WVM2009-22
Ccl Mtg NOTES Sept 21
AGENDAs Oct 5
Calendar to Oct 22
by
Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
www.WestVan.org
Winston Churchill was told the Treasury
planned to cut arts funding in order to put more money into the
war effort against Hitler. His response was, "Good God,
man, then what are we fighting for?"
IN THIS ISSUE:
= Main items Ccl mtg Oct 5th: PUBLIC HEARING on
amendments to Home-Based Biz Bylaw; Strategic Planning
WG Vision and Mission; Value for Services (to be provided! will
we see questionnaire?); TransLink Ten-Year Plan; Awards Cmte;
Street-Naming; OCP Amendment (upzoning) in 2000-block
Esquimalt (Transition Zone Version 2.0?
piecemeal planning? staff memo gives options but will Ccl agree with
the recommended motion???); Solid Waste Utility Bylaw;
Measuring Up Initiatives; Letters re funding cuts, Pipe Creek, Sec
Stes, etc
= Vive le Canada (Art/Murals); ANIMALWATCH;
WEEDWATCH (Giant Hogweed); from the EDITOR'S DESK (Sec Stes; 2010
Budget; Grants); WVPD (New Feet; NSh Police Services Review); UPDATES
(Sec Stes; Spirit Trail; Strategic Plan; CAO at WRA -- new
museum?, $6.5M GRANT); WG PROCESS Questionable (Pilot
Prog, update), NOT?; Bear Prepared
= CALENDAR to October 22nd; CULTUREWATCH
(Theatre, Music, Art)
= Ccl Mtg NOTES Sept 21st: NSh Police Services
Review; DP Mulgrave School; Home Biz Zoning bylaw; Solid Waste
Utility fees/charges; Town Hall Mtg Wed Oct 7 [re Secondary
Suites]
= Ccl Mtg Agenda Oct 5th: Gordon Smith to be honoured as
Freeman of the Municipality
= WV STREAMKEEPERS' Annual Report; WV HISTORICAL
SOCIETY (Centennial Book); NEWSWATCH (Decorated Hero killed);
BEERWATCH (Guinness's 250th anniversary); LANGUAGEWATCH (Micmac);
WORDWATCH (Eid); More Acronyms/Abbreviations; MAIKU;
Quotations/Puns
=== Vive le Canada ===
Murals in Canada (forwarded to me Oct 1)
LOOK CLOSELY. It is called the Cochrane Mural.
Cochrane is NW of Calgary and east of Banff, in the foothills of the
Rockies. This mural was unveiled last week at the Cochrane Ranch
House.
EACH tile is 1 foot square and has its own individual
picture. Different artists did the tiles. All of them
placed together form this huge mural. You can click on each of
the tiles to see them in detail.
Check out the horse's eye --
click on it and you'll see how fantastic this mural really is!
http://www.muralmosaic.com/Cochrane.html
=== WEEDWATCH ===
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK
===
* Even more additions to the Acronyms/Abbreviations
(Ac/Abb) in that section below; current updated list can be found at
www.westvan.org/acronyms* SECONDARY SUITES -- told there are more likely
6000 in WV. If they're there, then shd there be some sort of
planning or regulation? The extra cars clog our roads, hamper
fire trucks, increase traffic, use the facilities, etc. They are
mortgage helpers and provide more affordable housing. Shd they
be everywhere? in certain areas? clustered? anywhere as long as they
keep the character of the nbrhd? See more in Updates just
below.
Ccl wants to know what residents think and has arranged for a
town hall mtg on Wed Oct 7th at the Srs' Ctr -- have your
say!
* 2010 BUDGET
In Feb/Mar 2008 Cclr Sop supported my and others' urging to
appoint a new Finance Cmte/WG to finalize Budget 2008.
This year the same scenario requesting one be struck to review the
2009 Budget (wch is why I said it sounded like the replay of a
movie/record) but both times we were told too late, we'll go with what
we've got and set up a new group to deal with next year's right away
and they'll have time. So this year I actually asked when
budget info wd be made public for deliberations to start. Ans:
by May or June we'll be working on it. Here we are October and
we have NOTHING! Is there even a draft on the horizon?
With our dreadful economic situation, the prov says a staff
freeze, the City of Vancouver predicts a drastic drop in devt revenue
and posits staff cuts.
You're about to get a questionnaire -- you may get the feeling
you have to approve 3% tax increase or services will be cut.
Plans shd already have been made to make up shortfalls in revenue
that can be predicted, as well as contingencies........
* GRANTS -- great we're getting $6.4M but where do we get our
share, the $3M+, from?
=== WVPD
===
+ New Feet
on the Beat
Date: September
15 Contact: Cpl Fred
Harding
Telephone: 604 925 7353
The West Vancouver Police Department
increased in size yesterday when they were joined by five new
officers. It was an interesting ceremony when one of the newest
officers with only a few hours' service, swore in the next
four.
A new era began on Monday when the WVPD
welcomed five new officers. The first to be sworn in during a private
ceremony was the new Chief Constable, Peter Lepine. Chief Lepine was
at work behind his desk at 0830hrs, just hours later Chief
Constable Lepine swore in four other new members to add to the
ranks.
Joining the Department are Cst Heidi
Fehlauer, an I.T. Marketing specialist, and Cst Michael McKerracher, a
five-year veteran of the B.C. Sheriff Department. A formidable
presence is felt by the addition of Cst Matt Plant, a distinguished
rugby player and former member of the District teaching staff, and Cst
Chris Coglan, from the B.C. interior, also a former
teacher.
All five officers bring a range of
expertise and knowledge that has already enhanced the membership.
The entire West Vancouver Police Department wish them well in their
careers at the Department.
+ North
Shore Police Services Review
The City of North
Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver, and the District of West
Vancouver are pleased to release the findings of the North Shore
Police Services Review which explored and evaluated police services
across all three municipalities.
In February 2008, the City and Districts of North Vancouver and West
Vancouver retained the consulting firm of Perivale & Taylor to
lead a comprehensive background review of all North Shore police
services. Phase I of the Services Review included:
A
focus on operational, facility, management, administrative and
governance issues
An
analysis of the significant financial issues that impact service
delivery
Consultation with municipal Councils, First Nations Councils,
the West Vancouver Police Board, RCMP, North and West Vancouver School
Boards and other community stakeholders
Identification of the service delivery models that are
available
Recommendations regarding the next steps to be taken
The Services
Review was managed by a steering committee comprised of the Chief
Administrative Officers from the three North Shore municipalities, the
West Vancouver Police Chief, the North Vancouver RCMP, and
representatives of the Squamish and Tsleil Waututh First Nations.
The three municipalities have accepted the Services Review and have
agreed to proceed on a number of immediate initiatives to enhance
public safety on the North Shore.
More
Information
Media Release
North Shore Police Services Review Report
Report to council - North Shore Police Services
Review
=== UPDATES ===
*
Secondary Suite Program Proposed for West Vancouver
A Town Hall Meeting
on secondary suites will be held on Wednesday October 7th, at
7pm at the Seniors' Activity Centre.
A secondary suite
is a separate residential unit typically within a single family home,
generally located in the basement, and significantly smaller than the
dwelling in which it is located. Currently, secondary suites are
only allowed in West Vancouver if a family member lives in the
suite.
Surveys of West
Vancouver residents (2007 Community Survey, and a 2008 survey
conducted by the Community Dialogue on Neighbourhood Character and
Housing Working Group) indicate that 75% support opening up secondary
suites to non-family members.
A discussion paper
has been prepared which addresses how the community might benefit from
allowing secondary suites, identifies potential issues raised by
allowing secondary suites, and includes a potential program for
permitting secondary suites in West Vancouver.
We want to know
what you think. Your comments on this issue will be collected and
reported back to Council in October, along with a draft Bylaw allowing
for new secondary suites and a program addressing the issue of
existing suites. A Town Hall Meeting on this topic will be held [Oct 7
at the Seniors' Activity Centre] to enable residents to learn
more and to speak directly to Council.
West Vancouver
Seniors' Activity Centre (Activity Room) is located at: 695 21st
Street, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 4A7
Send us your
comments:
Email us at: secondarysuites@westvancouver.ca
Write to us at: Planning Department, District of West
Vancouver, 750-17th St, WV V7V 3T3
* North
Shore Spirit Trail Greenway
The District of
West Vancouver is implementing the first phase of the Spirit Trail
Greenway, a key feature of the District's Cycling Network and Greenway
Plan, adopted
by Council in 2007. The Plan was developed with community
participation and input, and is a key component of the District's
Transportation and Mobility goals in the Official Community
Plan.
See:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=3722
*
Strategic Planning Update
On October 5th, the
Strategic Planning Working Group present the draft Vision and Mission
to Council. This work is the culmination of public consultation
through the first half of this year. Citizens are encouraged to send
comments on this draft to strategicplan@westvancouver.ca, or join
the online forum.
Find out
more:
1. Preamble: A
Context for the Vision & Mission
2. Preface:
Ideas & Concepts Shaping the Vision & Mission
Statements
3. Draft
Vision and Mission
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Background and
Process
West Vancouver is a
community with high aspirations, yet challenged by an economy in
recession; one that has solicited community input to construct of
the Official Community Plan and received subsequent
insights of the Working Groups; one that has an abundance of potential
initiatives and limited resources to execute; one that values
the social and environmental qualities that make West Vancouver
unique.
* CAO at
WRA [Sept 15 re a new Museum]
Q: What is happening regarding a museum in West
Vancouver? Will it be an architecture museum/gallery?
A: On June 22nd, Council endorsed the Museum Vision
Report entitled "West Vancouver Museum: A Vision for
Ambleside" and the compendium design brief.
It will be a facility that collects works of art and
exhibits, hosts travelling exhibitions, and provides arts education
related to the works on display and other arts and cultural
interests. The working title for this facility is the West
Vancouver Museum which will include gallery and educational
spaces. The current work to move this project forward is
strategic planning and the creation of a development Board.
Q: Where will the Museum be located?
A: The public process that gave rise to the report's
recommendations, along with the consultant's professional
perspective, identified the 1300 block between Marine Drive
and Bellevue Avenue and the waterfront precinct as the location of
choice and Council approved this in principle.
Q: How will it be paid for?
A: This project is identified as viable with a
development partnership, combined with government grants and
private donations. The Museum will be established with a
society structure and governance such that the local
government funds can be effectively leveraged.
------------
FYI:
On June 22, Council
also approved in principle the 1300 block between Marine Drive and
Bellevue Avenue and waterfront precinct as the location of choice for
the new museum. The Museum Vision Report is to be included in an
overall strategy for the redevelopment of Ambleside, and support will
be sought from potential partners, donors, and sponsors.
*
GRANT - GREAT NEWS! {details below; now, what
about WV's third?}
$6.4M into our coffers
for artificial turf at Ambleside,
a
water filtration plant,
and
sewer mains!
West Vancouver Awarded Three Infrastructure
Grants
2009 Sept 24 West Vancouver, BC: The District of
West Vancouver is pleased to be awarded a total of $6,394,600
from the Building Canada Fund and Infrastructure Stimulus Fund for
three different projects. These projects will be funded
through a one-third partnership between the Federal Government, the
Provincial Government, and the District.
West Vancouver has been awarded the following amounts from the
Federal and Provincial Governments:
=B7
$3,000,000 for an artificial turf playing surface to be
constructed in Ambleside and designed for field hockey and useable by
soccer and other field sports.
=B7
$1,743,400 for a water filtration plant serving
approximately 150 homes that will be constructed to replace the
existing chlorination facility at Montizambert Creek. The
project includes installation of approximately 1.2 kilometres of sewer
pipe to connect the new water treatment plant with the nearby waste
water treatment plant.
=B7
$1,651,200 for 6.5 kilometres of sewer mains serving
approximately 44,000 people to be grouted which will lower the amount
of inflow and infiltration currently experienced in the Ambleside
area. The project will also mitigate potential sewer
overflow during extreme rainfall events.
West Vancouver Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones stated, "This is
a credit to our MLAs Joan McIntyre and Ralph Sultan, and
our MP John Weston. Working together has ensured our
success, and sets a new standard on behalf of our community.
The grant for an artificial turf field continues to
improve Ambleside, and is the result of the tireless volunteer
effort of both field hockey and soccer
families. The utilities grants support high water
quality and the partial replacement of our aging sewer
infrastructure. Congratulations, West Vancouver!"
Media Contact: Patricia Leslie, Communications
Manager, 604 925 4736
===WORKING
GROUPS / HOUSING PILOT PROJECTS /PROCESS
MESSAGE SENT TO SUBSCRIBERS Sept 30:
ls allow me to make clear my concern is with PROCESS and I wish
in no way to detract from the good work the Housing/NbrhdCharacter WG
did or the intentions of this Housing PPWG that has been meeting over
the summer explained as carrying out a recommendation although not
having come to Ccl (or the Cmnty Engagement Cmte). The mbrs of
the former WG were reinstated as mbrs of the new WG wch was originally
the Pilot Project WG, then the Housing Pilot Project WG, and now the
Housing Pilot Program WG -- perhaps changes a result of not having
been named/established by the CEC wch forwards details to Ccl for
acceptance before a WG commences.
The press release below calls for proposals and is appended
fyi. It's great that it's open-ended designed to encourage
creativity -- and presumably proposals will ultimately come to Ccl for
review.
My concerns about process -- and precedent -- are severalfold,
some minor:
= the PP WG met without the formality of having come to Ccl
(or the CEC wch establishes WGs and recommends them to Ccl)
= the terms of reference did not follow those steps either
and only came to the CEC last week
= neither the recommendation from CEC of this WG nor its
Terms of Reference have come to Ccl (probably will Monday, Oct
5th)
= in spite of the lack of process this call for proposals has
gone out, again without coming to Ccl or plans made public to inform
citizens (not to mention opportunity for input if/when
appropriate)
AND
> While one might be able to set the above aside, IMO it's
more serious that there is NO council liaison for this WG
yet.
The webpage has (copy and pasted from DWV website Sept 30):
Membership
Council Member -
tba
Citizen Members -
Susan Anderson, Christine Banham, David Crilly, Jacqueline Gijssen,
Andy Krawczyk, Freda Pagani, Barbara Pettit, Beverley Pitman, Keith
Pople
Staff Liaison
- Stephen
Mikicich (Senior Community Planner), Geri Boyle (Manager of Community
Planning)
Again, my intention is not to denigrate or undervalue the good
work of all these people, but it seems rather odd to have a body
working apparently independent of Ccl procedures and without Ccl
involvement or oversight.
BTW, it is my personal opinion that no body, cmte or WG, shd make
motions or approve actions without a mbr of Ccl being present (for
many reasons, if you want to ask) -- democracy does include some
element of representation.
Carolanne
For Immediate Release -- Wednesday September 30,
2009
West Vancouver Launches Housing
Pilot Program
Submissions will be reviewed by the
Housing Pilot Program Working Group and District staff. In late
October, short-listed candidates will be invited to submit formal
proposals as part of the second stage selection process. It
is anticipated that Council will select up to three pilot projects in
December, to be undertaken during 2010.
A "Pilot Project" is defined as an
initial or small-scale effort designed to test an idea or working
approach. The objective of the Housing Pilot Program is to
enable the construction of a small number of new housing types in West
Vancouver neighbourhoods to: (1) address the community's desire for
improved housing choice and affordability; (2) explore appropriate
sustainable building practices; and (3) examine neighbourhood
character issues associated with new house construction such as site
alteration, and scale, and massing of new development.
Pilot projects should be limited in
size to proposals for individual lots within single-family
neighbourhoods, and should represent a housing opportunity that is not
presently provided for in West Vancouver, under existing land use
policies. It is expected that each pilot project will require
Council approval for Official Community Plan amendment, rezoning, and
development permit.
Pilot projects will be undertaken
through a collaborative design process involving the proponent's
project team and staff from various District departments, who will
bring their collective expertise to the planning process. The
program will include opportunities for public education and
input.
It is envisioned that the experience of
these pilot projects will assist in developing policies and
regulations to permit replication of particular housing types or
models to address defined housing gaps in West Vancouver.
Media Contact: Stephen Mikicich, MCIP, Sr.
Community Planner, 925 7055
FOLLOWUP:
The Mayor has provided more
information. She agreed in the summer for the WG to
commence meeting and work on pilot projects/planning; she also
attended a summer mtg. The Terms of Reference and the press release
seeking proposals will come to Ccl Oct 5th and the ccl liaison will be
appointed then too.
It was a surprise to some that the
mtgs had gone ahead without coming to the CEC and going to Ccl but
most agreed as I said above that the intention for pilot projects was
supported. I do not mean at all to cast aspersions on any
involved, it's just that I feel uncomfortable not only that procedures
were not followed but also that apparently neither the CEC nor Ccl
were advised of what was happening and suddenly we see a press release
asking for proposals.
No doubt I do agree with having pilots
so residents can see what's being proposed and the range of
possibilities -- so much more preferable to zoning changes increasing
density without our having ever seen what the infill wd look
like.
LATER UPDATE:
As I said, no problem with what was
done but a big problem with the process.
NB: the press release was received the
morning of Sept 30 and the Housing PP WG met LATER that day. On
top of that, the Call for Expressions of Interest appeared in Wed Sept
30th's NSN! -- that must have been given to the newspaper well before
Wednesday -- doesn't that make it look as if residents, Ccl, and WG
largely left out of the process???
*** MORE ON
PROCESS [NOT?!]
While being rather disconcerted
about apparent lack of Ccl involvement, while preparing the draft of
this newsletter, to my amazement, this notice appeared on the DWV
homepage:
Value for
Services Survey Thursday, October 01, 2009
The Value for
Services Survey, comprised of a newsletter and tear-off questionnaire,
will be distributed to all West Vancouver households via Canada Post
(unaddressed ad mail) through the week of October 5th. The
Newsletter and Questionnaire are also posted below under "More
Information". Residents can complete the questionnaire
online at
www.websurveys.com/westvan
When I clicked on the survey above the
page cdn't be opened (hope by the time you read this you will be able
to). Read the rest on the webpage is:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=20862 but, Dear Reader,
this survey is only coming to Ccl at the Ccl mtg Oct 5th -- rather
presumptuous it'll be accepted? OTOH, it is irrelevant if the
questionnaires have already been mailed out that morning!
You may be fascinated to read that WV
will inspire -- simple future, a prediction, regardless of any effort,
like saying it will rain tomorrow -- as a
"Vision".
More on this next time but read
carefully. You will be asked about depts, and while Parks has
several categories (eg parks, facilities) and the Police and Fire
Depts are there, "administration" includes so many functions
as to be indistinguishable and when I pointed out this difficulty, the
answer was that a question at the end is where residents can write in
to specify. Keep that in mind.
You'll recall in surveys most say
they'd rather have taxes raised than services cut (or reduced), and I
always say the crucial question is by how much, otherwise it's a blank
cheque. Write it in and let them know!
=== BEAR PREPARED!
===
At this time of year
bears are preparing to den for four to six months without food or
water. They require up to 20,000 calories per day, and this can take
up to 20 hours of feeding daily.
How you can
help
Store all garbage in
the house, garage, shed or other secure enclosure.
If you have to store
your garbage outside of your house, it is important to:
Frequently clean the
container with a vinegar OR bleach OR ammonia solution;
Freeze smelly items,
such as the packaging, skin and bones of meats and fish, until the
morning of pickup;
Keep diapers inside
until the morning of pickup.
Remember to only
place garbage at curbside on the morning of pickup.
Remove bird feeders
during bear season or suspend very high up on a cable. Add only a
small amount of high quality food and clean beneath it
daily.
Pick fruit from
trees as soon as it is ripe, and remove any that falls.
To compost, only add
fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, and tea bags. Remember to
add equal amounts of brown and greens materials to your backyard
compost, cover all "green" material with a thick (4") layer of
"brown", and aerate frequently. More information is available
at http://www.gardensmart.ca
Keep pet food
inside.
Keep refrigerators
and freezers inside.
After using your
barbecue, burn off excess food on high for ten minutes and brush off
any remaining food. Remove, empty and wash grease catcher after each
use.
Bylaw 4578:
No person shall leave wildlife attractants outdoors where dangerous
wildlife may be attracted, or where there is a reasonable possibility
of wildlife being attracted unless the attractants are kept in a
wildlife-resistant enclosure.
NORTH SHORE
BLACK BEAR SOCIETY
===== CALENDAR to October 22nd
=====
Pls note that ALL mtgs are at M Hall
(usually in the MFCR, Main Floor Conference Room, but sometimes in the
chamber) unless indicated otherwise. Additions and
changes can occur at any time so best to check the DWV website
calendar wrt cmtes and WGs that are of interest to you. Often
cmte/WG mtgs are not posted or confirmed until a couple of days
beforehand so this is a moving target!]
NB:
And sure enough, about 10:09am Tuesday Sept 22nd, received notice
a V4SWG mtg later that afternoon at 5pm!
CANCELLED: the Housing Pilot Prog WG mtg 5:30pm Sept 24.
MEMO just received: V4S WG presentation at Ccl Oct 5, next mtg
Nov 3.
= Tuesday Sept 22
~ 5pm ~ Value For Services
WG [ADDED; notice received just after 10am same morning!]
= Wednesday Sept 23
~ 5pm ~
Strategic Transportation Plan WG
~
5:30pm ~ Cmnty Engagement Cmte
= Thursday Sept 24
~
7:30am ~ Field Sports Forum WG
~ 4pm ~
Climate Action WG; Mountain Rm, WVCC
~ 5pm ~
NSACDI at DNV M
~
5:30pm ~ Housing Pilot Prog WG [DWV Calendar now says
CANCELLED]
~
5:30pm ~ WV Police Bd mtg at WVLibrary (Musto Rm) [CHANGED to
WVPD bdrm]
~ 7pm ~ PlanTalk - Issues and implications of six-storey
wood frame construction
Boon or boondoggle? Building codes will allow for the
construction of six-storey woodframe buildings. Is this good news for
planners who want to densify cities, developers who want floor space,
and residents who want affordable housing? Our expert panel will
analyse and discuss. Speakers: Dr. Guido Wimmers, Equilibrium
Consulting Inc.; Dave Ramslie, Cascadia Region Green Building
Council; Murray Frank, Constructive Home Solutions Inc. $10,
Students $5, SFU Hbr Ctr
= Saturday, Sept 26
~ 9am - noon ~ LPPS Invasive Species Removal: ivy pull --
Call Alexandra for location, 922 1485
~ noon - 4pm ~ Shop the Nifty Thrifty's First Fall Sale!
The Nifty Thrifty Shop at
St. Monica's Church Hall accepts donations every Tuesday between 5 -
7pm. Please ensure that donations are clean and in good
condition. Large items cannot be accepted
Rivers Day
~ 9am - 1pm ~ Metro Vancouver Watershed Keepers
Habitat enhancement at Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve; meet
at Rice Lake Gate - 4900 Lillooet Rd, NV. We
will be conducting habitat maintenance of the Homestead Fisheries
Enhancement site situated next to the Fisherman Trail and the Seymour
River; clear clogged channels, pick up litter, and put down new gravel
to enhance the site for spawning and rearing of coho salmon. We will
also conduct a vegetation survey of the area. Tools, equipment and BBQ
provided for volunteers. Please dress appropriately and call or email
in advanced to let us know that you are coming.
+ Mackay Crk in NV 10am to 4pm; see nssk.ca
= Sunday, Sept 27 (also Rivers Day -- verify
days/dates)
+ Vanier Park -- BC Rivers Day; NS Wetland Partners will
have a table at Vanier Park
The False Creek Watershed Society
presents:
SALMON CELEBRATION --
"Remembering Our History, Celebrating the Living"
The Sixth annual "Salmon Celebration" will
take place on BC Rivers Day, NOON to 4:30pm Sept 27th in Vanier Park,
near the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
The Salmon Celebration is a FREE EARTH AND WATER
FESTIVAL AND PARADE for all ages to:
- honour the spirit of the salmon that
historically lived in the streams that flowed into Eastern False
Creek
- connect the urban public with local groups who
study salmon, save wilderness, and encourage urban
sustainability
= Tuesday Sept 29 ~ 7pm ~ "Crime Symposium" at
Sentinel by WVPD for residents who want to be informed and learn how
to protect themselves. There will be special guest speakers
including one from the Integrated Gang Task Force. Meet new
Chief Constable Lepine.
= Wednesday Sept 30
~ 5pm ~ Strategic
Transportation Plan WG at the Srs' Ctr, Cedar Room in WVCC
(ADDED)
~ 5:30pm ~ Housing Pilot
Project WG (ADDED)
OCTOBER
= Thursday Oct 1
* World Vegetarian Day
~ 6pm ~ Sewell's Marine Redevt Proposal Open House/Workshop
at Gleneagles Cmnty Ctr
~ 7:30pm ~ Artland Versus Sculpture Park: Choices facing
Public Art
Reservations:
Admission is free; reservations are required. Call 778 782 5100 or
email cstudies@sfu.ca
Venue: SFU at Harbour Centre, 515
West Hastings, Vancouver, Room 1900
Charles Jencks will be giving his
first public lecture in Vancouver: "Living in the Art Land", as
part of the Vancouver Biennale on October 1 in partnership with
Simon Fraser University's City Program.
Charles Jencks is an influential
architectural theorist, landscape architect, and designer whose name
is synonymous with the concept of the Post-modern in architecture. He
was the first to extend those ideas into architectural discourse
with his book 'The Language of Post-Modern
Architecture'.
His latest book, 'The Iconic
Building', examines the phenomenon of the icon in contemporary
architecture and the meaning of signature buildings in today's world
of hyper trendiness and celebrity. His recent work includes fractal
designs of buildings and furniture, as well as extensive landscape
designs based on complexity theory, waves, and solutions. These themes
are expanded in his own private garden, the Garden of Cosmic
Speculation, at Portrack House near Dumfries.
Jencks is famous for his innovative
garden designs. In 2004 the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
won the Gulbenkian Prize as Museum of the Year for his dramatic and
radical landscape project titled Landform. Those who visit the site
describe it as a transforming experience.
Charles Jencks was born 1939 in
Baltimore. He first studied English Literature at Harvard University,
later gaining an MA in architecture from the Graduate School of Design
in 1965. He also has a PhD in Architectural History from University
College. Jencks has lectured at over forty universities throughout the
world.....
"Artland Verses Sculpture Park:
Choices Facing Public Art" is first two talks in the series
"Living in the Art Land." Charles Jencks will also give an
illustrated talk titled "The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Nature
Talking to Nature" on [SATURDAY] October
3, as part of the Vancouver Institute fall speakers series
(see www.vaninst.ca for details). Another talk in the "Living
In the Art-land" series will be by 'sandman' Jim Denevan and
will take place in June, 2010.....
With the theme of
"in-transit-ion", the 2009-2011 Vancouver Biennale will install over
40 works by artists with international reputations. With major
sculptural works in Vancouver's City parks and on beaches, the
Biennale is also installing public art at the Vancouver International
Airport Arrivals Terminal (YVR), in Richmond, the Translink
rapid-transit Stations, on buses, at Telus Science World and the UBC
Botanical Gardens.
Sponsored by Vancouver Biennale,
Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver Institute, Paul Sangha Ltd., SFU
City Program.
= Saturday Oct 3 -- TRAIL RESTORATION
(LPPS)
~ 9am ~ Beacon Trail; includes adding native plants; if you wd
like to know more about our propagation group, pls call 926 9390
= Sunday Oct 4
~ 9am ~ Lighthouse Park Preservation Society: monthly birdcounts,
first Sunday of month; call 926 9040
= Monday, Oct 5 ~ 7pm ~
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
VIEWS ON VIEWS -- Perspectives on View
Corridors in Vancouver
Venue: SFU Segal Business School, 500 Granville
Street
Admission is free; seating is
limited, reservations required. Email cstudies@sfu.ca or call 778
782 5100.
Last October, [Vancouver] City
Council decided to review heights and protected views in the Downtown.
As part of the public process, the SFU City Program is hosting an
exchange of views by two advocates who, with their different
perspectives, will help the public understand the trade-offs and
issues. City
Planning Director Brent Toderian will set the stage with a briefing
about the history of view protection and the issues Council wishes
addressed. Past City Planning Co-Director Larry Beasley and
architect Richard Henriquez will argue their positions with passion
and insight. Sponsored by the City of
Vancouver and SFU City Program.
= Wednesday, Oct 7
~ 5pm ~ Strategic
Transportation Plan WG at Srs' Ctr (Marine Room)
~ 5:30pm ~ Strategic Planning WG mtg
[CANCELLED]
~ 7pm ~ Town Hall Meeting re Secondary Suites at Srs'
Ctr
***
HAPPY THANKSGIVING Monday Oct 12 We have so much to be
thankful for! ***
= Wednesday, Oct 14
~ 5pm ~ Strategic Transportation Plan WG at Srs' Ctr
~ 7:30pm ~ Mark Dangelo, multimedia presentation,
Wild Water, Wild Earth, spanning seven continents; at the
Stanley (604 629 8849)
= Thursday, Oct 15
~ 4pm ~ Climate Action WG, Mtn Room (WVCC)
~ 4:30pm ~ Design Review Cmte in Ccl
Chamber
~ 5:30pm ~ Cmnty Engagement Cmte
~ 6pm ~ NSh Family Court / Youth Justice Cmte mtg at
DNV M Hall
~ 8pm
~ Wade Davis gives the 2009 CBC Massey Lecture at the Chan
Ctr
based on his book The
Wayfinders, why ancient wisdom matters in the modern
world
= Monday, Oct 19 ~ 7pm ~
+ Francis Mansbridge will be giving a presentation at
the Vancouver Public Library (vanDusen Room) based on his recent
book "Hollyburn: The Mountain and the City".
This book recounts the rich history of this area from the retreat of
the glaciers to the approach of the Olympics. Admission is
free.
+ Shifting Gears Free Public
Lectures
Sponsored by the Bombardier
Foundation and the Active Transport Lab at UBC and the BC Recreation
and Parks Assn. Free admission - reservations required. Call 778 782
5100 or email cstudies@sfu.ca
o Learning from New
York -- Jeanette Sadik Khan, NYC Traffic
Commissioner
Venue: Room 8 and 15, East
Building (under the sails), Vancouver Convention and Exhibition
Centre
Janette
Sadik-Khan is a
transportation superstar in North America. As New York City's
Transportation Commissioner, she helped introduce protected bike
lanes, pedestrian plazas, sustainable street designs and, most
dramatically, closed five blocks of Broadway in Times Square to
vehicles - while improving traffic flow! Find out how she
transformed New York and how that could affect us, our health, and our
urban environments.
Additional sponsorship for
Jeanette Sadik-Khan's lecture provided by TransLink.
This is a shoulder event to
the Gaining Ground/Resilient
Cities conference on October
20-22, 2009.
o Learning from
Toronto
Elyse Parker, Public Realm Section,
Toronto's Transportation Services
Nov 26; UBC Robson Square For
complete details, download: Shifting Gears Flyer
= Wednesday, Oct 21
~
5:30pm ~ Strategic Transportation Plan WG at Srs' Ctr (A-V
Rm)
~
7pm ~ Board of Variance in Ccl Chamber AND Library Board at
Library
= Thursday, Oct 22
~
5:30pm ~ Police Bd Mtg in WVPD boardroom
~
6:15pm ~ WV Cmnty Ctrs Services Society AGM in WVCC gym
+++ WV MEMORIAL LIBRARY
+++
- for Events and Programs: http://www.westvanlibrary.ca/index.php?page=5
- for Event Calendar: http://www.westvanlibrary.ca/event/calendar.php
= Friday Sept 25 Headwater: Friday Night Concert
Series
Vancouver acoustic folk and roots quartet Headwater! Doors
open at 7pm. Show starts at 7:30. Refreshments provided by the Friends
of the Library.
Friday Oct 9 ~ 10:30am ~ Fire hoses,
nozzles, and fire trucks! Learn about fire prevention and
safety through puppetry and stories presented by Marcia James from the
West Vancouver Fire Department. You may even get a chance to
climb aboard a real fire truck!
* PHILOSOPHERS'
CAFES
Join us for
vibrant discussions on burning issues of the day. We meet from 10:30am
- 12:30pm one Thursday each month (usually the fourth Thursday).
Enjoy the snacks and coffee hospitably provided. Everyone welcome.
Registration not required. Elizabeth Musto Room. Admission $5.
Co-sponsored by S.F.U. Moderator: Randall MacKinnon has a Master's degree in
Social Policy and Planning. He is an IDEASage with MackINNOVATION, a
service consultancy.
> Thursday
September 24
It has been said: "Love
many, trust few but always paddle your own canoe." Of the saying,
discuss: Do you love it, do you trust it, or do you think it doesn't
hold water?
> Thursday
October 22
What would happen if
marriage licences expired every ten years, but could then be
renewed?
* ENGLISH
CORNER -- FRIDAYS
~ 10 - 11:30am ~ Practise English conversation, discuss
interesting topics, make new friends. Oct 2 and
16.
* PAINTERS' LANDING
Every Saturday & Sunday through October 4 from 9am
- 5pm
Artists and photographers creating and selling art
outdoors on Ambleside Landing
* Sept 29 - Oct 18
"A Common Surface": Works on Paper
Taiga
Chiba, Ingunn Kemble, Mi-Hyang Kim, Stephanie Imhoff, Roger Watt
Opening Reception: Tuesday Sept 29 from 6 -
8pm
Artists in Attendance: Saturday Oct 3 from 2 -
3pm
* Oct 20 - 25
Carole Arnston: oil paintings -- "Out in
the Open"
a landscape series of water,
wind, and west coast flora
Opening Reception: Tuesday Oct 20 from 6 -
8pm
Artist in Attendance: Saturday Oct 24 at
2pm
+ September 22 -
October 4
--
"InScape"
The term inscape has been applied to stylistically diverse artworks,
surreal art, abstracts, and fantastic art. It usually conveys a
representation of the artist's psyche as a kind of interior landscape.
North Shore artists
Sarah Mousseau
and Janny
Thompson share their
inscapes with us through their distinctive contemporary acrylic
works.
Opening
Reception: TUESDAY Sept 22nd from 6 - 8pm
+ October 6 - 18 -- "We Belong To the
Earth"
Xwa Lack Tun (Rick
Harry) is an artist whose
works are recognized internationally. Xwa Lack Tun, along with his
talented wife Jada
Harry, present a unique
exhibition of art in many different mediums. Healing and Growth have
become a central theme around the art work Xwa Lack Tun and Jada
create. The giving out of positive energy and the spirit of love are
pervasive throughout their work, whether it be working with glass,
wood, metal, jewelry, textiles, or photography.
Opening
Reception: TUESDAY Oct 6th from 6 - 8pm
Sept 9 to Oct 31 -- Joan Balzar 1960+
Since the 1960s, Joan Balzar has
experimented with industrial materials such as neon light and vivid
colour to create sensory experiences through her large scale
paintings. Her abstract designs are executed through the careful
arrangement of colour and strict configuration of form. Balzar, a
long-time resident of West Vancouver, is recognized as an important
figure in the development of abstract painting on the West
Coast.
+++ KAY MEEK CENTRE
+++
o To get onto the mail list: the simplest
method is to call the box office (604 913 3634) or email
tickets@kaymeekcentre.com
> CASCADIA SOCIETY PRESENTS: AN EVENING OF SONG AND...
-- 8pm Saturday, October 3
> LESSER PEARLS -- 8pm Saturday, October
3
> MOVIES AT THE MEEK: THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE --
7:30pm Monday, October 5
> WEN WEI DANCE: UNBOUND -- 8pm Friday,
October 16
> MOVIES AT THE MEEK: EVERY LITTLE STEP -- 7:30pm
Saturday, October 17
> EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER : ENSEMBLE CAPRICE --
3pm Sunday, October 18
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, West
Vancouver +++
The Summer-Fall issue of "The
Torch" is now available.
To view the newsletter, just click the following link
for direct access:
The next newsletter will be going out in early December.
Please email me at thetorch60@telus.net, if you would like to submit
an article, or if you have any questions or comments.
Thank you for your interest.
Best
regards, Janice Mackay-Smith, The
Torch
* PASTA BUFFET DINNER -- Oct 10
On Saturday, October 10th, the Legion will be having a Pasta
Buffet Dinner upstairs in the Memorial Hall. All are welcome,
and the cost per person is $15. Live music is being provided for
this occasion, and will follow for dancing or your listening pleasure
in the Lounge.
Tickets are now available for sale behind the
bar. If you are interested in attending, we would
appreciate your ticket purchase as soon as possible to enable us to
determine food quantity. Maximum 50 tickets for sale.
If you have friends who are members and may not have email, would
you please extend our invitation to them.
We look forward to seeing you!
Special Events Committee
~ 7:30 am ~ Wednesday
October 28th but RSVP by Oct 14!
What you NEED to Know to
Maximize your 2010 Business Opportunities and Logistics during the
Games
Guest Speakers: Charles Gauthier, Executive Director,
Downtown Business Improvement Association; Brent Dozzi, Manager, Roads
and Transportation, DWV; Councillor Michael Evison; Charlene
Warrington, WV 2010 Committee
Location:
West Vancouver Community Centre; Cost: $25 members &
$35 non-members
*** 60% Sold Out! Owing to the
popularity of this event, we encourage you to reserve your seat by
5pm Wednesday, October 14 to ensure your breakfast and seat.
The Community Centre requires two weeks'
notice.
=== CULTUREWATCH
===
*
THEATRE
+ Metro Theatre: Arsenic
and Old Lace, Oct 3 to 31st
(266 7191)
+ BARD ON THE BEACH
welcomed their millionth audience mbr on July
28th.
Written to subscribers re BARD on Sun,
27 Sep 2009 01:17:27:
Just back from Bard on the Beach's
fantastic closing night, the end of their 20th season.
Candles flickered and lights dimmed --
our lives the stuff dreams are made of, rounded by a
sleep.
Summer attendance 91,500, played to
99% capacity; so if you ever want a ticket, you have to buy at the
beginning of the season b/c sold out houses soon after. Keep in
mind for next year.
Colleen Knight had two performances
Sept 5, I was told, and gave birth to a girl on the 6th. She was
there tonight with baby Lillian and received the Kean
sword.
The plays for 2010 are:
= Main Stage will have
Much Ado About Nothing directed by Dean Paul Gibson and
Antony and Cleopatra directed by Scott Bellis
= in the Studio tent Henry
IV Part One and Two will be adapted into one play
called Falstaff, directed by Glynis Leyshon, and
Henry V, directed by Meg Roe.
There are plans being made for larger
venues.
How fortunate we are to have Bard on
the Beach in Vancouver. Truly a highlight of the year and a
large jewel in the city's cultural crown.
www.bardonthebeach.org
+ PRESENTATION
HOUSE
= The Veil at
Presentation House: an adaptation by Shahin Sayadi (in 2006) of Masoud
Behnoud's epic novel Khanoon at Presentation House Sept 24 to Oct 3
(990 3474); staged by Nova Scotia's Onelight Theatre (Saturday 4
and 8pm). Here after Halifax, Toronto, and Teheran (January
this year). How can I describe this play? It's the life of
a woman in the first half of the 20th century from a palace and harem
in Teheran to Ottoman southern Russia to Paris and Berlin, then back
to Iran (with a granddaughter missing Los Angeles). The plight
of a woman tossed to and fro by culture and history touching on
aspects of freedom, roots, and identity.
= A Picasso is
next Presentation House and stars one of our favourite actors, Andrew
Wheeler, whom we know from Bard on the Beach. I know nothing
about the play, set in 1941 Paris, preview Oct 15, opens 16th, and
closes 31st.
+ UNITED PLAYERS at Jericho Arts
Ctr
+ The Restoration
Comedy,The Way of the World, written by Congreve in 1700
ended Sept 27. One of the most unusual pieces of theatre for
some time seen here. Virtually no plot since a satire about sex,
love, and manners in eloquent convoluted language well acted in period
costumes (with some creative touches like the dance of the
satyr). May I pass on a few of
of the simple sentences that tickled my fancy:
"I am married and can't be my own man
again."
"Thou art married and have patience."
"I am rich; I read nothing."
+ THE ARTS
CLUB
= Peter Shaffer's Black
Comedy, directed by Dean Paul Gibson, at the Stanley now
playing to Oct 11 (687 1644)
= The Arts Club on Tour with a
Presentation House production:THE THING ABOUT
MEN,
A musical look at what we do for
love, Oct 10 to Nov 7. The show, once simply called
Men, is based on the German filmmaker Doris D=F6rrie's 1985 movie
M=E4nner ("Men"). The show, winner of the 2004 Outer
Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, ran for
more than 200 performances.
Stars include Stephen Aberle as
Tom, and Annabel Kershaw as Lucy. Tour dates include
the North Shore: Oct 10 at Capilano Performing Arts Theatre (990 7810)
and Oct 26 at the Kay Meek Ctr (913 3634).
*
MUSIC
Free, at 7:30pm Opera Pro Cantanti
Ensemble presents Verdi's Macbeth at Cambrian Hall Oct 4 (646
0406)
*
ART -- See the murals in
the link for Vive le Canada
=== Ccl MTG NOTES Sept 21st
=== Cclrs Lewis and Panz absent
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Amended: NShPolice Review; 3 withdrawn; replacement of
schedule A
MS: curious as to why Item 3 has bn withdrawn
CAO: been some discussions between staff and BPP wrt Rodgers Crk;
agreement between staff and BPP wd come off the agenda
Mayor: be back at next agenda I think
MS: my concern we got a memo from Mr Sokol, after we got the
agenda; some ppl didn't like the proposed name. Comes down to
process; thought come to open ccl, we'd have to debate in
public.
Am I supposed to be taking Friday off, and seven of us go in to
the respective staff ppl to debate what's coming up on the agenda; I
don't want to be doing that
Mayor: don't think so; [agenda] usually constructed with MMgr and
MClerk; to create best public policy we can, will be next mtg
CAO: correct
Sop: didn't we have a cmte that did naming of streets?
Mayor: quite a while ago, and that's part of what we're looking
at, just so it's up to date
REPORTS
2. North Shore Police Services Review
(File: 2900-01)
Mayor: worked at for a long time; pleasure to have new chief here
this evening, Chief Lepine
As Mayor and Chair of the Police Board, I wd just introduce this
by saying a process wch has allowed the three Ms to work closely, to
understand Police services we deliver, pro-active role our Police Bd
had played, opp to focus in WV on our need to improve our Dispatch
Services.
There are three ways that we are looking at going: one is to
continue ourselves, one with RCMP in NV, third E-Comm; all have their
pros and cons, but this report has drawn attention to the fact that we
need to do better.
Secondly, wrt WV's detention services or facilities, I shd say,
there's a new directive from prov govt wrt providing closed circuit
monitoring, and better risk mgmt. And again we can look at
our own facility here, what we may be able to provide if we had a new
facility, what we may be able to do in a new partnership with the
RCMP.
Report suggested we shd hv a reporting structure wrt crime
analysis. The Police Bd wishes to recognize Ccl and cmnty
support of a crime analyst; it's certainly improved our ability to
understand crime in WV.
While we work collaboratively with the RCMP and VPD, and
certainly integrated teams; we don't think a reporting structure up to
anyone else makes sense, but certainly totally agree with sharing
information.
minor things underway:
one is improving on our communications strategy, and that's in
our strategic plan
one is E-Comm boundary adjustment within the Sq
Reserve
another is continuing to improve on our service agreement with
the Sq Nation, including the enhanced police services we provide now
thanks to extra funding of the prov govt
Those have all been pointed out
We really are continuing to improve our working relationship with
NV RCMP
Plsed to report our chief and the new officer in charge there
have a working relnship that comes before today, and I think that's
going to serve the N Sh in very good stead.
ME: move review by Perivale and Taylor be received for info
and CAO's report be received and recommended actions be
endorsed
Sop: clear that WV wants to have its own Police Force; success
mode
RCMP is going through negotiations
take positive make statement we're going to work together; make
efficiencies we need
we sleep, they're out there looking after us; hats off to our
Police Dept; push for efficiencies
our chief working in co-operation with RCMP
like these reports; hope this sits on shelf b/c no vision of
amalgamation at this point in time; my bet but think consensus of ppl
of WV
Mayor: can't let that dangle out there; this report is not going
to sit on a shelf in terms of needed improvements, challenges we face;
add'l operating costs to reach standards expected of us, but it is not
about amalgamating police forces, you're quite right.
Sop: only reason I want to put on shelf
CARRIED
3. Street Naming Request for Area 1 of Rodgers Creek
Development: Highgrove Court
(File: 0115-20-SNC01)
WITHDRAWN
4. Development Permit 09-010 Amendment, 2330 Cypress Bowl
Lane (Mulgrave School) (File: 1010-20-09-010)
{Cclr Walker excused herself b/c daughter attends this early
learning ctr.}
Mayor: now down to four so no one can leave so we have
quorum
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The requirement for a Public Meeting for an amendment
be waived and no further notification be required; and
2. The amendment attached as Appendix B, to the
September 8, 2009 report of the Senior Planner - Urban Design, be
approved.
Mayor: just moving a ramp for accessibility
ME: one request through to staff; under Schedule B, plant list
includes one of the invasive species and there is in BC an accepted
list of invasive species we to try not to use; we try to follow that
through within the M, and I believe it shd be followed for this
devt.
Mayor: wch one is it?
ME: Vinca Minor.
Mayor: periwinkle? {yes} with that noted.
CARRIED
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Zoning ... be read a first time.
2. Zoning Amendment Bylaw be presented at a Public Hearing
to be held on Monday, October 5.
3. The MClerk give notice that a Public Hearing is
scheduled for Monday, October 5.
Sokol: we have one of the highest rates of ppl working at home
in the Lower Mainland
Working at home results in less greenhouse gas emissions, reduced
carbon footprint
bylaw in front of you will allow increase number of residents who
can work at home and not impact nbrhd character; further our cmnty's
goals of sustainability and GHG reduction
Liz Holitzki, Bylaw Ofcr: deals with home occupations; defines a
biz in v general terms, v broad
most operate from commercial or residential, don't have
industrial [SLIDES]
two reasons: small, no reason to expand; or starting out and
testing to see, some do go commercial after a year or so
promotion of home-based biz, staff always been supportive
main purpose is to have clients able to come to home, currently
bylaw prohibits except for infrequent...
many biz cannot operate without clients so ... might have been
viable; bylaw basically is outdated
bylaw needs to be updated to address these
wd allow to come provided parking is provided; client.. ratio,
one to one...
some prohibited: beauty salon or barbershop, ... repair of
motor vehicles
removal of dollar-value restriction, [now] can't exceed $1K
wholesale ....
has to be secondary, dollar value is redundant
3224 biz licences, will be more by end of year
44 licence categories
15 home-based Biz (HBB) categories currently; there are
subcategories
[slide showing category types and long list given verbally]
Ppl are looking for avenues to... in this economic climate
not favouring unfair advantage to commercial
Staff have compared with other cmnties and they allow clients but
not ... individual to cmnty
Recommend: require an off-street parking, shd reduce negative ...
on nbrhd
v specific; prohibition; dollar issue redundant and shd be
deleted; my report Aug 31st
Sop: what position does it put Municipality? for years a silent
scenario
509 av, how many licensed and will get licensed and won't come
forth?
knocking on ev door?
LH: although originally had to; ...
didn't have the exact stats; we refuse or deny at the front
counter or by fax; many b/c can't meet this
just brought these three cases forth; had applications
there is some case law, a M lost the court case trying to
prohibit clients coming to the house
wrt 509, these are ones currently licensed by us
Sop: PH, know lots of questions then; how do we give indicators
to public?
Mayor: just asking questions of the presenter then hear from
public then put motion on floor
ME: page ...... not more than one client to the site; if the
client has a wife, two ppl
LH: the intent is that it's singular
SW: orchestra and band training -- does that encapsulate piano or
cello?
LH: our intent wd permit one on one
Mayor: now
Dianne Vogt (sp?): after that presentation, WV resident for many
years
after that presentation and possible to speak Oct 5, defer my
comments till then
Mayor: see you then
Carol Witlow (sp?): Fox St, 33 years; marriage and family
therapist so I see individuals and couples
my home was visited by bylaw [ofcr]; as of that date stop my
practice
have been out of my home; looked at that...
seven or eight per week; teach; grad school ... so not
consistent
[apptmts] last for an hour; 15 minutes between apptmts so can
leave...
my ofc is in my basement and has a private entrance
a number of weeks ago there was some concern about parking so at
that time, in chatting with nbr
cul de sac; no parking so [now] either in my driveway or in
street
talking to someone about a parking pad ...
out, cost $1500
what I heard tonight...
Mayor: will have a public mtg on this
MS: my understanding that the new -- perhaps Ms H can elucidate
-- new wd cover this person's biz adequately, allow to practise at
home
LH: I was taking notes
one on one, but the couples cd be a concern; as written was
intended to be one on one
MS: if a couple is coming, they are one client, I wd
presume
Mayor: takes two to tango
LH: believe that's what Cclr Evison was alluding to; get a legal
opinion
MS: unless two separate bills, one client
Mayor: really good issues to raise; wd adjourn; good to have
these now, can refine at PH;
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Zoning ... be read a first time.
2. Zoning Amendment Bylaw be presented at a Public Hearing
to be held on Monday, October 5.
3. The MClerk give notice that a Public Hearing is
scheduled for Monday, October 5.
CARRIED
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Solid Waste utility fees for 2009 be amended for the
fall and winter quarters at amounts set out in Schedule A of Bylaw No.
4609 as attached;
2. "Solid Waste Utility Bylaw ... be introduced and read
a first, second, and third time.
RL: follow up to two contracts that came up
considerable advance
have not... rates be increased but prob'ly will come in
2010; partly through and partly
be transparent; feel shd revise structure of user fees
in particular, we're proposing, amt used to be part, be removed
and added to garbage colln part of the charge; quarterly charge
we'll then have sglfam and multifam of same xxx
hasn't been an issue in the past; haven't changed our rates since
1998; feel shd revise going into 2010; no change in total
BOTH CARRIED
7. Motion to schedule a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday,
October 7, 2009 (File: 0120-01)
at WV
Srs' Ctr
CARRIED
Mayor: acting on recommendation of WG on Housing and Nbrhd
Character
{This is to get public opinion on
Secondary Suites; 7pm}
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
8. Consent Agenda Items - Reports and
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE LIST FOR CONSENT AGENDA
9. Correspondence List
(File: 0120 24)...
Responses to Correspondence
Sop: interpretation here; someone seeking a bldg permit, outside
jurisdiction, outside prop line they're paying for costs
says at end: .... impressed with dealings with District
staff
what's the general rule re costs of older homes?
prop line or outside prop line
why is citizen being charged for District-side work?
Mayor: there is a response here from Mgr of Utilities, doesn't
meet your satisfaction so Mr Bates
Phil Bates: this is standard practice in Ms to cover costs; it's
a Land Devt issue; part of water utility bylaw; to change wd hv to
change that bylaw
Sop: so the av citizen is resp for anything that happens?
District-side work
so when an older house and work has to be done; you're telling me
the taxpayer who owns the prop is obligated to pay for work on M land
in relationship to upgrading that old house or building a new one?
road, or sewer line or wherever that is; costs back onto the citizen?
why do they pay taxation?
Sokol: yes, there are certain conditions where they are charged,
and no, I'm not 100% familiar with the conditions at wch the prop
owner wd be charge; will by happy to look into that.
Mayor: seems public policy under Waterworks bylaw; it's our job
if we find/think not equitable
10. REPORTS FROM MAYOR/CCLRS
MS: last Wed another mtg of our child care WG
Anne Mooi and Leanne Sexsmith staff lead
renos at Gordon House, finished 20 spaces, of wch eight for
newborns needed...
as fast as getting open
as many in schools and churches will close; like a dog chasing
its tail; need
advising when Gordon House ready and Amb ...
happy to have a hosted tour
Sop: meeting weekly on Trans WG, report coming
unique undertaking; recommendations; looking outside the box; a
lot some wisdom to Ccl...
...alternate routes in this cmnty; walking, cycling; made some
headway, think this will make us start thinking
Mayor: I attended the WG on Housing Pilot Project this week and
it's really gratifying to see the criteria embodied in that reflect
nbrhd character
as we look at alternative forms of housing, the way we're going
to pilot a couple of projects is by also asking does this fit in with
the nbrhd; does this not blast, are there covenants on trees or does
it preserve [inaudible]
so that we're showing as we experiment, they have to fit in
really to the credit to the citizens of WV who gave their
feedback, can adapt to a changing world in a fine-tuning way that is v
well-suited to WV.
11. PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- none
12. ADJOURNMENT
MS: think this is a record, move at 20 to 8
Sop: Cclr Smith didn't talk too much :-)
===== AGENDAs Oct
5th =====
11:24 Oct 2nd -- LATE BREAKING NEWS -- HOLD THE
PRESSES !
Gordon Smith will be honoured as "Freeman of the
Municipality" at Oct 5th Council Meeting
+ PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA
+
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PUBLIC HEARING
The Director of Planning, Lands and Permits will describe the
subject application.
Applicant: District of West Vancouver
Affected Lands: The proposed regulations regarding Home
Craft, Occupation or Business uses apply to residential
zones
Purpose: The proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment updates
regulations (Section 31.105) for Home Craft, Occupation or Business
uses in West Vancouver.
Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment: The Provisions for a
Home Craft, Occupation, or Business are amended to:
1. Allow home based business operators to have
clients attend their business sites provided no more than one
client attends the property at any one time.
2. Remove the current restriction on the
wholesale dollar value of the "stock-in-trade", materials,
supplies, or goods that can be stored or kept on the
property.
3. [Prohibit] the following types of
businesses from being operated as home occupations:
A beauty salon or barber shop;
Schools or recital areas;
Orchestra or band training;
A restaurant;
Stables or kennels for the boarding and breeding of
animals;
Places of public assembly;
Retail sales directly from the site;
Real estate office;
The salvage or repair, or both, of motor
vehicles;
4. Require that all client parking [be] provided
off-street.
3. PRESENTATION
A
presentation will be provided on the proposed amendment bylaw.
4. PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURE
5. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
1) Reports received up to Oct 1: Zoning Bylaw Amendment -
Home Craft, Occupation or Business
2) Correspondence received up to Oct 1: [none]
On Sept 21, Ccl set the date for the PH. The statutory notice of
PH was published in the NSN on Sept 27 and Sept 30, 2009. The MClerk
will note written submissions received for the Oct 5 PH.
5. PUBLIC INPUT
[6.] CLOSURE OR ADJOURNMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING
{Receipt of info and PH closed or adjourned for a staff
report}
Members of Council are not permitted to receive further
submissions once the Public Hearing is closed.
+ COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
+
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: Sept 14 and 21
REPORTS
RECOMMENDED [THAT]:
1. Council receive the Strategic Planning Working
Group's deliberations and second draft of West Vancouver's Vision
and Mission; and further
2. [Council move] this draft through the
organization for ratification; and advise the Working Group of any
changes so they can continue the work laid out in their terms of
reference.
4. Value for Services Working Group
(File: 0117-20-VALSR)
Presentation to be provided and received for
information
Report from the Manager of Roads and Transportation entitled be
received for information.
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The Chief Administrative Officer's report
dated September 25, 2009 be received and the proposal for an Awards
Committee be endorsed; and
2. The Committee establishment, appointments
and Terms of Reference be made in October 2009.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the new cul-de-sac servicing Area 1 of the
Rodgers Creek Area be named "Highgrove Place".
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Official Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning
and Development Permit Application No. 08-041 be given further
consideration in the context of an OCP amendment for the whole block
bounded by Esquimalt Avenue, 20th Street, Fulton Avenue, and 21st
Street;
2. Staff be directed to prepare the following
draft bylaws for Council's consideration, upon completion of a
detailed review of Development Application No. 08-041:
1. OCP amendment for the block bounded by
Esquimalt Avenue, 20th Street, Fulton Avenue, and 21st Street to
permit consideration of infill housing development; and
2. Rezoning of the properties located at 2031,
2047 and 2063 Esquimalt Avenue.
RECOMMENDED: introduced and read a first, second and third
time.
BYLAW ADOPTION
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
11. Consent Agenda Items -
Reports and Correspondence
Item 12 - Measuring Up - Recognition and Cmnty Support
for WV's Access and Inclusion Initiatives
Item 13 - Correspondence List.
REPORTS FOR CONSENT AGENDA
Report from the Cmnty Planner of Social Services dated Sept 16,
to be received for information.
CORRESPONDENCE LIST FOR CONSENT AGENDA
13. Correspondence List
(File: 0120 24)
Correspondence Received Up to September 18,
2009
Requests for Delegation -- No
items presented.
Action Required
Attachments av for viewing in Legislative Services Dept;
Referred to MClerk for scheduling.
Referred to Director of Parks and Community Services for
consideration and response.
No Action Required
(3) Committee and Board Meeting
Minutes:
(a) West Vancouver Memorial Library Board - July 15,
2009
(b) Design Review Committee - December 16,
2008
(c) Design Review Committee - May 28,
2009
(d) Design Review Committee - July 16,
2009
Responses to Correspondence
Responses to Questions in Question Period
-- No items presented.
Correspondence Received Up to September 25,
2009
Requests for Delegation -- No
items presented.
Action Required
Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response.
Referred to Director of Planning, Lands and Permits for
consideration and response.
Referred to Director of Parks and Community Services for
consideration and response.
Referred to Director of Parks and Community Services for
consideration and response.
Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response.
No Action Required
DVD available for viewing in Legislative Services
Department.
Responses to Correspondence --
No items presented.
Responses to Questions in Question Period
-- No items presented.
14. REPORTS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS
15. PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS 16.
ADJOURNMENT
===
West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society ===
The new board elected at the Sept 17 AGM
(they will then choose the officers/executive): Jeff Anderson, Paul
Berlinguette, Bill Chapman, Hugh Hamilton, Elizabeth Hardy, Bill
McAllister, Bruce McArthur, Carolanne Reynolds, Michael
Ritter.
September 2008 - September 2009 Annual
Report
It is
always sobering to be confronted with the task of writing the Annual
Report. The natural cycles of life in our watersheds run their courses
relentlessly and we contribute with our efforts in this process. This
report is always an excellent opportunity for members to review our
Mission Statement, and to assess and record our
accomplishments.
Our Mission
Statement is:
1. Promote,
protect, and restore native fish stocks and their
habitat
2. Develop,
promote, and maintain Best Practices for sustainable creeks and
watersheds in West Vancouver.
3. Foster and
coordinate Watershed Stewardship among public, corporate and private
stakeholders.
4. Co-operate
with government and stakeholders to develop and enforce regulations,
bylaws and practices pertaining to watersheds.
5. Develop and
maintain governance systems and procedures deemed necessary to achieve
the Society's mission and purposes.
Application of Mission Statement
Late this summer we were approached by the
environmental consultant for the Provincial Ministry of
Transportation to give suggestions for compensation projects in
West Vancouver, specifically in tributary areas to the Capilano River,
as a result of the negative impact of construction of the new Marine
Drive bridge over the Capilano River. Several potential projects
were identified including the construction of a fish ladder on Hadden
Creek at Hadden Drive. This ladder would add significantly to the
habitat created by last year's completion of the fish ladder by
British Pacific Properties (BPP) on Hadden Creek at Stevens Drive. The
ladder would create an opportunity to open up even more habitat within
the Capilano Golf Course.
Other possible projects could be
the restoring of the estuary of Sway'wey Creek and restoring
impacted banks of the Capilano River. The full scope of compensation
projects has not been determined yet. We have informed all other
stakeholders of this work and hope to bring this issue to a beneficial
conclusion for all concerned.
The baffling of the Lawson Creek
culvert under Ambleside has been completed by the District of West
Vancouver (DWV) thanks to many donors, and now allows salmon to
access habitat beyond the Legion. We will be monitoring the ladder at
the Legion to assess how effective it is for returning salmon. If we
find that salmon are not accessing the upper reaches of Lawson Creek,
we are prepared to reinstate our Salmon Rescue Program.
On November 7th 2008 members of Streamkeepers participated in a tour
of some of BPP's new development areas in their upper Rodgers Creek
development areas, as part of our ongoing stewardship monitoring
program.
The baffling project on Rodgers Creek at the culvert on Bellevue
Avenue was completed in November 2008. Signage has been put up
recognizing funding by the Pacific Salmon Foundation and the students
of Irwin Park Elementary School.
Streamkeepers continued the work of planting native species in
riparian areas of Hay Park with the help of students from the
Environmental Protection Network (EPN) from West Vancouver Secondary
School. Planting took place on October 5th, November 8th, and March
1st in 2009.
A significant enhancement project was the removal by Streamkeepers of
a 1.5metre-high natural dam on Hadden Creek below the Hadden Drive
culvert. This project will allow fish access to new habitat up to the
Hadden Drive culvert.
West Vancouver Streamkeepers developed an advisory handout for
contractors, developers and property owners which was approved and
issued on January 13th 2009. This handout describes problems noted in
construction which may cause infractions and is given out to
contractors purely as advice. It is also intended as an educational
handout about our creeks and the environment.
Working with the Municipality
We continued our policy of holding morning
meetings with DWV's environmental section. These semi-monthly
meetings serve a very useful forum for keeping both the District and
Streamkeepers up to date, and to discuss issues and projects that
affect our creeks and the environment. It is from these meetings that
many projects are initiated. On many occasions these meetings are held
in conjunction with the West Vancouver Shoreline Preservation
Society.
Lawson Creek has been a major focus of our activities for the last two
years with respect to migrating salmon, and it is also very much part
of the activities of the West Vancouver Shoreline Preservation
Society. They have worked very closely with DWV and have achieved
great success on their foreshore projects. One of these was the
building of the bridge at the mouth of Lawson Creek. This bridge was
built entirely of material salvaged from the beaches and milled from
local timber, and was officially opened by our Mayor last
September.
Every year the chum have migrated up Eagle Creek, but have been
frustrated from going further by the small diameter culvert under
Marine Drive. DWV has been planning a new larger culvert for the past
year, and at the time of writing this report the District is putting
it in thus allowing salmon to move to better habitat further up Eagle
Creek.
West Vancouver Streamkeepers have always used a rough platform to view
salmon and count migrating fish under the Keith Road bridge over
Brothers Creek. During the past two years we developed the concept of
building a salmon-viewing station at this location as there is a
beautiful pool where salmon rest and spawn.
This concept became a realistic
project in the spring of 2009 at one of our morning meetings in
discussion with the Parks Department. They liked the idea, looked at
it, and agreed that it would work given some changes to the trail and
existing platform. Larry McHale quickly got his crew onto this
exciting job. The lumber for the supports, railings and decorative
sides was all cut from material found or milled from local
logs.
The new trail to the site and the viewing platform was completed at
the end of August, and the official opening is proposed for the end
of October. This is the first platform and, we believe, the only
salmon-viewing site on public land on the North Shore. A place
where the public can gain access easily; where it is easy and friendly
for children's groups; and where one can quietly observe migrating
salmon in a beautiful and peaceful pool in Brothers
Creek.
There are many
other aspects where Streamkeepers have worked closely with the
District during the past year. Some of these are:
*
arranging and participating in tours of development
areas
*
working on problems with water diversions on McDonald
Creek
*
reviewing potential location for new rearing ponds like the one in Hay
Park
*
funding issues for Larson Creek wetlands and the pond on Marine
Drive
*
discussing future plans for the Ambleside Park pond and Sway'wey
Creek
*
working in conjunction with the DWV's environmental officers in
reporting infractions that concern
creeks and the
environment.
We are pleased to report that the
municipality presented Past President Hugh Hamilton with a 2009
Heritage Award in February for his years of work with
Streamkeepers and other ecological/nature/environmental
organizations.
Education and Awareness through Public
Outreach
We continued our policy of reaching out to
the public through public events since it is through these activities
that we can make the public aware of the importance of our creeks for
fish habitat and the overall environment in West Vancouver. The
schools in particular have been a focus of many of our
efforts.
Once again on April 25th, Streamkeepers, together with the Coho
Society of the North Shore, put on our annual Adopt-a-Fish event at
the West Vancouver Memorial Library and in Memorial Park. The
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) brought a truck load of
salmon fry; Coho Society gave the children Adopt-a-Fish certificates
and, Streamkeepers helped fill the buckets with fry, and took the
children to release the fry into McDonald Creek.
The students from EPN were of great help in assisting children and
families to cross Marine Drive and in telling the children about the
journey of the fish into the ocean and how they return.
The Community Day this year was held on June 6th on the grounds of
West Vancouver's new Community Centre where the parade finished.
There was a great deal of comradeship among the many exhibitors and
vendors who were helped by the staff of the Community Centre. We felt
that we achieved our objectives in making the public aware of the fish
in our creeks with our fish tank with cutthroat caught in Hay Park the
same morning.
We have not always celebrated on Earth Day (April 16th this year), but
this year since it was held in the atrium at the Community Centre, we
used this opportunity to set up a mock creek with rocks, vegetation,
signage, and even a dead trout to make the mock creek more realistic.
This demonstration of a creek bed drew a lot of
attention.
We celebrated Rivers Day on September 28th last year by visiting the
Morton Creek display in North Vancouver, and the work of Alexandra
Morton at the Maritime Museum in Vancouver.
On the weekend of May 15-17 this year, Directors participated in the
Stewardship Workshop put on by the DFO Community Advisors every second
year. This year the workshop was held at the Thomas Haney Secondary
School in Maple Ridge.
Streamkeepers set up their display unit and had the
opportunity to meet with Streamkeepers from other areas as well as
attending some of the excellent educational talks.
The last of our outreach events for the 2009 year was the Coho
Festival in Ambleside Park on Sunday, September 13th. As usual
it was a glorious sunny day with events for everyone. West Vancouver
Streamkeepers and West Vancouver Shoreline Preservation Society joined
the circle of "Sustainability" where most of the environmental
organizations had set up their displays. The many visitors to our
display especially enjoyed our live cutthroat and coho fish tank as
well as the many other information handouts.
We also manned Station 8 on the Coho Walk where we recorded 361
visitors, although the total number of Coho Walkers was very much
higher.
Two chum coho showed up in Brothers Creek, so we were able to show
many walkers salmon in our creek. Thank you, Coho
Festival!
School Outreach
Storm
Drain Marking This program is in its second year and is proving
most successful with a great deal of enthusiasm from the students and
teachers in the elementary schools. In 2008, West Vancouver
Streamkeepers worked with West Bay and Gleneagles elementary schools
and marked 70 and 120 drains respectively at these two
schools.
In the two
years that this program has been conducted five elementary schools
have been involved including Irwin Park, Ridgeview, and Hollyburn
schools. This accounts for over 450 storm drains marked in West
Vancouver. A good start!
We will
continue with this program in the fall of 2009 working with Pauline
Johnson Elementary School, and carrying out additional marking along
Bellevue Avenue with Irwin Park School.
The West
Vancouver Secondary School's EPN club assisted Streamkeepers in many
of our projects. The main one was their help with our Spawner Surveys
from mid-October till December 1st last year. They also participated
in four planting and weeding projects in Hay Park; they assisted in
our Adopt-a-Fish event; they helped at our annual egg-take at
Tenderfoot Hatchery, and have attended several of our monthly
meetings. We are exceedingly fortunate to have such an active group of
high school students interested and active with us.
West
Vancouver Secondary School followed up their initiative in 2008 with
their District Sustainability Action Team. Many schools participated
as well as several other NGO environmental groups. West Vancouver
Streamkeepers have been regular attendees.
Working Groups and Other Organizations
Streamkeepers were involved in the Rodgers Creek
Working Group which reported to Mayor and Council on the Rodgers Creek
Development Area last year. A Streamkeeper director is an ongoing
member of the Community Engagement Committee as well as a member of
the Heritage Working Group last year and the Heritage Achievements
Awards Committee this year.
Streamkeepers continued to be involved with the North
Shore Environmental Network (NSEN) an organization comprised of
non-profit environmental groups interested in coordinating information
from their members, and in establishing a central data bank or
information centre.
Nelson Creek Hatchery
The Nelson
Creek salmon hatchery is located on the edge of Nelson Creek canyon.
It uses a decommissioned municipal water intake to draw water out of
the creek and send it through egg trays and fry troughs. Volunteers
raise coho and chum salmon from eyed eggs to fry. The small salmon are
released to creeks across West Vancouver when they are ready which is
usually in April and May.
On
December 31stt 2008 we received 100,750 eyed chum eggs from the DFO
Tenderfoot Hatchery in Squamish. On January 16th, approximately 64,000
eyed coho eggs arrived from Capilano Hatchery,
The cold
winter and spring weather slowed development of our coho and chum fry.
All the chum were hatched by February 20th. and the coho were hatched
by the end of March. The chums were ponded (released into the creeks)
on April 19th and the coho were ponded on May 5th which was three
weeks later than usual.
Releases
On May 1st
about half the chum smolts were released to Larson, Eagle, Willow,
Claymore and Cypress Creeks. The Nelson Creek hatchery coho fry were
released to Hadden, MacBeth, Lawson, McDonald, Rodgers, Cypress,
Willow, Eagle, Nelson, and Larson Creeks on May 19th and
20th.
And
finally, just over 600 of the Nelson Creek coho fry were released to
Wood Creek at Parc Verdun as a neighbourhood event with the Eagle
Harbour Primary school children on June 2nd.
Annual Egg Take
Every
year, usually in mid-November, the DFO conduct an Egg Take event at
their Tenderfoot hatchery near Squamish. This Egg Take operation is
specifically set up to take chum eggs for West Vancouver's Nelson
Creek hatchery and Bowen Island's hatchery.
The
process of stripping the eggs and milt from the newly arrived chum is
a fun and educational exercise. It is also a good introduction to the
life cycle of salmon. This year we had four people from West Vancouver
which included three EPN students. There were also volunteers from
Bowen and Squamish helping the DFO staff.
It is
important that West Vancouver Streamkeepers send as many volunteers as
possible to this egg-taking event as it is these eggs from which we
rear our fry for release into West Vancouver creeks.
Spawner Surveys - 2008
Once again
we commenced our salmon spawning surveys in mid-October at a time when
we usually expect the first chum salmon to arrive. Eleven creeks
were surveyed, including Brothers, Cave and Turner, Eagle, Hadden,
Lawson, McDonald, Nelson, Pipe, Rodgers, West Brothers and Wood
creeks. Surveys continued into December when heavy rains
sometimes bring late coho.
Students
from the EPN club of West Vancouver Secondary School again helped in
conducting the spawner surveys. We conducted seven weeks of surveys
with the EPN students starting in mid-October. There were eight
teams covering zones on five creeks: Lawson, McDonald, Hadden, and
Brothers creeks in West Vancouver, and Terminal Creek on Bowen
Island. The survey involved 32 students with Streamkeepers
working with each team. On December 5th there was a wrap- up meeting
for the EPN students at which time Mayor Pam Goldsmith-Jones
congratulated the students and gave out T-shirts. Many other community
leaders and school board representatives were in
attendance.
A total of
241 live chum and 28 coho were observed in West Vancouver creeks.
Brothers Creek saw the biggest returns with 173 chum and 12 coho.
In Hadden creek, a tributary of Brothers creek, there were 11 live
chum and 13 coho. But since the number of dead chum exceeded the
number of live chum by one, we know that at least 12 chum entered this
creek. Eagle Creek had 35 chum and one coho. Lawson Creek
saw 18 chum and one coho. Two chum were observed in McDonald
Creek and two also in Wood Creek. While no live salmon were seen
in West Brothers, one dead chum was found, so we know that at least
one chum entered that creek. No salmon were observed in the rest
of the creeks that were surveyed; Cave and Turner, Nelson, Pipe and
Rodgers.
The peak
of the chum return was around early-mid November. The peak for
dead chum was late November, indicating that the chum spend about two
weeks in the creeks. The peak for coho occurred in mid November in Brothers and
Hadden creeks, and late November/early December in Eagle and Lawson
creeks.
[Chart was
provided]
Speaking Events During 2008
It has become a goal that West Vancouver
Streamkeepers try to arrange for top speakers to come to art least one
or two of our five public meetings. Through a direct contact of a
Streamkeeper director with the Minister of the Environment, the
Hon. Barry Penner, West Vancouver Streamkeepers organized a
presentation by the Minister at Mulgrave School on the evening of
January 27th 2009.
Our Mayor, Pam Goldsmith-Jones gave an opening introduction to the
Minister who spoke on a wide range of environmental issues. This was
followed by a lively question-and-answer period, and then a
presentation of environmental achievement awards to some EPN students
from West Vancouver Secondary School and to another highly
accomplished and tireless worker for our creeks.
The event was attended by many outstanding community environmental
leaders as well as provincial and municipal politicians.
Many
generous private sponsors and donors together with assistance from
Mulgrave School enabled us to put on this excellent
event.
At the March 19th public meeting Streamkeepers organized a new and
different format, a panel. Local experts spoke on the profile and
story of Lawson Creek with history and events which have contributed
to the nature and dynamics of the creek today. The topic of the
evening was "Fallers, Flumes, and Fish", an inviting and
intriguing topic which was much enjoyed especially by the many
residents along Lawson Creek who had been specially
invited.
The
well-attended panel talks were complemented by great photos of the
past. Streamkeepers are hoping to continue with this format by
presenting profiles of other West Vancouver creeks.
We hope you have
enjoyed hearing about the many events during the past year and the
improvements and progress made with respect to "keeping our streams"
in West Vancouver. We invite you to join us in this vital mission,
respecting, restoring, and enhancing the environmental health of our
community.
Thank
you,
Michael Ritter,
President
WV Streamkeeper
Society Ph: 604 628 1123
streamkeepers@westvan.org and www.streamkeepers.westvan.org
===
West Vancouver Historical Society ===
2012 marks the centennial for West
Vancouver. The WVHS is working on a book to mark the
milestone.
New Pictures and Information Needed for
Centennial Book
The production
of our Centennial Book on the Neighbourhoods of West Vancouver is
being very well served with assistance of the Archives, the Library
and the Seniors' Centre who have joined us as partners in the
preparation of the book. In spite of the excellent collection of
photos and documents in the Archives and Library, it is vital that we
take this opportunity to gather new material for our book and possibly
for the Archives and the Library.
We are, therefore, hosting a
series of meetings in the community to gather pictures and documents
that may exist in family albums, filing folders, and attics that would
contribute to a richer book and possibly richer resources in our
Archives. Here are the meetings scheduled to date to be held in 2009
and 2010 in the Seniors' Centre atrium:
September 22 at 7pm -- Neighbourhood --
Dundarave
November 19 at 7:30pm -- Neighbourhoods -- Park
Royal and British Properties
February 23 (2010) at 7pm -- Neighbourhood --
Ambleside
Meeting for Eagle Harbour/Fisherman's Cove and
Whytecliff/Horseshoe Bay are planned for later in the spring of
2010.
Your material will be handled in one of two ways. You may donate
it to the Historical Society and the Archives, or you may lend the
material to the Historical Society who will make copies, with your
permission, and return the material for your family records. We hope
to find some new material that will add to the richness of our
book.
Contact: the phone number for the WVHS is 778 279
2235 and the email address is wvhs@shaw.ca and please
mark Attention: Francis Mansbridge.
=== NEWSWATCH
===
+
AFGHANISTAN: HERO-SERGEANT DECORATED BY QUEEN IS KILLED
(AGI) - London,
September 23 ? On the night of September 8 2007 he earned the Military
Cross after facing Taliban fire to help comrades in trouble and to try
and recover a body. Two years later Michael Lockett, the British
sergeant hero of the Mercian Regiment died in the explosion of an
improvised incendiary device in Helmand province in southwest
Afghanistan. The 29 year old is the 217th British causality in
Afghanistan, the first to die after receiving the Military Cross,
awarded to Michael by Queen Elizabeth II in June 2008. Another soldier
awarded the Military Cross subsequently died in Iraq. Locket, who
leaves behind a fiancée and three children (eight, seven and five
years old), was on his third mission in Afghanistan after having
served in Bosnia and in Northern Ireland. Lockett decided to return to
the country to share his knowledge of the territory and guerrilla
techniques with the new arrivals. A knowledge that on Monday was not
enough to save him from the bomb that exploded after he got out of his
vehicle to inspect the road in the Gereshk district. Two other
soldiers were injured in the blast.
=== BEERWATCH ===
Guinness's 250th Anniversary on 2009 Sept 24!
From
Wikipedia,
"Leased for 9,000 years in 1759 by Arthur Guinness at =A345 per year,
St. James's Gate has been the home of Guinness ever since. It became
the largest brewery in Ireland in 1838, and was the largest in the
world in 1914."
WHAT'S
BREWING -- 250 years of delicious darkness
Guinness brewmaster
Fergal Murray says a typical pint in Dublin is about nine days old
when it's consumed. Here, it's probably about two weeks
old.
The Irish
Guinness celebration will spill into Toronto pubs
Sep 23, 2009 04:30
Am
JOSH RUBIN, BEER
REPORTER
September 24, 1759
was a dark day in brewing history. A deep reddish-brown, almost black,
actually.
Tomorrow marks 250
years since an enterprising young fellow by the name of Arthur
Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease for his new Dublin brewery. While
he started off brewing ales, Guinness eventually moved into making
porter and its bolder cousin, stout.
{G, our resident beer connoisseur,
points out that porter and stout are also ales.}
=== LANGUAGEWATCH
===
VSun 2009 Sept 21: In the Micmac language, trees are named based
on sounds they make when the wind blows through them at a specific
time. The names are not fixed and change as the sound changes,
such as when the trees grow. [Craig and Marc Kielburger]
=== WORDWATCH === Eid,
holiday the end of Ramadan
Eid
ul-Fitr -- From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia; Significance End of Ramadan
Date -- depends on the moon; 2009 date -- 20 September - 21 September
Observances: Congregational prayer, giving charity, wearing
new clothes, eating sweet foods. Kids usually get gifts or
money.
Eid ul-Fitr
(Arabic: =8D=CD=A6 =AB=94=B7=D7- '?du ul-Fi?r?), often
abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word
meaning "festivity", while Fi?r means "to break
fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the breaking of the fasting
period. It is celebrated after the end of the Islamic month
of Ramadan, on the first day of
Shawwal. Eid
ul-Fitr lasts for three days of celebration and is sometimes also
known as the "Smaller Eid" as compared to the Eid ul-Adha that lasts four days and is called
the "Greater Eid". Muslims are commanded by the Qur'an to complete their fast on the last day of Ramadan and
then recite the
Takbir all throughout
the period of Eid[Qur'an 2:185 (Translated by Shakir)].
Common greetings during
this holiday are the
Arabic greeting '?d
mub?rak ("Blessed Eid") or '?d sa'?d
("Happy Eid"). In addition, many countries have their own
greetings based on local language and traditions.
* MORE
ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS
Some as a result of the ccl mtg!
aka = also known as
BANANA = Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
EOI = Expressions of Interest (used by the Housing Pilot Prog WG
seeking proposals)
HBB = Home-Based Business (used in staff presentation Sept 21;
proposed amendments to this bylaw Oct 2009)
LGA = Local Government Act
LMMA = Lower Mainland Municipal Assn
LMTAC = Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee
MoTH = Ministry of Transportation and Highways
MOU = Memo of Understanding
NBI = Nothing But Initials
NIMBY = Not in My Backyard
NIMTO = Not in My Term of Office
P3 = Private Public Partnership
PH = Public Hearing
ROTFLWTIME = Rolling on the Floor Laughing with Tears in My
Eyes
QED = Quod Erat Demonstrandum (pardon me, my math background is
showing, but good for debates)
RFMP = Recreation Facilities Master Plan of a decade ago, used to
justify Aquatic, Gleneagles, and new Cmnty Ctr with little
correspondence to cost estimates at that time in the report
relnship = relationship
SNAFU = Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
TTYS = talk to you soon
VoIP = Voice over the Internet Protocol (telephony term)
w/ = with and w/o for without
WTE = Waste-to-Energy, an option for reducing gases that cause
global warming (there's a facility in Burnaby)
WTHIT = What the Heck is This?
WVS = actual name is WV Streamkeeper Society, so also WVSS but
that can be WV Secondary School
WVSK/WVSk/WVSkS = to be clearer when referring to the WV
Streamkeepers (WVS above)
WWY(T)S = What Were You (They)
Smoking?
WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You
Get
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary (this means
your experience may differ)
=== MAIKU ===
Did you see the moon Monday night? As we drove home (west)
after the ccl mtg Sept 21st.......
black sky
canopy
low
above dark sea
burnt orange sliver crescent
{No, that's not a typo; it is supposed to be
sliver, not silver.}
=== QUOTATIONS and PUNS
===
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
--
Paulo Freire, Brazilian writer and educator (1921 - 1997)
They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I
deem them mad because they think my days have a price.
--
Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and poet (1883 - 1931)
Books will be the salvation of mankind.
--
Fran=E7ois-Marie Arouet aka Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in
another time.
--
Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali polymath (1861 - 1941)
Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that
you said couldn't be done.
--
Sam Ewing, American writer (1921 - 2001)
I'm not young enough to know everything.
--
James Barrie, Scottish writer (1860 -
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but
that children produce adults.
--
Peter De Vries, American writer (1910 - 1992)
who
also said: Marriage is to courting as humming is to singing.
...from BBC Two: Tuesday 29 September 2230 BST
"In the uncharted waters we sail, the challenge of change
demands nothing less than a new model for our economy, a new model for
a more responsible society, and a new model for a more accountable
politics."
-- So said [UK Prime Minister] Gordon Brown today as he sought to
rally the Labour troops and re-ignite support across the country in a
conference address which had - yet again - been billed the speech of
his life.
PUNS
> The roundest knight at King
Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his
size from too much pi.
> When travelling in the Bermuda Triangle look danger
square in the eye, avoid falling into the dreaded Trapezoid and that
graveyard of the sea, the Wrecktangle.
> Bird-dogs are great for music, because they're both
woofers and tweeters.
> To the bull in the pasture, may he live for heifer and
heifer.
> I should have been sad when my flashlight batteries
died, but I was delighted.