West Van Matters - WVM2007-26: AGENDA Sept 10; Calendar to Sept 21st

Hope you enjoyed your summer -- and let's hope it lasts........ Coho Festival then Indian summer please?

= MAIN ITEMS Ccl mtg Sept 10: Volunteers for Seniors; DVPs for 4949 Rockbank and 4343 Erwin; Dogs on leash HBay; WV Yacht Club Wharf; ED Presentation Ctr; Rezoning/Devt Permit 445 - 13th; increase in rock-breaking 4064 MDr; Correspondence (HOG, Amb Beach, Hollyburn Mtn cabins, 2142 Argyle yet again, Dund Nbrhd Assn re large houses changing nbrhd character, Preservation of Ambleside Waterfront, Eagle Hbr Rd)

= PASSINGS: Diana; Pavarotti; Rupert Harrison; WEBWATCH; UPDATES (Chief; Hugo Ray Pk); Calendar to Sept 21st (including Heritage Weekend Events in WV)

= Ccl Mtg Agenda Sept 10

= List of West Van Matters so far in 2007 (1-25*) QUIZ (Test your knowledge! There's a prize!)

PASSINGS.............

.......... DIANA and LIFE .............. 31 August 1997, 2002, 2007

And so it's ten years since Diana's death. Don't we all know where we were when it happened.......

Watched the service, Remembering Diana, live on TV. We were in London on the fifth anniversary and went past Kensington Palace where there were some flowers. More eerie for me, however, was that day ten years ago.

Remembering that Saturday still brings chills.

Seldom do I dream but I had that night and in the morning I told my husband about the strange dream I'd had.

Over brunch, I mentioned that I'd dreamed Diana had died. Really bizarre. Not that she'd been killed, just that she had somehow died. Comment was made that that would indeed solve some controversial predicaments. Prince Charles wanting to marry Camilla. Diana's rather questionable series of lovers affecting how she and the monarchy wd be viewed. Those thoughts were dismissed and the afternoon enjoyed.

You can imagine then at around 6pm when there was a brief news report that Princess Diana had been in a car accident in Paris, it was a surprise. As the news relayed her worsening condition, sadness mingled with eerie shock.

Sends shivers still.

We watched the moving, unforgettable funeral live on TV, we bought the CD, we went to the memorial service in Christ Church Cathedral here, we drove past Kensington Palace in London on the fifth anniversary of her death, and all of this not b/c I was at all devoted to Diana.

It was that dream that unnerved me. Diana, Princess of Wales, is a tragic figure but brought a warm (though herself troubled wch is perhaps why she had such empathy) spark to the lives of many. She brought humanity to the monarchy and showed us unhappiness and death can come to anyone at any time.

Life, so precious and so tenuous.

.......... PAVAROTTI and VOICE

2007 Sept 5, his voice is now in the clouds after 71 years of singing here below.

We saw him at the premiere of "Yes, Giorgio" at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, DC. He strode in; swished past; bursting with life, such presence. We were at the opening reception and also exchanged pleasantries with Donald Sutherland.

.......... Rupert Harrison and West Vancouver

An icon. Served DWV for 60 years. He was a Municipal Clerk in the early days, and then Archivist, very much an integral part of WV history -- from the 1930s.. Left us Aug 9, just before his 93rd birthday and his 68th wedding anniversary. Already missed.......

*** The world clock: http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

*** In pictures: Big beards and mighty moustaches

Moustaches and beards of all shapes and sizes are on display as a world championship comes to Brighton.

< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/in_pictures/6974110.stm >

=83 New Police Chief Swearing-in Ceremony 11am September 12th at Kay Meek Ctr

At the ceremony, Chief Constable Kashmir (Kash) Heed will be introduced by Police Board Chair, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, on behalf of the community.

=83 Hugo Ray Park Expansion/Upgrade

Council listened to the nbrs wrt the Collingwood/Wentworth expansion, will they listen to the residents near Hugo Ray Park? They're waiting for some answers and for this to come back to Ccl -- see www.westvancouver.com/hugoray/ for the background and the views/vote of Ccl. Although it says the sponsorship/partnership policy has not been passed, in fact it was in July. No doubt we'll be hearing from the cricketers, field hockey and soccer players, and nearby nbrs.

= Cricket club, the original users of the field some 35 years ago, in an unanimous vote on Aug 30, have decided to pull their entire support for the project, press release pending, they are now joining the neighbours to save the natural grass fields

= Mayor's letter to province was written on July 30, one week after council's last summer meeting, and mentions archery and disc sport partners who have never been identified

= NS News article (Sep 2 - page 47) states that the club has raised half of the $7 million but the province has not yet awarded the $2 million grant [need info from clubs re this]

= Deadline for MRIF grant was Jan 30, 2007, field hockey club came for approval from council on Feb 12, 2007

= Resident area group has now retained legal counsel in this matter and is awaiting a reply from the district to a legal letter penned two weeks ago, in terms of project status and details

* Hope to have update from Ccl and other sports groups in next issue.

=83 Hebron Update 25 - 31 August 2007 is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cpthebron/message/985

=== CALENDAR to Sept 21st === [M Hall unless otherwise noted; ongoing at end]

REMEMBER the Farmers' Markets:

Saturdays: Dundarave 10am - 4pm; Sundays: Ambleside (14th/Bellevue) 11am - 3pm

== Thurs Sept 6th

~ 4:30pm ~ Design Review Cmte Mtg

~ 5:30pm ~ Rodgers Crk WG -- CANCELLED

== Sun Sept 10th

~ 9am - 1pm ~ BC SPCA Walkathon (at WV SPCA), Paws for a Cause

~ 9am - 6pm ~ Coho Festival (Ambleside Park) -- Coho Run/Walk; displays, barbecue -- ENJOY!

== Tues Sept 11th

~ 1pm ~ Cmnty Engagement Cmte

~ 7pm ~ Cmnty Grants/Social Services Review WG

== Wed Sept 12th

~ 11am ~ Swearing-In of new Police Chief at KMC

== Thurs Sept 13th

~ 5pm ~ Heritage Strategic Plan Implementation WG

~ 5:30pm ~ Rodgers Crk WG -- CANCELLED

== Fri Sept 14th to Sun Sept 16th = HERITAGE WEEKEND (activities/locations below) ==

== Sat Sept 15th

~ 9am - noon ~ N Sh Stroke Recovery Ctr "Stride for Strokes" (John Lawson Park)

== Sun Sept 16th

~ 9am - 1pm ~ Terry Fox Run (Ambleside Park): Run, walk, wheel the seawall

Registration 8am; info 1 888 836 9786; visit www.terryfoxrun.org

~ 11am - 4pm ~ North Shore Gardens Tour -- Info: 984 9730, www.naturalgardenstour.com

== Tues Sept 18th

~ 6:30pm ~ Cmnty Dialogue on Nbrhd Character and Housing

== Wed Sept 19th

~ 10am ~ Cmnty Engagement Cmte

~ 7pm ~ Library Board at Library

~ 7pm ~ Bd of Variance

== Thurs Sept 20th

~ 5:30pm ~ Police Bd mtg in Ch of Commerce Boardroom

~ 5:30pm ~ Rodgers Crk WG -- TBA

~ 6pm ~ N Sh Family Court & Youth Justice Cmte at CNV M Hall

== Fri Sept 21st

~ 8:45am ~ Arts & Culture Strategy Implementation WG

The Vancouver Aquarium's TD Canada Trust Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup takes place every September across the nation. Clean-up groups are already organized in West Vancouver by concerned citizens, Irwin Park School, BC Ferries, and UBC Aqua Society. They'll be cleaning up a number of our beaches on September 21st and you can pitch in and help out. Visit www.vanaqua.org/cleanup to find out more about clean up initiatives in West Vancouver.

+++ FERRY BUILDING GALLERY

+ "Inside the Circle" from Aug 21 to Sept 9

OPENING NIGHT: Tuesday Aug 21 from 6 to 8pm / Artist in Attendance Aug 25 from 2 to 3pm

+ MAKING AN IMPRESSION: PRINTMAKING -- September 11-29

Heather Aston, Marie Price, Rina Pita, William Steinberg, Ingunn Kemble, Marja-Leena Rathje, Patricia Baldwin, Valerie Metz, Susan Campbell, Arnold Shives, Jane Adams,Peter Kiss, Tanya Gleave, Gillian Armitage, Michiko Suzuki, Wayne Eastcott, Ross Penhall, Gordon Smith

OPENING RECEPTION: 6 - 8pm Tues, Sept 11 ~~~ ARTISTS' TALK: 2 - 3pm Sat, Sept 15

+++ WV MEMORIAL LIBRARY +++

Please join Billy Ellis as he shares his memorable experiences and insights into the people, the flora and fauna of Southern Africa. No registration required. Peters J. Peters Room.

Sept 5 Wednesday, 1:30 - 3pm and Sept 12 Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7:30 - 9pm

* A SPECIAL PRESENTATION:

The Administration of Justice: The War Crimes Trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Charles Taylor.

Join Ian Reid, Case Manager for the UN International Criminal Tribunal for th former Yugoslavia, for the presentation and discussion. No registration required.

Thursday, Sept. 6, 7:30pm, Peter J. Peters Room

* Ulysses Reading Group -- A reading and discussion of James Joyce's book Ulysses.

Tuesdays, Sept 4 & 18, 10:30am - 12:30 pm, Peter J. Peters Room

* FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE

- Mbrs-only SALE 6:30 - 8:30pm Thursday Sept 20th (mbrships $10, av at the door)

- BOOK SALE 10am - 4pm Sat (21st) and Sun (22nd)

*** 2007 North Shore Heritage Weekend ***

North Shore Heritage Weekend is a celebration of heritage from Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay that occurs every September. This year's North Shore Heritage Weekend takes place from September 14th through 16th, at various North Shore venues.

HERITAGE WEEKEND LECTURE and OPENING RECEPTION:

7pm Friday, Sept 14 (free); Hamersley House, 350 East 2nd, NV

Noted heritage expert and author, Warren Sommer; highlights from his book, The Ambitious City.

Warren will reveal how the City of NV, now in its centennial year, has changed in its social makeup, economy, and infrastructure. Pls call 990 4240 to reserve a seat.

See www.dnv.org and www.cnv.org and www.westvancouver.ca/heritage for full information on all events. There are port/harbour tours, trolley bus tours, antique collections, and more!

West Vancouver events include:

> Displays by West Vancouver Heritage Groups

Saturday September 15th, 1 - 4pm; Outside the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave

There will be a number of displays by community groups highlighting West Vancouver's built, natural, and cultural heritage, including a District display on the Community Heritage Register.

> Classic Custom Collectible Car Show

Saturday September 15th, 1 - 4pm; 1400 Block Argyle & Bellevue - across from the Ferry Building Gallery

The District will be hosting a "classic custom collectible car show" highlighting vehicles from 1917 to 2002.

> Steve Elliot's Elvis Elite Musical Performance

Saturday September 15th, 2pm; Outside the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave

Steve Elliot has been a performer since 2000 and has won various Elvis contests throughout Canada and recently won the Grand Canadian Championship of the Pacific Northwest Elvis Festival 2004 in Penticton BC. He travels now full time with his "Elvis Elite" show and his act has taken him throughout Canada and the USA.

> Binning and Billaux, A Place in Art History -- Talk and Guided Tour

Saturday September 15th, West Vancouver Museum & Archives, 680 - 17th Street

1pm Talk and Guided Tour on Binning and local landscape

3:15pm Talk on Jane Billaux

4 - 6pm ~~ Opening reception: The Black Slip: The Paintings of Jane Billaux (to October 27)

West Vancouver is home to numerous artists drawn to its spectacular landscape, forested slopes and proximity to both the mountains and ocean. B.C. Binning, a key figure in the development of modernism on the West Coast of Canada, created numerous lyrical drawings inspired by local landscapes and scenes. Jane Billaux, who moved to Canada from England in the [1930s], painted local people and places over her long career. Join Museum staff and learn how the local landscape inspired these two artists. See an exhibition of Billaux's paintings, followed by a presentation and guided bus tour to visit the places Binning portrayed in his art. For tickets and registration information, please contact the Museum at 925 7295.

> Hollyburn Lodge and Area Open House and Guided Walk

Sunday September 16th, 11am - 2pm

The Hollyburn Heritage Society, Friends of Cypress Provincial Park, and Hollyburn Ridge Association invite the public to an Open House at Hollyburn Lodge to celebrate West Vancouver's mountain Heritage! To join the guided walk, meet in the cross-country parking lot at Cypress Mountain at 11am on Sunday September 16th. Transportation will be available for seniors (departing from the Seniors' Activity Centre at 10:30am) for a fee, but space is limited so register early by calling 925 7270 and quote reference # 452767.

> Destinations Time Walk

Celebrate heritage weekend with self-guided walking tours of West Vancouver's historic neighbourhoods (Ambleside, Hollyburn, Dundarave, and Caulfeild). Tour maps and descriptions can be picked up at the

District's information display outside the Ferry Building Gallery on Saturday Sept. 15th or downloaded from: http://www.wvma.net/DestinationsTimeWalk/dtwWeb/mainMap.html

For more information on any of these WV events, please contact 925 7055.

+++ WV ARTS COUNCIL +++ visit www.silkpurse.ca for events (most ticketed)

---> For events at KMC, see www.kaymeekcentre.com

=== WV Council AGENDA Sept 10 ===

CALL TO ORDER -- Mayor's remarks regarding R. Harrison (1914 - 2007).

1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: July 16, 23, 25

3. DELEGATION: D. Cartwright regarding North Shore Volunteers for Seniors

4. Development Permit Application 06?015 for a [Two-Lot] Subdivision at 4249 Rockbank Place

At the July 25, 2007 meeting, Council received the report dated July 12, 2007 from the Manager, Community Planning titled "Development Permit Application No. 06?015..."....

CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT

RECOMMENDED: THAT all written and verbal submissions, ... received.

If Council wishes a further staff report, then: RECOMMENDED: THAT Staff report back to Council regarding submissions received ...

OR RECOMMENDED: THAT Council approve...

5. Development Variance Permit Application 07?019 (4343 Erwin Drive)

At the July 25, 2007 meeting, Council received the report dated July 10, 2007 from the Community Planner titled "Development Variance Permit Application No. 07?019..."...

CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT

RECOMMENDED: THAT all written and verbal submissions, ... received.

If Council wishes a further staff report, then: RECOMMENDED: THAT Staff report back to Council...

OR RECOMMENDED: THAT Council approve the DVP which would provide for a new single family home with a variance to the required Waterfront Yard Setback as presented in the July 10, 2007 report from the Community Planner titled "Development Variance Permit Application No. 07?019 (4343 Erwin Drive)".

6. Animal Control ... Amendment Bylaw - Horseshoe Bay Park and Tantalus Park Dog Control Designation

1. The report dated July 10, 2007 from the Manager of Bylaw & Licencing [sic] Services regarding ... be amended to convert the area of Horseshoe Bay Park east of the paved parking lot on 6317 Bay Street and all of Tantalus Park to "dogs on leash" park areas be received.

2. Animal Control Bylaw No. 4208, 2000, Amendment Bylaw No. 4520, 2007 be given 1st, 2nd and 3rd readings.

7. Development Permit 07?013 (District Lots 6264 and 6339) West Vancouver Yacht Club Wharf

1. Notification for Development Permit ... which would provide for a new wharf with launching crane, be waived; and

2. Development Permit 07-013 (District Lots 6264 and 6339) for wharf construction be approved.

8. Evelyn Drive Presentation Centre

1. The report dated August 29, 2007 from the Manager of Permits and Inspections ... be received.

2. The Manager of Permits and Inspections be authorized to issue a Building Permit for the construction of the Presentation Centre with the condition that the building be removed after a period of three (3) years unless renewed by Council.

9. Rezoning and Development Permit Application No. 07?027 (445 13th Street)

RECOMMENDED: THAT The Council Information Report from the Sr. Community Planner ... be received.

10. 4064 Marine Drive (BP 103748): Request for Increase in Rock Breaking Volume

RECOMMENDED: THAT the request by the owner of 4064 Marine Drive to increase the rock breaking volume from 488 cubic metres to 597 cubic metres be approved.

>> CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

11. Consent Agenda Items - Reports and Correspondence

> REPORTS FOR CONSENT AGENDA

12. Development Variance Permit Application No. 07?021 (1881 22nd Street)

RECOMMENDED: THAT the report dated July 30, 2007, ... be received for consideration on Monday, September 24, 2007.

13. Development Variance Permit Application No. 07?024 (6655 Madrona Place)

RECOMMENDED: THAT the report dated August 20, 2007, ... be received for consideration on Monday, September 24, 2007.

14. Development Variance Permit Application No. 07?025 (480 Eastcot Road)

RECOMMENDED: THAT the report dated August 21, 2007, ... be received for consideration on Monday, October 01, 2007.

15. Development Variance Permit Application No. 07?029 (5771 Cranley Drive)

RECOMMENDED: THAT the report dated August 28, 2007, ... be received for consideration on Monday, October 01, 2007.

> 16. CORRESPONDENCE LIST FOR CONSENT AGENDA -- Correspondence List [for receipt]

+++ Correspondence received up to July 27, 2007

+ Requests for Delegation -- No items presented.

+ Action Required

(1) R. Sultan, M.L.A. West Vancouver-Capilano, July 13, 2007, regarding Home Owners' Grant

Referred to the Director of Finance for consideration and response.

(2) N. Henderson, Chair - North Shore Family Court and Youth Justice Committee, July 20, 2007, regarding Rotation of Responsibility for Administration of the North Shore Family Court and Youth Justice Committee

Referred to the Mayor & Council for consideration and response.

(3) N. Henderson, Chair - North Shore Family Court and Youth Justice Committee, July 20, 2007, regarding Internet Community Information Forum - Request for Funding

Referred to the Mayor & Council for consideration and response.

+ No Action Required (receipt only)

(4) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes

(a) Board of Variance Hearing - May 16, 2007

(b) West Vancouver Memorial Library - June 20, 2007

(5) L.E. Jackson, Chair - Greater Vancouver Regional District Board, July 16, 2007, regarding Future of the Region Sustainability Dialogues Report: Transportation, Security and Safety

Attachments available for viewing in the Legislative Services Department.

(6) L.E. Jackson, Chair - Greater Vancouver Regional District Board, July 17, 2007, regarding Sustainable Procurement Update

(7) Undated, 2007, regarding Opposition to the Proposed Expansion of Collingwood School

(8) TransLink, Undated, 2007, regarding 2008 Transportation & Financial Plan (Overview of Proposed Plan)

Attachments available for viewing in the Legislative Services Department.

(9) July 29, 2007, regarding Eggs and Caged Hens

+ Responses to Correspondence and Responses to Questions in Question Period: No items presented.

+++ Correspondence received up to August 08, 2007

+ Requests for Delegation -- No items presented.

+ Action Required

(10) C. Daniell, Chief Executive Officer - British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA), July 30, 2007, regarding Regulation of Exotic Animals

Referred to Mayor & Council for consideration and response.

(11) July 31, 2007, regarding Motorcycle Noise and Excessive Speed on Marine Drive

Referred to the Chief Constable for consideration and response.

+ No Action Required (receipt only)

(12) L.E. Jackson, Chair - Greater Vancouver Regional District Board, July 24, 2007, regarding Greater Vancouver Regional District Board Ratification of TransLink's 2008 Strategic Transportation Plan

(13) G.W. Powell, Board Chair - Provincial Health Services Authority, July 25, 2007, regarding "Stepsforward 2007", a Progress Report on Improving Specialized Health Services for British Columbians

Attachments available for viewing in the Legislative Services Department.

(14) R. Thorpe, Minister of Small Business and Revenue and I. Chong, Provincial Minister of Community Services, July 26, 2007, regarding Single Business Licence Initiative

(15) July 30, 2007, regarding Excellent Work Done at 5400 Block of Keith Road by District Staff

(16) S.E. Dowey, City Clerk - CNV, August 02, regarding Internet Community Information Forum - Request for Funding