===  Saturday, April 15th ~ Dundarave Merchants' Easter Egg Hunt ~

~ 3:45pm ~ YAC

~ 7pm ~ CSAC

Paintings in acrylic on birch ply by BARRY COGSWELL

Special Artist's Lecture  BARRY COGSWELL  Tuesday  April 25, 7pm   FREE

~ 5:30pm ~ resurrection of FAC?

~ 7pm: Library Bd in Library; Bd of Variance in Ccl Chambers

~ N Sh Family Court & Youth Justice Cmte at CNV Municipal Hall

~ Clovelly-Caulfeild Nbrhd Plan Open House at Caulfeild Elementary School (till 8pm)

If there are children in your household who would enjoy participating in this program, make sure to set the morning of April 22 aside for a visit to the library and Memorial Park. In past years hundreds of children have helped to release salmon fry in McDonald Creek with the hope that they will return as adult salmon in the years to come.  We hope to see you.

THE LAND CONSERVANCY staff will be celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 22, 11am-3pm at Bear Creek Park (88th Ave & King George Hwy) in Surrey. As part of the Surrey Park's Environmental Extravaganza, TLC will have an information booth and be making animal badges for kids. If you have any questions about TLC, please stop by and talk with Rich Kenny.

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PRESS RELEASE:

DANIEL J. IZZARD SFCA,  CIPA RECEIVED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY THE FEDERATION OF CANADIAN  ARTISTS

Pilar Izzard, Manager 604-922-3474 e-mail izzardstudio@shaw.ca

     On Sunday March 26, 2006 Daniel J. Izz=E1rd, a senior lettered member since 1974 was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Federation of Canadian Artists in Vancouver, BC. "in recognition for his long and illustrious career, his work in support of non-profit institutions and his leadership in forming the Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists".

     Izz=E1rd has had over 50 "one-man" exhibitions and has an impressive list of public, private and corporate collections all over the world.  [He was born] in England in 1923.

     [Izzard is a self-taught artist, an] impressionist in oils.  He works boldly, loosely, and generously with both paint and feeling. But now, as he said, "In my old age I am painting much [more slowly] and producing more careful renditions," as an example, his famous Ballerinas series. He has been called the last of the true impressionists.

     This widely-travelled W.W II ex-Royal Navy veteran finds inspiration everywhere, but nowhere more happily than in the beauty of British Columbia. He has made West Vancouver home for the last 41 years.  In 1987 the Mayor and Council recognized him with a 75th Anniversary award as one its outstanding achievers in the past 75 years.

     The Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) was established in 1941 as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and professional development of artists, raising the artists' standards by stimulating participants to greater heights of achievement. FCA opened the first completely artist-sponsored gallery-workshop-studio in Canada, which is now recognized and respected from Coast to Coast.

Please visit: www.danielizzard.com

Best regards,  Peter Langer, Associated Media Group

The Mayor called the meeting to order and said: before agenda, a couple of announcements.

On a happy note, congratulations to Cclr Ferguson who became a grandmother on the weekend, her first grandchild.

[applause]

Carter William is doing well, or Carter William Elliott, not sure how many names

(JF's comment was not intelligible, something about last name.)

Secondly, I'd like to pay respects on behalf of the cmnty and Ccl and to our friend and nbr, Don Mann, who passed away March 20th.

He was a long time resident of WV, and a strong, steady, and sincere advocate of the natural heritage and natural setting of Lower Caulfeild, very well known to our Parks staff.

Service was held on Saturday at St Francis in the Woods, to an absolutely packed church

certainly missed by friends and nbrs; left a legacy of high regard, and how much work it is wrt importance of WV's heritage and natural setting, and I think we will try to live up to that standard that he set; I'm sorry that he's gone

Presented to Mr Beauchamp for work we've done on bylaw dispute adjudication system

we've pioneered that along with the two NV Ms, so successful, became an example for the entire province.  Since then Chilliwack, Kent, Hope, Bowen Island, and Lions Bay have moved forward with the same approach, and Surrey and Rmd have made applications -- congratulations, Mr Beauchamp

v well done [held up photo; applause]

2.  AGENDA APPROVAL  [Some on-table items added]

3.         ADOPTION OF MINUTES

3.1       Council Meeting Minutes, March 20, 2006 -- To be provided on-table

[no reason given for delay]

4.         DELEGATIONS

WV's newest festival -- rock, classical, etc

I had an idea in the dark days one winter and went to Oksana Dexter [staff], she said let's do it;  involved WV 2010 Olympic Cmte, WV Arts & Culture Cmte, and DWV.  The District came up with some cash, a whole lot of services, and help from staff who were incredible.   Steering cmte got it off and running, some here tonight [listed them and asked them to stand up; to applause].

Got sponsors [listed them].  Launched Feb 12 at Kay Meek Ctr.  [Listed groups who sang/performed.  Other events at Silk Purse, St Stephen's, WV United, etc.]

[continued list of events]

Future:  already been contacted; planning to add A Night at the Opera, It's Only Rock and Roll,  world ethnic folk music; looking for other places/locations.  Looking at expanding, world cultural choral event, looking at 2010.

Here's a sample for you, film clip; presentation for marketing.

[film -- great!  do watch it!  applause!]  Thanks for support, looking forward to more and bigger.

Sop: wonderful event, know Harmony started slow.  How was attendance?

SA: about 3000, and -- unheard of -- we broke even! annual event in February

Sop: and in 2010?

Ans: most of the performance spaces are 3-500, so we'd have two or three going on at the same time

JF: thank all the volunteers

what I attended, joyous; amazed hope bigger every year

5.         REPORTS

[commentary while showing slides]

Mayor: Passion lives here is what Torino said, and it's true

driver didn't meet us so saved the taxpayer $250 and took the train for $11

saw benefits of public transport

Stayed at the Fiat Factory, only five-star hotel

The grocery store at the bottom was called Pam so I got a lot of teasing.

Here's BC Place, spectacular hit, attended by over 100,000 Italians

log house out of a fairy tale but they'd never seen one

became a home away from home for our athletes

five blocks away -- photo of a great night

up for 36 hours, went straight to women's gold hockey game

Swedes were behind us and we were playing them

When we sang the Cdn anthem, they sang along!  I asked why they knew and they said everyone knows the words to the Canadian national anthem

went up to snowboarding

tried to take a picture of a tunnel, there are about seven on the way

overlay is three times larger, temporary for games, snowboarding

An event was 45 min and it took an hour and a half to get there, wait for finals

saw opportunity for Cypress, to have entertainment while they wait.

tix for anything, get them for speedskating

Chinese got the bronze but due to a technicality given to Italians, brought house down!

Media Ctr; Vancouver was on everybody's mind; NBC said Seattle NBC, runup starts now

A Walking Tour: photo of one of the five types of police forces

local knowledge was key -- stop and ask anyone for help

museum biggest for Egyptian things outside of Egypt

Torino's been lighting up the castles, streets; had lines of poetry in the trees

Sponsorships -- Coke, controversial: "If life was [sic] an Olympic event, wd you win a metal?" (medal?)

cars parked everywhere; two big nights of festivals

Sam Sullivan's reception, Premier's, Richmond's

message from Mayor of Torino was to make sure lines of communication strong with VANOC.

Gov General there

Closing ceremonies [photos]

First Nations represented; two there were at the Swearing-In for our Police Chief

went to a concert in a local church; local churches, mosques, etc have music, natural fit

Sop: issue of transportation and gaps of what ppl will do

Will VANOC or Cypress entertain WinterSong on site?

Mayor: some call this inside and outside the tent; tightly controlled largely due to sponsorship and security issues

want to showcase our local talent and cmnty sport

Sop: security strict?

Mayor: they call it mag and bag, same as airport

Sop: who'll supply the nec security, road up and down

CAO: events done by VANOC; well in advance of events monitor Cypress Rd

RCMP in charge of security for Olympics

will be contracts for local security; police forces and crowd and traffic control

MS: can you comment whether those closing ceremonies looked as dreadful as they came across on TV

Mayor: expected more of Vancouver and BC; but we weren't involved in that at all

Furlong said this is Torino, we've got a long way to go

CAO: one long confusing spectacle; delightful to look at but difficult to understand.

Mayor: Cclr VV

[who read motion]

Mayor: thank you Cclr Ferguson

            RECOMMENDED:  THAT

            1.         The report dated March 13, 2006 from the Transit Manager re 2006 Annual Operating Agreement for the West Vancouver Conventional Transit Services be received;

EB, Dir/Engg: roughly same each year

2.1% increase

crowding

Sop: has TransLink given any consideration to minibuses?  we'll be carriers before and after 2010; opp to exploring opportunities

EB: ongoing conversations through our transit mgrs

have always promoted community shuttles

one between HBay and Lions' Bay implemented

Transportation Plan in 2007, will look at that.

5.3       Development Project Status (File:  1008?01)

            RECOMMENDED:  THAT the report dated March 20, 2006 from the Manager of Community Planning regarding Development Project Status be received for information.

Mayor: new addition to our Ccl agenda

will have an ongoing account of what DPs Planning considering

SJN: also will be on website

only significant projects; can be at any stage so wd probably be updated at least once a month

requires multiple staff to update

made a note that we highlight anything that's new

JF: really a wonderful document

did occur to me, if there were projects that had not yet been before Ccl but date set to come to Ccl, perhaps put that date up?

SJN: they come to Ccl for various reasons

contacted by BPP who were v disappointed that their Rodgers West devt was not on list

sometimes not just residents want it on list

JF: even if date not set, maybe have some indication when it might be

public may watch and stay tuned

SJN: stage just receiving information, anticipating ppl coming?

JF: time

SJN: yes

Sop: see there are some dates in this

the actual day it shows up at Hall, starts for us and public

helpful to have this information

if homes meet bylaws we won't see it, yet we might get a call asking about it

good piece

JC: think this is terrific to have

presume the numbers besides the names are street numbers?

Argyle first one?

Ans: yes

CAO: wrt Cclr Sop's query, often an applicant hasn't met all the criteria so we have nothing formal

these are the ones we have

sometimes it takes six months to work out the bugs (of a devt)

Mayor: an effort to streamline

RD: we used to do it in past, somehow it lapsed, coming back to it now

good to keep track, good on Web so ppl can keep track of what's going on

Mayor: still working on this [how to handle/proceed]

[simply pass or] separate items anyone wants to discuss; let us know and we'll pull it out

Sop: quite an array of items, uh Correspondence

Mayor: that's separate

MClk: no it's not, it's in the Consent Agenda

Sop: take out  6.2.7

MS: take out 6.1.4

Mayor: budget; that's a good idea

Pass the rest with the exception of those

6.1       REPORTS FOR CONSENT AGENDA

6.1.1   Development Permit 05-024 - 6619 Nelson Avenue Duplex

            RECOMMENDED: THAT The Municipal Clerk give notice that the Development Permit Application No. 05-024, 6619 Nelson Avenue, which would provide for a new duplex with variances to siting, will be considered at a meeting of Council on Monday, April 24, 2006.

6.1.2   Appointment of Council Representatives to Advisory Committees

            RECOMMENDED: THAT the following appointments of Council representatives and alternates to advisory committees be approved:

=B7         Councillor Day / Councillor Ferguson (alternate)

=B7         Councillor Vaughan /  Councillor Clark (alternate)

=B7         Councillor Vaughan / Councillor Day (alternate)

=B7         Councillor Smith / Councillor Vaughan (alternate)

=B7         Councillor Day / Councillor Vaughan (alternate)

=B7         Councillor Clark / Councillor Smith (alternate)

=B7         Councillor Soprovich / Councillor Day (alternate).

            RECOMMENDED:  THAT the appointments of Councillors Day and Ferguson to the Council Review Committee for Advisory Committee Appointments be approved.

            RECOMMENDED: THAT the recommendation regarding the Budget 2006 Presentation passed by Council at its March 27, 2006 Committee of the Whole Meeting be approved, namely:

            1.         Council receive the staff presentation of the proposed draft budget for 2006;

            2.         Copies of the draft budget documentation be made available to residents on the District web site and at Finance counters in the Municipal Hall;

MS: re budget 6.1.4; understand mtg tomorrow with public, mtg Apr 10

ask MMgr how massage process

Mayor: you're saying Ccl has the opp to say what we want to see in the budget

always happens with new budget

CAO: often happens

MS: Ccl Vaughan and I are new to the process

we didn't have to put a referendum for the budget as others did

we have three, NV has nine -- we're way ahead of the game

water, sewer, will know when Eagle Lake gets going

... my only concern is whether it will be year after year

income...

CAOs across NShore, looking where to cut: getting a solicitor for NSh

in order to provide for that we feel we need the balance of 2006 for 2007 budget

CAO:  motion on Consent confirming it but separated need separate motion

[RD did so; "affirmed"]

CAO: rather than have Ccl re-affirm, we'll try to make sure at the end of the Cmte of the Whole mtg go into Ccl and 'affirm' at the same time so not have to repeat it at another mtg.

6.1.5   Cancellation of May 01, 2006 Committee of the Whole Meeting (File:  0120 01)

            RECOMMENDED:  THAT the May 01, 2006 Committee of the Whole Meeting be cancelled, [owing] to the annual Youth Council Meeting scheduled for May 1, 2006.

                 Referred to Director of Planning, Lands & Permits for consideration and response.

Sop: letter from resident at 1140 Mathers about a lot owned by prov govt; he's here tonight

Cclr Day and I went to see it this afternoon; has a trail up to the hwy

has a for sale sign so end of that

the trees on the south side of Mathers are a buffer so concerned about those staying

what about if we purchase it as a park?

Sop: is this a fait accompli?

KPike: don't know any more

Sop: Mr Fassler's here, wants to speak?

Mayor: wd let him at PQP

Sop: we own a tunnel there, to the right a bldg housing hydro

SJN: believe we own some of the road allowance

abuts, not quite sure of location of bldg

Sop: hope for a report about the trail; a sizable number of ppl concerned about this

sale of one lot not imp if they can give away a water lot

Sop: second point.  Are the trees south of Mathers on lot?

cd be windowed, topped, shorted, cut down

understand we have a bylaw preventing topping

ppl buying recognize no view now

JC: time? cd be transferring it tomorrow

SJN: no idea; been on market for a month

JC: dilly dally

SJN: we never dilly dally, nor do we xxx? trees

VV: prov owns this land and wishes to sell it

in residential area, can build a house

VV: if we purchase, not residential

7.         REPORTS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS

JC: over past weeks, seen articles re licence to occupy re shooters

I attended a mtg on your behalf

won't comment one way or another on validity or reasoning behind termination of their licence

asked indiv if they carried insurance

he said he thought they did

asked if he carried third party coverage insurance at GVRD

he wasn't sure

asked GVRD div mgr and she cdn't answer about anyone carrying out activities on GVRD land

Mr Carline cdn't either!

found it rather unusual, for something that far-reaching and costly

in our org, that question wd be answered instantaneously

as a mbr of the GVRD Fin Cmte will bring that matter to their attention

Mayor: Pacific Shooters' Assn was topic last week

Carline was water commissioner, closed down during construction

that decision stands but Bd directed him to try to open the range, lower reserve find another location or some accommodation

8.         PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

Mayor: Mr Fassler is first on the list  [11th & Mathers]

Mr F: the 29 ppl who signed the petition seriously concerned, another 17 sigs

we've lived in that nbrhd for 36 years, my address on agenda not quite right

prop in that area had been expropriated by prov

[held up drawing]

nbrhd depends on that trail, down to 11th to bus stop; the major concern -- that route is totally cut off

pushes the path into trees that help screen the hwy and so steep into bank

ppl are pushing baby strollers, walking dogs, really important connection to nbrhd

ev was absolutely surprised no public discussion, no mtg

for 35 years been in that nbrhd; makes walking nicer

amazing going around how many were fired up about this issue

after 35 years!  such marginal properties, perhaps we shd have done something

over this time you've spent time, gone in cleaned it up, put boulders in; acknowledged as a staff

first of all ppl are saying can't we stop the sale

seems unfair

if it really is sold, can we not keep the path, reduce the lot size to let the path stay

greenery, we know trees don't buffer sound

devpr puts pressure for views

also trees, buffer along the hwy -- there's a way trees have accidents during construction

exactly the issue that reduces quality of life

use your imagination

ppl said where can I sign; ppl put notices up

if we don't put pressure....

Ans:  polite but said someone was concerned about money

CAO: will bring it to attention to prov and see if that's successful

Sop: that's solid, that's going to happen?

Mayor: next, George Noble

GN: 4265 Gulf Place

this is a request wrt a Bd of Variance

[passed out info/drawings]

The variances are very large, exceedingly large

the Board's awarding

look at diagram D; this is the wall we are facing

this whole lot put in shadow -- wdn't mind if just house but whole length of lot

see effect re sunlight on our lot

can there be a hold put on it, on the Devt Permit

Mayor: this is major variance not minor is one of your points, outside of purview, sunlight

RD: item 2.2 enjoyment of adjacent land -- BoV can't make decision affecting

MMgr may correct me if wrong

I wanted to see, we were there today, that high, that long, absolute injustice

GN: when wd we know?

GN: wd that mean holding the DP

CAO: a legal matter; don't know, will ask tomorrow morning

Dina Zeitler: Prez of Amb Biz Assn

we have submitted a letter of what we wd like to see done this summer

before budget closed off, when can we discuss, when will we know it will be done

CAO: staff is just in process of getting costs wrt the request

if ABA wanted to press for those costs to be included in budget, get in touch week of Apr 10 to find out when mtg for public to tell Ccl what they want included in budget

DZ: thought lamp posts hv bn passed -- when?

CAO: have been included in 2006 budget and when that's passed in May, will see/know

Is it appropriate to speak now? [re lot at 11th & Mathers]

O Newton [sp?}: 1117 three houses from west end of trail, lived there for 36 years

bus stop as Mr Fassler has said, used by seniors, students, ESL students

mailbox for ppl who don't want to walk far

families with young chn and will be using that trail to go to Ridgeview School so just one crosswalk

dog walkers, cyclists, families who take toddlers

terrible loss to nbrhd

RD: Cclr Sop and I went up there

used to be when govt owned land thought wd be kept public but govt today doesn't take that position

sell, make a profit, find that an unfortunate position

can't do much to stop that, but will try

told them they made a mistake re BC Ferries re toll booths but they did it and it was a mistake

same with Sea to Sky

Nepal Cr needs that -- very long cul de sac

we sympathize, will do best we can to save trail

take it back to MLA Sultan, try to persuade him

Bob Clark: Rockridge, Chair of SAC Adv Bd

in view of your recent deliberation re social funding and budget, thought it wd be good to talk to you about the Srs' Ctr

fully appreciate funding we get; generate revenue equal to about 70% ; other ctrs are about 30% of cost and it's b/c of the huge effort of our volunteers

our flea market will be this Sat from 9 to 2

main fundraising, one of reasons -- come to arena between 9 and 4, amount of stuff unbelievable

encourage you to come to flea market from 9 to 2, you might find that treasure you've been looking for

Sop: if we came in early cd we?

Ans: we might let you come in and browse

have a membership

Ans: looking around the flea market today, we cd have used a few more

Linda Darling (sp?): 5280 Gulf Place upland of Mr and Mrs Noble's prop

support what he said

lived there for 28 years

RD: b/c there are legal implications I can't comment; was out at the Noble property

can't say more

wd like to ask Ms Scholes [about mtg]

RD: did you take them?

SSch: I had a recording secretary

RD: using a computer to take notes

not everything?

SSch: not verbatim

Mayor: anything further this evening?

CR (Yours Truly) who was not going to speak but that item brought up something from the past that was relevant:

Good evening.  Carolanne Reynolds, editor of West Van Matters, former cclr, and have bn involved in many adv cmte mtgs

fyi, I wd just like you to know in the past, secretaries who were taking minutes of adv cmte mtgs always had a tape recorder there.  The reason it was there, is that if at the next mtg someone challenged the minutes -- although the minutes that are produced for the cmte are of necessity of course a summary or just the motions -- if there was any discussion, then at least they cd play the tape to satisfy themselves what was actually said.  They needn't be kept, they usually, uh, once the minutes were passed, then that was they end, and they cd reuse them -- but I thought it wd be interesting for you to note that recording devices were allowed, they were used in a practical manner.  They cd hv bn used for this, and I wd urge Your Worship and Ccl to permit audio recording once again at those mtgs, precisely to avoid any dispute over minutes [such as this].  Thank you.

Dina Zeitler: just a quick reminder for AGM for Coho Festival is on 12th Wednesday; hope you've received invitations; wd like to see you there, Mayor, Cclrs, and staff

Mayor: thank you we have.

9.         ADJOURNMENT   8:48

6.         PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS    /  7.         ADJOURNMENT

The last issue (7) had this:

DATE NOTATION -- btw, if you use the American date notation:

On Wednesday of next (this) week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.  That won't ever happen again!

FYI, do please however use the international form (as our banks and govt do) wch is year, month, day -- less confusion and used virtually everywhere except the US!  Some do write day/month/year (logical to go from big to small or vv) so wait for 01:02:03 04/05/06 (as May 4th).

It was the first day of school and a new student named Pedro Martinez, the son of a Mexican restaurateur, entered the fourth grade.

The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history.

"Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death?' " She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Pedro, who had his hand up.

"Patrick Henry, 1775."

"Very good!" apprised the teacher. "Now, who said, "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth?"

Again, no response except from Pedro: "Abraham Lincoln, 1863."

The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed!  Pedro, who is new to our country, knows more about its history than you do!"

She heard a loud whisper: "Screw the Mexicans!" "Who said that?" she demanded.

Pedro put his hand up. "Jim Bowie, 1836."

At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke." The teacher glared and asked, "All right! Now, who said that?"

Again, Pedro answered, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991."

Now furious, another student yelled, "Oh yeah? Suck this!"

Pedro jumped out of his chair waving his hand and shouting to the teacher, "Bill Clinton to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"

Now, with almost a mob hysteria, teacher said, "You little sh*t. If you say anything else, I'll kill you!"

Pedro frantically yelled at the top of his voice, "Gary Condit to Chandra Levy, 2001."

The teacher fainted, and as the class gathered around her on the floor, someone said, "Oh sh*t, we're in BIG trouble now!"

Pedro whispered, "Saddam Hussein, 2003."

Finally someone throws an eraser at Pedro, someone shouted "Duck"! Teacher, just waking, asked "Who said that?

Pedro blurts,  "Dick Cheney, 2006!"

The satiated man and the hungry one do not see the same thing when they look upon a loaf of bread.

                -- Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273)

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