WVM2010-23
Ccl NOTES Oct 4
AGENDA Oct 18
Calendar to Nov 5
by
Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
www.WestVan.org
hope you all had a
great Thanksgiving; now enjoy fall's bounty
apples, apples, apples, -- poetry and UBC Apple
Festival......
IN THIS ISSUE:
MAIN ITEMS Ccl Mtg Oct 18th: Wetmore; traffic light for
Park Royal along Marine Dr; Metro Regional Growth Strategy; Sec
Stes Update/Report; Rezoning/Devt 1305 Marine Dr (Shell
Stn); 2011 Tax Exemptions; Date for 1220 Duchess DVP; Proposed
Wireless Tower 26th & Upper Levels; Devt
Applications; STILL NO LIST OF LETTERS but have
been promised an update.
= RIDDLES; Vive le Canada (Commonwealth
Games); from the EDITOR'S DESK; POLICEWATCH (Crime
Prevention workshop; Halloween prep); UPDATES & INFO (Awards; new
parks; bridge traffic; accessibility; percussion; Rutledge
Field)
= CALENDAR to Nov 5th (starting with UBC's Apple
Festival); CULTUREWATCH (Theatre; Art; Music, Opera,
Photography)
= Ccl Mtg NOTES Oct 4th: Delegation/100th
Anniversary of the Girl Guides; Adoption of 2200 blk MDr Road Closure
(deferred); Debate re Endorsement of MetroV integrated Liquid Waste
Mgmt Plan (Major $$$); 2011 Tax Exemptions; DVP App 1119
Keith
= Ccl Mtg AGENDA Oct 18th
= ANIMALWATCH (cats; kung fu bear; lion; seagull;
selection); INFObits (Lennon, FLQ, Germany, More on the
Commonwealth Games); BEERWATCH (Tangerine); NEWSWATCH (set fire to
Mosque; loyalty); GAZAWATCH (Cdn and Jewish aid boats); WEBWATCH
(We adore Boris! Great character, great politician! Intelligent,
articulate, and amusing too...); MONEYWATCH (hidden US debt);
CPTWATCH (homeless); ENVIROWATCH/PARKWATCH (Stawamus Chief/Malamute;
Plastic to Oil); CIVICWATCH (Oct 1); HERITAGEWATCH (Srs' Ctr 17th);
MAIKU (Thanksgiving; apples); QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS/PUNS
=== RIDDLES ===
What do you call a fish
with no eyes?
What do you
get if you cross a bullet and a tree with no
leaves?
What is a
mouse's favourite game?
=== Vive le CANADA
=== The Games! (you've probably keeping track
of our medals)
The Commonwealth
Games is an int'l,
multi-sport event
involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations....
The event was first
held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire Games in
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event was renamed as the British
Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, the British Commonwealth
Games in 1970, and gained its current title in 1978. Only
six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada,
England, New Zealand, Scotland, and
Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving
team for ten games, England for seven and Canada for one.
There are currently
54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participate in
the Games. The four Home Nations of the
United Kingdom
- England, Scotland,
Wales, and Northern Ireland - send separate teams to the
Commonwealth Games, and individual teams are also sent from the
British Crown
dependencies
of Guernsey, Jersey,
and the Isle of
Man (unlike at
the Olympic
Games, where the
combined "Great Britain" team represents all four home
nations and the Crown dependencies). Many of the British overseas
territories also send
their own teams. The Australian external territory of Norfolk Island also sends its own team, as do
the Cook
Islands and Niue, two states in free association with
New Zealand. It was
reported that
Tokelau, another
dependency of New
Zealand would be sending
a team to the
2010 Games
in New
Delhi, India. In the end however they did not.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games are on in New Delhi, India, until October
14.
{More info in
INFObits below.
I'm sure most of
you know they were last held in Vancouver in 1954, at Empire Stadium
where the four-minute mile record was broken.}
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK
===
> PUBLIC
CORRESPONDENCE -- Absolutely shocked
the letters have been moved again so more clicks to reach it.
Now when you click on the Agenda & Minutes page and finally find a
reference at the bottom, it sends you to the page about how to write a
letter to Mayor & Ccl! Bizarre.
Strange, also, that in looking at the past
five weeks I found for one week's letters, I cd copy and paste, but
not the others. Inconsistent.
> Sorry this newsletter much later than usual; busier
than usual and then suffering from a cold and trying to hold it at
bay. Meant I missed several things including the Heritage and
Harvest wch I hope will be annual and look forward to for next
year.
Because mtgs added and cancelled, hard to keep up so try to send
out Updates between WVMs.
> Ignatieff asked a 96-year-old what his secret was to
longevity. He answer sex and booze, so Ignatieff says that'll be
in the Liberals' health plan.
=== POLICEWATCH
===
+ BLOCKWATCH
We are holding our annual Captain & Co-captains meeting on
Wed Nov 3rd at 7pm at Sentinel School. Our Chief, Peter
Lepine, and Sgt. Tim Kravjanski will be our main speakers this
year.
We would like to have a good half hour for questions, comments,
and discussion after the speakers, so the meeting should be about an
hour or an hour and a half.
If you would like to bring a neighbour or two to the meeting,
please do!
Hope to see you there.
Anne Russell, Community Services Unit, Block Watch Coordinator,
925 7363 annerussell@wvpd.ca
+ excerpts from
Block Watch Newsletter October 2010
> BC Crime
Prevention Association Workshop
The Annual
Training Symposium from November 5th - 6th features a multitude of
workshops that further educate in crime prevention. The theme this
year is "Back on Track". Some of the workshops featured are:
"Evolution of Block Watch", "The Role of Victim Services in Crime
Prevention", and "Response to Illegal Drug
Operations".
To see the symposium
brochure, click here; To register, click here Source:
http://bccpa.org
{for complete lists of topics below, pls see
newsletter}
> Halloween
Safety...
- Children running
across the street and off the sidewalks risk a collision with a motor
vehicle.
- Unwrapped treats
or those in loose packaging from unknown sources may be unsafe to
eat.
- Nylon or
heavyweight polyester costumes are best. Even so,
"Flame-Resistant" does not mean fire-proof.
- Tell your children
to stay in well-lit areas and only visit homes that have their outside
lights turned on.
- Make sure they
know never to go inside homes or cars.
- Examine the treats
your children bring home before they start eating them. Throw out any
treats that are not wrapped, have loose or torn wrappers.
> Fireworks
Safety...
- Many Cities and
Municipalities have banned fireworks, so be certain to check before
you purchase any fireworks.
- Buy only from a
licensed dealer
- Ignite one
firework at a time.
- NEVER hold lit
fireworks.
- If a firework
doesn't go off, do not approach or pick it up for at least 30
minutes.
- DO NOT attempt to
relight the device.
- After 30 minutes,
immerse in water and throw away.
Source: http://bc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action
=== UPDATES & INFO
===
> MUSEUM RECEIVES ARCHITECTURE CANADA AWARD
The West Vancouver Museum is the proud recipient this
month of the distinguished Community Award from the BC Chapter of
Architecture Canada. The Community Award is granted to
members in the community whose appreciation and advocacy for
architecture and architects have improved the environment and
community. Recipients of this award at the West Vancouver Museum are:
Darrin Morrison, Director/Curator; Kiriko Watanabe, Assistant Curator;
and Isaac Vanderhorst, Museum Educator. Congratulations, West
Vancouver Museum!
> FUNDRAISER FILLED KAY MEEK FOR SOLD OUT
SUCCESS
The Canadian Pakistani Women Society raised close to $8,000 on
September 30th at the Taste of Pakistan event held at the Kay Meek
Centre. All the money raised went to the Canadian Red Cross in support
of flood victims in Pakistan.
> Park adjacent to Squamish Chief:
>
Malamute bluff
now protected | Local News | Squamish Chief ...
24 Sep 2010
... "It's very significant
because when the process of the Chief
itself becoming a
park, which began 20 years
ago, the
Malamute was
always ...
www.squamishchief.com/.../SQUAMISH0101/.../SQUAMISH/malamute-
bluff-now-protected
NB: the company that illegally logged
1500 trees of that property was facing fines of $1K to $10K per tree,
so 'donated' the land.......
> 15% of Denman Island protected --
and for a butterfly!
... The B.C.
government has acquired 18 properties totalling 750 hectares of
private and Crown land, comprising approximately 15 per cent of Denman
Island.
The purchase price
was $6.7 million. An innovative funding formula enabled the
acquisition:
=B7
Private land owner North Denman Lands Inc. made a donation of $1.4
million.
=B7
The provincial government made a $232,000 cash contribution and
transferred Crown land development rights valued at $3.9 million to
the company for future residential development
purposes.
=B7
$1.2 million was provided to North Denman Lands Inc. through a
third-party carbon offsets agreement with ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. and
the Forest Carbon Group.
The
newly-acquired lands are within the relatively rare Coastal
Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone. The acquisition also includes land
within the Chickadee Lake watershed and areas important for a number
of species at risk, including the Taylor's Checkerspot butterfly.
For more info, see:
1.B.C. PROTECTS SENSITIVE LANDS ON DENMAN
ISLAND12 Oct
2010 ... "Denman Island is home to one of Canada's most unique ecosystems,"
said Penner.
... including the Taylor's
Checkerspot
butterfly. ...
2.
www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases.../2010ENV0062-001243.htm - Cached
> New
Bus-Only Lane on Marine Drive
A bus-only lane is
being built on Marine Drive from Pound Road east in West Vancouver to
the Lions Gate Bridge, providing faster, more reliable service for
transit users. The bus-only lane will open in Spring
2011.
>
Capilano River Bridge Traffic Updates
The construction of
the new Capilano River West Bound Bridge is ongoing and the
contractor, Neelco Construction expected hours of work for the project will be
7:30am to 9:30pm (14 hours/day), Monday through Saturday, for the next
eighth months. The project completion is scheduled for the end of
March 2011.
For the week
of:
October 11 - October 16, 2010
Please be advised
that Neelco Construction will be implementing the following traffic
control measures to facilitate construction activities for the
replacement of the Capilano River Bridge.
Tuesday,
October 12 to Friday, October 15 between 10am and 2:30pm
- Full closure of the west-bound
inside lane on Marine Drive between Capilano Road and Highway 99, and
the east-bound inside lane on Marine Drive between Taylor Way and
Capilano Road.
Please expect minor
delays - allow extra travel time. Thank you, NEELCO
CONSTRUCTION
More Traffic
Information New Bus-Only Lane on Marine Drive
> ACCESSIBLITY
MEANS BUSINESS
The Advisory Committee on
Disability Issues for the North Shore (ACDI) are organizing a free
access
awareness event at Capilano
Mall on Thursday, October
14th from 1-4 pm.
They are inviting business
owners and employees to come
down and experience first-hand the challenges people with
disabilities face when
attempting to patronize business that are inaccessible.
It is the hope of the
committee that with more public awareness and education, businesses
will
improve their accessibility.
For example, building a wheelchair ramp would be a major
milestone
but also improvements related
to lighting, washrooms, counter heights, and aisle widths should
be
considered. All of these
improvements ultimately help everyone, including business
profitablity.
For more information on the
Advisory Committee on Disability Issues for the North Shore,
please contact
> Have you any drums or percussion instruments at
home?
The Music Hall in the West Vancouver Community Centre is looking
to establish a collection of hand percussion instruments for students
of all ages. We welcome donations of instruments in good condition,
including djembes, congas, and accessory percussion instruments.
Please contact Daniel Tones, Music and Dance Program Coordinator,
at 604-921-3440 or by email at
dtones@westvancouver.ca if you have any
questions.
=== CALENDAR to Nov 5th
===
UPDATES sent to subscribers (but with details):
A: Oct 3 - 9
= Fire Prevention Week; Oct 6 Cmnty Fire Drill at 6:30pm
Wed Oct
6 = Borealis String Quartet at KMC 1pm, and Oct 8 at 1:30pm
5pm Thurs Oct 7 - Ccl Mtg, CLOSED Session
B:
Legion; 10/10/10; Bridge Traffic; Jt Water Use; Malalai
Joya
NB: The Finance Cmte mtg 9am Tu 12th was
cancelled.
C: Access
awareness event 1 - 4pm Th Oct 14th; change of venue for Early
Music concert
+ Margaret Trudeau at 32 Books in Edgemont Village, Sat
Oct 16th from 2 to 3pm (about her book, Changing My Mind)
...
UBC Apple Festival
~ 11am to 4pm ~ Saturday
and Sunday -- October 16 and 17 -- UBC's Annual Apple
Festival
Located throughout the
grounds of the Botanical Garden
Admission fee -
$2 for adults. Under 12 free. Includes free entry to the Garden! Free
bike parking!
* UBC
Farm Apple Festival Tours
On October 16 and
17, the UBC Farm is excited to be a part of the UBC Botanical Garden's
AppleFest. In addition to a booth on-site at the festival, they will
be offering tours of the UBC Farm Heritage Orchard:
Date: Saturday, October 16 -- Times: 11am, 1pm and
3pm Location: UBC Farm entrance gate
The UBC Farm
Heritage Orchard was designed, grafted and planted as a student
Directed Studies project in 2005. The orchard is composed of 120
trees, including 75 apple varieties. 2010 marks our second year of
significant harvest.
* About
the Apple Festival
A family event for
all ages, the
UBC Apple Festival
celebrates one of British Columbia's favourite fruits. All are
welcome to attend,
from children learning about the diversity of apples to those who
remember tasting heritage apples in their youth.
Every year,
between
11,500 and 13,500 kilograms (25,000 and 30,000 lbs) of apples are sold to a
hungry public. Over 60 varieties of heritage, new and "tried and true"
varieties are available, grown both conventionally and organically.
These include the heritage apple 'Grimes Golden' and 'Ambrosia',
recently discovered in Cawston, British Columbia.
Also available for sale are many varieties of apple trees grafted onto dwarfing root
stock, perfect for the home garden or patio.
One of the most
popular activities at the Apple Festival is apple
tasting.
For
$3.00, curious
eventgoers can taste up to 60 varieties of new and heritage apples
grown in British Columbia. Learn the history of those varieties from
the Friends of the Garden's "published
in-house" Apple Booklet.
The Vancouver
Island-based BC Fruit Testers Association mounts a display of the nearly
200 apple varieties still grown in British Columbia. Members of the
association are on-hand to give demonstrations of grafting and
cider-pressing.
Try to stump them with apple varieties from your garden, as they are
also available to identify apples (hint: bring along six apples from your unidentified
tree). Nearby, Master Gardeners discuss apple-related diseases and pest
management. Or, at
any time of the year, you can visit UBC Botanical Garden's
online Fruit
Trees
discussion forum!
A children's area is
in place for 2010: the Johnny Appleseed Orchard, featuring activity stations. Kids (and
adults!) also enjoy the apple pie, hot apple cider, and other
delectable treats available.
The Food Fair showcases tasty treats, while
the Shop in
the Garden
features apple-related merchandise. Craft vendors, UBC Herbarium
merchandise, and UBC Farm produce are also available
on-site.
Buskers provide musical entertainment throughout the day.
Finish off the day by taking home a purchase of jugs of British Columbian
organic apple juice.
For more info, call
604 822 4529. Want to learn more about apples?
== Sunday Oct 17
HERITAGE AND HARVEST at Srs' Ctr 11am to 5pm; details below in
HERITAGEWATCH
== Monday Oct 18
The Memory
Project: Stories of the Second World
War
Share your story!
Bring your photos, letters and personal memorabilia to be documented
on site.
Monday October 18th, 9 am to 1 pm
--
Vancouver
Public Library, Alice MacKay Room, Lunch and refreshments will be
served
RSVP by
email: memory@historica-dominion.ca Or call toll free phone: 1
866 701 1867 x 251
The Memory Project is
providing every living Second World War veteran the opportunity to
share their memories through interviews and digitized artefacts and
memorabilia to be shared with Canadians through an extensive online
digital archive. For more info: www.thememoryproject.com
== Tuesday Oct 19
~
7pm ~ WRA at Gleneagles Golf Clubhouse
== Wednesday Oct 20 ~ 7pm ~
Bd of
Variance at M Hall; Library Bd at Library
== Thursday Oct 21
~
4:30pm ~ Design Review Cmte -- CANCELLED
~
5:30pm ~ Public Police Bd Mtg in the Welsh Hall at the
Library
~ 6pm ~
NSh Family Court/Youth Justice Cmte at DNV M Hall
== Saturday Oct 23 ~ 9am - 1pm ~ Gleneagles Garage Sale at the Gleneagles Cmnty
Ctr
Come and
join us for a morning of fun at the annual Gleneagles Garage Sale
where everything old is new again! With over 40 tables displaying a
diverse assortment of treasures, you never know what new finds you
will go home with! For more info, pls call 921
2100.
== Friday Oct 29
~ 3:15pm ~ COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES
West Vancouver Community Centre, Atrium Featuring the SFU
Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Simon Fraser University's Contemporary Performance Ensemble
presents Terry Riley's groundbreaking work "In C" as part of
the WVCC's Community Concert Series. This is the second concert in our
year-long series, and showcases some of Metro Vancouver's best, young
musical talent.
Please contact Daniel Tones, Music and Dance Program Coordinator,
at 921 3440 or by email at
~ 6:30 - 11pm ~ GLENEAGLES HALLOWEEN PARTY
Gleneagles Community Centre & Clubhouse
Drop the kids off for an exciting evening of tricks, games, and
treats at the Gleneagles Community Centre, and then head off to an
adults-only party at the Clubhouse. Costume prizes, appetizers,
dancing, games and plenty of spooktacular fun!
Cash bar. Adults $29/person; kids $7.50/hr with a two-hour min.
For more info, pls call 921 2100.
== Saturday, October
30
~ 10am - 4pm ~ All-Day Workshop
-- Building Bridges Vancouver Presents
Palestine and Israel: Two Nations Traumatized
How Our Unexamined Feelings
Perpetuate the Conflict
Facilitated by Jennifer Shifrin and Maggy Kaplan
St. Mark's Anglican Church, Larch St
and 2nd Ave, in Kits; Cost: $20,
includes a light lunch
Pre-registration: required.
Please reply before Oct. 22 to haneen@me.com
For more information on the
facilitators, content, and purpose of the event, please
see
http://aplaceformoderates.shawwebspace.ca/pages/view/upcoming_events/
~ 7:30pm ~ The Hebb Theatre, 2045 East Mall, UBC. More
Vancouver, BC details on
CJPME
DR. NORMAN FINKELSTEIN - ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: PAST, PRESENT,
FUTURE Oct 26-30, across
Canada
Join us as Dr. Finkelstein discusses the situation in
Gaza, the raid on the S.S. Mavi Marmara, the current stage of the
peace process, and the prospect of another regional war in the Middle
East in this lecture. Website. Admission $15, $10 for
students with ID. Vancouver, BC tix available on-line here, or via telephone at
1-888-222-6608. Mr. Finkelstein's speaking tour is proudly
presented by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
(CJPME.) For more info on these exciting events, please see our Website.
NOVEMBER
== Friday Nov 5 ~ 1:30 - 5:30pm ~ at WV Cmnty Ctr
Table Matters...a North Shore
Discussion about Food Security and Urban Agriculture
Please specify to your readers that
we are asking for registration either by phone (see number below) or
the EventBrite website address.
Food systems issues are enough
of a priority that all five North Shore Mayors are coming to speak at
this event. I hope you or a representative can join municipal staff,
politicians, non-profit organizations, businesses, and interested
community members in discussing this important issue.
To register, please phone Dawn Lavender at
604-904-6200 ext. 4167 and leave a message or email dawn.lavender@vch.ca with the name, email address, organization, title, and
phone number of your representative(s) and she will register
them.
Sincerely, Margaret
Broughton, Community
Nutritionist, Vancouver Coastal
Health, 604 904 6482
== Friday Nov 5, Saturday Nov 6
THE BAND OF THE FIFTEEN FIELD REGIMENT
Concerts will be
presented in the newly renovated auditorium in Vancouver Technical
School at 8pm on Friday, November 5th, the Kay Meek Theatre in West
Vancouver at 2pm on Saturday, November 6th, and in the ACT Theatre
in Maple Ridge at 1:30pm on Sunday, November 7th. The concerts are
guaranteed to offer musical selections to satisfy everyone, from
dances and movie music to military marches and swingin' big band
tunes.
The Band of the
Fifteenth Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, is the
only professional concert band in Vancouver. In addition to
supporting regimental and brigade functions, the band performs
throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia as
representatives of the 39 Canadian Brigade Group. Since 1985, the band
has gained an international following and is now widely recognized as
the best band in Canada's Army Reserve. Recordings of the band are
eagerly sought after by collectors of military music and the general
public.
The BC Military Music
Society, in
partnership with the Royal Canadian Legion Foundation, and the BC Mainland Military
Family Resource Centre is proud to present this concert series. All funds
raised will support serving soldiers, military families, and veterans
in British Columbia.
OCTOBER IS
SENIORS' MONTH
Take part in our
month-long series of programs on aging well for families, caregivers,
and seniors. From a concert and cupcakes on Grandparents Day to
lectures on the dilemmas faced by mid-life sons and daughters coping
with aging parents, we cover it all. Author visits, travel tips, a
movie night, family workshops and programs that explore hearing loss,
dementia, and depression through lectures and discussions, every week
holds something new. For more information call 925 7403.
= ONGOING Fridays, Oct 22, Nov
5 -- English
Corner -- 10 -
11:30am
Come practise English Conversation! Free, no registration
required.
= Tuesday Oct
19
o DO
YOU HAVE A BUCKET LIST? -- 2 - 3:30 pm, Welsh
Hall.
Join baby
boomers David
and Anna Smith as
they share their world travel tales and budget tips from their
excellent world travel and photo adventures. As frequent world
travellers they will show you their bucket list on six continents and
how they budget, travel, plan, and pack as seniors. David Smith is a
professional photographer, travel writer, and guest lecturer. Anna is
a fabric artist and lecturer. Both are "dream travellers capturing
the world one smiling face at a time". They always have their
bags and cameras packed for their next travel adventure.
o MOVIE
NIGHT: THE BUCKET LIST -- 7 - 9 pm, Welsh
Hall.
Jack Nicholson
and Morgan Freeman
are two terminally ill men on a road trip with a wish list of things
to do before they "kick the bucket." A funny and inspiring film
that reminds us all that life is precious.
o For
more information please call 604 925-7403.
= Wednesday
20
Family
Meeting: Planning Care for Family Elders
North Shore
Caregiver Support Program and the Library present an informative movie
& discussion. 1 - 3 pm, Welsh Hall. To register or for more
information, call or email Karyn at 604 982-3320;
Karyn.davies@nscr.bc.ca.
WEST
VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY & NORTH SHORE FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT
PROGRAM PRESENTS A FAMILY WORKSHOP: PLANNING CARE FOR FAMILY
ELDERS
Join North Shore
Caregiver Support Program for an informative movie & discussion on
effective care planning, including topics such as communicating with
family members, collaborating with healthcare professionals,
step-by-step decision making, respecting elders' wishes, and putting
plans into action.
Wednesday,
October 20, 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Welsh Hall.
For more
information please phone Karyn at 604 982-3320, or email
karyn.davies@nscr.bc.ca
= MICROCOSMOS ~ 7:30pm ~ Friday October 22
Microcosmos, formed by four distinguished chamber musicians,
explores music from the rich repertoire of the past one hundred
years.
Funded by the
bequest of Robert Leslie Welsh. Doors open at 7pm. Seating is
limited so come early. For more info about this exceptional
musical event pls visit the
West Vancouver Memorial Library website.Saturday
23
Welcome to the Departure Lounge: Adventures in Mothering Mother -
Author Visit with Meg Federico
Meg will read
selections from her book, and invite the audience to share their
experiences. 2 - 3:30 pm, Welsh Hall.
Wednesday
27
The Fishes Remain the Same: Lighthouse Park Preservations Society
Lecture
Andy Lamb will
talk about the fish species in the Pacific Northwest. 7 - 9 pm, Welsh
Hall. Everyone welcome.
Saturday
30
Dementia:
Exploring Care & Communication When a Relative Has
Dementia
This session of
mini lectures and discussion will examine the issues that arise when
family members care for a relative with dementia. 1 - 4 pm, Welsh
Hall.
NOVEMBER
Wednesday
3 The German Operas of
Mozart, Beethoven, and Weber
Nicolas Krusek is
back with a new 5 morning series of music talks. 10:30am - 12:30pm,
Welsh Hall. No registration required, just drop in and
enjoy!
VIA Architecture Urban Design
Ellen Dunham-Jones is Professor, School of Architecture,
Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a Visiting Fellow in Urban
Sustainable Development, supported by an endowment made possible by
the Real Estate Foundation of BC and Fraser Valley Real Estate
Board.
= Next Generation Urbanism -- 7pm October
26, SFU Harbour Centre
Recessions are deadly for urban development activity -- but
fertile times for re-thinking and re-positioning, for looking around
and looking ahead. What are the new horizons for North American metros
as we look to and beyond recovery? What urban design debates in the
schools are informing the next generation? Ellen Dunham-Jones will
draw on both her own research into retrofitting suburbia for a more
sustainable future as well as the work of leading new urbanists,
bankers, and policy makers to speculate on how shifting demographics,
new technologies, economic and natural resource challenges are
informing new directions in the design of cities.
Lecture
sponsored by SFU City Program, SFU Urban Studies, and VIA
Architecture.
= Retrofitting Suburbia -- 7pm October 28, Room
2600, SFU Surrey, 250-13450 102 Avenue
How can ghostboxes, dead malls, aging office parks, out-dated
edge cities, and blighted commercial strips be retrofitted into more
sustainable places? Co-author of the award-winning book,
"Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning
Suburbs", Ellen Dunham-Jones will explain the drivers behind
successful built suburban retrofits in North America and illustrate
the three principal strategies: re-inhabitation, redevelopment, and
re-greening.
Lecture
sponsored by SFU Urban Studies.
KAO TANABE -- October 26 to December 23
Takao Tanabe is one of Canada's most respected artists with a
career spanning over six decades. This exhibition profiles a series of
new watercolour paintings of the Rocky Mountains in winter alongside a
selection of earlier works from the artist's own collection.
For more info about this exhibition pls visit the Museum
website or call 925 7295 (usu opening reception on Tu
26th)
+++ FERRY BUILDING GALLERY
+++ http://ferrybuildinggallery.com ~ 925 7290
+ September 28 - October 17
Desire: The Magnificent Obsession -- Paintings
by Elizabeth Topham
+ October 22 - November 14
A
CELEBRATION OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD -- works by Jose Antonio
Madrazo
An
exhibition of mixed media folk art from Mexico
The Ferry Building Gallery is honoured to present new folk art by
Jose Antonio Madraza of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a whimsical
mixed media exhibition just in time for the Halloween season.
The focus of the art is Day of the Dead (el Dia de los
Muertos), a national celebration in Mexico and other Latin American
countries which honours those who have passed on.
Madrazo's folk art is made from hand-forged metal, wooden
figures, ceramics, and popular Mexican sayings, adorned with elegant
hues and electric colours. Each piece is unique. His works
are shown in galleries, museums, and folk art shops around the globe:
the Peabody Museum, Gilcrease Museum, Denver Art Museum, Brookyn
Museum, and the Epcot Centre. Others are part of private
collections including those of comedian Garry Shandling, musicians
Keith Richards and Adam Ant, actor Eric Idle, and Spike Lee, to name a
few.
The exhibition is generously sponsored by the Mexican
Consulate General of Vancouver. The artist will be present for the
Opening Reception and Artist in Attendance.
The public is warmly invited to attend all events and receptions
and admission is free.
Opening Reception: Friday October 22 from 6
- 9pm
Artist in Attendance: Saturday October 23 from 2
- 4pm
* October 5 -
17
-- "A
Little Abstraction"
Well-respected watercolour,
acrylic, and mixed media artist and teacher Teressa Bernard, displays her current collection. Past
works have been predominantly representational and in watercolour,
inspired by the way light fell on objects. Her approach to painting
has evolved over the years, from being a watercolour purist to
layering watercolour with gouache or acrylic and other mediums to
achieve the desired results. She now works primarily in acrylic and
enjoys experimenting, inviting an intriguing examination at close
range.
Opening
Reception: TUESDAY October 5th from 6 to 8pm
October 19 -
31
-- "With
Needle & Thread"
An exquisite exhibition
showcasing the excellence of embroidery and promoting it as a
recognized art form, The North Shore Needle Arts Guild takes you on a journey from
traditional to contemporary needle art. Enjoy a unique array of works
in crewel, stump work, canvas work, free machine embroidery, Japanese
Silk embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, bead work, whitework, petit
point, hardanger, mixed media, and fibre art by over 20 talented
textile artists. Textile artists will provide FREE demonstrations each
day.
Opening
Reception: TUESDAY October 19th from 6 to 8pm
+++ 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
++ MOVIES AT THE MEEK
> Vancouver Recital Society returns to Kay Meek Centre
for an exciting third season of exceptional artistry. On October
24 the Aviv String Quartet and pianist Robert Kulek kick off the
season with the rich, warm and lushly romantic music of Brahms.
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, West
Vancouver +++
"Where Volunteers make the difference."
Chartered November 17th, 1926
The Summer-Autumn
Issue of "The Torch" is now available
Thank you for your interest. / Best
regards, Janice Mackay-Smith, The Torch
= Saturday, October 2nd, our
weekly meat draw will feature five turkeys and five hams in lieu of
the usual ten meat draw prizes. The draw will begin at 4:30pm, and the cost will remain at
$5 for a strip of ten tickets.
As well, at 7:30pm on the
same evening, a Jam Session will take place in the
Lounge.
Come on in and enjoy the festivities
this Saturday!
= At this Saturday's meat
draw, October 16th, five members of the Band of the 15th Field
Regiment, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, will put on a
small performance. They will perform between 4:30 and 5pm, and
the meat draw will follow. They will be here to promote
their concert at the Kay Meek Centre on Saturday, November 6th at
2pm. Tickets for their concert will be available for purchase in
our Lounge Bar during the time they are at our
Branch.
The concert on November 6th
is guaranteed to offer musical selections to satisfy everyone,
from dances and movie music to military marches and swingin' big band
tunes. Email of October 9th had further information on the
Band.
=
POPPIES!
{full letter in last
issue of WVM}
Veterans Week, November
5 - 11 is a time to reflect on all Veterans, past, present, and
those currently serving in our Canadian Armed Forces.
Our Poppy Tagging Board is
up in the Lounge, ready to be filled in.
The dates for tagging this year are
Wednesday, November 3rd to Saturday, November 6th, inclusive.
There are two-hour spots to be filled as follows: 10 - noon,
noon - 2, 2 - 4, 4 - 6 on all four days, with an additional 6 - 8pm
slot on Thursday, November 4th. There are 22 venues, and 17
timeslots, for a total of 374 spots to be filled!
Put down your name for at least one
two-hour time slot. That's not a lot of time to spare. For
your time and effort, soup and a sandwich will be waiting for you
upstairs in Memorial Hall following your shift.
Your support for the poppy
campaign is very much appreciated! Thank you to those who have
already signed-up!
= See Calendar Nov 6 above for the Band of the Fifteenth
Field Regiment
Next Social Nov 9 at YaYa's
=== CULTUREWATCH
===
THE BARD ON THE BEACH
REPORT:
*
THEATRE
+ Hendry Hall 983
2633 -- Death by
Chocolate, murder mystery Oct 21 - Nov 6
+ SMP Dramatic
Society 767 0665
~ Fawlty Towers (two
episodes: A Touch of Class and The Hotel Inspectors) at St Martin's
Church (195 E Windsor, NV), Oct 21 - 23 {NB: been told sold out by
12th but hope to bring it back next year -- maybe try to get on the
wait list! must be a lot of Brits on the NShore...}
~ The Musical The
Fantasticks (Oct 2 - 23) has Christopher Gaze and Jeff Hyslop;
the longest running production of any kind in American
theatre. HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCT 30!
+ Arts Club (tel 687
1644)
~ Don Quixote,
Granville Island Stage -- September 23 - October
23
An Epic Comedy of Love and Delusion --
PREMIERE
This immortal quest has captivated
readers for over four centuries. Don Quixote's tale of courage and
madness is re-imagined with masks, magic, and mayhem. Physical comedy
at its finest; brought to you in collaboration with Axis Theatre
Company, creators of the smash hit The Number 14.
Co-production with Centaur Theatre,
Montreal, in association with Axis Theatre Company
Adapted by Peter Anderson and Colin Heath; Director Roy
Surette
~ 39 Steps,
Stanley Stage -- Oct 21 to
Nov 21
Comedic adaptation of
Hitchcock's 1935 film; four actors play all 150 roles; Dean Paul
Gibson directs
+ Headlines Theatre,
in collaboration with Neworld Theatre, Transformative Communities
Project Society, and Jews for a Just Peace present:
Ashtar Theatre's The Gaza Mono-Logues
October 17, / Rhizome
Café / 6:30pm
Admission by donation; Reservations
recommended. 604 871 0508
"The war was a
black ghost that covered Gaza's day and night. It imposed its hell on
people, on the earth and sky and air that we breathe." - The
Gaza Mono-logues
The Gaza
Mono-Logues is an exciting global project initiated by Iman
Aoun, Artistic Director of Ashtar Theatre, Palestine's first theatre
training organization for youth. The impulse for the project emerged
from the attack on the Gaza Strip, December 2008 to January 2009,
which led to the death of 431 children and wounded another 1,872. In
2009 Ashtar Theatre, with the help of UNICEF, began conducting drama
therapy and creative writing workshops with youth directly affected by
the attacks. By focusing on these youths' individual experiences,
their dreams, fears, and hopes, Ashtar Theatre compiled a body of work
that led to the birth of The Gaza
Mono-Logues.
Ashtar Theatre has organized
recitals of the The Gaza Mono-Logues in 30 cities
worldwide, in multiple languages, all on the same day: October 17,
2010. Headlines Theatre, in collaboration with Neworld Theatre,
Transformative Communities Project Society, and Jews for a Just Peace
is proud to be part of this important undertaking. In the Vancouver
production, staged at the Rhizome Café, six local youth will each
perform a monologue written by six youth in Gaza. The evening begins
with a musical introduction by local musician Emad Armoush, and will
end with a facilitated discussion after the monologues. Vancouver is
the only Canadian city hosting the global project.
The Gaza
Mono-Logues Vancouver is directed by David Diamond, Rachel
Aberle and Aliya Griffin.
+ Jericho Arts
Centre
Fighting Chance Productions
proudly presents Sweeney Todd ~ Oct 18
- 30
music and lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler
+ The
Cultch
~ after the
quake -- October
13 - 23 at the Cultch
by Haruki Murakami adapted for the stage by Frank
Galati
Last season's hit returns to the
stage! Don't miss the show that wowed critics and audiences
alike.
In 1995, a disastrous earthquake
devastated Kobe, Japan and the Tokyo subway was hit by deadly poison
gas attacks. after the quake is based on bestselling author
Haruki Murakami's stories about life in the wake of
disaster.
Directed by Craig Hall and Richard
Wolfe. Performed by Leina Dueck, Manami Hara, Alessandro Juliani, Hiro
Kanagawa, and Tetsuro Shigematsu.
~ 9
Parts of Desire
Presentation House Theatre is pleased to present the Western Canadian
Premiere of 9 Parts of Desire by American/Iraqi playwright
Heather Raffo. A one-woman tour-de-force starring Valerie Buhagiar
(from last year's The Veil), 9 Parts of Desire gives a voice to
the modern Iraqi woman living in the world of Saddam Hussein pre- and
post-9/11.
In 9 Parts of Desire,
we meet a whole cross-section of Iraqi women: a sexy painter, a
radical Communist, a doctor, an exile, wives, lovers, a crone trying
to make money by selling anything she can, and a young girl who dreams
simply of leaving the house. This work delves into the many
conflicting aspects of what it means to be a woman in the age-old war
zone that is Iraq. It is an unusually timely meditation on the
ancient, the modern, and the feminine in a country overshadowed by
war.
Winner of the 2005 Susan
Smith Blackburn Prize Special Commendation, Heather Raffo was
inspired to write 9 Parts of Desire while visiting the Saddam
Art Centre in Baghdad. "I wandered up some stairs into a back
room and saw a haunting painting of a nude woman clinging to a barren
tree," says Raffo. "Her head was hanging, bowed, and
there was a golden light behind her like a sun. I stood
motionless in front of the painting. I felt she had captured something
within me." This image becomes the central icon in the play, and
the painter, a woman named Leilah Al Attar, who was killed by an
American bomb, is the inspiration for one of the play's strongest
voices.
"Although I am not
Muslim, nor Iraqi, I feel a strange compulsion to tell the story of
these women as if they are my sisters," says Brenda Leadlay, who
directs. "I feel passionately about this play because I
believe there is an urgent need for people in the West to gain a
greater understanding of the Muslim culture, which is misrepresented
in the media and is one of the fastest growing populations on
Earth. 9 Parts of Desire offers a window into the lives
of the Iraqi people that is not seen on the TV
news."
9 Parts of Desire
features an original musical score composed by Serwan Yamolky, an
Iraqi Oud Player, Set Design by Pam Johnson, Lighting Design by Jergus
Oprsal, Costumes by Sabrina Evertt, Sound Effects by Kevin McLardy,
and Stage Management by Heidi Quicke.
9 Parts of
Desire previews on Thursday, October 14, at 8 pm, and opens Friday,
October 15. It then runs nightly through until October 30.
There will be Saturday matinees at 4pm and Sunday matinees at 2pm.
Tickets are $24 - 30, except the preview, where all seats are $12 and
the pay-what-you-can matinee on Saturday, Oct 16th at 4 pm. Tickets
are available by calling 604 990 3474, or online at www.phtheatre.org. Call 604-990-3474 or click here.
* ART
+ VANCOUVER ART
GALLERY
- VAG PUBLIC PROGRAMS
-- All Programs free for Members.
NOW SHOWING: July 1, 2010 - January
3, 2011
IN DIALOGUE WITH CARR: Douglas
Coupland, Evan Lee, Liz Magor, Marianne Nicolson
This exhibition strategically pairs
the work of Emily Carr with key contemporary BC artists to draw out a
dialogue between Carr's legacy and the myriad ways in which artists
respond to it.
+ MUSIC at the VAG --
Eine Kleine Lunch Musik on Fridays
* MUSIC
+ VSO
+ EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER
-- 40th Anniversary
Season
~ Brisk: Orpheus and the
Domestication of the Animal World
relocated to the Norman Rothstein Theatre
Friday evening October 15 at 8pm
(pre-concert introduction at 7:15)
This venue is perfectly suited to a
concert featuring six wonderful musicians along with the
Canadian premiere screening of
"The Domestication of the Animal World".
The Netherlands' Brisk Recorder
Quartet makes its first appearance in Canada with a selection of
consort music for recorders and viols from the early English Baroque.
The programme features Thomas Campion's masque "The Domestication
of the Animal World," accompanied by an animated film created for
this project by students of the Academy for the Arts in
Utrecht.
Brisk Recorder Quartet
(Amsterdam):
Marjan Banis, Saskia
Coolen, Bert Honig and Alide Verheij,
recorders
with Rainer Zipperling
and Susanne Braumann, violas da gamba
~ Fretwork: "The World
Encompassed" Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the Globe
1577-80
Saturday evening, 30 October
2010 at 8pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15)
This performance has been relocated to
the Norman Rothstein Theatre (950 West 41st Avenue)
When Sir Francis Drake set sail in
1577, he took with him four viol players, who almost certainly had no
idea that they were about to embark on an epic journey -- which may
have included the waters around Vancouver. Now, the world's leading
consort of viols has commissioned composer Orlando Gough to create a
journey in sound that charts Drake's remarkable feat. Music from the
16th century is woven seamlessly into this musical
voyage.
Fretwork (United Kingdom):
Susanna Pell, Asako Morikawa, Liam Byrne, Reiko Ichise, Richard
Tunnicliffe, and Richard Boothby, violas da gamba
Rush
Seats for students
with valid ID will be on sale for $10, at the door only, from one hour
prior to the start of the concert. Subject to
availability.
This concert is included in
our "Bring a Youth for
Free" programme; please contact the office of Early
Music Vancouver for details and ticket orders.
Series
subscriptions are still available! If you're interested in seeing
several of our concerts, we have a number of series options available
this season! There are series subscriptions available for concerts at
the KMC, for our concerts at the Chan Centre, for our brand new Marc
Destrubé and Friends series -- and more! For more info, pls
visit: http://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/CA-AllSeriesOverview0910.html
Early Music Vancouver --
1254 West 7th Avenue Vancouver BC V6H
1B6
T: 604 732-1610 F: 604
732-1602 E: staff@earlymusic.bc.ca W: www.earlymusic.b
* VANCOUVER
OPERA -- 683 0222
-- http://www.vancouveropera.ca/
VO-commissioned
opera: Lillian Alling, the true story of a young
woman's quest into the wilds of BC
Queen
Elizabeth Theatre: OCTOBER 16, 19, 21, 23
Lillian
Alling -- All performances 7:30
pm
VO proudly presents the
world premiere of its new
commissioned opera by Canada's foremost opera-creation team: composer.
John Estacio and librettist John Murrell
In 1927, young Lillian Alling
arrives in New York City from Russia in desperate search of a man
called Jozéf. Penniless, she walks across North America and into the
wilds of northwestern BC, following Jozéf's elusive path. During her
brave trek, she is embraced by a Norwegian farming community in North
Dakota, incarcerated in Oakalla Prison Farm near Vancouver, and loved
by Scotty, a lineman along BC's "telegraph
trail".
Seeking freedom in the future
but bound to a dark past, Lillian's fierce determination and alluring
mystery drive her into danger and forever change the lives of everyone
she meets. A cathartic scene on the banks of Skeena River reveals
a shocking truth and brings Lillian face to face with destiny. Her
story will take you deep into the emotional heart of love
and courage.
Based on a true story and
legend.
About the Production:
Conducted
by Jacques
Lacombe; Directed
by Kelly
Robinson; New
production designed by Sue LePage
Lillian: Frédérique Vézina; Irene: Judith Forst; Scotty: Aaron St. Clair Nicholson'; Jimmy: Roger
Honeywell; Jozef,
Wyman, Sergei: Thomas Goerz
o Painting, Group
Exhibition (Subject OPEN)
-- October 1 - 14 -- Reception: Saturday
October 2 from 4 to 9pm
Works by: Farkhondeh, Jahan
Inaanloo, Hartounian, Hossein Kashian, Mohammad Hamidi, Mohammad Kazem
Rokni, Nazanin Khaleghi, Tabatabaei & Yalda Khajeh
zadeh
o "Different
Nature", Painting Exhibition by Mohammad Kazem
Rokni
-- October 16 - 30 -- Reception: October
16 from 4 to 9pm
Different sizes of framed paintings by
water colour and acrylic on paper
o "Qajar Style
Painting", Jahan Inanloo
-- November 1 - 15 -- Reception: November 6, 2010,
4-9pm
Different sizes of framed paintings by water colour on paper
and board and oil on Canvas
A workshop on
"Techniques of Traditional Painting" will be held on
November 13, 2 - 5pm; it is open (and free) to public.
Jahan Inanloo was born in
Orumieh, Iran, to Turkish parents in the northwest part of the
country. She studied archaeology at the University of
Tehran.
She is an accomplished
artist, art historian, critic, and writer, having written
"Historical Persian Art" (1995), publishing in three
editions.
She worked as a curator at
"Razavi Museum" in Meshed. There she's illustrated and
illuminated holy script and has restored historical artworks. Later,
she worked at the "Malek Museum" in Tehran.
As a lover of traditional
art, Jahan sought out many artists who were unknown, and learned their
fascinating and complex techniques that she described in
"Historical Persian Art". She admires the purity of their
stories, and her artwork recalls traditional Persian ceremonies, and
the subject matter of marriage, love, and everyday life.
She's participated in more
than ten group exhibitions in Meshed, as well as some at the
"Zaferanieh Gallery" in Tehran.
=== CCL MTG NOTES Oct 4th
=== Mayor and Cclr Lewis
absent
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 October 4 reg Ccl
Mtg 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:
4. the security of the
property of the municipality;
5. 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; and
(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the
municipality;
11. 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 Ccl,
could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality
if they were held in public.
90. (2) A part of a council meeting must be
closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to
one or more of the following:
2. the consideration of
information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations
between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal
government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal
government or both and a third party.
3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED
SESSION
7:00 PM
4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
Acting Mayor TP: are we ready to go?
Welcome, everyone; lovely to have all these wonderful young ppl
in the Ccl Chambers tonight.
Announcements: Oct 4 to 8 is Ride-Share Week sponsored by
TransLink and Jack Bell Ride-Share to reduce etc; Reminder 1pm
Sunday Oct 17 Ccl will be honouring former Mayor Peter Jones for his
outstanding leadership and contributions to the citizens of WV and the
SAC (weather-permitting outside, otherwise in the atrium).
AM, Dir/Parks: v plsed to report on Sept 23 the WV Cmnty Ctr
received the 2010 Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Commercial
Bldg Award in the category of Cmnty Facilities. We're v
honoured to be selected as the winner. Other facilities in the
running for this award were the Robert Lee YMCA, Mtn View Cemetery,
SFU Arts & Social Complex, Cypress Lodge Riverview Hospital,
Stratford Hall Lower School, and Mount Pleasant Ctr. In
addition, we found out last week that the WV Cmnty Ctr has been
selected from among 87 entries by the Athletic Biz Magazine for a 2010
Facility of Merit Award, and a presentation will be made on Dec 3rd at
the 2010 Athletic Biz Conference and Expo in San Diego.
A/M TP: thank you
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA for October 4 Regular Council
Meeting Agenda
6. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
7. D. Hales, Girl Guides, 100th Anniversary of Girl Guides of
Canada (File: 0150-01)
A/M TP: pls come forward
AC: I'm Amelia Cook and this is Rebecca Anderson and Alix
Donville from the First WV Pathfinders with the Girl Guides of
Canada.
We bring you greetings; we are celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the founding of the Girl Guides of Canada this
year.
Present the DWV a certificate of appreciation for your support
over the years.
Rebecca A: to name a v few cclrs who have helped us.
Ms Gladys Davies, the first female cclr for WV, was our first
NShore Division Commissioner
the first female mayor, Pat Boname, was a much-loved District
Commissioner
Mayor Derrick Humphreys sympathized with our desire for a
place to study nature and conservation, and made the Phyl Munday
Nature House available to us; and through us to other youth and school
groups.
The Fire and Police Depts gave us great talks and
demonstrations
The Parks Dept gives us so many beautiful places, spaces, for
hiking, nature study, and play. They have looked after our time
capsule for 25 years.
The Museum put on a wonderful display about WV Guiding for our
75th anniversary.
The Library has allowed us to put a display on now for our
100th anniversary.
The Cmnty and Srs' Activity Ctrs have kindly invited us to
help create West Van's first Heritage and Harvest Festival; a day
of games and fun for the whole family, it is on September 17th {whoops, she means Oct 17th} and
at 1:30pm we will be opening the time capsule buried 25 years ago to
see what was important to girls back then; and we get a chance to fill
it again and bury it for another 25 years.
We invite you all to come to this fun day.
Alix D: On our site tried to use skills we've learned; painted
fish on drains, cleaned beaches, planted native plants, pulled ivy
from Lighthouse Park, collected food for the foodbank, entertained
seniors, babysat at cmnty events, and assessed public bldgs for
wheelchair accessibility.
We open the Lighthouse Park Nature room to the public every
Sunday afternoon.
We thank you for all you've done and do for us and we invite you
to tell us of any ways we can be of service to the cmnty.
Sop: can't believe it's 100 years; it seems like only yesterday
Cclr Smith and I joined the Boy Scouts and Cubs.... tradition carrying
on.... valuable, and did you bring us any cookies?
{thanks passed}
8. Cedardale Elementary School, Climate Change Champions
(File: 0195-01)
RFung Dir/Engg: Climate Change showdown
turn it over to the principal
Principal: the teacher will tell you about it after chn tell you
of their experience
intro
Houman Rodd (sp?): grade six -- had a lot of fun
telling my parents what to do for a change was a pleasure!
turning car on
turned into a better person; comrades better too
used to be a really bad person
sea-to-sky
little things can make a big diff; thank you
Girl: didn't water lawn
so no watering
flowers bloom not needing water
A/M TP leading to thanks but interrupted by RF: believe teacher
to speak
TP: sorry
Teacher: students have said already
Sunshine Coast learned......
taking fair earth share
Earth Day, Climate Showdown
two components contributed to success
students got to ... with relevant meaningful
secondly, positive vision it delivered
RF: BC Sustainability Assn
[gave examples 7:19]
Top prize to Ms Arsenault's class ...
32 tons for the class equivalent of taking six cars off the road
for a year
Andrew Wong, Chartwell, reduced it by 3.2 tons = running car for
seven mos
Ev: went over to the school
one of the requirements was to reduce amt of animal meat we
normally enjoy
all-embracing
thrill to watch the chn; they learn so quickly
MS: excellent presentations
in particular ....
become an agent of change, even at such a young age
REPORTS
RECOMMENDED: THAT "Road Closure... Bylaw No. 4659, 2010"
be adopted.
Sokol: we also notify utilities; an issue has come up wrt
Terasen
since advertised, ppl who wish to speak shd do so now, and
adoption deferred
{NO ONE} 7:23
RF: John McMahon of Utilities who can provide an overview
JMcM: this is an update -- ILWRMP
Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Mgmt Plan b/c refocused, to
include reuse
protection of public and envtal health
Doc set up with a series of strategies: M and Regional
Current Status a bit split
adopted by GVS&DD board May 21 2010, submitted for
approval
Ms being asked to endorse the M commitments; being funnelled
through to be given to MOE
key reqmts:
need to
upgrade Lions' Gate and Iona Waste Water Plants
prov
and fed changes -- not whether, WHEN
Treatment Plants all regional
work not really at the M level; diff mgmt plans
Asset Mgmt Plan -- all Ms have to start on this; DWV has already
started
a new one that has not been done is an infiltration/inflow Mgmt
Plan
Stated on Integrated Storm Water Mgmt Plan
Update M bylaws
Most Significant Impacts:
Design
and Constr costs of the new Lions' Gate WWTP
Construction costs and staff resources to devp and implement
various Mgmt Plans
going to be potential impact on future devt applications, land
use planning, and regulatory reqmts (bylaws)
[slide of Cost impacts of Sewage Treatment Plant Upgrades
7:32]
questions of cost sharing and cost allocations -- prov, fed,
primary, secondary, etc
NSh cost substantially more
substantial increases to both financial and staffing
resources......
can't not do it
[Recommendations slide 7:34]
cost sharing and cost allocation are different
wd be nice to have sharing 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 -- forward this
doc
Ev made motion:
1. The report be received;
2. The municipal commitments included in the
proposed "Plan" be endorsed subject to an equitable distribution
of funding from municipal and senior governments for the waste water
treatment facilities, such as replacement of the Lions' Gate Waste
Water Treatment Plant;
3. Metro Vancouver be requested to review past
cost-sharing practices for large municipal infrastructure projects to
ensure equitable cost allocation amongst member
municipalities;
4. The Federal and Provincial governments be
requested to provide 1/3 funding each for the new Lions' Gate
Wastewater Treatment Plant; and
5. A copy of this resolution and report
be forwarded to MetroV, DNV, CNV, and to the Squamish
Nation.
Thank staff for this report
two signif points for the benefit of the public
1st: imp of prov and fed govt fundings; in the absence of that
funding, huge
2ndly: inequity in the distribution of costs
at the moment an av house on the NSh wd pay $160 a year, Fraser
Valley $156; go to 2030 if there is prov and fed funding, NSh wd be
paying about $600 whereas FValley about $300
imp we drive this home to metroV
if NO prov/fed funding then the cost to the av house in 20
years' time wd be three times what FValley wd be paying, somewhere in
the order of another $1400 per household per year
{Cclr Ev kindly sent email with the
figures:
Good Morning,
Present approx NS $181 Fraser Valley
$156
2030 with Fed/Prov funding: NS $565 Fraser Valley
$323
2030 without funding: NS $1391 Fraser Valley
$506
Regards, Michael}
We shd take as an example, water, hydro, and gas
water: pay same per unit on NSh as in Bby and Richmond; same is
true of gas.
inconceivable ever accepted a plan with this inequity between
NSh and rest of the Lower Mainland
For those reasons, I'm going to suggest a friendly amendment
that we beef up the recommendation so clear to other Ms to allow our
Mayor to better represent some of the corrections I believe are
nec
A/M TP: specific wording?
Ev: Item no 3 change 'be requested' to: "be
required"
'to ensure equitable' to: "to develop equitable cost
allocations"
A/M TP: Ccl, consider that a friendly amendment?
seconder?
[seconded]
carry on
Sop: support but this is far from equitable to the NSh, nor is
it a serious application of future technology; it's not
sustainable
have to move this plant, maybe correct; but re secondary
treatment we'll be paying right through the nose, higher cost than
Metro M mbrs
before any attempt to pass this motion, particularly (2), it
concludes the M commitment be endorsed but it is huge!
and what are the aggregate costs that are developed over the
years to support our part
no doubt some effort on our part
substantial, $250M, maybe as high as 70%, M commitment, or
higher!
no consideration of future technology, future education
still throwing garbage down the sink when we've got an organic
plant to collect it and compost it.
all down drain and in sewer
spending so much time on the other end of the pipe when we shd be
dealing with the front end of the pipe.
how many toxins, paint thinners, and crap putting down there we
shdn't be
we're promoting more usage when shd be promoting less usage
not our staff but being guided in the wrong direction
it's imperative we receive funding from prov/feds
alarmed for citizens of our cmnty, NSh, in the fact we're
going to face this extraordinary amount of extra money b/c of a small
sewer district -- we're going to take the brunt
not fair, not equitable, and before we pass this, Mr Mgr,
somebody, our mayors, and yourselves, have to at least get to Metro
and have some conversation before this thing comes to ... don't
think we shd commit our staff to anything until resolved
so I won't support this, and pls give me something back I
can hang my hat on tonight
MS: I don't really disagree with much that's been said
I can't accept wording like "subject to equitable
distribution of funding" -- who makes the determination? MetroV?
prov? federal govt?
shd say: until an equitable funding model approved by DWV
Ccl
whole question of liquid waste, metroV, and who pays what -- huge
problem and challenge
think we shd defer until we have more facts on the
table
I don't really know what we're approving here
just a four-page report by staff, due respect, but doesn't say
anything, and our approval doesn't mean anything
b/c we don't know what we're approving -- no facts, no figures,
no biz case; nobody knows how much the feds are going to kick in, now
much the prov is going to kick in, how the M cost-sharing formula will
work..... nothing here
I recommend we table the whole thing until staff can come back
with more finite and definite facts that we can then debate
A/M TP: as a motion?
MS: I move that we table this.
{seconded}
SW: am in agreement with what Cclr Sop/Smith said
problem: report says in point No 4 there's a risk that the Min of
Envmt will require that the District conform to the much more
cumbersome reqmts of the M sewage regulations.
is there a date? up against a time gun?
JMcM: bit of a grey area; not happened
believe MOE won't actually approve it from a M perspective unless
endorsements from it
SW: prob too nebulous state of affairs
say cost allocations for increased staff and planning but doesn't
say now much those are
agree with developing equitable cost distribution; needs to be
approved by us
b/c endorsement has us heading into unknown; needs to be more
clarity what the endorsement is
A/M TP: what happens if we don't endorse this?
there's a reference to the M sewage regulations and what does
that open up for us?
JMcM: they're provincial
an LWMP supersedes the prov/M sewage regulations
other good basically comes out of the LWMP
a lot needed for larger Ms such as this one; a lot of joint
planning, a lot of benefit besides sharing of info
Sewage regs are the base min reqmt
we'd have to go back and review the implications of not
signing on
what we're doing here is just looking at the M components; the
regional components, the waste-water treatment plants, the regional
infrastructure issues, has already been passed by the GVS&DD
Board, not requested of this Ccl -- not being asked to endorse
regional reqmts, wch hv already been passed by the regional reps on
the Board
TP: so we're really being asked today is to go for prov fed
funding; a partnership piece here
JMcM: that's one
also endorse the M reqmts, the mgmt plants, the IR [?] the asset
mgmt plants, the I&I mgmt, the ISMPs; a lot of really good work
will come out of this as well, that the District needs to take care of
its own assets and for future planning
a lot of other smaller reqmts we have not gone into detail on,
that's why we've incorporated a copy of the plan into the report
wd be here all night if I tried to read through them
RF: we're up against a rather challenging public approval
process
we participate as part of MetroV
MetroV Board has already adopted the plan including the
regional commitments
even if decide not to endorse tonight, doesn't remove
commitment to contribute unless we were no longer part of the
GVS&DD
as a mbr, we've already agreed to costs shared by the
region
attempting to say as staff, that depending on the level of
cost-sharing and the distribution of those costs, and the fact that
funds come out of the same ratepayer at the end, we're attempting to
make this linkage as far as we have leverage, wch is over our M
endorsementst
basically saying our ability to meet M commitments,
constrained depending how signif that regional share is going to
be.
can bow out but wd be working with a much more cumbersome piece
of legislation and many of the actions in the commitment are some we'd
feel we'd want to undertaketake as best practices [anyway].
eg, asset mgmt and utilities renewal, some of that work already
started
value of assets, looking at life cycle, maybe look at doubling
our investments in those areas before age gets to such a burden, start
impacting
some of those things we wd want to do
controlling infiltration/inflow on private side sewer laterals,
proactive
that's why we've structured the way we have, perhaps worded funny
but way to exert as much leverage as possible over the situation given
the signif costs, things we have limited ability to influence
TP: so regional costs are coming our way b/c Lions' Gate
Treatment plant will need to be replaced by 2020. so we don't really
have a decision on that piece already decided
that will have an impact on our own asset mgmt if we are not
seeking to have 2/3 covered by the other govts on the regional
piece
RF: that's correct
JMcM: we cdn't physically decouple sewage from the regional
system; we have no way to treat without going to Lions' Gate
A/M TP: those decisions have been made
JMcM: over the past 50 to 60 years as been built
CAO: two items really before Ccl tonight
first, technology -- is this what we shd be funding?
direction we've been going
as recently as last week, the Mayor has been speaking with
Minister Penner, about potential of bringing on new technology
other Ms want
Challenge is the costs wch are largely unknown
we're being asked to approve something we truly don't know the
cost of
WV has been leading the charge at Metro at looking at
that
calling the Fiscal Gap.
The Gap we've been talking about led to the Kitchen
Report
Look at all the costs, liquid waste, solid waste, TransLink, and
everything else
at CAO and Metro level, we are recommending a study be undertaken
to determine costs of liquid waste to add to rest
huge unknown
trying to bring Ccl together to look at all costs facing us,
haven't had time yet
this is a bellwether; we're part of MetroV at this
time.
This is only partial of what we're facing
Sop: incredible we can spend months Metro time, everybody
else, and in 15 minutes supposed to decide at first public mtg
on the issue
before spending $1B we shd have our ducks in order and look at
NSh
if necessity, DFO...
in building this new plant on the NSh, if it's it's not
equitable
why not wait until some facts; not that we want to turn it
down
sensibly we've got to stand up for the taxpayers of this
cmnty
when unique writing of a report, I get v suspicious
feel uncomfortable, mixed msg
okay we shd pass that, but part and parcel of bigger without cost
allocations or anything else
tabling it will give chance to enlighten us a bit more
A/M TP: if all right with you, Cclr Smith, go Mr Fung
RF: these issues have been swirling around for quite some time
now
eg always voicing concerns re funding Lions' Gate plant
during consultation stage in May 2009 we demanded at that point
cost-sharing if upgrading with timeline advanced to 2020
sent signal strongly
challenge for staff is that the Liq Mgmt process is prov, so
binding agreement is between prov and MetroV, yet the regulations re
upgrading of LG Plant are federal regulations
in good faith we're trying to work together to resolve between
all the diff players
that's why staff saying continue to work with MoE, and we agree
look to advancing timeline to 2020, and since fed regs/reqmts, want to
strongly advocate b/c downloaded to local jurisdiction, they need to
come with dollars as well
that's why the recommendation before you today; best approach,
balancing
wrt deadline for comments -- were supposed to be received by end
of Sept but talked to counterparts and okay tonight -- expect bundled
up so prov can look at them fully
{thought bubble: if deadline was Sept 30 -- and remember this
is Oct 4 -- shdn't this have come to Ccl about a month ago? has
been worked on and swirling for some time as was said.}
MS: think we're mixing some issues
nobody suggesting decoupling our sewer pipes from the Metro
system or we stop replacing our own sewer lines in the M
all we're saying is we're looking at what we can approve; I
think Cclr Sop said it v well, we approve facts and figures; none
here
biz plan, not suggesting staff not continue working lobbying
govts
trying to avoid TransLink hit, a disproportionate share of the
region's costs, b/c costs and none here
no rapid transit system, we pay $800M on a Golden Ears bridge
that starts and ends nowhere and nobody uses it, we pay our share of
that
at some point we have to stand up and say we're not prepared to
pay a disproportionate share of TransLink, sewers or anything
else
happy to pay our fair share
we need to table this and have a full workshop with Mr McRadu and
staff, coming back with more, so better understanding what approving
and what our options are
suggest we call the question on tabling
Ev: I have a second question
I believe in tabling if better and further than we are
already
cdn't help noticing CAO nodding somewhat in agreement
MS: he generally does when I talk xxx
:-)
Ev: ask Mr McRadu, maybe come back in a week or how long, can
staff come back that can meet that reqmt?
table tonight so maybe ahead in a week, ten days, three weeks'
time, whatever it is
CAO: this review has been going on for almost a decade now; work
progressing
focused discussion; difficult to find a time
have to set something up in the next week or so
try to explain the history of liq waste, the decisions made, and
implications of not making decisions, and whether we support it or
not
tried to do in this report, but it's a huge task -- number of
policies and reqmts huge on MetroV and ourselves
essentially being directed by fed govt
try to explain in a couple of hours in a workshop, the rationale
for the liq waste plant
there is a biz plan; challenge, at the back different scenarios
-- at this time no funding from prov/fed govt;at this point said look
at worse case scenarios no funding
you have three scenarios: if funding; no funding; 1/3 1/3
1/3
{isn't that two? hard to believe full funding from other govts
but we cd be optimistic}
can walk you through that; incumbent on us to do that
A/M TP: call question on deferral?
CAO: tabling
A/M TP: okay, tabling
PASSED 8:07
RECOMMENDED: ... be introduced and read a first, second, and
third time.
NL, Dir/Fin gave background/history
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
12. Consent Agenda Items
REPORTS FOR CONSENT AGENDA
MS moved these for receipt for information seconded by Sop:
12.1. Development Variance Permit Application No. 10-046 (1119 Keith
Road) (to set date for consideration) (File:
1010-20-10-046)
MClerk give notice that the DVP Applic to vary the Zoning
Bylaw to allow construction of a new main floor deck, will be
considered on Monday, November 1.
12.2. Apptmt of Ccl Rep to WV Chamber of Commerce
(File: 0055-20-WVCC1)
Cclr Walker to be appointed effective September
2010.
A/M TP: thank you, Cclr Sop; moving along to Reports from Mayor
and Cclrs
Sop: Question?
A/M TP: wrong paper, sorry; thank you. I've got such
a good team here tonight.
I love this team. Okay, Reports from Mayor &
Cclrs.
{MS gestures}
Sorry. You're just so far away from me tonight, that's the
problem. Cclr Smith.
MS: I generally have that effect on ppl.
OTHER ITEMS
13. No items.
CORRESPONDENCE here. AS YOU KNOW I
COPY AND PASTE THE AGENDA TO PUT IN MY NEWSLETTER SO YOU KNOW WHAT
WILL BE DISCUSSED ON MONDAY NIGHT AND WHAT'S UP FOR DECISIONS
--
HOWEVER
THE CORRESPONDENCE APPEARS ON THE
DISTRICT WEBSITE IN A WAY THAT I CANNOT COPY AND PASTE AS I CAN THE
AGENDA,
YET ANOTHER INSTANCE OF MAKING IT
DIFFICULT. WHERE/WHEN WILL IT END???
= Sept 6 to
10
Ten letters; interesting that the part,
Answers to Public Questions, is missing.
http://www.westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/Your_Government/Council_Correspondence/2010/September/10sep06-10.pdf
= Sept 13 to 17 --
11 items:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/Your_Government/Council_Correspondence/2010/September/10sep13-17.pdf
= Sept 20 to 24 -- 14
items
http://www.westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/Your_Government/Council_Correspondence/2010/September/10sep20-24.pdf
14. REPORTS from MAYOR/CCLRS
MS: just like to mention the unveiling of plaques at the Cmnty
Ctr
sold 47 bricks $500 each, name enshrined, planted just
outside the main entrance to the Cmnty Ctr, a fundraising event for
the Society; contact Sue Ketler
Ev: attended UBCM conference with you and the Mayor last
week
wide range of topics; met a number of ministers
civic elections -- number of proposals; one if shd be
three or four years and the vote was that it wd stay at three
years
A/M T/P: civic party a smashing success; think most ever attended
in our lovely clubhouse....
{see Mayor's speech in Updates and
Info at beginning of newsletter}
wanted to acknowledge both the WV Soccer Club and WV Field Hockey
Club for fundraising
more delightful to refer to Ambleside 'A' field as Rutledge
Field, exciting piece for Ambleside
worthwhile sharing a bit about Ross Rutledge, joined Field Hockey
prog in 1980, a NSh resident
became captain of Cdn team from 1987 to 1991
was an Olympian, described as the best ever ctr fwd and goal
scorer Canada ever produced
Sadly he passed away in April 2004 at the age of 41; his legacy
of leadership, hard work, and giving back to his cmnty will live on
for all who step onto that Rutledge Field
looking forward to the next phase, of those incredible cmnty
drivers, seeing the fieldhouse renovated and brought up to WV
standards.
15. PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
CR (voice/nose a bit stuffed): Good evening -- I see other ppl;
I'm not feeling well today either, so I guess there's something going
around
Anyway, Carolanne Reynolds, Editor of West Van Matters
Thank you also again -- the civic reception was a smashing
success as A/M Panz said.
Also, congratulations to the Girl Guides tonight. I, too,
like Cclr Sop, was looking forward to buying some cookies out in the
lobby, but didn't see any.
Also, the Climate Change Showdown
{whoops, I meant the Climate Action WG; must still have been thinking
of the } and the improvements it made was really an
impressive report.
And actually in thinking about the Taylorwood Devt, I wondered
if the principles from the CAWG wd be incorporated into this new
devt.
[A/M] Cclr Panz, when I mentioned a couple of months ago that
there were no notes on the [Climate Action] WG's webpage since the Oct
mtg and their last mtg was in March, and there was a final report, you
seemed shocked, so I presume you will be shocked again to learn that
they're still missing.
I went to look to see how it might apply to Taylorwood -- now
I don't know how you work things, but there's been no information from
this [WG] since October.
Perhaps, if someone looks at them, we can say what great effect
your Climate Action WG recommendations had on the planning for
Taylorwood. I think that wd be helpful and give a lot of credit
to your WG.
{Pls note: Cclr Panz was the Ccl Liaison for the
CAWG.}
The other question I have is, now that the Taylorwood
Court open house mtg is on Wed and it's going from 21 units to
160 units wch is eight times the present zoning {density}, so I was
hoping, as some other cclrs last time asked, I hope that the Uplift
information will be available at the Open House.
A/M TP: Your first question is, ah, will go with that one
first.
I will ask Mr McRadu about making sure WG notes and all of
that is kept up to date.
{looks at CAO} Take note of that.
CR: thank you
A/M TP: second one, will ask Mr Sokol to comment about the open
house and the public amenity fee.
Sokol: the number for Uplift and Cmnty Amenity contribution
will not be available on Wed night.
The purpose of this mtg is an initial public consultation on
the concept of the project. To actually get to the point where
you can calculate Uplift you need to know what the project is, do some
pretty detailed studies, and that info just isn't done until Ccl
directs us to prepare bylaws, and then once Ccl directs us to prepare
bylaws that info will be brought forward to Ccl.
CR: With all due respect, may I say, that when this was discussed
initially, and Mr Sokol was not here then, it was recommended if not
approved and passed (wd hv to look at my notes), but the Uplift info
was supposed to be part of the report. And even if it wasn't the
exact figures, there is a ballpark, there's ballpark information that
can be provided going from 21 to 160 units, and it was intended
initially that that wd be done early in the process, not only at the
bylaw stage, and we were promised by Mayor Wood that -- unless/and
going later, I'm not even thinking about Cmnty Benefits now, I just
think the information on the Uplift figure shd be given
first.
Cmnty Benefits comes later, with substantial public
consultation, so there have been Uplift figures given in the past
before the bylaws were passed, and I wd strongly recommend that -- and
perhaps the Dir/Planning wasn't aware of that, as four cclrs mentioned
at the last mtg, it wd be really appreciated and helpful to have those
Uplift figures.
And if not, perhaps some of us in the cmnty cd find experts who
cd give that information to be available to Ccl or to the open house
mtg.
A/M TP: thank you for your comments, and we'll take note of
those.
CR: Thank you; and enjoy Thanksgiving
A/M TP: you too. Next is Mr Pajari
George Pajari: Thank you v much, Your Worship.
Although my questions touch on the Police Board, I beg your
indulgence b/c the questions are actually to M staff. This is
the only open forum in wch I can ask them.
I was wondering, through you--
A/M TP: --maybe we shd get clarification on that?
GP: these are questions related to M staff
A/M TP: is it in reference to the Police Board?
GP: It is, but the staff mbrs don't attend the Police Bd mtgs,
and so, I can't ask that question at Police Board.
A/M TP: well then carry on
GP: and Madam Mayor, if you think the question is out of order
you may suggest that it not be answered.
I was wondering, through you, Madam Mayor, if the Director of
Finance cd tell us when she appeared in front of the Police Bd in
camera on Sept 16, did she request that her appearance be in camera,
or did the Police Bd ask her to appear in camera?
CAO: Through you, Madam Mayor, that's an in camera mtg and we
cannot comment on that.
{Pardon?
Asking for an in camera mtg is
NOT in camera. They haven't gone in camera
yet!
Look at the closed mtg held before
Ccl mtgs. They, that is meetings, must start open, in public.
Then they move to go in camera by citing the sections they think
qualify. It is then voted on before going in camera.
Do notice, Dear Readers, how quickly staff grab in camera in order not
to answer regardless of whether or not closure applies? And then
Ccl readily (unthinkingly?) agrees as you see in the A/M's
response.}
A/M TP: No. I don't think that's an appropriate question
for the public forum.
{Well, it is, and it's not at all in camera or
forbidding/prohibited just to ask for a mtg, whether closed or
open!
Note, also, no cclr points out these two responses are
incorrect -- but maybe it's a question of being brave enough to say
the Emperor has no clothes to the CAO and the
A/Mayor.......
hm -- now we have a hint why so many more closed mtgs
recently?
Not only then does this demonstrate a lack of commitment to
openness, but furthermore not even enough strength of commitment to
openness to ask something be open when it shd be and there's no
legislation allowing it to be closed.
'Tis to weep.
Anyone being made answerable to campaign
claims?
Any voters asking that they in fact carry out their stated
commitment to openness?}
GP: the public minutes for the in camera mtg touch on this
matter, so whether she requested or whether the board requested her to
be in camera is, in fact, on the public record
CAO: through you, Madam Mayor, I think that question shd be posed
to the Police Bd.
A/M TP: I think it needs to be directed to the Chair of the
Police Bd.
{So now the both switch, and punt
to the Police Bd.}
GP: Madam Mayor, to the CAO, is there a policy on staff who
appear before the Police Bd requesting that they appear in camera or
is that decision made by the Police Bd?
A/M TP: over to Mr McRadu
CAO: do you want to repeat that question?
{laughter}
GP: is there a policy wrt staff appearing in front of the Police
Bd in camera inasmuch as are staff able to request that that be in
camera, or is, are, in camera presentations by staff in camera by
request of the Police Bd only, that is, whose, who decides whether a
staff mbr appears in camera or in public?
Is it by the staff mbr's request?
is Police Bd? is there a policy wrt this?
CAO: it depends on the topic being discussed whether it's an in
camera issue or not
{hm; yes, that's true, but who asks
-- wch no doubt is public -- has still not been
answered.}
A/M TP: I think I'm understanding here, but you'll correct me if
I'm wrong. My understanding is that that wd be up to the
discretion to the Police Bd as to how they deal with their in camera
sessions, and who is asked to present at an in camera mtg, but if you
wish...
{If they've decided on a topic
that's in camera, then of course they can request ppl to
attend.
Again, however, that's not under
debate. Since a staff mbr appeared before an in camera Police Bd
mtg -- was it at the request of the staff mbr of the Police
Board?
At least that's what appears to me
to be the question........}
GP: I will ask the Police Bd, but I may be back--
A/M TP: --that wd be just fine
GP: --back here
A/M TP: --that wd be just fine. Thank you. So we're over to
Cclr Smith
Sop: before you/we go to Cclr Smith, thank you for an excellent
job tonight as Acting Mayor, your first time, you did a great
job.
A/M TP: well, I had a great team, so appreciate it; thank you for
your support.
16. ADJOURNMENT [8:22]
=== CCL MTG AGENDA Oct
18th ===
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 October 18 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:
(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;
(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.
5. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
7:00 PM
4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
6. ADOPTION OF MINUTES as circulated:
October 4, 2010 Regular Council Meeting; and October 7, 2010 Special Council Meeting.
DELEGATIONS
7. E. Minish, Collingwood School, Renovations and Student
Enrolment (File: 0195-01)
8. M. Atkinson, Request to Designate Wild Pacific Salmon as
the Official Provincial Fish (File: 0150-01)
RECOMMENDED: THAT Council thank re a request to urge Premier
Campbell to designate....
REPORTS
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1.
Development application 10-040 by Pacific Arbour Retirement
Communities for land, at the northwest corner of Marine Drive and 22nd
Street, known as the Wetmore site, advance in the development approval
process; and
2. Staff
bring forward draft bylaws and a design/development package for
Council consideration, with the proposed plans for the northwest
corner of Marine Drive and 22nd Street site further detailed after the
following modifications are considered:
(a) The relationship of the proposed development with the
proposed new east-west section of public park and Tudor Gardens be
improved through measures such as increasing the at grade building
setbacks and/or increasing the stepping of the two upper storeys of
the building at the north end;
(b) [The reduction of] the long massing length
(approximately 350 feet) and scale of the curved building fa=E7ade
(the south and west sides) from the 2nd and 5th storey
levels;
(c) [Further steps] to reduce the 'institutional'
character of the building, including limiting the use of brick masonry
on the east and north fa=E7ades and the base ground floor storey, and
using wall facing materials for the residential floors that have a
stronger residential character;
(d) [Further detail and development of] the ground
fa=E7ade from the scooter entrance to 22nd Street, ensuring that the
sidewalk and the retail floor function as one plane and that the
window well and the greenhouse do not crowd the sidewalk and the
garden character of Marine Drive; and
(e) [Measures to ensure] that the proposed new east-west
park section is not simply a walkthrough by incorporating plantings
that reinforce the 'garden' concept while remaining
opaque.
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Consistent with the District's Official
Community Plan (OCP), Strategic Transportation Plan, and the federal
North Shore Trade Area Study, Council [approve] in principle a street
level crossing from Park Royal Shopping Centre South to Park Royal
Shopping Centre North across the DWV's dedicated highway known as
Marine Drive, subject to the following:
(a) negotiation and making of a [licence] of occupation agreement
to permit the level crossing over Marine Drive under Part 3 of the
Community Charter; and
(b) a condition of the continuation of the [licence] of
occupation being that all future development of Park Royal Shopping
Centre South be subject to:
(i) consistency with the District's OCP development
permit guidelines for built form and neighbourhood character for Park
Royal Shopping Centre; and
(ii) []consultation with the District's Design Review
Committee and Council as appropriate, but not approved by the Design
Review Committee or Council.; and
2. With agreement on such a [licence] of occupation, Council
[authorize] staff to approve detailed design drawings for the
intersection, including landscaping and signalization design, subject
to conformance to District standards and requirements.
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Council
[affirm] that the District supports the September 3, 2010 Draft
Metro Regional Growth Strategy and recommends adoption of the
Strategy by the Metro Board.
2. Council
direct staff to submit the letter to Metro on West Vancouver's
comments on the September 3, 2010 Draft Metro Regional Growth
Strategy as outlined in the October 8, 2010 report from the
Director of Planning, Lands and Permits entitled, "Comments on Draft
Metro Regional Growth Strategy".
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Council direct staff to prepare a zoning bylaw
amendment to remove the owner occupancy requirement for homes with
secondary suites, but to require that non-owner occupied suites must
have a designated local contact who is managing the rental and
will facilitate resolution of any issues that arise.
2. Council direct staff to not enforce the owner
occupancy requirement for secondary suites -- as per Zoning Bylaw
No. 2200, Section 31-109.1(4) until a final Council decision is
made regarding the zoning bylaw amendment pertaining to the owner
occupancy requirement for homes with secondary suites.
3. Council direct staff to prepare a building
bylaw amendment to formally establish the alternative life safety
standards for existing secondary suites and to set March 31, 2011 as
the date by which a secondary suite application must be filed for
an existing suite to qualify for application of the alternative life
safety standards.
4. Council direct staff to prepare an amendment to
the Fees and Charges bylaw to establish an annual fee of $450 for a
non-owner occupied dwelling with a secondary suite to cover the
additional administrative costs of monitoring such suites.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the report from the Senior Community Planner
and the Manager of Community Planning dated October 7 be received for
information.
BYLAW for ADOPTION
This Bylaw received three readings at the October 4, 2010
Council Meeting.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
15. Consent Agenda Items
The following [listed] Consent Agenda items
may be considered separately or in one
recommendation.
RECOMMENDED: be approved:
REPORTS FOR CONSENT AGENDA
15.1. Development Variance Permit Application No. 10-043 (1220
Duchess Avenue) (to set date for consideration)
(File: 1010-20-10-043)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the M Clerk give notice that the
DVP Application to allow floor area within the attic of an existing
house to be retained, will be considered on Monday, November
15
15.2. Proposal by Data and Audio Visual Enterprises (DAVE) Wireless
to Install a Wireless Tower on Highway Right-of-Way near 26th
Street (File: 0135-03)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The report dated October 5 from the Community Planner
and the Manager Community Planning regarding the proposal to
install a wireless pole and antenna near 26th street and the Upper
Levels highway be received for information; and
2. Staff prepare for Council consideration by mid
December 2010, and public review in January 2011, an updated
Personal Communications System (PCS) Antennae Site Approval Process
Policy.
15.3. TransLink Customer Service Performance Report for Quarter 2,
2010 (File: 1305-05)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the report dated Oct 8 from the Transit
Manager be received for information.
15.4. Development Application Status Report to October 8,
2010 (File: 1010-01)
RECOMMENDED: be received for information.
OTHER ITEMS
16. No items. This place
reserved for Correspondence!
Bizarrely, the letters on the DWV website have been moved yet
again. I checked the last five weeks and found one week that can
be copy and pasted (other weeks there in way they can't be), so here's
one:
COUNCIL
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 13-17, 2010
Action
Required
(1) September
14, 2010, regarding Lot 4, 5 and 15 Block B and Extension of
Electrical Power to Cabin
(Referred to Director of Planning, Lands, and Permits for
consideration and response)
(2)
Amalgamated Transit Union, September 1, 2010, regarding Support in
Recognizing the Vulnerability of Transit Workers
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for
report)
For
Information
(3) Committee
and Board Meeting Minutes
(a) Board of Variance Hearing Minutes - July 21,
2010
(b) Design Review Committee Minutes - July 22,
2010
(4) September
15, 2010, regarding Parking Restrictions at John Lawson
Park
(5) Union of
British Columbia Municipalities, September 10, 2010, regarding RCMP
Contract Update - Background Information
(6) BC Hydro,
September 3, 2010, regarding Funding Available for Electric
Beautification Projects
(7) August
27, 2010, regarding Secondary Suites (Loss of Affordable Housing due
to implementation of Secondary Suites bylaw)
(8) Metro
Vancouver, September 3, 2010, Request for Comments on Draft Regional
Growth Strategy (September 2010)
(9) Forrest
Marine Ltd., undated, regarding Fraser River Hall of Fame Gala
Dinner
(10) Columbia
Institute, September 7, 2010, regarding Comprehensive Economic and
Trade Agreement (CETA)
(11) 4
submissions regarding Sunset Point and Sea to Sky Highway Traffic
Noise
(The following
correspondence was submitted at the September 13, 2010 Council
Meeting)
(a)
September 13, 2010
(b)
September 13, 2010
(c)
Petition original, September 10, 2010 (with attached
letters)
(d)
Petition for Highway Noise Complaints, September 10, 2010 (with
attached letters)
Responses to
Correspondence -- No items.
THE
LATEST:
Oct 4 - 8:
Wetmore, Taylorwood; 21st St calming; Library refit schedule; list
of resolutions passed by UBCM
Oct 12 - 15:
Of course more letters on Wetmore and Taylorwood, also one from DNV re
Integrated Liquid Waste Water and Resource Mgmt plan saying they
passed it.
17. REPORTS from MAYOR/CCLRS 18. PUBLIC
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS 19. ADJOURNMENT
=== ANIMALWATCH ===
(Cats, Bear, Lions, cat/seagull, selection)
this was the original footage with the
original audio not edited at all enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEI6lH1QDSk
=== INFObits ===
> October 9 -- wd hv bn John Lennon's 70th
birthday (1940 - 1980)
> 1970 - 2010: FLQ and War Measures Act Oct 16
40th anniversary
> October 3 marked 20th
anniversary of German reunification
> Okanagan Wine Festival Oct 1 - 10 -- excellent
but.....
Alas, orchards being replaced by vineyards; more
profitable.
> More on the Commonwealth Games
As well as
many Olympic
sports, the Games also
include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries,
such as lawn
bowls, rugby sevens and netball.[1] The
Games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which also controls the
sporting programme and selects the host cities. The host city is
selected from across the Commonwealth, with eighteen cities in seven
countries having hosted it.
History
A sporting competition bringing together the members of
the British
Empire was first
proposed by the Reverend Astley Cooper in 1891 when he wrote an
article in The
Times suggesting a
"Pan-Britannic-Pan-Anglican Contest and Festival every four years
as a means of increasing the goodwill and good understanding of the
British Empire".
In 1911, the Festival of the Empire was held in come London to celebrate
the
coronation of
King George
V. As part of the
festival an Inter-Empire Championships was held in which teams from
Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom competed in
events such as boxing, wrestling, swimming and athletics.
In 1928, Melville Marks Robinson of Canada was asked to organise the
first ever British
Empire Games. These were
held in Hamilton,
Canada two years
later.
The first Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and
Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games
in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in
1978.[2]
At the 1930 games, women
competed in the swimming events only.[3] From 1934, women also competed in some athletics
events[citation needed].
The Empire Games flag was
donated in 1931 by the British Empire Games Association of Canada. The
year and location of subsequent games were added until the 1950 games.
The name of the event was changed to the British Empire and
Commonwealth Games and the flag was retired as a result.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games
BTW: 1930 = 400 participants; 2006 = 4049
> Rescue of Chilean Miners
"Canadians can be proud that Canadian companies participated in
the rescue efforts by drilling two backup rescue shafts as well as
providing airlift, drilling expertise, generators, temporary housing
modules and initial on-site satellite communications."
=== BEERWATCH ===
The Lost Coast
Brewery - Our Beer!
TANGERINE WHEAT A refreshing citrus ale, Lost
Coast
Tangerine Wheat ... last
beer. ALLEYCAT AMBER=AA A
full-flavored
amber ale made with roasted caremel malt. ...
=== NEWSWATCH ===
o Subject: PA: Settlers targeting mosques to hinder peace
talks
After another mosque set on fire, Palestinian official says West
Bank Jews trying to 'stress conflict's religious aspect,' adding they
are 'too powerful for any Israeli government to ignore'
o Subject: Loyalty oath proves Israel is racist, say
Israeli Arab leaders
The Israeli Arab sector responded furiously Wednesday when it
learned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to bring to
cabinet vote an amendment to the Citizenship Law requiring anyone
applying for citizenship to declare loyalty to Israel as a
"Jewish and democratic" state.
o In January, to
mark Jewish Arbor Day, Israel's conservative-leaning prime
minister,
Benjamin Netanyahu, planted a sapling in Ariel. He declared it the
"capital of Samaria" and an integral part of Israel.
{NOTE: Judea and Samaria are names for
provinces on the West Bank for Zionists with the goal of a Greater
Israel.}
=== GAZAWATCH === Ships to Gaza;
Jewish, Cdn
Real Aid True Solidarity, an anti-war benefit evening for
Afghanistan and Palestine
featuring Afghan MP Malalai Joya, MC - author and comedian
Charles Demers, Music by Joaquin Ernesto; Special guest speakers on
Palestine and Pakistan
7pm Tuesday October
12, W2 Storyeum - 151 W. Cordova
followed by a special W2 After Party with DJs, live Afghan music
and songs by Majid Qiyam, cash bar and food until 9pm until late
Sponsored by W2 Storyeum (creativetechnology.org); Media sponsor
rabble.ca and organized by StopWar.ca, contact
stopwar@resist.caTickets: $10-$20 sliding scale available at People's Co-op Books,
1391 Commercial Drive
-- Here are a couple of press releases
that CBG has put out dealing with recent events re: Gaza siege:
Canadian Boat to Gaza applauds UN report that Israel flotilla
attack was illegal
=== WEBWATCH === Blonde Boris, the
inimitable Mayor of London
1: Paxman
presses Johnson on call for tougher strike laws
Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman presses Mayor of
London Boris Johnson about his proposals to change the law governing
strikes to make it harder for workers to take industrial
action.
Boris Johnson wants the government to
introduce legislation preventing action unless at least 50% of union
members in a workplace take part in a ballot.
Watch Jeremy Paxman's interview with
Boris Johnson in full on Newsnight on Monday 4 October 2010 at 10.30pm
on BBC Two and afterwards on the Newsnight website.
2: Boris
Johnson on light-fingered Parisians and honest
Londoners
4 October 2010
Last updated at 07:29 ET
Boris Johnson said "only three"
cycles have been stolen under the London bike hire scheme launched a
few weeks ago, and all were later recovered. But he said hundreds have been stolen by
"light-fingered Parisians" before saying he does not want to
damage the 'entente cordiale' with France.
=== MONEYWATCH
===
Subject: US Government 'hiding true amount of debt'
=== CPTWATCH ===
CPTnet 14 October 2010
To view the on-line
version click here.AL KHALIL (HEBRON): Two Palestinians killed, four families
made homeless.
Early on Friday morning, 8 October,
CPTers went to the Jabal Johar district of Hebron in response to news
that the Israeli military had killed two Palestinians.
When the CPTers arrived, the military
had cordoned off the area, but a Palestinian family invited CPTers to
observe from the rooftop of a nearby Palestinian apartment block.
From there they could see heavy machinery at work just behind a
mosque, and learned from local people that the military had demolished
a three-storey building in reprisal for the killings of four Israeli
settlers near Kiryat Arba four weeks ago. The two dead men,
thought to be members of the military wing of Hamas, were accused of
killing the settlers.
While the CPTers watched from the
rooftop, a large crowd of young Palestinian men carried away the body
of one of the dead men from the site of the demolished house.
When the young men returned about an hour later, they began throwing
rocks at the Israeli Border Police in the street below the apartment
and burning tires. The Border Police responded with percussion
grenades and later with tear-gas.
When the Israeli soldiers had completed
the demolition of the house, they removed the heavy machinery, and
gradually withdrew from the area. The CPTers then went to the
site of the demolished house and discovered it had been home to four
families: about thirty people in all. The families had kept
sheep and goats in the basement, and dead animals were lying on the
ground. Curtains and
bedding hung from the tangled wreckage of iron reinforcing rods and
broken concrete. An upper room had been ready for a bridal suite, and
some of the furniture was still in place.
More than a hundred Palestinian men and boys stood silently in
the rubble of the house, while women who had lived in the house
gathered nearby, bewildered. "Please tell the world what
has happened here today," they asked a CPTer. Another woman
yelled, "What have we done to deserve this?" while she
stared at the ruins.
CPT's MISSION: What would happen if Christians
devoted the same discipline and sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking
that armies devote to war? Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) seeks to
enlist the whole church in organized, nonviolent alternatives to war
and places teams of trained peacemakers in regions of lethal
conflict.
=== ENVIROWATCH/PARKWATCH
=== (but park before oil)
> TLC Works Behind the Scenes to Help
Secure Malamute
One of the less known facts about TLC's work is the amount of
hours the organization dedicates to negotiating deals that save
threatened sites throughout B.C. The latest success of the Malamute
property in Squamish is no exception.
As a popular climbing destination and valuable falcon nesting
bluff, the Malamute was recently protected and added to the Stawamus
Chief Provincial Park. It was a multi-level initiative which involved
the Province of BC, the District of Squamish, several First Nations,
various climbing associations, and the landowner, Malamute Holdings
Ltd. From the beginning TLC played a vital role in the land
acquisition as the mediator thanks to a grant from Mountain Equipment
Co-op and the continuing support of TLC Members.
> Man
Invents Machine To Convert Plastic Into Oil
=== CIVICWATCH === Mayor's
Speech
West Vancouver's Civic Party -- Friday October
1 -- Gleneagles Golf Clubhouse
Honoured guests, on behalf of our Council, thank you
for your serious and inspiring commitment to West Vancouver. It
is our pleasure to be your hosts.
We are thrilled that 340 of you are here, and we
wish to convey our deep respect and gratitude for your commitment to
the community. This is for sure one of the best nights of the year
from our perspective.The success of the evening, and of West Van
overall, depends on each of you giving hours and hours during the year
leading, engaging, debating volunteering, fundraising, and then taking
all of that and laying it out so that we seven on Council can see the
direction you see, so that we can understand the foundations of
community support so that we can be given the opportunity to lead in
the ways in which you need us to, and so that we can exercise our
responsibility to realize West Vancouver's full potential.
I would like to introduce my favourite people, the
Council who serve you, along with the entire cast who are your elected
representatives. They all work many, many hours as well - and it
isn't always as much fun as it may look! We've done this before,
where I say one name, and you give one clap in reply, then we go to
the next one=B7
[Here, mbrs of Ccl and former mayors were named along with
MLAs, MP, and others]
...I keep this little statement by Lady Margaret Thatcher beside
my keyboard at the municipal hall. She said "You cannot
have a policy that flies in the face of human nature and local
loyalties." Together, we are the test of
whether what we are doing fits with our nature as women and men, and
with our local beliefs as citizens of West Vancouver. I know as
members of Council and for our professional staff, we genuinely rely
on you. Since I've been Mayor for five years, now, it seemed a
natural time to look over the past five years to remind ourselves of
what has been accomplished.
Five years ago we had just started the idea of
working groups, and the first ones were the Ambleside Strategy - those
recommendations form the basis for the plan coming forward this
November, to redevelop the 1300 block, to strengthen the arts and park
access along the waterfront, and to design and build a police station
adjacent to city hall along with increased housing on the site where
the firehall is now. The Rodgers Creek Working Group had also
just started. Those community driven recommendations are in
play, as construction is underway on a smaller ecological footprint,
and more diverse and appropriate housing for West Van.
The Dialogue on Neighbourhood Character and Housing
began, and today we have legalized secondary suites, have several
dozen registered heritage homes, we are supporting two pilot projects
for carriage houses, and we are able to connect community housing
needs with subtle change. There was no community centre - and
now not only is there an incredible community centre, it is led by a
community board of directors.
The Measuring Up Working Group recommendations have
become a best practice for the province of British Columbia.
Next week, we will open our second daycare centre based on the
recommendations of the Childcare Working Group, in Ambleside
Park. These recommendations, too, have become a model the
province points to. It is easy to forget how hard everyone
worked to achieve these goals, and what has been the tangible outcome
of all those meetings you went to. There is no way West
Vancouver could have achieved these things - the diversity of services
and policies, or the depth of understanding of ourselves - without
your knowledge of the community and your willingness to dive in.
It is very special to be here, in our contemporary
and cosy, recycled and refined, sustainable and sustaining, Gleneagles
Golf Clubhouse. It is almost one hundred years since the Larson
Station stop opened here at Peter Larson's ranch. The actual
clubhouse was opened in 1952, built by the Jewish Cultural and
Heritage Society, and we can take pride in our history as this was the
only golf club in the Lower Mainland where Jewish people were welcome
at the time.
2010 has been a remarkable year. I would like
especially to recognize the incredible accomplishment of the 2010
Leadership Team who raised over $2 million so that West Vancouver
would be an official Venue City for the 2010 Winter Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and so that everyone could participate here at home,
including our own large contingent of red vested volunteers.
Stuart McLaughlin is here tonight, representing the Leadership
Team.
In 2010 we also opened the first section of the
Spirit Trail. We passed our Strategic Plan. We began building a
third artificial turf field. Field Hockey and Soccer are here,
together, getting along! These are examples of success this year
that have been thought out, driven and implemented by your leadership
and tenacity.
"West Vancouver will inspire excellence and
lead by example" is how our strategic plan begins. We
are all part of this ongoing effort. And so this is the part of the
evening where I list off the groups represented here tonight. It
is a staggering list of diverse interests, new directions, deep roots,
all ages and abilities.
This year, as the world came and went, as 15,000
people piled onto the lawn at the community centre for the torch
relay, or as the blue bridge was seamlessly moved in the middle of the
night or the Lions' Gate Bridge was being dedicated as a National
Historic Site, or as we purchased new lots on Argyle and took down
unsalvageable homes, this is who kept working and who is here
tonight:
[about 50 WGs, cmtes, groups, associations, etc
listed]
Our staff is integral to the community based
approach that we have come to expect. We are fortunate to live in a
community where our staff is known by name, and where our
professionals are considered partners that go far beyond policy
analysis or delivery of services. They share our common
commitment to public service, and they respect the understanding of
West Vancouver that you bring. This can be a fairly demanding
community, with very high standards. By reaching those standards, our
staff demonstrates their best every day. .
Also, last year, former Mayor of West Vancouver Peter Jones,
passed away. Even my parents think he was the finest Mayor West
Van ever had. His many was irresistible and inspiring. He truly
improved the lives of everyone who knew him, and he left an enduring
mark on West Vancouver in ways we are still living. We will
commemorate his contribution on Sunday, October 17th at 1:00 in the
afternoon, in the public space between the Seniors' Centre and the
Community Centre, and we hope you will come, or visit the plaque that
will signify our respect for him and his family.
Well-known nature writer Annie Dillard says
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our
lives." We are fortunate to be among people who choose to
spend their days investing themselves in their community. Take a
look around at West Vancouver, and take great pride in what you are
spending your life doing.
Thank you so very much.
Mayor
Pamela Goldsmith-Jones
=== HERITAGEWATCH
=== Sunday Oct 17
Heritage and
Harvest
The Seniors'
Activity Centre and the WV Community Centres Services Society invite
you to celebrate the season and West Vancouver heritage!
There
are celebrations and activities for everyone:
o Watch the
official opening of the covered walkway connecting the Community
Centre to the SAC
o Celebrate
Peter Jones's contribution to the community
o Honour 100
years of service for the Girl Guides of Canada and open the 25-year
time capsule with the Lions Area Girl Guides
o Wear your
1960s' skating gear to a free public skate to celebrate the 45-year
anniversary of the West Vancouver Arena
o Preview the
development of a new book by the WV Historical Society that celebrates
the 100-year history in West Vancouver
o Drink tea
in the Gladwys Davies Tea Room - Former Commissioner of Girl Guides
and first female District Councillor for WV
o Play
traditional games and activities for ALL ages on the great
lawn
o Participate
in the blue ribbon pie-baking contest
o Purchase
homemade apple pies and eat a harvest lunch at the Garden Café in
the SAC
o View
vintage cars, play table tennis, quilt, and learn to knit at the
SAC
o Pick a
pumpkin from the pumpkin patch on the great lawn (tickets available
for purchase)
Schedule of
Events:
~ 11am
- 3:30pm ~ Pumpkin patch, games, and activities open for
fun
~
noon ~ Gladwys Davies Tea Room opens with musical
entertainment
~ 1pm
~ Peter Jones dedication
~
1:30pm ~ Opening of Girl Guide 25-year time
capsule
~
3:30pm - 5pm ~ 1960s' FREE skate at the WV
Arena
=== MAIKU === Apples and
Vancouver's Thanksgiving Weekend
APPLES 2010 Oct
6/7
Wednesday Oct 6 CBC radio's Almanac announced a haiku contest for
the UBC Apple Festival coming the next weekend (16/17). A
challenge I obviously cdn't resist so I wrote seven Wed/Thurs and the
winners were announced Friday (9th). The rules were that it had
to be 5-7-5 and about apples. There were six honourable mentions
and two prizes; one of mine was one of the prize winners. It was
fun!
CBC chose my third:
jonagold,
fuji,
cox's pippin, ambrosia ~~
fruit love at
first bite
George chose my first, written within minutes of hearing about
the contest:
apples in sun/shine
round, red, golden, green,
juicy ~~
even Eve tempted
[the / means it can be read either as sunshine or as
sun shine]
My second was fun:
gala, granny
smith
pink
lady and honeycrisp ~~
sweet tart delicious
My favourite however is more literary (my sixth):
with her
first mouthful
of the apple madeleine
~~
childhood memories
[obviously influenced by Marcel Proust]
THANKSGIVING Sat/Sun/Mon Oct
9/10/11 if you remember the weather the three
days.....
Saturday
after I got rid of: patience, drenched in rain
Vancouver's promise:
after her shower
will sparkle bathed
in sunshine
Sunday
rain-washed clear blue
sky
Vancouver
gleams blue and green
fabulous fall day
Monday
full of Thanksgiving
warmth of food and family
outside autumn cool
=== QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS/PUNS
===
There are two kinds of "disabled" persons: those who
dwell on what they have lost and those who concentrate on what they
have left.
THOMAS S. SZASZ (Hungarian-born U.S. philosopher
and psychiatrist), "Personal Conduct",The Untamed Tongue:
A Dissenting Dictionary, 1990.
Love and time; those are the only two things in all the world and
all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent.
-- Gary Jennings, American author (1928 - 1999)
In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no
place.
MOHANDAS K. GANDHI (Indian spiritual and political
leader), quoted in Young India, 4 August 1920. Compare,
"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's
conscience." HARPER LEE (writer), spoken by Atticus
Finch, To Kill a Mocking Bird (novel), ch. 11,
1960.
It's good to slowly come to the realisation that
you understand
nothing.
Maurice Polydore
Marie Bernard, Count Maeterlinck (Dutch
pronunciation: [mo??is ?ma?t??l??k]; 29 August 1862 - 6 May 1949) was a
Belgian
playwright, poet and
essayist who wrote in
French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911.
The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life.
Symbolist.
Democracy substitutes selection by the incompetent many for
appointment by the corrupt few.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (Irish playwright), "The
Revolutionist's Handbook", Man and Superman, 1903. Part 1
of Shaw's maxims (1 August 2009) is available from the editor by
email, free upon request.
This editor wd like to qualify the
above since chary of absolutes. There are many who are competent
but not sure of the proportion who are fully informed.
Appointment by those not corrupt has its advantages
too......
We need old friends to help us grow old, and new friends to help
us to stay young.
-- Letty Cottin Pogrebin
If you want happiness for an hour take a nap. If you want
happiness for a day go fishing. If you want happiness for a
month get married. If you want happiness for a year inherit a
fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime help others.
-- Chinese Proverb
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the
soul. -- Yiddish
proverb
For
gardeners:
- If you're looking for oranges on an
apple tree you will have a fruitless search.
- The raisin wined about how he couldn't achieve grapeness.
When I bought some fruit trees the nursery owner gave me
some insects to help with pollination. They were free
bees.
PUNS
Michelangelo's David is
superior to postmodern sculpture - it's an
artifact.
A second chimney is
superfluous.
I'm inclined to be laid
back.
RIDDLES
o What do you call a fish
with no eyes? -- A
fsh.
o What do
you get if you cross a bullet and a tree with no leaves? A cartridge
in a bare tree.
o What is a
mouse's favourite game? Hide and Squeak