HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  We have so much to be thankful for.........

Calendar to ~Oct 16th (great exhibit on architecture! -- hope Brad notices corrected spelling in MY enewsletter) including the WV Chamber 'Corner'; Oct 3rd Ccl Mtg NOTES (can't see trees for the oldgrowth forest; surprise addition to agenda of $2.3m debenture with locked in rates; G-J dares to ask about funding for new cmnty ctr!); Haiku (HNA Part Three); Quotations; The World's Shortest Fairy Tale (NOT!)

Beginning of a series of exhibitions on architecture:

*****  The Poetics of West Coast Modernism in West Vancouver  *****

Exhibition dates:

The Ferry Building Gallery, Silk Purse Gallery, and Gallery at the Library will feature 18 significant residences and public buildings designed by well-known West Coast architects, focusing on design in relation to the coast landscape.

Featured architects:  Peter Cardew, Barry Downs, Arthur Erickson, Brian Hemingway, Fred Hollingsworth, Russell Hollingsworth, Zoltan Kiss, Brad [Lamoureux], Blair MacDonald, Henry Yorke Mann, Paul Merrick, Arthur Mudry, Helliwell-Smith, Mark Ostry, John & Pat Patkau, Ron Thom, Daniel White, and Bud Wood.

Oct. 12  Barry Downs / Oct. 19  Brian Hemingway / Nov. 9   Abraham Rogatnick.

[NB: meetings at M Hall unless otherwise noted]

~ 10 to 4pm ~ hear there's a seniors' info display/info at Park Royal

~ 3:45 to 5:45 ~ YAC

~ 4:30 to 6:30 ~ EAC -- CANCELLED

~ 7 to 9pm ~ CSAC -- moved to Oct 18th

~ 6 to 8pm ~ PEAC

~ 6 to 7pm ~ Candidates Information System (re municipal election in November)

~ 7 to 8pm ~ Public Election Info Session

~ 8:30am ~ Arts/Culture Strategy

Strangely, the Cmnty Calendar on the DWV website has two times, both 3:30 and 5pm for HAC at Hall.

=== THURSDAY, Oct 13th === 7pm ===

For more information contact:  Eva Antonijevi=E7, Stewardship Coordinator, Mahon Park

Telephone: 604-689-0766 x 31(voice mail only); Home office: 984-4346; Fax: 669-6222  http://www.evergreen.ca

7pm open bar; performance starts at 8pm

West Vancouver Community Foundation presents

                Kay Meek Centre.  Tickets $50 - Net proceeds support the WVCF.

please visit www.westvanfoundation.com or call 604-925-8153 weekdays between 9:00 and 1:00

       Join Biologist/Geologist David Cook for a walk along the trails of Lighthouse Park to see some of the highlights of this old growth forest in its rugged setting of granite bluffs.

        Meet at 2:30pm in the interpretive centre in the Phyl Munday Hut located near the entrance to the lighthouse. This is the fifth of a series of interpretive walks given by David on the third Sunday of every second month for the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society.

       There is no cost for this event nor is membership required. If, however, you find this type of event or the work of the Society interesting, your support by becoming a member of the Society or making a donation would of course be appreciated.  For further information call David at (604)924-0147 or email cookeco2@yahoo.com

Because October 16th will be the first day of World Rainforest Week, the theme of the walk will be Rainforest Ecology of the Pacific Northwest.

     In appreciation of our approximately 300 members and the 3738 licensed businesses in our community, the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce is recognizing Small Business all month long in October.

     The Chamber will also host a special seminar, "An Introduction to Succession Planning" on October 18 that addresses another major issue facing business owners in the immediate future - how to exit one's business. Experts in the field of law, accounting, banking and marketing will help demystify the process of Succession Planning.

For more information, or to sign-up for these October events visit www.westvanchamber.com and click on Events, or call the Chamber at 926 6614

 >>>>>>>  CCL MTG NOTES Oct 3rd Mtg  <<<<<<<

Before going to agenda, the Mayor announced Small Business Week, Oct 17 to 21st, small businesses make up 98% of all businesses in BC and almost 84% are microbusinesses with fewer than five employees), with approximately 54% of the workforce.  They are recognized and vital to our economy.  The BC Chamber of Commerce has declared Small Business Week.  WV Chamber of Commerce is going one step further by declaring October, Small Business Month.

Breakfast Oct 12th,  see www.westvanchamber.com for more information

AGENDA

4.         REPORTS

7:10

- Update be received for information.

KP: dedicated in 1994

Mayor: possibility of putting up map?

KP: site was considered for a golf course and through referendum determined not be the site

see triangle: the area below is the proposed mountain bike park

have developed terms of reference, found consultants

G-J: wrt Terms of Ref, important to put a strategy for protection up front; it's within body of report

pointed out in report but title doesn't reflect it

are we allowing enough time for the strategy for protection? go through adequately?

rather than rush it through b/c of interest in the mtn bike park

KP: consultants feel they can do it; if more time needed from a number of issues at the open house, can be flexible

two purposes: Mgmt Plan, always contemplated from 1990s, plus an Old Growth Park

G-J:  don't want it to drag on, no, but it's been a decade and a half so let's do it properly

JF: also concerned, date, thought turn around quick; wch staff?

KP: coordinated by Corinne Ambor, she and Parks Mgr will be closely involved

VD: interesting; the old adage, build it and they will come, well you made it into a park and nobody came

report says public stayed away -- that's good

once dedication assured, public stayed away and in fairly pristine condition as a result

more you turn spotlight on more turning up and may not be good

to some degree, keep it in shadows

KP: that's a dilemma we've thought about

the mtn bike park area is already very actively used but for some reason they haven't gone in the  old growth part

concern of staff now is that we will be bringing ppl there b/c already being used; will work for parking and access

this way shd find way to protect it

RD: the original plan was that the golf course wasn't going to go on the old-growth park but alongside it

fear was clearing for golf course, create a blowdown area

you know golf failed by referendum

ppl wd come up but cdn't find trees

trails don't lead there; they'd come and look at second growth, and say what's all this about big trees

hikers knew

you have to go in; if trail had been built, wd have gone in

ppl who know, like Katharine Steig, go

expensive, wd have to put in bridges, walkways

understand you're saying protect the area, not develop it and that's the key

open up to masses is not in the books

idea is to control access both from bike park and from public

KP: don't want to presuppose access and boardwalks; may just be boundary

other places have used boardwalks above the ground -- that wd be a way for access

again, I don't want to presuppose

boardwalks above ground so not affect roots

JC: are we going to build boardwalks above the ground?

a garage or a toolshed as bad?

SJN: in terms of the land use issue, the OCP provides for recreational uses above 1200ft

includes trail systems, potentially bike park

obviously on M land so can only be used with M approval

use for recreation contemplated

JC: you're off the hook!

KP: we know that this is a v delicate issue

still quite pristine, v v few ppl make their way through there and yet wdn't take much to damage it and that's what advocates are afraid of

7:18

- Report from the Community Planner

 dated September 20, 2005 on the 2005 North Shore Heritage Weekend be received.

SJN:  report on activities that took place

7:20

RECOMMENDED: THAT

1.         The recommendations contained in the report from the 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Committee dated September 26, 2005 regarding changes to the organizational and committee structure and resources be endorsed;

2.         The 2010 Implementation Select Committee provide Council with their recommendations for community appointees to the Committee and work with staff to identify and allocate the necessary resources to support the Committee; and

3.         The community, stakeholders and appropriate interest groups be advised of the changes being implemented as per the 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Committee recommendations.

cmte named in 2004 -- involved as wide an area of the cmnty as imagined, Sq Nation, Seniors [etc]...

how to maximize the benefits for WV

cmte consensus for theme after a year and a half: "discover WV, be our guest"

May 2005 Ccl endorsed this; cmte's term ended in June 2005

myriad suggestions

[VD moved above recommended motion]

G-J: other thing to note is that leadership is going to be required to connect with strategic partners

talking with NV, good mtg with Minister

main thing to understand about 2010 is it's an opportunity to create their own opportunities

look forward to supporting initiative of members of the cmnty

JF: commend cmte for report

as chair of implementation cmte of the Arts and Culture Strategy Cmte, work with heritage and other cmtes; shared interests; rebuilding Hollyburn Lodge is one of the strategies, came from heritage part

opportunities to combine forces

see if we can leverage some of the grant money

7:28

[made motion]

VD: as a board mbr of MFA; guess tends to go the wrong way

know someone who locked in at 11 and three quarters % just 13 years ago when rates went down

Mayor: no names

VD: and been burning ever since

don't think anybody thought we'd get to 4.2 or 4.7%

chance of falling slim, better chance of going up, fair good bet; good to lock in for 20 years

one more thing MFA has achieved for municipalities

7:32

BYLAW

5.         BYLAW for Adoption

RL: fairly straightforward; allowed one week comment; only one comment

supportive of amendment

G-J: thank you

6.         REPORTS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS

JF: UBCM convention at downtown convention ctr

new chair Marvin Hunt, also chair of GVRD; from Surrey

address by PM of country, $638m to enhance trade with Asian countries

speech from Premier, spot usurped only for first time by PM; pleased to take advantage of $638

in fact willing to come back next week and speak to empty room as long as get money, only too pleased

addresses; variety of reception by ministers

some welcoming, some listened carefully to concerns we expressed, and one ate an apple???

don't know if indication as to how we might progress

fair difference in reception in their interest and politeness in responding

G-J: Task Force report on Substance Abuse; report, standing room crowd

K Whittred noted said if slotted in, wd involve [several, listed] ministries, shows how complex

shows how many sectors on NSh come together to address this

challenged us to work with Solicitor and Attorney Gen wrt developing Cmnty Courts

to try to support addicts within cmnty rather than going to jail, meaningless and has no effect

Congratulations to Grant Churchill to his retirement, outstanding service

38 and a half years, second longest service in BC today

RD:  Fri evening celebrate expansion of the Library, new mtg rooms

well-designed expansion, brings in newer part built in 1990s

areas more comfortable and more services

then to Ferry Bldg, Friends had auction, jewellery, various items, made about $40K

Sat to private retirement party for Chief Churchill; 38 years, native Vancouverite, whole life in service of WV, Chief in 1997

well-attended, 200 ppl plus, reps from Police Depts from all over Lower Mainland

speeches surprisingly witty, didn't think police officers cd be so funny, but they were, were witty

amusing, quite literate; impressed with atmosphere and tone, sense of respect, Grant Churchill earned over the years

VD: semi-annual mtg for the MFA, approved the bond issue WV's was part of

listened to interesting economist re interest interest rates, work, gold and copper prices, etc

one thing surprising, lumber prices, thought won't go up or down

even with Katrina and boom in US industry

US is now cutting more, more being produced in US so demand for lumber has gone up but price has stayed the same, don't think it will go up

surprising, wd think wd go up; certainly price of oil has gone up

twice a year, all the directors from all over BC come together

JC: monthly mtg of cmte on disability issues; my last after six years on this cmte

even after all this time, leaves me in respect and awe -- cclrs have disability in one way or another

Mayor: you're not going to be specific --

JC: amazing the trouble they go to for like ppl in their realm; the effort just to get to and from a mtg

rather an emotional few minutes when realized I wasn't going to be back

this morning talking to a retired firefighter about a storage unit they'd built behind Hall 4 at Crosscreek to store artifacts

had in mind garden shed

out of curiosity went up this morning to ask if I cd see it

they said, yeah, sure, out back

walked out, and asked, where is it?

up there

about a 40ft bank up there; climbed up

Honest to God there's a bldg, must be about 700sf, on a 6inch concrete pad, almost a work of art

these guys have done the work, apart from excavation -- if you haven't been up there you have to go -- paid for it themselves and all on their own time, and on their own money

magnificent undertaking; deserve all the credit in the world -- it's terrific

Mayor: arrange tours; they don't call it a shed

JC: but that's what they called it; I'd move in

7:46

7.         OTHER ITEMS [7.1 Correspondence: listed in last issue, received for info only]

            Correspondence from N. Stibbard, CEO, Capilano Group of Companies; Chair, North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee, September 09, 2005, regarding North Shore Tourism Initiative:  A 2020 Vision with a 2010 Focus

            Designated Presenter:  Director of Administrative Services

RECOMMENDED:

THAT the correspondence from N. Stibbard, CEO, Capilano Group of Companies; Chair, North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee, September 09, 2005, requesting:

(a)       support for designating the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee as the agent to implement the North Shore Tourism Initiative:  A 2020 Vision with a 2010 Focus; and

(b)       funding for the North Shore Tourism Initiative:  A 2020 Vision with a 2010 Focus

be referred for consideration in West Vancouver's 2006 Budget process.

RB, DoAS gave background.

G-J: when will we have our visitor strategy come to Ccl

MMgr: Oct 17

7:48

8.         PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

Sean Allen: 2202 Marine Dr

on this last issue, wanted you to know done without any consultation whatsoever with WVCh of Commerce wch is very interested in this

and WV Ch of Commerce vitally interested in this issue, tourism, visitor strategy, in the 2010 Olympics

at one time we were on the cmte, ended when requested funding and we were waiting for the visitor strategy to be able to tell us that so that we cd continue with this

as far as this cmte taking a leadership role in activities that will involve our venue, we find it "interesting".

9.         ADJOURNMENT

>>>  HAIKU  (HNA, Part Three)  <<<<<<<  [Poems copyright George Swede]

A senryu first:   windowless office

As you see, senryu have a human (and often humorous) element.  George Swede has some connections with West Vancouver; born in Riga (Latvia), BA from UBC, MA from Dalhousie, much much published eminent Canadian poet, haiku, senryu, and more.  In 1977, together with Eric Amann and Betty Drevniok, he co-founded Haiku Canada.  His well-attended talk during the Haiku North America conference in historic Port Townsend (WA) the last weekend of September was pretty well not just his path in haiku but the history of haiku in Canada.

            what ebb tide left           in this tiny shell           still holds the sky

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.

                -- Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly.

                -- Charles Reznikoff, poet (1894-1976)

  The girl said "No."

  And the guy lived happily ever after and went golfing a  lot.