{fyi,
WVM10/11r is now on the website.}~~~ Happy Canada Day -- 147th Anniversary ~~~
Happy BC Day too!
= July 7th Ccl Mtg MAIN ITEMS: Delegation (public tap water); DPA 4435 Stone Cr; Library Annual Rpt; Sgl-Fam Housing Draft Zoning; Q1 Results/Capital Prog; Public Art Adv Cmte; 5-Yr Financial Bylaw; Bylaw Amdmts (Building, Blasting; Fees & Charges re Admin, Planning, Land Devt/Permit fees, etc); 752 Marine Dr; Whyte Lake Park Dedication; Bylaw Adoption re Maison Milliken; OCP/Zoning Bylaws re Coach Houses; Awards Cmte TofRef; CORRESP: Rlwy Crossing (accidents); E-Comm; 4710 S Piccadilly; FBG Expansion; Affordable Housing Strategy; Sunset Lane vs BCR; Woodfibre LNG: Process re Changing docs before asked; Invasive Plants Strategy; Traffic-Calming Keith/Clyde; Blackberry bushes for bees; Humans and flooding rivers for 3000 years; MetroV transit; etc.
= Vive le Canada (Three impressive immigrant MPs); from the EDITOR'S DESK (Jericho Lands, Granville Island; FBG; Ducklings; WVM); WVPD (Cops for Cancer); UPDATES & INFO (Beaches; Prop Taxes; Sprinkling Regs; Rec Leisure Guide; Lighthouse Park; Skateboards; Celebration of Light; Submarine Centenary; DWV Salaries in NSN); Gaza Stats
= CALENDAR to Aug 25th: CULTUREWATCH (Theatre; Art; Music) SONGS; FESTIVAL; WALK
= HEADSUP LIST =
11A Update June 26; new Police Chief; Binning house; BC Lt-Gov {NOTICE: WVPD bd mtg} 11B PSB update; Events; WW1 anniversary 11C Upper Lands, Hollyburn Ridge cabins; [Notice] Canada Day 11D July 7 ccl mtg agenda; Hadfield video 11E Events 11F Howe Sound; Jul 7 ccl notes 11G Jul 7 ccl mtg video start missing; Events; DWV legal loss 11H Bard; Bowen Island Heritage 11I Events; Muddled East; Van Doos at Buckingham Palace 11J Events; Cops for Cancer 11K Agenda July 21; Infobit 11L More Jul 21 info, Corresp; Infobits 11M: Happy Birthday to Prince George; Jul 21 ccl mtg 11N Gambier Island 11O Bits and Pieces; Early Music Vancouver; Jul 28 ccl agenda 11P Fireworks; sp ccl mtg Jul 30; Beaches; Gaza good news; Justin in WV; Vancouver Heritage; Music; HAF; Museum 11Q Bits/News
= CCL NOTES June 16: Coach Houses PH; WV Soccer Club; Invasive Plants; Regional Context Stmt;
2014 Budget Q1 Report (to be provided!); 2013 Annual Report: For consideration and to receive submissions and questions from the public; Proposed Park Dedication for Whyte Lake Area and Trail (three readings); Energy Planning; DPAs: 4435 Stone Cr (for subdiv into two lots and variance); 765 Marine Dr, PkR-N (renos)
= CCL NOTES July 7
= CCL AGENDAs/Items July 21; Highlights 28, 30 (the significance of the special/extra mtgs 28th and 30th)
= ANIMALWATCH (Frogs); PHOTOWATCH (BC; Beautiful Canada); INFObits (Birthdays, Brazil, World Cup joke, Commonwealth Games, Munro's Books); ROYALWATCH (Genie!; Prince G's birthday card; oath to monarchy upheld) COMPUTERWATCH (old ones w/ young ones); IN MEMORIAM (Robin Williams's Passing); OCEANWATCH; BEERWATCH (Spruce tips); FACTWATCH (Hamas and Likud); IRAQWATCH (Sunnis and Yazidis); DISAPPEARING CHRISTIANS; BOOKWATCH (Jane Austen; Indigenous Books); LANGUAGEWATCH (Language of Modern War); ENGLISHWATCH (UK vs US); GRAMMARWATCH (endangered UK apostrophes); WORDWATCH (Word Crimes ); HERITAGEWATCH; MAIKU; FOXWORTHY (if X you may live in Canada); HADFIELD BROS (Canada Day song); RoyalTea-by-the-Sea; QTNS/THOUGHTS/PUNS {+ cartoons}
== Vive le CANADA ===
Three MPs (immigrated here) profiled in the VSun June 30th for Canada Day. Impressive. Lucky to have them: Tory MP Corneliu Chisu (Transylvania); NDP MP Jose Nunez-Melo (Dominican Republic); Liberal MP Emmanuel Dubourg (Haiti).
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK ===
+ JERICHO LANDS
Well, Liberal MP Joyce Murray to be commended for saying the Feds are about to hand over the federally-owned part to the Canada Land Corporation. V valuable property in about the highest property assessment area in Vancouver. Let's make sure extensive public input as to what we want to be there.
+ Granville Market/Island too
will be controlled by Port Metro Vancouver and will Mayor Gregor Robertson wrest control for Vancouver?
+ FATE OF THE FERRY BUILDING GALLERY -- cloudy
Facts, rumours, and inaccuracies swirling but at least it's been withdrawn from July's agenda and postponed to Sept.
Time to do the research needed wrt its original form, what restoration exactly is needed, what options there are, and more importantly more clarification of the plans for the waterfront. Two or three more homes are to be purchased and turned into green space. Maybe have a WG or cmte or task force to study the situation and get lots of public input -- then we're not fighting a series of battles over bits. {Update: postponed to next year.}
+ DUCKLINGS
Well, our hearts all go out to the little ducklings and the person who tried to help them. An act of goodness and kindness -- the sort of ppl we want in Canada.....
I was under the impression that drivers are guilty if they run into a car from behind -- they must be following too closely. Aren't you supposed to leave at least a car length between you and the next car for every 10mph?
The woman's car was stopped. Surely the driver behind wd hv seen that, no?
and then you mentioned the motorcyclist was speeding -- even more reason to think the wrong person was blamed.
Besides, let's not discourage respect for our fellow creatures.
Seeing motorists on the causeway stopping to let Canada geese or beavers cross is endearing -- and right!
+ WVM
yes, v v v late. Sometimes life, obligations, and options are overwhelming, even a bit of illness. The Headsup and notices sent to subscribers kept them somewhat up to date. No doubt much missing. Best efforts. This is, after all, a volunteer effort.
Anyway, apologies.
This is 12/13 (several issues in one) and the next one will be 14 to cover the last three ccl mtgs (two v short) before the August break although this newsletter has the essence of what happened at those three mtgs. Thank gosh. Scrambling with fireworks prep and then prepping for RoyalTea-by-the-Sea Sat Aug 9. Meanwhile lots at Harmony Arts.
Something like an Unfinished Symphony. May try to put some missing in the next issue.
My laptop went into a coma and even after a week have not recovered all my folders, etc. Ghastly. Frustrating.
All I can say is 'best efforts'. I did, however, work hard to get it down below 70 pages :-)
=== WVPD ===
= New police chief; see Headsup 11A Click Here To Visit Our Website For More Information: http://wvpd.ca/breaking-stories
= Saturday July 19
~ 7 - 9pm ~ COPS FOR CANCER TOUR DE COAST FUNDRAISER at the Holiday Inn (720 Old Lillooet Road NV)
Door prizes, silent auction, 50-50, all proceeds to Canadian Cancer Society Paediatric Cancer Research and Treatment and Patient Support Programs. Hosted by WVPD Cst Jeff Palmer with two other North Shore Cops for Cancer Riders, Cst. Carlos Rockhill of NV RCMP and Cst. Jenna Oliver of the Port Mann Freeway Patrol. Call 925 7429 to book tix. The $25 ticket gets a person $15 of which is given back as a voucher for food or beverage.
More on Cops for Cancer fundraising
WVPD Cst Jeff Palmer and Tour de Coast team-mates head to Maple Ridge Country Fest July 26 - 27 to fundraise for the fight against Paediatric Cancers. See the team at the Albion Fair Grounds 23448 105th Ave in Maple Ridge.
Cst Palmer and the Tour de Coast Riders are also getting ready for a Pole Sitting fundraiser at the opening weekend of the PNE, August 16 and 17! Come meet and support the Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast!
=== UPDATES & INFO ===
+ Some Beach Advisories lifted; Eagle Hbr under advisory (July 28), then all beaches, so check.
+ Property Taxes are Due Wednesday, July 2
Avoid paying late penalties, make sure you don’t miss the property tax payment deadline! Homeowner grant questions? See http://westvancouver.ca/news/property-taxes-are-due-wednesday-july-2
+ LAWN SPRINKLING REGULATIONS
Did you know that evening sprinkling is no longer permitted? Sprinkling is permitted between 4 and 9am.
Even-numbered addresses: Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays & Odd-numbered: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays
One hour a week is all your lawn needs. for more information, visit metrovancouver.org.
These regulations are in effect June 1 to September 30. Lawn Sprinkling Regulations
+ Spring & Summer 2014 Leisure Guide Live Online
Check out westvancouverrec.ca to visit our new Leisure Guide website. Search by age, location, or day. Be sure to register your camper in our exciting and adventurous Summer Camps! The Summer Camps Guide can be found in the centre of the Spring & Summer 2014 Leisure Guide and online.
+ GIVE US YOUR INPUT ON THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR LIGHTHOUSE PARK
The District is exploring future improvements to both the parking area and washroom facilities in Lighthouse Park. With community input, we have prepared concept designs for this important project. Your input is important, so we've extended the deadline...please view the plans and share your opinion by July 25. Participate online
+ 'Skater funder'
Bob Kronbauer, blogger (Vancouver is Awesome) and Instagrammer (@bobkronbauer), has donated 102 skateboard decks that he created when working as an art director and director in California in the 1990s and 2000s to be auctioned off on eBay as a fundraiser towards the refurbishment of the Ambleside Skate Park. This fundraising initiative is expected to raise $10,000!
+ Our Annual Celebration of Light!
in English Bay -- USA Saturday July 26th; France Wednesday July 30th; Japan Saturday August 2nd -- the biggest offshore fireworks competition in the world! More info: http://hondacelebrationoflight.com
{UPDATE: Japan was by far the best. The other two had little unusual or remarkable.}
+ Submarine Centenary Celebrations 5 - 8 August in Victoria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFaO9IKBotk
(also you can download and view the video as an MP4 file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/db78i1a3wwtkf80/CC1%20%26%20CC2.mp4)
CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/coastal_defence/subs.html
+ 2013 DWV Pay
Article in NSN: http://www.nsnews.com/news/six-figure-salaries-on-the-rise-at-city-hall-1.1261327
WVM had lists by name in WVM09 and by amt in 10/11
See http://westvan.org/2014-09/ (Pages 22-26 of the PDF) See http://westvan.org/2014-10/ (Pages 34-36 of the PDF)
+ GAZA Stats
Death toll from Israel war on Gaza exceeds 2000: Medics
... According to the authorities on Sunday, at least 2016 Palestinian people have lost their lives and as many as 10,193 others have suffered injuries since the Israeli military unleashed merciless attacks on the densely-inhabited Gaza Strip on July 8....
More info and stats: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/17/375684/gaza-death-toll-exceeds-2000/
=== CALENDAR to Aug 25th ===
Mtgs at M Hall unless otherwise indicated. Shown are mtgs known at date of writing; often there are additions, changes, cancellations after WVM emailed. Check the DWV Calendar: http://www.westvancouver.ca/events . Notices/mtgs/changes too late/early for an issue are emailed to subscribers. [Headsup/Notices are sent between issues. Subscribe! write subscribewvm@westvan.org]
ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, INITIALISMS puzzling you? See: http://www.westvan.org/glossary/
{See earlier info in Headsup/Notice section; not all repeated here.}
=== July 1 -- CANADA DAY RED & WHITE PICNIC === See Headsup 11C above
= Sunday July 6
~ 11am - 4pm ~ Horseshoe Bay Artwalk
Join the annual HBay Artwalk and experience the excellence artists we have in our cmnty! Local potters, painters, photographers, and multimedia artists are just a few of the artists that will be displaying their work. Free shuttle bus all day. Click here http://www.horseshoebayartwalk.com for pix and more information.
= Tuesday July 8
~ 4pm ~ CMNTY ENGAGEMENT - SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
= Thursday July 24 ~ 4:30 ~ WV Police Bd mtg at WVPD
= Thursday Aug 7 ~ 7pm ~ Awards Cmte mtg at Lawson Creek Studios (1758 Argyle)
= Sunday Aug 17 ~ 3 - 8pm ~ PARADISE CHARITY CRAFT MARKET in Ambleside Park
-- hosting a craft market with all money raised going to assist children in Iran.
= Wednesday Aug 20 ~ 6pm ~ WV Memorial Library Bd special mtg in Admin ofcs
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+++ WV MEMORIAL LIBRARY +++ http://www.westvanlibrary.ca 925 7400
See the Calendar: http://www.westvanlibrary.ca/events/calendar/month
Summer Hours -- Beginning Sunday, July 6 we will be closed Sundays July and August.
Chill Out on our Patio
Summer's in full swing and that means patio season! Our sunny outdoor patio is the perfect spot to relax with a book from our collection and a snack from our cafe. Books, bites, and sun the good life.
Storytime at John Lawson Park | All Ages
Wednesdays, August 13, 20, and 27 -- Join us (weather permitting); These would also make a good photo-op.
> Persian Book Club
Thursday August 21 from 2 - 4pm ~ Read and discuss classical and contemporary Persian literary prose. Participants must be fluent in Persian. Led by Feloor Talebi.
> Teen Movie Night Divergent
Wed August 6 ~ 6 8:30pm -- In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she’s Divergent and wont fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it’s too late. Drop-in, but space is limited! BC Film Classification: PG; 140 minutes
> Monday Night Movies ~ 6:30 - 9pm ~ Mondays
July 7 -- Gravity -- Witness a powerhouse performance by Sandra Bullock in this visually stunning film about an astronaut on a doomed space mission.
August 11 -- The Lunchbox -- A lonely widower mistakenly receives a delicious lunchbox lovingly prepared by an unappreciated housewife. English/Hindi film, subtitles.
August 18 -- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Two wildly different con men work the French Riviera. Prepare to laugh out loud.
August 25 -- My House in Umbria
A lonely middle-aged spinster finds purpose in life when a tragic accident brings her an orphaned little girl.
+++ WV MUSEUM +++ 925 7295 http://westvancouvermuseum.ca/exhibitions
Please join us for a tour of our current exhibition:
Curator's Tour 2pm Saturday August 9 with Francesca Szuszkiewicz, Curatorial and Collections Assistant
~ June 18 - August 30 ~ The And of the Land
Perspectives on landscape by artists from BC -- Opening Tues June 17
... Drawing from the collection at the WV Museum, and complemented by borrowed works from local artists, collectors, and institutions, the exhibition explores the conjunction of landscape and perspective, in the works of artists who have lived and worked in BC over the past century.
The artists in the exhibition are connected through their relationships to one another, as mentors, teachers, students, and friends, and their works address overlapping themes, or even depict the same sights as different visions. ...
+++ FERRY BUILDING GALLERY +++ http://ferrybuildinggallery.com ~ 925 7290
~~ July 4 - 27 -- A Celebration of Creativity
highlights from the permanent art collection of The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care, a collection of artwork produced both by older ppl and by ppl living with dementia Opening Reception: Friday July 4 from 6 to 8pm
~~ August 1 - 17 -- Harmony Showcase Exhibition on display -- mixed media by 24 artists
~~ August 19 - Sept 7 -- Hollyburn Ridge: Celebrating Mountain Arts and Culture -- mixed media
Opening Reception: Tue Aug 19 from 6 to 8pm Meet the Artists: Sat Aug 23 from 2 to 3pm
> Ferry Building Gallery Expansion Proposal Review the preferred option, ask staff questions at Cmnty Ctr July 2nd Wednesday 4:30 to 7pm. Feedback is welcome by email to gallery@westvancouver.ca.
To view the complete info in PDF format, pls click on: 2014.06.07_Community_Day_Presentation_Boards.pdf
+++ SILK PURSE +++ http://silkpurse.ca/exhibitions/ 925 7292
June 24 - July 12 -- Symbiosis
Kathleen Menges has always been deeply inspired by nature and numbers. Numbers can be seen everywhere and are the fundamental models or the mathematics of the universe, whereas nature is the universe’s flesh and beauty. Menges explores this symbiosis in her abstract paintings’ multiple layers of textures, where you might find a hint of landscape, nature, or numbers, allowing a deeper meaning behind her paintings.
Opening reception: Tuesday June 24th from 6 to 8pm
July 15 - 27 -- Thoughts of Summer: A Selection of Poetry in Colour
Painters Nina DiGiovanni and Kim Kasasian bring flat surfaces to life with bold and colourful applications of paint! Possessing unique styles and points of view, each artist interprets the poetry of the world around them in a joyous contemplation of nature. DiGiovanni's vibrant paintings combine loose brush strokes and mosaic-like patterning to create the suggestion of familiar animal & plant life. Kasasian uses colourful primal and organic shapes to create to create abstract pieces of art that magnify the vastness of the natural world around the human experience.
Opening reception: Wednesday July 16th from 6 to 8pm
July 29 - Aug 10 ~~ Ballet
With a background in commercial illustration, Stephen Dittberner has a clear understanding of composition and the ability to use expressive brushwork to move the viewer. He applies these skills to a series of gorgeous paintings depicting the graceful, joyous, and contemplative world of ballet. Dittberner's scenes, whether of ballerinas in mid dance or waiting in the wings, glow with a light and poised elegance that is sure to charm.
Opening reception: Friday August 1st from 6 to 8pm
Aug 12 - 24 ~~ Surrender
Textile artist Fariba Mirzaie invites us the 'surrender' and 'trust the process' nature employs to create unity from variety and order out of chaos. Taking inspiration from surrendering to nature's process of change, Mirazaie creates thoughtful and beautiful works of art by printing, dying, embellishing, and manipulating the structure of fabric to create strong organic forms in a natural colour palette.
Opening reception: Wednesday August 13th from 6 to 8pm
+++ 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
BE A PART OF THE 2014/15 HOST SEASON1 SINGLE TICKETS NOW ON SALE
ALL SHOWS START AT ONLY $25! OR SAVE UP TO 40% WITH A FLEX PASS
ANY 5 SHOWS $149 | ANY 3 SHOWS $99 | ALL 4 CABARET SHOWS $100
Book now, or later -- makes a great gift or use as a group rate to one performance!
For a printable version of our Host Season event calendar, see:
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, WV http://westvan60.com Ofc 922 3587 Lounge: 922 1920
Meat Draws and Bingo plus
+ THE MAYOR'S BBQ Saturday July 19th at 6pm Hosted by the Mayor Free for All
Live Music & Dancing, the Performer Brian Nicholl 7pm Sat July 19 The Best in all types of Rock’NRoll Oldies Country and Irish Folk
+ Saturday July 26th Meat Draw at 4:30pm with a Barbecue to Follow!
+ Legion Drink Specials
- Every Sunday: CAESAR SUNDAY -- Branch 60 Signature Caesars --
Vodka, Mott's Clamato juice, Worcestershire, Tabasco Sauce, Signature Branch 60 rim, and fresh garnish options.
- Every Monday: MARGARITA MONDAY - Delicious Lime Margaritas - Tequila, Cointreau, and fresh lime blended or on the rocks
+ AUGUST -- not sent to me and not on the website yet so guess getting a deserved summer rest/holiday
+++ WV CHAMBER of COMMERCE + 926 6614 + http://www.westvanchamber.com
Member Profile -- ABoriginArt Galleries
ABoriginArt Galleries specialize in Inuit vintage and contemporary stone and ivory sculpture and limited edition prints.Our site exhibits hundreds of works by over 400 artists and we have the largest on-line selection of Inuit prints in the world. As a web-based business our low overhead allows us to offer quality art at prices 25% or more lower than those you will find at brick and mortar stores.
Visit us at our "pop up" gallery, 6607 Royal Ave, Horseshoe Bay for our next exhibit *Sea to Sky* featuring the sea creatures, birds, and wild life of this fabulous corridor in both sculpture and graphic form.
Opening reception: Thursday June 26th from 5 - 8pm. The show continues through July 4th.
For more information go to: http://www.inuitarteskimoart.com/index.php or call Simon at 913 2428
---> TASTE OF DUNDARAVE coming in Sept (11th)
=== CULTUREWATCH === {those in Headsup sometimes not repeated here}
NB: much missing; have decided to get this out rather than delay further bringing this up to date; apologies. A lot this weekend!
For what's on, see the SCENE section of the VSun on Thursdays; hope to have a more complete one in WVM14.
* THEATRE
+ BARD ON THE BEACH (see Headsup too) -- bardonthebeach.org; Tix: 739 0559
A Midsummer Night's Dream ~~ Tempest ~~ Equivocation ~~ Cymbeline
ENJOY! the first two comedies; the third new w/ Shakespeare as a character; the last rarely performed
NB: Evening performances start at 7:30 and included in your ticket is In a Nutshell -- free pre-show talks!
Our insightful talks take place before every performance this season (excluding weekday matinees). Don’t miss this easy, informal preview of the story & characters in the play you’re about to see. It's included in your ticket price! BMO Mainstage: 50 minutes prior to curtainHoward Family Stage: 40 minutes prior to curtain
See website for special evenings (opera, wine, etc) and the final night is Sept 20.
+ ARTS CLUB -- http://www.artsclub.com -- box office at 687 1644
+ JERICHO ARTS CTR -- United Players jerichoartscentre.com
* ART
> Douglas Coupland: {HIS} EXHIBITION: everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything May 31 - Sept 1
> Details and more events: http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/events_and_programs/special_events.html#eis
+ CAROUN ART GALLERY
If you’re out of Vancouver, visit the exhibition online later at: http://www.caroun.com/CarounArtGallery/Exhibitions/00-Expositions.html
You’re welcome to take part in the 2014 Caroun Photo Club Photo Contest:http://www.caroun.com/Directory/00-Directory.html
* MUSIC
+ Opera Pro Cantanti ~ Cambrian Hall 340 8545 procantanti.com 7pm
+ VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 876 3434 http://www.vancouversymphony.ca/calendar/
+ ROEDDE HOUSE
+ Second Sunday Series: Rising Stars- Sophia Cho, Olivia Cho, & Hamilton Lau
On July 13th, join us for an afternoon of classical music at the Roedde House and come early for Tea & Tour.
The Roedde House Museum Second Sunday Concert Series presents its second annual "Rising Stars" concert showcasing young local talent. String playing sisters Sophia and Olivia Cho (violin and cello) are joined by pianist Hamilton Lau in this heat-of-summer chamber music sizzler. These three young and accomplished musicians (15, 13, and 11, respectively) are already burning brightly, winning competitions and accolades, and performing as soloists and chamber musicians in such venues as the Orpheum and the Shadbolt Ctr. If this trio of young performers is any indicator, the next generation of music in Vancouver is in good hands.
Tickets ($10) are available here http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/743326
THE SECOND SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
This concert is part of a monthly concert series, taking place on the 2nd Sunday of each month, in the afternoon. Come at 1pm, for Tea and Tour before the concert (included in the price of the ticket), or show up right before 3pm for the concert, at your convenience. The show starts at 3pm sharp, don't be late!
* ARTS and CULTURE
* VPL http://www.vpl.ca
* SONGS VISI CONCERT CALENDAR
Looking for an evening filled with beautiful music? Join us for one of our concerts! Here are a few of the soirées musicales happening in the next few days: Concerts: (for the full calendar of events click here)
http://www.songinstitute.ca/concerts/visi-concerts-2014#.U_HPa1aSJlI
* FESTIVAL
The Indian Summer Festival returns from July 312 with its multidisciplinary celebration of arts, ideas and diversity. The scintillating Ideas Series features writers, thinkers and performers from Canada, India and around the world including Priscila Uppal, Renee Saklikar, David Wong, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Orijit Sen, as well as the Lit and Sound Cabaret.
== WALK in the PARK ==
This month I have a field trip along the trails of Stanley Park to view how the forest has regenerated after the storm of 2006 [and later a hike up to the peak of Mt Strachan in Cypress Provincial Park]. Kind regards, David
Sunday August 24th ~~ The Perfect Storm
An interpretive field trip for Suzuki Elders: Bringing youth and elders together. Trip leader: David Cook
Meeting location & time: 10am in the parking lot at Third Beach concession stand in Stanley Park. Turn right at Tea House after the Hollow Tree then right again.
Duration of field trip: 2 to 3 hours. Registration: Not required
Description:Walk with me through the forest of Stanley Park where the effects of the storm of 2006 were most destructive and see how it is recovering by natural regeneration w/ some assistance by human management. We will discuss how such natural events are beneficial to the long-term ecology of a forest, and see how we as managers can influence the pace of forest recovery as well as guide it towards what we require as users of the forest.
A free public event sponsored by Suzuki Elders. All ages welcome. Membership in Suzuki Elders not required.
For further information about Suzuki Elders Google eldersdsf.
+++++ HEADSUP SECTION [A-Q] +++++
===> HEADSUP 11A: Update and Ahead (to Jun 26)
{Weekend} Happy National Aboriginal Day and Happy Summer Solstice (June 21/22)! So you've had the longest day this year and the shortest night!
G (and I) were in Seattle for the AGORA seminar at U of W Friday; Saturday was the Opening Night/Reception (with the Lt Gov in attendance) of Bard -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- three plays (IMVHO); fun, music, and dance on the outrageous side. Umbrellas a bit of a theme -- hope that's to keep the rain away this summer!
Sunday to recover so apologies the draft did not get transmitted.
Some belated (keep in mind for next year!) and some late-breaking news/mtgs/events. Chronological order.
Info on Lt Gov at end followed by QTP.
Am throwing this together to get it out -- will tidy up later.
Congratulations to (former mayor) Pam Goldsmith-Jones who secured the federal Liberal nomination in our riding. The incumbent, John Weston, is the Conservative choice.
---> THURSDAY June 19th
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[June 19] West Vancouver Mayor and Police Board Chair Mayor Michael Smith has announced that Len Goerke, currently the Deputy Chief Constable of the Abbotsford Police Department, has been appointed as the incoming Chief Constable for West Vancouver.
Mr. Goerke will officially begin his duties in West Vancouver on August 05, 2014, but in preparation, will begin immediately transitioning into his new role.
Click Here For Full WV Police Board Statement Regarding Selection of Len Goerke as Chief Constable
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FESTIVAL D'ETE FRANCOPHONE DE VANCOUVER -- June 19 - 26 lecentreculturel.com/summerfestival
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---> FRIDAY June 20th
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Rio Tinto Alcan DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL -- June 20 - 22 -- List of locations around False Creek; dragonboatbc.ca
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BC Boys Choir: Oh Canada, Our Home
St John's Shaughnessy Church, 7:30pm bcboyschoir.org
This concert showcases songs that describe Canada, its landscape, ppl, and history; songs that will make you proud to be Canadian. After the show, the young performers take off on a cross-Canada tour.
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---> SATURDAY June 21st
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Will turned 32 on June 21st -- heard (perhaps mangled) the Queen provided a helicopter for him to fly somewhere and they named it "Heir Force One". :-)
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BC HIGHLAND GAMES AND SCOTTISH FESTIVAL
Longest running Highland Games in BC featuring pipe bands, highland dancers, top amateur athletic competition, British car display, whisky-tasting, and more. Percy Perry Stadium, Coquitlam bchighlandgames.com
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SCANDINAVIAN MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL
Celebrate the traditions and festivities at Scandinavian Cmnty Ctr in Bby; 294 2777 scandinavianmidsummerfestival.com
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Greenest City Series: Let's Learn About Honeybees
VPL Oakridge 2 - 3:30pm -- Local beekeeper Derrick To talks about honeybees, their importance to the world and what we can do to prevent their extinction. vpl.ca/events
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South Granville ArtWalk 10am - 6pm
[2100 to 3100blks] Annual celebration of the visual arts w/ special events 734 3195 southgranville.org/artwalk
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Hidden gems: The overlooked and under-appreciated smaller plants of Stanley Park
A Discovery Walk for the Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES)
Trip leader: David Cook (924 0147)
Meeting time and location: 1:30 pm at the Nature House of SPES which is located on the north shore of Lost Lagoon.
Duration of field trip: Approximately 2 hours.
Registration would be appreciated: Call Stanley Park Ecology Society at 718 6522.
Cost: $5 for members of Stanley Park Ecology Society, children, students, & seniors; $10 for non-members.
Description: We will walk the forest trails of Stanley Park looking at examples of the Bryophyta (liverworts and mosses). The biology and ecology of these non-vascular plants will be explained. To assist you in appreciating their beauty and structure you will be supplied with hand lenses but bring your own if you have one.
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AN ABORIGINAL DAY EXTRAVAGANZA
The Banned Council presents comedy, music and beats, spoken word, and more; with host Wayne Alexis.
Rickshaw Theatre rickshawtheatre.com
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---> SATURDAY/SUNDAY June 21st/22nd
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URBAN DANCE FESTIVAL
Dancers, performers, etc at Croatian Cultural Ctr worldofdance.com/tour
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Heritage Vancouver Garden Tour 2014, June 21, 22; 10am - 4pm both days
The Heritage Vancouver Garden Tour, presented by Benjamin Moore. This two-day self-guided tour of 16 enchanting private Vancouver gardens is an important fundraiser to support Heritage Vancouver's efforts to create a future for our heritage. From a teeny townhouse garden to a large country estate and everything in between there is lots to inspire and delight! New this year is a cmnty tea. Coming from out of town? Ticket holders will get 10% off at the historic Sylvia Hotel.
To purchase tickets, book a room at the Sylvia Hotel and for more more information including where to purchase tickets after May 15th see www.heritagevancouver.org
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---> SUNDAY June 22nd
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The Champion Trees of Stanley Park
An interpretive natural history field trip for Suzuki Elders: Bringing youth and elders together.
Trip leader: David Cook
Meeting time and location: 10am in the parking lot at Third Beach concession stand in Stanley Park. Turn right at Tea House after the Hollow Tree then right again.
Duration of field trip: Approximately 2 hours. Registration: Not required
Description: Stanley Park retains some specimens of Douglas-fir and western redcedar that are between 500 and 800 years old. Also during our walk you will see two of the largest bigleaf maples in BC, and a large red alder, all designated as Champion trees. Champion trees are record-sized trees for their species. Our route will also take us past two of the most publicized cedars in BC; the Hollow Tree and the National Geographic Redcedar. Share my fascination with these veteran giants and discover why some trees in the Pacific Northwest have reached such a great age and size.
A free public event sponsored by Suzuki Elders. All ages welcome. Membership in Suzuki Elders not required.
For further information about Suzuki Elders Google eldersdsf.
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GREEK DAY
...the Athenian Agora Market Place, entertainment, the Hellenic Experience Tent, kids' zone, and more
West Broadway from MacDonald to Blenheim 11am to 9pm greekday.com
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---> MONDAY June 23rd
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COMMUNITY GRANTS COMMITTEE ANNUAL CHEQUE PRESENTATION EVENT
~ 5:30 - 7pm ~ Location: West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club
{wonder why Nora didn't mention this at the June 16th ccl mtg... and not much info on DWV website}
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---> TUESDAY June 24th
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from Prime Minister Harper:
“Every year on June 24, QuébΓ©cois celebrate the FΓͺte nationale du Québec, and Francophones across Canada join them in marking Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.
“Canadians from coast to coast to coast take pride in our country’s vibrant French culture. French is not only the founding language of our country, but also one of our two national languages, spoken by close to 10 million people in Canada and central to our identity as a creative, diverse and successful society.
“The many gatherings and festivities taking place today allow us to appreciate how QuébΓ©cois and Francophone heritage have contributed to building a united and prosperous Canada. ...
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LOWER CAULFEILD ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ~ 6 - 8pm ~ Community Centre
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EXOTIC FOOD NIGHT
A rare opp to experience a menu full of exotic foods: python, crocodile, camel at August Jack 428 0075 theaugustjack.com
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POETIC FORM AND THE MYSTICAL MUSE ~ 7 - 9pm ~ VPL, Central Br; Lee Johnson, Susan McCaslin vpl.ca/events
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---> WEDNESDAY June 25th
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Fwd: TLC court hearing/Binning House update
The Binning House's current trustee, TLC, has a court hearing this week to request an extension to its bankruptcy protection. Whatever you think should happen to the Binning House and all the other properties that TLC holds in trust, come on out to this 20-minute hearing to show the courts you care! Wednesday June 25 at 4pm at Vancouver's Law Courts at Smithe between Howe and Hornby St.
Adele Weder, Architectural Writer and Curator; cell/text 916 1993
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UPPER LANDS WG MTG - WORKSHOP FOR THE WG ON HOLLYBURN CABINS ~ 6 to 9pm ~ Seniors' Centre
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Heritage Vancouver’s 10th Annual Garden Party: A Special Fundraising Event on Behalf of Heritage Vancouver
~ 5:30 to 7:30pm ~ Hosted by: Larry & Sherry Killam in their Southlands garden, 3178 West 49th Avenue.
$120 donation to Heritage Vancouver Society includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. (Tax receipts will be issued)
Join Heritage Vancouver and our guests for a spectacular evening of wine, hors d'oeuvres, and conversation in this beautiful garden. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet and mix with community leaders, architects, elected officials, and heritage supporters while at the same time demonstrating your support for the many worthwhile projects undertaken by the Heritage Vancouver Society. Book tickets via paypal
Larry and Sherry Killam’s home is an English dairy barn, in the Norman architectural style, dating from ~1640, imported from Portsmouth, England and converted to an open-plan house with views of the garden from every side. This is a unique opportunity to spend time in this beautiful private garden and also to view the living and dining areas of this historic building.
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---> THURSDAY June 26th
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NORTH SHORE ADVISORY CMTE ON DISABILITY ISSUES MTG ~ 5 - 7pm ~ DNV M Hall
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BC Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Guichon
{NB: In Canada, the first syllable of Lieutenant is pronounced LEFF.}
Personal life -- Guichon was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1947, and raised on a farm near Hawkesbury, Ontario. She moved to British Columbia in 1972. Her first husband, Lawrence Guichon, was killed in a motorcycle accident near the family ranch in 2003. She and her current husband, Bruno Mailloux, maintain their private residence in the Nicola Valley.
Career
Prior to Guichon's appointment as Lieutenant Governor, she owned and operated Gerard Guichon Ranch Limited in the Nicola Valley in the BC Interior. The Guichon family has ranched in the area since 1878, and Guichon's father-in-law was awarded the Order of Canada in 1974 for his leadership in Cattleman's Associations and his contribution to agriculture in Canada. Her four children now manage the ranch with a 700-head cow calf and 700 yearling operation. Guichon studied Holistic Management, a farming method which promotes sustainable management of livestock by emphasizing their natural habitat. Along with her late husband, commercial pilot Lawrence Guichon, she introduced Holistic Management to the ranchers of British Columbia.
In addition to her ranching initiatives, Guichon is also involved in several organizations. She previously served on the local hospital board and Community Health Council, and is now on the Community Health Foundation Board. Prior to this, she has served as a 4-H Leader and started a recycling society in Merritt, BC with a neighbour. She has also served as a director for the Fraser Basin Council of BC, director of the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC, member of the Nicola Water Use Management planning committee and played the flute in the Nicola Valley Community Band... Prior to her appointment as Lieutenant Governor, Guichon served on the Provincial Task Force on Species at Risk and has just completed her two-year term as the president of the BC Cattlemen’s Association. She has also been a part of the Ranching Task Force for BC and the BC Agri-Food Trade Advisory Council.[2][3]
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===> NOTICE
+ WVPD Mtg Tomorrow Date: 25 June, 2014 9:14:57 AM PDT
fyi -- Thurs June 25 at 4:30pm
G attends Police Bd mtgs and I asked him why there was no Police Bd mtg this month. He asked and we've just learned there's one tomorrow. I write b/c with the announcement of a new police chief having been chosen, it might be of interest. It is anticipated he'll be in attendance. At the time of this writing it is still not on the DWV Calendar (but hope now they will). {oh dear; I forgot to mention the stall on PSB wd be explained -- and 'tomorrow' was June 26!}
+ Today June 26! Fwd: WVPD Mtg Tomorrow Date: 26 June, 2014 9:12:35 AM PDT
Today at 4:30pm!
An eagle-eyed subscriber correctly pointed out today's date is June 26 -- much appreciated.
Good news -- the mtg is now on the DWV Calendar.
btw, on the agenda (Item 3) is an explanation wrt the stall of the PSB.
Here's the WVPD website with the link to the agenda at the top: http://wvpd.ca/police-board
Many thanks also to WVPD Communications Officer extraordinaire, Jeff Palmer, who sent me the agenda info when he got the notice.
Not on the agenda but Jeff says the new Chief's presence (flying back) not confirmed yet.
Apologies from your date-challenged editor.
===> HEADSUP 11B: Updates/Weekend Date: 27 June, 2014 11:58:08 AM PDT
must be summer -- lots of mtgs/activities, opera, FBG, etc. plus updates; to be cont'd... cartoon to end... {now end of newsletter}
+ WVPD
Bd mtg Thurs June 26: stalled PSB main news (six mos to a year) -- may stay in police stn another couple of years;
District considering taking financial penalty to stay in bldg longer or possible temp relocation to VCH prop
+ Binning House
at court Wed (25th) UBC also involved; WV's hopes still alive -- kudos to DWV staff.
+ LEGION
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!! THURSDAY JUNE 26 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!! BINGO
with Glenn and Don $2 cards and cash prizes start at 6PM
SATURDAY JUNE 28
LIVE MUSIC BY THE DIEHARDS STARTS AT 7pm Come Celebrate Canada Day Long Weekend with us!
EVERY SUNDAY IS CAESAR SUNDAY!
COME TRY OUR BRANCH 60 SIGNATURE CAESARS
Polar Ice vodka, Mott's Clamato juice, Worcestershire, Tabasco Sauce, a Signature Branch 60 rim, and fresh garnish options.
Made to order just for you -- 1oz/2oz Options Available (Regular Caesars available every day)
SATURDAY JUNE 28
Come dressed in your Canadian colours and start celebrating Canada Day early!
6:30pm BBQ: Burgers and Potato Salad $7 -- Entertainment to follow by the DIEHARDS!!
CANADA DAY WEEKEND:
SUNDAY JUNE 29 -- Caesar Sunday from 1 - 7pm
MONDAY JUNE 30 -- Margarita Monday from 12 - 8pm
TUESDAY JULY 1 -- Authentic Canadian Cuisine And Trivia from 12 - 8 pm
+ European Union leaders meeting in Ypres to mark 100th anniversary of start of World War I
-- published 2014 June 26 -- Associated Press
At Thursday's proceedings in Ypres in western Flanders, where over a half-million soldiers died, EU leaders will attend the "Last Post", a bugle salute to the fallen performed each evening. They also will dedicate a memorial bench stamped with the word "peace" in the trade bloc's 24 official languages.
===> HEADSUP 11C: Rumour/Sunday/UL Update Date: 29 June, 2014 2:46:17 AM PDT
Continuation of 11B; and won't finish it now either, but added qtn and pun -- how I feel.....
RUMOUR
Devt going on in NV -- Lower Capilano. Earl's restaurant/location/prop, most unaware, is actually in WV. Selling that prop for condos? Earl's then moving to Park Royal? Anybody know details/facts?
LAST PERFORMANCES -- Sunday 2pm
o The United Players production of Beaumarchais's play,The Marriage of Figaro (at the Jericho Arts Ctr) is an OTT adaptation wry comments about husbands, wives, and marriage; v funny.
o Spamalot (Arts Club) at Stanley Industrial Stage -- love Monty Python so going to catch the last chance.
UPPER LANDS
Upper Lands WG and Hollyburn Ridge Assn (cabins)
The workshop (June 25) was v interesting and informative. It certainly gave a full picture (history and present) of this incredible {heritage} cmnty of 90 years. It has survived, indeed thrived, though the other two on the North Shore have not.
Respects re passing paid to Gordon Knight (long time HRA mbr) and Bill McCuaig (former WV Parks staff).
BARD ON THE BEACH
Opening night of Tempest on Friday June 27, the second of Bard's four summer plays. Beginning with Impressive depiction of the ship at sea foundering; hilarious antics of Trincula and Stephana. Of course Allan Morgan statuesque. With A Midsummer Night's Dream there are two fun performances for your enjoyment until September. Looking forward to the other two.
MUSIC -- The VSO will be performing up at Whistler: http://www.vancouversymphony.ca/summer/14WHI/
===> NOTICE: Canada Day! Date: 1 July, 2014 3:55:30 AM PDT
Our 147th Birthday -- makes us feel young!
First, events in WV; [second, an American's view of Canadians; and a punny ending.] {ALL moved to end of newsletter}
{fyi,
WVM10/11r is now on the website.}
CANADA DAY
Red & White Picnic
~ 4:30 to 10:30 pm ~ July 1
Dress up in our national colours and join us at John Lawson Park. Bring your own picnic or enjoy a selection from our food vendors while watching live entertainment!
Performers from 4:30 - 10:30pm Fireworks begin at 10:30pm
Schedule of Events on the Great Canadian Stage
4:30 5:45pm Wednesday at Ernie’s 6 6:50pm West Vancouver Youth Band
6:50 7pm Colour Party, singing of O Canada 7 8:30pm SideOne first set
9 10:30pm SideOne second set 10:30pm FIREWORKS FINALE!
Traffic, Street Closures, & Parking General vehicle access along the waterfront may be restricted by road closures. Please consider public transit, cycling, or walking. The residential areas north of the Trans Canada Hwy from 21st St to Chairlift Road may be subject to road closures during fireworks event. Additional Blue Bus service will be provided after the event.
~~~ EMAIL RECEIVED: Forget Rednecks... {moved to end of newsletter}
Forecast is sunny for tomorrow, July 1st, so enjoy yourself, have a good time, and let's all celebrate how lucky we were/are to be born and/or live in Canada --- and all dedicated to make it an even better place to be.....
Carolanne
===> HEADSUP 11D: AGENDA July 7 & Hadfields/Canada Date: 4 July, 2014 9:33:11 AM PDT
Thought I'd give you a peek at what's on Ccl's agenda Monday night before WVM12 (Main Items & Agenda); had to wish Eugenie and Milos all the best, and at the end added a video (not quite 5min) of the Hadfield brothers singing "In Canada" (put up only on Canada Day and already over 1M views!).
MAIN ITEMS July 7:
Delegation re public tap water; DPA 4435 Stone Cr; Library Annual Report; Draft Zoning for Sgl-Fam Housing; Q1 Results/Capital Prog; Public Art Adv Cmte; 5-Yr Financial Bylaw; Bylaw Amendments (Building, Blasting; Fees & Charges re Admin, Planning, Land Devt/Permit fees, etc); 752 Marine Dr; Whyte Lake Park Dedication; Bylaw Adoption re Maison Milliken; OCP/Zoning Bylaws re Coach Houses; Awards Cmte TofRef; CORRESPONDENCE (full list below): Rlwy Crossing (accidents); E-Comm; 4710 S Piccadilly; FBG Expansion; Affordable Housing Strategy; Sunset Lane vs BCR; Woodfibre LNG: Process re Changing docs before asked; Invasive Plants Strategy; Traffic-Calming Keith/Clyde; Blackberry bushes for bees; Humans and flooding rivers for 3000 years; MetroV transit; etc.
>>> In camera topics at 6pm mtg:
(a) personal info about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee, or agent of the M or another position appointed by the M;
(c) labour relations or other employee relations;
(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the M;
(i) the receipt of advice subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications nec for that purpose; and
(k) negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a M service that are at their prelim stages that, in the view of the ccl, cd reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the M if held in public.
Purpose of meeting: apptmts, labour relations, legal matters, and proposed provision of a municipal service
>>> July 7 Regular Council meeting 7pm
Whole Agenda: http://westvancouver.ca/sites/default/files/dwv/council-correspndence/2014/July/07/14july07-Agenda2.pdf
UPDATE: {Revisions deleted here and listed in July 7 NOTES section below; same for Correspondence}
TOPICS ONLY:
= Delegation Join the Pipe Canada: Request for installation of Join the Pipe public tap water stations in West Vancouver
= Devt Permit Applicn re 4435 Stone Cr: Consideration of applicn for subdiv of a prop into two new lots and a variance for the existing house to be retained on proposed Lot 2
= Memorial Library Board Annual Report Presentation: Information presentation
= SF Housing Siting, Form, & Character: Consideration of prep of draft Zoning Bylaw amdmts re regulation of retaining walls & floor area exemptions, & for staff to report on possible further actions to address building bulk in 2015
= Review and Analysis of 2014 1st Quarter Operating Results and Capital Plan Program: Information report
= Proposed Public Art Advisory Committee Terms of Reference: Proposed terms of reference
= Collingwood Schooll Request for Order of Non-Enforcement of Noise Control Bylaw: Consideration of a request for an order of non-enf from Jul 9 - Aug 31 to allow construction between 5:30 & 8pm, except on Sat, Sun, or holidays
= Proposed 5-Year Financial Plan Bylaw 4780, 2014, Amendment Bylaw 4800, 2014: Consideration of three readings
= Proposed Building Bylaw 4400, 2004, Amdmt Bylaw 4798, 2014 re demolition permits and security deposits: Consideration of three readings
= Proposed Soil Removal and Deposit Regulation Bylaw and Blasting Bylaw Bylaw Amendments: Consideration of three readings for both bylaws
= Proposed Fees and Charges Bylaw 4414, 2005, Amendment Bylaw 4799, 2014 (general administration, planning, land development and permits fees): Consideration of three readings
= Status Update for 752 Marine Drive: Information to be provided
= Proposed Park Dedication Bylaw 4794, 2014 (Whyte Lake) Consideration of bylaw adoption.
(The bylaw received three readings at the June 16, 2014 regular Council meeting.)
= Proposed OCP Bylaw 4360, 2004, Amdmt Bylaw 4783, 2014; and Proposed Zoning Bylaw 4662, 2010, Amdmt Bylaw 4784, 2014 (Maison Seniors’ Living, 825 TWay and 707 Keith Rd): Consideration of adoption for both bylaws
= Proposed OCP Bylaw 4360, 2004, Amdmt Bylaw 4771, 2014; and Proposed Zoning Bylaw 4662, 2010, Amdmt Bylaw 4772, 2014 (Coach Houses): Consideration of second and third reading of both bylaws
= Proposed Amdmt to 2014 Ccl Mtg Schedule: Consideration of cancelling Sept 22 and scheduling a mtg for Sept 29
= TransLink Customer Service Performance Report Quarter 1, 2014: Information report
= Proposed Amdmts to Awards Cmte Terms of Reference: Consideration of proposed amendments to terms of reference
= 20.4. Correspondence List (File: 0120-24)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the correspondence list be received for information.
> Council Correspondence Update to June 6, 2014 (up to 12:00 Noon) {MOVED}
to Council Correspondence Update to June 24, 2014 (up to 4:30 p.m.)
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>>> TENNIS -- Canadians at Wimbledon
Milos Raonic -- Go, Milos, go! Play your heart out. You're 23 and 6'5"; Roger Federer is 32 and 6'1".
Eugenie Bouchard -- (20 and 5'10") We're all rooting for her to win on Saturday.
From Quebec, and her mother, a monarchist, named Eugenie's twin sister Beatrice (so the names of Prince Andrew's two girls), and her brother was named William! Augurs well for Canada's unity.....
>>> Subject: A Canadian Tribute
“In Canada, a tongue-in-check tribute for Canada Day from the Hadfield family. published on Jul 1, 2014
Chris Hadfield’s brother Dave wrote this! A polite song from two brothers who are just hoping your day is going okay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVsHt3rBnc&feature=youtu.be
===> HEADSUP 11E: Tu July 8
Well, have already sent out the July 7 ccl mtg agenda (in a Headsup 11D) with its main items noted.
In case WVM12 not out today, Tuesday has at least three things of note.
TUES July 8
~ noon - 1:15pm ~ Canada's Global Role in the 21st Century -- Three Key Principles
MPs John Baird and John Weston at the Hollyburn Country Club (details below)
~ 4 - 5:30pm ~ CEC mtg at the MHall {LATER: found out this was a subcmte mtg; DWV Calendar incomplete}
3.1. Next Steps - Orientation for Working Groups
3.2. CEC Draft 2014/2015 Workplan
3.3. Schedule for initiating the Corporate Cmnty Energy and Emissions Plan (CCEEP) Working Group
~ 5:30 - 8:30pm ~ The Bloedel Conservatory and Queen Elizabeth Park -- Heritage Vancouver Walking Tour
DETAILS {Weston, then Bloedel}
Our MP John Weston Welcomes The Honourable John Baird, P.C., M.P.
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 12 noon 1:15pm For Lunch and Lively Discussion about
“Canada’s Global Role in the Twenty-First Century Three Key Principles
Doors open at 11:45am; Lunch begins at noon Open to the public but pre-registration is required.
Cost to cover lunch: $25 (Cash only please)
Hollyburn Country Club The Creekside Room 950 Cross Crk Rd, WV
To register please visit http://bit.ly/1pG4AAA For enquiries call 604 981 1790
The Honourable John Baird and MP John Weston
About The Honourable John Baird
John Baird has served as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs since May 2011. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa West-Nepean in 2006. Shortly after, he was appointed to the Privy Council as President of the Treasury Board. He has since served as Minister of the Environment, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.
Prior to entering federal politics, Mr. Baird served as a Member of Provincial Parliament from 1995-2005. MPs from all parties voted him as 2010 Parliamentarian of the Year. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in political studies from Queen’s University.
Join us this Tuesday Evening for an exclusive 'behind the scenes' tour of the Bloedel Conservatory and Queen Elizabeth Park Tuesday, July 8 from 5:30 to 8:30pm
Tour guides: John Coupar and Vicky Earle; $20 includes entrance fee to the Conservatory
In 2010 The Bloedel Conservatory, a prominent feature in Queen Elizabeth Park, was on Heritage Vancouver’s Top Ten Endangered list. Thanks to the work of many community members and “Friends of the Bloedel, and the VanDusen Botanical Garden Assn, the Conservatory is no longer threatened.
As a signal that its future is secure, the City is currently replacing the acrylic panels that make up the iconic domed roof. The roof is expected to be completed by end of summer 2014.
The Heritage Vancouver Society and the VanDusen Botanical Garden Assn invite you to join Park Board Commissioner, John Coupar and VanDusen Botanical Garden Governor, Vicky Earle for a tour of the Conservatory and Gardens at Queen Elizabeth Park. Find out about the history of the park and conservatory, the techniques being used to restore the roof and life of the plants and birds that call Bloedel home.
Purchase tickets via Eventbrite. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the conservatory entrance 15 minutes before the start of the tour.
===> HEADSUP 11F
Important talk tomorrow night -- the future of Howe Sound ! -- but first some decisions from tonight's marathon mtg that went to after 11pm.
Ccl Mtg July 7:
{NB: I missed the first ~ ten minutes so can't report on that till tomorrow.}
= Library's 2013 Annual Report; Slides, presentation, and website: http://www.westvanlibrary.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/board/!annual%20report%202013%20final%20website.pdf
= Planning's presentation of: Single Family Housing - Siting, Form, and Character was a pleasant and encouraging item. Residents will get more say in what their nbrhd looks like -- get organized and give feedback/input wrt the new measures. Many aghast at a 17,500sf house being built so having a cap on the size of a house may be introduced (even if a huge lot and qualifies).
= Q1 Operating Results: if I heard correctly, got $13.6M from Grosv for 1300blk; Fire Dept has exceeded budget overtime and unscheduled severance (will be addressed by CAO)
= Several items were postponed to July 21st ccl mtg.
= Motion for noise non-enforcement {5:30 - 8pm} by Collingwood was defeated (discussed roughly from 8:30 to 10pm)
= PkR's 752 Marine Drive towers applicn will proceed to the next stage; CC wanted an overall plan rather than ad hoc (proj by proj); also hope for addressing intersection of TWay/MDr.
= Maison Milliken bylaw adopted.
= Coach House Bylaw passed all three readings (with Sop opposed).
= Mtg adjourned ~ 11:07pm.
The Howe Sound LNG Experiment at Woodfibre Information Session
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July 8th at 7pm -- West Vancouver Public Library,
The Future of Howe Sound Society & My Sea to Sky with Eoin Finn B.Sc, Ph.D., MBA
Premier Clark intends for Woodfibre Liquid Natural Gas near Squamish to be the first LNG processing and export facility on the coast with a 2017 operational target date.
What does this mean for Howe Sound and how will this impact citizens of West Vancouver? This project is currently in a very limited public comment period, now is the time to learn more.
1,000 foot long LNG Supertankers carrying Class A Hazardous cargo will cross BC Ferry lanes as they travel through Howe Sound.
Knowledgeable panellists will inform, answer questions, and share information regarding expansion of the Fortis pipeline, processing facility, and shipping through Howe Sound to Asia. Please attend to learn more about this important project
Dr. Eoin Finn is a retired KMPG partner, with a PhD in physical chemistry and an MBA in international business. He is a 30-year part-time resident of Bowyer Island in Howe Sound.
===> HEADSUP 11G: Mtg/Legal Qs
The continuing WVM12 saga: Ccl mtg start?; mtgs; Bard; DWV legal loss; {QTP moved to newsletter}
B/C I missed the first few minutes of the ccl mtg Monday night {July 7}, as I said, I attempted to watch/listen to the video on the website [ http://westvancouverbc.swagit.com/play/07072014-1010 ].
Strangely, it starts with the Mayor in mid-sentence:
--and Gregory Stevens. Cclrs Booth and Lewis are also on the cmte, and I'm also a mbr of the cmte, The Terms of Reference of the cmte were amended earlier this year, and we look forward to reactivating the cmte, and doing good work.
And with that said, ... for approval of the agenda
{jumble of speaking}
oh, sorry--
CC: --same song sheet
amend the agenda by withdrawing Items 13, 14, and 15, ..; changing the revised ccl mtg schedule from Sept 29 to Sept 15
{Minutes adopted}
REPORTS -- and rest will be in the transcript in WVM13.
{I'll enquire tomorrow to see if the beginning can be recaptured, recorded and reposted, or whatever, so we know what cmte he's referring to and if anything else of significance was said.}
DWV MEETINGS
= Wed July 9 ~ 7pm ~ Awards Cmte in Lawson Creek Studios
= Thurs July 10 ~ 7:30am ~ Field Sport Forum WG {at MHall)
~ 5:30 - 7:30pm ~ Park Royal North - Devt Applicn Info mtg
PkR-N, Former Esprit Locn (Unit 861) (Inside PkR-N, 3 doors east of London Drugs)
BARD ON THE BEACH also Thurs July 10
~ 7:30pm ~ Opening Night of Equivocation by Bill Cain, starring Bob Frazer -- Box Office 739 0559
DWV Legal Loss
appended below; appeared in VSun July 8 pA3; haven't researched but perhaps DWV will appeal
Vancouver Sun story: http://www.vancouversun.com/million+West+Vancouver+home+saved+from+wrecking+ball/10008125/story.html
DWV Staff Report: http://westvancouver.ca/sites/default/files/dwv/assets/gov/docs/agendas-and-minutes/2012/June/12jun25-14.PDF
BC Supreme Court Judgment: http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/14/12/2014BCSC1230.htm
$5.4-million West Vancouver home saved from wrecking ball
Homeowner wins long-running wrangle over waterfront location
A wrecking ball will not be swinging over parts of an exclusive WV home assessed at $5.4-million after its owner went to court to prove you can fight city hall.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a petition from DWV and instead ruled in favour of homeowner Jie Liu in her battle to keep a carport, family room, and landscaping built before she bought the waterfront property in 2011.
The encroachments, on an undeveloped road allowance, were discovered many years before Liu bought the home at 2998 Park Lane, but legal action did not begin until last October, when the District asked the court to order demolition of all the structures.
Justice Glen Parrett has ruled that the District has not provided any paperwork related to the encroachments and has failed to prove they are unauthorized or unlawful.
He also notes that WV has issued tax notices for the disputed land to Liu and the home's previous owners, and those taxes have always been paid.
Parrett says not only are the home renovations and landscaping now covered by an easement for the life of the buildings, West Vancouver must also pay Liu for her legal bills and court costs related to the dispute.
--- Let's see what DWV's next step is......
===> HEADSUP 11H: Sunday July 13
Sunday: Shakespeare and Island Heritage / {+ pun} to newsletter/
BARD 730 0559
Opening Night for Cymbeline at Bard on the Beach, 7:30pm Sunday July 13
Opening Night for Equivocation by Bill Cain was Thursday.
Shakespearean references. Enjoyed it more than anticipated -- thoughtful but also humorous.
The other two plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Tempest, are on the main stage; -- funny and romps.
BOWEN ISLAND
= Friday/Saturday/Sunday July 11/12/13
3rd Annual Steamship Days - Bowen Island
Steamship Days is a tribute to our heritage and celebration of summer. Music, games, events, and exhibits will bring our past back to life from July 11th to 13th on Bowen Island. Bring your whole family for a good old-fashioned time.
Event website: www.steamshipdays.com/
Pancake Breakfast - Daily 9am .... Sidewalk Sale ..... Art on Bowen .... Car Show.... Boat Show...and lots more! Check out the website for all the details! For the Ferry and bus schedules:
===> HEADSUP 11I: WV Mtgs Tu - Th
The font used for number can't be changed and it's difficult to tell the difference between 11 and I -- the I looks like a lower case L. Here it is in [ Georgia 11I ] and in [ Tahoma 11I ]. Of course, I don't know if you have those fonts or if they're the same on your computer.
As my tasks pile up I'm considering naming WVM12u -- and the u is for unfinished.
Herewith: mtgs; Muddled East; details on the Van Doos (and the Queen who speaks perfect French, spoke to them in French -- great respect and Canadian camaraderie); {QTP -- to end}
Great news and video clips today on TV news!
Canadians making history at Buckingham Palace
Our famous "Van Doos" (the Royale 22e Regiment) marking their 100 years; details below.
Anyway, mtgs to let you know about:
= Tuesday July 15 ~ 7pm ~ Upper Lands WG, Srs' Ctr
= Wednesday July 16
~ 5pm ~ Bd of Variance
6160 Eastmont (many variances including ht, setbacks, and 66.7% highest Bldg Face Envelope!);
8562 Ansell Place; 4722 Woodvalley; 4945 Keith; 4482 Piccadilly N (3.36m to ht)
6215 Overstone (bldg ht); 5950 Falcon (new sgl-fam dwelling, 1.60m to bldg ht)
Agenda: http://westvancouver.ca/sites/default/files/dwv/boards/board-of-variance/2014/14july16-notice.pdf
~ 7pm ~ Library Bd Mtg at Library
{bizarrely/unhelpfully, clicking on the Calendar link does not lead you to the agenda, nor does the Library link}
= Thursday July 17
~ 4:30pm ~ Design Review Cmte
Items: - Shoppers Drug Mart (1583 Marine Dr) (RESUBMISSION)
Site redevelopment for a new store c/w rooftop parking
- Ferry Building Gallery {check if still on since the FBG has bn withdrawn from the July 21st ccl agenda} Renewal, restoration, and expansion
- Rodgers Creek Area 4: Semi-detached units -- Eight fee-simple semi-detached units -
- Rodgers Creek Area 4: Compact lots -- Six compact’ single detached dwellings
~ 6 - 11pm ~ DINNER ON THE DOCK
Horseshoe Bay Public Pier --Tickets $85; reserved tables of 10: $850
Includes dinner, silent auction, & dance featuring the Adam Woodall Band
Official patrons include: MP John Weston, MLA Jordan Sturdy, and Mayor Michael Smith
Proceeds to support the West Vancouver Marine Rescue Society
~ 6:30 - 8:30pm ~ SALSA BY THE SEA
Outside the Ferry Building Gallery 1414 Argyle Avenue
Do you love the music, rhythms, and dance of Latin America? The Ferry Building Gallery presents SALSA by the Sea with Doris Angela Maria of LatinDanceForYou.com Thursday evenings ’ June 26 August 28 (weather permitting)
$6 drop-in ’ bring your own water bottle; open to all levels and ages ’ lesson included ’ singles welcome
=== MUDDLED EAST -- MORASS OF MURDER ===
Scoreboard as of July 11: Gazans killed 175; Israelis 0
A few Gazan rockets with no one killed and only a couple of injuries
Hundreds of bomb/air strikes, 100s of homes ruined, ~ 1000 injured with 75% civilians (according to the UN)
How irrational? strange? inhuman? for our PM to say Israel has the right to defend itself (I agree), without any consideration of the situation in Gaza -- no right to defend themselves?
Let us work for reduced conflict.
Chris Hedges and Juan Cole comment:
> Chris Hedges | Israel Is Captive to Its 'Destructive Process' Chris Hedges, TruthDig
"There will never be transports or extermination camps for the Palestinians, but amid increasing violence against Palestinians larger and larger numbers of them will die, in airstrikes, targeted assassinations and other armed attacks. Hunger and misery will expand."
Israel Is Captive to Its 'Destructive Process' By Chris Hedges, TruthDig 14 July 14
Raul Hilberg in his monumental work “The Destruction of the European Jews chronicled a process of repression that at first was “relatively mild but led, step by step, to the Holocaust. It started with legal discrimination and ended with mass murder. “The destructive process was a development that was begun with caution and ended without restraint, Hilberg wrote.
The Palestinians over the past few decades have endured a similar “destructive process. They have gradually been stripped of basic civil liberties, robbed of assets including much of their land and often their homes, have suffered from mounting restrictions on their physical movements, been blocked from trading and business, especially the selling of produce, and found themselves increasingly impoverished and finally trapped behind walls and security fences erected around Gaza and the West Bank....
... The last time Israel mounted a Gaza military assault as severe as the current series of attacks was in 2008, with Operation Cast Lead, which lasted from Dec. 27 of that year to Jan. 18, 2009. That attack saw 1,455 Palestinians killed, including 333 children. Roughly 5,000 more Palestinians were injured. A new major ground incursion, which would be designed to punish the Palestinians with even greater ferocity, would cause a far bigger death toll than Operation Cast Lead did. The cycle of escalating violence, this “destructive process, as the history of the conflict has illustrated, would continue at an accelerating rate. ...
... Israel is currently attacking a population of 1.8 million that has no army, no navy, no air force, no mechanized military units, no command and control and no heavy artillery. Israel pretends that this indiscriminate slaughter is a war. But only the most self-deluded supporter of Israel is fooled. The rockets fired at Israel by Hamaswhich is committing a war crime by launching those missiles against the Israeli populationare not remotely comparable to the 1,000-pound iron fragmentation bombs that have been dropped in large numbers on crowded Palestinian neighborhoods; the forced removal of some 300,000 Palestinians from their homes; the more than 160 reported deadthe U.N. estimates that 77 percent of those killed in Gaza have been civilians; the destruction of the basic infrastructure; the growing food and water shortages; and the massing of military forces for a possible major ground assault. ...
... $3.1 billion in military aid that the U.S. gives to Israel each year. It must organize to demand suspension of all free trade and other agreements... As long as these props remain, the Palestinians are doomed. If we fail to act we are complicit in the slaughter.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/24778-israel-is-captive-to-its-destructive-process
The Map: A Palestinian Nation Thwarted and Speaking Truth to Power Posted on Jul 14, 2014
By Juan Cole This post originally ran on Juan Cole’s Web page.
As part of my original posting, I mirrored a map of modern Palestinian history that has the virtue of showing graphically what has happened to the Palestinians politically and territorially in the past century.
=================================================================
VAN
DOOS
Van Doos: Storied Canadian regiment mounts the guard at Buckingham Palace
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/canadians-making-history-at-buckingham-palace-1.1912672
EXCERPTS:
Andrea Janus, CTVNews.ca Published Monday, July 14, 2014 8:30AM EDT Last Updated Monday, July 14, 2014 1:40PM EDT
One of Canada’s most storied regiments is standing guard at Buckingham Palace for the first time in more than 70 years.Approximately 70 members of the Ceremonial Guard of the Royal 22e Regiment, affectionately known as the Van Doos, took part in the Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace Monday morning. The regiment will also mount the guard on July 16 and 18 at St. James’s Palace and the Tower of London.The last time the Van Doos stood guard outside Buckingham Palace was for one week in the spring of 1940 at the request of King George VI, Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment.
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since
4 June 1869 Country
Canada Branch
Canadian
Army NicknameThe
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Commanders
Colonel
in Chief Queen Elizabeth
II
Colonel
of the Regiment Major-General Alain
Forand, CMM,SC, MSC, CD Insignia
Plume Red
Left side of bearskin
Cap
badge of The Royal 22nd Regiment
Royal 22nd Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_22nd_Regiment
The Royal
22nd Regiment,
in French and
officially (in both French and English usage
Royal
22e Régiment
and
colloquially The
Van Doos (an anglicized pronunciation
of the word twenty-two, vingt-deux,
"22" in French),
is
an infantry
regiment of
the Canadian
Army.
The mostly francophone regiment
comprises three Regular Force battalions,
two Primary
Reserve battalions,
and a band, making it the
largest regiment in the Canadian
Army.
The ceremonial home of the regiment is La
Citadelle in Quebec
City,
where the regimental museum is housed. The regimental headquarters is
located in Quebec City, with all three of its regular battalions
stationed at various bases in the province of Quebec.
The regiment serves as the "local" infantry regiment for
Quebec.
~ Operational history
Fenian Raids
The 64th Voltigeurs de Beauharnois were called out on active service from 9 to 29 April and from 24 to 31 May 1870. The battalion served on the Huntingdon frontier.
~ Memorials
A stone shaft was erected on the grounds of Royal Military College Saint-Jean on 26 Sept 1964 to commemorate the founding of the Royal 22nd Regiment (French-Canadian); the regiment trained at Fort Saint-Jean in 1914. .....
~ Lineage
The Royal 22e Régiment originated on 4 June 1869 and incorporates both Regular and Reserve Force components.[11]
The Royal 22e Régiment originated in Saint-Jean-sur- Richelieu, Quebec on 7 November 1914 as the 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF. It was redesignated the 22nd (French Canadian) "Overseas" Battalion, CEF on 7 June 1915 and the 22nd Regiment on 1 April 1920.
===> HEADSUP 11J: Weekend
Just heard/reminded on CBC that the annual Folk Festival at Jericho started a short while ago -- am sure you know but it's enjoyable and this year Joan Baez is there. {UPDATE: Alas was sick}
In any case, lots going on -- it's summer! Tomorrow it's Cops for Cancer. Tour on Bowen on weekend. And much more. Sorry for what I've missed.
Here's info on some for you to choose from.
> Tonight, and it's free, there's
8 pm Friday July 18 NARVAEZ BAY -- A SUMMER CONCERT
Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th, Vancouver (Kerrisdale)
featuring Narvaez Bay: Tidal Predictions of 2012 composed by Mark Timmings & Stephen Morris
in a FREE performance of the Vancouver Chamber Choir with Jon Washburn, conductor
Doors open at 7pm. No tix required. General admission seating. 738 6822 vancouverchamberchoir.com
Repertoire: William Albright -- An Alleluia Super-Round; Orlando di Lasso -- Echo Song; Henry Purcell -- In our deep vaulted cell; Claudio Monteverdi -- Ave maris stella; Robert Ashley -- She was a visitor; Mark Timmings/Stephen Morris -- Narvaez Bay: Tidal Predictions for 2012; Andrea Gabrieli -- Magnificat
= Saturday July 19
~ 7 - 9pm ~ COPS FOR CANCER TOUR DE COAST FUNDRAISER at the Holiday Inn (720 Old Lillooet Road NV)
Door prizes, silent auction, 50-50, all proceeds to Canadian Cancer Society Paediatric Cancer Research and Treatment and Patient Support Programs. Hosted by WVPD Cst Jeff Palmer with two other North Shore Cops for Cancer Riders, Cst. Carlos Rockhill of NV RCMP and Cst. Jenna Oliver of the Port Mann Freeway Patrol. Call 925 7429 to book tix. The $25 ticket gets a person $15 of which is given back as a voucher for food or beverage.
> and at the same time:
THE CAPILANO REVIEW
2055 Purcell Way, NV -- 984 1712 / www.thecapilanoreview.ca tcr@capilanou.ca
Poets Theatre Intensive
A workshop with Kevin Killian & Dodie Bellamy
Workshop dates: July 17-19 (Thurs & Fri 7-10pm; Sat 2-4pm; performance of plays Sat 8pm)
Venue: The Apartment Gallery
San Francisco-based writers Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian will be in Vancouver for three days to lead a brief, but intense course in Poets Theatre that will culminate in a live performance on Saturday,
SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
8pm Sat July 19 at Pyatt Hall (843 Seymour) -- eventbrite.com
Quiring Chamber Players, violinist Ian Swensen, cellist Ari Barnes, and clarinetist Francois Houle; works by Bartok, Dvorak, Debussy
CANADA PARKS DAY -- Saturday July 19
Celebrate at Boundary Bay, Capilano River, or Lynn Headwaters Regional Park. Get to know more about the plants and animals that live in our regional parks. FREE ~ 9am to noon ~ and ~ 1 - 4pm ~ 432 6359 metrovancouveronline.org
EAGLE NESTLINGS -- ~ 1:30 to 3:30pm ~ Saturday July 19
Join the Stanley Pk Ecological Society on a guided walk and learn more about the eagle nestlings that call the park home.
Stanley Park Nature House on Lost Lagoon, foot of Alberni St. 718 6522 stanleyparkecology.ca
and in random order......
Pop-Up Salvage Sale
VHF is having another one-day sale with a selection of salvaged windows, doors, and other small items including a few pieces from the Legg House available for purchase. Refreshments will be available by donation.
Have items you'd like to donate? If you have architectural salvage items to donate for the sale please contact our office by July 18th at 5pm. At this time we are able to accept smaller heritage items that can be carried away such as decorative features, small windows and hardware. If you are unsure if your item is suitable, please call our office. A charitable tax receipt can be issued for the sale value realized for the item.
Saturday July 19th 10am - 1pm Lane behind 593 E. Georgia St. More information here
~
11am - 3pm ~ Sat July 19
For the full image of the poster: http://ow.ly/i/6zMAJ
Partial here --->
THE
WEEKEND
PEOPLE, PLANTS, AND PLACES TOUR -- ~ 10am - 4pm ~ July 19 and 20
An intimate peek into nine of Bowen Island's hidden homes and gardens. The sites
are a mix of established or new gardens, historic sites, and unique homes.
947 2655 bowenislandmuseum.ca
===> HEADSUP 11K: Ccl Agenda Monday Night [July 21]
Quickly, briefly, so you know what will happen. Have just finished reading all plus correspondence. A lot and some v important (see bolding and underlining). NB: Beach Advisory for Amb, Dund, Sandy Cove:
http://www.vch.ca/about_us/news/warning-for-swimmers-at-west-vancouver-beaches .
END: INFObit (score); QTP + cartoon {moved to WVM}
Here's a summary:
o DPA re 765 Marine Dr/PkR-N: For consideration of: permit applicn for improvements and renovations to the
Park Royal North mall {Note that this is about devt of the NORTH side}
o Ferry Building Gallery: withdrawn.
o Marine Dr & Pound R Intersection: Consider discussions with MoTI re:Low Level Rd alignment providing Pound Rd connection; no infrastructure changes to Marine Dr & Pound Rd; improved signage to encourage access to Ambleside Park from 13th St & Argyle Ave {Many options; give Ccl your input.}
o Addn to Community Heritage Register & Voluntary Heritage Designation for 6003 Eagleridge Drive: Consider adding 6003 Eagleridge Dr, 1768 Inglewood Ave, and 4762 The Hwy to Cmnty Heritage Register; 1st reading proposed bylaw, set date for public hearing {v good and full descriptions}
o Proposed [Five-]Year Financial Plan Bylaw 4780, 2014, Amdmt Bylaw 4800, 2014; For consideration of: three readings of the bylaw.
o Proposed OCP Amdmt Bylaw and Proposed Zoning Amdmt Bylaw 4772, 2014 (Coach Houses):
For consideration of adoption of the two bylaws.
o Policy Review for the Protection of Trees on Public and Private Lands in the District: For consideration of: undertaking a comprehensive review of District policies and bylaws related to the protection of trees on public and private lands. {review will start in Sept}
o Proposed Amdmt to 2014 Ccl Mtg Schedule: For consideration of: scheduling a special Ccl mtg for July 28, 2014.
o 2014 North Shore Homeless Count: Information report.
o Aquatic Centre Innovation in Leadership Development and Training: Information report
INFObit -- Gaza, at time of writing: 500+ Gazans; 13 Israelis.
===> HEADSUP 11L: Tonight
More info: reg ccl mtg agenda link; in camera items; correspondence list tonight.
INFObits; {QTP -- moved to WVM}
A link to the whole reg July 21 ccl mtg agenda:
http://westvancouver.ca/sites/default/files/dwv/council-agendas/2014/july/21/14july21-Agenda2.pdf
{NB: the summary sent earlier from the DWV website did not note the delegation at the beginning of the mtg; it's re LNG/Woodfibre/Howe Sound; secondly, checked just now, strange that the July 7th minutes do NOT appear on/with the agenda -- have asked why delay./when}
The in camera mtg will discuss:
(a) personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee, or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality;
(c) labour relations or other employee relations;
(e) the acquisition, disposition, or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality;
(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality;
(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; and
(k) negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a M service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public.
Purpose of mtg: matters re appointments, labour relations, land, legal, and proposed provision of a municipal service.
CORRESPONDENCE
12.5. Correspondence List (File: 0120-24) (click here to view correspondence packages)
> Council Correspondence Update to June 27, 2014 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Received for Information
(1) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes Design Review Committee April 24 and May 22, 2014
(2) S. Robinson, MLA (Coquitlam-Maillardville), June 23, re Invitation to Official Opposition Union of BC Ms (UBCM) Breakfast (Friday, September 26, 2014)
(3) 2 submissions, June 24 - 26, 2014, regarding Ferry Building / Art Gallery
(4) Ministry of Cmnty, Sport and Cultural Devt, June 27, 2014, regarding � Strategic Cmnty Investment Fund Letter
Responses to Correspondence
(5) Director of Engg, June 25, response re “West Van Mayor & Council: Compliant [sic] Horseshoe Bay roads
> Council Correspondence Update to July 4, 2014 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) June 29, 2014, regarding “Graffiti at plateau park
(Referred to Director of Parks and Community Services for consideration and response)
(2) June 30, 2014, regarding “Fwd: Ferry Building Expansion
(Referred to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and response)
(3) July 2, 2014, regarding “Horseshoe Bay Park -- Park Maintenance -- Garbage
(Referred to Director of Parks and Community Services for consideration and response)
(4) July 2, 2014, regarding “Is BC Hydro allowed to clear cut the north shore?
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(5) WV Yacht Club, June 13, 2014, regarding Proposed Renewal of Water Lot Sublease to Kadin Equities Ltd.
(6) International Olympic Cmte, June 27, re DWV Request for International Olympic Committee to update their Charters
(7) June 28, 2014, regarding Letter to Christy Clark
(8) June 28, 2014, regarding “Fw: Ferry Building Open House Community Centre Wed July 2, 4:30-7:30
(9) June 28, 2014, regarding “Lands and bylaws
(10) June 28, 2014, regarding “Accountability of the District (Collingwood School Construction)
(11) 3 submissions, June 29 July 1, 2014, regarding Ferry Building / Art Gallery
(12) Table Matters, July 2, 2014, regarding “Table Matters Food Charter Celebration Event
(13) MetroV, July 2, re “Attn Mayor&Council RSCH Regional Homelessness Plan Priorities and Strategies Report
(14) 6 submissions, July 3 4, re Collingwood Sch Construction, Request for Order of Non-Enf of Noise Control Bylaw
Responses to Correspondence
(15) Senior Manager of Parks, June 30, 2014, response regarding “Graffiti at plateau park
(16) Mgr of Parks Planning and Cmnty Stewardship, July 3, response re � DWV Invasive Plants Strategy:
Final Report 16 June 2014 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item #6
> Council Correspondence Update to July 8, 2014 (up to 4:30 p.m.)
Referred for Action
(1) July 4, 2014, regarding “Public Safety Building
(Referred to Chief Financial Officer for consideration and response)
(2) 9 submissions, July 6 - 8, re Proposed Soil Removal/Deposit Regulation Bylaw Amdmts, Proposed Blasting Bylaw Amdmts, and Construction Bylaws
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response
(3) July 7, re “Council Report (File #13-2515-02) dated June 18, Single Family Housing Siting, Form, and Character’
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
(4) July 8, 2014, regarding “HELP! BC Hydro Clear Cutting in West Vancouver Residential Neighbourhoods
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
(5) July 8, 2014, regarding 㥹TH STREET TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(6) MetroV, June 30, re “MetroV 2040: Shaping our Future Amendment Request from the City of Surrey Central Newton Cultural Commercial District
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(7) 12 submissions, Apr 16 - Jul 7, re Proposed Maison Srs’ Living Devt at Keith/TWay (Devt Permit Applicn No. 12-084) (Received after the close of the April 16, 2014 public hearing)
(8) Putting Canada First, July 2, 2014, regarding “west vancouver advertisements
(9) Coho Society of the North Shore, July 4, 2014, regarding “Coho Society Sponsorship 2014
(10) 3 submissions, July 5 - 7, 2014, regarding “Collingwood dust EMERGENCY
(11) 2 submissions, July 5 - 6, 2014, regarding “Ferry Building Gallery Upgrade.
(12) 2 submissions, July 7, 2014, regarding Ferry Building / Art Gallery
(13) July 5, 2014, regarding “Re: Cell Towers Reduce the Value of Nearby Homes By 20% and More!
(14) 2 submissions, July 7, 2014, regarding Collingwood School Construction and Request for Order of Non-Enforcement of Noise Control Bylaw
Responses to Correspondence
(15) Engineering Outreach Coordinator, July 4, 2014, response regarding “Missed recycling
(16) CAO and Mgr, Bylaw and Licensing Services, July 5, 2014, responses re "Collingwood dust -- EMERGENCY".
Since Agenda was put up:
Correspondence: Update to July 11, 2014 (Noon) Update to July 18, 2014 (Noon)
More letters on Collingwood; Construction in Lower Caulfeild; CNV re affordable housing; FBG; No washroom at Sandy Cove!; 765 Marine Dr (PkR-N); and more!
>>> INFObits latest int'l news:
= Ukrainian Transport plane brought down before Malaysian (tweet seen and then deleted).
= 550+ Gazans killed (80% civilians), 3K wounded, XK houses bombed;
just now Al Aqsa {Al Wafa?} Hospital hit, in area told to flee to
= 20 Israelis (military) killed.
= US will donate $47M for humanitarian aid to Gaza, announced John Kerry
= Good Sign: 'Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies': Israelis And Palestinians show solidarity online
by Lauren O'Neil Posted: July 21, 2014 1:02 PM Last Updated: July 21, 2014 1:26 PM
===> HEADSUP 11M: Ccl Mtg July 21 Highlights
Happy Birthday, Prince George! Our newest prince is one year old today, July 22.
{written Tues July 22}
OMG -- getting so far behind, hope WVM12 comes out before I get to the end of the alphabet!
But want to give you some highlights of the ccl mtg last night:
+ The Mayor announced new categories for Awards Cmte, NSN Readers' Choice Award for our Cmnty Ctr and Aquatic Ctr; Heritage body to be established
+ The Parks Director referred to the health advisory for beaches: lifeguards remain, testing frequent, info on website
+ July 7th ccl mtg minutes only released hours before the mtg
{trying to find out why delay b/c not adequate time to review; shd be a policy re date}
+ A resident who was overlooked at the July 7 mtg PQP was asked to speak at the beginning (spoke re EvDr/Onni)
+ Fascinating and informative delegation by E. Finn re Howe Sound and the proposed LNG Plant at Woodfibre plus ramifications. DWV will write to insist included in hearings/advisory groups. {about an hour; went until almost 8pm}
+ Reports: Youth Golf Tournament; Aboriginal Relations Cmte; v successful Dinner on the Dock
+ DPApplicn for 765 MDr, PkR-N presentation then public input; long and rather lively -- ACDI, surprising change of attitude of PkR Towers residents. {to almost 9pm}
+ Three properties for the Heritage Register -- WELL DONE -- and one owner, Ms Wagner, introduced to applause (and appreciation) {I commented at PQP}
+ Convoluted discussion re options for MDr and Pound Rd intersection {took us to almost 10pm}
+ Adoption of Coach Houses bylaw; staff will work on procedures over summer
+ Consent Agenda Items started at 9:43. Excellent staff report and excellent comments by mbrs of public wrt a tree policy. Brave and needed; education, awareness, envmtal concerns {my comments at PQP}
+ Some PQP and mtg ended about 10:15pm.
{QTP to newsletter}
===> HEADSUP 11N: Beaches/Howe Sound Tonight
= Beach Advisory lifted yesterday -- go play with the fishies!
= Howe Sound under attack? LNG Woodfibre Monday night at Ccl and now:
Gambier Island -- Woodlot mtg tonight at St Francis-in-the-Wood (7pm), tomorrow morning at Sewell's (9am)
= INFObit; QTP
Received an urgent msg:
Hello Friends of Gambier Island and Howe Sound
On behalf of the Gambier Island Conservancy, this is an update .....
The Ministry has now informed us that they will host a public information meeting on Thursday July 24 (7-10pm, St. Francis-In-The-Wood Church, West Van) and public drop-in on Friday July 25 (9-noon, Sewell’s Marina Boardroom, Horseshoe Bay)......
The Ministry has not backed away from its intention to award the woodlots. In the words of senior bureaucrat Craig Sutherland “we will organize a local public process to help concerned individuals better understand the woodlot process. The Ministry has not indicated that it has an open mind to the question “Is Gambier Island, in the heart of the Howe Sound recreation area, an appropriate place for a new woodlot operation? Instead FLNR is committed going forward with the woodlots, and says that the successful applicant will work with the public to create a good management plan....
For continued updates on the woodlot issue, visit the Conservancy website (gambierc.ca),
Conservancy blog (http://gambierconservancy.wordpress.com/) or Twitter account (@GambierConserv).
Thanks for helping! Gambier Island Conservancy
Recent media articles:
1) 26 June 2014 - http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local/gambier-woodlot-decision-delayed-1.1159462
2) 02 July 2014 - http://www.nsnews.com/news/gambier-woodlots-put-on-hold-1.1189831
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INFObit: Gazans killed: 710 (more by now!)
===> HEADSUP 11O: Tonight/Wknd/Ccl Agenda Monday
bits and pieces first, Ccl agendas Monday, QTP
BITS & PIECES
= EMV starts tonight (poster below)
= Caribbean Days at Waterfront Park in NV Sat and Sun (caribbeandays.ca)
= GAZA: Over 800 killed but some good news -- first, just announced, a 12-hr truce starting tomorrow morning, and:
+ CLOSED MTG 9:30am:
(c) labour relations or other employee relations; and
(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications nec for that purpose.
Purpose of meeting: matters regarding labour relations and legal advice
+ REGULAR MTG 10am
’ Montizambert Wynd Water Disconnection Notice: For Council’s consideration of options
’ Proposed General Local Elections Regulation Amdmt Bylaw:
For Ccl’s consideration of three readings for the proposed bylaw amdmts re legislative changes
’ Proposed [Five-]Year Financial Plan Amdmt Bylaw:
For Ccl’s consideration of adoption re amdmt to the annual budget for 2014
EMV
From: Early Music Vancouver <staff@earlymusic.bc.ca>
Subject: Vancouver Early Music Festival offerings: Colin Tilney and Ellen Hargis
Date: 25 July, 2014 11:25:49 AM PDT
COLIN TILNEY CELEBRATES LXXX JULY 25
7:30pm Roundhouse Community Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews ~~ Colin Tilney, harpsichord
Our opening concert this year is a rare recital by world-renowned keyboardist Colin Tilney. Turning 80 this year, Colin is a giant in early music: one of the first musicians to bring historically-informed performance to the general concertgoer's awareness, and one of the few still actively performing today. He'll perform Quinque by the South African composer Priaulx Rainier, composed in 1973, Bach's 6th English Suite, and elegant works by 18th-century French clavecinistes.
A special presentation in collaboration with the Queer Arts Festival.
PURCHASE tickets for this concert. And check out the rest of our incredible Festival offerings.
ABOUT EMV
All art exists on a continuum. Looking back, we can see paths form and lines connecting the many disparate elements.
Early Music Vancouver (EMV) is an organization that reaches back into this history and casts beautifully preserved antiquities in fresh light. By preserving and presenting this music with the authentic instruments and traditions intended, Early Music Vancouver fosters an understanding and appreciation of these unique moments in time.
VISIT OUR SITE EVENT CALENDAR BUY TIX EMV, A REGISTERED CHARITY Registered Tax No. BN 10816 7776 RR0001
===> HEADSUP 11: News / HAF / Museum
Working way through the alphabet. :-)
> FWIW, both fireworks so far, last Sat and last night, not remarkable esp compared with those in other years, so hopes are up for this Sat. The Storm Brewing grapefruit radler was a hit.
> Yikes! So busy with fireworks, etc, now doing this Headsup just spotted Ccl had snuck in another ccl mtg before stopping for the summer. We'd all thought the 10am special ccl mtg added Monday July 28 wd be the last, but nope. They had one 10am yesterday (July 30)! I see they had three readings of a local elections bylaw on Monday, 28th, so naturally wanted to adopt it, and did so on Wed 30th. Well, it's not a surprise there's an election in November so one wonders why the bylaw had not come to Ccl in June or the first mtg in July so no need for sp ccl mtgs. Maybe the prov has introduced something new. Will find out.
> Bad News (on DWV website): July 31, 2014
Today, Vancouver Coastal Health issued a swimming advisory at Ambleside, Dundarave and Sandy Cove beaches. Bacteria counts are elevated. The swimming advisory issued last week for Eagle Harbour Beach remains in effect. For info, call the VCH env'tal health line 983 6793.
> A bit of good news -- starting Friday morning (so already started there): a 72-hr ceasefire for Gaza and Israel (but IDF can keep military in Gaza!); let's hope for longer!
> Breaking News -- Justin Trudeau in WV on Monday, BC Day!
I can confirm that we will arrive (Justin and Pam) between 2:30 - 3pm, beside Crema. We will walk along Argyle to John Lawson park, dance at the Dal concert. Justin leaves at 4 pm. Aug 4. BC Day.
> At the end of CBC radio's On the Coast Thursday afternoon, Matthew Lazin-Ryder interviewed our heritage treasure, historian Michael Kluckner. Vancouver had Canada's first gas station! More importantly, the Vancouver Heritage Fdn has put the Vancouver Heritage Register on an Interactive Map. It lists buildings, sites, and landmarks as well as sites with municipal or provincial designation. This project is in beta form and currently includes nearly all of the over 2300 sites listed on the register.
http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/learn-with-us/heritage-site-finder-interactive-map/
> FREE! -- Symphony at Jack Poole Plaza: Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra at Burrard Landing 7 - 9:30pm burrardlanding.com/symphony-at-jpp/
> QTP {moved}
The Harmony Arts Festival starts tomorrow!
HAF's Calendar below plus Museum's events below that. ENJOY!
Tomorrow:
Friday August 1
11am Artsy Kids Outdoor Studio: Rock Painting
2pm Fresh St. Art Market, Park Royal Beachside Patio, Waterfront Lounge
4pm Yvonne McSkimming 5:45pm Olivia Penalva
7:30pm Andrew Allen 8:45pm ABRA Cadabra
The whole schedule: http://harmonyarts.ca/calendar/
ALSO -- Aug 1 from 6 to 8pm at the Ferry Building Gallery
mixed media group exhibition [Exhibit] runs from: August 1 - 17
and at the Museum:
Begin forwarded message:
From: West Vancouver Museum <wvmuseum@westvancouver.ca>
Subject: Harmony Arts Festival Art Market this and next weekends!
Date: 31 July, 2014 4:51:38 PM PDT
Please join the WV Museum at the Art Market during the Harmony Arts Festival from August 1 to 4 and 8 to 10
FIRST WEEKEND
Friday August 1: 2 - 9pm; Sat/Sun/Mon August 2/3/4: 11am - 9pm
SECOND WEEKEND
Friday August 8: 2 - 9pm; Sat/Sun August 9/10: 11am - 9pm
The Art Market location is along Argyle Avenue between 14th and 17th Street (along waterfront) in Ambleside.
This year the Museum is offering for sale art works by three important west coast artists, including Tangled Beach, a limited edition print by Gordon Smith, as well as an original drawing by Syliva [sic?] Tait and framed cover photographs from the Museum's publication Selwyn Pullan: Photographing Mid-Century West Coast Modernism. These art works were generously donated by the artists to support future Museum projects.
Don't miss this rare opportunity to purchase an original artwork by some of our most celebrated artists. The Museum will also have several publications available for sale, as well as B.C. Binning and Joan Balzar greeting cards featuring works from the Museum's collection.
While at the Festival, please visit Vermilion Sands, a temporary suspended sculpture comprised of modules of living plants designed by Matthew Soules Architecture and organized by the West Vancouver Museum.
See you at the Festival!
For more information, please check our Facebook Page.
Vermilion Sands, designed by Matthew Soules Architecture, is a temporary installation for the Harmony Arts Festival on West Vancouver's waterfront. Integrating living plant-life into a geometric three dimensional pattern, the project explores the relationship between the natural and artificial, while providing a shaded social space for festivalgoers.
Public unveiling and opening reception -- Saturday, August 2 at 4pm.
To learn more about Vermilion Sands check out our facebook/wvmuseum
===> HEADSUP 11Q: Bits/News -- Aug 12/13
still alive but wobbling so a Headsup while WVM12/13 continues to percolate.....
😍 Harmony Arts great success! thx to Christie and Rachelle, DWV staff; photo of Christie Rosta in Saturday's Sun pA17
LNG: apologias in NSN (from Mayor) and CBC Radio News (Cameron); staff report in fall
Justin at Pride Parade and dancing with our former mayor in Ambleside
Trudeaumania it’s not, but Justin shows he can wow a crowd just like dad (with video)
Analysis: Opponents scorn him as an intellectual lightweight, but the Liberal leader shines in a crowd BY PETER O'NEIL, VANCOUVER SUN AUG 11
😍 Looks like they had fun! Photos: Squamish Music Fest caught on Instagram by Miguel Moya, V Sun Aug 12 http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Photos+Squamish+Music+Fest+caught+Instagram/10101993/story.html
=== CCL MTG NOTES 2014 June 16 === e&oe
Re transcript: ... (gap); xxx (words missing); &&& (noteworthy; shd get); timestamps so you can find the part on the video to listen to entire bit.
NB: unless I know the person, names are best guesses. In any case, herewith more of what went on than you ever read in the ccl minutes. :-)
ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, INITIALISMS puzzling you? See: http://www.westvan.org/glossary
=== SPECIAL CCL MTG NOTES June 16 ===
Note: At 6pm the sp Ccl mtg will commence in open session in the MFCR and will be immediately followed by a motion to exclude the public in order to hold a closed session, pursuant to section 90... At 7pm in the Ccl Chamber a PH re proposed OCP Amdmt Bylaw and proposed Zoning Amdmt Bylaw (Coach Houses) will be held. The reg Ccl mtg will commence in the Council Chamber immediately following the PH and concurrent public mtg.
6:00PM
1. Call to Order.
EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
2. RECOMMENDED: THAT in the public interest, mbrs of the public be excluded ... under the following...:
90. (1) A part of a council meeting may be closed if ... 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;
(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality; and
(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose. Purpose of meeting: appointments and legal matter.
3. ADJOURNMENT (of open session)
= PUBLIC HEARING NOTES June 16 For On-Table Items Please See Item 4
7:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor: apologize for our seven-minute late start; v unusual here
{SSch explained staff wd introduce}
2. PUBLIC HEARING
Proposed OCP Bylaw No. 4360, 2004, Amendment Bylaw No. 4771, 2014; and Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4772, 2014 (Coach Houses)
The Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits will describe the subject application.
Applicant: The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver
Subject Lands: Lands zoned RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4, RS5, RS7, RS8, RS9, and RS10, and RD1 and RD2.
Purpose: The proposed bylaws wd provide for the intro of coach houses as a new housing type in WV
Proposed OCP Bylaw Amdmt: If adopted, it wd provide policy and guidelines for the devt of coach houses in existing nbrhds. Specifically, the proposed bylaw wd provide for:
o rental coach houses as a detached form of sec ste in all resid zones where sec stes are a permitted use;
o consideration of rental coach houses in other residential zones, subject to site-specific rezoning;
o consideration of ownership coach houses:
(i) on properties designated in the Official Community Plan for future infill housing devt; and
(ii) as an incentive for conservation of properties listed on the Community Heritage Register; and
o a new Devt Permit Area Designation BF-B 3.1 and corresponding form and character guidelines to
provide for the successful integration of coach houses with the built form and landscape character of existing nbrhds.
Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment: If adopted, proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4772, 2014 wd add regulations for Detached Secondary Suites, and would allow for Detached Secondary Suites as a permitted use in the RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4, RS5, RS7, RS8, RS9, RS10, RD1 and RD2 Zones.
3. PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURE (described)
4. REPORTS/WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
Reports received up to and including June 5, 2014: To view all Council reports click here
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REPORT TITLE |
REPORT DATED |
COUNCIL MEETING DATE |
# |
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Coach House Implementation Bylaws |
June 2, 2014 |
June 16, 2014 / public hearing |
R-1 |
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Coach House Implementation Bylaws |
May 12, 2014 |
May 26, 2014 |
R-2 |
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Results of Cmnty Engagement on Proposed Coach House Policies, Regulations and Guidelines |
April 14, 2014 |
May 5, 2014 |
R-3 |
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Status of Community Dialogue Implementation |
January 7, 2014 |
February 3, 2014 |
R-4 |
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Proposed Coach House Implementation |
November 6, 2013 |
November 18, 2013 |
R-5 |
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West Vancouver’s Coach House Examination |
July 11, 2013 |
September 9, 2013 |
R-6 |
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Staff Response to Questions from Council Regarding a Proposed Implementation Program for Coach Houses |
August 22, 2013 |
September 9, 2013 |
R-7 |
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West Vancouver’s Coach House Examination |
July 11, 2013 |
July 22, 2013 |
R-8 |
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Ccl Reconsideration of Directions from Cmte of the Whole Mtg on Nbrhd Character and Housing Held on Jan 28, 2013 |
March 4, 2013 |
March 18, 2013 |
R-9 |
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Directions from Cmte of the Whole Mtg on Neighbourhood Character and Housing Held on Jan 28,2013 |
February 4, 2013 |
February 18, 2013 |
R-10 |
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A Housing Action Plan For West Vancouver |
November 2012 |
January 28, 2013 Cmte of the Whole mtg |
R-11 |
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The Potential for Coach Houses’ in West Vancouver |
December 2012 |
January 28, 2013 Cmte of the Whole mtg |
R-12 |
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Coach House Discussion Paper |
Nov 30, 2012 |
December 10, 2012 |
R-13 |
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Housing Action Plan |
Nov 19, 2012 |
November 26, 2012 |
R-14 |
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Housing Action Plan |
June 12, 2012 |
June 25, 2012 |
R-15 |
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Transitioning to an Investigation of the Potential of Coach Houses in West Vancouver |
June 11, 2012 |
June 25, 2012 |
R-16 |
Written submissions received up to and including June 5, 2014:
Written submissions listed below were rec'd at or following the May 26 Ccl mtg at wch Ccl set the date for the June 16 PH. To view all ten redacted written submissions {text remains} in this section click here
http://westvancouver.ca/sites/default/files/dwv/council-agendas/2014/june/16PH/14jun16ph-A1toA10.pdf
Written submissions listed below were rec'd prior to the May 26 Ccl mtg at wch Ccl set the date for the June 16 PH. To view all 14 redacted written submissions {text remains} listed in this section click here
http://westvancouver.ca/sites/default/files/dwv/council-agendas/2014/june/16PH/14june%2016ph-B1toB14.pdf
On May 26, Ccl set the date for the PH. The statutory notice of PH will be published in the NSh News on June 8 and 11. The MClk will note written submissions rec'd for the June 16 PH.
SM: think I shd speak a bit about the process.
culmination of District's 18mos (on CHs)
{gave background eg mtgs, nbrhd fair, etc w/ SLIDES; max ht, sideyards, no sep title, etc}
was question re lodgers -- will be looking at definition
re foreign student, will look into that
Sop: how make a decision on a process that wd hv an impact on nbrhd character, if Ccl does not have some say
{this part inaudible playing from DWV website}
why shd ... some impact on [7:15]
SM: ... will study over summer and report back on process
decision before you is &&&
have identified a two-step process
communicate with nbrs; siting (where); second phase, landscaping -- formal notification
Mayor: to be clear; Ccl looking into policy
how, staff will look into and come back with
SM: in fall
{can hear this!} ML: understanding can't increase the sq ftg on lot
how many props have sufficient allowable unused?
I've heard going to be rampant -- 6000sf, 2500sf
how many you cd see, hypothetically
anecdotally, ev house built over last 25 years has been built to capacity
{yes, and more recently with sec stes, "mortgage-helpers" given the high prices
also, b/c on spec, biz, make as much profit; not built by the person wanting the home; }
other limiting actors, [req'd] servicing; eg undersized water main -- they'd have to update, wch is cost-prohibitive
ML: how many sgl-fam, how many....
SM: delve into it over summer and cd come back; number of applicns
ML: when we did sec stes, ev knew; house ...
expected permits not what anticipated
{when last I looked into this, estimates of sec stes 3 - 6K and those legal/registered isn't even 1K}
how many CHs we have today -- grandfathered, decommissioned
well and good to have bylaws but without teeth
SM: coach houses?
ML: yes
SM: some look like it but sometimes an accessory bldg, ofc, studio, etc; wd hv to delve into it
ML: part of this is a health and safety issue
Sokol: when we did sec stes
hundreds; streamlined process; ensure safe and legalized
nowhere near as many coach houses; more on the lines of ten, 20, 30
to be legal, wd have to prove meet bldg code; more rigorous than for sec stes
MB: like Cclr Sop, v open-minded about this
making it palatable for cmnty, a win-win for owner and the nbrs
1200sf max compared with NV, 800 1K, CoV 500
{[7:23] get more stats here}
basements going to be allowed in coach houses?
SM: re basements, staff and working with the cmnty; in the end we landed -- technically can have a basement
will be reporting in July, and work looking at housing bulk, whether shd be calculated; whether exception merited
1200 fig is a maximum -- .1 x the lot area so 1200 on larger lots but wd still be capped
est approp siting, address nbr issues; eliminate/mitigate impacts
reporting back in a year and cd revisit the issue of basements
Sokol: there will be a DP for Coach houses -- and we don't even have for a sgl-fam house
Mayor: to be successful, have to be supported by the cmnty
input b/c they'll be impacted
process [7:25]
{SSch speaks re PROCESS}
5. PUBLIC INPUT [7:29]
Chris Pouleter: full support for the proposed CH plan
believe we can meet all the
our lot is 39Ksf, 13K sf house; built in the 30s 4K sf
during the last Ccl mtg May 26 seemed to be substantial agreement with my stand, don't have to go through xxx; prepared to forgo the required [7:32]
detached, site-specific review
delay schedule for this PH
Sokol raised parking wch xxx xxx; if sold, next might not have a
cd be the case of any mainland owner as well
convert -- kids' playground, garden; parking space cd be rented
&&&; to presume that Eagle Island predisposed to violating ev bylaw
if this is the case, no opposed
annually advise parking; streamlined for CH zoning
$6K now; cost wd be over $10K
unfair, punitive; ev other area doesn't have to go through rezoning
xxx amt for a sgl-parking lot review
xxx adequate control of CH on Eagle Island
> Heather Mersey: [slightly edited text]
... This evening I am speaking on behalf of the Ambleside Dundarave Ratepayers’ Assn to provide our input on the topic of Coach Houses.
The ADRA mission statement has been a guide to members’ efforts. In particular to work to:
ensure any changes/developments are in the best interests of current residents
maintain our park-like residential character through policies of sensitive, resident-supported growth
define and protect the character of our neighbourhoods and heritage assets
ADRA recognizes the need to offer diversity in housing. Our members live in single-family dwellings, duplexes, and apartments.
Our concern is not with the concept of coach houses, but how they will be formally introduced into the community. I say formal, as there are a number of “coach houses that have been built in West Vancouver, a few of which are located just blocks from M Hall.
The bylaws before us tonight propose a District-wide rezoning where any property allowed a secondary suite would be zoned for a coach house. With the exception of Eagle Island and the British Properties, this covers a significant area of WV. Well over 1000 properties will be affected.
The choice has been made NOT to define nbrhds or nbrhd character but rather to go for the District-wide rezoning. This, in itself, is a rather undemocratic approach. It is therefore imperative that neighbours potentially affected by this proposed bylaw be given the opportunity for substantial input.
ADRA recommends that:
= 70% approval in writing be required from property owners within 100m of the applicant, whether one- or two-storey coach houses are being proposed.
= a one-storey coach house be approved by Planning
= two-storey coach houses be approved by Council
= basements NOT BE INCLUDED in FAR (bulk housing)
{UPDATE: a correction will be made to this since EXCLUDED is what was meant}
As well, ADRA agrees:
o that a sec ste shall NOT be permitted in conjunction with a coach house; CONCERN with CNV -- 2010 introduction of Coach Houses and now moving to allowing both on a property, only a few years later.
o the property owner must live on the property; no option for a property manager
o with the non-strata designation, that there be no separate title for a CH
o with the review of CH policy after one year
In addn, - ADRA recommends that there be two designated, on-site parking spaces for CH over 400 sq. ft.
- ADRA would like to see the issue of taxation addressed, in particular:
- Duplexes taxed on the basis of two residences on a single-family lot.
- House with sec ste = two residences on a single-family lot
- House with coach house = two residences on a single-family lot
Question: Each duplex unit pays a base sewage fee, drainage fee, waste collection fee, and recycling fee.
A secondary suite does not. Would a coach house?
On behalf of ADRA, thank you for the opportunity to provide our input on the proposed Coach House bylaw and policy this evening In particular, I would like to thank Steve Mikicich who was always available to respond to our many emails, phone calls, and generally was just available.
Mayor: thank you for your comments; I see Mr Mikicich taking notes [7:42]
6. CLOSURE OF PUBLIC HEARING
{made the motion; received; PH closed [7:50] }
Council members are not permitted to receive further submissions once the Public Hearing is closed.
= REGULAR COUNCIL MTG NOTES June 16
For On-Table Items Please See Items 9, 10, and 12.1
{right after PH closed}
1. Call to Order.
2. Approval of Agenda -- amended by:
o adding to Item 9 a written submission regarding 2013 Annual Report;
o adding to Item 10 a memo re “Updated Revision to June 2, 2014 Resoln re Whyte Lake;
o adding to Item 12 Item 12.1 re correspondence
3. Adoption of Council Meeting Minutes
MB moved THAT
1. the minutes of the May 26, 2014 special and regular Council meetings and public hearing, and the June 2, 2014 special and regular Council meetings, be adopted as circulated; and
2. the Summary of May 26, 2014 Public Hearing regarding Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4788, 2014 (870 and 876 Keith Road) be approved.
Mayor: Sorry, we have to halt our proceedings. Ms Scholes, what have we done wrong now?
SSch: Nothing, Mr Mayor. I wd like to note that the unadopted minutes of the May 26 reg ccl mtg reflect a correction made in item 17.5, on pM18, Item 17, wch had the words 'of Canada' erroneously included in the title as follows: "... Hon. S Anton, Min of Justice and Att General of Canada, May 2nd ..." and the correction has been made and those minutes are in front of Ccl this evening.
Mayor: sure we all knew that, Ms Scholes
{hm, then I wonder why no one on Ccl corrected that when they saw the draft; but appreciate that done publicly.
My concern was having changes made not directed by Ccl or in public. What is the process re changes? Will try to find out and report back.}
MB: so my motion contains that amendment.
DELEGATIONS
4. West Vancouver Soccer Club regarding Current and Future Activities
PowerPoint presentation to be provided. [7:46]
{B Sparling, Prez WVSoccer Club; and H Moffat, Dir Rev Generation}
B Sparling: [here w/ Heather] began in 1923
WV Soccer largest sports and volunteer org in the cmnty
SLIDES
1 out of 4 signed up and play in the cup ea yr
budget $1.1M; xxx usu their first job
four $1K scholarships through WV Cmnty Fdn; keep replenishing that fund
SLIDE of graduates [7:51]
success
Heather, stepped on just after my chn
last summer
HN: here I am as director of Rev Generation
exciting to have some of the contacts and expertise I cd bring to
phone, generate sponsors for the league
...signs, been successful, so started taking it off agenda b/c not getting jerseys sold
amazing sponsors
jerseys, small addl awards for a graduate graduating
jerseys again
we're pushing as a club, if xxx by sponsors, give back to charity
$ with poppy drive
give back to one of our coaches to Uganda to build a soccer pitch
boots...; chn arrive with bare feet
Adam Free Kicks ... freekicks.reg
building a backyard prog; once again to go back to Uganda
2013 $40K; looking at $50K from our corp sponsors
Nov, three of past Olympic team xxx bought out ?xxx
who will be playing Germany one night
advice re left and right foot
BSp: Christmas toy drive dear to my heart; collect all the food and toys
good feeling to get into Christmas
Mayor: how long been president, Bill?
Ans: four to five years
Mayor: great commitment; ev appreciates, tremendous [7:57]
Sop: how many teams throughout the Lower Mainland use the fields over there?
Ans: just turf fields, ~120 teams in the club; half one weekend and other half playing in other Ms
Sop: artif turf, started any fund-raising yet?
Ans: ready to go but need facility
Sop: quite an org from first field we put in a few years ago; blossomed forth; v effective for our youth
CC: a few comments can personally attest to the excellence of the soccer club
both my boys played last year, and one still playing in the summer
coaching is excellent, org is top notch; kids all feel it's a big family
my oldest hates soccer but loves going to soccer practice b/c of how great his coach, George, is
Ans: you have to make it fun; you really do
CC: appreciate the role of the club, mentioned; not only fostering excellence but also [as] you said, making it fun for kids b/c not all going to be a competitive level soccer player
end up drawing kids in for the social aspect and the fun
appreciative you've singled out Adam, b/c he is an excellent coach but he is even more an excellent human being
excellent work in Uganda and on DES (Downtown East Side) w/ his soccer progs
singled out him but so many others
Heather, I hear what you're saying about volunteers, being drawn in
no good deed goes unpunished
Soccer Club, Cclr Panz can attest, using District money
raising funds re infrastructure; as part of the Field Sports WG; xxx
hope to be able to move forward with that soon
did receive a report about the ingress/egress
great if Mr Fung cd give you an update
MOOI earlier
we do know your priorities, maybe subject to what Ms Mooi and Mr Fung can tell you
AM: report re artif field WFSS Sept
RF: &&& hope to come back
Mayor?CC: when?
RF: have to talk to Clerk but hope before summer recess
CC: [delegation] received with our heartfelt thanks
REPORTS
5. Reports from Mayor and Councillors on Boards, Committees, and Working Groups
Mayor: think Cclr Gamb wants to start off
NG: went down to foot of 19th b/c photos; had to show them; if you blinked cd have missed
started Monday and finished June 20
build a stream xxx trench SLIDES; was diff for salmon to return; technical diagram -- huge trench
SLIDE of foot of 19th St; pulled out of culvert
a few years ago in 2008 a few boulders were put down to protect the shoreline
next slide bulldozers, huge trench; next slide filter fabric; and this is what is there now
130 truckloads of boulders and rock donated from BPP
{closer and cheaper than trucking it away!}
each carefully placed there; location specified; partners, xxx Shoreline......staff xxx
Streamkeepers has raised $135k for this work; some staff ...
Mayor: Streamkeepers; good work
MB: following on, three days .... homeless street soccer ... names
Canada took the cup 8:7 ... congratulations all
incredibly successful "No More Secrets"; launching immed, a parent-organized debrief session
identifying awareness and ways for youth struggling with mental health issues
w/ Michelle Laird; fruitful discussion attended by 20 ppl
Sop: the cycling at Lawson
xxx, seal life will be coming in
in 1960s, 42 streams and three worked
Cmnty day gave out xxx
crew organized 1300 freezie pops in your fridge, they're xxx :0(
xxx; ran around as usual
info on Sat night
to AM and AB; Sunday shd be overtime for me
Three trees fell in Whyte Lake
I cd go on about a lot of other things, but I know you wanted to make it short
ML: Cmnty Day Parade
we won't have another mtg before Canada Day -- starting at 4pm right through to fireworks; singing O Canada
traditionally good weather; hope to see everybody out
attended the substance abuse WG and the subject was funding for the anti-bootlegging prog
the graphics used by xxx from Argyle; dist'd, ctrs
CC: if you want shorter, will leave it to next time
TP: went to Coq Water Treatment Ultra-Violet Disinfection; on time and under budget [8:12]
facts: av ev day 1B litres of water in the Lower Mainland, astounding
more astounding -- been on Ccl for almost six yrs and haven't seen
63 cents for ev litre {?}
treated, inexpensive for coffee, xxx, toilet
give Metro its due, integrated regional utility system is astounding
more action on the regional front: I attended b/c Mayor cdn't go to Mayors' Ccl on Regional Transportation
strong motive on that piece
the little bit of honey from Sop tonight
Sop: not yet
TP: xxx this Ccl has always supported the xxx and as xxx
transit and transportation; ten-yr implementation plan and 30-yr vision
choose (?), affects where we are heading; we are constrained geographically
another 1M ppl and xxx cars in next 30 yrs
come up with that vision
integrated is top priority; investing in an integrated system is key and the transit
ten-yr xxx; mobility pricing; must go in tandem; ten-yr implementation plan
did in 2012 -- mayors, enough on the prop taxes, had to look at other opps
public more responsive to user pay
this is the first step; astounding to see all the mayors support this plan except for the Mayor of Bby
understand we need a strong voice
Sop: Mayor ?
a lot to do; for Mayors' Ccl to come out with one strong voice
go onto the mayors' council; tremendous info; our resp to educ
mayors have actually done what prov asked xxx [8:18]
Bill 22 -- really needs to have some attn paid to it
CC: do want to log in
a propos to give thx to Mayor Smith, Mussatto, and xxx ... to much ours
prov asked what appeared impossible Panz has articulated; setting up the Ms to fail
instead made a silk purse out of a sow's ear
thrown the ball back into the prov's court
referendum on funding strategies -- come sometime next year
Metro and Transit get a rough ride, this an instance
xxx and have risen to the task
Sop: certainly, Cclr Panz, you have some honey from me
my count
George Puil in 1976? not put TransLink funds on prop tax; now, stated by the Mayors' Cmte; still prop tax
ML: by 2016, health care in the trillions
sewer $1700M; haven't finished the lawsuit on the Seymour connector
xxx didn't see a biz plan
went for a ride on the new ferry
didn't see next
pay through the nose b/c govts none; NSh huge cost in the future
don't agree with love fest on Transit; money grab
Mayor: who said lovefest? not me
not TransLink all night
b/c mtg
I attended three events
Strides for Strokes wch helps stroke victims recover; money they raise themselves; salute
went to Brit Props Homeowners' barbecue; nice to see nbrs getting together; social event
Sat night, went to bagpipes on the beach; stirring; six xxx; finished off with a march across the field
tribute to our Fire Dept raising; salute them
all events are cmnty volunteers and that's what makes xxx WV
[8:24]
AM: NG to introduce the WG mbrs
NG: SLIDES; ccl liaison for past yr and a quarter; 25 mtgs over past [18?] mos; not sub; ... travel
estimate for eight on this cmte over 1000 hrs; if we had to pay, wd be suffering
[Pls stand while I call your names]
Lori Williams: co chair; have brought out some examples
buddleia, scotch broom, [blackberry] himalayan, and Japanese knotweed; dreaded giant hogweed; periwinkle, lamium
{It's also known as the butterfly bush; curious, looked up buddleia: The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Reverend Adam Buddle (16621715), a botanist and rector in Essex, England, at the suggestion of Dr. William Houstoun. Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja (B. americana) to England from the Caribbean about 15 years after Buddle's death.[1]}
grateful to Ccl recognizing the gravity of this issue; prob around the world; become serious in WV
set up WG a timely one; provide info to residents
Dist has a seat on the MetroV invasive species &&&
SLIDE of map with confirmed knotweed sites (known locations)
landscape completely transformed with English ivy; with snow, trees can come down with the weight
Michael Evison: need for action; hv seen some pretty depressing sights
impact to mgmt of knotweed; staff have taken the initiative; must involve citizens, govt, and biz
info of wch are
continue as long as ppl unaware of the damage and serious consequences
some parts of the world, eg in Britain cannot get a mortgage if you have knotweed
44 recomms tonight; cost and ease of implementation; to public for comment
target plants, 19 species some of greater concern; useful and educational tool
cherry laurel and English? ivy? [8:33]
{fyi, portuguese laurel and cherry laurel are the same}
increased education, take approp action to remove
Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed the most
spread and poison...
guidelines and methods of treatment; best mgmt practices, a go-to handbook
summary of damage caused, how best to remove, advice on restoration
pesticide use: a lot of discussion
suggestions
pesticide for knotweed b/c no other successful but CAREFULLY and in certain circs
LW: increased communication; enforcement of regs still has to be an option
use Cmnty Charter to update; need to update the M's pesticide bylaw; cannot be done without citizen involvement
stewardship and xxx already valuable eg Lighthouse Pk
many citizens hv come fwd, interest in working with cmnty groups
xxx funding a variety of techniques
beautification, invasive species control for five years to get a handle
3 and 4 &&& [8:38]
to ITE; responses; into draft
Qs most often related to what inv plants are; lack of understanding of what it was
why so many plants on the target list?
have to commend staff, help we've got; immed helpful
report cd not have [bn done] without their help
Mayor: wanna give them a bouquet there?
LAUGHTER
Sop: thanks to Cclr Sop
some have said I've been around so long, I'm an invasive species
from what I saw around Hugo Ray, under Sandy Cove bridge -- we need to act
Ms L, if squeeze money in 2014; know with all the penny-pinching; all work done to date, mapping
saw a stmt here bothered me: inv plants more harmful to envmt than use of pesticides
pesticide is poison to humans -- pesticides like CN every time get blackberries, they ignore us -- talk about best practices, we went to organic pesticides
Mike Ev: talking about monocultures
if ev male ccl mbr required to wear a white shirt, boring
that's one of the issues we have to address in invasive species
...general habitat, surrounding, ...
that monoculture is detrimental; under those circumstances,we're suggesting use of pesticides shd be considered
Sop: what about the good folks who do the weed-pulls and things, isn't that a method that cd be used?
MEv: indeed, one of the methods, successful; shd appreciate those actions, only one of a number
Sop: your attraction to knotweed and hogweed -- that's where you're going to start?
saw some bushes efforts eradicated along waterfront last summer, v effective
that the area going to ?
MEv: refer to
Andrew Banks: staff using the strategy, control in many diff ways
Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed, prime
working with church groups xxx xxx xxx periwinkle; using cmnty groups
ML: these are?
really want to congratulate the group, this stakeholder xxx group; underlying component
two Qs -- not really costed, quantifiable; pay now or pay later? have you got any sense what cost to embark pro-actively?
tactical first strike
really concerns some minor reallocation of staff resources budget
we're not really going to make a real dent; going into summer and budget time
want us to be proactive and get ahead of the
we're re mortgages....
if only way to treat two prime culprits on our list with herbicide, what are the alternatives going to be presented to cmnty esp priv prop?
Dist can xxx, three weeks later a bird flies over, area has just become reseeded
priv prop component of this
easy simple affordable as possible
don't see residents going around doing injections
??? do ourselves eventually?
eradicate xxx
MEv: xxx burying it or putting it in my compost
ML: help $7 - 8K or $700-800K; big diff
advantage of ???
to get ahead, sense of urgency, a few mos to recogn the plants; remedial action cost us
MikeEv: xxx
AndrewB: diff to answer but our goal to be financially responsible
this year strategy? and existing staff
to get a deeper understanding of the prog
as Michael said, need the cmnty to help us understand the prog
under, help
going to try to get a magnitude of the costs
not coming looking for a sust money xxx?
use money we have prudently; xxx
Mayor: speed this up a bit cuz we have mbrs of cmnty to speak
MB: will see
this is an excellent xxx
glad cooperating on NSh, we don't see boundaries nor do birds
expedite sharing this
not ev will read, but a one-page laminated so when they go to the gardeners' -- have to start asap
this is a war, and they can overtake us; multiply and grow; take over land; have to enlist our xxx
a lot in Gleneagles golf course, Lower Caulfeild; a lot of ppl mobilized
cost, can't pay, don't do without citizens; well done; thank you for all your hard work
CC: really app work of WG; not solved but set out &&&
key thing to know is what we do first; some of the things MEv mentioned not WG, falls to staff
Mr Banks, hope we don't come back next year same, money same as last year
spent now more imp than that spent years, two to five yrs, from now
knotweed and hogweed have to take on ourselves
many of the 19 items are sold by our garden ctrs -- can go and buy!
irony? can buy what we're trying to eradicate!
with NV, try to get together and ask not selling to
not Lower Mainland but NSh achievable
Mayor: xxx
Richard Beard: [text supplied]
I support the Invasive Plant Strategy currently before Council. I feel that it presents a rational approach which is based on good science.
Page one of the Executive Summary under Need for Action refers to a [quotation] which states that one dollar in prevention can avoid $17 in later expenses. For knotweed, that seems like an underestimate where even the threat of damage to infrastructure might carry significant costs in the form of increased insurance premiums and more onerous terms for mortgage qualification.
Changing bylaws is a key component of the strategy: 4.1.2 recommends amending the Pesticide Use Control Bylaw. This will be essential so that a wider range of herbicide application methods can be used.
Simply put: stem injection alone will not do the job of controlling knotweed.
4.1.5 recommends amending the Good Neighbour Bylaw to include knotweed species. Where there is a complaint The City of Vancouver is already requiring homeowners to control knotweed on their property. My last client there was given ten days to comply.
We are, however, only one municipality and a major means of spread for knotweed and other invasive plants remains the transfer of contaminated soil and fill within and across municipal boundaries. 3.2.4 recommends working with Metro Vancouver to develop soil transfer and disposal regulations. This cannot happen soon enough.
Restoration is often neglected following invasive plant control with the result that one invasive plant is replaced by another. Item 3.3.1 addresses this and here the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society provides a good practical example. Prior to extensive invasive plant removal at The Dale Park in Caulfeild, a plan will be in place to replant with native species to achieve a largely self-sustaining, low maintenance, attractive natural area which will also be an important step to returning salmon to Caulfeild Creek.
Perhaps we can view invasive plants as presenting an opportunity as well as a crisis.
Hugh Hamilton: go back to
spread of Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed has become a threat
our Ccl had the foresight to initiate a study of inv sp in WV
I think we shd thank our Ccl for taking aggressive action to address
est'd a WG, carried out its mandate since est'd in 2012; Ccl est'd, they're going to be rewarded
the report culminates the decision that Ccl made at that time
the other thing I'd like to talk about, what the WG did -- we were led by the two co-chairs, a super job of organizing us, doing studies, organizing; Lori and Mike
when it started getting to the end, had to do a lot of editing
work carried out by Lori -- design, feature, editing, decide what recomms, this was a huge
assisted by Corinne Ambor
xxx you will see tonight; thank mbrs and....
Alexandra Mancini: [text supplied] President of the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society.
On behalf of our Society I would like to congratulate and thank the Working Group on the development of this excellent and comprehensive Invasive Plants Strategy.
Our Society has been active in removing invasive plants in WV for over 16 years, starting first at Lighthouse Park and then expanding in 2008 to include 5 additional parks nearby. I would like to comment on Item 4.5 in the Strategy and its recommendations that relate to enhancing support for local stewardship groups and encouraging the creation of new groups.
My first msg, is that while tackling invasive plants throughout our cmnty might seem like a daunting task, it can be done! My second msg is that volunteers provide a valuable resource to get the job done.
Our results are tangible.
Since I started tracking our hours in 2008, our volunteers have put in almost 5000 hours of hands-on labour in six parks and that does not include the planning and organizing time. We are almost finished the intense initial clearing phase and moving into the maintenance phase for 5 of the 6 parks Lighthouse Park, North Piccadilly Park, Trails, Klootchman, and a historic corner in Caulfeild Park. Our most ambitious project will begin this fall at the Dale Park and we estimate it will take over 2000 hours of volunteer labour over a period of about 3 years to restore that heavily invasive-plant-infested park to native vegetation. Our past projects have been successful and I am confident this one will be too! This model, working with volunteers works! It is pragmatic. We get things done. We are part of the solution here.
Many groups like ours could be formed throughout the community. To make this happen, the Parks Dept needs resources to help new groups get started and to provide continued support. All work plans, including replanting plans, need to be developed in conjunction with Parks staff and ultimately approved by them. This takes time and current staff are maxed out.
Just one additional FTE, just one, dedicated to working with stewardship groups would go a long way to harnessing this largely untapped, very large, and “very reasonably priced volunteer workforce! You can’t get a better deal than free labour! And we smile too! ο
We hope you will approve this Invasive Plant Strategy tonight and we hope you will support budget requests that may be brought forward this fall linked to Recommendations 4.5.1 and 4.5.2.
Thank you!
Mayor: certainly appreciate the time you
Friends of WPk, F Patterson (?): amazing park, so 2005 introduced Friends of Whytecliff Park
efforts continued; notable; new plan; strongly in favour of the strategy, and include stewardship grps like mine
NG: xxx shifting some things from beautification to inv species work
may come down to choices -- many hanging baskets, tulips, or
over next few years ... budgets tight and such decision
MOTION: THAT
1. The Invasive Plants Strategy, attached to the report dated May 26, as Appendix A, be approved; and
2. be incorporated into District work plans and the budget process for 2015 and subsequent years.
Mayor: carries unanimously; congratulations and thx to good work of WG
7. Draft OCP Bylaw No. 4360, 2004, Amdmt Bylaw No. 4797, 2014 Regional Context Statement PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
SM: Judy McLeod, Principal, J L McLeod & Assoc
SLIDES -- section 866 requires a RCS
current from 2004 --- 1996; July 2011 MetroV
required to amend OCPs to align with the regional plan; administrative in scope currently ---- alignment
draft updated context stmt and to outline a public consultation process; for OCP amendment bylaw for 2015
SLIDE: what is RCS?
Ccl Oct? 2011 [9:13] OGC to RGC [???]
work delayed in part b/c of study of sp area; still ongoing
late 2013 Judy McLeod to assist xxx basis of the draft formed
five goals; compact urban areas sust SLIDE or devp complete cmnties
RGS vs Livability Region plan
growth areas removed to &&&; conservation; former green zone: agriculture and conservation
Updated RCS revised narrative; each being addressed how
land use designation map
SLIDE: regional land use design, hatched study area being looked at by ULWG
new transportation goods movement map
draft RCS, new minor amendments; social planning transport, identified in the proposed draft bylaw
SLIDE of Time Line June to Oct [9:18]; PH to bd for acceptance in Nov
Sop: thank you for the report. What if we don't buy it? are they going to cut off our water?
SM: it's a good question
LAUGHTER
Sokol: We are obliged to adopt stmt how aligns with our RGS
no sanctions; DWV did accept the strategy and supported it; shdn't be a prob supporting it
Sop: a balanced approach
pop of WV as 46K+; going up to 60; no-growth cmnty; another 20K in 2040; another 24?
18K units now; doesn't include Sq Nation or their devt in future
who's going to [take?] burden of infrastructure?
densify all the biz area? multi-fam? that we're going to entertain xxx
wonderful news, dedicated park
will have right for BPP for 4K out to Horseshoe Bay
back on biz areas and densification; coach houses, infill housing; dramatic effect on family nbrhds
no doubt can see by figs; xxx
Sokol: those growth figs include growth of Sq Nation
[Who?]: no; does not include those future numbers
Judy McL: wd like to note that the regional popn levels were put in a broad way
they're not targets (you don't have to reach them?); interesting to get to know; set aside
you don't have industrial or agricultural areas
opp for you to show how, and how it does in a xxx way
review a years from now; opp what the goals are
Sop: we shd be looking at the reshaping of the OCP; we shd be calling it the official amendment plan
{absolutely; shd be reviewed ev five years and hasn't it been ten???}
some good work done on it; take us past 2012; do you agree with me on that?
Mayor: xxx
Sop: you didn't and thought, there's a progressive mayor
Mayor: we are a low-growth area
drive around and you see active growth; b/c clearly our land mass is built out
committed to low cautious devt
NG: who you wd refer to? wonder why ULWG not one you'd refer to; not a dovetailing?
SM: we cn definitely share this with
these are more external ... with whatever internal
the work of the ULWG has been feeding into this; through our engagement; through the OCP update
NG: cuz they don't have enough to do
{HA}
that was a joke
an approp engagement process; residents will be given ... to learn about
the consultation is over the summer -- that's not going to cut it; not worth doing it over the summer
don't know we have to bring ev in up to this; if we say were going to consult, then we need to
if not OCP deadline then do ... &&&
SM: we recogn, over the summer wd be a website ...
October &&& later in the fall [9:28]
our OCP is written in such a way has to be amended all the time
{er, b/c of not wanting to follow it???}
nature of what we're doing, Judy's work comes in; bringing in line with a regional plan before doing the OCP
ML: wasn't enamoured with the RGS in 2011 as you
concerned about how...; unless coming to cmnty; v difficult for the WV component; in context
the RGS has got less than xxx press lately, Delta situation; that has to be articulated as well
the MetroV is not complementary to WV many residents -- slow steady growth as opposed to Surrey
not sure we shd hv signed up for this -- done deal -- need to understand that the infrastructure costs...
TransLink are driven by vision of the future and not sure sustainable or v appealing
need to put it all on the table; thx a lot
CC: we aren't an island; pull up the drawbridge
{yes, we are :-)}
don't ask reasonably can hv them imposed
rather than be parochial and look at our own navels; come to a reasonable compromise
can't act as if we're an island; ridiculous to assume that; that [conversation?] xxx
Mayor has referred to what we want to see; matter of working with others, not brinkmanship
my understanding the doc you prepared
existing OCP, all, I understand, we are doing is our existing policies comply or not; we're not proposing to change anything
if we're proposing to change to comply then that massive and long, involves public
just an administrative exercise of how we're complying with an overarching doc
way too complicated to get into on a point by point with the public
here's what we're proposing to change; tweak -- redline those; that sounds reasonable
all it says is here's what we're doing, not what we want to change
don't ---- leave it blank [transparent?] xxx
revision and update of the OCP, this is a conservative and not a crucial step -- correct me if I'm wrong
SM: staff's understanding ... table .. there are text amendments; changes on a sgl sheet of paper
CC: look at xxx; just to provision
Cypress Mtn Village, above the hwy; one reflects what is &&&; do have to do quite a bit of work
Sop: I'll be indxxx?
don't know what doc you're reading; refers to going above 1200 ft, coach houses, xxx, and all of those affect our infrastructure
We shd be responsible for growth that they see in Surrey, xxx; we're on a slope xxx
a modest growth, not whole scale; fair share but slowly
we follow that pattern Cclr Cam
Mayor: Metro is not stipulating growth in WV
the region xxx in ofc space so make sense to plan as a region next 50 yrs
WV has always been slow, think the highest I've ever seen is 0.5
{btw, WV even decreased one year}
we are part of the family and &&& [9:39]
TP: &&&
CC: certainly supporting; not forcing WV to do anything; 50% growth
{!!!}
continue to make; staff has done a v gd job.
OCP and fill in the blanks
MB: echo Cclr Cam's advice around... so ppl clear, we're not altering our OCP
no substantial changes; xxx grps we're consulting; growth less than 1% per year over 30yrs; 1.2% for dwellings; our own demand for 900 sgl and 500 apt; those are pretty low numbers
support the motion.
[9:44] MOTION;
1. Cmnty consultation as described in the report dated May 21, be undertaken through Sept 2014; and
2. [the] Draft be referred to the City/District of NV,Bowen Island M, the Squamish First Nation, WV Sch Dist, MetroV, and TransLink for comment.
CARRIES with Lewis and Sop opposed
8. Review/Analysis of the District's 2014 1st Quarter Operating Results and Capital Plan Prog
My note in the last newsletter:
{PS: I have already had a query from a subscriber wondering why the Q1 report wdn't be available b/c it ended over two months ago and that on-table doesn't give time for the public to have reviewed in order to comment or ask questions. My response was that I wondered why then they didn't postpone it to the next mtg. Will we find out?}
and so they did!
RECOMMENDED: the report dated June 2, from the CFO be rec'd for info. DEFERRED TO July 7
Mayor: can slide over 8 but to 9 b/c Financial Annual report has to be done tonight.
9. 2013 Annual Report (File: 0295-01)
MKoke: presented to Audit Cmte May 7 ... May 26
{The whole report was released at the May 26 ccl mtg; the list of salaries was in WVM 9 as well as 10/11}
CARRIED: THAT pursuant to the Cmnty Charter section 99, Ccl has considered the annual report prepared under the Cmnty Charter s 98, and any oral and written submissions from the public.
10. Proposed Park Dedication Bylaw No. 4794, 2014 for Whyte Lake Area and Trail
Memorandum regarding Whyte Lake Park map
Memorandum re Updated Revision to June 2, 2014 Resolution re Whyte Lake (On-Table)
This bylaw may only be adopted by an affirmative vote of at least 2/3 of all the members of Council.
Mayor: long awaited
AM: so plsd
ML: don't go into conservation area
{some initial discussion on slight changes or addn to the name of the park}
TP: take your point
NG: [someone found?] a salamander
AM?
Sop: support conversation
CC: conservation
ABanks: consultation with grps; controlled access
MOTION: THAT
1. The proposed bylaw att'd to the report dated May 26 as Appendix A, be read a first, second, and third time; and that 2. The new park be named Whyte Lake Park.
[9:56] Mayor: [Carried unanimously] conserved in perpetuity
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
11. Consent Agenda Items
11.1 Appointments to Lower Caulfeild Advisory Committee (File: 0115-20-LCAC1)
1. Jim Carter and Will Gibson be appointed, as members-at-large, for terms ending May 31, 2017;
2. Denise Cook, as a mbr w/ expertise in heritage mgmt issues, for a term ending May 31, 2015.
11.2. Update on Corporate and Community Energy Planning (File: 0332-01)
the report from the Mgr of Envmt and Sustainability, be rec'd for info.
11.3. Development Permit Application No. 11-042 (4435 Stone Crescent)
MClk to give notice the Applicn to allow for subdiv of a prop into two new lots and a variance for the existing house to be retained on Proposed Lot 2, will [sic] be considered by Ccl at its July mtg.
11.4. DPA No. 13-067 for 765 Marine Dr (PkR-N) [and] Add'l Report
The proposed bicycle lane improvement plans as attached to the supplemental staff report from the Sr Cmnty Planner dated June 12, be included within the devt permit package.
[the DPA] to allow for improvements and renovations to the north mall, as attached to the report from the Sr Cmnty Planner dated May 28, be considered on July 21, 2014.
11.5. Correspondence List (File: 0120-24) (click here to view correspondence packages)
(Personal information redacted pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; sections 22 and 33 apply.)
> Council Correspondence Update to May 23, 2014 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) May 22, re � Annual Financial Stmts / DWV Lands Stewardship Acct / Transaction info omitted from Note #9 (Reserve Funds)
(Referred to Chief Financial Officer for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(2) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes Memorial Library Board April 16, 2014
(3) May 22, 2014, regarding “Proposal for BC: Msftt Word - prop13. document - Prop13 .pdf
(4) Vanc/District Labour Ccl (VDLC), May 21, re “VDLC M Candidate Endorsement & CLC Candidate Training Seminars
(5) Min/Transportation & Infrastructure, May 21, re Proj Update for Lions' Gate Bridge, North Approach, Jt Renewal Proj
(6) Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business, May 23, 2014, regarding � Open for Business Award
(7) Petition (107 sigs), undated, re “PROPOSED DEVT of TWO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS ON THE WHITE SPOT SITE
> Council Correspondence Update to May 30, 2014 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) MetroV, May 23, re “Letter of Request for Continuation of the Provincial Clean Energy Vehicle (CEV) Incentive Prog
(Referred to Mayor and Council for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(2) Vancouver and District Labour Ccl (VDLC), May 21, re VDLC M Candidate Endorsement & CLC (Canadian Labour Congress) Candidate Training Seminars
(3) Metro Vancouver, May 23, 2014, regarding “Vancouver Fraser Port Authority Board Appointment
(4) May 24, re “INTRODUCTION OF BRITISH VIOLIN SOLOIST (CLASSICAL) TO WV CARE CENTRE
(5) May 25, 2014, regarding “Fwd: letter to Manager of Investigations, Office of the Ombudsperson (Sunset Lane)
(6) 2 submissions, May 25 - 26, re Devt Variance Permit Applicn (3376 and 3378 Radcliffe Avenue)
(Previously received at May 26, 2014 Council meeting)
(7) May 26, re Proposed Devt Permit and Proposed Zoning Amdmt Bylaw (Parcel 3, Evelyn by Onni, 870 and 876 Keith Road)
(Previously received at May 26, 2014 Public Hearing)
(8) Hollyburn Sailing Club, May 26, 2014, regarding Ambleside Redevelopment
(9) MetroV, May 26, re “MetroVanc 2040: Shaping our Future Amdmt Request from Pitt Meadows North Lougheed Planning Area
(10) City of Pitt Meadows, May 26, 2014, re BCEHS (BC Emergency Health Services) Resource Allocation Plan
(11) May 29, 2014, regarding “Cell Towers under 15metres
(12) Peace River Regional District, May 29, 2014, regarding “Site C Joint Review Panel
Responses to Correspondence
(13) Dir/Planning, May 28, response re “Significant Delays in West Vancouver Building Permit Application Process
(14) Dir/Planning, May 28, response regarding “Rezoning 1763/65/67 Marine Drive
> Council Correspondence Update to June 3, 2014 (up to 4:30 p.m.)
Referred for Action
(1) June 2, 2014, regarding “Point Atkinson Lighthouse
(Referred to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and response)
(2) P. Hundal, June 2, 2014, regarding “Whyte Lake Park Dedication June 2nd Agenda Item 7
(Referred to Director of Parks and Community Services for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(3) May 26, re Proposed Devt Permit No. 13-018 and Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4788, 2014 (Parcel 3, Evelyn by Onni, 870 and 876 Keith Road)
(Received after the close of May 26, 2014 public hearing)
(4) May 31, 2014, regarding “Whyte Lake
(5) June 2, 2014, regarding “Mayor and Councillors: Peer reviewed research on fracking’ contamination
(6) June 3, 2014, regarding “June 2 Council Meeting Mountainside Protection (Upper Lands)
(7) L. Parkinson, June 3, 2014, regarding “How would Woodfibre LNG benefit Squamish/BC/Canada?
Responses to Correspondence
(8) Director of Planning, Land Devt and Permits, May 30, response regarding “Fwd: Sunset Lane BC Rail Letter
(9) Dir/Planning, May 12, response re “Accountability of the District (Blasting and Excavation Permit for 70 Morven Dr).
OTHER ITEMS
12. Ccl has requested the following corresp be brt fwd for discussion; may propose a motion if Ccl considers further action is required.
12.1. MetroV, May 23, re “Letter of Request for Continuation of the Prov Clean Energy Vehicle (CEV) Incentive Program (On-Table)
NG: letter from MetroV
13. PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
MEv: xxx
Mayor: three-minute limit
MEv: re pesticides; one put it delicately
one rogue group that needs to be educated: landscapers or gardeners
there are some v v good companies in this cmnty and some lousy ones
one ... xxx four no contact
they weren't licensed; vehicles privately operated; we have to corral ev who does
landscapers: they are the ones maintaining our gardens with pesticides
they have no knowledge of pesticides
get their attention can address 50%
Mayor: am sure Ms Leemhuis took copious/complete notes
14. ADJOURNMENT [9:58]
=== CCL MTG NOTES July 7 === e&oe
+ SPECIAL MTG IN THE MUNICIPAL HALL MAIN FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
Note: the sp ccl mtg will commence in open session and will be immed followed by a motion to exclude the public in order to hold a closed session, pursuant to...Cmnty Charter. At 7pm the reg ccl mtg will commence in the Ccl Chamber.
> 6pm <
1. Call to Order.
EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
2. RECOMMENDED: THAT in the public interest, mbrs of the public be excluded ... on the basis of matters to be considered under the following section of the Community Charter:
90. (1) A part of a ccl mtg may be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to or is one or more of the following:
(a) personal info about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee, or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality;
(c) labour relations or other employee relations;
(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality;
(i) the receipt of advice subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications nec for that purpose; and
(k) negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a M service that are at their prelim stages and that, in the view of the ccl, cd reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the M if held in public.
Purpose of meeting: apptmts, labour relations, legal matters, and proposed provision of a M service.
3. Adjournment
+ REGULAR CCL MTG NOTES July 7
> 7pm <
> Revised on June 30, 2014 to add:
’ To Item 10, “Proposed Public Art Advisory Committee Terms of Reference report;
’ To Item 15, “Proposed Fees and Charges Bylaw 4414, 2005, Amendment Bylaw 4799, 2014 report;
’ To Item 20.3, “Proposed Amendments to Awards Committee Terms of Reference.
> Revised on July 3, 2014 to:
’ Add to Item 3, June 16, 2014 minutes and public hearing summary;
’ Withdraw Item 4, “Delegation regarding Join the Pipe Canada;
’ Add to Item 14, “Proposed Soil Removal/Deposit Regulation Bylaw, Blasting Bylaw Amdmts report;
’ Add to Item 16, “Status Update for 752 Marine Drive report;
’ Add to Item 18, “Proposed Devt Permit re proposed Maison Sr Resid at TWay/Keith, approval recomm
FROM HEADSUP 11G:
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Strangely, the video starts with the Mayor in mid-sentence:
--and Gregory Stevens. Cclrs Booth and Lewis are also on the cmte, and I'm also a mbr of the cmte, The Terms of Reference of the cmte were amended earlier this year, and we look forward to reactivating the cmte, and doing good work.
And with that said, ... for approval of the agenda
{jumble of speaking}
oh, sorry--
CC: --same song sheet
amend the agenda by withdrawing Items 13, 14, and 15, ..; changing the revised ccl mtg schedule from Sept 29 to Sept 15
{Minutes adopted}
{I'll enquire tomorrow to see if the beginning can be recaptured, recorded, and reposted, or whatever, so we know what cmte he's referring to and if anything else of significance was said.}
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LATER: Cclr Gambioli kindly wrote to say she thought it was the Finance Cmte.
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Still missing from the video but the July 7 ccl mtg minutes have:
1. The meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m.
Mayor Smith announced appointments made to the Finance Committee: volunteer members David Ayriss, James MacCallum and Gregory Stevens; Council members Councillors Booth and Lewis; informed that he is also a member of the committee, that the committee terms of reference were amended earlier this year; and that Council looks forward to reactivating the committee.
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2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
amended by:
’ Withdrawing Items 13, 14, and 15 regarding “Proposed Building Bylaw No. 4400, 2004, Amendment Bylaw No. 4798, 2014; “Proposed Soil Removal and Deposit Regulation Bylaw and Blasting Bylaw - Bylaw Amendments; and “Proposed Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 4414, 2005, Amendment Bylaw No. 4799, 2014 respectively;
’ Changing the proposed meeting date in the Item 21.1 recommendation re Proposed Amendment to 2014 Council Meeting Schedule, from September 29, 2014 to September 15, 2014
3. Adoption of Council Meeting Minutes
DELEGATIONS
4. Join the Pipe Canada, re Request for Installation of Join the Pipe Public Tap Water Stations in WV
Delegation withdrawn.
REPORTS
5. Reports from Mayor and Councillors on Boards, Committees, and Working Groups
Sop: visited the Western Canada Marine Response Corp on behalf of the NSEMO, attended the Seattle Seahawks Play60 Family Fest, ... no invite back [7:10]
{re trees cut; pic in NSN of owner looking devastated at sight} BCHydro
clearcut ... remediation ... looks like a war zone ... don't know if we have any controls; stumps ... looks disgusting
Mayor: staff going to follow up
Sop: but they went on private prop!
ML: had the pleasure of representing WV during Canada Day
great day, hundreds of ppl; recogn Christa Rossi and all the volunteers
Mayor: we always anticipate when Christa is involved it'll be great
MB: NG and I attended opening night at FBG -- art wrt dementia
July 4 to 27 -- to staff re memory cafe; encourage ppl to attend the exhibition, check out on the FBG website
do want to encourage ppl to donate blood
www.blood.ca to make an apptmt and I intend to
NG: at WV Lawn Bowling Club -- held our first cheque-giving ceremony
all the orgs that we fund; 66 orgs + 12 individs who received funds; a total of $166K
TP: excellent dialogue w/ the Hollyburn Ridge Assn; next ULWG July 15, encourage come
future of Howe Sound Society -- imp ppl get educated -- tomorrow night at 7 o'clock
CC: in the Consent Agenda will be amending the TofRef of Awards Cmte; adding health wellness and &&& [7:16]
heritage, ... think of ... pretty well everyone volunteers in WV ... xxx
nominations will close in Sept and awards in Oct
Cclr Booth stole my thunder; FBG X and Dementia Care
deals with the role of art in delaying dementia; allows them to express themselves when they can't any more
how art can be a change agent; great expression as they age
xxx small but punches above its weight
the Mayor's Lawn Bowling was a tremendous
xxx we fourth; xxx Mayor sixth -- look fwd to Mayor upping his game
Mayor: TransLink Mayors' mtg
making great progress on the TransLink file -- hope, but not
TransL needs an effective biz plan
who's going to operate, make decisions, fund
still don't have clear lines of authority
controlled by Surrey and CofV -- over 50% of the vote
they want rapid transit and paid for by the rest of the regions
probably a referendum in March
We are opposed; av WV pays av $800 pp and pay more than others [7:20]
our buses over 100yrs, xxx; fancy TransLink bldg xxx
roads and bridges a prov resp
we can't afford them; we don't have the rev resources
makes sense taken over by the govts, let Ms run the buses
prov build bridges, hwys, etc...
just my thoughts
Sop: agree with you but they decided to go ahead with a $7B spending spree
we've been trying to get off the assessment role -- biggest cost
we do get good bus service
we'll be paying forever
Mayor: the biggest dog has the biggest bark -- Surrey and Vanc
Sop: something has to be done about a weighted vote
TP: want to have a debate, let's do it but this is not the time
Mayor: thank Geoff; excellent event and good fundraiser. [7:21]
6. Development Permit Application No. 11-042 (4435 Stone Crescent) (File: 1010-20-11-042)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
At the June 16 re mtg Ccl rec'd the report dated May 27 re DPA (4435 Stone Cr), set the date for consideration for July 7.
Reports received up to and including June 26, 2014:
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Written Submissions received up to and including June 26, 2014:
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A Brown, Planning: looking to create two props
subdiv consistent with other lots in the area
the N part of the house has to be demolished -- results in ht variance
hv worked with the owners, rating of 90
half what have to be
Mayor: any Qs
NG: pushed my button wrt comments, not questions
Mayor: ask three times if anyone wishes to speak
-- PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT
-- CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT
MB moved: THAT all written and oral submissions be received for information.
NG: no comments?
Mayor: if you wish
NG: on p3, glad put some [trees?] min diameter of 200 mm
restricts blasting; energuide rating of 90 -- superb; also that inv species be removed and planted with native species
thank staff; will improve finished product
TP: this is doing it the right way and we don't have &&&
Kensington and Marine &&& XXXKsf
completely changed the nbrhd character
use this as an example
MOTION: THAT Devt Permit Applicn No. 11-042 (4435 Stone Cr), wch wd allow for subdivision of a property into two new lots and a variance for the existing house to be retained on Proposed Lot 2, be approved.
7. Memorial Library Board Annual Report Presentation (File: 1900-10)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided. -- Kristi Farquaharson and Jenny Benedict
KF: pleased to report
some trustees present and staff [named]
SLIDES Link: https://www.westvanlibrary.ca/news/wvml-2013-annual-report-realizing-our-vision
opened room -- teens for teens....
new mobile friendly website: interactive and easy to navigate
westvanlibrary.ca -- share learn explore discover
partnership with Dist made projs possible
restored historical components of main hall from 1950
replacement of
in 2013
"new to BC"
Library Champions prog -- went out into cmnty welcoming newcomers
library loves numbers
in person and on line visits over 1M a year
in person visits remain stable (others increase)
the 314 to 298 take out [7:34]
ebooks and edownloads almost tripled ... 1T 1B
dedication to exceptional service
1/5 of our visitors
answered a question per min -- see SLIDE
supports core Library [7:35]
funds major capital projs
.... equipment, third party, Friends of the Lib
financial resources supported by many in-kind contributions
{After hearing this, a resident wrote to me:
Fortunately our Library is so well endowed that they can also afford to turn down in-kind contributions. In one case spending over $10,000 for a computer system that was offered free; in another spending untold thousands and hours of staff time for a communications system that was also offered free (including installation).}
many volunteers [named groups]
extend my appreciation to our exceptional staff
strive for efficiencies and resourcefulness
available for viewing or may be picked up at the Library
thank you
Sop: increase in ebook, email, and the Web, one that's not going to stop
ever think you'll become an info warehouse?
JB: thank you for your Q; we see the Lib as a learning space
Sop: cost of running a website; more ppl stay home
JB: not a pattern we see; visits to Lib not changing
Sop: but other is increasing
JB: need to provide electronic info is going to increase over time
MB: your annual reports are the best I've seen -- good at instilling info & K&&
where do you see 2014 going? equal xxx visits?
are we beginning to see virtual exceeding actual?
JB: hv just captured one quarter, once we've captured another quarter
MB: easiest address :-)
ML: pleasure of being the ccl liaison; stunning job adapting to
history of
over $300K in hard dollar contributions to the Lib in 2013; and work of Friends of the Lib, is xxx; thank you for including me.
CC: I have a 3-, 7-, 9-yr-old; ask on Sat what do you want to do?
pool, Lib -- kids' space and into stacks; xxx and stimulating place
hope will continue as teenagers
MOTION: THAT the Memorial Library Board Annual Report Presentation be received for information.
Mayor: carries unanimously, thank you for your good work [7:43]
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
Sokol: report back on engagement
hv bn meeting with public as well as architects and designers
how to modify our
three weeks ago a house, two houses down from me
came home and was bombarded by Qs -- how big, trees coming down?
issue of big house not new, back 30 years and a number of amendments
est of an FAR, then reduced, some exemptions provided
even with those, cmnty remains concerned
{esp b/c some exemptions were put in the bylaw after the FAR was reduced from .45 to .35; I was on Ccl promoting that decrease. A few years ago, we managed to remove the exemption of decks but still working on getting rid of not including basements affecting bldg bulk.}
key concern of cmnty and of this Ccl (Ccl Priorities for this term)
work 2013/14 builds on prev
nbrhd character
WG made sev recomms
character and housing
also built on policies re minimizing site, land; landscape treatment old/new devt; privacy
SLIDES
Discussion paper fall 2013; used as basis
1200 1500 2000 replaced by 5-6000sf homes
looking at replacement of first gen houses; looks at site-clearing and xxx; look at other cmnties, what might apply to WV
Cmnty Engagement: housing/nbrhd fair -- over 200 attended; opp to talk about other issues, coach houses and heritage
online input ITE
tech &&& mtgs
bulk of bldg not just the size -- concern about going straight up; house demolished, trees/garden removed
what to do to incentivize
looking at site-modification
are we too late?
technical wkshops -- massing, specifics, grades measured
basements --been fascinating as you dig into it a bit more
{HAHA}
sorry about that
zoning is a limited tool for nbrhd character, more for big things
FINDINGs [attached] ????
considerable history to date
2008 FAR revisions re covered decks and access bldgs
2010 discussions Lower Caulfeild area; limit based on a sliding scale; bigger, reduction in FAR got larger; idea largest lots 20 - 30% less than allowed on smaller ones
idea brt fwd to the cmnty; greatest sense of cmnty character in that area; resoundingly decided didn't want to see that there [7:52] staff had to move fwd w/ diff approaches in how to address nbrhd character in Lower Caulfeild
there we have ability to do Heritage Alteration permits
gives us a finer grain of detail we can work on not addressed in the zoning bylaw
proposing to introduce draft in fall pertaining to change of grade at prop lines -- retaining wall
now you can build 4ft on prpp so angles up; something staff wd like to look at in more depth in the fall
potentially removing the ability to put retaining wall and start at GRADE
another: removal of FAR exemptions for 240sf for accessory bldgs and garages (up to 441sf)
staff: why shd matter if living room or garage
683sf removed from exemption; that's a 10% reduction in size
so, in the fall ... addl items we think we shd do work on
alt approaches to calculating grade -- around base now, creates a flat box
devping a bldg ht that runs parallel with the site; rather than a box on site
know staff and bldg don't like it: highest bldg face
now it applies to one face on the bldg, want to look at others
next basements:
defining basements as a storey
exempting not that simple
flat lot, two storey above, one below ground so doesn't count (can't see)
difficult once grade, no longer in ground
actually doing three storeys, no longer two plus basement
want to do more work on that, get back to Ccl in 2015
guidelines, relate to permeability
{at last!? bn recommending permeable surfaces for decades......}
averaging of setbacks -- base on av on the block? more in-character
next steps: staff prep draft re retaining walls -- more public engagement
possible further actions in 2015
Sop: long time in coming
put 'em through the paces; inv species, they're paying for it
massing not going to be overwhelming
interject on your position re know what want/?? expect ???
say, prop holding -- hold the phone can't do that anymore
Sokol: think some will be concerned with that however an issue that's been in front of the cmnty for decades however feedback status quo not cmnty what cmnty wants to take and not the direction we're getting from Ccl
think you're right, some will be concerned can't build as big of a house and that may indeed be true
MB: thank you for bringing fwd; what WV stands for
report comprehensive and don't see any omission
so that's great -- keeping it simple is important; we're known as one of the most complicated cmnties to build in
look at tree policy
one Q I didn't think I had to ask
about the [recent prop] house 17,500sf including all the exemptions
Sokol: 13K, including basement 17K; lot is large, comes within
MB: other Ms have put a cap ... 3500sf one ... DNV cap
limiting of the gross floor area -- isn't there a point we cd put a cap?
talk about housing bulk, this is a huge house
cap 10K more in keeping?
Sokol: good Qs, we've struggled with
re cap, diff to know
nobody needs larger than Xsf
this house + Stone Cr -- explore what kind of incentives put in place so if you do have a large lot where smaller
&&& lot size in the diff zoning
if 2 to 3 times size of
maybe diff size in diff zones
ppl not encouraged to assemble lots
makes more sense
three smaller than one big one (house)
TP: protecting our
blvds -- does have an impact; when bringing?
Sokol: yes, looking at revising how we look at blvds
looking at two nbrhds
had the landscape architect, identify the nbrhd character then, 8:97
diff is that extremely staff intensive/work
probably in 2016 coming w/ some proposals; now prepare a plan for the blvd, that's what we're struggling with
CC: re blvds; you talked about established landscapes
they're the road face of ev lot; there's what they see; low hanging fruit -- we own the blvd
reason made public was road allowance and some consistency
to me, waiting two years is unfortunate; maybe establish some min standards
in my nbrhd -- they clearcut the lot and the blvd
$6 6ft cedars then chain fence and a $3M house
Sokol: apologize, said 2016 but will in 2015
CC: more impact
xxx anyone building a 10Ksf house
don't give a hoot xxx
know in the '80s, know we're one of the most expensive nbrhds in NAm, maybe the world
impoverished
prudent is in the long-term interest of the residents
key: ev concerned about it
be careful and not swing too far one way
these measures are too little but they certainly are a start
Paul Butler: 5530 MDr; been a builder and designer in WV since 1988
belong to a forum recently created of all the top designers in WV; a board....
built all the character you see today
through you Mr Mayor to Mr Sokol
wonder why not brought to our attention; we had a forum mtg July 3 and haven't seen it
we'd like to come and give ideas: we have great ideas
Sokol: there are two adv cmtes
Mr Butler has.... met twice, he has been participating
haven't been discussing with the smaller ???
CC: not approving this tonight, just getting &&&
Mayor: xxx
PButler: ideas.... then bring here
surprise these recomms not coming from us
Mayor: no intention whatsoever passing any regs without consultations, builders, architects, public, xxx
staff proposing changes then having an exhaustive process to allow public and xxx
not passing anything tonight, xxx ... ppl to comment on
Sokol: correct
Mayor: as always; this will be subject of much.....
ML: comments made and by fellow cclrs incorporated?
Sokol: certainly
ML: max house size
Sokol: Ccl is giving some ideas
Mayor: really a good thing for the cmnty
now ev can comment; size,
good thing, ev can comment on &&&
CC: we have a report we were going to consider re making the bldg process more efficient
staff hv to spend so much time
when you bring to public, helpful to identify measure make more work for staff or
eg, highest bldg face, take huge resources and ppl still get it wrong
shd also be making regs easier for to follow to implement
Sokol &&& [8:20]
MOTION: 1. Staff prepare draft Zoning Bylaw amdmts pertaining to regulation of retaining walls and floor area exemptions for Ccl’s consideration in Sept, as outlined in the report from the Mgr of Cmnty Planning dated June 18; and
2. Staff report back on possible further actions to address bldg bulk in early 2015, following further analysis of the
options outlined in the consultants’ report att'd as Appendix A to the report from the Mgr of Cmnty Planning,
dated June 18, 2014.
Sop: no doubt, technically involved; we're on a slope in this cmnty
do ourselves justice if work with the construction cmnty; advantage if we work with them; cautious
Mayor: and you'll be keeping an open mind throughout this
Sop: always do
NG: been waiting with bated breath
Agree with the first motion -- asap re retaining walls, in Sept
great study; my priorities if I were head of Planning; landscaping, blvds; landscape reqmts (not included on p7)
cedar hedge rows shd be outlawed
imp to increase permeable surfaces
{had been told when I urged that many years ago that it wd be mandatory, included}
widening sideyard setbacks
agree can put a max
new bldg in Caulfeild in 17K -- insane; goes against ..... smart growth, ......
shd not be allowed in this cmnty
if tough to get to number, willing to have tough discussion
CC: xxx may be that the building and construction cmnty hasn't the same.... as the public at large
Mayor: thank you to the Planning Dept [8:25]
Mayor: we're halfway through our mtg; shd do time check; we've just finished Item 8, and there are 24 items
Time is always of the essence
MK: a few variances, some extraordinary items; other than these items, expected to be on-budget at the end of the year
$13.6M first payment from Grosv for 1300blk was received in Feb, at same time received $5.7M CAC
expecting a second CAC from Grosv in March 2017 and other payments related to disposition of the 1300blk for the next three years, 2015, '16, '17
Fire Dept surpassed their annual overtime budget at the end of Q1; a number of long-term illness and sickness leaves
{I enquired and it was by ~$73K}
Have met with CAO and mgmt; plans and issues for rest of year will be addressed
v little capital spending to date
unscheduled severance payments; variants; forecast to be on budget
CC: we had two pages and some changes
MK: Budget bylaw, not the Q1 review
NG: wrt Fire Dept, more of a systemic Qtr rather than overtime
NSh Rescue systems
article May 18, read: "xxx
golden retriever swept down the river
list of rescuers.... all raced to the scene
walking along west bank, dog slipped or jumped; owner called for help..... turned over {rescue grps named}
close to four hours later, pup walked up to the relieved owner
why five agencies? dog can swim
Mayor: Chief Cook wanna speak?
Chief: I'm biased; I have a couple of golden retrievers
many calls from NV; jumped in; some treacherous parts of
if we don't go down and rescue; this cold; many can't make it up steep embankment
owner tries, ill-equipped; end up rescuing the owner and the dog
overtime; value-added service for sure
when tragedy we try to assist; many depts do... not on a regular basis just to avoid probs
Mayor: another example of taxpayer dollars at work
Chief: hard at work, sir
Mayor: absolutely
[8:32] MOTION: the report dated June 2, from the CFO be received for information.
CARRIED
10. Proposed Public Art Advisory Committee Terms of Reference (File: 0116-01)
CC: not seeking funding, more re quality
Ans: xxx; more a mgmt; xxx a comprehensive art prog
MOTION: 1) The proposed Public Art Adv Cmte T of Ref as att'd to the Supervisor of Cultural Services’ report of June 18
be approved; and 2) Advertising be conducted for cmnty mbrs to serve on the Public Art Adv Cmte.
MOTION: THAT the request from Platinum Projects Ltd. on behalf of Collingwood School (70 Morven Dr.) for an Order on
Non-Enforcement of the Noise Control Bylaw No. 4404, 2005 Section 6.1.2. (a) from July 9, to August 31, to
allow for evening-time construction between the hours of 5:30 to 8pm on any other day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday, or holiday with the conditions contained in the report June 16, 2014, be approved.
Sokol: proj ongoing for years; despite first request for non-enf noise bylaw; actually the second
staff concerned late hours
brought on a consultant; helped us other means obviated the need for the noise variance; more costly but staff advised xxx; this has other provisions -- exterior demolition, staff felt cdn't support
interior only, will read: M-Fs 7:30 to 8pm; xxx; lower level of noise; no change on Sat; no constr noise on Sundays and holiday; 65 decibel reqmt, addl reqmts [listed, eg no heavy vehicles]
[8:39] Sop: what's av decibels?
Sokol: have to pass to bylaw ofcr
Sop: it's 45 -- how to go to 65 (or down)?
Sokol: xxx
Sop: so no noise outside the bldg; all interior to the bldg
if 45 for enjoyment, why 65?
Sokol: if remained at 45, no reason for exemption
ML: Cclr Sop's Q same as mine
noise decibel levels measured inside or outside?
Sokol: will ask Ms Almas; want to make sure right
Ans: at the prop line
ML: this work is interior; request to mitigate interior noise inside to outside
and still, measured at the street, wd still be permitted to be 65
if 45 is day-to-day enjoyment
Sokol: 45 to what we have here; cars going by outside?
ML: 65
Sokol: me, speaking (loud?)
Ans: 65 regular conversation at 3ft
CC: what we have in package not same as yours
SLIDE on screen now?
Sokol: what's in report
CC: not in p 9; nothing re conditions for approval; &&& interior work only
Sokol: you're comparing what Collingwood initially requested and the {motion}?
CC: xxx
Mayor: you're
CC: what we're talking about is not what's on the screen
5:30 to 8 interior only requested and intended but nothing says that specifically
using power tool for example; shd say intended for interior use only
Sokol: you're right
CC: cd take lumber outside for example
Sokol: can add an extra condition, interior only
MB: movement
Mayor: intent, clearly not outside
Sokol: suggest add
A Lepiarczyk: we will suffer longer -- the argument of the hostage-takers; two years
Mr Sokol is detached from reality
can't control working for two years but wants to control XXX [8:49]
80db -- 60? Glenmore residents deserve peaceful
noise, traffic, dust; gd nbr pledge; applicn shd be rejected
Dist, supposed to be our second line of defence -- that commitment only smoke and mirrors
Mr Sokol told me recently he wd follow up on the blasting
no chance to ? water passed under bridge ... ago
dust not contain asbestos? but doesn't mean not xxx -- the workers wore masks
generally not hazardous but dust is
even if you accept and we do not, that nuisance, dust, dumped to garbage below &&&
such practices of demolition unacceptable; I consider such an approach negligence of care, public health
Beryl Scott: Glengarry Cr' re evening time from 5:30 - 8pm -- extension
today 4:30 xxx
certainly cdn't make a phone call on our deck; nbrs hv put up with a lot
we feel sorry for the staff -- who cares for us? we thought ?upi? wd
we know, if you xxx you cannot stop
involved with start of C'wood; my sons went there
cannot expect us to put up with this the whole of the summer
NG: am assuming is extension so that get painful done sooner than later
if residents speaking to this say, prefer and extend into October
B Scott: you're assuming shorter?
NG: better sooner or later; sev more weeks
BScott: if times extended then not in the summer
come sit on my deck so you'll see
Mayor: try and read that
Rene Stradiotto: in 2007 [found went] over enrolment; [loss of/matter of?] trust
series of mtgs to keep us informed
excessive street parking for these efforts appreciated
re new wing, hosted
June 2010. letter from headmaster ..... demolition, xxx all to be completed 2014
... times vehicles permitted to operate; plan didn't ackn impact on nbrs
suddenly ... till 8pm ...
such a request is an affront to the citizens of Glenmore; destroys any goodwill Sch has endeavoured to
if Sch has erred.... surely nbrs shd not.... esp during these precious months
proj will just have to take longer; expect some peace, quiet, and order until over
thank you for allowing me to comment
and going back ... analogy, dog biggest bite
Mayor: every resident same size
CC: wd residents think painting, drywalling, quiet
wanting to get done by Sept
surely wdn't be more than 65db
know you're probably opposed to both
trying to find a way to get job done quicker
Rene S: if below the db, no problem; but SLIPPAGE; understand certain time but not always
workers don't always know xxx
I've seen three trucks...... other two shd hv bn held and then summoned; went to enquire; well, we made a mistake, an error; those errors, misunderstandings to our discomfort
workers who come with loud mufflers -- who's there to see enforced?
question asked of Ms Scott earlier
summer v precious, we're outside, gardening
regardless of xxx
Andre Mecl: adjacent to construction
transformers; noise as loud as a vacuum cleaner
they shut it down at 5:30, assume needed
don't think about painters inside; we do have bylaws for reason
after 5:30 [not?] reasonable; totally doable
don't think any reason for this to go ahead
Mayor: thank you for making those comments
Someone from C'wood here and xxx; ask how we can be assured abide by
K Losken: Power Pt here
why ev saying don't want the noise bylaw be extended
one of the reasons, over the past years, as we see from the picture here SLIDE
flooding
tragedy is not this incident, it's three years ago we warned them about hessian/burlap they were using and nothing was done; now you want to extend
SLIDE (April) fortunately not extensive damage
measurement; where from?
shd be taken from borders, not from sidewalks, road
SLIDE July 3, dumping into dumpster -- DUST -- ongoing!
Photo of fellow on roof [covered]; defies logic to me!
see dust through windows
photo humming noise, buzzing two? years ago -- said going to be removed, but doubled. M Sokol called it an electrical kiosk -- as if coffee shop
ppl are saying cannot sleep
that picture is from the roof of my bldg; ppl cannot sleep in their bedrooms
shdn't have been done b/c BC Hydro promised -- plans but no deadline
Alex Karpov: photo in my backyard!!
there it's humming -- makes noise entire time
wanted to show proximity
Mayor: get your point; anyone else?
Susan Obari: 1312 xxx Street, moved from Brit Prop
two chn at C'wood; my heart is beating? for what they're suffering
understand their complaints and frustration
it's upsetting to know that I'm taking advantage of this school and others are suffering for it
my son has just graduated
he won't be attending b/c NOISE [9:11] unfortunate
as a grad cdn't bring his car
came here from France, moved here two years ago
don't know
don't care
great to have all those amenities in a school like that
we're a cmnty of 600 families
just as imp to us to get it over with as quick a possible, silent xxxx
have a voice
am joining in with your consciousness
understand we all want to work together as quickly in as best way possible
truck ... those guys are going to wear masks, part of the biz; xxx
Mayor: glad to hear that now; anyone?
H Hoonjan (bylaw ofcr): with C'wood
nbrhd has put up with a lot; size and scope; some nbrs extremely helpful, Reno, esp
try to make sure the contractors abide by
comment on some of the pictures: guy running -- that's on a tape replay
it's an underground parking garage
insulation has been there for 30 yrs, will get some dust; done testing, no asbestos whatsoever
another pic with white beard??? requirement of WCB
transformers, acoustical inside; have to have doors open; will be gone once school finished
hv requested applicn for interior only
originally thought we'd apply for outside, will take some time
from a friendly nbrly approach for interior -- painting, etc?
requesting for next seven weeks; feel for nbrs and talked to most of them
have one monitor, thinking of having two
gone through the conditions with staff and confident we can stay within those conditions
hopeful can do quicker
in Sept won't be complete but portions will be
xxx; contractor asked for longer hours for longer pours; the contractor schedule has slipped
Sop: during exemption, bldg sealed?
Ans: doors and windows closed
Sop: ?
Ans: portions during normal work hours
noise during normal work hours, sealed during extension
Sop: not
Mayor: after 5:30
ML: unless I heard, all of the noisy work during work hours than inside extension so what do you need an extension for?
not getting
think we're getting a bit smoked; all xxx
go to town, drilling during work day, then xxx during extended hours
Ans: xxx
ML: asking for two things, extension of work day plus noise
Sokol: ask xxx address
Mayor: at this rate have to get Ms Almas to sit around the horseshoe
Susan Almas (bylaw ofcr): ... looking for some relaxation
if on-site, intention to do quiet work
vehicles to do
ML: park underground, take tools underground; after 5:30 finishing work, painting
don't see any need for a noise extension
extension of working day -- if noise into evening, irrelevant
Mayor: diff before/after 5:30; 80 decibels, after 65, 45 [9:25]
Ans: non-continuous
CC: so everybody, 45 to 55 is doubling
having problem with
reality is there are too many irate residents here -- outliers, xxx
while contractor may have tried, failed to live up to agreement
problematic
for us, the classic scene beg for forgiveness later.....
slippage
I'm in Cclr Lewis's camp
want work done, kids to be back in school
85hrs, at present 59hrs
you're asking for approx a week and a half
get sense of relief in evening??
ultimately if students can't come back &&&
&&&&& can't go back soon [9:28]
inconvenience for two years
Mayor: that's your question?
CC: it's a question of respect
xxx; think they can live with that
doesn't seem warranted
rather than have us impose it on you
Ans: we can work inside the bldg without ... the bylaw
but when the workers are leaving the bldg there is a level of noise
painters wd love to keep painting to 8:30 but there are xxx who will phone and say there are cars still in the
CC: Ms Almas said can do quiet work after 5:30
Sokol: her dept
Mayor: she's going to ask for a raise!
Almas: three calls today 5:45 to 6:45am; our staff have to research ev complaint
loading the constr material is noisy
CC: asking what allowed
Mayor: someone can't levitate out of the bldg prior to 8 at night
CC: loading is a violation but getting into a car isn't
Mayor: who determines the person loading the paint is xxx
Almas: yes [9:32]
Mayor: get motion on the floor and vote
ML: don't think loading and unloading paint cans
at end of day, drive away slowly
am sure some construction workers do not have conforming mufflers
do not support extending noise after 5pm
heard contractors do not need the extra time
work; get it finished asap
Sop: I have grandchildren at C'wood
Ms Scott
who stands up for us?
not going to get my support in any way for extension past 5pm
these residents have put up with a lot of 'backlash'? xxx
this is an area, no one else speaks for; you're not getting my vote
NG: thank the residents coming out; interesting photos; been diligent
agree the residents hv put up with a lot over the past few years
enjoy peaceful evenings hopefully [sic] sunny; xxx
agree that quiet work can be done
don't even have to stop painting if quiet at 8pm, do they? cd paint all night
Almas: just noise; 7:30 and 5:30; can paint 24 hours
NG: I painted at midnight? all night
[Almas read out definition of construction]
Mayor: so after 5:30, NO construction noise, that settles that
CC: need clarification of motion, what we're voting on
Cclr Lewis seconded {for discussion}
don't know what we're debating; none of us...
seems there's no motion required if quiet work requested
so no motion? defeat this and C'wood can work whenever they want if quiet
there's a saying in law, come to equity, come with clean hands
here, there's been some muck on the hands
saying to C'wood you can do your quiet work in the evenings but further indulgence from Ccl, can't expect
hope construction won't go on much past start of sch year
MB: the definition you read doesn't mention any db,
construction ... it's a sound, clarify?
Almas: definition of the construction noise is permitted outside of the bylaw hours
{read out: construction noise}
TP: residents against others; challenging one
understanding impact; ongoing with C'wood
unwilling to support this; agitation and frustration
Mayor: putting in impossible position
inside; close door then bylaw ofcrs
am sensitive to residents
all goes away; if not finished in Sept; roll ten trailers
600 kids arriving for school and if not ready, real prob
go to 8; inside; keep noise down
ppl of good will can make this thing work
caveat, if doesn't work, if feel not adhered to, that this exception can be pulled, states that
approve and hold their feet to the fire
done inside and done quietly
when ppl are working -- I'm building a house myself, and can't do without noise
being disingenuous not going to be noise between 5 an 8
noise inside, not travel outside, as little as possible
one of the needs of the residents is xxx
Sop: ev in this nbrhd been disrupted
reasonable quiet on weekend at least, or in evening
work; not our obligation to compliment them for getting work done, they took it on
CC: the motion as drafted is not going to be passed by Ccl
what about tomorrow; have a crystal-clear set of rules
xxx; sev of us have diff interpretations of what can be done tomorrow
can I invite someone over to have a beer on my patio or can't I?
Conditions: till 8 o'clock with these limitations
65db?
need to know what work C'wood can do if we don't pass this; have to get clear tonight
Sop: nothing
CC: no, they can paint, drywall -- right, Ms Almas?
so residents shd not be phoning you if someone painting till 8 o'clock on a Thursday
Almas: correct; if no noise created
CC: turn up at 6:30 and no noise
Almas: yes
CC: and after 5:30 as long as dbs
Almas: outside 5:30, it's ANY noise, construction, any db level
CC: if we defeat this, C'wood can work as long as no construction noise; want to give clarity
Sokol: all of these, most, with the exception of 8
not granting xxx; not re construction
believe all these other things apply
CC: probably suggest cell phones; there are going to be calls, shd be ready
Mayor: possible construction without noise
Sokol: diff situation -- loud door bang, technically in violation
MB: my interpretation is any SOUND, not noise, can be in contravention
ALMAS: correct
MB: retain our motion but qualify it: interior; add, quiet work
phone is going to be ringing off the hook
that's the simple interpretation I'm taking away
keep on working, put a mattress on the floor, cd be if we're not clear.
Mayor: added interior work between 5:30 and 8:30
Motion is defeated.
[MTG EXTENDED past 10 o'clock]
Mayor: maybe shd ask if anyone has a question for Ms Almas
sorry
MK: to help us get through, adjourn to Jul 21st mtg
withdrawn
14. Proposed Soil Removal and Deposit Regulation Bylaw and Blasting Bylaw - Bylaw Amendm
withdrawn
15. Proposed Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 4414, 2005, Amendment Bylaw No. 4799, 2014 (General Administration, Planning, Land Development and Permits Fees) (File: 1610-20-4799)
withdrawn
[10pm]
A Browne gave background with SLIDES:
probably most comprehensive consultation
SLIDE; series of open houses ITE, PkR
40-50% supportive (except for traffic) 15-20% unsupportive; v few said doesn't make sense
support for open space; too tall, who can see; traffic drowned out ev else
lack of detail in comments re design
presenting from the DRC's point of view
at first to prelim to comment on; imp, gateway, approp for density, demands mixed-use; no one said outright not for hirise
Wd ask
[plugging in!]
recomm tonight, fwd, those steps described
hand over to Mr Amantea, believe they have a brief report
RA: in interests of brevity, I'll just take a minute
majority in favour -- intelligent cmnty, like us, smart growth
transit
does not impact envmt
turn it over to Norman Hotson, Dialogue Design
NH: run through slides
here's original concept; sev mtgs with DRC and they've influenced to a great degree
from base plane join, going to in their view, in keeping with gen schematics of WV
imp gateway
one place you can have density, PkR is it
density, with village ????
752 site is a natural location, begins to build up a higher density that transits to a shopping ctr
natural form of devt for this site
proj in flux
slightly lower tower, west is 15 storeys
asked to look at adding ofc space, DRC interested
retail on grade, public realm, 1st floor ofc; ten units specifically designed for individs with challenges
3rd floor and above
green roofs accessible; bike storage; secured resident parking; multifaceted space [10:10]
plaza supports outdoor eating, Sat markets, water park; place for entertainment
open space part of a much bigger network -- taking ppl out of their car, xxx
include a bike valet -- 1500 work at PkR
ofc, no ofc, retail.....
two designs: storeys 24 and 16 west; if no office, west drops to 15; 2.75 vs 2.9FAR with ofc
town square; benefits: public realm, food and bev offerings, car/bike valet, cmnty space, xxx; new bus stop
fully sustainable based on xxx principles
[10:13] Mayor: Chair of our Police Bd, Barbara Brink
BB: thank you and for all those .... behind me
My husband hired Norm for G'ville Island so these comments not about you
As I stated last July, we're not opposed to the towers, rather the intersection;
access and egress other ctrs have; glad to hear
181 West Royal; xxx Onni; and xxx
going to be about 800 cars going into that, plus workers, residents, xxx
report mentions a police {to direct traffic???}
last year's ccl mtg consultation so I've looked -- 2000 ppl and xxx responses
{get number [10:16]}
doesn't even mention
wording -- best interests traffic at TWay/MDr 90% of sigs from WV
Larco and First Nations
fully recogn financial health will improve but without ....
bearing the costs
more xxx on that will take place
David Ross: also mbr of ad hoc cmte Barbara Brink chairs
traffic; did corresp with Ccl, appreciate
don't have any way of measuring what traffic will be
Bunt Report based on 2010, not adequate to make a decision
if this goes ahead there must be legally binding commitments by PkR that they look at it again and make traffic better; contribute to seasonal policing as best it can
in their best interests, they have to get ppl there; must be binding
serious consideration re access to the site
if approved, left out of the main street on TWay -- south, right in, right out???
Arash Atash: worked ? for 20 years
worked ev night for ?? three months ??? imagine putting up with that noise
PkR said to stop complaining b/c [10:21]
PkR -- pay any penalty b/c nothing compared with the income
Dist land and much on Sq Land
what leverage do you have re xxx?
last year, bring all stakeholders to the table; a year has passed without xxx
where's the Sq Nation's plan? where are they?
?? without knowing
ad hoc or spot planning not in long-term best interest
Min of Transp intersection; taking off the table is irresponsible
before exposed to this horrendous; xxx given the highest priority
40 - 50% of 88 ppl not be considered public opinion in a city of 44K
Alan Kwinter: Prez of Hollyburn Family Services Society
speak in favour; severity problem of homes for seniors
convenient to srs and to those who haven't the need for a vehicle
see this devt as serving the need of our vulnerable cmnty
Clive Bird: lawyer; 12 years served on sch bd, lived in WV for 29 yrs
support; robust and vibrant PkR nbrhd
no secret a lot of down-sizing in WV; need options other than sgl-fam homes
proj makes sense to be located in PkR; already extensively devpd
benefit cmty with min of impact on the PkR nbrhd
Mark Ballard: going to be moving into the nbrhd (1243)
this type of housing v needed
xxx Grosv, BPP
fills a market need; takes advantage of transit, accommodates downsizing
Mayor: missed you in the lawn bowling
Mark Ballard: glad you had fun
Christoper Kirby: VRS adv cmte
15 ppl with disabilities
housing not sufficient and hard to come by
never thought I'd be sitting here today needing housing
nature of disability, you don't know; can happen to anyone at anytime
18% of Cdns with a disability or mobility probs
xxx years ago going to visit my family
guess the rest
mbr of disability rugby
[10:31] looking forward to getting back to work; xxx
have friends in these circs and not pretty
participate in life rather than watching it go by
friends, fam, in NV and WV xxx
wd like to see VRS units in WV, beyond normal disability standards
for generations to come
understand possibility to attain/obtain? ten units; offers individs such as myself to participate in cmnty -- can sell my car and not worry about driving anymore
by approving this devt, Ccl will be showing xxx inclusive, rights of all
forced to live in xxx circs
urge you to consider the huge benefit this devt wil have
individs like myself an active to full life
hope goes from possibility to reality...
Alan DeGenova: Inglewood
Vancouver Resources Society -- mandate to supply housing xxxx
owns 320 units in 30 props, most recently two soon to open in NV and one w/ Grosv
maximize their independency
independent living; with own 24/7 -- little ofc, xxxxxxx
get them out of the Pearson hospitals, we think of dungeons
VRS in many Ms xxx
when we approached to Laljis, they said 8 to 12; 10 is fine; perfect location: xxx; having somewhere like this is.....
excited to work with Larco
on behalf of xxx thank you being part of this presentation xxx
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
Sop moved THAT
1. Proposed Devt Permit No. 12-085, by PkR Holdings for 752 Marine, advance in the devt consideration process; and,
2. Ccl endorse the next steps for consideration of the devt applicn as generally described in the report from the Sr Cmnity
Planner dated June 23, 2014.
Sop: PkR may have a size and price point affordable for WV
Cclr Lewis and I have talked about this
1960s; saw some plans on Sq Lands from 1960; one day that whole waterfront will be devpd
look at Cap Rd, town ctr, and xxx with new apts; shopping ctr itself all new devts
there's only one bridge with three lanes
not going to alter that unless (fed?) govts
for TWay and Marine have the Sq Nation move fwd with their bridge across the river -- commitment of prov govt of $50M
we cd campaign, traffic way down M Dr, but now have to go to the bridgehead
{yes, AAMOF, traffic less dense, not as slow as it used to be in the '90s -- campaign corner -- much better now.}
if a ferry comes in, let's alter the lights on the bridge
ppl block the intersection, think PkR have xxx or the Police
there are some possibilities not borne this....
Mayor: can you wrap it up? going to turn the lights out
Sop: going to finish here
ML: being asked if shd advance, next steps according to staff
not much discussion; going to be supportive of going fwd
TP: PkR been here for 60 years and will be here for another 60; thank them
xxx don't think that alone shd stop us from going fwd
need to be addressing that -- transportation -- irrespective of whether this goes ahead or not
we know Sq Nation going to be doing, asking them to tell us is a bit cheeky, they're not here asking/telling us
xxx; we have only half jurisdiction????
xxx; can see a lot of opps within this proposal
incredibly interested in bike piece and the car share, this is the right place
density shd be on the transit? line
is there any rental housing?
will be supporting and going to the next step, we're not approving tonight
NG: I agree, advancing is a good idea at this point
first time I've seen those slides and advancement
concerned wrt some of the next steps
comment from Mr Amantea re 40 - 50% support -- actually means 40-50% don't support
public want something of a suitable, reasonable scale.
reasonable resid density tempered by the traffic concerns
although report indicates no traffic impact but perception in cmnty is diff -- have to either educate the cmnty or have to work hard to show that this devt will not create more traffic
if applicants want to be successful, show if fewer* than two parking stalls per unit, more effort to show cmnty won't be a large traffic impact
{* yay, Nora, correct! she knows the difference between countable (fewer) and uncountable (less)}
feedback, concern in cmnty re ht and form; listen to that
public consultation on the OCP and the Devt Permit drawings -- shd decouple -- public confused re general OCP and this devt; need picture
a lot of effort into consultation but fact is not many been consulted
popn 44K, consulted, arguably less [sic]** than 100 actually responded, cd be 150, confused re number; but not v many
{** whoops, Nora; this shd be fewer too! }
have to find a better way to do consultation on this
agree with Cclr Sop, WV residents going over LGB, traffic much better today than 30 years ago. That's a fact.
I drove out to UBC from Ambleside for four years and traffic was backed up to the Amb soccer fields; now we just sail right through in the morning
issue is not WV residents, it's from Whistler and ferries; we have little control; doesn't mean applicant shdn't show not adding to that
p13 of the policy doc, applicant has to deal with all those challenges; am sure staff on that
CC: broadly supportive, voting to move it forward; my only concern is, b/c not voting on this proposal, echoing Cclr G and partly some of the speakers, we need to have for the District a plan for the PkR area that is more comprehensive, is up to date, and reflects the realities of today
existing OCP for this site allows for ~75Ksf of built space; PkR proposes 300Ksf
OCP doesn't contemplate residential units at PkR; we're obviously talking about 300 resid units at PkR in this bldg
seems to be acceptance/consensus that some resid needed, good place for increased density
as Cclr Sop, financial and ppl with disabilities
shd be comprehensive; smart growth place to put density
what has tripped up DRC is, how much density?
Ccl has no basis to judge
don't know 42 storeys combined or shd be more or less; more than a low rise, but what is the right amt?
1300blk; needed a better plan, instead did that on an ad hoc, more than I wd hv liked; Maison Milliken also wd hv hoped a better strategy
now here PkR comes fwd to devp and we don't have a plan for PkR to judge if what we want or not
again reacting to what proposed to us rather than dictating, or at least stating
staff have acknowledged this; discussion
Chalmers mentioned this in his report; density is an unresolved question, it's a policy question -- entirely right, not for proponent to decide that
Staff have said they'll come forward with a draft statement for the OCP, draft amendment for PkR area
my only concern Ms Leemhuis and Mr Sokol, we have a discussion and we come to rest on our vision for PkR and then make a decision shortly thereafter on this proj -- don't want to be in the invidious position making a decision specifically on density and then come up with a plan
want to have comfort we've made decision in line with the future
talk to PkR, talk to other landowners, owner NE corner wants a 20-storey tower; and Squamish have plans
if we want the Sq to talk to us re WV then we have to talk to Sq about our plans for this area
massive [court] decision came down last week; hv to show it to them; see if rubs them the wrong way
will vote not go fwd; still Q of density, not approval of this
it may be this is what we want but hope do this work quickly so can.....
MB: won't repeat
do want to congratulate Cameron Chalmers; wasn't the answers he provided, was the questions, type of answer
what IS driving density?
mid low hirise and he sets out a v gd roadmap; 65? pages 42 pages of comments
yes, traffic is bad at that intersection; appreciate comments around noise
Cameron also sets out what we've done and what we're doing
we're having another mtg with prov this fall about this [intersection]
will support moving this forward but a TON of work to do
xxx and analysis begs, but feel comf moving this fwd
Mayor: certainly agree moving fwd, been here around for years
ev heard xxx; retail ... ; don't want to see ofc
glad Mark Ballard has left -- 100 drive in for a mtg for an hour and leave
know traffic is an issue; cmte with Min of Transportation, NV participates
have to have that intersection manned in late afternoon
devt there will not exacerbate but xxx ft of commercial; take ofc space into Ambleside; &&&
Mayor: cruel
NG: question my nbrs ask: what happened to the movie theatre?
RA: had tied in 752 with movie theatre; heard ...; decided now to separate the two
make sense and shrink {???} xxx, 752 stand on their own
NG: thank you
Motion passes unanimously
BYLAWS
17. Proposed Park Dedication Bylaw No. 4794, 2014 (Whyte Lake Park) ADOPTED
18. Proposed OCP Bylaw No. 4360, 2004, Amdmt Bylaw No. 4783, 2014; and Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4784, 2014 (Maison Seniors’ Living, 825 Taylor Way and 707 Keith Road)
The proposed bylaws rec'd first reading at the Mar 31 reg Ccl mtg, were the subject of a PH held and closed on Apr 16, and rec'd second and third reading at the Apr 28 reg Ccl mtg. As the PH has closed Ccl is not permitted to receive any further submissions regarding the proposed bylaws.
{Cclr Sop opposed all three motions that follow}
If the proposed bylaws are adopted Council may consider proposed Devt Permit No. 12-084 for approval.
(first) proposed OCP Plan Bylaw be adopted AND (second) proposed “Zoning Amdmt Bylaw be adopted.
THEN
1. proposed Devt Permit 12-084 re proposed Maison Sr Living Residence at 825 TWay and 707 Keith Rd wch wd control the form and character of the proposed devt, be approved;
2. the Mayor and MClk be authorized to execute “no build covenants with window blinds and tree protection covenants attached thereto, for 825 and 707 Keith Road (Maison Senior Living Residence).
19. Proposed Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4360, 2004, Amendment Bylaw No. 4771, 2014; and Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4772, 2014 (Coach Houses)
Sop: what guarantees are you going to give?
Sokol: PH is closed so cannot add any info at this time; part of the PH and staff report
you have the ..... we'll come back to Ccl wrt the process
Sop: thank you
Mayor: in the interests of mercy, can we move forward? read all four
{nope; done individually}
MOTIONS: Proposed “OCP Amdmt Bylaw No. 4771, 2014 be read a second and third time. CARRIED
Proposed “Zoning Amdmt Bylaw No. 4772, 2014 be read second and third time. Cclr Sop opposed
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
20. Consent Agenda Items
20.1 Proposed Amendment to 2014 Council Meeting Schedule (File: 0120-01)
1. The reg Ccl mtg scheduled for Mon, Sept 22 at 7pm in the MHall Ccl Chamber be cancelled; and
2. A reg Ccl mtg be scheduled for Mon, Sept 29 at 7pm in the Municipal Hall Council Chamber.
20.2 TransLink Customer Service Performance Report, Quarter 1, 2014 -- received for information.
20.3 Proposed Amendments to Awards Committee Terms of Reference
as attached to and described in the report dated June 18 from the Special Event and Festivals Mgr, approved.
> Council Correspondence Update to June 6, 2014 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) June 5, 2014, regarding “WV Railway Crossings MUST Become a Council Priority
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(2) E-Comm 9-1-1, May 28, re Invitation to Annual and Special General Mtg of the Shareholders of E-Comm
(3) WV Fire Fighters Charitable Society, June 5, re [their] 7th “Bagpipes by the Beach Pipe Band Festival
Responses to Correspondence
(4) Dir/Planning, June 4, 2014, response regarding “4710 South Piccadilly
(5) Director of Planning, Land Devt and Permits, June 4, 2014, response re “4710 South Piccadilly
> Council Correspondence Update to June 13, 2014 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) June 11, 2014, regarding construction
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
(2) June 11, 2014, regarding “Ferry Building Expansion
(Referred to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and response)
(3) June 11, 2014, regarding “Ferry Building proposed expansion
(Referred to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and response)
(4) MetroV, May 23, 2014, regarding “Regional Affordable Housing Strategy Update Discussion Paper
(Referred to Director of Planning, Land Development and Permits for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(5) 2 submissions, June 7 - 9, 2014, regarding “Sunset Lane vs. BC Rail Properties Ltd.
(6) June 8, 2014, regarding Community Day Parade and Ferry Building Gallery
(7) West Van Matters, June 9, re “Incorrect Title in Correspondence? Fwd: Hon S Anton in Correspondence
(8) 4 submissions, June 11 - 12, re Proposed OCP Bylaw No. 4360, 2004, Amendmt Bylaw No. 4771, 2014; and Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4772, 2014 (Coach Houses)
(Referred to June 16, 2014 Public Hearing)
(9) June 10, 2014, regarding “For your consideration re: Woodfibre LNG proposal/EAO
(10) Ministry of Energy/Mines and Minister Responsible for Core Review, June 3, re Funding for the LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program (LiveSmart BC Prog)
(11) June 13, 2014, regarding “Ferry Building Gallery Redevelopment
> Council Correspondence Update to June 20, 2014 (up to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) West Van Matters, June 14, re “Fwd: Incorrect Title in Correspondence? Fwd: Hon S Anton in Corresp
{NB: This queries process; a correction/change was made to the Ccl records before requested by Ccl anything be done -- who knows?}
(Referred to Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and response)
(2) June 16, 2014, regarding “Re: Traffic Calming Keith/Clyde
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(3) United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Int'l Union, June 16, re Stop the Killing and Enforce the Law Campaign
(Referred to Mayor and Council for consideration and response)
(4) June 16, re “2014 DWV Invasive Plants Strategy: Final Report [16 Jun] Reg Ccl Mtg Agenda Item #6
(Referred to Director of Parks and Community Services for consideration and response)
(5) June 16, 2014, re “Update on Corporate and Community Energy Planning
(Referred to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(6) Cmte / Bd Mtg Minutes Board of Variance May 14, 2014; Memorial Library Board May 21, 2014
(7) June 15, 2014, re � Annual Report Public Comments A Submission to Mayor & Council Regular Council Session 16 June 2014 Agenda Item #9
(Previously received at June 16, 2014 Council meeting)
(8) 6 submissions, June 14-16, re Proposed OCP Bylaw No. 4360, 2004, Amdmt Bylaw No. 4771, 2014; and Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendmt Bylaw No. 4772, 2014 (Coach Houses)
(Previously received at June 16, 2014 public hearing)
(9) 2 submissions, June 14, 2014, regarding Ambleside Park Complaints
(10) 4 submissions, June 14 - 18, 2014, regarding Ferry Building/Art Gallery
(11) June 15, 2014, regarding “Regional Transportation
(12) Union of BC Ms (UBCM), May 30, re Administrative Agreement on the Fed Gas Tax Fund in BC (Gas Tax Agrmt) and Cmnty Works Funding
(13) June 17, 2014, regarding “Your comments and those of Council last night¦Invasives.¦
(14) BC Non Profit Housing Assn (BCNPHA), undated, re Support for the Fedn of Canadian Ms’ (FCM) Campaign-Fixing Canadas Housing Crunch
(15) June 16, 2014, regarding “Woodfibre LNG small group meetings & open houses all happen next week, none in West Van or Bowen etc!
(16) Cdn Energy Pipeline Assn (CEPA), June 12, re “The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA)
(17) June 16, 2014, regarding Transportation and Densification
(18) June 19, 2014, regarding “Roundup use not justified
Responses to Correspondence
(19) DirEngg, June 16, response re “Traffic calming on Keith and Clyde (1000/1100/1200 Keith &1200 Clyde) and “Keith and Clyde
(20) Dir/Engg, June 16, response regarding “Traffic Calming Project on Keith Road and Clyde Avenue
(21) Sr Mgr Parks, Jun 16, response to P. Hundal, “Whyte Lake Park Dedication Jun 2nd Agenda Item 7
> Council Correspondence Update to June 24, 2014 (up to 4:30 p.m.)
Referred for Action
(1) June 20, 2014, regarding “Missed recycling
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(2) June 23, 2014, regarding “West Van Mayor & Council: Compliant [sic] Horseshoe Bay roads
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for consideration and response)
(3) June 24, 2014, regarding “Fwd: Ferry Building Expansion
(Referred to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and response)
Received for Information
(4) Petition w/ 29 signatures, June 17, re “Applicn for two towers on the former White Spot site at Park Royal
(5) June 21, 2014, regarding “Invasive species Himalayan blackberry
(6) June 22, 2014, regarding “Humans have been changing Chinese environment for 3,000 years
(7) June 23, 2014, regarding “TransLink and the future of public transit in Metro Vancouver
(8) Canadian Blood Services, June 23, 2014, regarding “BC Hospital patients are in need
(9) June 24, 2014, regarding “Ferry Building
Responses to Correspondence
(10) Dir/Planning, June 23, response re Collingwood School Construction and Glenmore Drive Properties
> OTHER ITEMS -- No items <
21. Public Questions/Comments 22. ADJOURNMENT [11:07]
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Looking ahead: 7pm REGULAR CCL MTG ITEMS July 21
Revised on July 11, 2014 to:
’ Withdraw Item 7, “Ferry Building Gallery;
’ Add to Item 10, Proposed “[Five-]Year Financial Plan Amendment Bylaw 4800, 2014 report; and
’ Add info to Item 12.2, “Proposed Amdmt to 2014 Ccl Mtg Schedule re proposed mtg time.
{NB: Referring to the July 28 mtg; changed to 10am}
Devt Permit Applicn re 765 Marine Dr/PkR-N: For consideration of: permit applicn for improvements and renovations to the PkR-N mall
Ferry Building Gallery: Information to be provided.
Marine Dr & Pound Rd Intersection: Consider discussions with MoTI re: Low Level Rd alignment providing Pound Rd connection; no infrastructure changes to Marine Dr & Pound Rd; improved signage to encourage access to Ambleside Park from 13th St & Argyle Ave
Addn to Cmnty Heritage Register & Voluntary Heritage Designation for 6003 Eagleridge Drive: Consider adding 6003 Eagleridge Dr, 1768 Inglewood Ave, & 4762 The Hwy to Cmnty Heritage Register; 1st reading proposed bylaw, set date for public hearing
Proposed [Five-]Year Financial Plan Amdmt Bylaw; For consideration of: three readings
Proposed OCP Amdmt Bylaw and Proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaw (Coach Houses): For consideration of adoption of the [two] bylaws
Policy Review for the Protection of Trees on Public and Private Lands in the District: For consideration of: undertaking a comprehensive review of [related] District policies/bylaws
Proposed Amdmt to 2014 Ccl Mtg Schedule: For consideration of: sp Ccl mtg for July 28
2014 North Shore Homeless Count: Information report.
Aquatic Centre Innovation in Leadership Development and Training: Information report
Looking ahead: SP CCL MTG ITEMS July 28
== 9:30am Closed Mtg
(c) labour relations or other employee relations; and
(i) the receipt of advice subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications nec for that purpose.
Purpose of meeting: matters regarding labour relations and legal advice.
== 10am Jul 28, 2014 Special Meeting ==
Special Council meeting to be held in the Municipal Hall Council Chamber.
o Montizambert Wynd Water Disconnection Notice: For Council’s consideration of options
o Proposed General Local Elections Regulation Bylaw 4447, 2005, Amendment Bylaw 4803, 2014: For Council’s consideration of three readings for the proposed bylaw amdmts re legislative changes
o Proposed 5 Year Financial Plan Bylaw 4780, 2014, Amdmt Bylaw 4800, 2014: For Ccl’s consideration of adoption for the proposed bylaw amendments regarding amendment to the annual budget for 2014
Looking ahead: SP CCL MTG ITEMS July 30
== 10am Jul 30, 2014 Special Meeting == Special Council meeting
BYLAW for Adoption
3. Proposed General Local Elections Regulation Bylaw ... 2005, Amdmt Bylaw No. 4803, 2014 (re legislative changes)
The proposed bylaw rec'd first, second, and third reading at the July 28 sp Ccl mtg -- ADOPTED
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MUNICIPAL GOVT
So, now we know why the two addl sp mtgs.
There is considerable opposition to increasing the civic term from three years to FOUR YEARS. It appears therefore that Ccl pushed consideration of this critical important change to these two morning mtgs after the last scheduled ccl mtg before the summer break -- less likely public wd come/comment?
The first time that had come to the UBCM, it failed. It passed at the last UBCM and the prov took steps to enable it.
The more frequent elections, the more often the ppl have a say. WIth four years, the fear is that politicians and developers will do pretty well whatever they want for three years and then just have to be careful and listen to the public for the year before the election.
More on this coming to you this fall.
How did it happen?
Can it be undone?
UBCM is meeting in Sept.
Stay tuned.
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=== ANIMALWATCH === Frogs of Ecuador
Ecuador has the highest density of amphibian biodiversity of any country in the world! Enjoy the photos and SALVA LAS RANAS! a colourful array..... http://www.savethefrogs.com/countries/ecuador
=== PHOTOWATCH ===
+ Almanac's Listeners' Lens
A superb colln -- I look from time to time and some of these are exceptional. They change so today No. 1 was a crow at sunset; keep clicking to see a napping bear, seals taking a snooze, a summer solstice sunset, a grizzly with cubs, bees, flowers, hummingbirds, and more, even a photo of Ambleside (the last one).
{Photos are added at the beginning so they may have shifted and you'll see new ones and may miss the end http://www.cbc.ca/bcalmanac/photogallery/#igImgId_84944 }
{Update July 3: oh dear, the first one is now no. 28 and the last one is a young grizzly bear, not Ambleside, alas.}
+ Canada Tourism -- Beautiful Canada
[video 3 min 19 sec; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE43SG5Q7DA&feature=youtu.be] -- Published on May 8, 2012
Canadian society is often depicted as being "very progressive, diverse, and multicultural". Canada's culture draws influences from its broad range of constituent nationalities, and policies that promote multiculturalism are constitutionally protected. Historically, Canada has been influenced by British, French, and aboriginal cultures and traditions. Through their language, art, and music, aboriginal peoples continue to influence the Cdn identity. Canada's official national sports are ice hockey and lacrosse. Hockey is a national pastime and the most popular spectator sport in the country. It is also the sport most played by Canadians. Canada is one of the most beautiful countries in the world with its natural beauty to the north, and beautiful cities.
=== INFObits ===
+ BIRTHDAYS:
Malala Yousafzai (1997) July 12; Julius Caesar (100 BC) July 13; Pam Goldsmith-Jones July 14
+ BRAZIL: popn -- estimate for 2014 is 202,507,013. Throughout Brazil’s history, popn growth has been rapid and Brazil is a country of young people. Today, 62% of Brazilians are aged 29 or under.
Brazil has the highest number of uncontacted tribes: 67 groups confirmed in 2007.
+ WORLD CUP half-time (7sec joke) -- Germany vs Brazil: http://youtu.be/RLZUKqpXYzU
+ Go, Canada, Go! Commonwealth Games start July 23 in Glasgow -- on till Aug 3.
+ Munro's Books, the venerable Victoria retailer launched 50 years ago by Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro and her then husband, is being turned over to a team of senior employees to run.
=== ROYALWATCH === and Happy Birthday to little Prince George: one year old July 22!
Prince Andrew came to watch Eugenie Bouchard play (final) at Wimbledon. After all, she and her twin are named after his two girls: Eugenie and Beatrice. And her brother was named William. Heard there was an Irish grandmother. Great to learn there are monarchists in Quebec -- maybe the country will hold together after all. Good news. In any case, Quebec has always been a monarchy -- the French Revolution (1789) was after New France became part of Canada (1763).
Kate Middleton and Prince William want 'personalised gifts' for Prince George's first birthday Published 14/07/2014|07:15
Britain’s Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, would love Prince George to receive personalised gifts for his first birthday, say royal insiders....
...In Australia, Kate mentioned he was obsessed with wombats after receiving a cuddly toy and how he liked to watch the boats," Victoria said.
"However, as they did for their wedding, Wills and Kate have encouraged people to give donations to charity instead."
- See more at: http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-want-personalised-gifts-for-prince-georges-first-birthday-30428951.html#sthash.QwurFXb9.dpuf
Sign a birthday card for little Prince George at the RoyalTea-by-the-Sea Aug 9 in Dundarave Park!
Good news for the tradition of monarchy in Canada. The oath of swearing allegiance to the monarchy to become a Canadian system was upheld. We have a constitutional monarchy and are part of the Commonwealth family. We are open and welcoming. Join us in continuing to shape this country. Respect our traditions and values -- you are free to advocate changes. Pls do it from within by persuading others, IOW, the normal legal channels, collegially. Many wonder why ppl wd come here if they don't like our system. We don't like everything either but suggest join us in working together for improvements.
=== COMPUTERWATCH === :-)
Remember the old computer? -- http://www.grammarly.com/blog/2014/kids_react_to_old_computers_a/
As the intro says: This video will make you feel old so, so old. Share if you remember using these old computers! {clicking for information is fast and fun, but regardless of what the kids say, libraries are still great places!}
=== IN MEMORIAM === in memory of Robin Williams
Robin Williams, who died this week, was an Episcopalian, the U.S. branch of the Anglican Church. In his memory we are reprinting the list he made of the top . . .
10 Reasons to be an Episcopalian:
10. No snake handling.
9. You can believe in dinosaurs.
8. Male and female God created them; male and female we ordain them.
7. You don't have to check your brains at the door.
6. Pew aerobics.
5. Church year is colour-coded.
4. Free wine on Sunday.
3. All of the pageantry -- none of the guilt.
2. You don't have to know how to swim to get baptized.
And the Number One reason to be an Episcopalian:
1. No matter what you believe, there's bound to be at least one other Episcopalian who agrees with you.
{from the Aug 17 issue of The Thurible, the weekly newsletter of St James's Church on the DTES}
=== OCEANWATCH ===
World Must Act Within 5 Years to Save Oceans From Pollution and Overfishing Agence France-Presse
Excerpt(s): "The world's oceans need saving from pollution and overfishing, and an independent panel warned on Tuesday that urgent action was needed within five years."
...The Global Ocean Commission said cutting down on single-use plastics products, restricting fishing on the high seas, and establishing binding regulations for offshore oil and gas exploration are key parts of the rescue plan....
...“The ocean provides 50 per cent of our oxygen and fixes 25 per cent of global carbon emissions. Our food chain begins in that 70 per cent of the planet, said Jose Maria Figueres, co-chair of the commission and a former president of Costa Rica.
“Unless we turn the tide on ocean decline within five years, the international community should consider turning the high seas into an off-limits regeneration zone until its condition is restored.
The plan called for an immediate cap on government subsidies for fishing on the high seas, and an end to them within five years....
...“About 60 per cent of such subsidies directly encourage unsustainable practices, and without them, high seas fisheries would not be financially viable, said the report.
The high seas are the waters that fall beyond the national jurisdiction of countries, making up 64 percent of the ocean’s total surface area and half the biological productivity of the entire ocean, according to the report.
MORE http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/24416-world-must-act-within-5-years-to-save-oceans-from-pollution-and-overfishing
=== BEERWATCH === Spruce Tree Ale
Spruce Tree Ale from the Tofino Brewing Company
The bottle describes it:
This golden ale has been conditioned with freshly picked Sitka spruce tips and piney complementary hops.
To fully understand the true essence and inspiration of this beer, walk into the rain forest, quiet your mind, breathe in deeply, and let your senses take you on a tour of the timeless and harmonious place that is our natural world -- if you can ignore all the insects and deadly predators, and rain.
So much rain. {Now doesn't that just scream BC coast??? how cd anyone resist?}
=== FACTWATCH === Palestinians (including Hamas) and Likud
Some Facts usually left out (not reported and often misrepresented and denied)
They DO, re willing to, recognize Israel! Arafat recognized Israel in 1988, the 22-mbr Arab League did in 2002; Hamas sent a written offer in 2008. Note they even accepted the 1967 borders, wch reduced Palestine to 22% (from UN 45%). Kucinich researched the translation of wiping from the map and it was meant akin to the Soviet Union no longer appearing on a map. More background later.
{They do not accept Israel as a theocratic state, a Jewish State (now being demanded by Netanyahu); Palestinian govt is secular. They agree with a shared Jerusalem as envisioned by the UN.}
The highly respected (former) President Peres was replaced by Prez Rivlin on July 24. He does NOT agree with two states.
LIKUD PLATFORM:
a. “The Jordan river will be the permanent eastern border of the State of Israel.
b. “Jerusalem is the eternal, united capital of the State of Israel and only of Israel. The government will flatly reject Palestinian proposals to divide Jerusalem [Palestinians have agreed to share Jerusalem with Israel as a joint capital.]
c. “The Govt of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river.
d. “The Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza are the realization of Zionist values. Settlement of the land is a clear expression of the unassailable right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel and constitutes an important asset in the defense of the vital interests of the State of Israel. The Likud will continue to strengthen and develop these communities and will prevent their uprooting.
=== IRAQWATCH === Sunnis and Yazidis
> Radical Sunnis (killing other Muslims as well; shades of Europes Catholic Protestant wars)
"The radical Sunni Muslim organisation that conquered almost half of Iraq in a whirlwind week at the beginning of June has changed its name. Before, it was ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (the old Ottoman province that used to include Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel). But now it wishes to be known simply as the “Islamic State for there can only be one such state, and it should include everywhere that Muslims have ever ruled."
> YAZIDIS
+ from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi#cite_note-Guardian2007-14
The Yazidi are mostly a Kurdish-speaking ethnoreligious group who practice a syncretic religion that combines Shia and Sufi Islam with indigenous regional folk traditions. These traditions include elements shared with the mystic, Christian, and Mandaean communities of the Near East, as well as with more ancient Gnostic, Marcionite, Zoroastrian and early Mesopotamian religions....
... According to the Yezidi calendar, April 2012 marked the beginning of their year 6,762 (thereby year 1 would have been in 4,750 BC in the Gregorian calendar)....
... Yazidism is not an offshoot of another religion (such as Christianity or Islam), but shows influence from the many religions of the Middle East. Core Yazidi cosmology has a pre-Zoroastrian Iranian origin, but Yazidism also includes elements of ancient nature-worship, as well as influences from Christianity, Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Islam and Judaism. The heptad of angels are God's emanations which are formed of the light of God....
... Yazidi society is hierarchical. The secular leader is a hereditary emir or prince, whereas a chief sheikh heads the religious hierarchy. The Yazidi are strictly endogamous; members of the three Yazidi castes, the murids, sheikhs and pirs, marry only within their group, marriage outside the caste is considered a sin punishable by death to restore lost honour.
The current hereditary emir of the world's Yazidi is Prince Tahseen Said.
The current religious leader of the Yazidi, the Baba Sheikh, is Khurto Hajji Ismail.
... Too much contact with non-Yazidis is also considered polluting. In the past, Yazidis avoided military service which would have led them to live among Muslims, and were forbidden to share such items as cups or razors with outsiders....
... Yazidis refrain from wearing the colour blue (or possibly green...). The origins of this prohibition are unknown, but may either be because blue represents Noah's flood, or it was possibly the colour worn by a conquering king sometime in the past. Alternatively, the prohibition may arise from their veneration of the Peacock Angel and an unwillingness to usurp His colour....
... The tale of the Yazidis' origin found in the Black Book gives them a distinctive ancestry and expresses their feeling of difference from other races. Before the roles of the sexes were determined, Adam and Eve quarreled about which of them provided the creative element in the begetting of children. Each stored their seed in a jar which was then sealed. When Eve's was opened it was full of insects and other unpleasant creatures, but inside Adam's jar was a beautiful boychild. This lovely child, known as son of Jar grew up to marry a houri and became the ancestor of the Yazidis. Therefore, the Yazidi are regarded as descending from Adam alone, while other humans are descendants of both Adam and Eve.[55]
+ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/who-are-the-yazidis-9662457.html
...The Yazidis are a mainly Kurdish-speaking religious group who for centuries have lived in the northern mountains of Iraq....
The Yazidi religion is a minority religion, and is a closed set: it is not possible for a person to convert to the religion; a person must be born into it....
... In truth, the ancient Yazidi religion has elements of both Christianity and Islam at its roots, while it is also linked to one of the world’s oldest monotheistic the belief in one god religions, called Zoroastrianism.
The Yazidis believe in one god, though they worship seven other “angels or “spirits, the most important of which is Malak Taus, or Tausi Melek, whom Yazidis worship five times a day.
This figure is said to be the Yazidi god’s favourite, and is supposed to act as a mediator between god and man. The figure’s name is also known in Arabic as “Shaytan, meaning devil, supposedly because of the closeness of the pronunciation of Malak Taus’s name in Arabic.
=== DISAPPEARING CHRISTIANS ===
...There were still about 60,000 Christians in Mosul when the United States and its sidekicks invaded Iraq eleven years ago. By last year, it was down to 30,000. Only two months after the arrival of the ISIS extremists, there are none. Most have fled to Kurdistan with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. They are not going back, and if they can, they will leave the Middle East entirely.
What has changed? For many centuries, the Christian minority of Arabs lived in relative peace and prosperity under Muslim rule. In the early 20th century, they were in the forefront of the nationalist and literary renaissance in the Arab world. But in the past decade, about a quarter of the Arab world’s 12 million Christians have emigrated, and the flow is increasing every year...
Gwynne Dyer, July 27: http://www.straight.com/news/695191/gwynne-dyer-middle-east-christians-are-going-going-gone
=== BOOKWATCH === Jane Austen and BC Books
+ Many authors claim to never read reviews. "And then there's Jane Austen. Who not only, it turns out, listened to what her friends and acquaintances had to say about her books, both positive and negative, but also took notes on it." http://www.mhpbooks.com/jane-austen-read-her-reviews-and-kept-notes-on-them/
+ Like Shakespeare, Jane Austen is frequently updated for modern audiences. But will, for instance, the twenty-three-year-old-spinster idea in Pride and Prejudice, resonate with contemporary readers?
+ If you're looking for something a little closer to home, here's the CBC list of the top ten indigenous books for summer reading. All the books are new releases by aboriginal authors, featuring fiction, science, politics, and romance.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/10-top-indigenous-books-for-your-summer-reading-list-1.2695671
=== LANGUAGEWATCH ===
Gaza and the language of modern war
Steven Poole in The Guardian, Friday 8 August 2014 14.30 BST investigates
the political and misleading use of such terms as 'human shields' and 'tragedy'
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/08/gaza-israel-language-modern-war-steven-poole
=== ENGLISHWATCH ===
British phrases
No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute. Paul Gallico, quoted in The New York Times (Jan. 14, 1962)
I regard England as my wife and America as my mistress. Cedric Hardwicke, quoted in Cleveland Amory & Eal Blackwell, Celebrity Register: An Irreverent Compendium (1963)
We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. Oscar Wilde, in The Canterbury Ghost (1887)
QUOTE NOTE:
This is the way the quotation is typically presented, but it originally appeared in the narrator’s description of Mrs. Otis, the American-born wife of Hiram B. Chase, an American Minister who purchased Canterville Chase, an English property reputed to be haunted. The full passage is: “Indeed, in many respects, she was quite English, and was an excellent example of the fact that we have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. A similar observation (“England and America are two countries separated by the same language) was attributed without citation to George Bernard Shaw in a Reader’s Digest issue (Nov. 1942), but there is no evidence that Shaw ever wrote or said such a thing.
=== GRAMMARWATCH ===
apostrophe status in UK
Good grammar saves lives, rescues friendships, and "a single apostrophe can prevent you from being ostracised in your own neighbourhood." Despite this fact, local councils throughout the UK are taking a very drastic step: banishing apostrophes from street signs!
=== WORDWATCH === Word Crimes :-)
Hilarious but goes so fast, will have to watch again; even refers to the "Oxford comma".
from Weird Al -- Word Crimes (video 4 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
=== HERITAGEWATCH ===
+ HERITAGE SOCIETY of BC http://www.heritagebc.ca/events/
Now in West Van! Ste 102 - 657 Marine Dr; toll-free: 1 855 349 7243
+ HERITAGE WEST VAN heritage.westvan.org ~~~ RoyalTea-by-the-Sea see flyer p 53
+ HERITAGE VANCOUVER SOCIETY http://www.heritagevancouver.org/
Sign up to receive e-bulletins: http://www.heritagevancouver.org/bulletins_signup.html
The Cardero Heritage Stroll
~ 10am - noon ~ Saturday August 23 with tourguides: Holly Sovdi & Anthony Norfolk
$10 HVS mbrs; $15 non-mbrs. For further info and to purchase tickets see Eventbrite
The West End contains a mixture of distinctive building styles representing successive eras of growth and change. One of the directions from the West End Cmnty Plan calls for the creation of a heritage stroll’.
In support of this direction, Heritage Vancouver is conducting a walking tour along Cardero Street in the West End. Join Holly Sovdi, City Planner for the West End, and heritage expert Anthony Norfolk to explore the dynamic mix of heritage styles in this area.
The tour will explore opportunities to realize Cardero Street between Robson and Davie Streets as the West End “heritage stroll, recognizing the area’s architectural and historically significant mix of buildings and mature street trees.
Please join us after the tour to continue the discussions over lunch at the historic Sylvia Hotel (not included in ticket price, but please let us know at info@heritagevancouver.org if you plan to go for lunch so we can make reservations). Any remaining tickets can be purchased at the event 15 minutes before the tour begins.
+ VANCOUVER HERITAGE FOUNDATION http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/take-a-tour/heritage-house-tour/
~ Summer Walking Tours
All walking tours run from 10am to noon with Maurice Guibord
Explore Vancouver's most intriguing nbrhds and don't be alarmed if Maurice has a surprise or two for the grp!
Click here to register $15
Aboriginal Day with Musqueam Bus Tour: Witness It, Remember It, Tell It
~ Aboriginal Day with Musqueam Bus Tour: Witness It, Remember It, Tell It
~ 9am - 1pm ~ Saturday June 21st (or Sunday July 27)
The tour will begin and end at Musqueam as we celebrate National Aboriginal Day. The theme for 2014 is Musqueam Through Time - a time to honour the past and look to the future. After touring significant Musqueam sites in Vancouver, stay at Musqueam to enjoy photo and art displays, be one of the first to visit the Claiming Space’ exhibit, witness the unveiling of the refurbished Savage Warrior Canoe, play slahal, enjoy weaving demonstrations, and share in good food.
There are still a few seats left on the June 21st bus, however VHF is pleased to announce a third date for the tour! We hope if you're not available on June 21st, that you'll join us on Sunday, July 27th.
Tickets $40. For route and further tour info:
http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/take-a-tour/musqueam-tour-witness-it-remember-it-tell-it/?utm_content=rsvp%40allianceforarts.com&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=click%20here&utm_campaign=June%2010%2C%202014%20-%20New%20Details%20of%20Upcoming%20Events%21content
June 21st Meet at the Musqueam Golf and Learning Ctr (3904 W 51st Ave); July 27th meeting place TBA
~ SUNDAY MORNING AT MAXINE’S
A Delicious Pairing of Coffee and History August 17th
DOORS AND COFFEE SERVICE 8:30 9am; PROGRAM/COFFEE-TASTING STARTS 9am
WALK STARTS AT 9:30am JJ BEAN BIDWELL, 1209 BIDWELL ST SOLD OUT- No walk ups please
Join us at the newest JJ Bean location on Bidwell and Davie, the site of the much-fabled and historic Maxine’s Beauty School. The morning includes JJ Bean coffee and a muffin, a bag of JJ Bean coffee to take home, and a coffee tasting and talk about the history of JJ Bean and their newest space led by founder and owner John Neate. John Atkin will then lead a walk in the West End that starts with the history of Maxine’s.
Maxine's Beauty School has a colourful and storied history. Excerpt from the Vancouver Sun (December 2009):
"The building's original owner Madame Maxine ran a beauty school and boarding house for young women. But legend has it when times got tough in the Great Depression the lower floor was converted to a brothel.
Even taller tales of secret tunnels have circulated for decades. One tunnel connected Maxine's with English Bay, an exit used by rum-runners who shipped hooch to the U.S. during the Prohibition years.
According to the book The Unknown City, a second tunnel connected the brothel with nearby Rogers Mansion (now the Macaroni Grill) to allow Rogers Sugar magnate B.T. Rogers private access to his favourite girls. That Rogers died in 1918, years before the Depression and the bawdy house conversion has done little to quash the legend. Mrs. Rogers lived at Rogers Mansion until 1935, but no one has suggested that she used the tunnel to Maxine's."
=== MAIKU === 2014 July 1
On Canada Day
let's commit to making it
better and better
[from 11C Notice] ~~~ EMAIL RECEIVED:
Forget Rednecks...
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy had to say about Canadians; during a recent appearance at Caesar's in Windsor:
If someone in a Home Depot store
Offers you assistance and they don't work there,
You may live in Canada.
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You may live in Canada.
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation
With someone who dialled a wrong number,
You may live in Canada.
If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada.
If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada.
If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada.
If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
In the same day and back again,
You may live in Canada.
If you can drive 90 kph through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,
You may live in Canada .
If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,
You may live in Canada .
If you carry jumper cables in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,
You may live in Canada.
If you design your kid's Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,
You may live in Canada.
If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km --
You're going 95 and everybody is passing you,
You may live in Canada.
If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,
You may live in Canada.
If you know all four seasons:
Almost winter, winter, still winter,
and road construction,
You may live in Canada.
(Emailer wrote: this is my favourite, because how true)
If you have more miles
On your snow blower than your car,
You may live in Canada.
If you find -2 degrees 'a little chilly',
You may live in Canada.
If you actually understand these jokes,
and forward them to all your friends
you definitely are Canadian.
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Well, you can tell that was not written by someone from Vancouver -- we rarely get snow......
>>> Subject: A Canadian Tribute
“In Canada, a tongue-in-check tribute for Canada Day from the Hadfield family. published on Jul 1, 2014
Chris Hadfield’s brother Dave wrote this! A polite song from two brothers who are just hoping your day is going okay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVsHt3rBnc&feature=youtu.be
quotations thoughts puns
A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there. A theologian is the one who finds it. -- H L Mencken, American journalist, critic, and essayist (1880 - 1956)
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
-- George Orwell, English writer (1903 - 1950)
Without intending it, I contrive to behave very ill to everybody, and am very sorry for it. Lord Byron, June 19, 1814
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. -- William James Durant, American historian (1885 - 1981)
Journalism is publishing what someone doesn't want us to know; the rest is propaganda.
-- Horacio Verbitsky, an Argentine investigative journalist (b 1942)
One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines. -- Emile Zola, French writer (1840 - 1902)
I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management. -- E B White, American writer (1899 - 1985)
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. -- Josh Billings, American humorist (1818 - 1885)
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. --Indira Gandhi, fourth Prime Minister of India (1917 - 1984)
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"And what is there to life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of a whippoorwill or the arguments of the frogs around a pond at night?"-- Chief Seattle, 1854 |
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. -- Will Rogers, American humorist (1879 - 1935)
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. -- Iris Murdoch, English writer (1919 - 1999)
We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. -- The Talmud
So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.
-- Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer (24 July 1897 - 1937)
The power to define the situation is the ultimate power. -- Jerry Rubin, American activist and author (1938 - 1994)
Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives. -- Michelle Obama
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you? -- William A. Ward, American writer (1921 - 1994)
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. -- G K Chesterton, English writer (1874 - 1936)
If you look at zero you see nothing; but look through it and you will see the world.
-- Robert M Kaplan, American scientist, author of The Nothing that Is: A Natural History of Zero (published by OUP, USA 2000)
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return. -- W.H. Auden, English poet ( 1907 - 1973)
There's an important difference between giving up and letting go. -- Jessica Hatchigan, [current] American writer
You can't sing with a mouthful of garbanzo beans, so hummus a tune.
As the carburettor chuckled to the air filter, 'I guess the choke's on me!'
Digest is morbid humour.
The woodcutter stretched every morning before starting work. He was a limberjack.
A new computer shop has just opened up. It is located on Boot Drive.
I'm reading a book about mazes, I got lost in it.
The sledder who got injured realized that his wounds were more than he tobogganed for.
The home for rich squirrels is The Nutcracker Suite.
A mosquito is the oldest known skin-diver.
The new jail tunnel was a runaway success.
What's the best way to serve a stack of puncakes?
Syruptitiously.
What do you get when you cross a snake and a plane?
A Boeing Constrictor.
