WVM2011-01-
January 10 Ccl Mtg AGENDA
Calendar to Jan 27
by
Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
www.WestVan.org
***
HAPPY NEW YEAR ***
BUDGET INFO/INPUT
CONTINUES as well as ZONING Amendments
MAIN ITEMS on Ccl AGENDA Jan 10th: Public Hearing on
the Zoning Amendment/ReWrite.
Then: NSFC/YJC Annual Report; Dundarave Festival of Lights
Society; Blvd encroachments 3390 Radcliffe; Five-Year Financial Plan
(think this is Budget 2011) to second reading for input; Zoning
Amendment ReWrite to third reading; Extension of Infrastructure
Projects (costs and prov/fed contributions); TransLink Report; LMTAC
Discussion Paper re Addn-to-Reserve Process; listed
CORRESPONDENCE!
= Manglo Saxon (silly linguistic acrobatics);
Vive le Canada (royal weddings; Cdn connection); from the EDITOR'S
DESK (Taxation;
ASSESSMENTS!); UPDATES & INFO (NSWP; WV Cmnty Arts
Ccl)
= CALENDAR to Jan 27th; CULTUREWATCH (Theatre; Art;
Music; Photography)
= Ccl Mtg AGENDA Jan 10th
= List of WVM2010 Topics 1 - 29
= ANIMALWATCH (adorable month-old white lion cubs,
dime-sized gecko, tiger cubs, napping polar bear,+); INFObits (Dubai's
Christmas tree; English/Chinglish; C15 Chinese Muslim Explorer; +);
SKYWATCH (Winter Solstice's full lunar eclipse; Eratosthenes);
NEWSWATCH (Israel/Paln Marriage, +); WEBWATCH (Wikileaks; Digital
Nativity); CPTWATCH (fires set; dangerous walk); GAZAWATCH (Cdn,
Jewish Boats); HERITAGEWATCH (New Minister; HWk); TREEWATCH (Int'l
Year of Forests); HOPEWATCH!; LANGUAGEWATCH (glossary); WORDWATCH
(Kwanzaa); MAIKU; QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS/MANGLO SAXON/PUNS
MANGLO SAXON
AQUAPLANE: nonsparkling spring water
"A
surf and turf for me, please. And could we have a little
aquaplane."
AVOIRDUPOIS: in possession of peas
"Am I to assume from the weight of the
shucks in your pockets that I've caught you avoirdupois?"
CHEVROLET: with goat's milk
"Wd you like that chevrolet?"
"No, thank you. I prefer black."
=== Vive le CANADA ===
Monarchy, Canadian Connection
+ Second British
royal wedding announced following Prince William's engagement -- Zara
Phillips to wed rugby star Mike Tindall by Robin Millard, AFP December
21, 2010
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II's
eldest grand-daughter Zara Phillips is to wed her rugby-playing
boyfriend Mike Tindall, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday, in a
marriage of world-beating sports stars.
Setting up the
prospect of two royal weddings in 2011, the announcement comes a month
after her cousin Prince William, the second in line to the throne,
revealed his engagement to university sweetheart Kate
Middleton.
Phillips, 29, the
daughter of the Queen's only daughter Princess Anne, is an eventing
world champion and 12th in line to the throne.
Tindall, 32, who
played in England's 2003 World Cup-winning team, proposed on Monday at
their home in Gloucestershire, southwest England.
The couple have been
together for seven years and have largely kept their relationship out
of the spotlight. They have not yet set a date but it seems likely
they will tie the knot next year.
{NB:
since this is from a Dec news story, it means this year. This
also made me wonder if a (maybe subliminal?) connection with a
new son-in-law who's a rugby player resulted in the unusual topic of
sports in the Queen's Christmas message, hm?}
+ Britain is
changing and the monarchy must change with it by Mary Riddell, Daily Telegraph, Dec 13
Always look on the
bright side. The car carrying the next King of England is attacked by
a howling crowd, and the future Queen is reportedly poked with a
stick. Still, it could have been worse. Suppose, The Sunday Telegraph
invited us to imagine, that the two passengers in the Rolls-Royce
Phantom VI had been David Cameron and Nick Clegg.
+ Royals: Queen Elizabeth's great-daughter
named
Queen Elizabeth's family is in the news with
her great-granddaughter given a name and both Prince William and Zara
Phillips having upcoming weddings. Her son Prince Charles was also
named the busiest Royal of 2010.
Prince Charles took part in a total of 499
official engagements during 2010 making him the busiest British
Royal. His mother, Queen Elizabeth also was busy throughout the
year logging 444 public engagements, many of which were overseas.
Both Prince William and Prince Harry were able to be on hand for royal
events while also working or training with the British military.
William is a RAF rescue pilot and Harry is training with the Army Air
Corps....
Peter Phillips and wife Autumn made Queen
Elizabeth a great-grandmother over the holidays. The little girl has
been named Savannah according to the Rector of Sandringham the
Reverend Jonathan Riviere at a church service.
{Quick facts: HM The Queen is 84.} As most
of you know, Autumn is Canadian, born in Montreal. The Princess
Royal, Princess Anne declined titles for her children. Kate
spent Christmas with her family while Prince William was on duty,
Search and Rescue, since unmarried pilots work during the
holidays.}
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK ===
TAXATION / ASSESSMENTS
STOP THE PRESSES!
INSERTED at last minute --
In NSN Friday Jan 7 (p10),
just received, is a statement so outrageous (willful misstatement or
misunderstanding?) that I must write continuing my efforts to dispel
the incorrect and misleading term 'zero budget
increase'. It is surprising and disappointing however to
have a former cclr, if quoted correctly, wrongly interpret the
chorus. Indeed, for those listening and paying attention, ADRA,
ITAC, and others are now also using the more accurate (but still not
quite exact) term, no increase to the tax rate. B/c of
new devt, even with the same tax rate, DWV receives higher
revenues -- no one I know who understands the budgeting has
advocated, at least for 2011, that DWV have a budget of the same
dollar amt. (There are some, of course, who want the budget
reduced but at this point one can only hope to achieve no increase in
the tax rate, that is, keeping our same tax rate. In fact last
year, I wrote to the NSN b/c several used the erroneous term 'zero
budget' (thus alarming and confusing ppl). Pls note that with
the same rate in 2010, when there was no or zero increase to the tax
rate, the result was a surplus of over $500K.)
NOT a budget or tax freeze,
keep the tax rate. Don't change the tax rate, pls -- live
within our means; predictability helps residents with their finances.
Ccl/Staff, pls get used to operating with the same tax rate.
Plan for it. Do not increase it even though that up escalator is
tempting.
BUDGET: Staff component over 80% of
operating budget (see WVM17 for 2009 salaries!)
Most speakers, not just ADRA and ITACkers, have urged Ccl not
increase the tax rate.
ASSESSMENTS:
As you know, the last WVM had assessment figures
from the DWV Dir/Finance:
"... The average assessment
for West Vancouver is $1,498,616
and the median assessment is
$1,061,400
The current tax rate is 2.0551
(per 1,000); the proposed tax rate equates to 2.1034 (per
1,000)"
Below see assessments in WV (showing changes in the nbrhds, ALSO
that with assessments up $405M from new construction, developments,
etc. alone (not counting increased value of existing homes)
keeping our taxes the same does not necessarily mean cuts many
fear -- in fact revenue will increase by 1.6% without
increasing the average taxes paid);
NEWS
RELEASE For Immediate Release January 4,
2011
ASSESSMENT
NOTICES SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN WV
Value of
provincial assessment roll exceeds $1 trillion for first
time
WEST VANCOUVER -
More than 16,000 property owners in the District of West Vancouver can
expect to receive their 2011 assessment notice in the next few
days.
Assessments are an estimate of
a property's market value as of July 1, 2010. This common valuation
date ensures there is an equitable property assessment base for
property taxation.
Real estate sales
determine a property's value which is reported annually by BC
Assessment on assessment notices. Local governments and other taxing authorities are
responsible for property taxation and, after determining their own
budget needs this spring, will decide their property tax rates based
on the assessment roll for their jurisdiction.
"The majority of
homes in the District of West Vancouver are worth more on this
year's assessment roll than they were on the 2010 assessment roll,"
said Jason Grant, Area Assessor. "Most home owners in the District
of West Vancouver will see increases in the 10% to 20%
range."
Changes in property
assessments reflect movement in the local real estate market and can
vary greatly from property to property. When estimating a property's
market value, BC Assessment's professional appraisers analyze
current sales in the area, as well as considering other
characteristics such as size, age, quality, condition, view, and
location.
Overall, the
District of West Vancouver's assessment roll increased from nearly
$23.2 billion last year to over $26.4 billion this year. This growth reflects changing
market values for many properties but also includes $405 million in subdivisions,
rezoning, and new construction.
The examples below
demonstrate local market trends for properties by a geographic
area; trends are affected by many variables.
District of
West Vancouver (Sample Assessments)
2010 Assessment
Roll: Valuation Date July
1, 2009 &
2011 Assessment Roll:
Valuation Date July 1, 2010
Dundarave - Single
Family Dwelling: $1,100,000
---> $1,321,000
Ambleside - Single
Family Dwelling: $1,151,800
---> $1,229,400
Gleneagles - Single
Family Dwelling: $1,116,000
---> $1,285,000
British Properties -
Single Family Dwelling: $1,446,200
---> $1,528,000
Westmount - Single
Family Dwelling: $1,522,000
---> $1,828,000
Waterfront -
Single Family Dwelling: $2,900,000
---> $3,337,000
Dundarave -
Two-Bedroom Apartment: $636,000 --->
$692,000
Panorama -
Three-Bedroom Townhouse: $1,040,000 --->
$1,143,000
"Property owners
who feel that their property assessment does not reflect market value
as of July 1, 2010 or see incorrect information on their notice should
contact the BC Assessment office indicated on their notice as soon as
possible in January," said Grant.
"If a property
owner is still concerned about their assessment after speaking to one
of our appraisers, they may submit a Notice of Complaint (Appeal) by
January 31, for an independent review by a Property Assessment Review
Panel," said Grant. The panels, independent of BC Assessment, are
appointed annually by the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural
Development, and meet between February 1 and March 15 to hear formal
complaints.
The Vancouver Sea to
Sky assessment office is located at Suite 200 - 2925 Virtual Way in
Vancouver. During the month of January, office hours are 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
For More
Information:
Jason Grant , Area Assessor - Vancouver Sea to Sky
Region
BC Assessment Office Phone: 604 739 2450
Toll Free: 1 800 661 1780 local 450
> SALARIES 2011 (aka the gorilla
in the corner; 80% of Op Budget)
How to deal with him?
"Industrial
relations" are back at the heart of politics - not as an
old-fashioned clash between capital and labour, fought out so brutally
in the Thatcherite 1980s, but as one between taxpayers and what
William Cobbett, one of the great British liberals, used to refer to
as "tax eaters". People in the private sector are only just
beginning to understand how much of a banquet public-sector unions
have been having at everybody else's expense (see article).
In many rich countries wages are on average higher in the state
sector, pensions hugely better and jobs far more secure. Even if many
individual state workers do magnificent jobs, their unions have
blocked reform at every turn. In both America and Europe it is almost
as hard to reward an outstanding teacher as it is to sack a useless
one.
While union membership has
collapsed in the private sector over the past 30 years (from 44% of
the workforce to 15% in Britain and from 33% to 15% in America), it
has remained buoyant in the public sector. In Britain over half
the workers are unionised. In America the figure is now 36% (compared
with just 11% in 1960). In much of continental Europe most civil
servants belong to unions, albeit ones that straddle the private
sector as well. And in public services union power is magnified not
just by strikers' ability to shut down monopolies that everyone
needs without seeing their employer go bust, but also by their
political clout over those employers....
...Politicians have repeatedly given in, usually sneakily-by
swelling pensions, adding yet more holidays or dropping reforms,
rather than by increasing pay. This time they have to fight because
they are so short of money. But it is crucial that the war with the
public-sector unions is won in the right way. For amid all the pain
ahead sits a huge opportunity - to redesign government. That
means focusing on productivity and improving services, not just
cutting costs. (Indeed, in some cases it may entail paying good people
more; one reason why Singapore has arguably the best civil service in
the world is that it pays some of them more than $2m a
year.)
The immediate battle will be over
benefits, not pay. Here the issue is parity. Holidays are often
absurdly generous, but the real issue is pensions. Too many state
workers can retire in their mid-50s on close to full pay. America's
states have as much as $5 trillion in unfunded pension liabilities.
Historic liabilities have to be honoured (and properly accounted for,
rather than hidden off the government's balance-sheet). But there is
no excuse for continuing them. Sixty-five should be a minimum age for
retirement for people who spend their lives in classrooms and offices;
and new civil servants should be switched to defined-contribution
pensions.
=== UPDATES & INFO
===
+ North Shore Wetland
Partners
For
info and to join, pls write to
north.shore.wetland.partners@gmail.com
+ West Van Cmnty Arts
Ccl -- OUR
MISSION:
- To help stimulate and encourage the development of
programs of visual, literary, and performing arts in West Vancouver
and the North Shore.
- To render service to all such participating groups and
individuals.
- To foster interest and pride in the cultural heritage of this
community.
- To interpret the work of related cultural groups to the community,
enlist public [interest] and promote public understanding.
Information about all upcoming art exhibitions
and music programs can be found at www.silkpurse.ca
Tickets and information, call 925
7292 -- Why not Join
Us?
Individual members receive: advance
newsletter, opportunities to exhibit art, voting privileges at
the AGM, 10% off Chez Michel, 15% off at Saltaire, 10% off Maple Leaf
Garden Centre - Dundarave, 10% off Classes (Cap College), 10% off
Ambleside Drycleaners, 50% off all custom framing at Michael's, the
Arts & Crafts Store (NV and WV)
Music & Group Members receive: our
advance newsletter, opportunities to display art, voting privileges at
the AGM, two recital opportunities per year; Meeting space
opportunity, Advertising in newsletter, Website linkage
=== SUBSCRIBER HEADSUP sent Jan 6:
info included in this newsletter
=== CALENDAR to Jan 27th
===
All mtgs are at M Hall
unless indicated otherwise. NOTE: shown are mtgs known at
this date; often there are additions, changes, cancellations after WVM
goes out. Check the DWV Calendar:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Calendar.aspx .
Notices/mtgs/changes too late for an issue or too early for the next
are sent to subscribers as updates. They then appear in the next
newsletter.
ONGOING: Dundarave Festival of Lights (to Jan
6)
- 2 0
1 1 -
== Saturday Jan 8
~ 3pm ~ WV
United Church, 2062 Esquimalt
AN AFTERNOON OF
SCHUMANN, HAYDN, AND CHOPIN -- Admission pay-what-you-can
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto no. 1 in e minor
SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro
op. 70
HAYDN
String Quartet op. 20 no. 2
Tiffany Butt, piano; Ari
Barnes, cello; Nancy Dinovo & Carolyn Cole, violins; Isabelle
Roland, viola
A Subscriber wrote:
Tiffany Butt is a West Vancouver gal who is a
concert pianist in Europe. She is home for a Christmas visit and
has agreed to perform -- pressure from her family and
friends.
Tiffany Butt wrote:
I would like to invite you
to my concert on Saturday, January 8th at 3pm at West Vancouver United
Church. The concert will feature my wonderful musician colleagues from
the Vancouver Symphony and the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, and we will
play the chamber music version of Frederic Chopin's First Piano
Concerto. I recently performed it in the Netherlands with the
Rotterdam Kammerorkest, and look forward to playing it again here for
you! We will round out the afternoon with works by Schumann and
Haydn.
~ 7:30pm
~ The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Building Peace Pacific
Dialogue at UBC Between Israelis &
Palestinians
Free Tix: Chan Centre Box
Office; Hours: Jan 4 - 8: noon to 5pm; Limit: four per person
See
events.ubc.ca/pacificdialogue At the launch of the Peace It Together 2011 program,
the University of British Columbia and Peace It Together invite you to
a dialogue with:
Dr. Gershon
Baskin, Co-Director, Israel/Palestine Center for Research and
Information
Dr. Sami
Adwan, Co-Director, Peace Research Institute in the Middle
East
Hosts:
Reena
Lazar, Executive Director, Peace It Together
Stephen Owen, UBC VP External, Legal, and Community
Relations
* from Peace It Together (at
UBC)
The University of British Columbia and Peace
it Together invite you to a free event titled,
"Building Peace between Israelis and Palestinians," part of
the Pacific Dialogues @ UBC.
Stephen Owen will moderate peace builders
Dr. Gershon Baskin and Dr. Sami Adwan, who will talk
about their personal perspectives on the topic and their work for
peace in the Middle East. Peace it Together
<http://www.peaceittogether.com/>
Executive Director Reena Lazar will announce the summer 2011 dialogue
and filmmaking program to take place at UBC.
Tickets are available at no cost at the
Chan Centre ticket office from January 4 (hours of operation: Monday
to Saturday 12pm to 5pm). There is a limit of four tickets per
person. Remaining tickets will be available on the evening of the
event at the door.
Dr. Sami Adwan
is a Palestinian professor of education at
Bethlehem University, and Co-Director of the Peace Research
Institute in the Middle East (PRIME
<http://www.vispo.com/PRIME/> ).
His research focuses on the role of education in building peace,
and co-existing between different beliefs and religions. Dr.
Adwan and PRIME have won numerous international awards recognizing
their peace-building efforts in the Middle East. He is
well known for his and former Co-Director's
work titled "Learning Each Other's Historical Narratives", a high
school text book that shows both the Israeli and the Palestinian
narratives on key historical events. He is currently co-leading
a joint Palestinian-Israeli research team
to analyze Israeli and Palestinian text books from grades 1 to 12.
PRIME is the Regional partner of the Peace It Together
Society.
Dr. Gershon Baskin
is the Co-Director and Founder of the
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and information
(IPCRI),
<http://www.ipcri.org/> a joint
Israeli-Palestinian public policy think and "do" tank in
Jerusalem. He has a regular column in the Jerusalem Post, a
weekly radio show in Hebrew on All for Peace Radio and has won
numerous awards for his work. Before founding
IPCRI he spent ten years of work in the field of Jewish-Arab relations
within Israel, in Interns for Peace, the Ministry of Education and as
Executive Director of the Institute for Education for Jewish-Arab
Coexistence. Dr. Baskin has published books and hundreds of articles
in the Hebrew, English and Arabic press about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. He meets regularly with Israeli and Palestinian policy
makers at their invitation.
Stephen Owen
is UBC's Vice President of External,
Legal, and Cmnty Relations. He is a former Canadian cabinet
minister and has worked on peace-building projects in Africa, Latin
America, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe.
== Sunday Jan 9
+ Ambleside
Tiddlycove Lions Club: Christmas Trees Info: tiddlycovelions.com
Annual chip up is Sunday from 10am - 3pm. Place: Ambleside Park (entrance)
+ Howe Sound Lions
Club Annual Christmas Tree Chip Up is Sun 10am - 3pm Jan
9
~ noon - 4pm ~
Health Fair at WV Cmnty Ctr
Stop by the WVCC
Atrium for an afternoon of FUN fitness and wellness activities as well
as a selection of healthy living resources provided by our Community
Health Partners:
WV Cmnty Centres
Society; Compliment Health; Aquatic Centre Physiotherapy; VCH Quit Now
Services; YogaPod; WVCC Personal Training
Special Feature --
Complimentary Fitness & Wellness Classes (Spirit
Room):
12:00-12:45pm - Zumba // 1:00-1:45pm - My First
Fitness Class (Beginner's Invited!)
2:00-2:45pm
- Bollywood // 3:00-3:45pm - Yoga for Stress &
Anxiety
Drop-in and
try some of the most popular activities in the industry! Must be
16yrs+ to participate.
== Tuesday Jan 11
~
7pm ~ Parks Master Plan WG -- CANCELLED
== Wednesday Jan 12
~ 4 - 8pm ~
Rutledge Field Artificial Turf Public Information Drop in; Cmnty
Ctr Atrium
== Thursday Jan 13
~
6:30pm ~ Information Mtg on Alternative Approval Process for Lease to
Pacific Arbour
{v important b/c this is wrt the Wetmore
Devt}
== Friday Jan 14 ~ 9am ~ Cmnty Grants Cmte; Cmnty Ctr (Cedar Rm 3rd
floor)
== Tuesday Jan
18 ~ 7pm ~
Parks Master Plan WG
== Wednesday Jan 19
~ 7pm ~ Board of
Variance
~ 7pm ~ Library Board at Library
(Welsh Hall)
~ 5:30 - 7:30pm
~ Ambleside Business
Assn ~ Social Networking Event
Saltaire Restaurant & Terrace (235 - 15th
Street, Second Floor)
You are invited to our next event. We
are calling for all Ambleside business owners and managers to attend
this evening at Saltaire. Please RSVP to
info@amblesidevillage.com
The evening will include:
o Introduction to ABA by
President, Todd Whiting; Membership Benefits; Membership News; Words
from WV Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Leagh
Gabriel.
o Presentation by
Andrew Pottinger - H Y Louie Group's DWV application to redevelop
1600 Block of Marine Dr (Safeway Site).
o Closing & Social
Networking.
~ 7 - 9pm ~ OLD GROWTH
CONSERVANCY SOCIETY: 4th ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
WV Cmnty Centre (in the Cedar Room, 3rd
floor); Doors open at 6:30pm
For info contact Bruce McArthur or
write ogcs.wv@gmail.com
Another busy year for the Society -- come
and hear an update on last year's activities including:
- Completion of the Conservancy
Crossing Trail
- Monitoring activity and boundary
issues
- Web site progress
- Celebration of the 20th anniversary
of the referendum that saved the forest from becoming
"Pebble Beach North" (photos attached from 1990 and
2010)
- Election of Directors
== Thursday Jan 20
~ 4:30pm ~ Design Review Cmte
~ 7:30pm ~ WV Streamkeeper Society mtg at
St Stephen's (885 - 22nd)
Workplan for the
year; stream projects; spawner surveys, newsletters, and
more!
== Friday Jan 21
~ 1:30pm ~ Parks Master Plan WG Site Visit
(Central WV; meet near concession at Dundarave Pk)
== Saturday Jan 22 -- Robbie Burns Dinner, 6:30pm to
midnight
Robbie Burns
dinner is back for another year of celebration. Featuring the
Vancouver Fiddle Orchestra, Gleneagles Scottish Country
Dancers, and a fabulous catered roast beef buffet dinner.
$45.00 HST
included; Gleneagles Community Centre Info: 925 7270
== Tuesday Jan 25 ~ 6pm ~ Parks Master Plan Input Forum;
Gleneagles Clubhouse
== Thursday Jan 27
~ 5pm ~
N.S. Advisory Committee on Disability Issues, DNV Municipal
Hall
~
5:30pm Police Board Public Meeting; WVPD (boardroom)
7pm Fri Jan 7 -- FREE FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: MARC
ATKINSON TRIO
ONGOING
Fridays Jan 7, 14,
21
ENGLISH CORNER 10 -
11:30am, Welsh Hall
Come and practise English
conversation at the Library. English Corner is facilitated by the
Baha'i Community of West Vancouver in partnership with the Library.
Requirement: able to read English. For information call Fariba Rocker
at 604 506 6616.
Wednesdays Jan 5, 12
~ eBook / eReader
Drop-in ~ 10 am -
noon
Curious about eBooks and
eReaders? Let us show you the basics! Drop-in to the Research Centre
(next to the Information Desk on the Main Floor) and we will show you
our Kobo, Sony, and Kindle eReaders (or bring your own!).
⇒ Kay
Meek Offstage Presents
(Welsh Hall)
~ 10:30am ~ Monday Jan 10
Mystery and exoticism in 17th Century chamber music (with Marc
Destrubé).
~ 10:30am ~ Wednesday Jan
19
Celebrating 200 Years of the Musical
Genius, Franz Liszt. In conversation with Eugene
Skovorodnikov.
~ 7pm ~ Monday Jan 24
A Theatrical Legacy: in conversation with
Bill Millerd, Artistic Director of the Arts Club Theatre
Company.
⇒ AUTHOR VISIT: ANNE
GIARDINI 7pm Monday, January 17, Welsh Hall
Local author Anne Giardini
will talk about writing, and her two novels: The Sad Truth about
Happiness and Advice for Italian
Boys.
⇒
PHILOSOPHERS' CAFE: Foreign Aid
January 21:
Foreign Aid --
10:30am - noon
How should foreign aid be handled in light of the world's economic
collapse? With guest Don Cayo, Vancouver Sun columnist.
Discuss the issues
of the day at our Friday morning Philosophers' Cafe., Welsh Hall East. No registration required.
Admission is $5.
⇒
HEADS UP: AN INTRODUCTION TO BRAIN HEALTH
Tuesday,
January 25, 7:30 - 9pm, Welsh Hall.
Join Kerri
Sutherland, Suupport & Education Coordinator at the Alzheimer
Resource Centre North Shore/Sunshine Coast, for an informative
workshop on brain health & strategies for improving the health of
mind, body, and spirit.
Time (Time Again):
Late Works by Lionel Thomas + John Vanderpant
January 12 to February
26
Opening
Reception: 7 - 9pm January 11
Lionel Thomas (1915 - 2005)
and John Vanderpant (1884 - 1939) were central figures within the
professional art communities of Vancouver. In the final stages of
their mature careers, both Thomas and Vanderpant (in their respective
fields of painting and photography) were inspired by the prospect of
discovering new (modernist) approaches to traditional (conventional)
conceptions of portraiture. Their late works record complex / modest
subjects (flowers, plants, and vegetables) from an unconventional
point of view: their innovation was to keep both objectivity and
observation in a state of constant flux.
Time (Time Again) places their
work in juxtaposition for the first time, presenting fourteen
vintage photographs by Vanderpant (from the period 1929 - 1936)
and fifteen paintings by Thomas (from the period 1985
-1987).
Locating a thematic relationship
between painting, photography and aesthetic / social orientation,
the exhibition's guest curators [Collective for Advanced and Unified
Studies in the Visual Arts] have noted: "In the final stages of
their mature careers, both artists articulated open,
unconventional points of view, sustaining new (modernist)
potentialities of form and function from their respective
media."
Guest Curators: CAUSA
(Collective for Advanced and Unified Studies in the Visual
Arts)
FROM THE LANDSCAPE -- mixed media -- January 11 to
30
Patricia Adams, Mary-Jean Butler, Rod Gildersleeve,
Greg Kawczynski, Ji Soo Lee, and Kathryn Wright Opening Reception
Tuesday January 11 from 6 to 8pm
Artists in Attendance, Saturday January 15 from
2 to 3pm
January 11 -
23
The Klee Wyck Monday
Painters Group
presents:
'It's About Paint!" Underlying every work of art, regardless of subject,
composition, artist, or medium, is the paint. What kind of paint? How
is it applied? What message is it conveying? This group has been
meeting to paint together and explore these questions for 25 years.
Members of the group include: Florence di Florio-Allardice, Anne
McMahon, Shelley James, Mary Johnson, Tess Johnston, Heather Luccock, Marguerite Mahy, and Jacquie Manning.
Opening reception: Tuesday Jan 11from 6 -
8pm
January 25 -
Feb 6
"A World
of Impressions"
Paintings
influenced by the great Impressionists, and by inspirational images
and landscapes experienced on travels around the world. This
exhibition features the work of West Vancouver artists Annie
Bohni and
Vancouverite Teresa de la Boursodiere.
Opening Reception: Tuesday January 25th from 6 -
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
+ 7:30pm Tuesday Jan 18 -- movies at the Meek: Mao's Last
Dancer
+ 1:30pm Friday Jan 21 -- Happy Birthday, Franz
Liszt with pianist Eugene Skovorodnikov
+ 8pm Wed Jan 26 -- Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra,
pre-performance chat at 7:15
+ more!
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, West
Vancouver +++
"Where Volunteers make the difference."
Chartered November 17th, 1926
The Winter Issue
of "The Torch" is now available
To view
the newsletter, just click the following link for direct
access:
Sunday January
16th-Veterans
Social in the Lounge 2 - 4pm.
Over countless
years, West Vancouver's Archivist, Cde. Bas Collins has
video-taped Branch 60 and its members to mark special occasions and
memorable moments of the Branch. Cde. Collins has kindly donated
copies of these precious tapes to Branch 60. We are pleased that
Cde. Peter Cherry will be showing a selection of these tapes at the
Veterans Social being held on Sunday, January 16th between 2:00 and
4:00 p.m. It should be a very interesting afternoon evoking fond
memories for many.
Saturday January
22nd-Robbie
Burns Dinner at 7pm.
Tuesday January
25th-General
Meeting at 7pm.
~ 7:15 - 9am ~ Thursday,
January 13 --
Pinnacle Hotel -- 138 Victory Ship Way, NV
The North Vancouver Chamber
is extending an invitation to West Vancouver Chamber Members to join
them for their Networking Breakfast at the Member rate, with Hon.
Scott Brison, MP.
Mr. Scott Brison, a Liberal
Member of Parliament, who currently serves as finance critic for the
Official Opposition. Mr. Brison has had extensive private sector
experience ranging from business start-ups and U.S. market development
to serving as Vice-President of a Canadian investment bank. His
presentation is sure to be informative.
Members $35; Future Mbrs
$45 For
catering purposes, the deadline for registration is 1pm Friday January
7. Call 987 4488
~ 6pm ~ Wed Jan 26
-- Reception: WV Chamber -- Looking Ahead
Place: Hollyburn Country Club, 950 Cross
Crk
Price: $50
Members / $60 Future Members
Register: Please register online at www.westvanchamber.com or call 926
6614.
Appetizers and Cash
Bar
Gold Sponsor: WV
Cmnty Fdn; Silver
Sponsor: Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities; Bronze Sponsor: H.Y.
Louie
Description
Mayor and Council's
Reception for the Ambleside Revitalization Kick Off!
$50.00 Members / $75
Future Members
More details on this
exciting, EXCLUSIVE Chamber Event, immediately after the
holidays! Watch for it. It will Sell
Out.
Please note that we
are unable to give a refund without 48 hour notification; however a
delegate substitution is welcome at anytime. Thank you for your
cooperation.
{This was the notice in December; it appears
they've lowered the cost of non-mbr tix.
FYI, when I received a DWV webalert about this
event on Th Jan 6 I was alarmed. Why shd the public have to pay
to find out Ccl's plans? Why info as a fundraiser for the
Chamber?
I
support the Chamber but the conundrum is that if there's a public info
mtg beforehand, then that's not fair to the Chamber b/c who'd want to
pay for the same thing?}
=== CULTUREWATCH
===
*
THEATRE
+ Presentation House
8pm www.phtheatre.org (990 3474)
- St Mark's Gospel, read by Antony Holland; Jan 7 -
19
- Tuesdays with Morrie, starring Antony Holland; Jan 11 to
21
+ Vancouver Playhouse ~
www.vancouverplayhouse.com (873 3311) 8pm; Jan 8 to 29
This by Melissa
James Gibson; urban comedy about complicated relationships, starring
Megan Follows
+ Arts Club (687
1644) www.artsclub.com
- Revue Stage, part of PuSh
Festival: Floating -- A strange and beautiful
comedy; a Welsh island makes a break from Britain, and reality, in
this inventive adventure...
Jan 20 to Feb 5
- Industrial Alliance Stage:
August: Osage County, the blistering Broadway sensation; Jan
27 to Feb 27
+ Jericho Arts
Centre (1675
Discovery)
WASTE by Harley
Granville Barker, directed by William B. Davis
Waste is a rich portrait of
early 20th century society which, in dramatizing the hypocrisy, sexual
scandals, and ruthless power machinations of the time, is as
powerfully relevant today as when it was first written in 1909.
This play, controversially banned by the Lord Chamberlain when first
presented at the Imperial Theatre, had its first full public
performance 29 years later at the Westminster. It was revived at
the Almeida Theatre in London in September 2008.
BOOK YOUR TIX: Jan 21 to
Feb 13; Th - Sun, 8pm; Tix: $14 - $18; Preview: Th Jan 20 -
all tix $8
Thursday, Jan 27th - Talk-back session
after the show
CLICK HERE for reservations, or
call 604 224 8007, ext. 2
REST-OF-SEASON TIX still
available from $36 for three plays
+ Pi Theatre (with
PuSh)
Please join us, Thursday January 13th
for our Annual General Meeting (at Performance Works, 1411 Cartwright
St, Vancouver). Learn how your support makes a difference, celebrate
the past year with a drink and vote for our incoming board. Everyone
welcome!
Annual General Meeting --7pm
Thursday January 13th
For more information,
call 604-872-1861 or email info@pitheatre.com
Director Radoslaw Rychcik's
contemporary vision of French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltes=92
play In the Solitude of Cotton Fields features two actors in
black suits backed by the talented musicians of The Natural Born
Chillers. The action follows the Dealer and the Client as they conduct
a seemingly illicit and unnamed deal. Featuring Wojciech Niemczyk and
Tomasz Nosinski from the Stefan Zeromski Theatre of Kielce,
Poland.
In Polish with English
Surtitles. Contains strobe lights, smoke, nudity, and foul
language.
Performance space
combines seating and standing room, arrive early for preferred
seating.
+
PuSh
>
Terminal City Soundscape
Presented with Music on Main and CABINET
Interdisciplinary Collaborations
January 23 - 25 at Heritage Hall. Discover the
essential aesthetics that have come to define Vancouver musically.
Through intercultural music and free improv, through the World
Soundscape Project and a musical fascination with beauty, Vancouver's
leading composers, performers, and musical thinkers have shown us how
the local is universal.
Performances by Standing
Wave, musica intima and many more. Curated by Music on
Main's David Pay who brought us Steve Reich's Drumming in 2009
and So Percussion in 2010...Read more
TERMINAL
CITY SOUNDSCAPE - LINKS
>
City of Dreams
125TH
ANNIVERSARY SERIES Presented with Urban
Crawl
January 22 - 29, at the Roundhouse
Arts and Recreation Centre, London-based theatre artist Peter Reder
and sound designer Tom Wallace collaborate with Urban Crawl and local
artists to bring us Ciy of Dreams -- an evocative performance piece
that explores the interconnections between memory identiy and place.
The central image of the work is a poetic map of the City of Vancouver
made from hundreds of found objects that are assembled during the
performance.... Read more
CITY OF DREAMS - CURATORIAL
STATEMENT -- by Urban Crawl Artistic Director - Caleb
Johnston
The opportunity to adapt
City of Dreams in Vancouver was not to be missed. I began to form
a sense of this piece as my conversations with London-director Peter
Reder deepened. I gleaned bits of video of the show's light-filled
performance in Singapore set afire by hundreds of [tea]-candles, and
then the tracing of sand set against a styrofoam skyline of Brisbane.
These snippets of other places filled my imagination with powerful
images. What would such a mapping look like in Vancouver? I was
hooked....Read more
- Are you a
Vancity member? If so, receive a $6.50 discount to City of Dreams and
other 125th Anniversary shows.
>
Counter Mapping
-- 125TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES
A
visual art exhibit to accompany the performance City of Dreams,
presented with Urban Crawl. FREE
January 18 - 29; Roundhouse Community Arts and
Recreation Centre, Gerry Thorne Exhibition Gallery.
If maps are the instruments of
power, how might we produce and circulate a poetic, even, radical
cartography?
Counter Mapping is curated by
Caleb Johnston of Urban Crawl, and features artists Vincent Andrisani,
Jordan Bent, Aja Rose Bond, Nathan Clarkson, Natalie Doonan, Milena
Droumeva, Jamie Hilder, Eli Horn, Simon Levin, Jason Levis, Gabriel
Mindel, David Murphy, Ruth Scheuing, Jennifer Schine, Matt Smith, and
Katherine Somody alongside students from SFU and UBC...Read more
City
of Dreams and Counter Mapping are supported by Vancity, the
British Council, the Roundhouse Arts and Recreation Centre, the City
of Vancouver, the British Columbia Arts Council, Koerner Foundation,
Hamber Foundation, Vancouver Foundation, and Simon Fraser
University.
+ Firehall Arts
Ctr
The Pavilion --
tragicomedy about a high school reunion at wch long-lost love gets
another chance; directed by Bob Frazer. 8pm Jan 8 to 31 (689
0926)
* ART
+ VANCOUVER ART
GALLERY
~ VAG PUBLIC PROGRAMS
-- All Programs free for Members.
~ NOW SHOWING till Jan
16
Robert Adams: The Place We Live, A
Retrospective Selection of Photographs
~ 8pm ~ Monday January
10 (Vogue Theatre, 918
Granville)
Brian Eno: An Illustrated
Talk
Musician, producer,
ideologue, futurologist, visual artist, political activist - Brian Eno
is a visionary and iconic figure within global contemporary culture
and is best known for his work in music. Eno has written, performed,
and produced some of the most memorable recordings in the history of
modern music, from his early days as a founding member of the
genre-busting art pop group Roxy Music and his creation and
development of Ambient music, to his acclaimed collaborations with
artists as diverse as David Byrne, U2, Laurie Anderson, David Bowie,
Peter Gabriel and, most recently, Coldplay, to name but a few. The
illustrated talk offers a rare opportunity to see and hear this
internationally-renowned visionary in person, in Vancouver, for the
first time.
SPECIAL OFFER to OUR MEMBERS
-- The evening is sure to sell out. A limited number
of tickets are being held for VAG Members. To purchase, order
online with the codeword "ambient" at www.voguetheatre.com
TICKETS: $55/$50 plus
charges. For more information click here.
Brian Eno: An Illustrated
Talk is presented by International Arts Initiatives in
collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery. Brian Eno's visit to
Canada is made possible by the Glenbow Museum in association with One
Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo 2011 in Calgary.
~ Out
for Lunch Eine
Kleine Lunch Musik Select Fridays, 12:10 -
1pm
Jan. 14
Jongkyung Kim and Kathy Jongeun Kim, four-hand piano
Dvorak: Slavonic
Dances, Op. 72, Mozart: Sonata in F K. 497 Debussy: Petite Suite,
Poulenc: Sonata
Jan. 21 Peter
Lang, violin, Bo Peng, cello, Richard Epp, piano, Babadjanian: Piano
Trio; Robert Fuchs: Violin Sonata
* MUSIC
+
VSO There are just so many
great things, pls go to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's
website:
Beethoven, Night
of Opera (Opera in Love), Tea and Trumpets, ....
+ EARLY MUSIC
VANCOUVER -- 40th
Anniversary Season -- http://www.earlymusic.bc.ca
Early Music Vancouver --
T: 732-1610 F: 732-1602 E: staff@earlymusic.bc.ca
W:
Early Music Vancouver is pleased to
announce our ongoing series of educational
activities, jointly presented with Green College at UBC, for
the Spring of 2011.
"Stylus
Phantasticus": Fantasy and Imagination in Baroque Instrumental
Music
A Presentation
by Alex Fisher
Wednesday, January 12 at
8pm; Green College at UBC, Graham House, 6201 Cecil Green
Park Rd.
Admission is free; limited
seating; parking at the Rose Garden Parkade off Marine
Drive.
This lecture, which is
offered in connection with Early Music Vancouver's upcoming
presentations of "Stylus
Phantasticus: Mystery & Exoticism in 17th-Century Trio
Sonatas", will explore the rise of independent
instrumental music in the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Sundered from
vocal models, new, "abstract" genres of music for keyboard,
strings, and winds encouraged composers to use their imagination and
fantasy to find new means of structure and expressivity. The result
was a body of music that exploited the fullest capabilities of
instruments and revelled in displays of virtuosity and expressive
power.
Alex Fisher is Associate
Professor at the School of Music of the University of British
Columbia, where he directs the Early Music Ensemble and teaches in the
fields of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. His research
focuses on the relationship of music, sound, and religious culture in
the era of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
If you enjoyed this lecture, don't
miss the upcoming performances of:
Stylus
Phantasticus: Mystery & Exoticism in 17th-Century Trio
Sonatas Marc Destrubé,
violin; Chantal Rémillard, violin; Byron Schenkman,
harpsichord; Natalie Mackie, viola da gamba.
Friday evening, 14
January at 8pm; Pre-Concert Introduction at
7:15pm
Unity Church, 5840 Oak Street (at West 42nd Avenue)
Sunday matinée, 16 January at
3pm; Pre-Concert Introduction at 2:15pm
Kay Meek Centre - Studio Theatre, 1700 Mathers Avenue,
WV
Our series "Marc
Destrubé and Friends" continues with a programme of
virtuoso Trio Sonatas from the early Baroque, featuring leading
musicians from Canada and the West Coast. Come and explore a rich
and dazzling period in the development of instrumental
music!
Tickets for the Friday evening
performance at Unity Church at $35 (adult) or $32
(student/senior) can be ordered on-line via our secure
connection. These ticket prices include 12% HST.
They can also be ordered by phone (604
732 1610) from the office of Early Music Vancouver. Tickets are also
available in person at Sikora's Classical Records.
Tickets for the Sunday
matinée performance at the Kay Meek Studio Theatre in West
Vancouver at $35 (adult) or $32 (student/senior), are only
available from the Kay Meek Centre Box Office: 604 913 3634 or www.kaymeekcentre.com.
Rush Seats for
Students with valid ID on sale
for $10, at the door only, from an hour before each
performance. These concerts
are included in our "Bring a Youth for
Free" programme.
Ancient Style Paintings &
Prints Exhibition
Framed works of ancient styles of the
EAST and WEST (China, India, Iran, Europe, Mexico...):
Miniature...
January 4 - 16, 2011
Reception: Saturday January 8 from 4 to 8pm
If you want to exhibit your works
at Caroun art Gallery in 2011, you need to register in
2010.
=== CCL MTG AGENDA
JANUARY 10th ===
6pm IN MUNICIPAL HALL MAIN FLOOR CONFERENCE
ROOM
(RECONVENED PUBLIC HEARING AT 7pm IN CCL
CHAMBER, FOLLOWED BY regular CCL MTG TO RECONVENE IN OPEN
SESSION)
Note: At 6pm the regular Ccl Mtg will commence
in open session (in the MFCR), and will be immediately followed by a
motion to exclude the public in order to hold a closed session. The
Council Meeting will reconvene in open session in the Council Chamber
immediately following the Reconvened Public Hearing regarding Zoning
Bylaw No. 4662, 2010.
At 7pm in the Council Chamber the
Reconvened Public Hearing will be held. The Ccl Mtg will commence in
open session in the Chamber immediately following the Reconvened
PH.
6:00 PM
1. Call to Order.
2. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
RECOMMENDED: THAT in the public interest, members
of the public be excluded from part of the January 10, 2011 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:
(a) personal information about an identifiable
individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an
officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position
appointed by the municipality;
(c) labour relations or other employee relations;
and
(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.
3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
RECONVENED PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA
7:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER in Ccl Chamber
2. RECONVENED PUBLIC HEARING
Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010
(File: 1610-20-4662)
To view Draft Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010 please click
here.
The Public Hearing opened on December 13, 2010 and was adjourned
to January 10, 2011.
The Director of Planning, Lands and Permits will describe the
proposed Bylaw.
Applicant: The District of West Vancouver
Affected Lands: The proposed Zoning Bylaw applies to all lands
in the District of West Vancouver.
Purpose: To repeal Zoning Bylaw No. 2200, 1968, and to
replace it with a new zoning bylaw that is a "technical re-write"
which aims to improve clarity by standardizing and updating the
wording, minimizing redundancy and reducing the potential for
ambiguity.
A consequence of this proposed new zoning bylaw is proposed
Subdivision Control Bylaw No. 1504, 1955, Amendment Bylaw No. 4668,
2010. The current subdivision bylaw includes minimum lot size
provisions for certain lands currently zoned R.S.2. Under the proposed
new zoning bylaw these lot size provisions are integrated into the
proposed new zoning bylaw. Consequently, the current regulation
regarding the minimum lot size for certain R.S.2 zoned lands would be
redundant. Proposed Subdivision Control Bylaw No. 1504, 1955,
Amendment Bylaw No. 4668, 2010 removes these lot size provisions and
is to be considered concurrently with consideration of the new zoning
bylaw. Further, while not required as part of the Public Hearing
process, the public will be given an opportunity to provide comment
on the proposed subdivision control bylaw amendment at the Reconvened
Public Hearing for the proposed new zoning bylaw.
3. PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURE
Mayor Goldsmith-Jones will describe the procedure
for the Reconvened Public Hearing.
Members of Council may ask questions of you
following your presentation but our function tonight is to listen to
the views of the public, not to debate the proposed
bylaws.
After the Public Hearing has concluded, Council
may, without further notice, give whatever effect Council believes
proper to the representations.
Your only opportunity to comment on Zoning Bylaw
No. 4662, 2010 is during the Public Hearing. We are not permitted to
receive further submissions once we have closed the Public
Hearing.
... Please limit your remarks to five
minutes (a bell will sound with 15 seconds to go) and to the subject
of the proposed bylaw. Please be respectful to others.
... After everyone has spoken once, you
will have an opportunity to speak again if you wish.
4. REPORTS/WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
1) Reports received:
Reports received up to and including December 13,
2010 Public Hearing
TITLE /
DATE / DATE FOR
CONSIDERATION / NO.
Reports received December 14, 2010 - January
6, 2011
2) Written submissions:
Submissions received up to and including
December 13, 2010 Public Hearing
AUTHOR /
DATE / DATE FOR
CONSIDERATION / NO.
R. Harrington
/ December 6, 2010 / December 13, 2010 /
C-1
Chapman Land Surveying
Ltd. / December 13,
2010 / December 13, 2010
/ C-4
Submissions received December 14, 2010 -
January 6, 2011 None received to
date.
On November 15, 2010 Council set the date for the Public Hearing.
The statutory notice of Public Hearing was published in the North
Shore News on December 5 and December 8, 2010. The Public Hearing
opened on December 13, 2010 and was adjourned to January 10, 2011. The
Municipal Clerk will note written submissions received.
5. APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION
6. PUBLIC INPUT
7. CLOSURE OR ADJOURNMENT OF RECONVENED PUBLIC
HEARING
If there is no further public input and Council does not
request a further staff report, then:
RECOMMENDED: THAT all written and verbal submissions be received
and that the Public Hearing be closed.
OR
If Council requests a further staff report, then:
RECOMMENDED: THAT staff report back to Council regarding the
January 10, 2011 Reconvened Public Hearing be adjourned to
____________________ (date, time, location).
Members of Council are not permitted to receive further
submissions once the Reconvened Public Hearing is closed.
4. RECONVENE OPEN
SESSION
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
6. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
December 13, 2010 Special Council Meeting; December 13, 2010 Public Hearing; December 13, 2010 Regular Council Meeting; and December 20, 2010 Special Council
Meeting.
DELEGATIONS
RECOMMENDED: THAT
Council thank L. Block and T. McCabe
8. Dundarave Festival of Lights Society, regarding
Appreciation of District Support for the Christmas Festival of
Lights (File: 2180-06)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
Council thank G. Allison and M. Markwick
REPORTS
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The request for a Boulevard Encroachment
Permit and Licence of Occupation for 3390 Radcliffe Avenue, to retain
a fence and shrubs located in the boulevard, be declined;
and
2. The owners of 3390 Radcliffe Avenue
remove all encroachments within the boulevard adjacent to their
property and reinstate the boulevard to an acceptable condition within
30 days of Council's resolution at their expense; and,
3. If the boulevard encroachments are
not removed and the boulevard not reinstated within the 30-day period,
District staff conduct the work and charge the cost to the
owners.
This is Budget
2011 by another name.
Bylaws are passed by a simple majority affirmative vote unless
otherwise noted.
RECOMMENDED: THAT "[Five-]Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4671,
2011" be read a first time.
RECOMMENDED: THAT "[Five-]Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 4671,
2011" be read a second time.
My understanding is
that public input will be permitted. Ccl is allowed to make amendments
at second reading.
At this time the
bylaw is for a 1.1% tax rate increase. In itself an achievement,
since staff got a 4% increase last year and will in 2011. To cut 1.1%,
must find under $600K -- efficiencies, deferrals, reorganization,
reallocation, outsourcing, seeking more revenue, and/or ?. Most
speakers and letters in correspondence have urged keeping the same tax
rate as in 2009 and 2010. Please note that with an increase in
assessments, even with the same rate, more money was collected (there
was a $500K surplus in revenue in 2010).
The BC Assessment
Authority has reported an increase in $405M in assessments this
year.
Speak up and tell
Ccl what you want, what you think shd be done.
To view Draft Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010 please click
here.Bylaws are passed by a simple majority affirmative vote unless
otherwise noted.
This bylaw received first reading at the November 15, 2010
Council Meeting, was the subject of the Public Hearing held and
adjourned on December 13, 2010, and the subject of a Reconvened Public
Hearing held earlier this evening.
If the Reconvened Public Hearing is closed, Council is not
permitted to receive any further submissions on this bylaw, and second
and third reading of the bylaw may be considered.
RECOMMENDED:THAT the report dated December 22, 2010 regarding
Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010 - Public Hearing Follow Up be received
for information.
RECOMMENDED: THAT "Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010" be read a
second time.
RECOMMENDED: THAT Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010 be
amended as set out in Appendices "E" and "F" as attached to
the report dated December 22, 2010 regarding Zoning Bylaw 4662, 2010 -
Public Hearing Follow Up.
RECOMMENDED: THAT "Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010" be read a
third time.
Bylaws are passed by a simple majority affirmative vote
unless otherwise noted.
This bylaw received first reading at the November 15,
2010 Council Meeting.
RECOMMENDED: THAT "Subdivision Amendment Bylaw" be
read a second and third time.
RECOMMENDED: THAT WHEREAS:
1. The federal and provincial governments will make a
one-time extension of the deadline for funding of projects under
the Building Canada Fund - Communities Component and Infrastructure
Stimulus Fund from March 31, 2011 to October 31, 2011;
2. All funding from the Government of Canada and the
Province will cease after October 31, 2011;
3. The District of West Vancouver has asked the
provincial government for an extension to October 31, 2011 for the
following project(s):
Project Number /
Project Title / Total Eligible
Cost / Federal Contribution / Provincial Contribution
14396 / Ambleside Sewer
Rehabilitation / $2,476,600
/ $825,600 /
$825,600
25966 / Montizambert
Creek Water Treatment /
$2,615,100 / $871,700 / $871,700
25997 / Artificial Turf
and Ancillary Facilities /
$4,500,000 / $1,500,000 / $1,500,000
NOW THEREFORE Council resolves as follows:
1. The District of West Vancouver attests that it will
continue to contribute its share of the required funding for the
aforementioned projects;
2. Actual claims for all eligible costs incurred by March
31, 2011, for the aforementioned projects must be and will be
submitted no later than April 15, 2011 to the Province; and
3. The District of West Vancouver will ensure that the
projects will be completed.
14. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
The following Consent Agenda items may be considered
separately or in one recommendation.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the Consent Agenda
items as follows be approved:
RECOMMENDED: THAT the report dated Dec
10 from the Transit Manager be received for info.
RECOMMENDED: received for
information.
14.3. Annual Appointments to Municipal Insurance
Association (File: 0115-01/0055-20-MIAB1)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the following appointments to the Municipal
Insurance Assn for 2011 be approved:
Mayor Goldsmith-Jones as the Council representative;
and
G. McRadu, Chief Administrative Officer, as the alternate
District representative.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the correspondence list be received for
information.
December 6 - 10
Referred for Action
1. A. Pottinger, December 7, 2010, regarding Request for
Delegation (West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce - Climate Smart
Program) (Referred to Mayor for consideration)
Received for Information
2. Committee and Board Meeting Minutes: West Vancouver
Memorial Library Board, October 20 and November 17, 2010
3. R. Harrington, December 6, 2010, regarding Technical
Changes to the Current Zoning Requirements in Ambleside (Referred for
Public Hearing on December 13, 2010)
4. December 6, 2010, regarding Park Royal/Marine Drive
Intersection
5. December 4, 2010, regarding Turf Field A Lighting -
Discussions and Outcomes
6. Township of Langley, November 29, 2010, regarding
Information Session on Regional Scrap Metal Bylaw
7. E-Comm 911, December 2, 2010, regarding Third
Restatement of Members' Agreement
8. 4 submissions, dated December 6 - 7, 2010, regarding
Proposed 2011 Budget
December 13 - 17
Referred for Action
1. December 14, 2010, regarding Cypress (Cypress Mountain
Property) (Referred to Director of Planning, Lands, and Permits for
consideration and response)
2. December 16, 2010, regarding Towed Vehicle (Referred to
Director of Planning, Lands, and Permits for consideration and
response)
Received for Information
3. Committee and Board Meeting Minutes: Design Review
Committee, November 25, 2010
4. Rotary Club of West Vancouver, December 13, 2010,
regarding Operation Red Nose
5. Four submissions regarding Proposed 2011 Budget, dated
December 11-14, 2010
Responses to Correspondence
6. R. Fung, Director of Engineering and Transportation,
December 10, 2010 response to Stonethro regarding Gordon Avenue, Loose
Gravel Nuisance
December 20 - 24
Referred for Action
1. CKNW AM 980, December 20, 2010, regarding Request for
Proclamation for Bullying Stops here - Pink Shirt Day (February 23,
2011) (Referred to Mayor and Council for consideration)
2. Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee (LMTAC),
December 10, 2010, regarding LMTAC Discussion Paper on First Nations
Commercial and Industrial Development Act and First Nations Certainty
of Land Title Act Legislation (Referred to Mayor and Council for
consideration and response)
Received for Information
3. Committee and Board Meeting Minutes: NSh Advisory Cmte
on Disability Issues, October 28, 2010
4. Union of BC Municipalities, undated, regarding
Province-wide Community to Community Forum (Tuesday, March 1,
2011)
5. S. Hean, December 19, 2010, regarding Proposed 2011
Budget
6. Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation,
September 29, 2010, regarding First Nations Commercial and Industrial
Development Act
7. Hon. M. Coell and J. Slater, Parliamentary Secretary for
Water Stewardship, Ministry of Environment, December 17, 2010,
regarding Policy Proposal on British Columbia's New Water
Sustainability Act
December 27 - 31
Received for Information
1. December 24, 2010, regarding Proposed 2011 Budget
15. OTHER ITEMS -- No items.
16. REPORTS from MAYOR/CCLRS / 17. PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS /
18. ADJOURNMENT
{To see the
Correspondence for the year:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=27458 }
=== NEWSLETTER TOPICS/TITLES West Van
Matters 2010: 1 - 29 ===
2010-01
2010 Jan 11th Council Mtg AGENDA; Calendar to
Jan 31st
Budget 2010 Intro; public input
Jan 18 * WVM Titles 2009: 1-28
2010-02
2010 Jan 11th & 18 Ccl NOTES; Jan 25th
AGENDA; Calendar to Feb 5th
RiNC Funding * Strategic Plan / BSC / V4S *
Version 5 BUDGET 2010
2010-03
2010 Jan 25th Ccl Notes; Feb 1st AGENDA;
Calendar to Feb 11th
WV Streamkeepers / EPN * Budget 2010 .69% -->
? * SFMP * Oil Tank Update
2010-04
2010 Feb 1st Ccl Mtg Notes; AGENDA Feb 8th;
Calendar to Feb 28th
Sec Stes Fees / Charges * Strategic Planning
WG Report * Budget 2010
2010-05.
2010 Feb 8th / 10th Ccl Mtg NOTES; AGENDA Mar
1st; Calendar to Mar 17th
Zero Tax Increase 2010 Budget Adopted! *
Olympics (WV Plan & Now)
2010-06
2010 Mar 1st Ccl Mtg NOTES; AGENDA Mar 15th;
Calendar to Apr 17th
Balanced Scorecard * Capital Fund
Controversy * CEC Terms of Reference
2010-07
2010 Mar 15th Ccl Mtg NOTES; AGENDA Apr 12th;
Calendar to Apr 30th
Monstrous Precedent? * SAFERhomes * Cmnty
Climate Action Plan
2010-08
2010 Apr 12th Ccl Mtg NOTES; AGENDA Apr 26th;
Calendar to May 4th
Olympics/Thx * Letters MIA! * Election Task
Force * Ambleside WATERFRONT
2010-09
2010 Apr 26th Ccl Mtg NOTES; AGENDA May 3rd;
Calendar to May 16th +
Lighthouse Pk * Strat Transp WG * Dogs! * Road
Closure & Sale * Endowment $$$
2010-10
2010 May 3rd Ccl Mtg NOTES; AGENDA May
10/12th; Calendar to May 20th
Housing WG Report * Gleneagles Opening *
Endowment/ Funds Bylaws Qs & As
2010-11+
2010 May 10/12th Ccl Mtg NOTES; AGENDAs May
17th; Calendar to June 5th
More (Unanswered) Endowment Fund Qs *
Mill Rates Set * Youth Ccl / Awards
2010-12
2010 May 17th Ccl PH/ Mtg NOTES; Ccl AGENDA
May 31st; Calendar to June 12th
Still NO Correspondence on Agenda *
Ramp Rant * Utility Rates to Increase
2010-13=BA
2010 May 31st Ccl Mtg NOTES; Ccl AGENDA June
7th; Calendar to June 24th
Library/LEED * Boat Ramp Kept * Esq &
20/21 Deferred * Turf Field Update
2010-14
2010 June 7th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Ccl AGENDA June
21st; Calendar to June 30th
Green House Gases & OCP * Old-Growth
Conservancy * DVP 3113 Marine Dr.
2010-15
June 21st Ccl Mtg NOTES; June 28 AGENDAs;
Calendar to July 9th
Correspondence still MIA * Black Bear Society
* Community Grant$
2010-16
June 28th PH/Ccl Mtg NOTES; Ccl AGENDA July
5th; Calendar to July 23rd
Letters/hide-and-seek * Housing Pilots
OCP PH * Finance, Annual Report$
2010-17*
July 5th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Ccl AGENDA July 19th;
Calendar to July 31st
Staff Pay $100K+ * Dogs * Heritage
Homes; Pilot Projs * Corresp Obfuscation
2010-18
July 19th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Ccl AGENDA July 26th;
Calendar to Aug 8th +
Restorative Justice * Dogs * 2009 BUDGET
Amendment & ANNUAL REPORT
2010-19r
July 26th Special Ccl Mtg NOTES; Calendar to
September 12th
Wetmore * MDr PkR Light? * Letters Still MIA
* Mid-Year Review * Keep Klee Wyck?
2010-20
2010 Sep 13th Ccl Mtg AGENDA; Calendar to Sept
26th
DWV Stats * Financial/Annual/Midyear Reports *
WVM2010 Titles 1 - 19r
2010-21
2010 Sep 13th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Ccl Mtgs CLOSED Sept
20th/22nd; Cal to Sept 26th
Arts Ctr Trust * Hwy Noise * Uplift/Cmnty
Benefits? * Pleas for Letters on Agenda
2010-22
2010 Oct 4 Ccl Mtg AGENDA; Calendar to Oct
21st
Taylorwood (20 -> 160 units) * Governors General
* Letters still eclipsed
2010-23
2010 Oct 4th Ccl Mtg NOTES, Oct 18th AGENDA,
Calendar to Nov 5th
Girl Guides' 100th Anniversary * Liquid Waste Mgmt
$$$ * Plea for Uplift
2010-24
2010 Oct 18th Ccl Mtg NOTES; Nov 1st AGENDA;
Calendar to Nov 19th
Wetmore Devt * New Traffic Light for Park Royal *
Secondary Suites Update
2010-25
2010 Ccl Nov 1st, 8th NOTES; Nov 15th AGENDA;
Calendar to Dec 9th
Legion/Remembrance * Library at 60 * Finance Cmte /
Proposed Budget 2011
2010-26=BA
2010 Nov 15th Ccl NOTES; Nov 22nd
Finance Cmte AGENDA; Calendar to Dec 9th
Promised Correspondence? * WV Shoreline Preservation
* Finance/Budget/Fee$
2010-27
2010 Nov 22nd Finance Cmte NOTES; Dec 6th AGENDA;
Calendar to Dec 18th
BUDGET Information/Input * PUBLIC
CORRESPONDENCE BACK!!!
2010-28
2010 Dec 6th NOTES; Dec 13th/15th AGENDAs; Calendar
to Dec 22nd
MORE BUDGET 2011 INPUT * PARK ROYAL Level
Crossing, Marine Drive
2010-29
2010 Dec 13th NOTES; Dec 20th AGENDA; Calendar to
Dec 31st+
Zoning Bylaw PH * MORE BUDGET
Info/Input * Wetmore AAP * LCAC
=== ANIMALWATCH
===
Photos:
Astonishing shots from the animal kingdom
One-month-old white lion
cubs stun crowds in Buenos Aires and more in this week's top animal
photos.
January 5, 2011
Also a gecko the size of a
dime, tiger cubs, lemurs, Cdn wolf, squirrels, and ....
See
more:
=== INFObits ===
~=A7~ Dec 17 ~ Christmas Tree in Dubai, over $11M
(jewelled decorations)
~=A7~ Dec 23 ~ China has banned all English and
Chinglish from the media.
Apparently no longer permitted to say hello or bye-bye. If
English used, must have the Chinese explanation.
~=A7~ The Economist reports the
United States has revoked the visa of Venezuela's ambassador to
Washington in retaliation for the rejection by Hugo Chávez of
Larry Palmer, the nominated American ambassador to Caracas, who had
criticised his government.
~=A7~ Chinese Explorer (from Le Monde diplomatique,
January 2011)
In December 2008 China announced it was sending warships to
the sea off Somalia, to protect its oil supply and exports to the
Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. In March 2010, two Chinese vessels
arrived at Abu Dhabi's Port Zayed. As regional media noted, this was
the first time since the 15th century that Chinese ships had sailed
the Indian Ocean.
Admiral Zheng He, a Chinese Muslim, commanded the
emperor's fleet between 1405 and 1433, sailing to Hormuz, the Red Sea,
and the east coast of Africa. (According to a controversial
theory, he circumnavigated Africa and ventured as far as the
Antilles (
11).)~=A7~ The first tranche of
statistics to be released from America's census showed the
population stood at 308.7m on April 1st 2010, a rise of 9.7% from
2000. Texas gained more people than any other state, up by 4.3m to
25.1m, fetching it four more congressional seats in the House. See article
http://www.economist.com/node/17800227?story_id=17800227&fsrc=nwl
~=A7~ Some info on the oh-so-pleasant
meteorologist on CBC TV.
Claire Martin BSc is a
national television weather
presenter with CBC Television
in Canada.
She is a niece of Barbara
Edwards, who in 1974 became
the BBC's
first female weather presenter in the
UK. She has been Chairman of the
International Association of Broadcast Meteorologists since October
2007. Claire worked with the UK Met office before coming to
Canada in 1990.
=== SKYWATCH === Moving
dates on CBC but still rare
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:22:23 -0800
From: Carolanne Reynolds <EditorWVM@WestVan.org>
Subject: Solstice Lunar Eclipse Tonight
TONIGHT!
Not since 1554: a full lunar eclipse at the winter
solstice!
Lasts an hour and a quarter; starts at 11:41pm, mid eclipse is 17
minutes after midnight; moon in front of stars of Milky Way so will
look three-dimensional.
Dark orange to brick red colour, origin of expression "blood
on the moon".
HOWEVER:
December 20th ~~~ Dear
Diary (email list)
WINTER SOLSTICE -- FULL LUNAR ECLIPSE --
Dec 20/21
{NB: Follow-up Research --
Intellectual Alert, only read if curious and want the background and
the truth.
Found that CBC has published a
correction.
Cdn't resist INFObit at end, for
mathematicians/geographers -- all hail,
Eratosthenes!}
Investigated b/c CBC this afternoon said 1638 whereas the
astronomy educator of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada said
1554 this morning. There must be an explanation.
Did she make an astronomical mistake?
:-)
Here are the facts.
[CBC's] On the Coast said 1638 so had to google.
Well, my info was from listening to The Current this morning
on CBC (Radio) when Mary Lou Whitehorne of the Royal Astronomical
Society of Canada was interviewed by Anna Maria Tremonti. Here's
the intro on its webpage (Note: it has 1545 in the first paragraph
and 1554 in the second -- no wonder I found it confusing):
Winter
Solstice & the Lunar Eclipse
Tomorrow is the winter
solstice. And this year, it coincides with a lunar eclipse. That
hasn't happened since 1545. And that has astronomers, astrologists,
Wiccans and pagans alike very excited. ..
...The last time there was a total lunar
eclipse on the winter solstice was 456 years ago in 1554
when the future Queen
Elizabeth the First was languishing in the Tower of London. So, with a
lunar eclipse and winter solstice both coming in the next 24 hours,
there are a lot of people in the state of anxious
anticipation.
Now for millennia, humans have
put a lot of stock in natural phenomena such as eclipses, supernovas
and comets. Although today, it is primarily astronomers who continue
to gaze upwards at the skies.
Mary Lou Whitehorne is an
astronomy educator and the President of the Royal Astonomical Society
of Canada. We reached her in
Halifax.
... from
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2010/12/20/winter-solstice-the-lunar-eclipse/
How did she make such a
mistake?
or is there another
explanation?
will her face be as red as the
moon tonight?
And what will Anna Maria say
tomorrow morning?
Noodled around CBC and found:
Lunar eclipse,
winter solstice to coincide
Last Updated:
Monday, December 20, 2010 | 12:02 AM ET CBC News
For the best time to witness
the cosmic event, NASA suggests being outside at 3:17 a.m., 'when the
moon will be in deepest shadow, displaying the most fantastic
shades of coppery red.' (Associated Press)
This year's winter
solstice on Tuesday will fall on the same day as a full lunar eclipse
for the first time in 372 years.
Read
more:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/17/lunar-eclipse-winter-solstice-coincide.html#socialcomments#ixzz18hntUm5x
> WITH THIS
NOTE:
Corrections and
Clarifications
*
The last time a lunar eclipse fell on the winter solstice was 372
years ago, in 1638, not 456 years ago, in 1554, as reported in a
previous version of this story. Dec. 20, 2010| 2:11 p.m. ET
Read
more:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/17/lunar-eclipse-winter-solstice-coincide.html#socialcomments#ixzz18hkb5E5q
With our clouds guess we'll have to
watch it on our computers unless a TV station shows some
glimpses.
Can't leave you without adding another
INFObit:
Quick
Fact
When astronomers in
ancient Greece observed that the shadow of the Earth on the moon
during a lunar eclipse was always circular, they realized the Earth
was a sphere.
And from a book when I was teaching Math in
London, Eratosthenes measured the shadow from a plumb line (I think)
on the coast (Alexandria, I think) and then in Upper Egypt.
Noticed the difference and calculated the Earth was round with a
circumference of about 25,000 miles.
When Wiki is so handy
had
to see what the real story was, so off to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
to find out more:
Eratosthenes
of
Cyrene
(Ancient Greek; c. 276 BC - c.195 BC) was
a Greek
mathematician,
elegiac
poet, athlete, geographer,
astronomer, and music
theorist.
He was the first person
to use the word "geography" and invented the discipline of
geography as we understand it.[3] He invented a system of latitude and longitude.
He was the first person to
calculate the
circumference of the earth by using a measuring system using stades, or the
length of stadiums during that time period (with remarkable accuracy).
He was the first person to prove that the Earth was round. He was the
first to calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis (also with remarkable
accuracy). He may also have accurately calculated the distance from the earth to the
sun and invented
the leap
day.[4] He also created a map of the world based on the available geographical knowledge of the
era. In addition, Eratosthenes was the founder of scientific
chronology; he endeavored to fix the dates of the chief literary and
political events from the conquest of Troy.
...
... In On the Circular
Motions of the Celestial Bodies, Cleomedes credited him with having calculated the
Earth's
circumference around 240
BC, using knowledge of the angle of elevation of the
sun at noon on the
summer solstice in Alexandria and on Elephantine Island near Syene
(now Aswan, Egypt).
And then it has this!:
Eratosthenes
criticized
Aristotle for arguing
that humanity was divided into Greeks and barbarians, and that the Greeks should keep
themselves racially pure, believing there was good and bad in every
nation.[8]
That's what I found in my travels around
the world. You can find ppl like you everywhere -- takes a bit
longer in some places than others b/c you drop in as a
stranger.
Agree with Eratosthenes, not Aristotle
in this case!
Come to think of it, there's good and
bad in every person -- in different proportions,
however.
=== NEWSWATCH
=== Israel (Marriage); Palestine (lost PR
war)
⇒ MARRIAGE
Dr Juan Cole is a U of Michigan professor, an
expert on the Middle East
http://www.juancole.com/2010/12/racist-letters-roil-israel.html
The letters also follow on a
demonstration in Bat Yam against Jewish-Israeli girls dating
Palestinian-Israeli men.
Inter-faith marriage is frowned on by
religious Israelis, and there was criticism in Israel of Chelsea
Clinton's wedding.
Israel, like Lebanon and some Muslim
countries, for the most part makes no provision for civil marriage,
requiring individuals to marry within the religious law of their
sect. Israel's rabbinate opposes civil marriage in part out
of fear it would encourage inter-faith marriage. At the moment,
couples of different faith heritages in Israel must go to Cyprus or
elsewhere abroad to marry, and have the marriage recognized on their
return. Such a marriage cannot be performed in Israel
itself.
The recent racist calls and demonstrations
were condemned on Wednesday by the Israeli Labor Party. Party
head and Minister of Defense Ehud Barak issued a statement saying,
"The Labor Party under my leadership is active in bringing together
the various groups of Israel's citizens, in the spirit of the
Declaration of Independence." Labor only has 19 seats in the
120-seat Knesset or Israeli parliament. Conservative rabbis also
condemned the racist calls, but it should be noted that Orthodox
Judaism has legal supremacy in Israel and so the Conservatives are
not very powerful there.
⇒
Fighting a Winning War Against Israel (???!)
03.01.11 - 16:25 by: Mitri
I. Musleh - Ever since Israel, supported by the world's imperialist
powers, managed to militarily defeat the Palestinians and illegally
occupy and exploit Palestine for the past six decades, Israel and its
imperialist allies managed to drive and win a propaganda war which
made Israel look like the victim and the Palestinians as the
instigators who are committed on destroying the helpless and
defenseless state of Israeli...
...one reason or another, all of
the Palestinian people's efforts in combating such a powerful enemy
ended in total failure.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9360&Itemid=58
=== WEBWATCH ===
+ WIKILEAKS
As to the threat to US security, Defence Secretary Robert Gates
seems quite relaxed: "The fact is, governments deal with the
United States because it's in their interest, not because they like
us, not because they trust us, and not because they believe we can
keep secrets" (
2).+ Digital Story of the
Nativity
How social media,
web and mobile tell the story of the Nativity.
Christmas story told
through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, Google Maps,
GMail, Foursquare, Amazon...
Times change, the
feeling remains the same.
Click on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA
=== CPTWATCH ===
+ Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:21:29 +0200
Subject: [cpthebron] CPT Tuwani: Israeli Settlers
set fire to a house-tent in the Palestinian village of
Susiya
*Press Release: Israeli Settlers set fire to a house-tent in
the Palestinian village of Susiya*
29th December, 2010 / Susiya - During the night of the 28th
December 2010, Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of
Susiya, setting fire to a house-tent containing a sleeping
family.
Around 3.00 am, the Palestinian villagers were
awakened by the fire caused by flaming bottles. The fire was
presumably set by three men who were seen running away to a car.
According to the witnesses, the men who set the fire
were Israeli settlers from the nearby settlement of [Susiya].
This is the last of several acts of violence
perpetrated by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian communities of
the South Hebron hills.
A villager declared: "Someone who throws a bottle
of oil here it means to kill people... We want the police to
investigate fairly and to arrest the settlers."
The owners of the burned house-tent made a complaint
to the Kiryat Arba police station.
According to Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights
organization, 92% of police investigations following complaints filed
by Palestinians against Israeli settlers end in a failure: the
complaints are lost, or the files are closed after the police failed
to find suspects or present sufficient evidence against
suspects.
Operation Dove and Christian Peacemaker Teams have maintained an
international presence in At-Tuwani and the South Hebron Hills since
2004.
Pictures: http://goo.gl/APStE // Video:
http://goo.gl/VFHFx // Courtesy of Operation Dove
[Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Hague
Regulations, the International Court of Justice, and several United
Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement
outposts, including Havat Ma'on (Hill 833), are considered illegal
also under Israeli law.]
+ Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011
10:38:52 -0500 (EST)
From: "CPTnet: the news service of CPT"
<cptnet@mailman.cpt.org>
Subject: [CPTnet] SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli Settlers set fire
to a house-tent in the Palestinian village of Susiya
1 January 2011
SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli Settlers set fire to a house-tent
in the village of Susiya
[Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Hague
Regulations, the International Court of Justice, and several United
Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement
outposts, including Havat Ma'on (Hill 833), are considered illegal
also under Israeli law.]
During the night of the 28 December 2010, Israeli settlers
attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya, setting fire to a
house-tent containing a sleeping family. Around 3.00 a.m., the
fire, caused by bottles filled with a flammable substance, awoke the
villagers. They then saw three settlers from the nearby
settlement of Suseya running toward a car.
The owners of the burned house-tent made a complaint to the
Kiryat Arba police station. One villager told members of
Operation Dove, who with CPT have had a presence in the village since
2004, "Someone who throws a bottle of oil here it means to kill
people...We want the police to investigate fairly and to arrest the
settlers."
According to Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights organization,
92% of police investigations following complaints filed by
Palestinians against Israeli settlers end in a failure: the complaints
are lost, or the files closed after the police fail to find suspects
or present sufficient evidence against suspects.
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.
COMMENTS: To ask questions or express
concerns, criticisms and affirmations send messages to
peacemakers@cpt.org.
NEWSLETTER: To receive CPT's quarterly
newsletter by email or in print, go to
http://cpt.org/participate/subscribe
+ Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:06:21 +0200
Subject: [cpthebron] CPT At-Tuwani: Mondoweiss article: Settlers
set fire to homes in
Susiya village [1 Attachment]
CPT'er Samuel Nichols recently wrote this article about the
recent Israeli settler attack in the Palestinian village of Susiya,
where settlers burned three tents, one of which contained a sleeping
family. His article appears in the on-line news magazine
Mondoweiss.
The link below is for the Mondoweiss article.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/12/settlers-set-fire-to-home-as-seven-palestinians-sleep-inside.html
+ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:43:36 -0500 (EST)
From: "CPTnet: the news service of CPT"
<cptnet@mailman.cpt.org>
Subject: [CPTnet] AT-TUWANI REPORT: "The Dangerous Road to
Education. Palestinian Students Suffer Under Settler Violence
and Military Negligence"
CPTnet
4 January 2011
AT-TUWANI REPORT: "The Dangerous Road to
Education-Palestinian Students Suffer Under Settler Violence and
Military Negligence"
Operation Dove (Nonviolent Peace Corps of Association "Comunit=E0
Papa Giovanni XXIII") and Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) announce
the publication of the 2009-2010 report on the Israeli military escort
to the Palestinian schoolchildren from the villages of Tuba and
Maghayir al-Abeed.
An average of 18 Palestinian children
from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir al Abeed attend school in the
neighbouring village of At-Tuwani. To reach school, the children
typically use the primary road that connects their villages with
At-Tuwani and passes between the Israeli settlement of Ma'on and the
Israeli outpost of Havat Ma'on (Hill 833).
Since 2001, Israeli settlers from Havat
Ma'on have routinely attacked the children on their journey to and
from school, but it was not until November 2004 that Israeli
authorities established a daily military escort. Despite the
Israeli military escort, the children have been victims of violence
104 times between November 2004 and June 2010. The soldiers
carrying out the escort have at times failed to protect the children
and have frequently arrived late, causing the children to wait,
sometimes for hours, before and after school.
During the 2009-2010 school year,
children missed almost twenty-seven hours of school and waited
fifty-three hours for military escort after school.
In addition, the soldiers regularly
failed to provide a complete escort of the children, almost always
leaving the children to walk unescorted beside settlement buildings,
in an area where settlers have attacked them.
Despite the children's right to access
education, the military fails to provide a consistent escort for the
children. When the military does not arrive, the schoolchildren
must take alternative routes that take up to two hours by foot through
a rocky, hilly landscape. Furthermore, settlers attack the
children and their relatives on these longer paths.
Members of Operation Dove and Christian Peacemaker Teams have
had a continuous presence in the village of At-Tuwani since 2004 and
daily monitor the military escort of the schoolchildren.
The report "The Dangerous Road to Education.
Palestinian Students Suffer Under Settler Violence and Military
Negligence" is available as a PDF. Click here to download.
=== GAZAWATCH === BOATS
TO GAZA
o CANADIAN BOAT TO GAZA
You can also make out a cheque to
ALTERNATIVES (3720 avenue du Parc, bureau 300, Montreal, Québec, H2X
2J1), specifying in the "memo" line Canadian Boat to
Gaza.
B.C. Residents: please
follow the instructions above about making your cheque payable to
ALTERNATIVES but instead mail it to:
Canadian Boat to Gaza-B.C., Box 179, 101
- 1184 Denman St, Vancouver B.C. V6G
2M9
o JEWISH BOAT TO GAZA
Audio: Interview With
Yonatan Shapira Crew Member Of Jewish Boat To Gaza
30.09.10 - 13:04 Bethlehem - PNN - On Tuesday
this week the Israeli navy intercepted Jewish Boat to Gaza, Irene.
Despite claims by the Israeli Military that the boarding of Irene was
conducted in a non-violent manner and was without incident, those
onboard had something else to say.
The following is an Audio
interview with Yonatan Shapira a crew member of Irene. Go to:
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8839 and see these videos as
well:
Bethlehem: Christmas
2010
Christmas in Bethlehem: business is
slow as usual
The Palestinian Oktoberfest
2010
=== HERITAGEWATCH
===
⇒ New Minister for
Heritage
A new
minister has taken responsibility for heritage following the recent
cabinet shuffle on October 25, within a revamped ministry. The
Honourable Margaret MacDiarmid is the Minister of Tourism, Trade and
Investment. A family physician for 23 years, she is a rookie MLA
for Vancouver Fairview, who has already served over a year as
education minister. Her new portfolio has a strong business
focus, and includes tourism strategy, aboriginal tourism, and heritage
conservation.
Heritage may appear a little out of place, teamed up with
international trade policy and export market development. However,
this is a large and important ministry as the B.C. government makes
economic recovery the top priority, and Dr. MacDiarmid clearly has the
confidence of the premier and her colleagues.
Arts
and culture are split from heritage - an unusual arrangement.
They are with the new Ministry of Community, Sport, and Cultural
Development. Given that this ministry also holds local
government, it might seem a more logical home for heritage. The
new alignment indicates that the government sees heritage as a
significant element to the province's tourism industry and an
economic contributor.
⇒ FROM HERITAGE BC -- JANUARY 2011 -- A
CALL TO RENEW
Make Your Voice Heard!
Happy New Year from Heritage BC! It's time to make a fresh
start, so here is an item to consider for your list of New Year's
resolutions:
Write to the heritage minister, the Honourable Margaret
MacDiarmid, to express your support for heritage, and your concerns
about the present state of the province's heritage program.
We urge everyone who supports heritage conservation -- members,
community associations, local governments, professionals, and
individuals -- to make your voice heard. Heritage BC has taken
a number of steps already, the latest being to request a meeting with
the heritage minister to present our concerns to her directly.
The more voices that are heard, the stronger our collective advocacy
will be.
Click here for a sample letter to the heritage minister plus
news, media releases, background reading, and what others are
saying! =BB Call to Renew. Send your message
to:
Honourable Margaret MacDiarmid
Minister of Tourism, Trade and Investment
Room 347, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC V8V
1X4
Email: margaret.macdiarmid.mla@leg.bc.ca
Please send a copy of your message to the Premier and your local
MLA too! Heritage BC would also appreciate a copy by post or
email.
EXPRESS YOUR SUPPORT FOR HERITAGE!
⇒ Heritage Week 2011 ~~ Feb 21 to 27 ~~
http://www.heritagebc.ca/events/ for more
A Century of
Conservation: Parks and Cultural Landscapes
The 2011 Heritage
Week theme has been selected to honour the centennial of B.C. Parks.
British Columbia is
known around the world as a place of great natural beauty and
unspoiled wilderness. It makes sense that we would have one of
the greatest park systems in the world.
Today parks are a
responsibility of all levels of governments. And our parks are not
just places of natural beauty and wilderness. Some have great cultural
significance, or are noted for their historic landmarks and
structures. Many city parks are a conscious blend of nature and
planned landscape.
Whatever its size,
makeup or purpose, every park is a testament to the culture of
conservation which unites the values of heritage and environmental
protection.
March 1, 2011 marks
the 100th anniversary of the creation of the very first provincial
park in British Columbia - Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver
Island. Find out more: =BB
www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/BCParks100/
⇒ BC Parks
100
Find out more about
historic role and legacy of B.C.'s incredible network of parks, as
Heritage BC follows some of the news and events for the upcoming
centennial.
=BB BC Parks 100
⇒ Conserving
Historic Places in BC Provincial Parks
20ll marks the 100th
anniversary of British Columbia's provincial park system - a great
opportunity to focus on the history of our provincial parks, record
the significance of key historic places located within them, and plan
for the ongoing care of these historic resources.
BC Parks recently
partnered with BC Heritage Branch and community stakeholders to create
Statements of Significance (SOS) for historic places within 11
provincial parks. Denise Cook Design, Birmingham & Wood
Architects and Planners, and Unfolding Landscapes undertook the
research, site assessment, stakeholder consultation and document
preparation. The final report was presented to BC Parks senior staff
in March.
The BC Parks
Register Record Project documents the physical and historic context,
heritage values and character-defining elements of 24 historic places
in provincial parks. These include farmsteads, engineering
works, historic trails, fire lookout towers, Canada's first
backcountry Rocky Mountain ski lodge, and BC's last remaining inland
lighthouse.
⇒ Strathcona
Expedition Re-enacted
On Friday, July
29th, 1910, an expedition, led by British Columbia's Chief
Commissioner of Lands, the Honourable Price Ellison, reached the
summit of Crown Mountain in central Vancouver Island. Their objective
was to explore the surrounding region for the purposes of establishing
a park. On the advice of Ellison, legislation was enacted in March
1911, to create British Columbia's first Provincial Park,
Strathcona.
This summer the
Strathcona Centennial Expedition is following in the footsteps of the
original party and re-enacting Ellison's journey to kick off
celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the creation of Strathcona
and all of B.C.'s Provincial Parks.
Find
out more! =BB
www.wildisle.ca
http://www.wildisle.ca/strathcona-park/expedition/
=== TREEWATCH ===
Celebrating
Forests for People
Welcome to the
International Year of Forests, 2011 (Forests 2011) Web site, a global
platform to celebrate people's action to sustainably manage the
world's forests. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011
as the International Year of Forests to raise awareness on sustainable
management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of
forests.
Here, you will find
information regarding events being organised throughout the
International Year as well as interactive web tools and resources to
promote dialogue on forests. Tell us how you plan to celebrate
"forests for people" during 2011, so that we may showcase your
stories and initiatives through this website.
http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/
2011
January 21 -
30 --
International Green Week national awareness campaign
launch
Federal Minister
of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Germany; Berlin, Germany
January 24 - 4
February -- Ninth Session of the UN Forum on Forests / Launch of
the Int'l Year of Forests 2011
UNFF
Secretariat, UNHQ,
New York
=== HOPEWATCH
===
GOOD
SIGNS:
Muslims attend
Coptic churches, wish them Merry Christmas in a show of solidarity
with Christians.
Egypt's Muslims
support Coptic Christians on religious holiday
by the CNN Wire Staff January 7, 2011 -- Updated 1627 GMT
(0027 HKT)
(CNN) -- Egyptian Muslims attended Christmas
services Friday in a show of solidarity with Coptic Christians days
after a bombing killed 23 congregants in the country's
north.
Coptic Christians celebrate
Christmas Day according to the Julian calendar, and observed it on
Friday this year.
....... About 9
percent of Egypt's 80 million residents are Coptic
Christians.
Coptic Christians base their
theology on the teachings of the Apostle Mark, who introduced
Christianity to Egypt, according to St. Takla Church in Alexandria,
the capital of Coptic Christianity.
The religion is known for its
rift with other Christians in the fifth century over the definition of
the divinity of Jesus Christ.
The rest:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/07/egypt.coptic.church.attack/index.html
=== LANGUAGEWATCH ===
Reading cryptic WVM
The glossary so you can decipher abbreviations, etc. in
this newsletter has been updated to the end of 2010 and can be found
at www.westvan.org/glossary
Some recent additions include RAAC, DINKs, and
KIPPERS
=== WORDWATCH === Your
word for today from the OED is:
Kwanzaa, n.
Kwanzaa, n. ~~ Pronunciation: Brit. /?kwanz?/, U.S.
/?kw=AE=AAn?z=AE=AA/
Forms: 19- Kwanza, 19- Kwanzaa.
Etymology: < Swahili kwanza firstly, first (infinitive
of anza to begin) in the full name of the festival, matunda
ya kwanza, lit. 'first fruits (of the harvest)' (Maulana
Karenga 1966: see note below). The spelling in -aa was
originally chosen to lengthen the word so that the seven children to
whom the festival was first taught would each have their [sic] own
letter.
orig. and chiefly N. Amer. A secular festival
observed by many African-Americans from 26 December to 1 January, as a
celebration of family, community, and culture.
The festival is based on the Nguzo Saba, or seven principles:
Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima (collective
work and responsibility), Ujamaa (cooperative economics), Nia
(purpose), Kuumba (creativity), and Imani (faith).
The festival was initiated in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, an
African-American activist and scholar.
1971 N.Y. Times 24 Dec. 28/1 Mr. Sharpton
told a visitor that the purpose of conducting the Kwanza for black
children was a 'way of de-whitizing or talking [sic] the
commercialism out of this time of year. As black people, we need to
stress the educational, cultural and communal aspects of the
holiday.'
1977 Newsweek 19 Dec. 45 The first Kwanza
was celebrated in the U.S. in 1966.=C5d Kwanza is now flourishing as
an Afro-American alternative to Christmas. .....
1995 Gazette (Montreal) 23 Dec. (Weekly
Review section) b 1 Since 1966, a growing number of black communities
in the United States, Canada, Brazil and the Caribbean have been
observing Kwanzaa. The seven-day festival aims to heighten
self-esteem, hope, and dignity, and is deliberately
secular.
=== MAIKU
===
Dec 8/9
timelines of our lives
woven, interleaved, layered
but never reversed
2010 December 28/29
pause at precipice
of new year -- then
plunge
into
possibilities
The Future: time inchoate
--
we carve out the year
with daily actions
=== QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS/MANGLO
SAXON/PUNS ===
Each age has deemed the new-born
year
The fittest time for festal cheer
-- Sir Walter Scott,
Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet (1771 -
1832)
New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to
make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can
begin paving hell with them as usual.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne
Clemens), American author and humorist (1835 - 1910)
{Thinking
of Public Correspondence on the DWV ccl mtg
agenda............}
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one
often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong
won't.
-- Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman
and abolitionist (1813 - 1887)
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight
you, then you win.
-- Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political (pacifist) leader (1869 -
1948)
MANGLO SAXON by R. S. Young
Marvellously
mangled meanings for well-worn words.......with sample
sentences
DEFOLIANT: a contraceptive for horses
The herd hasn't grown since I started spraying the paddock with
defoliant
GNOME: the sort of grassland where and the antelope and the gnu
live
Gnome, gnome on the range.
NINCOMPOOPS: the guano of the nincom bat
Watch out for those batty guys or you're going to get covered in
nincompoops.
DUMPLING: an abandoned child
"Is it true you're not my real Mommy?"
"Well, yes, my little dumpling."
MELANCHOLIC: a stomachache from eating too many cantaloupes
Just one more slice or the consequence might be
melancholic.
Hints b/c it is the first time and you need to know how to
'play':
foal, a baby horse; song, "Home on the Range"; too
easy; dumping a child; melon, colic (indigestion)
So can you figure these out?
AQUAPLANE: non-sparkling spring water
"A surf and turf for me, please. And
could we have a little aquaplane.
AVOIRDUPOIS: in possession of peas
"Am I to assume from the weight of the shucks in your pockets
that I've caught you avoirdupois?"
CHEVROLET: with goat's milk
"Wd you like that chevrolet?"
"No, thank you. I prefer black."
(Links: aqua means water, so plain water; avoir means 'to
have' and pois means 'peas' in French; chevre means goat, then think
of cafe au lait (with milk).
PUNS
o What do Streamkeepers say at
Christmas?
Co-ho-ho
o Greengrocers
earn a meager celery, come home beet and just want to read the pepper,
take a leek, turnip the covers endive into bed.
o Mine safety is
riddled with legal pitfalls.
o The envelope's
favourite thing to watch, just happens to always be on paper
view.