WVM2010-15
Ccl NOTES June 21
AGENDAs June 28
Calendar to July 9th
by
Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
www.WestVan.org
:-)
HAPPY CANADA DAY! :-)
IN THIS ISSUE:
MAIN ITEMS June 28th: PH on addn to OCP re allowing for
housing pilot projs; then DVP 3113 Marine; Mid-Year BSC
Update; Climate Action Plan Report; Extension of Devt Permits for
Evelyn Dr lots; Lane-paving bylaw 2900 Rosebery Intro; Devt Applic
Status Report; DVP Applics 925 Sentinel, 1395 Haywood
*** THE BURIED
CORRESPONDENCE (ferreted out):
dogwalking; boat ramp; UBCM re coroner's report for local govt
consideration, Energy and Climate Action, RCMP Contract Renewal,
Resolns; Esquimalt and 20th/21st devt (many); Climate Action Plan; SAC
shuttle bus; conflict of interest question re Cclr Walker since
participation in item re parking discussion near her company; and many
other letters Ccl has decided you will not know about or see listed on
the agenda. Maybe they think it
wd be a Pandora's Box rather than information and communication with
the residents of the cmnty they represent.
= Vive le Canada (Queen's Visit); INFObit; from the
EDITOR'S DESK (DWV employees over $100K; no info provided for later
than 2008); UPDATES (DWV seeks Biz Mgr for Finance Dept)
= CALENDAR to July 9th; CULTUREWATCH
(Theatre, Art, Music)
= Ccl Mtg NOTES June 21st: Black Bear
Society; DVP Applic 3313 Marine Dr; MetroV's Draft Integrated
Solid Waste and Resource Management Plan; CMNTY GRANTS
~$140K; HST Report/Bylaw Amendment; GHG Bylaw Adoption; DVP
Applic 2972 Park Lane; TransLink Customer Service Report: Parks
Master Plan WG Apptmts; Cmnty Grants Report
= Ccl Mtg AGENDA June 28th:
NB: 2009 Financial Report has to be
presented to Ccl by June 30th -- why not on agenda???
when?
= ANIMALWATCH (Gerbils of the Caribbean); NEWSWATCH (CSIS
and deCSIS); WEBWATCH (Settlers destroy crops; Ten Myths about
Israel/Palestine); SCIENCEWATCH (Ethanol worse than oil!); GOVTWATCH
(Circumlocution Dept); BOOKWATCH (Being Wrong); QUOTATIONS/PUNS
=== Vive le CANADA
=== Queen's Visit: partial itinerary
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN JUNE 26, 2010
> Mon June 28 < The Queen and
Duke of Edinburgh arrive [in Halifax; visit Garrison Grounds and
Mi'kmaq event]
>Tues June 29 < ...a
certificate from the World Ship Trust to representatives of the HMCS
Haida, Canada's most famous warship,... In honour of the
Canadian Naval Centennial, ... International Fleet Review...
unveil a plaque at Maritime Museum Wharf,...
> Wed June 30 < Ottawa,
arriving at noon... visit the newly renovated Victoria Memorial
Museum Building and tour the Museum of Nature's Water Gallery ...
will unveil a plaque... visit the National Arts Centre, where the
Queen will unveil a bronze statue of jazz pianist Oscar Peterson....
The Queen will plant a tree at Rideau Hall -- her fifth. The Duke will
meet with members of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa... At Rideau Hall, the Queen will
unveil the design for a Diamond Jubilee stained glass window to be
installed in the Senate. The window will celebrate both Her Majesty's
and Queen Victoria's 60 years as Queen, the former's occurring in
2012.
> Thurs July 1 < The royal
couple will attend the Canada Day Noon Show on Parliament Hill. After
military honours, a fly-past and performances by various groups,
including Barenaked Ladies, the Queen will give her second address of
the tour,...
> Sat July 3 < ... leave for
Winnipeg, ... dedicate a cornerstone for the Canadian Museum for Human
Rights and attend a Manitoba Homecoming Concert for Human Rights...
also visit CFB Winnipeg
> Sun July 4 < ... visit
Woodbine Racetrack for the 151st running of the Queen's
Plate.
> Mon July 5 < ...a quick trip
to Waterloo, where they will visit Research In Motion. They will also
attend a luncheon at Pinewood Toronto Studios, where they will see a
scene being filmed in 3-D and watch 3-D footage of the Queen's 1953
coronation. Later in the afternoon, the Duke will present The Duke of
Edinburgh Awards,...
> Tues July 6 < reception at
Queen's Park, where a commemorative plaque will be unveiled and
Ontario Medals for Good Citizenship presented. ...depart for
NY.
=== INFObit ===
St Jean
Baptiste Day June 24 (national holiday in Quebec)
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK
=== DWV employees making $100K+
The last WVM (14) issue referred to the VSun's report on the jump
in two years (2007 - 09) of 22% in number of public servants earning more than $100,000.
As for DWV, the most recent info we have
is for 2008. So two years ago there were at least 29
staff (Hall and Fire Dept but Police Dept NOT included or
listed) who received over $100K (one at $195K). One is
left to imagine how much/many higher now.
=== UPDATES ===
= Kerry Won from the Finance Dept sat in the Finance seat
at Ccl.
DWV is looking for a Business Manager,
Financial Services
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 http://www.westvancouver.ca/Careers.aspx?id=28546
Hours
of Work: 35 hours
per week (hours and days of work may vary)
Apply
By Noon, Friday, July 16; Fax: 925-5998; Email: DWV
Careers
=== CALENDAR to July 9th
===
All mtgs are at M Hall
unless indicated otherwise. NOTE: shown are mtgs known at
this date; often there are additions, changes, cancellations after WVM
goes out. Notices/mtgs/changes too late for the last WVM are
sent to subscribers as updates. Check the DWV
Calendar: http://www.westvancouver.ca/Calendar.aspx
Dundarave (Saturdays) and Ambleside
(Sundays) Farmers' Markets are back!
= Wednesday June 30
~ 7:30pm ~ "It's All
About Land. How Can Justice be Brought
About?"
Reporting on a visit with Palestinians and Israeli activists
in May. Please invite anyone who you think might be
interested. Pictures and stories. At the end I want some
discussion about what we can do to share this information with others
and to take action.
Marianna Harris (at St. Andrew's United Church, 1044 St.
George's, NV)
* Lots on CANADA DAY -- Celebrations in WV,
Lilith, B C Binning house *
*
Canada Day Celebration and Fireworks in West
Vancouver
Dress up in our
national colours and join us at John Lawson Park to celebrate our
nation's birthday. Bring your own picnic basket, or enjoy
barbecued burgers, hotdogs, and bratwursts by Blackforest Deli, fresh
pizza by Presto Cucina, or have a sweet treat by Crepe
Suzette!
The celebrating
begins at 12 noon with community performers taking the Great Canadian
Stage sponsored by North Shore Credit Union.
Following the
picnic, the Canada Day Burrard Inlet Fireworks Show will host two
simultaneous shows - one off the shores of WV and one in the
waterway between Canada Place and North Vancouver. That means
excellent sightlines from the North Shore and many areas of Vancouver.
The pyro-musical show starts at 10:30pm and will be simulcast on Shore
104 FM.
Traffic,
Street Closures, and Parking for Fireworks
Parking and vehicle
access along the West Vancouver waterfront will be
restricted.
* The
Ambleside boat launch will be closed all day July 1st. Piers at
Ambleside, John Lawson, and Dundarave Pier will be closed during the
show.
* The
residential areas north of the Trans Canada Highway from 21st Street
to Chairlift Road will be subject to road closures during fireworks
events. Access will be limited to residents and invited guests only.
Fraiche Resturant on Chippendale Road will still be open after 5:00 pm
to visitors.
Transit
-- Additional Blue
Bus service will be provided after the fireworks and will be stationed
along Marine Drive between 13th and 25th Streets. Service from
Park Royal will be enhanced to meet customer demand after the
event.
For more
information:
Regarding
traffic please call: Mercedes Suarez,
604-925-7155
About the
picnic please contact: Christie Rosta, 604-925-7194
or email
*
Lilith Fair Concert Comes to Ambleside Park July
1st
Ambleside Park will
host one of 35 concerts in this year's tour of Lilith Fair, a
Celebration of Women in Music. It will feature ten women artists,
including megastar SARAH MCLACHLAN, SHERYL CROW, and ERYKAH
BADU.
Frequently
Asked Questions: RESIDENTS & NON-TICKET
HOLDERS -- TICKET HOLDERS Tix
1-866-514-5050
* B. C.
Binning, Heritage Home
Come join TLC The Land Conservancy on Canada Day in celebrating
West Vancouver's unique heritage at the home of west coast icon B.C.
Binning!
Come view the lush gardens, innovative architecture, and stunning
view
Binning, renowned for his virtually unparalleled ability to
amalgamate art, architecture, and education, was in the vanguard of
West Coast modern art and architecture
Thursday July 1st from 1-4 p.m.
Admission by donation; 2968 Mathers Crescent (Just off of 29th
and Marine Dr.) Carpooling and public transit are recommended as
parking is limited. Contact The Land Conservancy for additional
info:
+++ WV MEMORIAL LIBRARY
+++
www.westvanlibrary.ca/event/calendar.php
AskAway, BC's
Public Library virtual reference service, will close June
30. Askaway was
funded by the B.C. Ministry of Education, and West Vancouver Memorial
Library was one of the many BC public libraries that contributed staff
to this service.
To find out
more about the public library services in over 200 British Columbia
communities, visit http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/pls/ or your local library's website.
*** MASTER OF THE
INSTANT ~~ to August 28
Cartier-Bresson
Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada & Lionel Thomas -
Abstractions 1949 - 1990
Interpreting the Landscape ~~ June 22 - July 11
Artists: Sharalee Regehr, Victor Vipond, Gigi Hoeller,
Warren Goodman
+++ KAY MEEK CENTRE
+++
Complete list of events: http://kaymeekcentre.com/on_stage/events_calendar
Electronic newsletter: http://kaymeekcentre.weebly.com
Simplest way to get on email list, call
913 3634 or email tickets@kaymeekcentre.com
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, West
Vancouver +++
ALSO: Come down to
Branch 60 on Canada Day, Thursday, July 1st for a late-afternoon
barbecue. If you can wear red and white, all the
better!
Awards presented June 17th -- five different categories this
year:
Citizen of the Year, sponsored by North Shore Credit
Union: Bill Chapman, Chapman Surveying
Young Entrepreneur, sponsored by Hollyburn House:
Nicole Garton-Jones, Heritage Law
Most Green Business of the Year, sponsored by Park Royal
Shopping Centre/The Village at Park Royal: North Shore Credit
Union
Business Person of the Year, sponsored by Loren, Nancke &
Company CGAs: Luis Sopena, Caulfeild Gallery
Business of the Year, sponsored by RBC Royal Bank:
Wendy Cocchia, Absolute Spa
WVCC congratulates all of our winners on their
outstanding success and to their fellow nominees. Thank you
also to our additional sponsors of the evening - Media
Sponsor, North Shore Outlook, Flowers, Lois Keane, and to
Tommy Bahama for the generous gift certificates for every
guest.
+++ RECONNECTING WITH NATURE
+++ David Cook 924 0147
Sunday 4th July
In search of the Hollyburn Fir. A
slow hike in mountainous terrain.
An event for Nature Vancouver.
Meeting Location: McDonald's, Park Royal, West
Vancouver for car pooling.
Meeting Time at McDonald's: 0930 hours. Duration:
4 to 5 hours.
Terrain: Rough, rooty and muddy in sections.
Elevation Gain: 270 metres.
We will be walking the circuit of trails between
Hollyburn Ridge and the Cypress Parkway, West Vancouver known as the
Forks-Skyline Circuit. A little used side trail to the north will take
us to the magnificent Hollyburn Fir, an old-growth veteran ~1100
years old that stands 43.7 metres with diameter 2.96 metres that
survived the logging of 1910.
Meet at 0930 hours at Park Royal to collect
people travelling by bus or for car pooling as there is limited
parking at the trail head. Alternatively meet at 1000 hours at the
trail head at the intersection of Eyremont Drive and Millstream Road
in the British Properties, West Vancouver.
Bring lunch and water and dress for changes in
weather. Deep tread hiking boots with ankle support are essential.
Sneakers are not recommended.
=== CULTUREWATCH
===
*
THEATRE
- Much Ado About Nothing
-- fun with a touch of flamenco in Dean Paul Gibson's production.
John Murphy's timing is so good and funny (reminds me a bit of John
Cleese), and Jennifer Lines is suitably adamant against marriage as
well.
- Antony and
Cleopatra is an absolute tour de force! Gripping.
Jennifer Lines is brilliant (see Maiku), Andrew Wheeler tortured by
choices, Simon Bradbury dramatic (after clowning in Ado).
Clean, clear direction by Scott Bellis.
- FALSTAFF (Henry IV, Parts I
and II) previews July 1, Opening Night Wed July
7
Directed by Glynis Leyshon * Dean Paul Gibson as
Falstaff
Into an England ripped apart by civil
war strides the gigantic figure of Sir John Falstaff, Shakespeare's
most endearing and brilliantly comedic rogue. In this exciting new
adaptation of Henry IV, Parts I & II by Errol Durbach, we follow
Sir John as he leads the young Prince Hal in a series of wild
adventures. As Hal's father, Henry IV, fights a deadly battle to
retain control of the English throne, the King and Falstaff engage in
an unforgettable struggle for the heart and mind of the future Henry
V. Friendship or honour, pleasure or duty, loyalty or betrayal -
which path will Hal choose?
+ Deep Cove Shaw
Theatre 929 3200
A Chorus of
Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn, June 25 - July 10
+ Arts Club (tel 687
1644)
- Buddy: The Buddy Holly
Story at the Stanley Stage
to July 11th
- The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee by William Finn, Granville Island Stage June 17
to July 31
+ Jericho Arts
Centre
- Twelfth
Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Tariq Leslie, July 2 - 24
One of
Shakespeare's most beloved comedies -- mistaken identity and
gender confusion all figure actively in this Twelfth Night, set
in the Victorian Era and an llyria that evokes the British Columbia of
the 1890s. It starts with a stormy night and a shipwreck,
followed by cunning capers, concealments, and mistaken identities: all
resulting in a love tangle to rival no other, and a whole heap of
mischief and mayhem in Shakespeare's most captivating comedy. To
anyone who has experienced the suddenness of love, Twelfth Night will
always resonate.
"Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare's finest
comedies, and with good reason," says Tariq Leslie,
director. "It's a rich delicious jewel, full of love and light,
which also pierces with exquisite agony. Twelfth Night explores love
in all its touching and absurd extremes; love that is exotic and
familiar, and aching with desire."
What You
Will Equity Co-op is made up of a group of experienced, well-known,
younger actors: Adam Bergquist (Sebastian), Trevor
Devall (Orsino), Paul Herbert (Sir Andrew Aguecheek),
Yurij Kis (Antonio), Courtney Lancaster (Viola), Tariq
Leslie (Malvolio), Michael Smith (Sir Toby Belch),
Ashley O'Connell (Fabian), John Prowse (Feste), Bronwen
Smith (Maria), and Lori Triolo (Olivia). Tariq
Leslie also directs, and original music is composed by Ross
Smith, the lead singer for Edmonton Blockheater. The creative team
is rounded out by Tamara McCarthy (Assistant Director), Kyla
Gardiner (Costumes, Set and Lighting), Nicholas Harrison
(Fight Choreography) and Jethelo Cabilete (Stage
Manager)
VIDEO INTERVIEW
Wednesday through
Sundays, at 8 pm; Tickets $15 - $20
Previews June 30 &
July 1 Pay-What-You-Will; Wednesdays
Pay-What-You-Will
Matinee Tuesday July
6th at 2pm CLICK for reservations, or call 604 224 8007, ext.
3
www.williamshakespearestwelfthnight.com
+ Dr Sun Yat Sen Classical
Chinese Garden - 662 3207
China Tea
Deal presented by Seven Tyrants Theatre, 7:30pm June 19 - Aug
29
+ Metro
Theatre tel 266 7191
Twentieth
Century, adapted by Ken Ludwig, June 19 to July
17.
+ Rumble
Productions
3 - 8pm Sat July 3
~ Come party with Rumble! Celebrate Canada
and PL 1422's GRAND OPENING
We hope you can join
us for a summer Saturday barbecue to celebrate the official opening of
our new rehearsal studio. Come see the space and say
hello! -- The Rumble team
The theatre companies
at PL 1422 (Boca del Lupo, Electric Company Theatre, Neworld Theatre
and Rumble Productions) invite you to celebrate Canada and our GRAND
OPENING
LIVE MUSIC! TOURS!
FOOD!
And
the official RIBBON CUTTING at 4:30PM
THIS EVENT IS
CASUAL, DROP-IN, AND BYOB/BYO BBQ fixings. BARBECUE ON
SITE!
PL 1422 is a
theatre creation and rehearsal centre launched by a consortium of four
indie arts and culture organizations - Boca Del Lupo, Electric
Company Theatre, Neworld Theatre, and Rumble Productions. "PL"
stands for "Progress Lab", an initiative in the Vancouver
independent theatre movement that promotes the sharing of resources
and creative ideas in order to build a stronger overall community. PL
1422 is a prime example of the economic and social benefits of arts
and culture. It brings new jobs, creative work, and deeply held
co-operative values to a community that we live in and love. It's
what arts and culture does best.
Renovation
project supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the City of
Vancouver, the Vancouver Foundation, Vancity Savings & Credit
Union, and individual donors like you.
* ART
+ Vancouver Art Gallery --
JUNE 5 - SEPTEMBER 6
THE MODERN WOMAN:
DRAWINGS BY DEGAS, RENOIR, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND OTHER MASTERPIECES
FROM THE MUSÉE D'ORSAY, PARIS
Tel 662 4700 and
visit http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/
+ Museum of Anthropology tel 827
5932
7pm Tues June 29:
Talk by author Aaron Glass, The Totem Pole: an inter-cultural
history, co-written by Aldona Jonaitis.
+ Exhibition at SFU Harbour Ctr,
to Oct 29
Muslims Helping
Jews, a photography collection by Norman Gershman, documenting
Muslims who saved Jews from Nazis during WW2
=== CCL MTG NOTES June
21st ===
6pm in MHall Main Floor Conference Room; 7pm
Reconvened PH followed by ccl mtg
...yet again still no reference to Correspondence to
M&Ccl...
At 6pm the regular Ccl Mtg will commence in
open session, immediately followed by a motion to exclude the public
in order to hold a closed session (in the conference room), pursuant
to section 90 of the Cmnty Charter; at 7pm the ccl mtg.
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER OPEN SESSION
2.
EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
RECOMMENDED: THAT in the
public interest, members of the public be excluded from part of
the Monday June 21 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:
(b) personal
information about an identifiable individual who is being considered
for a municipal award or honour, or who has offered to provide a gift
to the municipality on condition of
anonymity;
(c) labour relations or
other employee relations;
(e) the acquisition,
disposition, or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council
considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm,
the interests of the municipality (added June 21,
2010);
(k) negotiations and
related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal
service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of
the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the
municipality if they were held in public.
3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
7:00 PM
4. RECONVENE OPEN
SESSION
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MS: amend by adding item 6, ah, are these the minutes?
Mayor: Item 6, June 18 sp ccl mtg minutes?
MS: oh; doesn't say minutes. Okay.
by adding the June 18th sp Ccl mtg minutes; adding Item 11
memo from the Mgr of Cultural Affairs and Partnerships re Cmnty Grants
recommendations, Arts & Culture Grants 2010 revised Appendix
A, and adding Item 14.1 re clarification of remedial action reqmts
at 6379 Argyle.
MClk: we've rec'd just on table a revised plan for DVP Item
9
6. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
AND
Mayor: before we begin our formal agenda, Cclr Panz has an
exciting announcement about our Library.
TP: Announcement, new Chief Librarian appointed, Jenny Benedict;
plsd and excited
special thanks to [Library Bd] HR cmte; challenging task, many
qualified candidates [cmte named]
The Library Board appointed Jenny Benedict to the position of
Director of Library Services for WV. Jenny comes to West
Vancouver from the Hartford Connecticut Public Library. She was born
in England and has dual citizenship in England and the US. She has a
Master's in English Literature and a Master's in Library and
Information Science as well as an advanced graduate certificate in
Management of Libraries and Information Agencies. In addition to
working as a librarian, she has managed a large bookstore, been a
primary school teacher, and served as the chair of a symphony
orchestra. When asked what attracted her to this position, she
highlighted the strong cultural components (music concerts and art
gallery) which she saw as part of a broad definition of the concept of
literacy in the library's mandate and was impressed by our
implementation of RFID and other new technologies. Jenny will begin
work at the West Vancouver Memorial Library on August
16th.
Mayor: tyvm, Cclr Panz, our Ccl liaison trustee
7. PRESENTATION
West Vancouver Community Centre Awards
(File: 0050-01) Information to be provided.
AM: honoured to receive three prestigious awards:
BC Rec and Parks Assn Facility Excellence Award; the Lt-Gov of
BC Merit Award in Architecture; and the 2010 Saab Cdn Green Building
Award offered through the Sustainable Architecture and Building
magazine
Andy Krawczyk, vice chair of CCSS, is in audience tonight, the
Society nominated the Ctr for the BC award
Darryl Condon, of Hughes Condon Marler Architects is also with us
this evening.
Darryl was the lead design architect for the cmnty ctr
My pleasure to ask Darrel to come forward and speak to these
three awards as well as update Ccl on good cmnty news
D Condon: number of recognitions, thought you'd like to hear of
some of them
Early May Lt-Gov Award of merit -- presented by the
Architectural Institute of BC (AIBC) recognizes architectural design
elegance -- highest level of architectural award in BC
fortunate, honoured, same award for Aquatic Ctr in
2005
copy of award here for the District [handed over]
also in May, the project received, as Anne mentioned a BC Rec
Facilities award. This award is presented to recognize
excellence in facility concept, design and devt, maintenance and
operation, and the facility that receives this award shd demonstrate
outstanding innovation wch cd make signif impart in Rec and Parks
fields
earlier this month, Canada-wide recognition for project, when
recognized for design excellence wrt its sustainable design features
with the receipt of the Saab award (in the magazine).
On int'l stage, recently received notice selected as one of
the Cdn projects that will be exhibited at the Sustainable Bldgs 2011,
a conference that will be held in Helsinki Oct 2011
Closer to home the Cmnty Ctr together with the Aquatic Ctr
included in a recently published book, a Guide Book to Contemporary
Architecture in Vancouver. Publisher describes the book as a
lively tour of Vancouver's finest and int'l acclaimed architecture of
the past 20 years
Finally re LEED certification, first of our reviews,
while no guarantees but optimistic on target for gold-level
certification for the project
Pleased with all of these accomplishments but what gives us most
pleasure is feedback from public
Mayor: the life of the Cmnty Ctr; tyvm to ev involved
gold will be quite an accomplishment b/c with budget tighter and
tighter had to stretch to achieve that standard
Sop: thx to board
cmnty ctr, goes back, with Mayor Smith, er, Goldsmith-Jones
incredible journey; outstanding complex
?haven't heard you've raised a lot of money yet
APPLAUSE
8. DELEGATION
{Great! click on this and you see their slides and
report!}
goal to reduce human-bear conflict; started after many bears
killed
mission achieved through education (and cooperation)
non-profit, work with other groups; we'll speak with
anybody
do a lot of public events
we do late night garbage inspections; books, magnets
not here for funding but to make you aware lost funding
DNV has donated $15K, $4K from Parks CNV; sell blankets too
Mayor: thank you and announcement by Ms Mooi
AM: 45 outstanding individs, BC Achievement Awards
Larry McHale over 30 years with DWV one of the winners; he's in
the audience tonight with his wife Linda and like him to stand.
noted for efforts to protect bears, etc; willingness to help
wildlife, colleagues, ppl, wherever needed
limited bear deaths; on-call throughout the summer; driving fire
suppression truck in parade, etc
LMcH: enjoyed all 34 years....
Mayor: get
Ev: 40+ to one this past year; clearly demonstrates commitment
and devotion
like Anne we live on Rose Crescent and we had our first bear last
week
6am bear alert on email opposite Anne's house
REPORTS
June 7, Council received the report dated May 26 from the
Community Planner and set the date for consideration for June
21.
As of June 17, Reports received May 26 and June 7; no written
submissions received.
PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT
Sokol gave background: prop sold and revised; cd not pull this
from agenda so recommend staff report on changes, public speak, then
staff will report back
Geri Boyle: five lots accessed by this laneway SLIDE
variance for garage -- distance of garage from house 2.2 ft
rather than 4ft X rather than 12 ft
and X down to 2.2ft
sideyard on west reduced from min of 5ft, so combined
reduced
there was a v late change; good change, nbrs talking to
nbrs
on west side [used pointer], new owner was contacted and moved
this area back
variance with add'l landscaping
CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT
Janet Berg/Burk?: lived for 35 years to the east of this
prop
several discussion with the owners Mr Cassidy wrt my
concerns
been a rather tall laurel hedge for 35 years that has provided
privacy for both
there was going to be excavation and I was worried about root
damage b/c think hedge on our prop
did put on my form the following conditions -- ev effort made to
preserve the hedge and if not, replaced; maybe with the change not so
intrusive
Mayor: we'll find out for you
Sokol: condition of preserving the laurel hedge is part of the
Devt Variance Permit.
Mayor: anyone further?
RECOMMENDED: received for information
DONE
Ev: request that the ilex holly be removed; it's an invasive
species, shd be replaced
If Council wishes a further staff report, then:
RECOMMENDED: THAT staff report back the DVP for a new garage
with rooftop deck, be approved.
ML: in light of the changes, what's the downside of approving
this this evening?
changes, seem to be acceptable to applicant and nbrs, laurel
hedge, etc
Sokol: the DVP includes four provisions of the zoning bylaw;
staff wants to make sure Ccl has the approp info
Mayor: b/c too late to be included in this bylaw tonight
Sop: know staff concerned about high walls
nice front yard and patio; v tight lane; gives them security for
automobiles, beautifully designed
back two weeks, three?
Mayor: as soon as it can -- next Monday?
Sokol: yes
RECOMMENDED:
THAT Council provide the following municipal comments to Metro
Vancouver regarding the Draft Integrated Solid Waste and Resource
Management Plan:
Further to Council's endorsement of the
Zero-Waste Challenge, the 70% diversion target and actions expressed
within Goals 1 and 2 are supported;
Considerations of any increases beyond the
70% diversion rate should only be made following the establishment of
organics diversion throughout the region, and implementation of
mandatory recycling in the Institutional, Commercial, and Industrial
Sector and the Demolition, Land-Clearing, and Construction
Sector;
Metro Vancouver should strengthen its
discussions with the Province to accelerate expansion of the Extended
Producer Responsibility Programs to include packaging
materials;
The Eco-Centre concept should be further
studied and evaluated due to concerns about municipal equity, cost,
and ramifications for existing stewardship group business
arrangements;
Council supports the concept of extracting
energy from waste where financially and environmentally
appropriate;
Further study and financial modeling are
needed to determine the appropriate ownership and business model
governing any new Waste-to-Energy facility; and
Metro Vancouver needs to provide a robust
site-specific business case for Waste-to-Energy (WTE) in comparison to
other disposal options.
RF: ... similar to DNV and City next, similar
all three NSh Ms in agreement wrt our comments
Phil Bates: at end of lengthy three-year process Metro has gone
through
regulatory and binds
Board has given to July 14 for recommendations; these are ours
for the Board
prov govt, aboriginal govts, etc, etc, public and staff -- fairly
representative consensus of opinion
based on inverted triangle SLIDE
waste as a resource where practical; moving to 70% diversion rate
beyond that bump up against X and affordability
SLIDES
1979???? goal of xxx 70% diversion
remaining 30% focused on how to deal with residual
Four goals 17 strategies and 150 actions
pull out organic waste -- 395K tons and target wood waste
Metro building various facilities; eventually bans
targeting demolition and land-clearing; onus on devprs/owners
during demolition
2.2M to 2.5M popn still will have 3.9M tonnes; waste-to-energy
Bby facility
MetroV is predicting an 11% decrease (in costs)
assume can sell the heat and electricity; do site-specific
analysis
We are looking at some add'l costs; looking at cost
mitigation
looking at garbage vs organics and recycling; move to diversion
-- reduction in tipping fees
reduction if biweekly garbage
ppl take advantage of unlimited yard trimmings, some use and some
don't; propose a limit
some money for us, ten, 20 bags
look to generate new fees, same with demolition, land-clearing,
construction
5th straight year of declining garbage volumes, some from
economics and also from enforcement of rules; won't accept yard
trimmings in garbage
almost half is compostable organics, paper so can move
those
wd like Metro to take a stronger stand, eg packaging
bottle depots, ..........
staff support energy from waste; re new disposal facilities, do
need studies can actually be realized
argument hinges on positive cash flow
Ev: missing an opp if wait to go beyond 70% before mandating,
requesting [fees] re demolition, etc, right now? why wait?
RF: that's indeed what we want to say
some in cmnty advocate beyond 70% now
let us get to this point first then revisit the goal
Mayor: I usually see you at xxx
Ben West: come to you from Western Wilderness Cmte; four years as
student rep on board at Cap
overall v positive; reflects well on staff
specifically want to speak to concept of extracting where
financially
report by KPMG for Vancouver, happy to forward to you
they state clearly cost underestimated and revenue
overestimated
we have some of the best EPR laws in the world, look at
cost-benefit
Wilderness Cmte worried about mass burn, particularly the
incineration of plastics
a letter written to CAWG in 2005 (listed groups like Suzuki,
etc)
quote: incineration of waste 50-50 anthropogenic cancer
hazard
shd emulate San Francisco, zero waste by 2020
we rely on Hydro but mistake to burning
more and more of waste made up of plastic; also source of
toxins
[ML made motion]
Sop: target, can live with that
last four bullets of staff financial costs and biz cases
alarming cost factor; overwhelming Metro has not really satisfied
the Lower Mainland, to make presentation to Victoria
lacking completeness, are we really on the right track?
know you, Madam Mayor and Cclr Panz went over to Europe to look
at them WtE
more imp, direct tax impact on a local taxpayer
divisions, inference going to save money but...
costs, impact, tremendous; some savings from recycling
progs
staff indicate a lot of work to do
send these recommendations and add a caveat, not to Victoria till
back for ratification, otherwise send in, accepted, too late
from what I gather from staff report, we're a long way away
not satisfying concrete information
staff right in what they state, it's mish-mash and true costs not
presented, and public not fully aware of
Ask, caveat Metro be advised not sent to Victoria till
ratified by Ms
Mayor: what we're doing this evening?
RF: will take these comments into consideration, at conclusion
of consultation (all Ms) revise the draft plan before presenting to
Metro Board; Metro wd sent to Min of Envmt, then if approved, wd come
back at that point to Ms for ratification for just the M
actions
Mayor: just the M actions wch are distinct from the ones that
are the regional responsibilities, is that correct?
RF: correct
Mayor: that might be the distinction you're interested in as
well
Sop: too late; our conclusions will have further
discussions
left a little dizzy after one presentation by a gentleman
35 years, shdn't sign off and let them do anything
if all the way to Ministry it's a galloping horse and too
late
Mayor: May come back to you in a minute. let's hear from
other cclrs
TP: follow that one!
clearly laid out what our actions are; done a tremendous amt, a
tremendous to do
support first three; we as M can push prov
need more information before going down that path (EPR?)
clear we need more information as we go through the first three
steps
reducing plastics a critical piece
think staff has reported this well and supportive
Mayor: are these sever recommendations the same as in NV
RF: for all intents and purposes
Mayor: will come to Board; can see caution
Sop: but doesn't come back to this Ccl; no problem if you
doesn't come back to our taxpayers -- already in motion, you know
how things work in Victoria
the last thing we shd accept -- coming back to us
RF: if it's any consolation, the plan is broad and general
direction
getting to 3 and 4, WtE, there are many forms, one is mass
incineration
Metro also willing to consider aerobic degeneration ... xxx
far away from siting in a particular nbrhd in a M
as the plan moves on, my personal opinion is that there will be
plenty of opps for refinements, MetroV board re budgets re annual
expenditures to facilitate so believe due diligence still out
there
TP: for clarification, the 70%, when is that target date?
can we get there without WtE if you look at the first three
points?
we're doing 55% now?
RF: yes. The 70% target is 2015; we're looking to 65%
as Mr Bates's graph showed, a lot diversable
curbside organic pickups, achievable
Mayor: been a decade since knew had to move from Ashcroft
briefly: xxx
Sop: taxpayer will have to bear full costs, tremendous dollars
needed
highly unlikely other levels kick in; solid biz case for
everything we're doing
from board to Victoria and will all be over before we can blink;
asking through board or waste mgmt you sit on that you have
consideration, chance to express for the local taxpayer, otherwise
taxpayer burdened
Mayor: I've probably been the most vocal about a financial plan
and the board's heard that
that's only going to heat up, so to speak, on various aspects of
MetroV's forecasts
ML: I sit on the MetroV Finance Bd; this has been in front of
the FinCmte, it will come back; there are a series of diff options, in
terms of what WtE technology cd be employed
preliminary numbers show positive of $35M, benefit of
incineration; may be overly optimistic to accept those verbatim
however the alternative forms such as biological disposal into 100s of
Ms of dollars to the taxpayers
This analysis will be done, will be refined, and it will be
discussed
not something we'll be cut out of in any way and results will
come back to District Ccl
Mayor: thank you and for your role there
ML: I recuse myself; I sit on
Mayor: be specific
ML: BCBC and Autism, prez of both
[he left]
TP: cmte established last year
thank mbrs for their hard work; always a challenging task; they
are so diligent going through every single application
[introduced all the mbrs and staff involved]
Cathy Matheson: the reports and recommendations result of review
of 21 applications
amateur to professional; WV celebrates talent and creativity, X
and heritage
arts, heritage, and culture of daily life
cmnty and financial perspective
Total $32,250 [broken out below]
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the Community Grants Committee recommendations for Arts and
Culture Grants, be approved as follows:
Community (Professional Standard or Staff)
British
Columbia [Boys'] Choir $2,000
Sub total $2,000
Community Arts Organizations (Amateur with
Membership)
Ambleside Orchestra
$500
North Shore Light Opera Society
$1,000
O'Shihan Cultural Organization
$500
Theatre West
Van
$3,250
West Vancouver Adult Community Band Association
$500
Hollyburn Heritage Society
$750
Deep Cove Chamber Soloists
Society
$750
West Vancouver Historical
Society
$2,000
WV Fire Service
$500
Sub total $9,750
Community (Professional Standard & Staff)
Chor
Leoni Men's Choir
$750
Laudate
Singers Society
$500
Pacific
Baroque Orchestra
$1,500
Pandora's Vox
$2,000
Presentation House Cultural
Society/Theatre
$1,500
Sinfonia Orchestra of the North Shore
$1,500
Vetta
Chamber Music
$500
West
Vancouver Youth Band
$7,125
North Shore Chorus
$500
North
Shore Chamber Music Society
$1,000
Sub total $16,875
New Applicants
Seacoast Theatre Centre Society
$3,625
Sub total $3,625
Total - All 2010 Arts & Culture Grants
$32,250
PASSED
Leanne Sexsmith: reviewing prog; desire to make most out of this
prog
financial assistance for positive change, healthy and caring
cmnty
look forward to reporting back in fall
TP: as follows and there are two other recommendations
RECOMMENDED: THAT
+ 1.
The Community Grants Committee recommendations for Community
and Social Services Grants, for repeat funding for 2010 be
approved as follows:
= Specialized Support Services:
In the 3rd year of a [three-]year funding cycle (2008-2010)
BC Paraplegic Association Peer
Support
$500
Canadian Hard of Hearing
Association $600
Lions' Gate
Hospice $1,000
NS Disability Resource Centre - Adults at
Risk $1,000
NS Women's
Centre $1,500
NS Stroke Recovery Centre - Seniors Peer
Group $1,300
Red Cross
RespectED $700
Sub
total $6,600
In the 2nd year of a [three-]year funding cycle (2009-2011)
Avalon Recovery
Society
$800
(BC) Canadian Paraplegic Association - Transition
Services $500
Canadian Mental Health
Association $500
Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre of
BC $1,000
Friend to Friend Social Learning
Society
$750
Harvest
Project
$2,500
Lookout NS Emergency Aid
Shelter
$3,000
NS Association for the Mentally Handicapped-NS Connexions
Society $1,000
NS Disability Resource Centre - Children's Summer
Program
$2,500
NS Project Society for Low Income &
Handicapped $5,000
NS Schizophrenia Society NS
Branch $2,000
NS Stroke Recovery - Young Stroke
Survivors
$1,000
Sub
total $20,550
= Family Support Services:
In the 3rd year of a [three-]year funding cycle (2008-2010)
Family Services of the North
Shore
$14,500
Living Systems - Access
Counselling
$500
NS Community Resources Society
$12,000
NS Restorative Justice
$5,000
NS Multicultural
Society
$3,000
West Vancouver Family Place
Society
$4,000
Sub
total $39,000
In the 2nd year of a [three-]year funding cycle (2009-2011)
Autism Society of BC
$1,500
Big Brothers
$500
Big Sisters
$500
Highlands United Church
$500
NS Crisis Services
Society
$10,000
NS Neighbourhood House - Learning
Together
$1,000
Sub
total $14,000
= Seniors Support Services:
In the 3rd year of a [three-]year funding cycle (2008-2010)
Capilano Community Services
Society
$1,300
Lionsview Seniors Planning
Society
$2,000
Lionsview Seniors Planning Society - Seniors'
Coalition $1,300
NS Meals on Wheels Society
$1,500
NS Volunteers for
Seniors
$3,500
NS Keep Well Society
$2,000
NS Neighbourhood House - Seniors Peer
Support
$1,300
Sub total
$12,900
= Community Services:
In the 3rd year of a [three-]year funding cycle (2008-2010)
Coho Society - Operating Grant
$5,000
Coho Society Bus Transportation
$1,250
NS Lifeboat Society
$2,500
NS Safety Council
$1,000
525 Pathfinder Squadron (Air Cadet League of
Canada) $900
Sub total
$10,650
In the 2nd year of a [three-]year funding cycle (2009-2011)
Third West Vancouver Scout
Group $400
Sub total
$400
TOTAL Social and Community Services Grants
$104,100
PASSED
+ 2.
An application and adjudication process for remaining one time
grant funding in the amount of $21,500 from the Grants in Aid
budget for 2010 be initiated; and
LS: a bit of a problem, staggered, wasn't done evenly
2010 all had been allocated and had to determine if add'l
grants
some money remaining, $6300
falls in Grants in Aid budget -- possibly redirect money to other
areas
with this we may have the opp for a call of
$21K in funding; particularly difficult wrt increased need in the
cmnty
may be able to receive on a one-time basis
fall look at longer term options; the $21K wd be one-time funding
for this year
[TP made motion]
SW: is the $21K within the existing budget or money to be taken
out of? I don't really understand
Mayor: where did it come from
LS: 6300 from existing budget; a couple of other areas that we
believe are not needed
substance abuse has existing funds with other Ms, not
needed
FC/Youth Justice, $24K for each M, other Ms allocated less ,
notice recently therefore an add'l $2K
also "Other" and we feel that we don't really need $5K
in that account
been under-utilized
take $3200 from this so can go through cmnty grants process
PASSED
+ 3.
Longer term budget options for the Community Grants program,
including improved staggering of grant funding within the three-year
funding cycle, be brought back for Council's consideration in the
Fall as part of the Community Grants Committee's 2010 Work
Plan.
Mayor: be interested to look at funding progs, xxx existing, xxx
life
PASSED
have Cclr Lewis back
Mayor: maybe read the names, our young!
{TP did}
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the Community Grants Committee recommendations for Youth
Competition and Recognition Fund Grants be approved as follows:
Individual:
$ 200 -- Emma Currie (BC Female PeeWee A Championships -
March 2010)
$ 200 -- Alexandra Larson (PeeWee Provincial Female Ice
Hockey Championships - March 2010)
$ 200 -- Andre Matheusik (K1 Provincial Slalom and GS Ski
Series - March 2009)
$ 200 -- Andre Matheusik ( K2 Provincial Slalom and GS Ski
Series - March 2010)
$ 100 -- Bridgitte Matheusik (BC Provincial High School
Cross Country Running Championship - November 2009)
$ 100 -- Bridgitte Matheusik (BC Provincial high School
Tennis Championships - May 2009)
Team:
$ 1000 -- Cypress Ski Club (Provincial K1 and K2 Alpine
Races - March 2010)
Total current
recommendations $2000
Sop: social blueprint we did a couple of years ago did a
study of this; indicators at the time, these small amts vital to their
systems; less administrative time with three-year system,
other; imp to analyze what we're doing through the course of the year;
shd analyze where future dollars come from, shd hv increase
Mayor: look in the fall, may then
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) Update Report to Council
dated June 14, 2010 be received for information and;
2. [the] "Fees and Charges ... Amendment Bylaw..." be
read a first, second, and third time.
MS: fortunately the prov govt has done such a good job of
describing this tax
impacts cmnty ctr (fees)
Sop: I think the govt's going to have to come back and explain
and I think it's going to be a referendum
turn it down or a lot of recall; many upset
govt has not explained it properly; I'm a Liberal and v
upset
read through the report, good
just wait till July, here's what we mean, not too bad
Mayor: for our purposes now; when local govt not much choice,
it's there
HST minimal effect on Ms
thank staff, kind of thing prov do and tremendous staff
load
if advised by prov change, we'll respond to that.
14.1 [ADDED] re Clarification of Remedial Reqmts at 6379
Argyle
Sop: at June 18 sp ccl mtg remedial action affirmed the June 7th;
Ccl does not approve any change...
PASSED
BYLAW ADOPTED
No. 4625, 2010 (Community Greenhouse
Gas Reduction Targets and Policies - Bill 27)
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
16. Consent Agenda Items
REPORTS FOR CONSENT AGENDA [passed]
(File: 1010-20-10-018)
RECOMMENDED: that DVP Applic to vary the Zoning Bylaw
to allow construction of a new house, pool deck, accessory building,
and landscape walls, [be] considered on Monday, July
19.
RECOMMENDED: be received for information.
RECOMMENDED received for information:
Allan Bardsley; Rebecca Buchanan; Margaret Corbett; Rod
Day; Kelley Korbin; Mick Matheusik; Graham Nicholls; Sue Rowan; and
Trent Walsh
RECOMMENDED: received for information.
17. OTHER ITEMS -- No items.
18. REPORTS from MAYOR/CCLRS
Sop: met at playing field, turf, exciting
TP: ...well-prepared, respectful; off to a v good start
Ev: some of us attended the Lib fundraiser, Mallet Masters; v
serious and v competitive
about 30 teams, playoffs, and eventually, runoff -- two teams and
I'm pleased to say one was captained by Mark Sager and the other was
captained by our Mayor, assisted by Panz and two other distinguished
mbrs of cmnty and they won runoff
Mayor: tons of fun; cost Mark Sager $100 in mulligans
Library won, Ccl won, thanks; one of the best events in WV
thank Chamber re Dinner
Awards {listed -- see Ch of Comm section above in
Calendar}
also Paul Harris, humanitarian (?) xxx aware
On Sunday a lovely service Presbyterian Church, garden for Pat
Boname who passed away two years ago; celebrate both her private and
public
lovely to be invited to that
Ev: our own WV Museum has an exhibition through to end of Aug:
Master of the Instant, Cartier Bresson from the Nat'l Gallery of
Canada
privileged to have this exhibition; they rarely allow their
treasures out
we have a small museum but approved by the NG hence able to
accommodate exhibitions of this kind
we encourage as many ppl as possible to go
19. PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
CR: Congratulations on your win. Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
of West Van Matters
{wch
you are reading! :-)}
A couple of things here
Earlier this year I did ask about the applications for the grants
b/c I'd asked some other groups and they hadn't received any notice
about it so I was pleased to see the full report today and all the
work they've done, so I hope that for the money you have left you will
well publicize that you will accept applications, b/c nobody knew
about them
{well, nobody of the groups I asked knew about them to be
absolutely clear.}
so thank you v much
Next thing, and of course you know me with 'heritage language' --
as well as congratulations on your awards for the cmnty ctr and the
LEFF-tenant--
Mayor: yes
CR: --Governor Award
{Alas, we heard the American pronunciation [LOO-tenant] during
the references earlier in the mtg but of course in Canada, as in the
UK, we say LEFF-tenant. The Mayor so readily said yes, obvious
she noticed and knew -- indeed anyone who'd met a BC Lt-Gov wd
know.}
the next thing is, I understand there still is some discussion
going on wrt the Public Correspondence, so I'm hoping the list will be
there soon,
{Good thing I decided not to hold my breath till they
completed the access and put in a logical appropriate
place.}
and
the last thing is there's going to be a Public Information mtg
at the Library from 7 to 9pm on Thursday June 24th
The first 3/4 of an hour, we're happy to say the Engg Dept is
coming to give a presentation on the infrastructure and utilities,
and we're v grateful that they have organized this and we're looking
forward to all their information to help us understand this great
increase in taxes looming over us,
{UPDATE: and an excellent job they did; Dir/Engg himself made
the presentation; posters, slides, Q&A; report in next
WVM.}
and after that there will be a panel to have a WV update
so there'll be a break with coffee, then at 8 o'clock there'll
be a panel.
Plsd to say Cclr Sop and Cclr Lewis will be on the panel and
Cclr Evison is kind enough to attend too, the rest were v busy.
We're sorry we cdn't see you all--
Mayor: --sorry, who's hosting the mtg?
CR: West Van Matters is hosting the mtg
Mayor: at the Library? on Thurs at 7 o'clock?
CR: right; from 8 to 9 is the update with comments
ppl are welcome to come and ask questions about anything so we
can get an update on whatever
{oh dear, I forgot to mention possibilities such as
waterfront, density/infill, etc. but there were a range of questions
anyway}
and Madam Mayor, if you wanted to have someone from staff to come
to represent you or whatever to give that perspective, that wd be most
welcome to have on the panel b/c I'm sure with so many rumours flying
around, it's really great to have a mtg in an informal situation where
ppl can ask questions and get the updated information and provide
input to you, so tyvm.
Mayor: thank you for the invitation. As you know, I have a
couple of engagements that night, but we're in the hands of Cclr Lewis
and Cclr Sop--
CR: --Evison
Mayor: they'll do a find job, ...and Cclr Evison
CR: tyvm; look forward to it.
20. ADJOURNMENT [8:47?]
=== SP CCL MTG AGENDAs
June 28th ===
6pm in MHall Main Floor Conference Room; 7pm
ccl mtg in chamber
Note: At 6pm the reg
Cci Mtg will commence in open session 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 Cmnty Charter.
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER OPEN SESSION
2.
EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
RECOMMENDED: THAT in the public interest, members
of the public be excluded from part of the June 21, 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:
(d) the security of the property of
the municipality;
(i) the receipt of advice that is subject
to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for
that purpose;
(k) negotiations and related discussions
respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at
their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could
reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if
they were held in public.
3. Council will then proceed with the closed session.
Note: At 7pm the PH will commence in the
Chamber. The Cci Mtg will commence immediately
following.
7:00 PM
PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PUBLIC HEARING
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4360, 2004, Amendment Bylaw
No. 4643, 2010 (File: 1610-20-4643)
The Director of Planning, Lands, and Permits will describe the
proposed Bylaw amendments.
Applicant: The District of West Vancouver
Subject Lands: The proposed Official Community Plan (OCP)
Bylaw amendments apply to all lands in the municipality of West
Vancouver.
Purpose: The proposed Official Community Plan (OCP) Bylaw
amendments will:
incorporate key policy directions of the Community Dialogue on
Neighbourhood Character and Housing, which was undertaken in 2007-2008
in accordance with OCP Policy H 1; and establish the policy framework
to "allow for the examination of new housing prototypes in Existing
Neighbourhoods through a DWV-led housing pilot program."
Proposed OCP Bylaw Amendments: A new subsection titled
"The Community Dialogue on Neighbourhood Character and Housing"
would be added. This subsection would make current the OCP's 2004
direction to undertake a dialogue on housing, and discuss the key
findings of the Community Dialogue.
A new Policy H 4.1 would be added to provide policy for the
District's Housing Pilot Program. As envisioned by the Community
Dialogue on Neighbourhood Character and Housing Working Group, in its
report of September 2008, pilot projects:
"would allow for new housing prototypes consistent
with the community's desire for improved housing choice, for housing
that is sympathetic to a site's natural features and minimizes site
alteration, and for housing designed to fit with established
neighbourhood character;
would involve the selection of project(s) by Council
following a formal open selection process;
would include a formal evaluation of projects upon
completion of construction to understand the effectiveness of a
project in meeting community objectives and to inform the development
of policies, regulations and processes related to housing and
neighbourhood character;
may include projects which require a rezoning,
development permit, and/or variance permit, in which case the approval
process provided for in the Local Government Act shall apply and no
amendment of this OCP shall be required; and
provide opportunities for public involvement including,
but not limited to, access to project information, site tours upon
completion, and participation in the evaluation
process."
3. PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURE (explained)
4. REPORTS/WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
1) Reports received up to June 24:
2) Written submissions received up to June 24: None received to
date.
On June 7 Council set the date for the PH and
statutory notice was published on June 23 and 24. The MClerk will note
written submissions received for the June 28 PH.
5. APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION
6. PUBLIC INPUT
7. CLOSURE OR ADJOURNMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING
If there is no further public input and Council does not
request a further staff report, then:
RECOMMENDED:
THAT all written and verbal submissions be received and that the
Public Hearing be closed.
OR
If Council requests a further staff report, then:
RECOMMENDED:
THAT staff report back and that the Public Hearing be adjourned
to ____________________.
Members of Council are not permitted to receive further
submissions once the PH is closed.
Following conclusion of the Public Hearing the following items
will be considered:
COUNCIL MTG AGENDA
4. RECONVENE OPEN
SESSION
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
6. ADOPTION OF MINUTES -- No items.
REPORTS
On June 21 further consideration of this application was deferred
to June 28 pending receipt of additional information.
Reports received up to June 24, 2010:
Development Variance Permit No. 10-007 (3313
Marine Drive) May 26
Development Variance Permit No. 10-007 (3313
Marine Drive) June 7
Development Variance Permit Application No.
10-007 (3313 Marine Drive) June
23
Written Submissions received up to June 24: None to date.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the DVP Application, attached to the staff report dated June
23, 2010, which provides for a new garage with rooftop deck, be
approved.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT Council receive the Mid-Year Balanced Scorecard update as
presented with the June 15, 2010 report from the Executive Management
Team.
(File: 2150-01-01)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Council accept this report and
attached "Climate Action Report Card" dated June 10, 2010 for
information.
2. Council instruct staff to report
back at the end of 2010 with a second Climate Action Report
Card.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the request for a two-year extension of approved
Development Permit Nos. 07-055 (for proposed Lot 1), 07-056 (for
proposed Lot 2), 07-057 (for proposed Lot 5) and 07-058 (for proposed
Lot 7) of the Phase 1 lots of the Evelyn Drive redevelopment
project be approved.
RECOMMENDED: be introduced and read a first, second, and third
time.
BYLAW for ADOPTION
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
REPORTS FOR CONSENT AGENDA
RECOMMENDED: be received for information.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the MClerk give notice that the DVP Applic to vary the
Zoning Bylaw to allow construction of a new dwelling, will be
considered on Monday, July 19, 2010.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the MClerk give notice that the DVP Applic to vary the
Zoning Bylaw to allow construction of a new house and detached garage,
will be considered on Monday, July 19, 2010.
14. OTHER ITEMS -- No
items.
This is where a ccl mbr can introduce
something from the Correspondence List wch Ccl is given and wch does
not appear on the agenda or even on the ccl mtg
page.
Shame.
15. REPORTS from MAYOR/CCRS 16. PUBLIC
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS 17. ADJOURNMENT
=== ANIMALWATCH ===
silliness
=== NEWSWATCH === CSIS and
deCSIS? Nope!
CSIS chief backs down on claim of foreign
influence on politicians
by JEFF LEE AND JONATHAN FOWLIE -- The
Vancouver Sun 24 Jun 2010 pA1
In the face of mounting scorn over suggestions that some
politicians in B.C. and elsewhere may be under the influence of
foreign governments, Canadian Security Intelligence Service director
Richard Fadden hastily backtracked Wednesday. Mere hours...
read more...hm -- do read the whole article, well
done and well researched with v interesting comments from other
officials, many of whom support Fadden's expressions of concern.
The VSun give far more background and context, glad to
say.
This appears to me to be somewhat akin to
someone daring to say aloud that there's an 800lb gorilla in the
room. Only the naive and uninformed wd think spying and
the theft of technological XXX stopped with the fall of the Soviet
Union. The US has prosecuted some spies since then. How cd
Canadians think we are immune and that we have no technology worth
stealing or that our influence wdn't help some
causes.
=== WEBWATCH ===
+ (Illegal) Settlers' destroy crops --
To view the on-line version
click here.
CPTnet -- 23 June 2010
HEBRON: Settlers destroy Palestinian crops and slash water
pipes in the village of El-Fas
On 16 June 2010, a Palestinian farmer witnessed
two settlers, believed to reside in the settlement of Kiryat Arba,
walking through his garden. Upon inspection, the farmer realized
that his crops, planted with the assistance of USAID, had been
destroyed and water pipes slashed. According to the farmer, the
damage to the crops totaled an estimated 10,000 NIS (about 2600 USD)
The damaged crops are the primary food and economic resource for the
extended family of thirty adults and thirty children.
The Israeli Army and Israeli Police arrived a
half-hour after the farmer call them to take statements. The
family filed an official complaint, but remain skeptical about doing
so because they have filed complaints in the past and have never
received justice.
The family lives between the settlement of Kiryat
Arba and a set of prefabricated housing containers, installed about
five years ago, called Havat Gal.
The father of one of the children in the family
said that he is often afraid to go to work because settlers in the
area have threatened to kidnap his children. On occasion, he
will stay home and miss a day of work for fear of something happening
to his family. He recalled an incident involving the poisoning
of his sheep, resulting in severe sickness of his children after they
drank the milk from the sheep. He showed CPTers official
doctors' notes confirming the poisoning.
For video showing the destruction and proximity
of the farmer's land to the settlements, click here
+ Top Ten Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict
Myth #1 - Jews and Arabs have always been in conflict in the
region.
Myth #2 - The United Nations created Israel.
Myth #3 - The Arabs missed an opportunity to have their own
state in 1947.
Myth #4 - Israel has a "right to exist".
Myth #5 - The Arab nations threatened Israel with annihilation
in 1967 and 1973
Myth #6 - U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 called only for
a partial Israeli withdrawal.
Myth #7 - Israeli military action against its neighbors is only
taken to defend itself against terrorism.
Myth #8 - God gave the land to the Jews, so the Arabs are the
occupiers.
Myth #9 - Palestinians reject the two-state solution because
they want to destroy Israel.
Myth #10 - The U.S. is an honest broker and has sought to bring
about peace in the Middle East.
The background regarding the myths is worth reading to
get a more complete picture and context. For example, the UN's
map was two states 55% for Israel and 45% for Palestinian State (and
both have a right to exist). Oh, the devil's in the
definitions. And of course Arafat recognized Israel in 1988 if
not earlier. Barriers so far insurmountable are the borders and
a theocratic state.
=== SCIENCEWATCH ===
The Vancouver Sun, 24 Jun 2010, Page A17
Forget oil and deal with the real threat: '
green' fuels by JONAH
GOLDBERG
A rolling " dead zone" off the Gulf of Mexico
is killing sea life and destroying livelihoods. Recent estimates put
the blob at nearly the size of New Jersey. Alas, I'm not talking
about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As terrible as that
catastrophe...read more...
PHOTO: An oil-covered pelican flies over oil containment
booms along the shore line of Queen Bess Island Pelican Rookery, near
Grand Isle, La. Such spills occur only every 20 years, while the
damage caused by so-called green fuels mounts daily.
Alas, I'm not
talking about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As terrible as that
catastrophe is, such accidents have occurred in U. S. waters only
about once every 40 years (and globally about once every 20 years).
I'm talking about the dead zone largely caused by fertilizer run-off
from American farms along the Mississippi and Atchafalaya river
basins. Such pollutants cause huge algae plumes that result in oxygen
starvation in the Gulf's richest waters, near the
Delta...
=== GOVTWATCH === Circumlocution
Office / Science of Govt
from Dickens's Little Dorrit
CHAPTER 10 -- Containing the whole Science of
Government
The Circumlocution
Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important
Department under Government. No public business of any kind could
possibly be done at any time without the acquiescence of the
Circumlocution Office. Its finger was in the largest public pie, and
in the smallest public tart. It was equally impossible to do the
plainest right and to undo the plainest wrong without the express
authority of the Circumlocution Office. If another Gunpowder Plot had
been discovered half an hour before the lighting of the match, nobody
would have been justified in saving the parliament until there had
been half a score of boards, half a bushel of minutes, several sacks
of official memoranda, and a family-vault full of ungrammatical
correspondence, on the part of the Circumlocution Office.
This glorious
establishment had been early in the field, when the one sublime
principle involving the difficult art of governing a country, was
first distinctly revealed to statesmen. It had been foremost to study
that bright revelation and to carry its shining influence through the
whole of the official proceedings. Whatever was required to be done,
the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public
departments in the art of perceiving -- HOW NOT TO DO IT.
Through this
delicate perception, through the tact with which it invariably seized
it, and through the genius with which it always acted on it, the
Circumlocution Office had risen to overtop all the public departments;
and the public condition had risen to be -- what it was.
It is true that How
not to do it was the great study and object of all public departments
and professional politicians all round the Circumlocution Office. It
is true that every new premier and every new government, coming in
because they had upheld a certain thing as necessary to be done, were
no sooner come in than they applied their utmost faculties to
discovering How not to do it. It is true that from the moment when a
general election was over, every returned man who had been raving on
hustings because it hadn't been done, and who had been asking the
friends of the honourable gentleman in the opposite interest on pain
of impeachment to tell him why it hadn't been done, and who had been
asserting that it must be done, and who had been pledging himself that
it should be done, began to devise, How it was not to be done. It is
true that the debates of both Houses of Parliament the whole session
through, uniformly tended to the protracted deliberation, How not to
do it.
It is true that the
royal speech at the opening of such session virtually said, My lords
and gentlemen, you have a considerable stroke of work to do, and you
will please to retire to your respective chambers, and discuss, How
not to do it. It is true that the royal speech, at the close of such
session, virtually said, My lords and gentlemen, you have through
several laborious months been considering with great loyalty and
patriotism, How not to do it, and you have found out; and with the
blessing of Providence upon the harvest (natural, not political), I
now dismiss you. All this is true, but the Circumlocution Office
went beyond it.
Because the
Circumlocution Office went on mechanically, every day, keeping this
wonderful, all-sufficient wheel of statesmanship, How not to do it, in
motion. Because the Circumlocution Office was down upon any
ill-advised public servant who was going to do it, or who appeared to
be by any surprising accident in remote danger of doing it, with a
minute, and a memorandum, and a letter of instructions that
extinguished him. It was this spirit of national efficiency in the
Circumlocution Office that had gradually led to its having something
to do with everything. Mechanicians, natural philosophers, soldiers,
sailors, petitioners, memorialists, people with grievances, people who
wanted to prevent grievances, people who wanted to redress grievances,
jobbing people, jobbed people, people who couldn't get rewarded for
merit, and people who couldn't get punished for demerit, were all
indiscriminately tucked up under the foolscap paper of the
Circumlocution Office.
Numbers of people
were lost in the Circumlocution Office. Unfortunates with wrongs, or
with projects for the general welfare (and they had better have had
wrongs at first, than have taken that bitter English recipe for
certainly getting them), who in slow lapse of time and agony had
passed safely through other public departments; who, according to
rule, had been bullied in this, over-reached by that, and evaded by
the other; got referred at last to the Circumlocution Office, and
never reappeared in the light of day. Boards sat upon them,
secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them,
clerks registered, entered, checked, and ticked them off, and they
melted away. In short, all the business of the country went through
the Circumlocution Office, except the business that never came out of
it; and its name was Legion. {For the rest of the chapter: http://www.readprint.com/chapter-2800/Little-Dorrit-Charles-Dickens }
=== BOOKWATCH ===
NYT
Books About Being Wrong by KATHRYN SCHULZ and DAVID H. FREEDMAN, reviewed by DWIGHT GARNER
"Wrong" by David H. Freedman, expresses
anger at so-called experts' mistakes, while "Being Wrong" by
Kathryn Schulz, tries understanding. -->
Excerpts: 'Wrong' | 'Being Wrong'
Here's what they are instead:
investigations into why, as Ms. Schulz writes, with a Cole Porterish
lilt in her voice, "As bats are batty and slugs are sluggish, our
own species is synonymous with screwing up."
...
This is not a bulletin from the
scientific or epistemological frontier. Thinkers have toyed with
theories of error since Plato's time, many of them generally
agreeing with Albert
Einstein, who said,
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research,
would it?" ...
The idea that error can be
eradicated, she writes, can lead to frightening and reactionary
impulses. (Gulags, purges.) She charts the three stages of our
disbelief at other people's ideas when they differ from our own. (We
first assume that they are ignorant, then idiotic, finally evil.) She
observes how much we adore being right, and how we blithely assume
that we nearly always are. Then she pulls the rug out, noting that
being wrong, because we're blithely unaware of it, "feels like
being right."
from the first chapter:
Of all the things we are wrong
about, this idea of error might well top the list. It is our
meta-mistake: we are wrong about what it means to be wrong. Far from
being a sign of intellectual inferiority, the capacity to err is
crucial to human cognition. Far from being a moral flaw, it is
inextricable from some of our most humane and honorable qualities:
empathy, optimism, imagination, conviction, and courage. And far
from being a mark of indifference or intolerance, wrongness is a
vital part of how we learn and change. Thanks to error, we can revise
our understanding of ourselves and amend our ideas about the
world.
=== QUOTATIONS / PUNS
===
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know
I'm right. --
Moli=E8re, French playwright (1622 - 1673)
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of
them? -- Abraham Lincoln, US President (1809 - 1865)
Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the
good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
-- Arabic
Proverb
The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small
stones. -- Chinese proverb
If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. -- David Carradine,
American actor (1936 - 2009)
o The mass of a ship is
measured in keelograms.
o There was a sign on the
lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the
Grass'.