consideration and response)
(4) D. Frank, dated April 25, 2012, received February 21, 2013, re Ref: New Bi-weekly Garbage Collection.
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(5) K. Robinson, February 21, 2013, regarding Ambleside
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(6) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes Board of Variance January 16, 2013
(7) Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM), January 15, 2013, regarding UBCM MEMBERSHIP
(8) Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM), February 12, 2013, regarding BROWNFIELD RENEWAL: UPDATE & SURVEY
(9) J. Mahon, Feb 14, re Notice of Public Consideration Proposed DVP No. 13-001 (1690 21st) dated Jan 31, 2013
(Previously received at February 18, 2013 Council meeting for Council consideration)
(10) 9 submissions, dated January 22 February 22, 2013, regarding 1300 block Marine Drive
(Attachments available for viewing in Legislative Services Department)
See (d) and (g)
(11) 77 submissions, dated February 17 February 22, 2013, re Capilano Rugby Football Club Liquor Licence Application
Responses to Correspondence
(12) Dir/Planning, February 14, 2013, response to K. Higgs re As Sent to W. Van Historical Society this Morning...
(13) Director of Engineering and Transportation, February 18, 2013, response to A. Lepiarczyk re Rules of engagement
(14) Dir/Engg and Transportation, February 18, 2013, response to S. Radcliffe re Two oddities in new garbage pickup
(15) Manager, Bylaw and Licensing Services, February 18, 2013, response regarding Parking Signs Traffic and Parking
Bylaw No. 4370, 2004; NSN 3 Feb 2013 p. A6 Mailbox: WV parking signs mislead
(16) Mgr, Bylaw and Licensing Services, February 18, 2013, response to W. and M. Hill re Parking Regulations Bylaw
(17) Manager, Bylaw and Licensing Services, February 18, 2013, response to Pret-a-PorterLuxe re WHAT NEXT?
~ Council Correspondence Update to February 26, 2013 (up to 4:30 pm) ~
Referred for Action
(1) F. White, February 28, 2013, regarding Seaview Trail
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(2) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes West Vancouver Memorial Library Board January 16, 2013
(3) D. Umbach, February 25, 2013, regarding Gleneagles Health and Safety of Kindergarten Students
(Previously received at February 25, 2013 Committee of the Whole Meeting)
(4) 3 submissions, dated February 25, 2013, regarding Wireless Communication
(Previously received at February 25, 2013 Committee of the Whole Meeting)
(5) TransLink, February 25, 2013, regarding Results of 2013 Bus Service Optimization Public Consultation
(6) 2 submissions, dated February 13 - 26, 2013, regarding 1821 Marine Drive
(Referred to March 4, 2013 Reconvened Public Hearing)
(7) 75 submissions, dated February 16 26, 2013, regarding Capilano Rugby Football Club Liquor Licence Applicn
Responses to Correspondence
(8) Admin Assistant to the Director of Parks, February 25, 2013, response to M. Montanya re Ambleside Food Stand
(9) Director of Planning, February 25, 2013, response to K. Losken re Collingwood School/Glenmore properties border
(10) Director of Planning, February 25, 2013, response to two submissions from P. and H. Chapman re 1105 Esplanade
(11) Director of Planning, Land Devt and Permits, Feb 25, response to B. McArthur re Upper Lands Study Review
(12) Engg Outreach Coordinator, Feb 26, response to Western [Residents'] Assn re Connecting Seaview Walk and
Horseshoe Bay
(13) Engg Outreach Coordinator, Feb 26, response to J. and C. Adshead re Connecting Seaview Walk and H Bay
(14) Engg Outreach Coordinator, Feb 26, 2013, response to K. Hardie re Connecting Seaview Walk and Horseshoe Bay
(15) Engg Outreach Coordinator, February 26, 2013, response to H. and D. Miller re Connecting Seaview Walk and H Bay
(16) Engg Outreach Coordinator, Feb 26, response to V. and S. Thompson re Proposed Spirit Trail - Horseshoe Bay
13. OTHER ITEMS
14. Public Questions and Comments 15. Adjournment
=== ANIMALWATCH === baby sloth; beaver family in Calgary; bees
o Winnipeggers video of baby sloth generates buzz
Rachael Hosein captured video of a sloth named Matty at a sanctuary in Cost Rica.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1172738
o Wonderful footage of busy beavers. Subject: Beavers - Castors
The guy shooting this is almost as much fun to watch & listen to as watching the beavers.
http :// biggeekdad . com /2011/06/the-beavers/#.UOB0qzJP9a0. gmail
o Wild bees boost harvest more than honeybees
Leaving some natural habitat undisturbed could improve crop yields
By Emily Chung, CBC News Posted: Mar 1, 2013 1:30 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 1, 2013 4:14 PM ET
Honeybees may be sweet, but it's their wild cousins that give plants better sex and, consequently, higher crop yields.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/03/01/science-wild-pollinators-honeybees.html
=== ROYALWATCH === 50th Anniversary
Prince Philip to present new colours to battalion in Toronto
Prince has been the Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Canadian Regiment since 1953
CBC News Posted: Feb 27, 2013 12:51 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 27, 2013 2:46 PM ET
Prince Philip will be coming to Toronto in April to present a new regimental colour to a battalion of the Canadian Army.
The 91-year-old prince, who has been the Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Canadian Regiment since December 1953, will present the colours to the regiment's 3rd Battalion in Toronto, on April 27, 2013.
The battalion is honoured to receive its new regimental colour from our Colonel-in-Chief, said Lt.-Col. David Quick, commanding officer of the battalion, based in Petawawa, Ont.
"This presentation of a new colour is a proud moment and we are so pleased to be able to share this day with His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh."
Regimental colours are the most prized possession of every regiment, a ceremonial flag which historically used to provide a rallying point for troops in battle.
Prince Philip last visited Canada, along with the Queen, in the summer of 2010.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/story/2013/02/27/prince-philip-visit-toronto.html
=== TALKWATCH ===
Miko Peled's Feb. 7th talk in Vancouver (VPL) "A new model for Israel-Palestine" http://youtu.be/BT90UZ94mms
=== HERRINGWATCH === from Squamish Streamkeepers
...the new herring fishing plan, notes that the Squamish area, is totally closed, at least for this year.
Under the Sparrow Decision, native fish requirements must be met, before commercial fishing can even be allowed. Actually native herring requirements have not been met for years in the Salish sea, but the DFO has said the herring are "all one stock" so fishing can take place anywhere, for the big quotas set. The DFO has always got away with it, it is hard to do a law suit when the seiners suddenly appear in your bay. And as bay after bay has been left with no herring after a heavy fishery, many communities, are still very angry about being left with nothing. Another usual excuse, is that they herring spawning sites, move all the time. Not that much! Especially for the very best habitat spawning sites. Anyway, 1000 of people have now come to witness, and understand, that the loss of a local herring population, will last for many years, after a heavy fishery. Except the DFO herring scientists, who, in my opinion, are controlled by industry. They have the same problem, on Alaska, by the way.
This is why I took some effort to note, that the different populations of herring, are just that, different. I had to use my former bio rank, my having been in COSEWIC, to help make the point. Actually DFO has lots on their website about the resident populations, it notes there that they spawn earlier, or later, than the migratory March populations. In my opinion, lots of very dishonest bio-politics, is often used, by the DFO biologists, who are supposed to be, serving all of the publics of Canada, equally. But they would be demoted, if they did not defend the industry (in my opinion).
But they did not get away with it, this time.
JB
=== BOOKWATCH === from World Wide Words. see http://www.worldwidewords.org
3. Oddest book title of the year
The shortlist for the Bookseller-Diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year has just been announced. It is as fine a set as has ever appeared in its 35-year history.
The titles are: Was Hitler Ill? (A historian and professor of medicine analyse whether the Führer was fully responsible for his crimes.); Lofts of North America: Pigeon Lofts (A pigeon fanciers professional guide to pigeon housing.); Gods Doodle: The Life and Times of the P*nis* (An analysis of the schizophrenic, up-and-down relationship between man and his manhood.); Goblinproofing Ones Chicken Coop (How to identify, track, and destroy bothersome members of the fairy realm.); How Tea Cosies Changed the World (A comprehensive and inspirational guide to the humble tea cosy.); How to Sharpen Pencils** (The art of achieving the perfect point.)
You can vote for your choice at The Booksellers sister site, We Love This Book. The winners are to be announced on March 22.
* a review was in BookWatch in WVM 2013-01
** the best pencil is called Blackwing 602 (We have some on order)
=== LANGUAGEWATCH === http://wordsmith.org/awad/awadmail556.html
This week's theme Words for linguistic errors
This week's words: spoonerism malapropism Freudian slip eggcorn mondegreen
AWAD = A Word A Day; AWADmail is the editor's selection of readers' comments -- v funny, lots of wordplay.
{CR is copyeditor}
=== HERITAGEWATCH ===
+ HERITAGE SOCIETY of BC http://www.heritagebc.ca/home/ http://www.heritagebc.ca/heritage-week-2013
> Reminder: Heritage BC AWARDS -- Nomination Deadline: MARCH 1, 2013
The closing date for receipt of award nominations is March 1. Information and nomination forms can be found on-line: http://www.heritagebc.ca/awards/
Recognizing excellence and achievement in heritage conservation as well as advocacy, awareness, and planning it's one of the most important ways we can support heritage in British Columbia.
Make your nominations online before March 1, 2013.» AWARDS
> FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT: $500K for Heritage BC
The Government of BC is providing $500,000 to Heritage BC to support community heritage programs and help implement a new provincial heritage strategy, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Steve Thomson, announced in Kelowna on Friday.
The Heritage Strategy for British Columbia: Our Heritage, Historic Places, also released on Friday by Thomson, outlines the Provinces future plans to ensure B.C.s historic places remain an active and dynamic part of B.C. communities......
.......This means that Heritage BC will administer the annual revenue from the Heritage Legacy Fund endowment which currently stands at $5.5 million. Since 2005, the Heritage Legacy Fund has provided $1.7 million in grants to over 100 community heritage conservation projects.
Read the new strategy document Our Heritage - Historic Places:» www.for.gov.bc.ca
> HERITAGE WEEK: Family Heritage Photo Contest
Join the fun and enter photos of family and friends enjoying some of the many community events being held for Heritage Week 2013. There are two opportunities to participate.
Heritage organizations, museums, and historic sites are eligible for a draw to win an iPad Mini. Like Time Travel BC on Facebook! The feeling is mutual....we'll reciprocate. Then post your organization's photos on our wall.
We also invite you to encourage your visitors to enter. Visitors could win a family pass to BC Heritage Properties, and the photo with the most votes will win an iPad Mini. Enter the photo contest here: » http://bit.ly/Xa3pey
We're building a great network for everyone interested in heritage in BC. Get more info -- including a contest poster you could print out: » www.timetravelbc.com
+ HERITAGE WEST VAN heritage.westvan.org
thanks to all! HERITAGE WEEK: FEBRUARY 18 - 24 2013
Good Neighbours -- Heritage Homes and Neighbourhoods
+ HERITAGE VANCOUVER SOCIETY
E-bulletin sign-up for event listings, alerts, heritage info; all coming events: www.heritagevancouver.org
Evening at the Marine Building Penthouse (1930)
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5:30 - 8pm ~ Wednesday March 6 -- Marine Building Penthouse, 2000 -
355 Burrard Street
Tix:
$100 donation to HV. Includes wine and hors d'oeuvres reception. (Tax
receipts)
Heritage Vancouver invites you to attend a Special Evening in the ultra-elegant, Jazz Age Penthouse of the Marine Building, Vancouvers Finest Heritage Building. This is a unique opportunity to explore the two floors of the private Penthouse, enjoy the Art Deco atmosphere and the fabulous view, hear about its unique history and share your own personal experiences, stories and photos of the Marine Building. Heritage Vancouver President Donald Luxton will lead tours of the lobby of the Marine Building and Heritage Vancouver Board member, Isaac Vanderhorst will intrigue you with stories about the remarkable history of the Penthouse.
The Marine Building, which opened in 1930, was the landmark project of architects McCarter & Nairne. In 1933, A.J.T. Taylor, managing director of British Pacific, bought the building and built a lavish, Art Deco penthouse on the top floor, overlooking the city. A ride on the tiny elevator that connects the Penthouse with the 18th floor is a highlight of the evening.
The Penthouse has many of its original features still intact, and is currently the office of Urbanics Consultants Ltd, our generous host and sponsor for the evening.
Purchase your tickets early as there are a limited number of spaces for this exclusive event and it will sell out.
Purchase tix on-line (www.heritagevancouver.org) or by cheque made out to the Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to Heritage Vancouver, 1020 Denman St., PO Box 47036 Denman Place, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E1. If you are mailing a cheque please let us know info@heritagevancouver.org and we will hold a spot for you.
All proceeds support Heritage Vancouvers initiatives to conserve Vancouvers built heritage
AIBC 1.5 non-core learning units PIBC CPD: 2.0 LUs
Top Ten Endangered (2012)
1. Main Post Office (1958
2. Historic Movie Theatres
3. St Paul's Hospital: Historic Burrard Building
4. Schools: Sir James Douglas Elementary (1910-12)
5. Strathcona North -- Vancouver's First Neighbourhood
6. Shaughnessy: Land Speculation
7. Wilmar Estate (1925)
8. West End Housing
9. Grandview Neighbourhood
10. Downtown Granville Street (800-1200 blocks)
For details, see: http://www.heritagevancouver.org/topten/topten2012.html
= VANCOUVER HERITAGE FOUNDATION --
o TAKE A WALKING TOUR
http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/take-a-tour/walking-tours/
o Places That Matter
http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/special-projects/places-that-matter-plaque-project/
~~~ MAIKU ~~~ 2013 February 18
lonely by window
only the raindrops' tapping
keep me company
quotations / thoughts / puns
Honesty: the best of all the lost arts. -- Mark Twain
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better. -- Sydney J. Harris, American journalist (1917 - 1986)
Errors like straws upon the surface flow: / Who would search for pearls must dive below.
-- John Dryden, poet and dramatist (1631 - 1700)
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. -- Ben Hecht, American writer (1894 - 1964)
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the rose. -- Chinese proverb
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. -- Swedish Proverb
Just remember, when you're over the hill, you pick up speed. -- Charles M. Schulz
Even on Easter Island, most folks would rather croon an oldie than Rapa Nui.
I missed my miniature Indian musical instrument practice last night. I couldn't find a baby sitar.
The family of bears posing for their family portrait experienced a true Kodiak moment.
TESCO / HORSEMEAT
You've heard about the scandal in Europe. Well, wags cdn't resist. I sent the set I received to my elist and several wrote their own and sent them back to me. I had to add a couple too.
TO ELIST:
Okay. It just happened, but several of you have already sent me punny reactions to horse meat masquerading as beef -- even got it from Australia. ("Tea" means dinner there.)
Pls excuse the horse puns.
TESCO
Within hours of the news that Tesco's 'all beef hamburgers' contained 30% horse meat, these quips hit the internet............
That's what happens when Tesco's buyers engage in horse-trading with their suppliers.
To beef or not to beef. That is equestrian.
Anyone want a burger from Tesco? Yay or neigh?
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.....I guess Tesco just listened.
She asked if he cd eat any mare but the boy cdn't eat all his hamburger -- he felt a little foal.
She watched her hamburger, but it didn't moove.
My friend in UK was told by his doctor to watch what he eats, so he said he went to the races.
Not entirely sure how Tesco are going to get over this hurdle.
Waitress in Tesco asked if I wanted anything on my Burger........so I had a £5 each way bet!
Had some burgers from Tesco for my tea last night.... I still have a bit between my teeth.
A woman has been taken into hospital after eating horse meat burgers from Tesco. Her condition is said to be stable.
What about a hamburger for this palomino?
Tesco are now testing all their vegetarian burgers for traces of unicorn.
I've just checked the Tesco burgers in my freezer...AND THEY'RE OFF.
Tesco now forced to deny presence of zebra in burgers, as shoppers confuse barcodes for serving suggestions.
Said to the missus, "These Tesco burgers have given me terrible trots."
A cow walks into a bar. Barman says, "Why the long face?". Cow says "Illegal ingredients, coming over here stealing our jobs!"
I hear the smaller version of those Tesco burgers make great horse d'oeuvres.
These Tesco burger jokes are going on a bit. Talk about flogging a dead....
He complained about the hamburger until he was hoarse.
Arrggghh no! no no no!
And last but not least......Have you tried Tesco Meat Balls? - They're the dogs bollocks!!