WVM2010-01
AGENDA Jan 11th
Calendar to Jan 31st
by
Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
www.WestVan.org
Happy New Year! (and
new decade depending on your definition!)
IN THIS ISSUE:
Main Items on Agenda Jan 11th: (finally!)
indicating/acknowledging mtg start at 6pm (then closed) as has been
happening, and reopened at 7pm with two unusual DVP
'Applications' (6165 Gleneagles, 1313 Fulton) b/c the variation in
both cases already exists thus indicating already built without
permits; V4S WG Final Report; Strategic Plan and
BSC; Five-Year Financial Plan; Apptmts; Correspondence
including UBCM Grants, CRTC, Followup on Endowment Fund $$$, Nelson
Crk Flood, Hollyburn Cabin Permits
NB: Jan 18 will be the Finance Cmte mtg for public input re
Budget 2010; next ccl mtg Jan 25
= Vive le Canada (Two brave Cdns; Loyalist mug);
ANIMALWATCH (Polar bear; cat drinking at the tap); from the EDITOR'S
DESK (Opening?; subscriptions; initials); UPDATES (WebAlerts;
E-Policing Alert; OGC Society)
= CALENDAR to Jan 31st; CULTUREWATCH
(Theatre, Music)
= List of WVM Newsletter Topics/Titles during 2009: 1
- 28
= INFObit (cougars in BC); The Land Conservancy; BEERWATCH
(Trappist Monks); WEBWATCH (World Clock); NEWSWATCH (The
"Freeze"); WOMANWATCH (Mediaeval Ladies Jan 14);
LANGUAGEWATCH (dead?); BOOKWATCH (Brain/Mind Reading; China/Waking
Dragon); MAIKU for New Year; QUOTATIONS/PUN
=== Vive le Canada
===
+ Loyalist missionary's silver beer mug could fetch
$100,000
by RANDY BOSWELL, The Vancouver Sun, 2010
Jan 7 (Thursday) pB7
A 268-year-old beer mug that was brought to Canada during the
American Revolution by a prominent Loyalist refugee - Rev. John
Stuart, the future founder of the Anglican Church in Upper Canada -
hits the auction block this month in the U.S. and is...
read more...+ Storied Loyalist beer mug could fetch
$100,000 at auction by R Boswell, CANWEST NEWS
SERVICE JAN
6
Story/photo at:
http://www.canada.com/life/Storied+Loyalist+beer+could+fetch+auction/2412429/story.html
=== ANIMALWATCH
===
+ Sad polar bear gets new home in Scotland:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/10/23/edward.uk.polar.bear.new.itn
+ Kitteh dwinks fwom phauwset -
pretteh epic acksualy....Cat drinking from faucet :).
(This is 2:56m but you get the point in the first bit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UTdhK0lwuw
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK
===
* OPENNESS
Halleluia! Finally the agenda that comes out now has the
mtg Ccl has before 7pm. (See agenda below.) The next
hurdle is to lower the in camera quotient. Not everything to do
with 'legal' and 'land' have to be in a closed session. They MAY
be, if it cd "harm the interests of the M", not just b/c it
might be awkward or embarrassing. Many items ought to be
discussed in public and if a legal opinion required, that ought to be
public as well. Let's see if the door will creak a bit more open
as 2010 progresses....
* GETTING DWV NEWS
As you know, you can subscribe to WVM by sending email to
subscribeWVM@westvan.org or go to the website www.westvan.org to send
in the form.
Please note that although the issues are numbered and are put up
on the website, updates and interim mailings are not, nor are they
printed for distribution.
With usually two ccl mtgs a month, and WVM coming out with the
agenda for the next ccl mtg, among other ramifications of not being
weekly are omissions of dates of cmte/WG mtgs b/c not yet on the DWV
website calendar. Updates are sent for current/immediate news.
For completeness of the record, sometimes these earlier mtgs are put
in the subsequent WVM issue.
* What do all those initials
mean??? [more just added!]
For complete Initializations, Acronyms, and Abbreviations,
see http://www.westvan.org/acronyms/
AAMOF = As A Matter of Fact
BSC =
Balanced Scorecard
CWOT = Complete Waste of Time
DBA =
Dundarave Business Association (in commerce, Doing Business As)
=== UPDATES ===
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E-POLICING ALERT
Suspects To Identify @ wvpd.ca - Updated 2010-01-05
Please review photos on our website at the link below and contact
our investigators if you are able to identify the individuals that
appear there.
wvpd.ca/breaking-stories/296-suspects-to-identify-can-you-help-us
The 'Suspects to Identify' page is regularly updated and we will
notify you by e-policing alerts if there are new persons of interest
that we are seeking to identify. West Vancouver Police thank you
for your visits to wvpd.ca and your prompt attention to e-policing
alerts.
+ Old Growth Conservancy
Society [OGC]
The Old Growth Conservancy
Society brings together members of environmental and recreational
communities for the protection of the 54-hectare Old Growth
Conservancy on Hollyburn Ridge.
The Society's mission is to work
with the community at large and the District to ensure that the
ecological integrity of the Old Growth Conservancy is protected and
that its natural values are respected and appreciated. Activities
include education/interpretation projects, site monitoring, research,
and consultation with community organizations and the District to
minimize recreation and development impacts on the
Conservancy.
Old Growth Conservancy Society
Constitution and Bylaws(276516)
Contact: Alan Bardsley,
President 604 925
3416 [In Calendar see AGM and Annual Hike]
=== CALENDAR to Jan 31st
===
[Pls note a) that all mtgs are at M Hall
unless indicated otherwise and b) with such a long gap between ccl
mtgs and WVMs along with often no or v short notice of mtgs on the DWV
website, this section, while hoping to, cannot possibly, be complete.
Please check DWV website wrt cmtes and WGs that are of interest to
you.]
2010 !
= Tuesday Jan 12
~ 7pm ~ MetroV Regional Growth
Strategy Public Consultation; Eagles Club, 170 W 3rd, NV
ALSO:
INVITATION TO OLYMPIC/PARALYMPIC EVENT 7pm TUESDAY JAN
12th from MP John Weston
THE WORLD IS COMING TO OUR DOOR...
Senator Nancy Greene Raine; Minister of State for Sport Gary
Lunn; and I invite you to join us for a memorable evening! The
athletes, Olympian Annamay Pierse and Paralympian Andrea Holmes
have now joined our panel that, with YOUR input, will
leverage the benefits of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
As your Member of Parliament, I have organized this town hall
discussion to ensure that you have the chance to hear these leaders
and provide your input to make sure Canada's Games have a lasting,
positive impact. Our "Post-Olympic Legacies- Economic and
Health" townhall will take place in the Atrium of Park
Royal Shopping Centre, South Mall, in West Vancouver at 7pm on
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010. Come and share your
views!
Pre-registration is free but a ticket is required. Please pick
up your ticket during office hours (9 am - 5 pm) at our West Van
office (Unit 21, 285 - 17th Marine Drive) between Monday, January 5th
and Friday, January 8th.
This is an important extension of the 20:10 Parliamentary Fitness
Initiative which I introduced in the House of Commons last
April.
Help us make 2010 a truly happy and productive year! ~~
Best wishes, John Weston, MP
= Thursday Jan 14
~ 7:30am ~ Field Sports WG (moved
to Jan 7th)
~ 5:30pm ~ Cmnty Engagement
Cmte
= Monday Jan 18 ~ 7pm ~ FINANCE CMTE MTG BUDGET
2010 (for public input; info Mon 11th)
= Tuesday Jan 19
~ 7:30pm ~ WRA Mtg, Gleneagles
Golf Club Cmnty Rm; Guest Speaker: Gareth Rowlands, WV Transit
= Wednesday Jan 20th
~ 5:30pm ~ Housing PP WG at
Library in E Musto Room
~ 6pm ~ Child Care WG
[CANCELLED]
~ 7pm ~ Board of Variance
~ 7pm ~ Library Board AGM at the
Library (Welsh Hall)
~ 7pm ~ THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING OF THE OLD GROWTH CONSERVANCY SOCIETY
at
WV Seniors' Centre (in the Marine Room); Doors open at 6:30pm
Another busy year for the Society; come hear an update on
last year's activities including:
- Launch of the monitoring program
- Winter hikes from the SW corner to the Eustace Smith
blazes
- MEC grant to improve the Conservancy Crossing
Trail
- Website design
This is also an opportunity to renew your membership --
$10 annual mbrship fee for 2010.
= Thursday Jan 21
~ 4:30pm ~ Design Review
Cmte
~ 5:30pm ~ WV Police Bd
Mtg at WV Police Station
~ 6pm ~ NSh Family Court/Youth
Justice Cmte, DNV M Hall
~ 7 - 9pm ~ WORKSHOPS at Cmnty
Ctr
Series on "Skills for
Mindful Living" Launches January 21st
Join us for the first of an ongoing series of free, educational
workshops designed to provide opportunities to the West Vancouver
community to develop healthy strategies for living and skills to
enhance family relationships. The series opens with The
Three Faces of Stress presented by Jo-Anne Weiler, M.A.,
R.C.C.
The "Skills for Mindful Living" series is a BC Association
of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) community service initiative (Public
Presentation Project) developed in collaboration with Canadian Mental
Health Association North and West Vancouver Branch (CMHA) and West
Vancouver Community Centres Services Society (WVCCSS). BCACC
Registered Clinical Counsellors will present educational workshops
addressing daily life issues such as stress reduction, parenting,
family and couple relationships, conflict resolution, anger
management, and mindfulness.
All workshops will be held in the Cedar Room in the WV
Community Centre and are
open to the first 40 registrants.
To register, please call 604 987 6959 x 233 or email
Katie.hughes@cmha.bc.ca. While there
is no fee for registration, donations are welcome with the proceeds
invested back in the local community-based charities.
For more information about the project partners, please visit
their websites BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
(www.bc-counsellors.org), CMHA North and West Vancouver Branch
(www.northwestvancouver.cmha.bc.ca), and the WV Community Centres
Services Society (
www.westvancouver.ca/wvccss ).
= Saturday Jan 23 (also at the Legion, see their section
below)
~ 6:30pm ~ Robbie Burns Night at
Gleneagles Cmnty Ctr with the Vancouver Fiddle Orchestra
Bar,
Dinner, Dancing; Tickets: $39.95 per person
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= Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday Jan 25/26/27 ~ 3 - 7pm ~
Energy Fair, Cmnty Ctr Atrium =
=
Wednesday Jan 27 ~ 7pm ~ Energy Forum =
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= Tuesday Jan 26
~ 7:30pm ~ Iran's Fight for Democracy -- do we
have a role? (at the Library)
The Northshore Greens host a discussion to
highlight the world's largest pro-democracy movement -- and it is
taking place in Iran today. Last June, the scenes of millions of
people demonstrating for freedom exploded across television screens,
newspapers, and the Internet, and on social media. The tragic
death of Neda Agha-Soltan, a young woman who was participating in a
protest against the outcome of the Iranian 2009 presidential election,
became a rallying cry for the demonstrators.
Why is all of this happening? What chance
do democracy demonstrators have?
The Green Party of Canada is committed to
grassroots democracy. We have been watching these events
intently. That's why the local North Vancouver Green Party
association has invited several well-informed speakers to participate
in a panel discussion, shed light on some of the significant issues,
and answer your questions. We'd like to understand the events better
and perhaps discover how Canadians can lend their support to this
drive for democracy.
Moderator: Claudia Cornwall,
North Vancouver Green Party
Panelists:
Soushiant Zanganehpour is a consulting
analyst with SFU's Graduate School of Business. Until recently, he was
the Iran Program Coordinator and a researcher at UBC's Simons
Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research. He is a
co-author of Iran in the World: The Nuclear Crisis in
Context. He will speak about human rights in Iran, the
problems of dual citizens, and policy implications for the Canadian
government.
Hassan Zakeri graduated
with an MSc from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran and is
currently enrolled at UBC in a PhD program in economics. Hassan
was in Tehran during last year's election and the aftermath and will
speak about those events.
Interviews or additional info
contact:
Claudia Cornwall 604 986 3843
Robyn Quinn, APR 1 778 977 2264
= Saturday Jan 30 -- OGC Event
+++ 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
Stay up to date with what's going on at the Library
- Register now for our
Monthly eNewsletter!
+ Celebrate BC's Family Literacy Week
+ Your Library Card is Your Ticket!
Literature Criticism Online culls
literary reviews and criticism from books, magazines,
newspapers, and journals, and puts it all
in a searchable, browsable database that's available 24/7.
Covering contemporary writers of novels, poetry, plays, short
stories, and nonfiction,
Literature Criticism Online is an invaluable resource for
students, book club members, and all lovers of literature.
+ Music at the Library
Free Friday Night Concert Series
Come to your Library to see local band Van Django perform on
January 29th at 7:30pm. Van Django is an acoustic string ensemble
whose music is well-rooted in the gypsy jazz of 1930s Paris. The
group, formed in 1998, has toured extensively in Canada, and more
recently in the United States and internationally. They have twice
been guests of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and have been featured
regularly on CBC.
This concert is FREE and open to all.
Refreshment provided by the Friends of the Library. Find out more...+ Italian Bel Canto Opera Lecture
Series
Beginning this month the West Vancouver Memorial Library
presents a six-week course that will explore the lives, works, and
influence of the three great Italian bel canto composers: Gioacchino
Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini.
Find out more...
+ The Great Museum of the
Sea
Join author, storyteller, television host and
undersea archaeologist James Delgado as he takes us on a
three-thousand-year tour of the sunken past in the "Great Museum
of the Sea". This is an event for curious adventurers of all
ages. Saturday, January 23, 2pm in the new Welsh
Hall.
+ Don't Forget!
The Friends of the West Vancouver Memorial Library AGM will
be held at 1:30 on Wednesday, January 27th in the Welsh
Hall.
+ Adult Programs at the Library
English Corner: Practise English
conversation, discuss interesting topics, make new friends. Come to
English Corner
Fridays (January 8, 15, 22, 29) from 10 to
11:30am in the Welsh Hall.
Find out more...
+ Philosophers' Cafe
The Olympics - What medals does VANOC deserve for the job it's
doing? For staging the games? Artistic events? Security? Tickets?
Volunteers? Corporate involvement? Community participation? Legacies?
What are the opportunity costs? No registration required.
Admission $5. Phone 925 7403 for further info. Friday, January
15th from 10:30am - 12:30pm, The Welsh Hall - East.
+++ WV MUSEUM +++ Visit:
http://www.westvanmuseum.blogspot.com/
The next exhibition is Monster, presented with the Vancouver 2010
Cultural Olympiad with the support of the Audain Foundation, opening
February 4
+++ FERRY BUILDING GALLERY
+++ http://ferrybuildinggallery.com/
MIXED MESSAGES -- January 12 - 24
Mixed Media / Artists: Anni Hunt, Bahram Javahry,
Fariba Mirzaie, Aileen Marie Vantomme, Claire Sunok Choi
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January
12, 6 - 8 pm
Artists in Attendance: Saturday, January 16,
2 - 3 pm
+++ SILK PURSE +++
www.silkpurse.ca
January 19- January 31 -- "Hand-Hooked Rugs: Sense &
Sensibility"
This hand-hooked rug exhibition explores
the application of contemporary west coast sensibility to a craft form
with roots in Eastern Canada. The exhibit consists of thirty
hand-hooked rugs. The designs and vibrant colour applications are
informed by their physical environment and the day-to-day lives of the
rug-hooking artists who create them. Rug Artists include: Michelle
Sirois-Silver, Linda Spence, Georgia Exworth, Freda Jackson, Tanya
Graham, Katie Rainwater, Donna Roald, Fran Moore, Lee Stevens,
Michelle Watters, Judy Schick, & Anne Vuilliamy.
Opening Reception: SATURDAY
January 23rd from 2-4 pm
FREE DEMO
-- SATURDAY January 23rd from 12-4
pm -- Everyone is
Welcome!!
Many of the contributors
will be available to demonstrate their craft and meet with the public
during this FREE demonstration. Several of the rugmakers are certified
instructors and are available to teach workshops.
Hand-Hooked Rugs: The
art of rug-hooking is centuries old, although just how old is
debatable. Theories abound on just where or when the craft started.
Some historians believe that descendants of the ancient Egyptians made
the first hand-hooked rugs, while others believe the craft began in
China or Europe.
We
know for certain that the resurgence of interest in the mid-19th
century began in New England and the maritime provinces of Canada,
created originally out of necessity but in the 1940s it became a major
fashion statement and a most popular way to make a creative statement.
These rugs hang in art galleries across the country, and the Silk
Purse takes great pleasure in displaying these unique works of art
presented by the Vancouver Rug Hookers Association.
Come out to see this intricate,
one-of-a-kind collection of works and learn for yourself the age-old
art of Rug-Hooking. Free of Charge!
* RUG-HOOKING WORKSHOP
-- Saturday, January 30, 2010 ~10
am - 3 pm
FEE: $65 per participant. MUST REGISTER!! CALL 925
7292
+++ KAY MEEK CENTRE
+++
To see a list of events:
http://kaymeekcentre.com/on_stage/events_calendar
To see the electronic newsletter, the address is
http://kaymeekcentre.weebly.com.
Getting onto the mail list: the simplest method
is to call the box office (604 913 3634) or email
tickets@kaymeekcentre.com
For a
complete list:
http://kaymeekcentre.com/on_stage/events_calendar
= 3pm Sun Jan 10 =
Marc DESTRUBÉ & Alex WEIMANN in recital, SPECIAL... [details in last issue]
= 7pm Sun Jan 17 =
NORTH SHORE ACADEMY OF DANCING "STEPPIN'
OUT"...
= Tues Jan
19
~ 7pm ~ SD 45 COMMUNITY FORUM - DEALING WITH
ANXIETY...
~ 7:30pm ~ MOVIES AT THE MEEK: THE COVE
= 7:30pm Fri Jan 22
= PRO ARTE CENTRE SHOWCASE
2010
= 2:30pm Sun Jan 24 =
THREE CLEVER PIGS
= 8pm Mon Jan 25, Tues
Jan 26 = ARTS CLUB ON TOUR: MOM'S THE WORD: REMIXED
= 1:30pm Wed Jan 27
= JULIAN MILKIS AND EUGENE
SKOVORODNIKOV: FROM BRAHMS...
= 7pm Sat Jan 30
= NORTH SHORE ACADEMY OF DANCE
"SNOWMOTION 2010"
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, West
Vancouver +++
The Winter Issue of "The Torch"
is available.
To view the newsletter, just click the
following link for direct access:
Best regards, Janice
Mackay-Smith, The Torch
*** The Annual Robbie Burns Dinner 7pm SATURDAY Jan
23 tix: $40 per person
Tix will be available at the Bar, immediately following the Meat
& 50/50 draws, this Sat, Jan 9th.
+++ WV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
+++ http://www.westvanchamber.com
CHAMBER BREAKFAST
Join us for this Special Olympic Breakfast
with Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones who will share plans for the Games
and beyond. Also included in this discussion will be new Chief
of Police Peter Lepine who will discuss security during the
Games.
~ 7:30 - 9am ~ Wednesday
January 20th -- The Capilano Golf and Country Club
Sponsored by the West Vancouver Community
Foundation.
Come
Celebrate West Vancouver as an Olympic Venue City! We will have
special Olympic give-a-ways and a door
prize!
Please RSVP by 5pm Thursday January 14th on our
secure website www.westvanchamber.com or call 604 926 6614. Our host,
Capilano Golf and Country Club, requires advance number for
preparation. Please also note that we are unable to give a refund
without 48 hours' notification; however a delegate substitution is
welcome at any time.
=== CULTUREWATCH
===
*
THEATRE
+ PRESENTATION
HOUSE
The Edward Curtis
Project makes its World Premiere! Jan 21 -
31
The Cultural Olympiad and the PuSh
International Performing Arts Festival join us in presenting the much
anticipated Edward Curtis Project. Join us for the show that has
been in development here for over two years.
Written
by: Marie Clements; Photography: Rita Leistner; Directed
by: Brenda Leadlay and Marie Clements; Dramaturgy: Paula
Danckert; Featuring: Kathleen Duborg, Stephen E. Miller, Kevin
Loring, and Tamara Podemski; Composer: Bruce Ruddell;
Songwriter: Leela Gilday; Design team featuring: Barbara
Clayden, John Webber, Tim Matheson, and Andreas Kahre
Presentation
House Theatre is pleased to present a modern-day picture story
entitled, The Edward Curtis Project. This
multi-disciplinary theatre performance and photographic exhibit is an
investigation into the life and controversial legacy of Edward Curtis
and the [Amerindians] he captured in his famous photographs between
1900 and 1930.
The
Edward Curtis Project story creates a dialogue between Curtis
and a Metis foreign correspondent named Angeline who finds herself
slipping from existence - a situation forecast Curtis's
turn-of-the-century book entitled The Vanishing Indian.
In her journey to recover from a traumatic experience, Angeline finds
herself face-to-face with the controversial photographer who was
obsessed with documenting the [Amerindian] way of life he thought was
dying out. The juxtaposition of Curtis's romantic photos with
today's realistic renderings challenges them both to face the cost of
seeing.
"This
is an investigation across disciplines, artistic forms, race, gender,
anthropology, appropriation, desire, drive, consumption, journalism,
documentation, and illusion," says world-renowned playwright and
creator, Marie Clements.
The
conception and creation of The Edward Curtis Project is
as fascinating as the story it tells. With generous support from the
Arts Partners in Creative Development, Marie Clements and acclaimed
photojournalist Rita Leistner followed Curtis's footsteps and
travelled to numerous first nations communities. The stories and
images gathered informed the collaboration between the play and
Leistner's photo reportage Travels in First Nations: Beyond the
Edward Curtis Project. These unforgettable and haunting
photographs will be shown concurrently at the North Vancouver
Museum (located in the same building as the
theatre).
The world
premiere of The Edward Curtis Project will run at
Presentation House Theatre in NV from January 22nd to 31st, with a
preview on January 21st. All shows are at 8pm, with additional
matinees on Saturdays at 4pm, and Sundays at 2pm.
+ BLACKBIRD THEATRE
at the Cultch: Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Dec 28 to Jan 16
Added performance on Jan 17; Visit TicketsTonight.ca or call
604 251 1363
+ THE ARTS CLUB (687
1644)
- Mrs. Dexter and Her
Daily -- January 7 - February 7 -- Stanley Industrial
Alliance Stage
by Joanna McClelland Glass, directed by Marti
Maraden
Starring Nicola Cavendish and Fiona Reid
A world premiere
co-production with Canada's National Arts Centre English
Theatre
Friendship, Maid to Order
-- A finely crafted portrait of Mrs. D and Peggy, whose
longstanding employer-servant relationship may be coming to an end.
The women cross class and cultural boundaries in this tale of love and
loss and loyalty, set in Toronto.
http://www.artsclub.com/20092010/plays/mrs-dexter-and-her-daily.htm
- NEVERMORE: The Imaginary Life and
Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Production conceived by Jonathan Christenson and
Bretta Gerecke
Presented with the Vancouver 2010 Cultural
Olympiad -- Jan 21 - Feb 6 -- Granville Island
Stage
A Catalyst Theatre
production, presented with The Cultch and the PuSh International
Performing Arts Festival
A Musical Fable for Adults
-- "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." So
wrote Poe nearly two hundred years ago. His lingering myths are fused
with music in this enthralling, fantastical rendering of the Gothic
dreamscape of his life, revealing the psychology of the man whose
haunting, darkly comic writings resonate in each of our tell-tale
hearts.
http://www.artsclub.com/20092010/plays/nevermore.htm
+ VANCOUVER PLAYHOUSE
-- tix 873 3311
Beyond Eden -- world
premiere, part of the 2010 Cultural Olympiad -- Jan 16 to Feb
6
In the abandoned Haida
village of Ninstints stand totem poles. They have stood there for
decades. Lewis Wilson and his long-time friend and colleague Max
Tomson are on an expedition to rescue these totem poles and save them
from their waterlogged, beetle-infested, and fragile condition. On
their journey both men struggle: Wilson with his authority and
resistance to removing the poles; Max to find his place between the
white world and his Haida ancestry.
+ Jericho Arts Centre,
1675 Discovery
THEATRICS AT MANSFIELD
PARK created & directed by Joan Bryans
January 2 - 9 (excl Monday), Matinee 2pm on Sat Jan
9th
Vital Spark
Theatre
Back by popular demand!
You are once again invited into the Jane Austen household to
experience the warmth of a Regency winter entertainment.
In this play, inspired by
the Austens who regularly put on entertainments for their family and
friends to brighten the dark winter days, you will be welcomed into
the warmth -- a blazing fire, a hot drink, and above all, the wit and
cheer of the entertainment itself. Join the Austen family as
they entertain you with music, song, poetry, and a theatrical -- this
one based on the work of Jane's Mansfield Park:
Meet the
Bertram family. While father is away the play's the thing. Behind the
guise of theatricals.
romance,
temptation and indecorum reign. Will Edmund, with Fanny Price's
help, win the battle
against such
goings-on or will he succumb to the oh-so-tempting Miss Mary
Crawford?
Theatrics at Mansfield
Park is created and directed by Joan Bryans whose
previous winter entertainments include the popular Looking for
Mr. Darcy, Regency Revels, and A Jane Austen
Holiday Fayre. Joan also wrote and directed the very
well received Birthright (subsequently published by
Playwrights Press), Two Years in Nicola,
and By Some Divine Mistake, the story of Alma
Rattenbury which ran at the Jericho Arts Centre last
season.
Banish old Winter! Thrill to
Austen's wit and wonderful characters! Hot mulled drinks and regency
treats provided!
*
MUSIC
+ VSO -- See
www.vancouversymphony.ca -- way to go, support Bramwell Tovey at the
Olympics!
+ Early Music
Vancouver (See also WOMANWATCH at end for concert
Jan 14)
A Medi=E6val
Triptych 8pm January 22 - 26 at Recital Hall, UBC School of Music,
6361 Memorial Rd
The only North American stop for this
unique three-concert series featuring the acclaimed ensembles
Sequentia and Dialogos.
= The Rheingold Curse: A
Germanic Saga of Greed and Vengeance from the Medi=E6val Icelandic
Edda
Friday January 22; Pre-concert introduction by Benjamin
Bagby at 7:15pm
= Barlaam and Josaphat:
Medi=E6val Wanderings of a Cosmopolitan Legend
Sunday January 24; Pre-concert introduction by UBC Professor
Chantal Phan at 7:15pm
= The Grail, the Knight and the
Poet: The Medi=E6val Perceval Legend
Tuesday January 26; Pre-concert introduction by Benjamin Bagby
at 7:15pm
=== Ccl Mtg AGENDA Jan
11th ===
REGULAR COUNCIL meeting AGENDA
6:00 PM IN MUNICIPAL HALL MAIN
FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
7:00 PM IN MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL
CHAMBER
Note: At 6pm the regular Council Meeting will
commence in open session (in the main floor conference room), and will
be immediately followed by a motion to exclude the public in order to
hold a closed session, pursuant to section 90 of the Community
Charter. At 7:00 pm the open session will reconvene (in the Council
Chamber) for consideration of the scheduled agenda
items.
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER OPEN SESSION
EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
2. RECOMMENDED:
THAT in the public interest, members of the
public be excluded from part of the January 11, 2010 regular Council
Meeting on the basis of matters to be considered under the following
section of the Community Charter:
90. (1) A part of a council meeting may be closed
to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to or is
one or more of the following:
1. personal information about an
identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a
position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or
another position appointed by the municipality.
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
3. RECOMMENDED:
THAT the open session of the January 11, 2010 regular Council
Meeting be adjourned to the Closed Session.
7:00 PM
At 7pm, following conclusion of the closed session, the following
items will be considered:
4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA -- January 11, 2010
Regular Council Meeting Agenda
ADOPTION OF MINUTES
6. Adoption of December 7, December 14, and December 18, 2009
Council Minutes
RECOMMENDED: THAT the following Minutes be adopted as
circulated:
December 7, 2009 Regular Council Meeting;
December 14, 2009 Regular Council Meeting;
and
December 18, 2009 Special Council
Meetings.
REPORTS
At the December 7, 2009 regular meeting Council
received the report dated November 16, 2009 from the Community Planner
regarding Development Variance Permit Application No. 09-003 for 6165
Gleneagles Drive and set the date for consideration for January 11,
2010.
= Reports received up to January 7, 2010:
NAME: / DATE: / FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
Development Variance Permit Application No.
09-003 (6165 Gleneagles Drive) / Nov 16 / Dec
7
= Correspondence received up to January 7, 2010 for Ccl
Consideration Jan 11:
PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT
CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT
RECOMMENDED: received for information.
If Council wishes a further staff report, then:
RECOMMENDED: THAT staff report back to Council
OR
RECOMMENDED: THAT the proposed DVP which would provide for
an existing dwelling with a third storey and covered deck to be
retained, be approved.
At the December 14, 2009 regular meeting Council
received the report dated December 8, 2009 from the Community Planner
and the Manager of Community Planning regarding Development Variance
Permit Application No. 09-038 for 1313 Fulton Avenue and set the date
for consideration for January 11, 2010.
= Reports received up to January 7, 2010:
NAME: / DATE: / FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
Development Variance Permit Application No.
09-038 (1313 Fulton Avenue) / Dec 8 / Dec
14
= Correspondence received up to January 7, 2010: / DATE: / FOR COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION:
No items received to date.
PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT // CALL FOR
PUBLIC INPUT
RECOMMENDED: received for information.
If Council wishes a further staff report, then:
RECOMMENDED: THAT staff report back to Council
OR
RECOMMENDED: THAT the proposed DVP which would vary the
maximum Floor Area Ratio to allow an existing dwelling with an
addition to the main floor and basement to be retained, be
approved.
Presentation to be provided.
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Council accept for information the following recommendations
of the Value for Services Working Group which have been incorporated
into the DWV Strategic Plan, specifically the Balanced Scorecard
where performance measurements for accomplishing these initiatives can
be monitored.
2. The Survey results (attached as Appendix A) and the
information provided to Council by the Value for Services Working
Group (attached as Appendix C) be received and considered.
3. Council accept that within the Strategic Plan there is a
strong commitment to financial restraint and that employee
performance measurement indicators are contained within the
Balanced Scorecard.
4. Council's approval of capital expenditures and service
level enhancements [always] be subject to careful review to
determine if they are in the public interest and respond to
documented resident demand.
5. Since labour costs are the largest component of expenditures
and expenditure increases, a focused [effort be] placed on
increasing efficiencies through:
i.
alternative delivery methods; and
ii.
increased employee productivity.
6. A comprehensive review of user fees be undertaken in
2010.
7. A review of all leases to the private sector or private
individuals of municipal lands or assets be undertaken, with a view
to moving to market rates.
8. Staff analyze and address the apparent discrepancy of
resident satisfaction for various District services.
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Council receive the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as the 2010
District Staff Work Plan as directed by Council through the West
Vancouver Strategic Plan and forward to the January 18th Finance
Committee meeting; and that
2. Updates to the Strategic Initiatives shown within the Balanced
Scorecard be published twice annually to acknowledge progress on
community goals.
11. [Five-]Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4628, 2010
(File: 1610-20-4628)
RECOMMENDED: THAT [Five-]Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4628,
2010 be read a first time.
12. Appointments to Boards and Committees
(File: 0115-01) -- Information to be provided.
AGENDA ITEMS
13. Consent Agenda Items - Reports and
Correspondence
Item 14 - Correspondence List.
RESPONDENCE LIST FOR CONSENT AGENDA
14. Correspondence List (File: 0120 24) --
to be received for information.
Correspondence received up to
December 23, 2009
Requests for Delegation -- No
items presented.
Action Required
Referred to Mayor and Council for consideration and
response.
Attachments available for viewing in Legislative Services
Department.
Referred to Director of Planning, Lands
and Permits for consideration and response.
Attachments available for viewing in Legislative Services
Department.
Referred to Director of Parks and
Community Services for consideration and response.
No Action Required
1) December 8, 2009 2) December 8,
2009 3) December 14, 2009
Responses to Correspondence
Responses to Questions in Question Period
-- No items presented.
Correspondence received up to
December 31, 2009
Requests for Delegation -- No
items presented.
Action Required
Referred to the Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response.
Referred to the Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response.
No Action Required (receipt
only)
(12) Committee and Board Meeting
Minutes
Responses to Correspondence --
No items presented.
Responses to Questions in Question Period
-- No items presented.
Correspondence received up to
January 6, 2010
Requests for Delegation -- No
items presented.
Action Required
Referred to Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and
response.
Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response.
Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response.
No Action Required (receipt
only)
Responses to Correspondence and to
Questions in Question Period -- No items
presented.
15. REPORTS from MAYOR/CCLRS 16. PUBLIC
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS 17. ADJOURNMENT
=== NEWSLETTER TOPICS/TITLES West Van Matters
2009: 1 - 28 ===
2009-1
2009 Jan 12th Council Mtg AGENDA; Calendar to January
18th
Snow/Rain/Flood Alert * DWV Hall org/info * WVM2008 Title list
1-34
2009-2
2009 Jan 12th Council Meeting NOTES; Jan 19th AGENDA; Calendar to Jan
31st
856 Anderson Cr * Cmnty Ctr Update * $6M Loan for Water
Meters
2009-3
2009 Jan 19th Ccl NOTES; Feb 2nd AGENDA; Calendar to Feb
19th
Family Court/Youth Justice * Lions Bay & DWV * Cmnty Grants
Cmte
2009-4
2009 Feb 2nd Council NOTES Feb 16th AGENDA; Calendar to Feb
28th
Strategic/Financial Planning * Cmnty Ctr Update * Heritage Week
Awards/Events
2009-5
2009 Feb 16th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Mar 2nd AGENDA; Calendar to Mar
28th
2009 Heritage
Awards * Ctrs Society * Budget * Capers Redevt *
SPOGG
2009-6r
2009 Mar 2nd Ccl Mtg NOTES; Mar 23rd AGENDA; Calendar to
April
Proposed
BUDGET 2009 Intro * WVPD CompStat * Dogwalking
2009-7
2009 March 23rd Ccl Mtg NOTES; March 30th AGENDA; Calendar to April
9th
BUDGET 2009:
Submissions, Questions * Brit Props 'Retrofit' *
WVPD
2009-8
2009 March 30th Ccl NOTES; Apr 6th AGENDA; Calendar to April
25th
BUDGET Qs &
As & Qs * Strategic Vision Planning * More
BUDGET!
2009-9
2009 Apr 6th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Apr 20th AGENDA; Calendar to May
7
Hugo Ray Park * Unitarian Church Redevt * Heritage Update *
Streamkeepers
2009-10
2009 Apr 20th Ccl Mtg NOTES; May 4th AGENDA; Calendar to May
15th
Spirit Trail * Strategic Planning * Marine Dr Priority Project
(Capilano River)
2009-11.
2009 May 4th Ccl NOTES; AGENDAs May 11th; Calendar to May
28th
Child Care * Taxes * 6695 Nelson * Nbrhd Character/Housing * 2000blk
Esquimalt
2009-12
2009 May 11th Ccl/Youth Ccl NOTES; May 25th AGENDA; Calendar to
June 8th
Voting * Strategic Planning * Expropriation by Prov * Youth
Ccl/Awards
2009-13
2009 May 25th Ccl NOTES; June 1st AGENDA; Calendar to June
18th
Regional Growth * Parking * Wetmore? Museum? *
Hide-and-Seek Mtgs
2009-14
2009 June
1st PH & Ccl Mtg NOTES; AGENDAs June 15th; Calendar to June
25th
Finance
Cmte/WGs * Child Care Regs Bylaw *
Accommodation/Olympics
2009-15
2009 June
15th Ccl Notes; AGENDA June 22nd; Calendar to July
9th
Takumi
Restaurant * Mulgrave * Craigmohr * HRA/Heritage
Conservation
2009-16
2009 June
22nd NOTES; July 6th AGENDA; Calendar to July 24th
Museum
Mirage * WVPD * Palmerston Ploy * 2008 Finances *
GRANTS
2009-17r
2009 July
6th Ccl NOTES; July 20th PH/Mtg AGENDAs; Calendar to July
31st
Firehall
Site Rezoning * Fisherman's Cove Fuel * Smoking Regs *
Olympics/Visitors
2009-18
2009
July 20th NOTES; July 27th AGENDA; Calendar to August
2nd
Fisherman's Cove Marina * WGs: Measuring Up; Climate
Action
2009-19
2009
July 27th Ccl NOTES; July 30th AGENDA; Calendar to Sept
12th
SALARIES DWV 2008 * Spirit Trail * Strategic Plan * PkRoyal * Sec
Stes
2009-20
2009
July 30th NOTES; Sept 14th CCL AGENDA; Calendar to Sept
24th
Bear
Facts * New Chief * NSh Heritage Wknd * Acronyms &
Abbreviations
2009-21.
2009
Sept 14th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Sept 21st AGENDA; Calendar to Oct
8th
Mayor's Summer Summary * CAO@WRA * Scrap over Food Scraps --
Budgeted?
2009-22*
2009 Sept
21 Ccl Mtg NOTES; Oct 5 AGENDAs; Calendar to Oct
22
NSh Police
Services Review * HBB Zoning * Streamkeepers' Annual
Report
2009-23=BA
2009 Oct 5
Ccl NOTES; Oct 19 AGENDA; Calendar to Nov 5th
Home Biz *
Strategic Planning * V4S * TransLink * Esquimalt Upzoning *
MUWG
2009-24
2009 Oct 19
Ccl NOTES; Nov 2nd PH/Mtg AGENDAs; Calendar to Nov
20
Openness? *
Home-Based Biz * Dog-Walking * Sport Fields * Ferry at
14th?
2009-25
2009 Nov 2
Ccl NOTES; Nov 16 AGENDAs; Calendar to Dec 10
Home-Based
Biz * E-Comm * Region's Financing * Sec Stes * UN: Goldstone;
Maps
2009-26
2009 Nov
16th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Dec 7th Cc. AGENDA; Calendar to Dec
20th
Sec Stes * Hollyburn Ridge Cabins *
Eagle Island * Housing PP * Calming Westmount
2009-27
2009 Dec
7th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Dec 14th AGENDA; Calendar to Dec
31st
2010
Assessments * Utilities Infrastructure Mgmt & Cost$ * Secondary
Suites
2009-28
2009 Dec
14th & 18th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Calendar to Jan
12th
Housing Pilot Projs * Budget * Utility Charge$ * $7M
from Endowment Fund * Appointments
=== INFObits ===
Five people have been killed by
cougar attacks in the past 100 years in B.C., according to the
provincial environment ministry website. Four of those deaths occurred
on Vancouver Island.
=== THE LAND CONSERVANCY [TLC]
=== www.conservancy.bc.ca
+ Adopt a cougar for someone you love, save a special place
with a TLC Tribute Gift, give the gift of adventure with an Explore BC
Gift Certificate or treat someone to Tea for Two at Abkhazi
Garden.
+ Caretaker Wanted for Historic Joy Kogawa
House
Do you have a love for Vancouver's cultural landmarks?
Are you looking for a temporary place to live? TLC is currently
seeking a warden to live in the Historic Joy Kogawa House and assist
with minor maintenance while the Writers-in-Residence program is on
hiatus from February 1st to March 31, 2010. Contact Tamsin Baker
at 604-733-2313 or email tbaker@conservancy.bc.ca to apply.
+ Educational Workshops
TLC will be hosting a series of educational workshops this winter
and spring at the Eagles Estate Heritage Garden in Burnaby. The
workshops focus on
sustainable gardening and some of the topics
covered will be basic pruning and tree care, sustainable gardening for
beginners, vegetable gardening, invasive species control, gardening
for bees, and mason bees. Registration is now open for the
basic pruning and tree care workshop. Call 733 2313 or email
lralph@conservancy.bc.ca+ Catch the Spirit of the
Games
TLC's Baldwin House Photo by Tom
Freebairn
Looking for accommodation during the 2010 Winter Olympics? Stay
at The Land Conservancy's beautifully designed Arthur Erickson house
on Deer Lake in Burnaby this February and enjoy the spirit of the 2010
Winter Olympics. Book now at 1-888-738-0533
=== WEBWATCH ===
"THE CLOCK" MIND BOGGLING -- world
stats -- You've never seen a clock like this
one..........
=== NEWSWATCH ===
The "Freeze"
=== WOMANWATCH ===
Mediaeval Ladies' Voices
Voices of the Medi=E6val
Lady: Music and Poetry of the Female Troubadours
Chantal Phan,
Professor at the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies,
UBC
Thursday evening, January 14, 2010 at
5pm
Piano Lounge, Graham House, Green College 6201 Cecil Green
Park Road, UBC
Admission is
free. Parking is available at the Rose Garden Parkade off
Marine Drive.
The troubadours of the 12th and
13th centuries, who sang of courtly love, politics, and the love of
God, included a number of female poet-composers known as
"trobairitz". This lecture will outline the literary themes found in
the trobairitz songs and in sung dialogues between male and female
authors, as well as ways to retrieve their melodies. The talk will
include some musical and visual examples.
Jointly presented with Green
College, UBC.
To see this on our website, please visit:
www.earlymusic.bc.ca/W-GC-Lectures.html
=== BEERWATCH ===
+ Aging
Trappist monks brew on by PHILIP LENKINSOP, REUTERS
Bottles of Westmalle beer are seen at the
production line at Westmalle brewery September 22, 2009. Monks may no
longer show up on the factory floor at Westmalle, but they ensure its
marketing is earnest and have capped production at 120,000 hectolitres
(12 million litres), making it the second largest Trappist brewer,
after Chimay. Photograph
by: Yves Herman, Reuters
WESTMALLE, Belgium - A gold standard for beer
connoisseurs, the Trappist ale in Westmalle Abbey streams through
state-of-the-art equipment with not a monk in sight.
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/food-wine/Aging+Trappist+monks+brew/2123386/story.html
+ Loyalist beer mug story is under Vive Le Canada at the
beginning.
http://www.canada.com/life/Storied+Loyalist+beer+could+fetch+auction/2412429/story.html
=== LANGUAGEWATCH ===
Endangered --> Dead
Western Abnaki (also known as St. Francis) is an indigenous
language spoken by around 20 individuals along the St. Lawrence River
between Montreal and Quebec City. It is being supplanted by French and
is considered nearly extinct. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Abnaki_language
=== BOOKWATCH ===
Two reviews from the NYT -- Brain and China
by STANISLAS DEHAENE, reviewed
by ALISON GOPNIK, "Mind Reading"
A French cognitive scientist explains the phenomenon of literacy
and its effects on the mind.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/books/review/Gopnik-t.html?pagewanted=1&nl=books&emc=booksupdateema3
by MARTIN JACQUES, reviewed by
JOSEPH KAHN, "Waking Dragon"
An argument that China will displace the United States as a
superpower and upend our notions of modernity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/books/review/Kahn-t.html?nl=books&emc=booksupdateema3
...Sovereign wealth funds
acquired powerful new leverage as a result of the credit crunch,
commanding resources which the major Western financial institutions
palpably lacked. The meltdown of some of Wall Street's largest
financial institutions in September 2008 underlined the shift in
economic power from the West with some of the fallen giants seeking
support from sovereign wealth funds and the US government stepping in
to save the mortgage titans Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae partly in order
to reassure countries like China, which had invested huge sums of
money in them: if they had withdrawn these, it would almost certainly
have precipitated a collapse in the value of the dollar. The
financial crisis has graphically illustrated the disparity between an
East Asia cash-rich from decades of surpluses and a United States
cash-poor following many years of deficits.
According to projections by
Goldman Sachs, the three largest economies in the world by 2050 will
be China, followed by a closely matched America and India some way
behind, and then Brazil, Mexico, Russia and Indonesia. Only two
European countries feature in the top ten, namely the UK and Germany
in ninth and tenth place respectively. Of the present G7, only four
appear in the top ten. In similar forecasts, PricewaterhouseCoopers
suggest that the Brazilian economy could be larger than Japan's, and
that the Russian, Mexican and Indonesian economies could each be
bigger than the German, French and UK economies by 2050. If these
projections, or something similar, are borne out in practice, then
during the next four decades the world will come to look like a very
different place indeed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/books/review/Kahn-t.html?pagewanted=1&nl=books&emc=booksupdateema3
=== MAIKU
=== 2010 January 8
teeter on the edge
leap
into time's void
soar
on wings of the new year
=== QUOTATIONS
===
Human history becomes more and more a
race between education and catastrophe.
--
H. G. Wells, English author (1866 - 1946)
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who
did nothing because he could do only a little.
--
Edmund Burke, English statesman and writer (1729-1797)
People who matter are most aware that everyone else does,
too.
--
Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (1919 - 1990)
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of
your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
--
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th America President (1858 - 1919)
Personal growth may be defined as having better problems this
year than you did last year.
--
Dr Mardy Grothe, American psychologist and writer
+ PUN (groaner): It is tough to do inventories in Afghanistan
because of the tally ban.
