WVM2011-08
Apr 4 Ccl NOTES
Apr 18 AGENDA
Calendar to May 13
by
Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
www.WestVan.org
Passover, Vaisakhi, Easter, -- oh yes, and an
election
MAIN ITEMS on Ccl Agenda Apr 18: Delegation: NSh Cmte re
Cycling Coalition; Wetmore OCP and Zoning Bylaws
second/third reading; Fisherman's Cove Fuel Dock; Non-Enforcement of
Noise Control for BC Ferries on Wed Apr 20; 20th & Esquimalt
OCP and Zoning Bylaws (consultation to date deemed sufficient) and DPA
with PH May 16; Bylaw Enforcement Amendment Bylaw intro; DPA 2430
Russet; NSEMO Report; among Corresp: Taxes, Pacific Arbour, Safeway
site; RGS, UN Trip accountability, Lynum's Garden, City
of WV in Centenary?
= Vive le Canada (being responsible); from the
EDITOR'S DESK (WVM; crossroads); UPDATES & INFO (UN medal; rapid
notify; RGS; Olympic Village; 2011 Census; WVPD CompStat
Report; WRA Update)
= CALENDAR to May 13th; CULTUREWATCH (Theatre; Art;
Music; Opera); NATUREWATCH (Lynn Canyon); SUBSCRIBER HEADSUP (two
IDEAS II mtgs plus an Open House and more opps coming!)
= Ccl Mtg NOTES Apr 4th:
Public Hearing on Wetmore, then Ccl Mtg: Library's Five-Yr
Plan (2011 - 2015); RGS Acceptance Report; TransLink
Customer Report; May 2nd ccl mtg changed to 6pm at Cmnty Ctr
followed by Youth Ccl Mtg at 7pm (thank gosh, moved to May
9th); Devt Permit mtg for Highgrove (Rodgers Crk) May 2nd;
Devt Applic Status Report to Mar 25; Hollyburn Cabin Permits
(ten years); Correspondence on Safeway site, Pacific Arbour (Wetmore),
posting of letters/agendas, RCMP contract in AB, Fire/Emergency
Services Comments
= Ccl Mtg AGENDA Apr 18th
= ANIMALWATCH (cat and dolphins; robins in spring!);
OTTAWAWATCH/WOMANWATCH (far from equality at top in Canada?);
HOUSINGWATCH (be grateful yours secure); PEACEWATCH (Kurds
crumbling?); VOTEWATCH; TREEWATCH (UN Int'l Year of Forests); GAZA
BOAT; ROYALWATCH (Kate's Village; Aristocratic Titles; Wedding
Rehearsal); DRIVINGWATCH (DUI); LANGUAGEWATCH (I/me again); WORDWATCH
(infandous); POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; MAIKU (obligation);
QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS/PUNS
=== Vive le CANADA
===
When living in a country that can choose its leaders, the burden
is particularly heavy. What if you like the policies but not the
leader or like the leader but not the policies.
Weigh your priorities, evaluate the possibilities, calculate the
consequences.
Let us hope for the best. A week is a long time in politics
and we've got two!
Remember, our system is called "responsible" govt, IOW
we are responsible for choosing the govt -- then we have to make sure
they're made accountable. We're responsible for choosing the
next time too.
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK
===
WVM
Subscribers get WVM first however a disadvantage is that
sometimes additions and revisions are made. The printed WVM
therefore may not be the same as the email one. Subscribers do,
however, get updates. If the difference is more than trivial,
the hard copies will have an R or symbol after the number. WVM
is then put up on the website some time after that so it will always
be the latest version. With the recent problems am sure there
are errors and omissions; pls bear with me and let me know about them
asap.
FEDERAL ELECTION
Oh, Libran: 'balance' with the symbol of the scales, concerned
with Justice. We look at both sides and are often indecisive.
The choices this election are causing more thought than usual.
I'm in the middle. To paraphrase a well-known saying, a
capitalist with a human face.
We have to create a situation that biz can do well -- esp with
competition from countries where the wages are a few dollars a day
(and rather than supporting our companies, some "Canadians"
buy products made elsewhere or go across the border to fill American
coffers -- so they can be taxed for the social measures we want.
Yes, I wrote "Canadians" b/c surely it's death wish
that some fight for higher wages, thus making it more difficult for a
Cdn company to keep costs down and stay in biz, yet drive south of the
border to buy things cheaper (where unions are not so strong and wages
are lower). Worse, they then appear on TV so pleased at how much
less they paid for what they bought. How do they expect Cdn biz
to survive? Or their own company that can't lower prices b/c
paying them higher wages.
So much for patriotism.
And helping fellow Canadians.
In case you're curious, I'm in the centre -- on the right for
some issues and slightly left for others.
Hence debating.
will set out the determining factors later.
=== UPDATES AND INFO
===
- Media Release - West
Vancouver Wins Medal Certificate at the United Nations
Friday, April
08, 2011
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=33620
Friday, April 8,
2011 - West Vancouver was honoured last night in New York City as a
recipient of the Medal Certificate and recognized as a Global Green
City by the United Nations. The Medal Certificate was presented by Mr.
Lu Haifeng, Secretary General of Global Forum on Human Settlements.
The West Vancouver delegation includes: Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones,
Councillor Trish Panz, community leader Tarah Stafford, and Manager of
Sustainability Stephen Jenkins.
Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones says, "The best protection of public
and private assets happens when political leaders, professionals, and
volunteer experts come together. West Vancouver's mission is to
inspire excellence and lead by example. We are honoured to have been
recognized for that."
West Vancouver's
presentation to the Sixth Global Forum on Human Settlement, hosted by
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), focused on West
Vancouver's model for citizen engagement and key projects and
initiatives which have resulted from citizen-led working groups. Such
initiatives include: energy retro-fits of homes, water meter
installation, and foreshore restoration.
In addition, West
Vancouver's presentation focused on the policy framework at the
provincial level, notably the Government of British Columbia's
carbon tax. This underscores British Columbia and Metro Vancouver's
immense potential to be the centre for green innovation and to build a
green economy.
See:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/News/Media_Releases/2011_Media_Releases/UN_PRESENTATION_FINALDRAFT.pdf
- North Shore Residents Encouraged to Sign Up for Rapid
Notify
Subject: Register for Emergency Notifications
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=33572
There is an important new tool on the North Shore to help keep
you safe in the event of emergency.
The Rapid Notify system can send out mass notifications through
e-mail, telephone, cell phone, SMS test message, and pagers. The
messages can be used to warn people of potential hazards to health and
safety, such as:
large fire
chemical spill
evacuation notice
severe weather conditions
missing person alert
police activity
Individuals may register their contact information to the system.
When an alert is issued, registrants will be informed of the nature of
the situation and given instructions on how to protect
themselves.
How to register
Go to www.nsemo.org and click on the link on the right hand side
of home page. This will allow you to set up your self-registration
account.
Who should register
Anyone can self-register. Whether you live or work on the North
Shore, it does not matter. All you need is a North Shore address to
insert into the address field of the online form. This can be a
residential or work address.
Metro Vancouver has voted in favour of pursuing binding
arbitration to force the city of Coquitlam to approve a proposed
regional growth strategy, fearing the project would be derailed for
years down the road. Metro chief administrative officer Johnny Carline
recommended in a special meeting that directors ask the provincial
government to step in with binding arbitration, saying in a report
that Metro had made extensive efforts to accommodate Coquitlam's
demands and "a non-binding process would likely be costly, time
consuming and futile." The long-awaited strategy, which aims to
curb urban sprawl, build density around transit hubs, and protect
agricultural land for local food production, requires consensus from
municipalities and TransLink.
Vancouver officials estimated Friday the Olympic village will
have a shortfall of between $40-50 million after all the units are
sold and the construction loan paid off. That shortfall is the first
concrete confirmation that the city will likely not recover all of the
$578 million it is still owed by the former owner, Millennium
Developments. But it is far better than initial estimates by Vancouver
Mayor Gregor Robertson that the city could be "on the hook"
for the entire cost of the $1 billion village. And it is better still
than the potential $150 million shortfall estimated by some council
members and development experts after the city forced Millennium into
"voluntary" receivership.
The Integrated First Nations Unit of WV Police and the NV RCMP
(IFNU) has added another important tool for the Unit's work with the
Squamish and Tsleil Waututh First Nations.
IFNU is publicly announcing launch of the Integrated First
Nations Unit website (
http://ifnu.bc.rcmp.ca) and a
companion page on Facebook.
IFNU was created in 2008 to provide enhanced First Nations
policing services on the North Shore and in Squamish. A key
mandate of the Unit is to build communication and
understanding between Police and members of the Tsleil Waututh and
Squamish First Nations.
The IFNU website is intended to serve that goal by helping
to fully inform community members about the Unit and its ongoing
work, and to provide community members with information on working
with police for community safety.
- Goals and Objectives of the
Integrated First Nations Unit and the Police and Community
Partnership that created IFNU.
- Community Profiles of the Squamish and
Tsleil Waututh First Nations served by IFNU with links to
learn unique histories of their Peoples.
- Integrated First Nations Unit News
updating new developments and ongoing initiatives of IFNU.
Community Tips to provide information on protecting
yourself against offences or other risks.
- Events In Our Communities
Visit our Photo Gallery for a look back on events IFNU has
taken part in.
All members of the Tsleil Waututh and Squamish First Nations and
the General Public are invited to visit
http://ifnu.bc.rcmp.ca and our
companion page on Facebook(
www.facebook.com - Search
IFNU)
Starting May 2
all households in Canada will receive a yellow census
package. The information it gathers is important for our
community and is vital for planning services such as schools, daycare,
police services, and fire protection. Census jobs are still
available in WV. For more info, visit census2011.gc.ca
- West Vancouver Police
Department's 2010 Year End Report on Crime
[CompStat]
...As part of their
presentation, the WVPD crime analyst advised council that Break and
Enters, as well as vehicle related crimes, were all down.
Specifically:
Residential Break and Enters, down by 21%
Theft of Vehicles, down by 37%
Theft from Vehicles, down by 25%
Commercial Break and Enters, down by 11%
Press Release:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=32990
Report:
https://wvpd.ca/images/stories/file/CompStat%202011/2010%20CompStat%20Year%20End%20Report_FINAL.pdf
o Please be advised that solicitation for donations in
support of the "Friends for Historical Piers Non-Profit League"
is not sanctioned by the District of West Vancouver or the WRA.
o As WRA did last month, we will be having a Nifty-Thrifty
Outreach Draw at our meetings, so tuck a toonie or two in your pocket.
As most of you know, part of the proceeds from the Nifty Thrifty Shop
went to the less fortunate in our community. The 50/50 draw is a
continuation of this program. Tix are one for $2, three for $5 and
will be on sale at the door before the meeting (Apr 19).
o Gleneagles School Intersection
Representatives from the WRA, the PAC, and the Rosebery block
adjacent to the school met with Director of Engineering Ray Fung on
April 13th to discuss issues with this intersection. The District will
be hiring a consultant to look at a solution for the intersection with
a preference for a roundabout. Funds have been set aside and the
intent is to commence work as soon as school is out with a view to
completion over the summer. Various aspects regarding safety for
children were also discussed including the "walking schoolbus"
program, the value of supervision at crosswalks, and so forth.
======= CALENDAR to May
13th =======
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 (see just above). They then
appear in the next newsletter.
NB: b/c the next WVM isn't
due until just before the next ccl mtg May 9th, three weeks from now,
this list obviously will be missing subsequently scheduled mtgs and
events.
== Monday Apr 18
Building Low-Carbon Cities: A Response to Climate
Change
~ 7 to 9pm ~ SFU Harbour Ctr campus
- Climate change presents an
unprecedented challenge for the planet and must be addressed by
humankind as a whole. The building of model low-carbon cities is a
critical step in responding to this challenge. This
presentation will summarize the outcomes of the Sixth Global Forum on
Human Settlements which will focus on the theme, Building Low-Carbon
Cities, being held in New York in April, 2011.
- Noel Brown is the President
of the Friends of the United Nations (UN), a non governmental
organization dedicated to advancing the cause of the UN by building
public awareness of and mobilizing support for its initiatives. Dr.
Brown also serves on the Board of Directors of several organizations
including the Climate Institute, the Earth Communications Office, the
Rainforest Alliance, Roots for Peace, and International Sea-keepers
Society. Moderator: Gordon Price, Program Director, SFU City
Program
- Reservations recommended as seating is limited.
Visit: www.sfu.ca/reserve
== Tuesday Apr 19 ~ Western Residents' Assn; Information
Meeting: Horseshoe Bay Wharf
~ 7:30pm ~
Gleneagles Clubhouse; (perhaps Anne Russell WVPD BlockWatch as
well)
Guests: Cdn Coast Guard Auxiliary; Anne Mooi, WV Dir/Parks; Andrew
Banks, Sr Mgr, Parks
The topic of discussion will be the potential for
relocation of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary-P Station 1 to the
wharf in Horseshoe Bay. We expect this meeting to be very lively and
would encourage our members to participate, to learn from the Coast
Guard and West Vancouver staff, and to add their comments regarding
the use of the wharf in the context of the future of the Horseshoe Bay
waterfront.
== Wednesday Apr 20 ~ 7pm ~ Library
Board at Library and Bd of Variance in Ccl Chamber
== Thursday Apr 21
~ Earth Day at Gleneagles ~ noon - 5pm
Come ready
to learn about the environment from local experts and discover how we
can work together to keep our planet clean and healthy. This event
will include a variety of activities and adventures, so please dress
for the weather and be ready to learn. Gleneagles Cmnty
Ctr
Celebrated every April 22
Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated
environmental event worldwide.
More than 6 million Canadians
join 1 billion people in over 170 countries in staging events and
projects to address local environmental issues. Nearly every school
child in Canada takes part in an Earth Day activity.
http://www.earthday.ca/pub/about/history.php
*** HAPPY EASTER ***
* Good Friday Apr 22; Easter Sunday Apr 24; Easter
Monday Apr 25 *
== Saturday Apr 23
~ 11am - 3pm~ Easter Craft Day at Park
Royal
Are you and your family ready for the Easter Bunny? Join us at
Park Royal South Centre Court for some family fun crafting
activities. We will assist your little ones in creating
one-of-a-kind Easter Bunny Bags -- and no clean up at home
necessary! Park Royal will do it all. These bags are perfect for
collecting Easter eggs and are appropriate for children under 12 years
old. Note that children will be seated on a first come, first
served basis and we will do our best to accommodate everyone.
See you there!
~ 1 - 4pm ~
Egg-cellent Easter at the Aquatic Centre
The Easter Bunny will be visiting the West Vancouver Aquatic Centre.
Come enjoy the treats and games.
== Sunday Apr 24
~ 9:30am - 1pm ~ 1st Annual North Shore 5km Earth
Run
Join thousands across Canada to raise awareness and funds
for a healthy planet!
The 1st annual North Shore Earth Run takes place at
Ambleside Park. There will be musical entertainment, a Green Expo, and
plenty of family activities including a kids' run and an Easter egg
hunt. So, spend time with family and friends, check out the new
Spirit Trail, and show your support for the environment.
Money raised will go to the David Suzuki Foundation and West Vancouver
Streamkeepers. Run details and registration information can be
found at www.earthrun.com
~ noon - 2pm
~ Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt
Hop on - 4 - down to
John Lawson Park and join in the Lions Club Kids' Easter Egg Hunt.
Easter Egg Hunt starts at 1pm.
~ 4pm ~
St. Stephen's Anglican Church (885 - 22nd) invites you to its
Jazz Vespers Service
The featured guests are City Soul Choir, directed
by Brian Tate. The choir has established itself as
a welcome addition to Vancouver's choral scene with its inspiring
renditions of spirituals, gospel, and world music.
== Tuesday Apr 26 ~ 7pm~ Parks Master Plan WG [see
workshop on Thurs 28]
== Wednesday Apr 27
~ 6:30pm Open House display; 7pm
Cmnty Consultation Mtg (Kiwanis Seniors Housing Society proposal 900
Blk 21st St.) at Pauline Johnson Elementary School, gym, 1150 - 22nd
St; to 10pm
== Thursday Apr 28
~
4:30pm ~ Design Review Cmte -- CANCELLED
~ 5pm ~
NShAdv Cmte on Disability Issues at DNV M Hall
~
5:30pm ~ WVPD Board mtg in Police Boardroom
~
6:30pm ~ Parks Master Plan Workshops start! (see end of this
section)
== Friday Apr 29 -- Save the Frog Day?
== Saturday Apr 30
~
1:30pm ~ Srs' Activity Ctr: Royal Wedding Tea Party - CANCELLED
~ 10am - 1pm ~
Adopt-A-Fish
Release your own
baby salmon into McDonald Creek for its first swim as a wild fish!
Join the West Vancouver Streamkeeper
Society and the Coho Society for this free and
fun event. Three years from now, your fish may return as an adult
salmon to the same stream to continue the cycle of life.
Participants are
asked to come to the Memorial Library to pick up their
Salmon Release Certificate. After a short walk to Memorial Park
(across the street), you will be given a bucket and your own baby
salmon (maybe you want to name it!) from the Capilano Hatchery. You
can observe and then release your salmon, carefully, into McDonald
Creek, and say goodbye as it makes its way toward the
ocean.
Refreshments and
information about salmon will also be available at the event. This
event is sponsored by Park Royal Shopping Centre and will take place
rain or shine. Place: WV Memorial Library and Memorial Park
~ 1 - 3pm ~ Fire
Services Recruitment Information Session
N Sh Municipalities to
host Fire Services Recruitment Information Session and Open
House
District of North
Vancouver Fire Training Centre, 900 St. Denis Avenue, North
Vancouver
The Districts of
North Vancouver and West Vancouver, and the City of North Vancouver
will be accepting applications for firefighter positions from July 4
to July 27.
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=33644
~ 5 - 10pm ~ Valborg
Celebration
Join the
Swedish Cultural Society in Ambleside Park at their annual family
event with singing around the bonfire and a hotdog roast. Info:
626 3999
MAY
== Thursday May 5 ~ 4:30pm ~ Design Review
Cmte
== Tuesday May 10 ~ 7pm ~ Parks Master Plan
WG
>>> PARKS MASTER PLAN WG
WORKSHOPS <<<
complete info:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=33846
Next Step -
Community Workshops: The community at large is invited to attend a
workshop and provide input.
Thursday,
April 28 - West
Vancouver Community Centre, 2121 Marine Drive (Dance and Fitness
Studio, Second Floor)
Wednesday,
May 4
- Sentinel School, 1250 Chartwell Drive, (School
Library)
Monday, May
9 - West
Vancouver
Community Centre,
2121 Marine Drive (Cedar Room, Third Floor)
Tuesday, May
10
- Gleneagles Golf Clubhouse, 6190 Marine Drive (Great
Hall)
Time: Each workshop's doors open at 6:30pm and the
workshop begins at 7pm
At these workshops,
you will be asked questions like:
What
do you like most about West Vancouver's
parks?
What
aspects need attention?
What
is your vision for the future of the District's
parks?
We look forward to
your participation in this dialogue and would be pleased to answer
your questions.
Please email us or call the Parks Dept at 925 7130 if
you would like to attend. Registration at the workshops is not
required, but it is preferred.
o Good news: Mobile device users can now find books,
CDs and DVDs, place holds, check their accounts, renew items, browse
library event listings, and contact their Library directly from their
mobile device. The new mobile catalogue works with the Android,
BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and any mobile phone with a web
browser.
Find out more...
o
Use your smartphone as your Library Card! Make
your iPhone, iPod touch, Android, or Blackberry smartphone your
library card with CardStar. The CardStar app allows you to
consolidate your reward and membership cards from libraries, grocery
stores and others onto your smartphone. It's FREE and can be
setup in minutes! Find out more
here.
=
EASTER PUPPET SHOW (3-6Y)
Come to an
egg-citing puppet show to get ready for Easter. 1:30pm
Tues Apr 19. Drop-in, but space is limited.
o The Clean Bin Project -- 1:30pm
Tues Apr 26
Join us for a special documentary movie screening of
The Clean Bin Project. Partners Jen and Grant go
head to head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and
produce the least landfill garbage in an entire year.
The Clean Bin
Project presents the serious topic of waste reduction with
optimism, humour, and inspiration for individual action.
o Wednesday April
27 ~ Friends of
the Library Meeting
~ 12:30 - 2 pm
= BOOKtopia
2011
West
Vancouver's Children's Literature Festival -- April 28 - May
15
BOOKtopia is an
annual festival of children's literature intended to promote
literacy, celebrate language arts, and cultivate creative thought in
West Vancouver. BOOKtopia offers a series of events for preschool,
elementary, and secondary school students at the Kay Meek Centre and
the West Vancouver Memorial Library. Events include author visits,
illustrator's workshops, poetry readings, storytelling, poetry
slams, and other spoken word events. A special part of this year's
festival will include a presentation to of the winners of the Member
of Parliament Award for Writing 2011.
For a list of all
events, visit
BOOKtopia.ca
o BOOKtopia Bookmaking Workshop
Create a special BOOKtopia-themed art project! Make a T-shaped
"self-identity" book. Finished books will be displayed as
part of the BOOKtopia 2011's art exhibition. 4pm Thursday April
28, Storyhouse. Registration required but space is
limited. Call 925 7408 to register. Registration begins Monday, April
4.
o Join us for the BOOKtopia launch party and art
reception. Enjoy cookies and juice, take in the artwork and celebrate
the beginning of BOOKtopia 2011! 4pm Friday April
29
o
Cypress through the Seasons ~ 2 - 4pm ~ Saturday Apr
30
Cypress Provincial Park, located in the mountains above West
Vancouver, contains an exceptional number of beautiful subalpine
flowering plants. Join the
Lighthouse Park Preservation Society for a slide
show presentation that will show the development of these
plants through the seasons and the park's rich biological
diversity.
= Monday May
2 May is Census
Month
Libraries rely
heavily on Statistics Canada's census data! If you have questions
about the 2011 Census please see the Information Desk.
= English
Corner ~ Fridays Apr
29, May 6, 13 ~
Practise English Conversation 10 - 11:30am
For more information
please call Fariba Rocker at 604 506 6616.
+++ WV MUSEUM +++
http://westvancouvermuseum.ca/exhibitions/current_exhibition
Sylvia
Tait: A Classical Spirit ~ Apr 13 to May 21
Abstract painter Sylvia
Tait studied at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts under Arthur Lismer,
Jacques de Tonnancoeur, and Eldon Grier before settling on the West
Coast. Her work is influenced by abstract expressionism with colour-
infused forms clustered or linked together and migrating across the
surfaces of her canvases. This exhibition features a broad survey of
Tait's work from the early 1960s to the present.
April 19 - May 1 ~ Capilano University IDEA Program:
"REFLECTIONS 2012" -- Original
Paintings and 2012 Calendar launch
Opening Reception: Tuesday April 19 from 6 -
8pm
Artists in Attendance: Saturday April 23 from 2
-3pm
GRAD SHOW 2011 ~
May 3 - 15
Mixed Media
exhibition of art by graduating students of Collingwood, Mulgrave,
Rockridge, Sentinel, and West Vancouver Secondary.
Opening Reception: Friday May 6 from 5 -
8pm
"Blossoming" April 19 - May 1
This duo show is a colourful celebration of floral beauty. Maryam
Vancouver's art is always full of passion with vivid colour and bold
compositions. Fauvism Contemporary is the style she employs.
Jennifer Lamb's deep affinity for flowers is evident in her bright
macro photographs, which either reveal minute details or offer only a
gesture of the bloom. She wants you to share in the delight of what
she discovered along the garden path.
See a selection of Jennifer images:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beauty/sets/72157626110225039/
Opening reception Tuesday April 19th from 6 -
8pm
"Happiness
Reigns" May 3 - 15th
Paintings by Gordon Davis "I
paint for leisure and enjoyment. I use lots of colour - no clouds or
dull greys, and my theme is always happiness and joy." Most of
Gordon's work is pleine aire and verges towards expressionism, pushing
a little away from reality.
Opening reception will be
held Tuesday May 3rd 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 (also for tix) or email
tickets@kaymeekcentre.com
> Theatre West Van presents Caught In The
Net
~ 8pm
Saturday, April 16, Thurs 21, Fri 22, Sat 23, Fri 29, and Sat 30 at 2
and 8pm
> RAHIM
SHAHRIARI AND ARAZ IN CONCERT -- 8pm Saturday April 23
> MOVIES AT THE MEEK: EXIT THROUGH
THE GIFT SHOP --
7:30pm Monday April
25
> A SMALL
ACT -- 7pm Wednesday April 27
Students from WV
Secondary School travelled to the rural Kenyan village of Salabwek
this past December where they built a classroom and learned about a
new culture. While there, they realized how fortunate they are to have
grown up in the prosperous community of West Vancouver. The underlying
message that the students learned in Salabwek is that education can
end the cycle of poverty that is prevalent throughout the world. When
the students returned home from their trip they formed a club (Club
Salabwek) dedicated to raising the funds to build a school in a
developing country.
The students'
first major fundraiser is hosting a screening of A Small Act at
West Vancouver's Kay Meek Centre. Along with the screening of
the film there will also be a silent auction. Single tickets
$20
> COLLINGWOOD
SCHOOL PRESENTS DANCE THE WORLD: SPRING... 7pm
Thurs April 28, 29
> BOOKTOPIA:
GRADE FIVE AUTHOR VISIT WITH KAREN LEVINE
Tuesday May 3 at 10:30am and 1:30pm; Wednesday May 4 at 8:30am
> BOOKTOPIA:
GRADE TWO AUTHOR VISIT WITH TED STAUNTON
Thursday May 5 at 10:30am and 1:30pm
> PENHALL ART A
BOOST FOR CULTURAL HEART OF WEST...
6pm Thursday May 5
> I.C.C WESTERN
CANADA PRESENTS: OIL TAP
-- 8pm Friday May
6
> IAN EDWARDS:
IN THE PICTURE
-- 8pm Friday May
6
+++ 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:
Drop in -- This fun night
is for Branch members and guests
...April 21,
May 5, 19, June 2, 16 & 30.
Info - call Kelvin Andrew - 921 9665.
APRIL CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
FUN DARTS - Drop
in
This fun night is
for Branch members and guests -- Thursdays - April 7th &
21st
Information -
call Kelvin Andrew - 921 9665
Saturday April
23rd
Furry Creek Golf
Tournament followed by dinner in the Hall. Sign up in the Lounge for
this annual, fun event! Music by the "Die
Hards"
April 29th
-- Dinner in the Lounge
with dancing. Dinner $12 - Menu to be announced
+++ WV CHAMBER of COMMERCE + 926
6614 + http://www.westvanchamber.com
Apr 26 -- Zero-Waste Challenge: Accelerating
Multi-Family Waste Diversion
Location: Hollyburn Country Club -- The Metro
Vancouver Board of Directors, in cooperation with the Chambers of
Commerce and Boards of Trade, invite you to join them for a special
series of Future of the Region Sustainability Dialogues on the
Zero-Waste Challenge.
Learn More
https://www.westvanchamber.com/page/calendar/ezlist_event_4544048d-55c3-44e3-86b0-15b19d4a0d1d.aspx
Apr 28 -- Horseshoe Bay's 4th Annual Taste of the
Bay
Tickets for Taste of the Bay are $20 and will be available online
and at Gleneagles Community Centre on April 1st! However, the Business
Market is OPEN now! Tables are going quickly! To book your table and
showcase your business, e-mail Events Coordinator, Jan Skelly, at
jan@westvanchamber.com or call 926 6614. Call today!
Non-Profit Table - 150.00,
Members' Table -
250.00,
Non-Members Table - 300.00
Register
=== CULTUREWATCH
===
*
THEATRE
+ BARD ON THE
BEACH http://www.bardonthebeach.org/ June 2nd to Sept
24
As You Like
It: June 9th; grand opening celebration (by invitation
only)
The Merchant of Venice
opens Saturday June 18
Henry VI, Wars of the
Roses, opens Wednesday July 6
Richard III opens
Saturday July 16.
Tix:
book online or call Box Office M-F 9am to 4pm, 739 0559; reserved
seating this year.
o Everything You Wanted To
Know About Shakespeare - April 20
Do you secretly find Shakespeare a
little daunting and mystifying? Have no fear, Bard's Director of
Education Mary Hartman is here. Mary brings her unique style and
insight into the world of Shakespeare. Hear about life in
Shakespeare's London, the playhouses, the staging and theatrical
conventions of the period, and the vitality of Shakespeare's language.
Mary breaks it all down with her extraordinary enthusiasm and
wit.
Free! (pre-registration required); 7pm Wednesday April 20;
SFU Woodwards 149 W Hastings
Do you secretly find Shakespeare a little daunting and
mystifying? Have no fear, Bard's Director of Education Mary Hartman is
here. Mary brings her unique style and insight into the world of
Shakespeare. Hear about life in Shakespeare's London, the playhouses,
the staging and theatrical conventions of the period and the vitality
of Shakespeare's language. Mary breaks it all down with her
extraordinary enthusiasm and wit. Price: Free!
(pre-registration required)
- Bill's Birthday
Breakfast
Join us for Bill's Birthday Breakfast
and meet the 2011 directors as they share their exclusive insights and
artistic visions for Bard's 22nd Season.
~ 7:30 - 9am ~ Thursday May 5
/ Place: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre (1088 Burrard)
Tix: $40pp / Proceeds benefit Bard
Education programs
/ http://www.bardonthebeach.org/breakfast
+ Arts Club (687
1644) www.artsclub.com
- Stanley Industrial
Alliance -- Hairspray starring Jay Brazeau May 7 to
July 10
- Revue Stage on Granville
Island
Another Home
Invasion by Joan MacLeod; Mar 31st to Apr 23; one-woman
performance, facing life's challenges with humour and dignity.
Tarragon Theatre
+ Jericho Arts
Centre (1675
Discovery) 224 8007
- Rosmersholm by Henrik
Ibsen; Apr 1 - 24
- Spring Forward, created
and directed by Joan Bryans; Apr 4 - 20
+ Metro Theatre 266
7191 -- 42nd
Street by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble; Apr 2 -
30
+ The Cultch 251
1363
Dress me up in Your Love -- stories about fashion from Apr 19
to 23
+ Hendry Hall 983
2633
If we are women by Cdn playwright Joanna
McClelland Glass; Apr 8 to 23
+ Presentation House
Theatre
The Yeoman of the Guard, NSh Light Opera Society presents
Gilbert & Sullivan, Apr 15 - 30
* ART
+ VANCOUVER ART
GALLERY
~ VAG PUBLIC PROGRAMS
-- All Programs free for Members.
~ Out for Lunch
-- Eine Kleine Lunch Musik Select Fridays, 12:10 -
1pm
* MUSIC
La Traviata: April
30, May 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 (all perfs at 7:30pm)
Parisian courtesan
Violetta leads a life of wild indulgence until she discovers the love of Alfredo, a true and
good-hearted man. When their relationship threatens to disgrace his
well-placed family, Alfredo's father privately pressures Violetta to
leave, and the couple is torn apart. After bitterness and
misunderstanding, they are reunited in forgiveness, but tragically it
is too late: Violetta's precarious health fails and Alfredo is left
alone.
Verdi's most popular opera
is realized in a gorgeous new co-production deftly directed by the
prodigiously talented Sir Jonathan Miller. Sumptuous parties,
passionate encounters and intimate scenes of tragic tenderness,
together with dramatic and vocal intensity from beginning to end, make
this a wonderful opera experience.
This production of La
Traviata is a co-production of Vancouver Opera and Glimmerglass
Opera.
http://www.vancouveropera.ca/la_traviata.html
Opera Speaks @
VPL
In
partnership with the Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver Opera
presents its award-winning series of free public forums on themes and
issues arising from the season's operas. In these fascinating and
lively sessions, esteemed writers, academics, practitioners, artists
and other creative thinkers engage in penetrating discussion and
dialogue that deepen the connections between the operas' stories and
our lives.
All Opera
Speaks events are 7 - 9pm in the Alice MacKay Room of the central
branch of Vancouver Public Library. Admission is free. Seating is
limited. Arrive early!
~ 7pm
~ Tuesday, April 19
-- A Feature Interview With Sir Jonathan
Miller
Sir Jonathan Miller is
one of the world's most fascinating and creative polymaths: opera
and theatre director, neuropsychologist, writer, television presenter
and humourist. He rose to fame 50 years ago as part of the influential
British comedy show "Beyond the Fringe", with Dudley Moore, Peter
Cook, and Alan Bennett. He is in Vancouver to direct La
Traviata.
Bard on the Beach
artistic director Christopher Gaze will engage Sir Jonathan in a
feature-length interview about his work, his life, and his provocative
ideas. An excerpt from La Traviata will be performed. Thanks to Bard
on the Beach for their support!
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Statement
+ Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra
o Power & Beauty: Brahms
& Sibelius
Orpheum Theatre Saturday 8pm Apr 30, Sunday 2pm May 1, Monday 8pm May
2
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor; Augustin
Hadelich, Violin
Louie: The Eternal Earth; Sibelius: Violin Concerto;
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Augustin Hadelich is an
exciting young musician who makes his VSO debut performing the
lyrical, brooding, and beautiful Sibelius Violin
Concerto. This concert also features the magnificent First
Symphony of Johannes Brahms.
o Alessio Bax Plays
Mozart
Orpheum Theatre Saturday 8pm May 7, Monday 8pm May 9
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor; Alessio Bax,
piano
Toru Takemitsu: Rain Coming;
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27; Nielsen Symphony
No. 4, The Inextinguishable
Making his VSO debut, Italian
pianist Alessio Bax performs a beautiful Mozart piano concerto.
Bax is an Avery Fisher Career Grant winner, and a gifted
interpreter of Classical piano works.
Summer Festival tix go on sale April 15
=== NATUREWATCH ===
Sunday May 1
Title: The Canyon Transformed: The forest above and the rocks
below.
An interpretive geology/forest ecology walk for the Lynn Canyon
Ecology Centre.
Meeting location: Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre in Lynn Canyon Park,
District of North Vancouver
Access: At the end of Peters Road which is off Lynn Valley
Road
Cost: $5; Pre-Registration: 990 3755; Meeting time: 1:00 pm;
Duration: 1.5 hours.
Description of event: Walk with geologist/biologist David
Cook along some of the trails of Lynn Canyon Park, the largest piece
of natural parkland in the District of North Vancouver. The park
follows the valley of Lynn Creek which has in places cut a deep canyon
down into the hard granitic basement rocks in the relatively short
time since the ice receded from the area about 12000 years ago. We
will see features which will enable us to reconstruct the
geological history of the area over the last 100 million years. You
will gain an understanding of how the forest was established on these
basement rocks and changes that it has undergone as the soils matured
and climate varied since the ice left.
=== SUBSCRIBER HEADSUP
Oh dear. Into each life some rain must fall.
Saturday [Apr 2], primed to finish WVM07 at our downtown ofc,
there was no internet connection -- apparently Telus had done
something to our ADSL service and I, actually we, b/c it affected G's
laptop too of course, so I cdn't receive or send email nor cd I surf
the web.
WVM therefore stalled.
Back in WV to see the (v good) IDEAS FAIR for the 1300block of
Marine Drive.
Home to work on WVM but whoops! both laptops MIA.
Sorry folks.
Don't know if/when we'll get the laptops back or if my final
draft of WVM7 will be able to be retrieved.&&
Fortunately, Friday I had bought a new laptop, This means
just now I've been able to access the DWV agendas for Monday night:
Public Hearing on Wetmore and the regular ccl mtg -- so that's what I
can offer you now. Do hope it can be rescued -- a lot of work
and info for you!
Before the agenda, a bit of a
diversion.....
FLASHMOB!!!
have you heard of them? here's one that was at Park
Royal in February!
Watch the video: "Let It Be" Flash Mob for
United Girls of the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4uyj11prB0
=== Ccl Mtg NOTES Apr
4th ===
6pm in MUNICIPAL HALL MAIN FLOOR CONFERENCE
ROOM
(PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN
COUNCIL CHAMBER, FOLLOWED BY regular COUNCIL MEETING TO RECONVENE IN
OPEN SESSION IN COUNCIL CHAMBER)
Note: At 6pm the regular Ccl Mtg will commence
in open session (in the main floor conference room), and will be
immediately followed by a motion to exclude the public in order to
hold a closed session, pursuant to section 90 of the Community
Charter. The Council Meeting will reconvene in open session in the
Council Chamber immediately following the Public Hearing/Public
Meeting regarding Official Community Plan and Zoning Amendment Bylaws;
and Design Devt Package.
At 7pm in the Council Chamber the Public
Hearing/Public Meeting regarding [these three items] will be held. The
Council Meeting will reconvene in open session in the Council Chamber
immediately following.
6:00 PM
1. Call to Order.
EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
2. RECOMMENDED: THAT in the public interest,
members of the public be excluded from part of the April 4, 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:
1. personal information about an
identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a
position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or
another position appointed by the municipality;
(c) labour relations or other employee
relations;
(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation
of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure
could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the
municipality; and
(k) negotiations and related discussions
respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at
their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could
reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if
they were held in public.
3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
7:00 PM -- Following
conclusion of the closed session:
PUBLIC HEARING / PUBLIC MEETING
NOTES
MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
Note: At 7pm the Public Hearing/Public
Meeting will commence in the Ccl Chamber. The Ccl Mtg will reconvene
immediately following the PH/Public Mtg.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC MEETING
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4360,
2004, Amendment Bylaw No. 4676, 2011; Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010,
Amendment Bylaw No. 4677, 2011; and Design Development
Package (File: 1610 20 4676/4677
The Director of Planning, Lands, and Permits will describe the
subject application.
Applicant: Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities
Subject Lands: Northwest corner of Marine
Dr and 22nd St; all or part of the following lots: Lot 1 (Explanatory Plan 9507) Block A of Block 5 Plan 4532;
Amended Lot D (see 540240L) of Lots 1 to 3 Block A of Block 5 Plan
4532; Lot E of Lots 1 to 3 Block A of Block 5 Plan 4532; Lot 4 of Lot
A Block 5 Plan 2019; Lot 19 Block 4 Plan 3522; and portions of the
closed lane between Fulton Avenue and Marine Drive; all of East Part
of District Lot 554.
Purpose: To provide for the redevelopment of the subject
lands as rental seniors housing with support services and limited
commercial and institutional land uses not directly associated with
the seniors housing, and to provide for zoning boundaries which would
match those of a reconfigured John Richardson Park.
Proposed Official Community Plan Bylaw
Amendment:
The proposed OCP Amendment Bylaw, if adopted, would amend the OCP
by:
o revising Policy BF-C8 to remove the property
legally described as...
o adding a new Policy BF-D5 which provides for an
approximately 4900 sq. m. site at the northwest corner of Marine Dr
and 22nd St to be: used as rental seniors housing with services, and
limited commercial and institutional land uses not directly associated
with the seniors housing; developed to a maximum 117,500 sq. ft.
(10,916 sq. m.) of housing and a maximum 8,000 sq. ft. (744 sq. m.) of
other permitted land uses; and developed with a maximum building
height from Marine Drive of seven storeys, exclusive of roof-top
development.
Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment:
The proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaw, if adopted, would amend the
Zoning Bylaw by
- adding two new definitions: Supportive Housing Use and Health
Care Office Use. Supportive Housing Use means an
apartment use where at least one occupant of each unit is 65 years of
age or older, or is a younger person with disabilities, which use: (a)
must include a common resident dining room and certain other uses; and
(b) may include a dwelling unit for a resident manager, guest suites,
and a wellness centre. Health Care Office Use means a use of premises
by physicians, surgeons, dentists, physio-therapists, chiropractors,
acupuncturists, provincially licensed massage therapists, podiatrists,
psychiatrists, psychologists, opticians, optometrists, naturopaths,
dental mechanics and other health care practitioners, for X-ray and
other diagnostic facilities, medical and dental laboratories,
prosthetic and orthopaedic manufacturers and specialized medical
clinics, including a blood donor clinic
adding the new zone CD46 - Comprehensive
Development Zone 46 (Northwest corner of Marine Drive
and 22nd Street) which would: allow Supportive Housing Use,
not-for-profit educational uses and limited commercial uses; provide
for a maximum floor area of 117,500 sq. ft. (10,916 sq. m.) for
Supportive Housing Use and 8,000 sq. ft. (744 sq. m.) for permitted
commercial and educational uses; set out further restrictions on floor
area use; and establish requirements for site coverage, yards,
building height, number of storeys and off-street vehicle parking and
loading;
- rezoning the 52,829.3 sq. ft. (4908 sq. m.)
site at the northwest corner to the new zone CD46 - Comprehensive
Development Zone 46; and
rezoning a 23.95 ft. (7.3 m) wide
strip of land fronting 22nd Street and south of Tudor Gardens at 843
22nd Street from RD1 - Duplex Dwelling Zone 1 to RS5 - Single
Family Dwelling Zone 5; this strip of land would become part of the
reconfigured John Richardson Park, would provide a connection from
22nd Street to the park, and, upon rezoning, would have the same
zoning as the balance of John Richardson Park.
Design Development Package:
The design devt package sets out the details
of the proposed building and site devt, including the site plan,
building design and height, building materials and finishing, and
landscaping. If the OCP amendment bylaw and Zoning amendment bylaw
described above are approved, the applicant will be required to
construct the devt in accordance with a design devt package approved
by Council. All persons who wish to provide comment on the design devt
package will be given an opportunity to be heard at the Public
Hearing/Public Meeting.
3. PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC MEETING PROCEDURE
[described by Mayor]
4. REPORTS/WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
1) Reports received up to March 31, 2011:
TITLE /
DATE / DATE FOR CONSIDERATION / NO.
Official Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning and
Design/development Approval for land, at the northwest corner of
Marine Drive and 22nd Street, known as the Wetmore site (2203 Marine
Dr. and 787, 793 and 815 22nd St.) /
February 24, 2011 / March 7 and
April 4, 2011 / R-1
2) Written submissions received up to March 31, 2011:
AUTHOR /
DATE / DATE FOR CONSIDERATION / NO.
J. Crawford / March 7, 2011 / April 4, 2011 / C-1
B. and W. Sinclair / March 11,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-2
F. Johnstone / March 11,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-3
A. Wong / March 14,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-4
K. Trinh / March 15,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-5
J. Baxter / March 16,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-6
C. Sandwell, on behalf of Garden Group, Tudor Gardens
/ March 15, 2011 / April 4, 2011 /
C-7
A. Walton / March 17,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-8
J. Kirstiuk / March 19,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-9
M. MacKenzie / March 21,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-10
A. Hoffman / March 24,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-11
V. Christison, Lionsview Seniors' Planning Society
/ March 24, 2011 / April 4, 2011 /
C-12
S. Earle / March 28,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-13
C. Nemtin / March 28,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-14
I. Thompson / Undated.
/ April 4, 2011 / C-15
B. and M. Anthony / March 29,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-16
R. Bertrand, Savoir Faire Design / March 23, 2011 / April
4, 2011 / C-17
P. Gaskill, Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities
/ March 24, 2011 / April 4, 2011 /
C-18
A. Charette / February 28,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-19
R. Wood / March 2,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-20
C. Parker / March 3,
2011 / April 4, 2011
/ C-21
On March 7, 2011, Council set the date for the
Public Hearing/Public Meeting. The statutory notice of Public
Hearing/Public Meeting was published in the North Shore News on March
27 and March 30, 2011. The Municipal Clerk will note written
submissions received for the April 4, 2011 Public Hearing/Public
Meeting.
5. APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION [7pm]
Geri Boyle gave background, facts; slide: Pacific Arbour
Retirement Communities Project; RS5 zoning
MClk gave the process to date, submissions.
Mayor described guidelines.
Rainer Muller: owner; 15 years became owner of bldg in Dundarave
called Caper's
socially responsible; serving seniors for 15 years now
SLIDES units of a variety of sizes
20 wait-listed already
partnered with Cap College -- Eldercollege
link green spaces; revitalize MDr at 22nd
hoping for LEED GOLD
does not require M funding
will listen to the cmnty and act as a partner
ask president to present project
Peter Gaskill (Prez of Pacific Arbour): company growing and
specializes in senior housing
model "independent living"; spacious suites with
hotel-like amenities; hospitality services, transportation, and
security
can contract for care in their suites
disproportionate number of seniors in WV; had a demographer
study, will grow in 2016
already have 45 ppl from WV on our wait list; strong need
seven-storey bldg 5K retail space and 3K Eldercollege? ste
two-bedroom and den; employment; less traffic than former
use
many seniors live nearby [7:17]
extensive public consultation process -- diverse group we've met
with; residents service clubs
SLIDES showing progress as design changed, minimizing massing,
stepping back top two floors
problem with public parking 12 public to 20 and now proposal is
for 40
issue of affordability: entry $4K+ mo heard not attainable so
worked had on that and got it down to $2900/mo
also heard need as walking nbrhd
public space completely around the bldg, can walk around;
extended green edge
Addressed concern of Tudor Gardens
rare tree, California laurel so redesigned site and managed to
preserve that tree [heritage tree on slide]
interested in more and cmnty mtg spaces -- cd be used or local
and non-profit groups
independent life style stes wanted so built some larger ones and
flexible meal plans
6. PUBLIC INPUT
{there was applause after every speaker}
Ed Kry (sp?): live in NV, speaking in favour; space for
Eldercollege (EC), as Chair of the EC Board, will put WV on the
map
brain exercises just as important as physical, possibly more so;
EC fills that need; does not compete
I was born and grew up at 23rd and MDr, v intimate; drop by the
Wetmore store before car; bought bread on way from/to school; let me
steal a piece of bubble gum though sure he added a penny to the
bread
delivered newspapers
project offers what us older ones want
father with Summerhill, raised his quality of living
2341 M Dr bought for $6K, sold a few years ago for $3M
live near Pacific Arbour in NV; entitled to work to 6pm and
voluntarily stopped at 5pm
My parents chose WV so my brother and I cd go to WV High ...
xxx
convenient, doctors' ofcs nearby
Amb is the village not that one at Pk R
Dolly Cartwright: been on Clyde since, won't tell you when!
Lionsview on 21st in support; org to support seniors; quality of
life
met with Pacific Arbour; viable seniors' stes
130 stes; will complement our prog; driving service av; easy to
access; independent living a natural progression
celebrating SPS anniversary in June
[7:33] Murdo Mackenzie: lived in a condo for nearly 20 years; am
88 so within the target; been looking after myself well for 25 years,
also due to the gym
growing demand; Pacific Arbour fills that need
my name is on the waiting list
G Parkstrom: on behalf of Gail Johnson who cd not be here; live
2201 MDr
degree in gerontology; thesis, experience .... imp of to age in
place
[7:36] positions ... palliative care
as an owner and part of a strata, live directly south; sev mtgs;
Pacific Arbour met with us; sincerity
can swallow height
they've worked hard
v supportive of the bldg design that compliments the civic bldgs
to the east
must think of our elders who have shaped our cmnty; fear of
losing cmnty; our resp to offer those choices
honoured to support, spectacular
Lynn Moran: live in Vanc, employed by Capilano U, on
behalf.....
support, their support of Cap U [various] progs
55+ audience, programming
Carl Parker: here in favour
6445 Fox St and Mom resides at Summerhill at 15th and Lonsdale in
NV
going to let Mom go first
Pat Parker: lived at Summerhill for six years; a really great
decision; ev kind and helpful, great deal of entertainment, two
meals a day, one elegant dinner a month; bingo, card
games,...........
a van takes 17 of us on trips; a car for apptmts
feel safe and looked after; my six chn know I'm safe and
happy
free to do anything I wish; if need something someone will be
there to help
Carl Parker: we have not coordinated this but all of us sons and
daughters
in WV dealing with the largest bubble -- the boomers have
arrived
I wd like to stay as long as I can; mother xxx
lived in West Bay, then xxx
1958 [7:41]
when Mom made her decision; we six kids didn't have to
when Mom is tucked in we're happy; when we go to Summerhill hear
laughter
missed meal, they check
doctor's apptmt I don't have to go, they deal with that
truest definition of independent living at Summerhill
.... jewel in this cmnty for what it cd hv bn
brought my mother to say that to you
attitude is altitude
Brian Carpenter: Argyle, in favour of seniors in this
location
my main concern is the length of the lease
secondly, whether comparable bids were had for 75 or 125
years
75 years is friendly, fire XXXXX
125 too long; economic life 75; maximize at 75, even
100
you're committing your chn, grandchn, and even
grt-grandchn
money
devpr is buying 40 and 60 years beyond the life if this bldg
[7:49]
and bldg will be substantially changed
process -- you're getting $15M for 125 years
accept XXXX 100 years and still be feasible
if such av, we're committing XXXXXX
in 65 years your successors, successors -- how cd they have done
this for just this $2 - $3M
fee for 80yr or 100 yr lease
Viv Christison: Srs' Planning Society; accompanied by Dolly C.
... , Mel Clark, xxx
age will in their own cmnties; believe shd be able to do so
regardless of income whether high or low
friendly to all ages, not just seniors
in support; recently LIonsview wrote -- does it fit well in
cmnty? we believe yes
in 1920s and 30s, XXXX was called Weston
talk about context. Both Wetmore and Kiwanis sites
suitable
this is not a 55-restricted nbrhd -- schools, churches, etc an
attractive location; lots of opp for socialization
outdoor space, accessible for ppl with disabilities; six
affordable units
retail space cd be a corner cafe
wide range of services for maintaining health
Lionsview can't think of a better outcome
Gail Wilson: resident for past 35 years and work in senior
industry
Pacific Arbour has a stellar reputation; I work in long-term
care
if they wait too long, health concerns
dreaded term, extended care
participating in exercise, life extended
Pacific Arbour has bent over backwards; cdn't find a better
location
do what you can to expedite the application
Andy Cleminson: live in WV, resident for 20 years, active in the
cmnty now
idea of going into a retirement home never entered my mind; at
least not soon
recently went to a restaurant
first car bought from Wetmore Motors in 1966, wife totalled
it
[8pm] xxx
in favour; no idea they existed till now
extraordinary company
don't want to finish my life in anywhere other than WV
some fear going into xxx old and doddery
went to Summerhill -- they've gone so far as to band....
spoke to one of the inmates; gym, therapist
helping in tender way
wd like to know I cd be here not Kamloops, Osoyoos, or
Timbuktu
xxxx [8:02]
Barry Fenton: NV, here on behalf of my mother (lives in WV),
residents since 1958
Pacific Arbour, good reputation; opp for choice
involvement of Cap U and I'm a graduate of Cap College and my two
sons going to Cap U
choices on NSh but not enough, this is an opp
Pacific Arb has listened
why lease not 125; City of Vanc has 60-yr leases and 30-yr;
running probs False Crk
typically 99 years; enables owners to make investment so 125 best
arrangement, may not be too long
approve this, benefit to entire cmnty
Bob Clark: live in WV; in favour and hope you are
for over ten years ev Thursday aft I drive the bus for isolated
srs to ctr for activity
see them deteriorate and the houses too
also see they move to receive more mental exercise and social
interaction; healthier diet; they rejuvenate
thought they'd end up in a nursing home but instead growing
sets a good example for younger ppl, can grow old and be
active
recognize many here who were at the flea market yesterday
there's a move-in package to Peter Gaskill, mbrship
Julie Marzolf (sp?): asked by Ross Curtis of Tudor Gdns to read
this letter into the record
Vanc the most desired
WV stellar part with ......
Carolanne Reynolds: Good evening, M&Ccl. Carolanne
Reynolds, Editor of West Van Matters
Mayor: may we have your address?
CR: [Ste 201] 1571 Bellevue Avenue
Certainly this devt will help fill the need for diverse and
senior housing.
I was asked to bring up a recommendation made some years ago for
your consideration.
Since adjacent to the civic centre, it makes sense as one of
the cmnty benefits to have the bottom two floors as an art gallery and
museum -- thus more space and updated.
Many have been advocating building new facilities on the
waterfront. Having them as part of this building means residents
do not have to pay the millions this entails, esp since recent
construction depleted the threshold of the Endowment Fund.
On the weekend at the IDEAS FAIR for the 1300block Marine Drive
-- that was really great, btw; that was a great experience at the
IDEAS FAIR -- some suggested an art centre on that block [in the
1300block]. The cmnty has to think about what it prefers:
waterfront, biz area (reducing commercial zoning in the town ctr),
[on] or adjacent to the civic ctr, or some other location.
While consultation is going on, in the meantime, these
cultural facilities cd be accommodated on/at the Wetmore site.
This means they wd have expanded space much earlier than waiting for
the Ambleside revitalization to be completed. They might decide
to stay or will have had time to find a place they find
preferable.
It wd also give time to consider another use for those bottom
floors after they move -- and the residents themselves might have
ideas about what they want on the bottom floors.
So, cultural facilities earlier [and] maximum flexibility and
choice.
Think about it.
Thank you.
Andy Pottinger: Ch of Commerce...
like Hollyburn House... suport ...
leading voice of biz in WV...
Susanna Bell-Irving Grey: most of us live here for quality of
life
gorgeous and also intelligent place to live
I'm a sandwich: 89-year-old Mom and a xxx son
never seen a soul in John Richardson Park; plans gorgeous, proud
to live in a cmnty
re height; reviewed AmblesideNOW reminded that WV has changed
dramatically
responds to needs of seniors
my chn adore seeing their grandmother in the cmnty; can pop in
and see her
want to thank Pacific Arb personally for responsibility; amazing
partners to some.... enriched our lives
Elaine Cordingly: live on Keith Rd; feel like I'm at a sales
mtg
my name on list; my friend said don't bother, you won't get
in
disturbed about the process -- exchanged for park
prop
the brochure stated they were given criteria and it went up 12
storeys
then eroded onto parkland
met with a lady, driving by explaining to a 16-yr-old; was an
11-yr-old boy with a stick, all by himself having a great time
movie? don't see that anymore
xxx a couple of years he'll be 13, some sport
where are all the other teenagers? downtown, Kits, Main St,
DTES; not that we don't have anything
overall atmosphere, gang of boys and they're almost suspect and
they're not doing any harm
got to do more for all ages
we've got Kiwanis, this, another coming
they don't feel welcome in their own cmnty; not good enough
this will be a success, not doubting
but the park, what about the Memorial Park -- up for grabs once
you start down the road
think it was a mistake
[8:21]
7. CLOSURE OR ADJOURNMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC
MEETING
If there is no further public input and Council does not request
a further staff report, then:
MS moved: be received and PH closed
PASSED
Mayor: next agenda?
Sokol: Apr 18
Members of Council are not permitted to receive further
submissions once the Public Hearing/Public Meeting is
closed.
[8:25]
=== COUNCIL MTG NOTES April 4
===
4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Adding to Item 9
REPORTS [8:29]
TP always a pleasure to introduce WG Chair, Paul Tutsch
Paul Tutsch: SLIDES accomplishments over five
years
cmnty computing ctr; wireless throughout the Lib:
awaiting LEED Silver; 7K items daily in and out of; improved
website functionality??
downloadable material; province-wide recog for early childhood
literacy
satisfaction 78%, 85% in 2010
in-dept collns SLIDE enumerating
98% satisfaction rating, in No 1 position for nearly a
decade
with success, why plan; now have two new libraries, changes in
technology and school
explosion of networking -- social media, ebooks, etc
over past five years visits to steady
visits to website tripled; emusic also not av five years
ago
questions getting more complex; with no increase in staff
before devping Strategic Planning WG we had to do some surveys;
interviews
four white papers address key [points/issues?] xxxx
learned about successes and failures of other libraries; reviewed
WV's strat plan
new mission stmt -- hasn't changed much
wanted to be recog as cornerstone, hence inclusion
Leader in navigating info and as a dynamic
{8:30 good slide, didn't get to type it all here}
connection to knowledge and discovery
Our Values (SLIDE)
intellectual freedom; excellence; inclusiveness, integrity,
sustainability
Strategic Priorities
"manage resources wisely"
all goals identified on website, you each have hard
copies
shared with Ccl and Library Bd in Jan/Feb of this year and now
Bd
in the form of an annual biz plan
dozen volunteers, all involved in strat plan
doc on our website
big thank you to all taxpayers who continue to support their
Library
Mayor: thank you for an excellent job
thank you for the two sessions you spent with us; turn it to the
liaison
TP: on website detail
trying to find nonusers difficult; through summer into fall; 1500
respondents to the inhouse survey
astounding how well loved this Lib is
leaders in gathering info; WV was the first library in Canada to
have the kindle on loan
growing by leaps and bounds 68 at last
b/c I can't have my Blackberry in here [8:43] can navigate
xxx
annual booksale Apr 8 and 9 ....
[received for information]
Mayor: with our gratitude
Bruce McArthur: don't know if corrections now
zone xxx are those definitions synonymous? why limited use
of rec and xxxx
second, on the balanced scorecard
the last item, 2.1 2c is dated differently -- been revised? and
if they have, what is the process for changing
Sokol: dates made as a result of our budgeting process 2011
Mr McA is holding up dates from 2010
limited use "conservation recreation" Metro; we use
limited use
McA: are they the same?
Sokol: similar, can't say identical
MS moved: THAT the report dated March 28 from the Acting
Dir/Planning be received for information.
think report speaks for itself
Sop: Port Coq has rejected; Port Moody says it might change
its mind; Coq, criticism of many things
if they don't change their mind, will this proceed?
Sokol: on Apr 8 will be a report to the Board; if M doesn't
accept, can enter into dispute resoln by prov
can be a binding or non-binding process and will be determined
by the Ministry
xxx have to go back to all the local govts; wd make the changes
we want them to
Sop: if local govt, go back [8:50]
Sokol: ... may be a binding process and wd depend on what the
arbitrator comes up with
Mayor: the Minister wrote a clear
whoever it is makes a decision there
that process takes a few months, still governed by the LRSP
question I wd have is our questions wch wd be subsequent to this
I guess
Sokol: correct; RGS will have to be changed and come back
here
changes Metro Bd wd have to make
Sop: if Coq does not change position, is the plan still
viable?
as I understand it is one rejects, no
Sokol: xxx ... whether RGS goes
Mayor: is it binding or not? We don't know.
ML: from the letter appears the Min reserves the decision
xxx
Mayor: believe going to the board on Fri and Cclr Lewis is going
in my place
[8:54]
Mayor: outstanding report
RF: Mr Rowlands
Mayor: congratulations on another stellar year
Gareth Rowlands: plsd to report performance study for
SLIDES: WV tops in categories -- impressive [8:55]
cleanliness,
fell down on one: not being overcrowded
after Olympics increase in ridership of 12%
commitment to maintenance ...... and WV Police
MS: agree buses and staff excellent in what they do
explanation for 12% increase after Olympics -- reason?
G Rowlands: believe 4000 service hours during Olympic period,
even with BC Ferries able to handle 1100????
believe able to handle during Olympics presume pleased to
continue to use
Mayor: only area we didn't perform the best is overcrowding -- we
need add'l buses
GR: yes, wd ... peak ... ev bus on the road
able to handle mornings; afternoon rush biggest challenge for
us
Sop moved: THAT the report dated March 7 from the Transit Manager
be received for information.
deserve an Academy award, top in ten out of 11
courtesy; you and drivers to be commended
thank you for all that
understand why other Ms pointed to WV system
courteous and liked riding the bus
congratulations
Mayor: congratulate the whole team for us
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
10. 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:
Item 10.1 - Change to Council Meeting
Schedule;
Item 10.2 - Devt Permit Application No. 10-050
for Lot 12 on Highgrove Place (in Area 1 of Rodgers Creek) (to
set date for consideration);
Item 10.3 - Development Application Status
Report (to March 25, 2011);
Item 10.4 - Hollyburn Cabin [Ten-Year] Permit
to Occupy;
Item 10.5 - Correspondence List.
ML: removal of 10.1
10.1. Change to Council Meeting Schedule (File:
0120-01)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the 2011 Council Meeting Schedule be
amended by changing the time and location of the
May 2 Ccl Mtg from 7pm in the M Hall Ccl Chamber, to 6pm in the Atrium at the Cmnty Ctr, with the
Youth Ccl Meeting to follow at 7pm.
ML: change to May 9th
{MUCH MORE SENSIBLE -- who on
earth even contemplated ccl mtg same day as
election?}
PASSED
RECOMMENDED: THAT the M Clerk give notice that DPA wch provides
for devt of 18 cluster housing units will be considered at the meeting
of Council on Monday, May 2, 2011.
{Whoops! they shd hv referred to the fact this will have to be
postponed to the 9th as well.}
report dated March 30 received for
information.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the correspondence list be
received for information.
Council Correspondence March 16-18, 2011 (up
to12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) S. Slater, March 16, 2011, regarding Safeway
Redevelopment
(Referred to Dir/Planning for consideration and
response)
Received for Information
(2) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes --
(a) Board of Variance - February 16, 2011
(3) Esker Lane "The Owners Strata Plan LMS
2681", March 8, re Proposed Cell Phone Tower at Taylor Way and Upper
Levels Highway
(4) March 16, 2011, regarding Annual Noise
Complaint
(5) Q. M. Slater, undated, regarding Safeway
Redevelopment 1600 Marine Drive
(6) J. Baxter, March 16, re Pacific Arbour site
at 22nd and Marine Dr
(Referred to Public Hearing - April 4)
(7) C. Reynolds, West Van Matters, March 18, re
Correspondence: Posting and Agenda
Council Correspondence up to March 25, 2011 (up
to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
(1) Eye Deal, March 12, 2011, regarding Automatic
Traffic Signals and the Disabled
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response)
(2) M. Burns, March 18, 2011, regarding Pellet
Guns in West Vancouver
(Referred to Director of Planning, Lands and Permits for consideration
and response)
(3) J. Osborne, North Shore Adults Support
Network and Lionsview Seniors Planning Society, March 25, 2011,
regarding Delegation Request for District of West Vancouver
Council
(Referred to Mayor for consideration)
Received for Information
(4) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes - West
Vancouver Memorial Library Board - February 16, 2011
(5) G. Pajari, March 13, 2011, regarding My Letter to Mayor
and Council of March 4th
(6) Metro Vancouver Board, March 18, 2011, regarding Regional
Food System Strategy
(7) MetroVanWatch (CityHallWatch), March 18, 2011, regarding
West Vancouver Council's Acceptance of Regional Growth Strategy:
Still time to do the right thing
(8) Three submissions regarding Safeway Redevelopment
Proposal dated March 15-20
(9) West Vancouver Family Place (Hollyburn Family
Services Society), March 21, 2011, regarding Early Intervention: An
Early Parent/Child Development Framework for British
Columbia
(10) Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities, March
21, 2011, regarding Pacific Arbour Public Information Meeting
Notification (March 30, 2011)
(11) TELUS Corporation, March 22, re TELUS 2011
Capital and Community Investment in WV
(12) Seven submissions regarding Pacific Arbour
Development dated March 15-25
(Referred to Public Hearing on April 4, 2011)
(13) E-Comm 9-1-1, March 25, 2011, regarding 2011
Winter 2011 E Communiqué now available
Council Correspondence up to March 29, 2011 (up
to 4:30 pm)
Received for Information
(1) Four submissions regarding Pacific Arbour
Development dated March 28 to March 29,
2011
(Referred to Public Hearing on April 4, 2011)
(2) City of North Vancouver, March 24, re North
Shore Congress - Child and Family Friendly Cmnty
Charter
(3) Union of BC Municipalities, March 29 re RCMP
Contract Negotiations - Alberta Endorses New RCMP
Contract
11. OTHER ITEMS [9pm] -- No items. letter!!!!!
Ev: re sound problems during Nowruz; enormous enthusiasm
residents some concern; on Sunday, decibels; staff balance amt
during day vs at night
BL: 7K ppl and 80 decibel noise; can look at
last week with 2K; excellent execution of the event
what we require; not registered at all
Mayor: exceptions to the noise bylaw used to come to Ccl
in 2005 to staff and they've always had the option to bring to
Ccl -- Ms Mooi?
AM: complaints hv been declining; only had one or two this
year
thank you for cooperation of the organizers also, sp time of
year
Sop: we all want everybody to enjoy it; used to come to Ccl
why not a level all shd respond to and if going over they shd
be told?
I was told no one wd go down to talk them
Mayor: not the case
Sop: it was; and Police wdn't go down
If we give a package to a group, shd have; understanding
to have five to six to seven hours, gets to you after a
while
BL: next year; come to Ccl before and make sure Ccl
satisfied
v successful; 7K ppl; worked well
Mayor: Christie Rosta was there; v successful; proven to be
better each year
invite orgs to Ccl to talk about their culture, the opp
if you have a recomm, Cclr Sop, Ccl Lewis
Mayor: to Cclr Smith
MS: if Mr Leigh going to bring the report to us next year, he shd
have a game plan, as to how someone's going to go down and advise them
and tell 7K ppl -- how to advise them?
share Mayor's
no sense xxx [9:07] ... 7K, band, etc
don't see how you can go down and pull the plug on the
amplifiers
Sop: fact is only a certain amt ppl can stand
prior to any of these functions, before meet with organizers and
say xxx keep it; compromise
noise bylaw and holding it or not
compromise before anything starts that there is a law there
{letter (2):}
Ev: frankly xxx ... concern about pellet guns
send strange msg to staff, what I find ppl allowed to do not
acceptable
Mayor: staff going to work with Police on this?
CAO: yes
Sop: wd Police not attend or confiscate b/c priv prop
if kid holding a make-believe pistol, wdn't that be traumatic for
police if they come along?
air gun we all had as kids
not some consideration
Mayor: believe Police want a bylaw
Sop: ?
Mayor: they're coming back
12. REPORTS FROM MAYOR/COUNCILLORS
TP: want to talk about blue trees
this is the UN Year of Forests
{International Year of Forests; see some facts under
TREEWATCH}
how much.... shd be cognisant of trees we have here ...
work
fascinating for the mayor and I [sic] {see LANGUAGEWATCH} when
we're in NY this year
protecting the mountainside
all this cmnty does, on a daily basis; timely and a fun event;
xxxx
Mayor: this is great; something happening in Ambleside
wd like to comment on blue ribbons we're wearing -- child
abuse/protection month
Doris Paull {FN/Native on Sq
Reserve}
Caring for our Youth Cmte
fearless in her work on the Reserve against abuse, child,
drug
Campbell
glad she asked us
Plecas came to us at Police Board last week; well known
.... came b/c WV has has a spectacular decline in
crime
already low, drove it lower; has dropped
how do you make it lower? non existent, close to in some
categories
team; example for entire continent
ability to finalize ...
they trail offenders all over Lower Mainland
real partnerships with other agencies
accomplishments, xxx, and CompStat and report ev month
ask him to continue to report back to us
when crime rates are low do you really need; he gave compelling
xxx
we have the lowest cost per officer in the region
he can give you the statistics; app that he came
13. PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS {none} // 14.
ADJOURNMENT [9:19]
=== COUNCIL MTG AGENDA
April 18 ===
6pm IN M HALL MFCR; 7pm in
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Note: At 6pm the reg 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...
At 7pm the open session will reconvene (in the Ccl Ch) for
consideration of the scheduled agenda items.
6:00 PM
RECOMMENDED: THAT in the public interest,
members of the public be excluded from part of the April 18, 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; 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
7:00 PM
Following conclusion of the closed session, the following
items will be considered:
4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA for Apr 18
DELEGATIONS
Presentation to be provided.
REPORTS
Bylaws are passed by a simple majority
affirmative vote unless otherwise noted.
This bylaw received first reading at the March
7 Ccl Mtg and was the subject of a Public Hearing/Public Meeting that
was held and closed on April 4. Council is not permitted to receive
any further submissions on this bylaw.
NOTE: Each reading of an OCP bylaw must
receive an affirmative vote of a majority of all Council members (4
members) in order to proceed (LGA).
RECOMMENDED:
be
read a second and a third time.
Bylaws are passed by a simple majority
affirmative vote unless otherwise noted.
This bylaw received first reading at the March
7 Council Meeting and was the subject of a Public Hearing/Public
Meeting that was held and closed on April 4. Council is not
permitted to receive any further submissions on this
bylaw.
RECOMMENDED:
be
read a second and a third time.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT
the report dated April 11 from the Land and Property Agent be received
for information.
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The report dated April 11 from the Mgr of Bylaw/Licensing
Srvcs be received for information; and
2. Council approve the request: Wednesday, April 20 starting
at 11pm for approx two hours, in order to have two pedestrian overpass
walkway bridges hoisted into position from a crane parked in the BC
Ferry Exit Lanes.
Bylaws are passed by a simple majority vote
unless otherwise noted.
NOTE: Each reading of an OCP bylaw must
receive an affirmative vote of a majority of all ccl mbrs (4) to
proceed.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the opportunities for consultation as outlined in the report
from the Sr Cmnty Planner dated April 7, be endorsed as sufficient
consultation...
RECOMMENDED:
THAT Amendment Bylaw 4619, 2011 be read a first time.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT Amendment Bylaw No. 4619, 2011 has been
considered
{yet again,
confusing b/c incorrect tense -- what is meant?
recommended
be considered or will have been considered
???
if it has been
done, no need for a recommendation for Ccl to approve unless
recommending it be done beforehand, so then where does 'in
conjunction' come in?}
in conjunction with the District's most recent Financial Plan
and the Regional Waste Management Plan.
RECOMMENDED: THAT Zoning Amendment Bylaw be read a first
time.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the MClerk be directed to give statutory notice that a
Public Hearing (re OCP and Zoning) is scheduled for Monday,
May 16 at 7pm in the M Hall Ccl Chamber.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT proposed Devt Permit
Applic be considered concurrently with Zoning Bylaw
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the public be given an opportunity to provide comment on
proposed Devt Permit at a Public Meeting held concurrently with
the Public Hearing
Bylaws are passed by a simple majority affirmative vote unless
otherwise noted.
RECOMMENDED: be read a first, second, and third time.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
14. Consent Agenda Items [14.1 - 14.3]
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the M Clerk give notice that the DPA for 2430 Russet
Place, to allow a new two-storey dwelling with basement within 15
metres of top of watercourse bank and with Zoning Bylaw variances to
reduce the east side yard and increase building height, will be
considered on Monday May 16.
RECOMMENDED:
THAT
the report dated February 17 from the Director, NSEMO be received for
information.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the correspondence list be received for
information.
Council Correspondence up to April 1, 2011 (up
to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
1) N. Bowman, Mar 28, re Iranian New Year
Celebration: Complaint of Noise
(Referred
to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and
response)
Received for Information
2) [Five] submissions regarding Pacific Arbour
Development dated March 28 to March 31, 2011
(Referred
to Public Hearing/Public Meeting on April 4, 2011)
3) Hon. I. Chong, Minister of Community, Sport, and
Cultural Devt, March 30, re Strategic Community Investment Fund
Letter
Council Correspondence up to April 8, 2011 (up
to 12:00 Noon)
Referred for Action
1) April 1, 2011, regarding Squamish Nation Lands
(Referred
to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for consideration and
response)
2) M. Carter, April 6, 2011, regarding Taxes
(Referred
to Director of Planning, Lands and Permits for consideration and
response)
Received for Information
3) 13 submissions regarding Pacific Arbour Development
dated March 30 to April 8, 2011
(Previously received at April 4, 2011 Public Hearing/Public
Meeting)
4) Undated Petition with 13 Signatures regarding Safeway
Site Redevelopment
5) [Two] submissions dated April 2 and 4, 2011 regarding
Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary - Station 1
6) [Two] submissions dated April 6 and 7, re MetroV
Regional Growth Strategy
7) April 4, 2011, regarding United Nations Trip
Accountability
8) Canadian Cancer Society, April 1, re Appreciation for
Support of Daffodil Day - April 27, 2011
9) [Two] Submissions dated April 6 and 8, Union of BC
Municipalities, re 2011 West Nile Virus Risk Reduction Initiative and
Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative
Council Correspondence up to April 12, 2011 (up
to 4:30 pm)
Referred for Action
1) April 12, 2011, regarding Godfrey Lynum's Garden -
1528 Argyle Avenue
(Referred
to Director of Parks and Community Services for consideration and
response)
2) G. Pajari, April 12, 2011, regarding City of West
Vancouver Anyone?
(Referred
to Mayor and Council for response).
15. OTHER ITEMS -- No items.
16. Reports from Mayor/Cclrs 17.
PQP/Comments 18. Adjournment
=== ANIMALWATCH
=== Cat and Dolphins; Robins mean spring!
+ Today's dose of the aaaaahs. Cat and Dolphins
playing together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynvewVe21Y&feature=player_embedded
+ Amazing footage of robins showing how
huge they are when they leave the nest.
=== OTTAWAWATCH / WOMANWATCH
=== Helena and Bruce
er, pardon, excuse me. Is it misogyny or just plain
injustice?
Helena Guergis was not just kicked out of cabinet but out of
caucus as well. She was never told what she'd done wrong so she
cd defend/explain herself, and now we find from the RCMP report the
accusations/suspicions were unsubstantiated.
Aren't you innocent until proven guilty in Canada?
Looks like guilty even if proven innocent, no?
Then, Bruce Carson has a criminal record, five convictions, and
he was hired by the PMO. That record is not top secret and easy
to check (if motivated to do so, however IMO care shd be taken for
whoever has access to the PMO, arguably the nerve centre of our
country).
The treatment of these two are in stark, sharp contrast.
Both cases are unjustified -- in opposite directions.
Not edifying and hardly operating in a fair manner Canadians want
and expect.
How can those actions of the leader of the country be
respected?
How can women feel entirely safe or confident treated on a par
with men?
Sad.
=== HOUSINGWATCH ===
Settlers from Harsina Attack Palestinian Home
Paulette Schroeder -- 16 March
2011
On Monday March 14, fifteen settlers from Harsina Settlement
attacked the Jabber home in Baqa=92a Valley. The Jabber home
sits at the bottom of the mountain housing the Harsina Settlement. The
Jabber family consists of several families including 17 persons
with 12 children. At 2:30pm fifteen settlers from Harsina
Settlement began throwing stones at the Jabber home, but were
stopped by the Israeli Military. They returned at 6:30pm and
stoned the house for one hour with no interference from the
Army.
One of the Jabber brothers who lives across the road from Harsina
Settlement said he was so afraid for his family that he wondered
whether he should move his family to the home of one of his cousins.
He said he does not sleep until 1:30am or 2:30am each night.
=== PEACEWATCH ===
Kurdistan
+ Things were more hopeful when news of The White Group
promoting peace came out:
CPTnet 10
March 2011
IRAQ LETTER: The White Group agenda
http://www.cpt.org/cptnet/2011/03/10/iraq-letter-white-group-agenda
+ AND THEN CPTnet 19 April
2011
IRAQ: "You broke the square, but you can't break us."
Day 61 of Demonstrations in Suleimaniya Iraq
by Michele Naar-Obed
... A new song was playing on Iraqi Kurdistan radio
yesterday, 18 April, 2011, which included the lines, "Don't
kill this generation" and "don't kill the future."
While the song played, guns were blasting and tear gas
filled the streets in both Suleimaniya and the KRG capital city,
Hawler (Erbil)....
At 9:00 p.m., 200 young people went back to the square and were
immediately surrounded by armed forces . The young people
chanted, "You broke the square, but you can't break
us." The Suleimaniya University students are planning
to demonstrate in front of the courthouse tomorrow, 19 April,
2011....
http://www.cpt.org/cptnet/2011/04/19/iraq-you-broke-square-you-cant-break-us-day-61-demonstrations-suleimaniya-iraq
+ CPTnet 19 April 2011
IRAQ: Seven thousand armed forces positioned throughout
Suleimaniya City, Iraq; 1000 students detained by Asaish
Following 62 days of continuous protest in Suleimaniya Iraq
against corruption within the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the
government has revoked legal permission for the protest, and a source
within the armed Peshmerga Forces told CPTers that forces
received orders to shoot to kill any demonstrators today....
... the forces entered the square of about 1000 unarmed and
nonviolent demonstrators, shooting tear gas and live bullets.
They also beat people with batons as they tried to clear square
of all demonstrators. At 6:30 p.m., 18 April, the armed forces
burned down the stage and platform used by speakers at the
demonstration....
...Nine people have died and close to 1000 have been injured
since the demonstrations began on 17 February 2011. Hundreds
have been arrested and disappeared. The independent television
station, NRT was burned to the ground in February and the authorities
have detained, beaten, kidnapped, and tortured hundreds of
journalists....
Today, 19 April, at 11:00 a.m., the Asaish (secret police) took
hostage approximately 1000 students from Suleimaniya University who
were planning to demonstrate at the Suleimaniya Courthouse.
Seven thousand Peshmerga, Asaish, and Emergency Protection Force
loyal to PUK party leaders are positioned throughout the city of
Suleimaniya as of this morning, 19 April.
http://www.cpt.org/cptnet/2011/04/19/iraq-seven-thousand-armed-forces-positioned-throughout-suleimaniya-city-iraq-1000-
=== VOTEWATCH ===
www.danveniez.liberal.ca and www.johnweston.ca
[There were nine parties on the handout and seven there for the
'debate' at KMC; interesting but really the question is down to
continue with this govt or give the others a turn to teach a
lesson.]
to vote or not to vote
that might be easier than trying to make the right, wise,
choice
In the muddled middle it takes a while to sort out priorities and
decisions that will improve things for the future.....
Conservative with a social conscience.....
DILEMMA
Liberals deserved to be tossed out b/c of the sponsorship
scandal; Conservatives promised fiscal prudence.
Wait a minute. When the Tories came in they had a surplus
left to them by the Liberals and now we have about the largest deficit
in Cdn history.
Don't know Dan Veniez; John Weston am sure is sincere but
dedicated but in the handout at the ACM Sunday Apr 17 his blurb says
he brought $180M in stimulus funding -- that's being prudent with our
money?
CONFUSING -- and also troubling:
- Minister Oda having a document's recommendation changed to NOT
(reversed) but claiming she had not done it (done at Harper's
direction?).
- The removal of a woman from caucus not just cabinet without
saying why and with no reinstatement or apology after RCMP say charges
unsubstantiated however hiring a man in the PMO with five
criminal/fraud convictions.
- The refusal to release documents wrt the Afghan detainees and
the actual costing of the F35s (esp since without tender).
- Doing background checks on ppl coming to mtgs and in one
case not permitting attendance b/c she had a photo of herself with
Iggy on her Facebook!!! (and her father is a Tory).
- Is it $50M spent for G8 pretty well all in Tony Clement's
riding???
Why on earth wd John ask us if we wanted to have Gilles Duceppe
as our Minister of Foreign Affairs??? (biggest boo of the night)
Given that talking point by Harper?
Unnecessary election? Well, Harper liked the power so much
he got Parliament prorogued rather than having an election. Had
he been doing better and higher in the polls, no doubt he wd have
caused an election to take advantage.
Now we come to the Tories' contempt of Parliament, first time in
Cdn history. The Opposition cd hv outvoted the Tories often but
finally it got too much..
Do we want this precedent? Re-electing a party that has
acted in contempt? No repercussions or sanctions?
Will politicians ignore this serious charge in future b/c no
consequences?
And I won't touch on the fact that Canada's standing and
reputation in the world has dropped over the last few years.
It's pretty well a maxim that any party once in power for a while
has a few who go over the line. Matters to what degree and
whether or not you think they'll be stopped by the leader or continue
to abuse the public trust.
IMO, we all make mistakes -- own up and apologize then compensate
-- it's how they're handled and whether or not we think they'll happen
again, more/less/ etc
Good luck. I'm sure we're all working for a better
Canada.
I was proud to be a Canadian when I lived outside for ~20 years
and I'm sure our diplomatic staff abroad plus immigrants who've only
lived here since getting Canadian citizenship hold Canada, our
country, dear and all want it to be the best we can help it to
be.
We believe.
=== TREEWATCH === UN
International Year of Forests
Forests are home to 300 million people
around the world.
Forests cover 31% of total land
area.
The livelihoods of over 1.6 billion people
depend on forests.
Forests are home to 80% of our terrestrial
biodiversity.
Trade in forest products was estimated at
$327 billion in 2004.
30% of forests are used for production of
wood and non-wood products.
http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/
=== Canadian Boat to Gaza Fundraiser
~~ 7pm Saturday May 7
Confederation Community Centre, 4585 Albert Street, Burnaby
featuring Guest Speaker Monzo Zimmo, Palestinian-Canadian
activist, born in Gaza
With an eye witness account from Kevin Neish, Human rights
activist and survivor of the attack on the Mavi Marmara.
www.canadaboatgaza.ca and Independent Jewish Voices
=== ROYALWATCH ===
* STORY HIGHLIGHTS re Kate Middleton's
village:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/04/08/uk.bucklebury.kate.middleton/index.html?hpt=C2
Right next to London, rural Berkshire feels a world away
West Berkshire is a very affluent, upper-middle-class part of
England
Middletons live in large house down a private road in Chapel Row,
West Berkshire
Queen's residence Windsor Castle and Prince William's school Eton
College nearby
Bucklebury, England (CNN) -- A mere 45 minutes drive from London,
the quiet country lanes and thatched roofs of rural Berkshire could be
a world away.
Neat villages dot farmland filled with grazing horses and ancient
hedgerows and the only traffic apart from tractors is the odd Porsche
or Land Rover.
This is Kate Middleton country -- a green and pleasant land full
of oak trees and public schools -- where the princess-in-waiting has
lived most of her life.
Kate was born on January 9 1982 at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
in Reading and christened shortly after at the parish church of St
Andrew's in Bradfield, an unspoilt village of red-brick houses that
typifies this well-heeled, well-mannered part of the UK.
In Bradfield, there's no litter on the streets, no graffiti on
the walls and the faces are almost exclusively white. Rosy-cheeked
children from Bradfield College, the private school that dominates the
village, carry hockey sticks on their way to the playing fields and
men in tweed jackets walk dogs.
This is an England from a bygone time: a chocolate-box version
that bears a closer resemblance to the upper-middle-class land
conjured up by Richard Curtis in films like "Four Weddings and a
Funeral" than the complex, multi-cultural reality of urban
Britain today.
And that's what makes it such prime London commuter belt country.
It's full of affluent people who want to escape the social problems
and high prices of the UK's capital for a slower pace but remain
within reach of the benefits of city living.
* Royal
Wedding guide to titles of the aristocracy
Rufus
Smithies | Mar 31,
2011 @ 3:40am
If you happen to be rubbing
shoulders with a Marchioness, a Marquis, or a baron on royal wedding
day, how should they be addressed? To help you avoid any embarrassing
social faux
pas, we've put together a
guide to aristicratic 'rank', below:
Duke /
Duchess
The duke is the highest of the
five grades of the peerage. If a duke is also a member of the armed
forces, the clergy or an ambassador, their rank precedes their title.
For example, "Major-General the Duke of...". The wife of a duke is
always described as the duchess, or the Duchess of X when introduced.
In legal documents, dukes are addressed as the Most Noble William
Edward Duke of X.
http://www.watchtheroyalwedding.com/20487/royal-wedding-guide-to-titles-of-the-aristocracy/
* Royal
Wedding Rehearsal
Had hoped to get this to you earlier (when this newsletter was
due out Apr 15/16) but now I've seen it on CBC< CTV, BBC, and CNN!
Well done:
Royal Wedding
.
Just over two minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Xtak-NDHU
Same but more watched:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kav0FEhtLug
{Spoiler: a spoof
of the Kevin and
Jill Heinz wedding dance video that went viral in 2009.}
=== DRUNK-DRIVING WATCH === DUI --
REFORM!
An elderly man is stopped by the
police around 1 am and is asked where he is going at this time of
night.
The man replies, "I am going
to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on
the human body."
The officer then asks,
"Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of
night?"
The man replies, "My
wife."
=== LANGUAGEWATCH ===
I/me
Info was in last issue of WVM. To recap, I is the subject
pronoun and me is the object pronoun. Say the sentence leaving
out other ppl and you'll never make a mistake (eg, you'd never say
with I or to I or for I, but ppl keep saying that if there's someone
else's name in between!). Those who say I in those cases maybe
are not being pretentious or trying to show off they speak
'correctly', I prefer to think that they're making an effort to be
correct but just missed the mark. My hope is to help them
aim.
=== WORDWATCH ===
infandous from WORLD WIDE WORDS
2. Topical Words: Infandous /In'fand@s/
The headline in the New York Times blog called
The Lede on 20 March [2009] summed up the lexical situation:
"Canada Bars 'Infandous' British Politician, Journalists Reach
for Dictionaries". They would have had to heave down a really big
one from the shelf. So far as I can discover the only one that
contains the word is the mammoth Oxford English Dictionary, which
reports that it's long obsolete.
The politician who has been stopped from entering
Canada is George Galloway, a firebrand left-wing British MP for a
minority party, Respect. Though Mr Galloway is a figure about whom
controversies swirl, not least because he supports the Palestinian
cause, Hamas in particular (a banned terrorist organisation in
Canada), we have to wonder if it's appropriate to brand him with an
epithet that the OED records being last used in 1708.
Alykhan Velshi, a spokesman for Canada's
immigration minister, said Mr Galloway was an "infandous
street-corner Cromwell". "Infandous" means
"unspeakable" or "too odious to be expressed or
mentioned" and comes from Latin "infandus", abominable.
If he mined the waste tips of English for a year, it would be hard to
uncover a stronger word with which to express disgust.
"Infandous" has never been popular. The
first known user is another figure of controversy, James Howell. His
accomplishments included acting as a Royalist spy in the 1630s;
appropriately, in view of Mr Velshi's comment, Cromwell imprisoned him
during the English Civil War. Howell wrote a letter to a friend from
York in 1628: "This infandous custom of Swearing, I observe,
reigns in England lately
more than any where else." The word appeared
in 1693 in a work by Cotton Mather about the Salem Witch trials but
after that it went into permanent decline. It was briefly resurrected
in Dreams in The
Witch-House, a story by H P Lovecraft that was
published in Weird Tales in 1933: "He found himself swaying to
infandous rhythms said to pertain to the blackest ceremonies of the
Sabbat." Nobody now is sure even how to say it (if it tempts you,
the OED suggests the stress should be on the second
syllable).
Mr Velshi might instead have unearthed another
cast-off term with similar sense that also ultimately derives from
Latin "fari", to speak - "nefandous",
unmentionable, abominable, or atrocious, which was likewise first used
by Howell. Several other English words can be traced to the same verb,
if indirectly. He might have gone for "infamous" (could this
have been what he was groping for?) since
for the Romans, as for us, fame meant you were
being spoken about. To be fated signified that the sentence of the
gods had been said over you; if you were affable in its original sense
you were easy to speak to, while something ineffable is too great or
extreme to be expressed or described in words.
Mr Velshi may be set for fame himself. His
comment is a candidate to appear in future editions of books of modern
quotations. His extraordinarily rare choice of word may even be
enshrined in the
next edition of the Oxford English
Dictionary.
World Wide Words is copyright (c)
Michael Quinion 2010. All rights reserved.
The Words website is at
http://www.worldwidewords.org .
=== POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
=== [couldn't resist]
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best
capacities to give validity to his convictions in political
affairs.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), 'Treasury for the Free
World,' 1946
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of
principles.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's
Dictionary
Man is by nature a political animal. ~
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a
matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it
exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong
remedy.
Ernest Benn
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be
smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's
important.
Eugene McCarthy (1916 - 2005)
When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean
themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter'
they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.
Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960), Nods and Becks
(1944)
Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the
right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.
Jimmy Wales, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing
between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
~ Lester B. Pearson (1897 - 1972) {pens? --
CR}
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with
bloodshed. ~ Mao Tse-Tung (1893 -
1976)
Politics has less to do with where you live than where your
heart is. ~ Margaret Cho, weblog, 01-18-04
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in
affairs which properly concern them.
Paul Valery (1871 - 1945), Tel Quel 2 (1943)
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation
is thought necessary.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got
to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out
always looks the best.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Illiterate Digest (1924),
"Breaking into the Writing Game"
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and
sincerity of Hollywood.
Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of
California
=== HAIKUWATCH
===
VANCOUVER CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
http://www.vcbf.ca/
Haiku Inspirations
-- Visit the Federation Gallery from Apr 12 to May 1 to view
beautiful cherry blossom themed paintings. Show your love for
Japan and book your tix for this benefit concert
now!
=== MAIKU ===
2011 February 14 [thought: to be uninformed is to be
unarmed]
to
be uninformed
is
to be unarmed --
whose responsibility?
to be uninformed
is to
be unarmed --
shared responsibility
=== QUOTATIONS / THOUGHTS /
PUNS ===
Never be afraid to raise your voice for
honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and
greed.
-- William Faulkner, American writer (1897 -
1962)
+ There are a terrible lot of lies going
about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are
true.
+ The best argument against democracy is
a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
-- Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM,
CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, British statesman (1874 - 1965)
Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will
end.
-- Marcelene Cox, American humorist and writer (b 19xx)
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over
their will to power.
-- Aldous Huxley,
English writer (1894 - 1963)
He who conceals a useful truth is equally guilty with the
propagator of an injurious falsehood.
-- Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo Regius [present-day Annaba,
Algeria] (354 - 430)
People always overdo the matter when they attempt
deception.
-- Charles Dudley Warner, American essayist
and novelist (1829 - 1900)
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
-- John W. Gardner, American administrator and educator (1912 -
2002)
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can
start from now and make a brand new ending.
-- Carl Bard, American writer (b 1944)
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with
truth. -- Unknown
In a speech on the economy, President Obama said, "We
have to continue to spend our way out of the recession." Spending
our way out of the recession? Isn't that like trying to drink your way
out of alcoholism? -- JAY LENO, on The Jay
Leno Show, 9 December 2009.
I'm a sap for tree jokes.
As long as the imperial system is in place a
ruler will be afoot.
Tautology causes me to
worry, stress out, and tense up.
I did a theatrical
performance about puns. Really it was just a play on
words.
I thought I'd
found evidence to prove the existence of mythical creatures -- turned
out to be another fairy tail.
An octopus
exchanged his old tentacles for new ones. It was 'squid pro
quo'.