WVM2011-10
Ccl NOTES May 9/11
AGENDAS May 16
Calendar to June 10
by
Carolanne Reynolds, Editor
www.WestVan.org
Now
heading to the Victoria Day Weekend
and the Community Day Parade Saturday June
4
HEADSUP:
o Uplift for Hollyburn Mews changed from ~$600K to $155K
(so Cmnty Benefit down to $116K)
o For approval: a special ccl mtg 5:30 Thurs May 19
(that agenda not out yet)
o A (closed) Audit Cmte mtg on Tues May 17 (at M Hall 4 -
7pm)
MAIN ITEMS on AGENDAs May
16
after the presentation to the 525 Pathfinder Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Cadets for their 60th Anniversary at
6:45 and the PH on Hollyburn Mews at 7pm; after that:
Delegation from Lionsview Srs' Planning Society; DPA 2430
Russet; Wetmore bylaw adoption but proposed design for
approval; liquor licence for Larson Station; AmblesideNOW
expenditures and next steps
($3M+!); Finance and Audit Cmtes' Tof Ref;
Centennial WG; Building Bylaw (sec stes); Traffic and Parking
regs; Ccl mtg schedule change (adding Thurs May 19 at
5:30pm); Rezoning and DPA 2436 Haywood; Correspondence: lots
of letters re Hollyburn Mews; two re Russet; staff reply re prov prop
at 900 22nd for sale -- First Nations have placed a claim and see
just-added Correspondence May 13, 1a11.
= Vive le Canada (Cadets 60; Parks 100); from the
EDITOR'S DESK (Salmagundi); UPDATES & INFO (Tax Rates; WVHS Book;
21st St Safety; Spuraway 100; Fisheries Awards; Blue Bus)
= CALENDAR to June 10th; CULTUREWATCH (Theatre; Art;
Music, Opera, Photography); NATUREWATCH
= Ccl Mtg NOTES May 9th: 6pm: Devt
Permit App (Rodgers Crk); Three readings of Annual Tax
Rates (deadline for adoption is May 15 so needs another ccl mtg;
sure indicates there cd hv bn a WG and more time for citizen input);
Adoption of Eagle Hbr Parcel Tax Bylaw; Grosvenor's Ideas Fairs for
1300blk; Bylaw Notice Enforcement Amendment Bylaw; sp ccl mtg May
11; LCAC apptmts; Devt App Status to Apr 29; Correspondence/Letters:
grants and finance cmtes' minutes, cmnty garden, Safeway site,
salmon designation, staff response to ADRA questions re Hollyburn
Mews (20th & Esquimalt), 20th St parking ban; responses by
the four political parties to UBCM questions on
policing/infrastructure/finance; Friends of Historical Piers,
moving Coast Guard Aux to HBay, water shortage plan, DNV re DNV
OCP, Hollyburn Mews (ADRA and resident), liquor licence for
Larson Stn, staff response re cmnty garden
> Youth Ccl Mtg 7pm: debate re voting age;
Youth Week activities; Awards
= Ccl Mtg AGENDAs May 16th
= ANIMALWATCH (Birds, Orcas, Tigers); INFObit (63rd);
BEACHWATCH; CREEKWATCH; SCHOOLWATCH; VILLAGEWATCH (Amniyr); TREEWATCH
(olive trees); LIVING on the Seam Line; PEACEWATCH (Clinton, Barak,
Ashrawi, Media; BRAVERY; ROYALWATCH (Queen; Royal Wedding; Honeymoon);
ROMANCEWATCH; BOOKWATCH (Neverisms); HERITAGEWATCH (Erickson Garden;
Walking Tours; 1899 Legg residence; Kogawa house; historic theatres);
LANGUAGEWATCH (Psychiatrist and Proctologist); MAIKU;
QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS/PUNS
=== Vive le CANADA
===
o 525 Pathfinder Squadron Royal
Canadian Air Cadets - 60th Anniversary
o 100th
Anniversary of Parks in Canada
"A Century of
Conservation: Parks and Cultural Landscapes" was the theme for
Heritage Week 2011 in recognition of the centennial of both BC Parks
and Parks Canada this year. Heritage Week began on National
Heritage Day, the third Monday in February.
Canada's
Dominion Parks Service, created in 1911, was the first such national
organization in the world. The same year, the Government of
British Columbia passed legislation to create Strathcona Park on
Vancouver Island, the beginning of our provincial parks
system.
Today, there are
hundreds of provincial parks throughout B.C. Our national parks,
and National Historic Sites which are part of the same system, protect
and celebrate priceless natural treasures and some of our most
historic places.
=== from the EDITOR'S DESK
=== Salmagundi
o Hope you enjoyed Mother's Day and now we look forward to
Father's Day.
o Looking forward to Cmnty Day June 4th. Look for
three old cars (1930, 1965, and 1969) in Heritage West Van's entry in
the parade. The tentative date for RoyalTea-by-the-Sea is
Sat Aug 13. (if you'd like to help or participate, pls call 922
4400.)
o Fashion. Apparently Cclr Ev is partial to
paisley. What an elegant tie he wore to the May 9th ccl mtg --
looked like silk/satin with pale blue and pale green
intertwined.
o There's much turmoil in the world and no space to
touch on it all. Readers will have noticed I do try to provide
information (other side; objective) on the Middle East since it is not
fully reported here (esp in NAm except for Quebec). That's
partly b/c I lived in Beirut for a while and loved it -- the city has
many similarities with Vancouver -- on the water, sea in front,
mountains behind, and multicultural. Muslims, Jews, Greeks,
Christians, Armenians, etc live together. Many I met were
trilingual (and more: Arabic at home, French for school since it was a
French mandate territory), English for business. There was a v
nice Palestinian secretary at the Canadian consulate -- and her
parents still had the key to their house. In Vancouver we have
some v brave souls here in Vancouver -- Independent Jewish Voices, for
example. The head of the Canada Palestine Assn is a
Christian.
Justice and peace do not belong to any one group or religion, we
must all espouse and encourage those values. Bethlehem was 60%
Christian when I was there and now I'm told maybe not even 15%.
At the end you'll see how difficult it is for children even to go
to school, how villagers try to live on their land though their homes
keep being demolished, how hard to make a living if their olive trees
cut down, how inspiring it is to see that Christian Peacemaker teams,
Doves (Italian), Muslim Peacemaker Teams, and many Israeli groups
(B'Tselem, Ta'ayush, Yesh Din, etc) work together for mutual respect
and peace. There is more optimism now with reconciliation
between Hamas (Muslim) and Fatah (secular) -- fingers crossed --
comments by Dr Hana Ashrawi, a Christian mbr of the govt.
o ROMANCEWATCH at the end is amusing.
o Sad, however, the loss of two men recently: Mike Campbell
and Juliano Mer-Khamis.
o Can't help marvelling at the consistent dedication of our
Queen.
o Future looks good with the great youth winning all those
awards.
=== UPDATES AND INFO
===
LATE PASSAGE OF BUDGET/TAX RATE
BYLAW
Some wondered and Sop asked about the timing (May 9th and 11th)
but budget discussed months ago. The Dir/Finance kindly provided
an explanation:
The tax rate bylaws are so late in coming out in a bylaw
(relative to the budget) owing to the fact that the District must wait
for all the other levels of government to send us their tax
requisitions. TransLink, Metro, and the Municipal Finance Authority
sent their tax requisitions to the District throughout the early part
of April, while the School requisition wasn't received until April
29th. The final tax rate bylaw cannot be compiled until we have
received all of the requisitions and it must be adopted prior to May
15th in each year (per the Community Charter).
Orders
for COTTAGES TO COMMUNITY
It's the story of West Vancouver's
neighbourhoods. This book, celebrating our centennial, will be
available for orders on Community Day, June 4th, through the West
Vancouver Historical Society.
The book, authored by Francis Mansbridge
with photo editor John Moir, will be available in mid September.
This is a limited edition publication so early orders are
recommended. It is a 176-page hard cover book with full colour
throughout. All proceeds from the book will be returned to the
community through donations to the West Vancouver Archives, Museum,
and Library to preserve the history of West Vancouver. The
Historical Society will have a booth on the Plaza behind the Community
Centre. Please place your order early to ensure a copy is
reserved for you.
21st Street
Pedestrian Safety and Traffic Calming
After significant
public input, the District has added traffic calming and streetscape measures
along 21st Street between Queens and Inglewood Avenues to its
2011 Road and Utilities Capital Program. Over the next two years, this project will
greatly improve pedestrian safety and traffic flow along this key
transportation corridor, with particular attention paid to improving
safety around nearby schools. etc
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level2.aspx?id=33144
SPURAWAY CELEBRATES CENTENARY
Official report of Debates of the Legislative Assembly
(Hansard) -- Wednesday, May 4, 2011
COMMUNITY OF SPURAWAY
R. Sultan: Last month I helped constituents celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Spuraway, a large home on the banks of the Capilano
River and a hub for a complex of 176 strata homes. This quiet corner
of my community is close to trails, parks, and shopping.
Spuraway is multicultural - British lumber money, Asian
roofline, B.C. log house walls, Japanese carpentry, and an aboriginal
fireplace. It's one of the oldest buildings in West Vancouver,
having served as a farmhouse; an equestrian centre; and a family
home to the Mahons, the McDermotts, and the Gibsons.
The centenary committee compiled Spuraway's rich history. The
birthday party featured top hats; the Peirsons' 100-year-old
Rolls-Royce; and stories from Val McDermott, Gordon Gibson, and others
who grew up there.
There's a connection to this Legislature. Gordon Gibson Sr., one
of the owners, was a hard-drinking logger elected B.C. Liberal MLA in
1953. He's famous for his speech in these chambers declaring that
money talked in the granting of forestry tenure. For that, the Lands
and Forests Minister spent 28 months in what we used to call the
crowbar hotel.
He was also famous for losing both his logboom and his float
home, with his wife still in it, heading off to Japan in a violent
storm. He had to make a choice. He chose the logboom.
Gordon Jr., his son, a scholar and author and also a B.C. Liberal
MLA and leader of our party, lived in Spuraway. Gordon Campbell asked
Gordon Jr. to recommend a new voting system, and he did, authoring our
epic [citizens'] assembly.
So Spuraway and its residents have many tales to tell. I ask you
to salute its next 100 years.
2012 National Recreational Fisheries Awards -
Call for Nominations
From: "XNCR, Awards"
<XNCRAwards@DFO-MPO.GC.CA>
Each year, five
National Recreational Fisheries Awards are presented to deserving
individuals or organizations. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is now
seeking nominations for the 2012 Awards.
If you know of
anyone else who might be interested in making a nomination, please
feel free to forward this information to them also. Note that
nominations received after August 2011 will be considered for the 2013
Awards.
Transit Riders
Give West Vancouver's Blue Bus Top Ratings
Tuesday, April
05 West
Vancouver's Blue Bus continues to earn very high approval rating
from the people it serves, especially with the service increasing in
popularity. Blue Bus has rated first in nine out of 11 quality
measures and second in a tenth category, in TransLink's most recent
quarterly Customer Satisfaction survey.
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Government/Level3.aspx?id=33482
======= CALENDAR to June
10th =======
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.
May is Child Care
Month
May is Child
Care Month in British Columbia! West Vancouver's Child
and Family Hub is your source for information
on events and facts of interest to families with young
children and child care providers in the community.
Events and
Activities for Children and Child Care Programs Visit
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=27094
== Tuesday May 10 ~ 7pm ~ Parks Master Plan
WG
== Sunday May 15
BC Special Olympics
- North Shore Walkathon: Regn 9am, Walk 10am - 1pm; Ambleside
Park
Walk the
seawall from Ambleside to Dundarave Beach in support of the North
Shore Special Olympics programs, all are welcome. Info:
cmatthews@vsb.bc.ca, www.sobcnorthshore.ca.
== Tuesday May 17
~ 4
- 7pm ~ Audit Cmte (will move to closed session)
~
7pm ~ Parks Master Plan WG
~ 7:30pm ~ WRA Regular Meeting at the Gleneagles
Clubhouse
Guest Speakers: Anne Russell, Block Watch WVPD, and Laurie Mark,
Kidney Foundation, BC Branch
Anne Russell will give a short presentation on Block Watch and
Laurie Mark will explain the Kidney Screening Program. Both will
answer related questions.
== Wednesday May 18 at 7pm
Bd of Variance in the Ccl Chamber and the Library Bd at
the Library
== Friday May 20
Harmony
Arts Juried Group show DEADLINE . Info: K Tong, 218 6570
www.harmonyarts.ca
* * *
Celebrate the Victoria Day holiday Monday May 23 * *
*
== Tuesday May 24
~
7pm ~ Parks Master Plan WG
~ 6 - 8pm ~
Tues May 24th and Wed 25th NEW! 1300Blk Marine Dr
Ideas Fair III: "Development
Concepts"
Citizens who participated
in our Ideas Fairs in March and April generated more than 70 boards
with their ideas and visions for the 1300 Block of Marine
Drive.
Please join us to
review our summary of community input from Ideas Fair I and II and to
discuss Development Concepts and potential Community Amenities for the
1300 Block. Your feedback will be helpful as we begin to prepare a
rezoning proposal for the 1300 Block.
Who:
Anyone interested in Ambleside
Village
Where:West Vancouver Community Centre Atrium
Please register --
contact Julia Reimer at 731 9053 (x101) or jreimer@brookpooni.com to
confirm registration.
See all the community
ideas at
www.amblesidewaterfront.com
28 Mar
~ 1 Apr ~ 2 Apr ~ 3 Apr ~ 14 Apr ~
16 Apr ~ 17 Apr ~ 21 Apr ----> May 24
and 25
Ambleside Business Ideas
Fair Youth Ideas Fair (West Van Secondary)
Ideas Fair I: Use,
Character, Connections Ideas Fair I: Use, Character,
Connections
Ideas Fair II: Bringing It
Together Ideas Fair II: Bringing It Together Ideas Fair Open House
Kids Ideas Fair (P. Johnson Elementary) Begin Preparing Development
Concepts
Ideas Fair III:
"Development Concepts"
www.grosvenor.com
Living Cities
1300 Block Marine Drive
Ambleside Village
Other News: The Temporary Art Greenway is
Open!
Grosvenor
understands that Ambleside Village is special. We believe
that art, culture,
and placemaking
can better connect the 1300 Block to the waterfront and differentiate
Ambleside Village as an exceptional place to live, shop, and enjoy the
amenities of West Vancouver.
When we took possession of the old gas station site at the west end of
the 1300 Block, we recognized that we had an opportunity to do
something different to improve Ambleside Village while we work with
the community and District to develop a plan for the
Block.
Through April, our
team created a Temporary Art Greenway on our vacant lot. Jaume
Plensa's "Overflow IV" sculpture and Kon Dimopoulis's "Blue
Trees" were made possible through a partnership between Grosvenor,
the Buschlen Mowatt Fine Arts Ltd. Foundation, and the Vancouver
Biennale. Benches and a bike rack will be installed shortly. We hope
you enjoy these works. Through the summer and fall, we anticipate that
the Temporary Art Greenway will become a participating location for
many of West Vancouver's fabulous community events.
www.amblesidewaterfront.com 1300 Block: Private &
District Land, Marine Drive, Bellevue 14th St ~~
www.grosvenor.com
== Wednesday May 25
~
7pm ~ WV Historical Society AGM at Srs' Ctr
History
of the West Vancouver Band to be presented by Director Doug
Macaulay
Doug Macaulay,
Principal Conductor and Director of the West Vancouver Youth
Band, will speak at the AGM. All are welcome. Doug
will review the history of the WV Band including the early days of
Arthur Delamont and the growth of the Band through the years.
The WVYB has the distinction of being the oldest continuous Youth Band
in Canada. Many of the other bands in the area such as the Kits
Boys Band, the Beefeater Band, and others have folded in recent
years.
== Thursday May 26
~
4:30pm ~ Design Review Cmte -- CANCELLED
~ 5pm ~
NSh Adv Cmte on Disability Issues; DNV M Hall
~ 7 - 8:15pm ~ "Glimpses"
into the Meaning of Dementia by a Duo of Daughters
Authors Beth Kope, Falling
Season (www.leafpress.ca), and Cathie Borrie The Long
Hello -- The Other Side of Alzheimer's (www.cathieborrie.com) will
talk about their caregiving journeys and read excerpts at the Ferry
Building Gallery -- poetry and music. NSh Cmnty Resources
(Helen Wait 982 3313); books for sale by 32 Books.
== Friday May 27
~
1:30 - 4:30pm ~ Parks Master Plan WG site visit, Large Parks Above
Hwy
~ 4:15 - 5pm ~
Community Concert Series
Private Lesson
students from the West Vancouver Community Centre, Woodwinds, Brass,
and Percussion
The WVCC and
Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities present the Series in the
atrium. The
monthly performances feature musicians from around Metro Vancouver.
All concerts are free and open to the public.
See full
schedule of performances.
== Saturday May 28
~ 9am to 1pm ~
Gleneagles Garage Sale
Come and
join us for a morning of fun at the annual Gleneagles Garage Sale
where everything old is new again! With over 40 tables displaying a
diverse assortment of treasures, you never know what new finds you
will go home with! For more information, please call 921
2100.
~ 11am - 5pm
~ HEY Day ("Helping Every Youth"
Day)
to be sponsored by MP John Weston, Park Royal Shopping Centre,
and CUSO-VSO North America.
HEY Day - Youth Inspiring
Youth
Parliament and Youth Work Together to Host
Youth Volunteer Fair
Local high school students of the Youth
Volunteer Organizational Committee ("YouthVOC") and MP John Weston
today announced HEY Day, an event where local youth will have a unique
opportunity to look close-up at local and international volunteer
opportunities. HEY Day will take place on May 28th in the
South Atrium of West Vancouver's Park Royal Shopping Centre.
Approximately 15 of the world's international and local volunteer
and education organizations from Canada and the United States will
participate in the event to present relevant opportunities at
informational booths that will be set up from 11am until
5pm.
~ 6 - 8pm ~ A speakers'
forum with acclaimed speakers such as the Deputy Director of
the Peace Corps, Carrie Hessler-Radelet.
Per their mission statement, student
YouthVOC members are working in cooperation with Weston "to inspire
youth to broaden their horizons and become aware of their own
abilities to make a positive impact in the local and global community
by providing volunteer resources."
It is very inspiring to know that we are
planning an event that will benefit the youth of the North Shore,"
said youth organizer Yun Kang, a grade 11 student at WV Secondary
School. "We will do our very best to ensure that HEY Day will
provide the youth of the North Shore with the inspiration and
knowledge to volunteer in the international and/or local
communities."
We hope that HEY Day will motivate other
youth to change their lives, change their communities, and change
their world," said Weston.
Participating organizations include HEY Day
sponsor CUSO-VSO North America, and others such as Canada World Youth
and the Peace Corps.
"Mulgrave is very excited to be involved
with the first HEY Day," says Eddie de Beer, the Deputy Head of
Mulgrave School. "This event promises to play a very positive role
by introducing students to the diversity of international and local
volunteer opportunities available to them today."
For more
information contact:
Yunkyoung (Yun) Kang, Representative of YouthVOC, 604 347
9718,
youthvoc@gmail.com
Wendy Noble, Office of John Weston, MP, 604 947
4617, westoj0@parl.gc.ca
== Sunday May 29
~ 7:30 - 11am ~ Rotary SeaWalk
Run
A beautiful return journey along the West
Vancouver waterfront. Raises funds for Canuck Place Children's Hospice
and Rotary Charities. Start at The Village at Park
Royal. Info: 778 773
2998, www.seawalkrun.com
== Monday May 30
~ 7 - 9pm ~ ....ON BROADWAY"
DESIGN LECTURE
Broadway, extending across almost the entire
city, is not only an important street for walking, living,
shopping, and work but is also one of Vancouver's busiest
transit corridors. How can we make it better?
Allan Jacobs, former Director of City
Planning for San Francisco and author of Great Streets, and
Elizabeth Macdonald, Professor of Urban Design at the
University of California, Berkeley, will speak to best practices in
street design and provide advice on the design of Broadway and how it
could be a 'Really Good' Street, if not a 'Great Street'.
== Tuesday May 31
~ 6
- 8pm ~ Lower Caulfeild Advisory Cmte at St Francis-in-the-Wood (gym)
JUNE
== Thursday June 2
~ 5:30pm ~ Pumpkin Fest Steering Cmte
FYI after six months of conceptual planning the Steering
Committee of the Pumpkin Fest is ready to launch. Look for us in
the Community Day Parade and kiosk afterwards. Would you care to
come and see community engagement in action? Our next meeting is
June 2nd in the Cedar Room at the Cmnty Centre.
~ Application DEADLINE for the Girls' Fire
Fighting Camp (Aug 5 - 7): Camp Ignite. Train with a
team of female firefighters for a fun-filled, action-packed
weekend: Introduction to fire fighting; Health &
nutrition seminars; Community talks; Fitness activities; Team building
exercises; Meals & accommodations. Open to all
females 16 - 18 years of age. Find out about a challenging and
exciting career. Ask your school counsellor for an application form
and drop it off at WV Fire Hall No. 1.
== Friday June 3 -- DEADLINE!
HARMONY ARTS is July 29 to Aug 7
http://harmonyarts.ca/
http://harmonyarts.ca/artists/ NORTH SHORE STUDIO TOURS: North Shore artists and art galleries (including
Bowen Island and Lions Bay) may register for this tour to exhibit and
sell their artworks to visiting patrons. The tour dates are Sunday,
July 31 and/or Sunday, August 7. Registration deadline is
Friday, June 3.
* * * COMMUNITY DAY PARADE SATURDAY JUNE
4! * * *
== Tuesday June 7 ~ 7pm ~ Parks Master WG
mtg
== Thursday June 9 ~ 7 - 9pm ~ SFU Harbour Centre
Campus
MICHAEL GELLER - FORTY YEARS
ON
May 2010 marks the 40th Anniversary of Michael Geller's
graduation from the University of Toronto School of Architecture --
and the beginning of an active career in architecture, planning, real
estate development, and community life. Since then, Michael
Geller has had a coast-to-coast career in both public and private
sectors, involving ground-breaking projects in Vancouver from False
Creek South to UniverCity. Join him for a four decade
retrospective of his work. Lots of illustrations - visual and
verbal - in the Geller Style.
***This event is free, but requires registration beforehand. To
register, go to
www.sfu.ca/reserve. ***
Joshua Randall, The City Program,
Continuing Studies, SFU at Harbour Centre; Tel 778 782 5254; Email:
city@sfu.ca
+++ WV MEMORIAL LIBRARY
+++
http://www.westvanlibrary.ca/event/calendar.php
= English
Corner ~ Fridays May
20, 27, June 3, 10
~ Practise English
Conversation 10 - 11:30am. For more info pls call Fariba Rocker
at 604 506 6616.
= WELCOME TO THE PHILOSOPHERS'
CAFÉ ~~
10:30am - noon ~~ Friday May 20
Comfortable surroundings for
vibrant street level discussions on burning issues of the day. No
formal philosophy training required; real life experience desired.
Come early, stay late.
Philosophers' Cafés are
organized by Interdisciplinary Programs in Continuing Studies at Simon
Fraser University in cooperation with the dedicated, peripatetic
moderators listed alongside each event on this website:
http://www.sfu.ca/philosopherscafe/
Everyone welcome. Experience and
registration are not required. Admission $5
Winning -- When is the cost of winning too high? When, in fact,
does the winner lose?
+++ WV MUSEUM
+++
http://westvancouvermuseum.ca/exhibitions/current_exhibition
o
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.
o The
Smith Collection ~ June 9 to August
27
A selection of works by leading
Canadian artists from Gordon Smith's private
collection
Immersed in the visual art world,
West Vancouver artist Gordon Smith and his late wife Marion collected
a number of interesting works by leading Canadian and international
artists. The wealth of their art collection is evidence of the lives
the Smiths touched and conversely those who influenced Gordon
Smith's artistic practice. Through examining the Smith's influence
to the Canadian art world, this first exhibition of the Smith
Collection includes works by Rodney Graham, Douglas Coupland, Jack
Shadbolt, and Ann Kipling among many others.
Opening Reception
Wednesday June 8 from 7 to 9pm
+++ FERRY BUILDING GALLERY
+++ http://ferrybuildinggallery.com ~ 925 7290
Capilano U Grad Show 2011 - Textile Arts
~ May 17 - 29
Artists' Talk Saturday May 21 from 2 -
3pm
four heathers LAY/ER/ED ~
May 31 - June 19
Heather Jphnston - photograph, ink, and encaustic on wood panel;
Heather McAlpine - acrylic on canvas; Heather Cairns - ceramics;
Heather Aston - monotypes and mixed media on wood panel
Opening Reception Tuesday May 31 from 6 to
8pm
Artists in Attendance Saturday June 4 from 2 to
3pm
+++ SILK PURSE +++
http://www.silkpurse.ca/gallery2.html
May 17 - 29 -- "Swans and Other
People"
artworks by Jacquie Manning Popular teacher
and painter Jacquie Manning exhibits her multi-media explorations and
documentations of unusual encounters with animals while trekking
through Europe. A departure from her abstract works.
Opening Reception Tuesday
May 17th from 6 - 8pm
May 31 - June 12th -- "A Way of
Seeing"
Photographic images by emerging
photographer Maryam Russell. In this exhibit Maryam attempts to draw
the viewer into a different perspective and way of seeing things, in
order to reconsider the world around us. She invites the viewer to see
the simple graces of life through the lens of her camera.
Opening Reception Tuesday
May 31st 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
A NIGHT OF STORY &
SONG WITH ZIBA SHIRAZI
/ 6pm Sunday, May
15
COLLINGWOOD SCHOOL
PRESENTS THE SOUNDS OF SPRING / 7pm Tues/Wed May 17/18
RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY
PRESENTS THE WIZARD OF OZ
/ 6:30pm Thursday May
19
COLLINGWOOD JUNIOR SCHOOL
SPRING CONCERT /
7pm Wed/Thurs May
25/26
BURSTIN' WITH BROADWAY
PRESENTS GIVE MY REGARDS TO... / 2pm and 7:30pm Saturday May 28
PRO ARTE
GALA /
6:30pm Sunday May
29
A CONVERSATION WITH
AFGHANISTAN'S FAWZIA KOOFI
/ 7:30pm Monday
June 6
June 9 - "Diamonds and All That
Jazz"
Join Grammy award-winning jazz/pop vocalists, The Manhattan
Transfer, and celebrity host, Vicki Gabereau, for a spectacular
evening of great food, fine wines, melody, and song in support of the
Kay Meek Centre.
+++ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 60, West
Vancouver +++
Website: http://www.westvan60.com/ --
ofc: 922 3587; lounge: 922 1920
"Where Volunteers make the difference."
Chartered November 17th, 1926
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Drop in -- This fun night
is for Branch members and guests
...May 19,
June 2, 16 & 30. Info - call
Kelvin Andrew - 921 9665
6:30pm Monday May 16th at
Municipal Hall
CIVIC RECOGNITION CEREMONY FOR THE
Royal Canadian Air Cadets 525 Pathfinder Squadron on the occasion of
their 60th Anniversary. All welcome! Reception to follow in Memorial
Hall
May
21st - PATIO
OPENING 1st Annual
Bar-Be-Que
Back By Popular
Demand "The
TomCats"
Friday, May 27th
-- Dinner in the Lounge with Music; Burger &
a glass of Beer $10.00
Sunday, May 29th
-- Veterans' Social in the
Lounge; 2 - 4pm
+++ WV CHAMBER of COMMERCE
+ 926 6614 + http://www.westvanchamber.com
May 14 - West Vancouver Fire Firefighters Car Wash
The West Vancouver Fire Fighters Charitable Society will one
again be holding their annual carwash in Ambleside this
Saturday.
May 24 - Chamber Breakfast Club -- Location:
Cafe TrafiQ
Tuesday, May 24th, 7:30 - 8:30am for the next Breakfast Club. New
members are encouraged - a great opportunity to establish new
contacts. Member - 0.00 Register
May 25 - 1st Annual Chamber Golf Tournament
80% SOLD OUT! Don't miss this great opportunity to network on the
greens! Reserve your spot today!
Gleneagles Golf Course /
Golf &
Dinner - $100.00,
Dinner Only - $50.00
RegisterJune 7 - 2011 Annual President's Dinner and Business of
Excellence Awards
West Vancouver Yacht Club. Nominations are now being sought for
the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Awards of Excellence. All
members of the WV Chamber and community are encouraged to submit
nominations for businesses or for themselves.
Ticket -
$99.00
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.
Shakespeare 201 - 7pm Tues
May 24
SFU's Dr. Paul Budra returns once
again to engage and amuse us!
Owing to the overwhelming popularity
of last year's Shakespeare 101, Paul is back and this time he delves a
little deeper into what makes Shakespeare well...Shakespeare. Bringing
his signature charm and extensive knowledge, Paul will get you primed
and ready for our 2011 productions and will keep your mind limber for
a great season of Shakespeare.
Price: Free! (pre-registration
required) Where: SFU Woodward's, 149 W
Hastings
> Bard on Screen is back at
Vancity Theatre!
Vancity Theatre, in conjunction with
Bard on the Beach, will screen two award-winning Shakespearean films
on two Mondays in May in advance of Bard's 2011 season. The
evenings include a brief introduction and a post-movie discussion
hosted by Bard Artistic Director Christopher Gaze and other members of
the Bard company. Buy your tickets today!
Monday May 16 -- SHAKESPEARE IN
LOVE -- Directed by John Madden
What if William Shakespeare was
embroiled in a complicated love affair at the time he was writing
Romeo and Juliet? The Academy Award-winning romantic comedy
Shakespeare in Love explores what might have happened - with
hilarious and dramatic results. The film stars Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth
Paltrow, Colin Firth, and Judi Dench and was written by Tom Stoppard
and Marc Norman.
Monday May 30
-- LOOKING FOR RICHARD
7:30pm Special introduction and post film Q &A hosted by
Bard Artistic Director Christopher Gaze
Al Pacino's deeply-felt film Looking for Richard
explores Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world,
through interviews and an in-depth analysis of his play Richard
III. The documentary includes performances and commentary by
British and American actors including Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Winona
Ryder, and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Al Pacino.
+ Vancouver Playhouse
873 3311
MacHomer by Rick Miller, a melding of Macbeth
and the Simpsons May 14 and 15
+ Arts Club
(687 1644) www.artsclub.com
- Stanley
Industrial Alliance -- Hairspray starring Jay
Brazeau, May 7 to July 10
{our
best wishes for Jay's speedy recovery!}
- Revue Stage on Granville
Island -- Mom's the Word: Remixed, May 26 to July
23
We dare you to take a break
from hockey!
Wed June 1st marks an
NHL time-out between the Stanley Cup semi-finals and the final
showdown. Why not let go of all that drama and grab some comedy
instead! Dare You is part improv show; part
reality TV and part cabaret. CTV personality Marke Driesschen will
host, as guest experts help daring folks face their fears on stage.
Our team of experts includes: Burlesque Queen Burgandy Brixx,
Vancouver Masters Syncro (yes, a whole synchronized swim team),
members of Bollywood Shenanigans, and more. This laugh-filled
evening also includes a TheatreSports match inspired by people's
legendary phobias. Each team is made up of seasoned TheatreSports pros
and a daredevil participant who'll be walking the improv high-wire for
the very first time. We'll also have a live tribute to Vin
Diesel's movies, and a new rendition of the song everyone loves to
hate (we dare not speak its name). Throughout the evening audience
members will be invited to bid on exceptional prize packages in a live
auction led by Jimmy Mitchell.
Pre-show reception at 6:45,
enjoy some snacks and try our featured theme-based
cocktail.
Great night out and a
wonderful way to support TheatreSports, Pi Theatre, and the performing
arts in Vancouver.
+ Pacific Theatre
731 5518
The Great Divorce
from the novel by C S Lewis, May 19 to June 18
A theological journey from Hell
(a dreary city in the north of England) to Heaven (nothing you've ever
imagined) that will forever change the way you view
eternity
+ Jericho Arts
Centre (1675
Discovery) 224 8007
Our Class by
Tadeusz Slobodzianek, Western Canadian premiere, June 3 to
26
The Reputation of Lady
Mary, a theatre piece about Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu
by Charles Sigel, June 6 to
22
+ Metro Theatre 266
7191
Haunted by
Eric Chappell, May 7 to June 4
+ Studio 16
684 2787
Eurydice
May 25 to June 3
is a contemporary flair to the
Greek myth of Orpheus. Follow Eurydice's love story from earth to
underworld and the chaos of clever characters along the
way....
Secretly Women Productions have
been described in the press as: "[U]ndoubtedly Vancouver's hardest
working actors on stage right now." [- Mark
Robins]
+ Roundhouse Cmnty Ctr
(corner of Pacific and Davie) 254 0707
BEUTFL
PRBLMS
Radix Theatre Society: 8pm May
13 to 21 (4pm matinees May 14, 21; no show May 15,
16)
Inspired by the 1997 chess
match in which Garry Kasparov, arguably the best chess player of all
time, was defeated by the IBM computer Deep Blue. The show
explores complexity, competition, and humanity's evolving relationship
with technology.
+ Deep Cove Shaw
Theatre 929 3200
Stones in his
Pockets by Marie Jones, an Irish comedy; May 5 -
21
(We saw this in London and enjoyed it v
much)
+ Hendry Hall 983
2633
Checkout Girls by Louise Roche, British musical;
May 27 to June 11
+ Presentation House
Theatre 990 3474
One-woman play: Belle of
Amherst by William Luce. May 10 - 21
based on the writings and
poetry of the 19th century reclusive genius, Emily
Dickinson
* ART
+ VANCOUVER ART
GALLERY
~ VAG PUBLIC PROGRAMS
-- All Programs free for Members.
~ Out for Lunch
-- Eine Kleine Lunch Musik Select Fridays, 12:10 -
1pm
Walking +
Falling
Jim Campbell, Chris
Marker, and Eadweard Muybridge / April 2 - September 5
Walking +
Falling presents the work of three notable artists who have utilized
new media to explore and represent complex notions of time, movement
and memory: Jim Campbell, Chris Marker and Eadweard
Muybridge.
Ken
Lum / February 12 - September
25
Over the
past 20 years, the internationally acclaimed Vancouver artist Ken Lum
has developed a compelling and complex body of work. This exhibition
will survey Lum's career and will include recent projects that have
not been presented in North America.
May
26 Heller Lecture The Colour
of My Dreams ~ Dawn Ades 7pm, in the
Gallery
May
26 New Gallery Tours - All exhibitions:
11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 2:30pm in the Gallery
May
27 Revolution By Night: The Surrealism
Dinner
~ The Colour of My Dreams; 6pm, in the Gallery
May
28 Members' Opening The Colour of My
Dreams ~ 7-10pm, in the Gallery
May
29 New Gallery Tours All
exhibitions 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 2:30pm in the
Gallery
* MUSIC
+ OPERA
+ CARMEN by
Bizet
Vancouver Concert Opera
Co-Operative present this passionate opera with narration by Bernard
Cuffling. 7:30pm May 14 Canadian Memorial United Church
www.vancoco.ca
+ Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra
= Bach &
Haydn: The Musical Masters
8pm
Fri/Sat, May 20/21
-- Chan Centre for the
Performing Arts at UBC
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.
5
Haydn Symphony No. 94, Surprise;
Schumann Symphony No. 1, Op. 38, Spring
=
Sweet!
8pm Sunday May
22 -- Symphony
at the Roundhouse;
Roundhouse Community Centre
Our final concert,
with Maestro Tovey at the helm, features music composed in the style
of the suite. Like a fine evening with a sampling of tapas and wines,
this concert will be a veritable smorgasbord of sounds to tickle the
ears, and inspire the imagination. A special feature of this concert
will be the premiere of Tim Brady's new work for ensemble and soprano,
We're Hardcore, a setting of poetry from Canadian rock icon Gord
Downie of the Tragically Hip.
= Tales from the Vienna Woods
-- Orpheum 2pm Thurs May 26
Pierre Simard conductor; Christopher
Gaze host
The very best of the
Musical City, featuring Mozart's Magic Flute Overture and Piano
Concerto No. 21, excerpts from Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, Strauss's
Tales from the Vienna Woods and Blue Danube Waltz, and Von Suppe's
Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna.
= A Night at
the Cotton Club, with Byron Stripling -- 8pm at Orpheum, Fri/Sat May
27/28
= The
Mischievous Adventures of the Rascally Rhythm -- 2pm Sunday May 29 at Orpheum
* PHOTOGRAPHY
~~~ Caroun Art Gallery: "Iranian
[Nomadic] Hand-woven" in May
A Collection of different items of woven items, by Iranian
tribes: "Kilim, Zilu, Jajim, small Rug, Cushion, Bag, Shiraki,
Tache, Ribbons, Long, Clothes, Textile..."
Open 12 noon to 8pm (closed Mondays); North Vancouver, 1 778 372
0765
www.Caroun.netCaroun Photo Club (CPC)
5th Annual Photography
Competition/Exhibition 2011 is announced. Complete info is posted
on: CPC website:
www.CarounPhotoClub.com2011 Competition is different from last year's. It will be held
in two rounds:
The first part is on facebook, free and open to
public worldwide: People's Choice Award; It's open
to public!
The second section is almost the same as last
year's, a Juried Competition. A Canadian Jury will judge
the photos. Professional and Amateur photographers worldwide are
welcome to take part.
Prizes are also different. There are more than
medals and mentions! Winners will exhibit their works at the Caroun
Art Gallery
There are 26 Winners and Selected Works. Lots of
chances to win! And more! Please read the announcement completely, and
do exactly as mentioned! You can send your photos
NOW!
=== NATUREWATCH
=== David Cook 924 0147
10am Friday May 27
Title: Secrets of a Temperate Coniferous
Forest
An interpretive walk for Salmonberry Days of Dunbar
Residents' Association
The Spanish Banks Trail is trail No. 23 on the map.
Description of event: On this two-hour forest walk,
biologist David Cook points out how the components of a typical second
growth forest and invasive plants work together to produce a
functional but ever-changing whole. A free public event. No
registration required.
=== SUBSCRIBER HEADSUP
An update re mtgs and the Agendas was sent:
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 01:55:34 -0700 Subject: AGENDAs May
16 (+ PH on Hollyburn Mews)
HEADSUP: Ccl Mtg Monday May 16th: 4:30pm for in
camera mtg; 6:45 for the Delegation (Cadets....); 7pm Public Hearing
on Hollyburn Mews followed by regular ccl mtg.
etc
=== COUNCIL MTG NOTES May
9th ===
~ 6pm ~ SPECIAL CCL MTG
at Cmnty Ctr
The Youth Council meeting will commence at
7pm following the Special Council Meeting.
6:00 PM
1. Call to order
2. Approval of May 9, 2011 Special Council Meeting Agenda
REPORTS
At the April 4, 2011 regular meeting Council received the report
dated March 24, 2011 from the Community Planner regarding Development
Permit Application No. 10-050 for Lot 12 on Highgrove Place (in Area 1
of Rodgers Creek) {DPA} and set the date for consideration for May 9,
2011.
Reports received up to May 5, 2011:
NAME: /
DATE: / FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
DPA /
March 24, 2011 / April 4, 2011 and
May 9, 2011
DPA / April 27, 2011
/ May 9, 2011
Written Submissions received up to May 5, 2011:
NAME: /
DATE: / FOR COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION: No items received to
date.
Mayor: No 3 [sic?] is DPA for Highgrove Place in Rodgers Creek --
Mr Sokol.
Sokol: going to it pass on to Geri Boyle who'll make a brief
presentation.
GB: quite a big night for lots of reasons
another Devt Permit for the Rodgers Crk area, but this is the
first Devt Permit for multi-family housing in RCrk; first applic
before Ccl for cluster housing; another step forward in realizing the
RCrk plan.
The maps, uh, -- don't show too well up here
we're dealing with Lot 12 in Area One of RCrk
The other 11 sgl-fam lots within RCrk Area One are all under
construction at the present time, so this is the last vacant site;
large, it's over two acres in size
will only have 18 cluster housing units and will be arranged in
three bldgs
Bisecting the site is Tributary B; not exciting name but that's
how we named them across the hillside; this is Trib B
Trib B is protected and will be enhanced. The proposal is
consistent with the RCrk Devt Plan doc and the kind of setbacks
envisioned
implementing and realizing the plan through this process
Note, this Devt Permit contains minor variances for the entrance
trellises for the units on the north side of the street, v minor
variance; important in terms of the architectural presence and
features of the bldg itself
Review by the Design Rev Cmte; had a couple of looks, examined in
great detail b/c the first
saw it again, team did some serious modifications to the project
and think end product far better than what they actually saw.
You're seeing the revised product. It was taken to a public
information mtg a week and a half ago so if any mbrs of the public
wanted to see the public cd come forward.
Some mbrs of the broad cmnty did attend; v few. Mbrs of the
BPAHA did attend but not many, it was a lovely evening that
night
{well,
possibly not many b/c it was NOT on the DWV Calendar so I had no
notice of such a mtg or I wd hv put it in my newsletter -- was only
BPAHA told?}
will turn over to Geoff Kroll, of BPP; will take a few minutes to
explain the proj itself.
PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT
GK: VP of Devt for BPP, joined by Mike Courtenay (sp?), Sr VP for
Design and Construction, and Don Andrew, Principal of Creekside
Architects, the main architect on this project
first multi-fam bldg in RCrk but not the first for BPP in the
area; we've learned from first two areas, Taylor's Lookout, applied
it, evolution of design on the hillside
cluster -- really just townhouses or terraced dwellings not
served by a common entrance
three sep bldgs with six units each
three similar bldgs with a five-storey facade, and a single-floor
structure facing north, reinforced concrete
first level is entrance to level two and three and entrance from
lane
level two has two sgl-level apts; level three again; levels four
and five are two two-storey apts
...garage, parking...
designed to respect steep topography, created terraced structure
that flows with the contours
merging traditional west coast architecture with contemporary
alpine architecture as prescribed in the RCrk envisioning process for
the area
natural stone, wood soffits, beams, and glass, main
elements
terraces landscaped
will be certified green
variety of indigenous species hardy to hillside
Trib B, watercourse runs N to S between bldgs B and C; enhance
with plant material and rain garden catchment areas to filter the
water
low impact devt strategies, storm water mgmt plan
details in the packages you have
this is the next stage of the RCrk Plan
Sop: like what I've seen in design, set into hillside, low roofs,
much talked about over the years
asked for due diligence on the creeks, talked to Ms Boyle; but
are the creeks whether ephemeral or otherwise going to be left in a
natural state even though bldgs going to be close?
you're not going to groom ev crk in your prop as time goes on, I
hope
my understanding when nodes in place wd leave everything around
it natural, ie less [sic] roads, less building, more green,--
Mayor: --let him answer the question
GK: a lot of work went into assessing all the creeks in the
area
this one in the middle of this project was deemed to have a
lower value, although all the creeks have a high value, but compared
to the other creeks, particularly Marr Crk to the east and RCrk to the
west, that particular tributary we knew ahead of time, given the
constraint to the site -- creeks to the east and west, Chippendale Rd
to the south, 1200ft contour to the north, that Trib B wd be impacted
-- so the design incorporates, not necessarily leaving it in its
natural state but leaving it in a naturally functioning state that
enhances its ecological function as part of the overall creek
system
At the end of the day I think you'll be pleased with the results
you'll see with what looks and functions as a natural
watercourse.
{a pseudo
watercourse? faux? make-believe natural?}
Sop: DFO still gives guidelines of what you can do in those
creeks?
GK: DFO much higher level planning; they received a copy of the
Rodgers Crk Area plan; were very pleased with the direction the M was
going in; the day to day design details, we deal with the District
staff, and a variety of envmtal consultants
Sop: when will the Chippendale be open?
GK: open now, for [services, heavy truck traffic during
construction]
open to the public next year
TP: on Trib B, notice it's parkland. can you give me the
status of what the ephemeral will be once proj complete and who will
be owning it and maintaining it?
GK: three sections of Trib B. Between Chippendale Rd and
Highgrove Place wch is covenanted, in favour of M; and also a
statutory ROW for the water.
{God's exercising rights to water
in the Richelieu and Assiniboine rivers -- pays any attention to
ROW???}
So it's private prop so it will be maintained by the prov prop
owners but the District has final say in what happens in that
creek.
The next section between the two legs of Highgrove Place, same
thing.
maintained by the public but District always has the right to
access that prop and to do or mediate any work or do any work at the
cost of the prop owner
Above Highgrove Place it's park, left in its natural state,
responsibility of the M
Ev: your intention to build three simultaneously?
GK: one right after the other
once we go in and disturb the site, we want to get it finished,
get it landscaped, and re-established as quickly as
possible
Ev: time frame?
GK: with approval tonight, bldg permit, hope to start
construction this summer;18 months before bldgs all complete
Mayor: been before Design Review Cmte twice; natural setting and
sympathetic built form -- how satisfied are you, Ms Boyle, with what
architect has come back with?
GB: DRC's concern was view from distance, horizontality, shall we
say, unrelenting
a lot details to reduce that
each of the five levels there was concrete beam from one length
of the bldg to the other, reinforced that
changed, opened up the middle and those beams gone, introduced
diff materials, changed window system so not same across the whole
bldg, start to see things differently
diff view distance with horizontality
design team has tried, good effort to address that
elevations from the south the most difficult to really appreciate
from a distance
the cross-section, you see one here, how bldg fits really nicely
into the site
at one end one storey, off top end of Highgrove Place -- how
steep the prop is
plsd with efforts and changes they've made
Mayor: anything more? call for public input?
Ms Scholes anything about what we've received so far?
SSch: reports and to date no submissions
CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT --- none
Mayor: see some mbrs of the BPAHA here, but no further
comment?
Sop moved: all info rec'd for information
DONE
Then Sop moved: THAT subject to additional comments or
concerns being raised on the project at the public meeting, staff
recommends that the updated proposed DPA attached to the report from
the Manager, Community Planning dated April 27 be
approved.
{subject to, but how
resolved???}
remember when they came some years ago and we said go away;
didn't want to see hillside, sgl fam all the way across, did that in
Whitby Estates; want diff sizes
came with a layout; this is the first phase
these three units, take a bit, and then five phases to go
excellent job of design
like lots of natural space, trails, roads less than in Whitby,
Chartwell, and other areas
good, look forward
SW: I was at both Design Review mtgs when BPP came forward, ack
work they did
challenges, they came back with a more refined product
look forward to seeing how it fits into the landscape
CARRIED unanimously
Mayor: thank you for sustainability and the envmt and the built
form
Mayor: moving to Item 5
{The Mayor must have had different
numbering on her agenda initially but now back to what we
have.}
RECOMMENDED: be read a first, second, and third time.
{hm; sorta
makes a mockery of some calls to speed up budget so no WG, etc when
left to the last moment anyway (deadline for adoption of tax rates is
May 15; this is three readings so need another ccl mtg --
Wed?}
Mayor: annual tax rate bylaw
[TP moved, and Mayor called question]
oh, did you put your hand up to speak?
Sop: did I get a groan from that side of the table?
Mayor: maybe
Sop: why are we here then if we can't speak?
Ms Leemhuis, when we look at Appendix A
by average or not? guess user-pay; gives clearer
understanding
see averaging cost to taxpayer
can the utilities be included, states no longer do that?
done quarterly
Mayor: ask Dir/Fin to comment b/c not our intent to not be clear
about facts utilities separate
but think you're wanting full public disclosure
Nina: absolutely agree; tax and utility portion in what goes
public
so everybody is aware of the full costs; prop as well as
utilities
this report relates only to the tax rate bylaw
6:24 {see a fuller
clarification by the Dir/Fin above in Updates &
Info}
RECOMMENDED: be read a first, second, and third time.
CARRIED
7. 1300 Block Marine Drive - Ideas Fairs (File:
0500-01) Presentation to be provided.
[RECOMMENDED:] THAT the presentation from Grosvenor
Americas regarding 1300 Block Marine Drive - Ideas Fairs be received
for information.
Mayor: a brief update
as WV turns 100 next year; getting involved in Ambleside
NOW
seven mtgs; formal process at May 16
worked with the students at PJ and WVHigh
Michael Mortensen, Grosvenor: depth of involvement
leisure... , boards at the back
{drawings by students?}
{slides -- almost
impossible to see with lighting; v v faded}
signed a non-binding MOU to purchase at a fair market
price
Summary, know you can't see it
{impossible to read
anything on the slides}
Mar 28 to ABA
these ppl will inherit Amb Village ten or so years from now
co-design facilitation; devpd images and rated them; interested
in sustainability and places to hang out
to Mr Cheng
James Cheng: a day in the life of the ppl in the block
...walking has the highest count; walking envmt...
like midblock connection
concerned about character of 14th St
lower scale on 14th, like blue trees
don't forget Marine Dr; remember MDr is our ceremonial entrance
into WV; nip the two together
MM: massing exercise; model at the back
playing with the blocks
like idea of the mews, covered space between the two; about as
wide as this atrium; covered light
learned a lot how ppl want to live in the next 50
years
May 24 and 25, another series of Ideas Fairs for
feedback
tell ppl what we heard; ten top boards
hope to bring a rezoning applic in
what you can expect under present zoning and then two or three
alternatives
remarkable how youth were engaged; can't vote in elections but
they can participate
happy to be here on the eve of the Youth Ccl
Sop: where are we going from here?
MM: after results from May; will have some concepts for
zoning
TP: can you tell me the top idea that came out of the youth
MM: a lot want a valid place to be 8 or 9 o'clock?
caters to a diverse range of ppl
desires quite like everyone else's; want to socialize
Mayor: in common with most of the cmnty
look forward to working with you
MS: look forward
Ev: over the years, Grosvenor has gone to extraordinary lengths;
involve youth and schools
largely going to be their inheritance, speaking for myself
largely for the next generation so delighted
Sop: add congratulations
process first time; saw it happen here four times
summation by Mr Cheng to this Ccl
this process is imp
in these larger devts; they went ahead and solicited ideas;
talked with us and with the public
really quite positive; looking forward to the end result
BYLAW ADOPTED
This bylaw received three
readings at the April 18 Council Meeting
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS [6:40]
9. Consent Agenda Items
9.1. Change to Council Meeting Schedule (File:
0120-01)
Schedule amended by scheduling a special Ccl mtg
9am Wed May 11 [at M Hall]
9.2. Appointment to E-Comm Board of Directors for
2011/2012 (File: 2715-07/0115-01)
the appointment of Mayor Goldsmith-Jones as the North
Shore representative on the E-Comm Board of Directors for the
2011/2012 year confirmed.
9.3. Appointments to Lower Caulfeild Advisory Committee
(File: 0115-20-LCAC1)
for the
term ending Jan 31, 2012: Leslie Gilbert; Jim Carter; and Alexandra
Hejduk.
received for information.
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Government/Level3.aspx?id=32102
Council Correspondence up to April 15, 2011 (up
to 12:00 noon)
Referred for Action
(1) F. Farrell, April 5, 2011, regarding Parking
Ticket on Esquimalt Avenue
(Referred to Director of Planning, Lands and Permits for
consideration and response)
Received for Information
(2) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes -
Cmnty Grants Committee - February 18, 2011
(3) C. Baxter, April 5, 2011, regarding Community
Garden
(4) S. Riddell, April 13, 2011, regarding
Invitation to Community Forum (April 19, 2011)
(5) April 14, 2011, regarding Taxes
(6) April 15, 2011, regarding Community
Consultation on 1650 Marine Drive (Existing Safeway Site)
Council Correspondence up to
April 21, 2011 (up to 12:00 noon)
Referred for Action
(1) J. Sikes, April 20, regarding Status of
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Property at 990 22nd
St
(Referred to Director of Planning, Lands and Permits for
consideration and response)
Received for Information
(2) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes -
Finance Committee - March 14, 2011
(3) North Shore Committee - Vancouver Area
Cycling Coalition (NS-VACC), April 19, 2011, regarding NS-VACC
Presentation to West Vancouver Council on April 18, 2011
(4) Two Submissions dated April 18 and 19, Union
of BC Municipalities, regarding Election Engagement and 2011/2012
(Spring) Regional Community to Community Forum Program
(5) North Shore Community Resources, April 14,
2011, regarding 2011 North Shore Community Volunteer Spirit Award
Recipient
(6) April 18, regarding Warning About Engaging
West Van Dog Lobby Group for Parks Master Plan
(7) Hon. T. Lake, Minister of Environment,
March 30, 2011, regarding Designation of Pacific Salmon as Provincial
Fish
(8) Two submissions dated April 18 and 20,
regarding Hollyburn Mews Proposed Devt (2031, 2047, and 2063
Esquimalt)
Responses to Correspondence
(9) B. Sokol, Director of Planning, Lands, and
Permits, April 15, 2011, response to Ambleside Dundarave Ratepayers'
Association regarding 20th Street and Esquimalt
Avenue
Council Correspondence up to
April 29, 2011 (up to 12:00 noon)
Referred for Action
(1) D. Robertson, April 20, 2011, regarding 20th
Street Parking Ban
(Referred to Director of Engineering and Transportation for
consideration and response)
(2) Child Find British Columbia, April 15, 2011,
regarding Request for Proclamation of National Missing Children's
Month and Missing Children's Day
(Referred to Municipal Clerk for response)
Received for Information
(3) Committee and Board Meeting Minutes
-
Board of Variance, March 16, 2011; West Vancouver Memorial
Library Board, March 16, 2011
(4) Union of BC Municipalities, April 28,
2011, regarding Federal Party Survey Results
{has
graph of responses from the four political parties on several policy
questions posed; surprisingly no responses from the Tories; take a
look!
http://www.westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/Your_Government/Council_Correspondence/2011/April/11apr29%20-%20Severed.pdf
}
(5) Hon. P. Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and
Innovation, April 18, 2011, regarding Competition for "Most Small
Business Friendly Community Award"
(6) Two submissions dated April 20, 2011
regarding Friends of Historical Piers League Petition
(7) P. and H. Scholefield, April 21, re
Support for Moving the Coast Guard Auxiliary to Horseshoe
Bay
(8) D. Petitpierre, April 21, 2011, regarding
Reducing Expenditures
(9) L. Stuart, March 22, 2011, regarding Safeway
Site
(10) Metro Vancouver, April 15, 2011, regarding
Revised Water Shortage Response Plan
(11) District of North Vancouver, April 26, 2011,
regarding Proposed District of North Vancouver Official Community Plan
Bylaw 7900, 2011
(12) Nine Submissions dated April 15-18 re
Hollyburn Mews Proposed Devt (2031, 2047, and 2063
Esquimalt)
(13) Eight submissions dated April 20-28, re
Gleneagles Golf Course (Larson Station) Liquor Licence
Application
Council Correspondence up to
May 3, 2011 (up to 4:30 pm)
Responses to Correspondence
(1) I. Haras, Manager of Parks Operations, April
28, response to C. Baxter, re Community Garden.
10. OTHER ITEMS -- No
items.
11. Reports from Mayor/Cclrs
MS: given this is Youth Week; been reviewing youth policies;
coming back June or July
TP: tel survey about our Parks
[Parks WG] going on upstairs
tomorrow at Gleneagles?
what do you like most? what needs attention? what
ideas for future?
remind everyone, WG mtgs are open; always excited when ppl
attended
first Earth Run over weekend, first ever on the North
Shore; hope to become an annual event
hope across Canada
we started with 60 runners raised of $2K
... acknowledge Elaine {who???}; the first event is always
easiest
Sop: on your behalf went to the Dundarave sailpast on weekend;
it's been going since 1963
Hollyburn Sailing Club; wonderful things for kids; great
group
SW: at the X for the NSh, Softball, WV and NV Leagues come
together
Nancy Greene was there, exciting; we were freezing and they just
wanted to party
up at XXXX another groups of girls; female strength
Ev: Battle of the Atlantic's Memorial Service
v few veterans sadly; on the waterfront
so many ppl and so many ships lost during the Second World
War; quite moving
more to the point -- after 66 years, still continue to
represent and recognize
Mayor: thank you for representing our cmnty so well
really app how much mbrs of Ccl pitch in; I can't be everywhere
but you are
12. Public Comments/Questions [none] 13.
Adjournment [6:46]
Mayor: remind ev the Youth Ccl will be here at 7pm
like to acknowledge Barbara Brink for being here as we
acknowledge
YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING
NOTES (points only)
Youth Mayor: Ye Ji An
Youth Councillors: Rufina Ip, Jillian Trach, Minah Sei, Mariela
Moen, Julia Tikhonova, and Su Ji An
The Mayor introduced newly re-elected MP John Weston.
Mayor: 16th anniversary of Youth Week; WV started it;
introduction of Youth Council
+++ SOME COMMENTS during debate on voting
age:
86% of youth concerned about low turn out and 89%
felt duty
why do you think don't vote?
tell me they like to get involved but don't know
how
disconnected from politics
feel they don't have enough say as to how the
cnty is going
feel they don't understand politics
many volunteer in nongovtal orgs
many feel their votes don't count
politicians don't approach them
re politicians and parties -- part of helping
raise number of youth; resp of politicians and parties
build trust by being honest and truthful a lot
more ppl wd
politicians shd explain to youth why shd be
involved
platforms
to make politics more interesting
worried already too late by time you
graduate
18 might not be able to vote till some years
after that; some continue to opt out
this behaviour may not change till
older
happens anywhere else?
seen youth votes go down
Austria lowered voting age to 16 and still
not
around the world, about 18, a few at 16, 17, and
some at 21
if young ppl voting less sand less, doesn't
matter vote in rest of world
give youth ev opp to make a diff; we'd see voter
turnout increase
if targeted youth wd see vote
heard some say they don't know enough --
ridiculous
need to feel more empowered
involve more ppl in politics with or without the
vote
need to use social media to get the vote
out
wd like to add Face book and X are important
too
debate, like this
eg Justin Trudeau spoke at Rockridge and ppl had
more interest
I'd have no idea how to vote tomorrow and I'd be
quite intimidated
want to push forward on lowering the voting
age
in turn leads to a stronger society
MOTION APPROVED:
Ccl and Youth continue to meet, report back to Mayor and Ccl
ideas on addressing this issue
AWARDS:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Residents/Level3.aspx?id=244
Media Release: West Vancouver Recognizes Youth at Youth
Council and Youth Awards
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Residents/Level3.aspx?id=33998
For more
information, visit www.westvancouver.ca/youth.
Media Release - West
Vancouver Recognizes Youth at Youth Council and Youth
Awards
Friday, May 13,
2011
for all the awards and the
(long!) list of names:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/Level3.aspx?id=34244
SPECIAL
COUNCIL MEETING NOTES WEDNESDAY, 9am MAY 11
1. Call to
Order.
2. Approval of May
11, 2011 Special Council Meeting Agenda
BYLAWS
ADOPTED
3. 2011 Annual Tax Rates Bylaw No. 4683,
2011 (File:
1610-20-4683)
4. 2011 Specified Area and Local Area Service Tax
Bylaw - Parcel Tax (Eagle Harbour) Bylaw No. 4684,
2011 (File:
1610-20-4684)
5. PUBLIC
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS 6.
ADJOURNMENT
{The
video of this mtg is 55 seconds long -- rubberstamp!}
=== COUNCIL MTG AGENDAs
May 16th ===
4:30pm in M HALL, MFCR
6:45pm IN
COUNCIL CHAMBER FOR A PRESENTATION TO THE AIR CADETS
(PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC MEETING AT 7pm IN COUNCIL CHAMBER,
FOLLOWED BY regular COUNCIL MEETING TO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION IN
COUNCIL CHAMBER)
Note: At 4:30 pm the regular Council
Meeting will commence in open session (MFCR), immediately followed by
a closed session. At 6:45pm the Council Meeting will reconvene for a
presentation to the Cadets for their 60th Anniversary, and then
adjourn, to commence the PH/Public Mtg at 7pm. The Council Meeting
will reconvene afterward.
4:30 PM
1. Call to Order.
2. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
RECOMMENDED: THAT in the public interest,
members of the public be excluded from part of the May 16 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;
(g) litigation or potential
litigation affecting the municipality;
(i) the receipt of advice that is
subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications
necessary for that purpose;
3. Council will then proceed with the closed
session.
6:45pm
4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
DELEGATION PRESENTATION
5. 525 Pathfinder Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets - 60th
Anniversary (File: 0055-01)
Presentation to be provided.
RECOMMENDED: THAT Council thank...
6. ADJOURNMENT (TO COMMENCE THE PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC
MEETING)
PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC MEETING
AGENDA
7:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC MEETING
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4360, 2004, Amendment Bylaw
No. 4619, 2011 (2031, 2047, 2063, 2081 and 2091 Esquimalt Avenue; 711,
733, 761 and 789 20th Street; and 2030, 2040, 2074, 2078 and 2090
Fulton Avenue); Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4678,
2011 (2031, 2047 and 2063 Esquimalt Avenue); and Development Permit
Application No. 08-041 (2031, 2047 and 2063 Esquimalt Avenue)
(File: 1010-20-08-041/1610 20 4619/4678)
The Director of Planning, Lands, and Permits will describe the
subject application.
Applicant: Geller Properties Ltd.
Subject Lands for Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4360,
2004, Amendment Bylaw No. 4619, 2011: Civic Addresses...
Subject Lands for Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw
No. 4678, 2011: Civic Addresses...
Subject Lands for Development Permit Application No.
08-041: Civic Addresses...
Proposed Official Community Plan Bylaw
Amendment:
The proposed Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4630, 2004,
Amendment Bylaw No. 4619, 2011, if adopted, would amend the Official
Community Plan to allow future infill housing development on the
subject lands, subject to rezoning. The proposed policies for infill
housing development are:
Infill housing is to enhance the character of the local
neighbourhood and meet a high quality of building and landscape
design;
Infill housing is to be ground-oriented and may
include: smaller single-family dwellings, coach houses, duplexes,
triplexes, and/or combinations thereof;
An infill housing project may include consolidation of
individual lots;
An infill housing development must not exceed a maximum
Floor Area Ratio of 0.61; and
The subject lands are designated as Infill Housing
Development Permit Area BF-B 13 under subsections 919.1 (1) (e), (h),
(i) and (j) of the Local Government Act; the objectives of the
designation and the guidelines that will govern the issuance of
development permits for development in the area are
specified.
Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment:
The proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaw, if adopted, would amend the
Zoning Bylaw by:
Creating the CD47 Comprehensive Development Zone 47
(Hollyburn Mews) and rezone the lots located at 2031, 2047 and 2063
Esquimalt Avenue from RS5 Single Family Dwelling Zone 5 to CD47
Comprehensive Development Zone 47 (Hollyburn Mews).
Purpose: To provide for development of a nine-unit
ground-oriented strata residential project with nine enclosed parking
spaces.
Development Permit Application No. 08-041:
If the bylaws described above are approved, the applicant will be
required to construct the development in accordance with a Devt Permit
approved by Council. Proposed Devt Permit No. 08-041 imposes
requirements and conditions for the development of the subject lands,
including:
nine two-level plus basement strata units comprised of:
six duplex units fronting Esquimalt Avenue, and three coach houses
at the rear lane;
Floor areas (exclusive of basements)* of 1,155
sq.ft. for each coach house; and duplex units ranging in size between
1,430 and 1,625 sq.ft.;
A floor area (to site area) ratio of 0.61, and maximum
site coverage of 45%; and
Enclosed parking for nine cars, and driveways that can be
used as four visitor parking spaces.
{* exclusive of??? that's one
way we end up with monster houses.
Must insist we're told how many sq ft
so that we know in effect what the real FAR is.
btw, what's the difference between
spot zoning and block zoning? just size?
New name then: monster spot zoning
and jumbo spot zoning? a specialty of the unPlanning
Dept?}
3. PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC MEETING PROCEDURE -- Mayor
Goldsmith-Jones will describe.
4. REPORTS/WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
For details see:
http://www.westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/Your_Government/Agendas_and_Minutes/2011/May/11may11-notice%20of%20meeting.pdf
1) Reports received up to May 12, 2011:
= Cmnty Amenity Contribution for Proposed Rezoning
{Read this
http://www.westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/Your_Government/Agendas_and_Minutes/2011/May/11may11-r1.pdf
to see how
Uplift went from ~$600K in April to $155K in May ending up that Geller
Prop's Cmnty Benefit contribution dropped from $450K to $116K.
I'm not a realtor so I can only guess and it sounds v low. For
the District to upzone property, rather than granting as a gift, free,
it's only fair that the taxpayers/residents get part of this increase
in value for (the policy is 75% of the increase/Uplift from the
rezoning). Are citizens getting a fair amt? increasing to nine units
on what was three sgl-fam lots -- anyone with an analysis, pro or con,
is welcome to write to WVM and/or speak at the Public Hearing Monday
night. It's not clear to me what the true figures
are.}
= Rationale for Proposed Official Community Plan Amendment for
the Whole Block
= OCP Amendment for Block Bounded by Esquimalt Avenue, 20th
Street, Fulton Avenue and 21st Street; and Rezoning of 2031, 2047 and
2063 Esquimalt Avenue (Development Permit Application No. 08
041)
= Additional Information: Assessment of Uplift From Proposed
Rezoning
= 2031, 2047 and 2063 Esquimalt Avenue - Current and Proposed
Zoning
2) Written submissions received up to May 12, 2011:
To view all written submissions
{and yes, some ppl wrote more than once}
http://www.westvancouver.ca/uploadedFiles/Your_Government/Agendas_and_Minutes/2011/May/11may11-c1_to_c53.pdf
{In case you don't recognize the
names, most of those in favour are architects, planners, devprs,
realtors but their professions are not given. To be fair,
planners look at density and locations in relationship to the whole
municipality, not from the POV of residents in love with their own
special block and familiar quality of life.}
G. Hiscox; B.
Pettit; G. Ward Hall, Ambleside and Dundarave
Ratepayers' Association; L. & J. Broman; B. & D. Bell; A. &
G. Simpson; P. Hill; F. Pagani; C.
Hunter; C. Walker; K.
Little; T. Partington;
G. Polman; Lionsview Seniors' Planning
Society; M. Carter; D. Weber; P. Cunliffe; P.
Gooderham; J. Gibson; I.
& J. Baggott; R. Brodie; K. Higgins; H. Spouge; P. Gaastra; A. Bhayani; H. Park; N. Stevenson; C. Cassidy; F.
Baradarani; C. Mason; S. Bhayani; D. McConnell;
F. & J. Parrott; F. Parrott; D.
Spouge; M. Rostamabadi;
M. Cairns; E. P. Eggert;
F. Musson; S. Kaufman; A.
Woronuik; T. Campbell;
P. Ramsay; J. Wark; J. Wark; K. Kaufmann; J. Fitzgerald; C. Hall; A. Pahand; B. & M.
Clark; A. & G. Simpson; B. Beale; W. Lunan
On April 18, 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 May 8
and 11, 2011. The Municipal Clerk will note written submissions
received for the May 16, 2011 Public Hearing/Public
Meeting.
5. APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION
6. PUBLIC INPUT
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:
RECOMMENDED: THAT all written and verbal submissions be received
and that the PH/Public Mtg be closed.
OR, If Council requests a further staff report,
then:
RECOMMENDED: THAT staff report back to Council and that the
PH/Public Mtg be adjourned to ____________________ (date, time,
location).
Mbrs of Ccl not permitted to receive
further submissions once Public Hearing/Mtg
closed
7. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
8. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
9. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: May 9, 2011 Special
Council Meeting; and May 11, 2011 Special Council
Meeting.
DELEGATIONS
10. D. Cartwright, M. Leyland, and K. Niesczeri, Lionsview
Seniors Planning Society, regarding SENIORS TODAY: Building a better
tomorrow survey project (File: 0055-20-LSPS1)
PowerPoint presentation to be provided.
RECOMMENDED: THAT Council thank...
REPORTS
11. Development Permit Application No. 10-056 (2430 Russet
Place) (File: 1010-20-10-056)
April 18 Council received the report dated April 8 re this DPA
and set consideration for May 16, 2011.
Reports received up to May 12, 2011:
DPA
Written Submissions received up to May 12, 2011:
W. J. Coulter
PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT
CALL FOR PUBLIC INPUT
RECOMMENDED: THAT all written and verbal submissions be received
for information.
If Council wishes a further staff report, then:
RECOMMENDED: THAT staff report back to Council regarding
submissions received
OR
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the proposed DPA, 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, be approved.
12. Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw, Rezoning Bylaw
and Design Development Package for land at the northwest corner of
Marine Drive and 22nd Street, known as the Wetmore site (2203 Marine
Drive and 787, 793 and 815 22nd Street)
(File: 1610-20-4676/1610-20-4677/1010-20-10-040)
These bylaws received first reading at the March 7, 2011
Council Meeting, were the subject of a Public Hearing/Public Meeting
that was held and closed on April 4, 2011, and received second and
third readings at the April 18, 2011 Council Meeting. Council is not
permitted to receive any further submissions on these
bylaws.
RECOMMENDED: THAT Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw be
adopted.
RECOMMENDED: THAT Zoning Amendment Bylaw be adopted.
RECOMMENDED: THAT the proposed design development package
dated March 4, 2011 and attached to the report from the Manager,
Community Planning dated May 4, 2011 be approved.
13. Application for Patron Participation Endorsement Liquor
Licence - Larson Station 6190 Marine Drive
(File: 1605-14)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The Council report dated May 5 from the Mgr, Bylaw and
Licensing Services be received for information;
2. Council support the application by Larson Station for
the Gleneagles Golf Course at 6190 Marine Drive for a Patron
Participation Endorsement Liquor Licence based on the information
contained in the Council report dated May 5, 2011 from the Manager,
Bylaw and Licensing Services; and
3. A copy of the resolution be forwarded to the Liquor
Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) in accordance with the legislative
requirements.
14. AmblesideNow: Accomplishments, 2011 Expenditures and
Next Steps (File: 0115-20-ARC1)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. Council approve the proposed expenditures for March to
December 2011 of $3,134,600 for AmblesideNow (of which $413,500
had been previously approved by Council) as recommended by both the
Finance Committee and Ambleside Revitalization Commission; and
2. the March to December 2011 proposed expenditures be funded by
the net proceeds of sale from municipally-owned lands including:
2301 Ottawa Avenue; the Horseshoe Bay Fire Hall lots (6538 and 6528
Marine Drive, and 6385 Nelson Avenue); and the 1300 Block of Marine
Drive (Police Building site, parking lot and lane).
{do we
really want to be selling land -- an asset that holds or increases in
value over time, in perpetuity -- to pay for advice on how to
revitalize Ambleside? (Besides this is expensive -- how much are
the consultants being paid? Why is the Chair being paid and why
is his rate so high?) Remember that the last Ambleside
revitalization happened in 1989 -- revitalisation typically lasts
slightly less than a generation -- is it prudent to sell off land
assets to fund projects with such a short lifespan? What will Council
do when Ambleside needs to be revitalized again but there is no more
property left to sell?}
15. Finance Committee and Audit Committee Terms of
Reference (File: 0116-20-FIN)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The attached Terms of Reference for the Finance
Committee, Policy No. 02-30-330 entitled "Finance Committee Terms of
Reference" (Appendix A) be approved for adoption by Council
as recommended by the Finance Committee;
2. The attached Terms of Reference for the Audit Committee,
Policy No. 02-30-331 entitled "Audit Committee Terms of Reference"
(Appendix B) be approved for adoption by Council as recommended
by the Finance Committee;
3. Upon Council adoption of the above-noted policies,
(Policy No. 02-30-330 and Policy No. 02-30-331), that Council
rescind the following policies:
i. Terms of Reference for the Finance Committee, Policy No.
02-30-320 (Appendix C) be rescinded;
ii. Terms of Reference for the Audit Committee, Policy No.
02-10-302 (Appendix D) be rescinded; and
iii. Terms of Reference for the Finance and Audit
Committee, Policy No. 02-10-302 (Appendix E) be rescinded.
16. West Vancouver Centennial Working Group (File:
0117-01)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the proposal for the creation of a
Centennial WG, as set out in the report dated May 11, 2011, be
referred to the Community Engagement Committee.
{they're going to have to
appoint a CEC first since its term expired in Dec (and they hadn't met
since May)}
17. Building Bylaw No. 4400, 2004, Amendment Bylaw No.
4685, 2011 regarding Secondary Suites and the Expiration Date of the
Alternative Life Safety Standards
(File: 1610-20-4685)
RECOMMENDED: THAT
1. The report dated May 4 from the Mgr, Bylaw and Licensing
Services be rec'd for information; and
2. "Building Bylaw" be read a first, second, and
third time.
18. Traffic and Parking Bylaw Regulations (File: 1605-01)
-- Information to be provided.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
19. Consent Agenda Items
19.1. Change to Council Meeting Schedule (File:
0120-01)
RECOMMENDED: amended by scheduling a sp Ccl mtg for 5:30pm
Thurs May 19 in the Ccl Chamber
19.2. Rezoning and Development Permit Application No.
11-013 for 2436 Haywood Avenue
(File: 1010-20-11-013)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the report from the Senior Community Planner
and the Manager of Community Planning dated May 5 be received for
information purposes.
19.3. Correspondence List (see link
on electronic agenda)
RECOMMENDED: THAT the correspondence list be received for
information.
Council Correspondence up to May 6, 2011 (up to
12:00 noon)
Referred for Action
1. May 4, 2011, regarding Secondary Suite, third Parking
Spot and Distance to Bus Stop
(Referred to Director of Planning, Lands and Permits for
consideration and response)
Received for Information
2. Two Submissions dated May 4 and 5, DNV, re Amended Bylaw
- DNV Proposed OCP Referral
3. Four Submissions dated May 3-6, regarding Hollyburn Mews
Proposed Devt
4. 12 Submissions dated April 27-30, 2011, regarding
Gleneagles Golf Course (Larson Station) Liquor Licence
Application
Council Correspondence Update to May 10, 2011
(Up to 4:30pm)**
Received for Information
1. Three Submissions dated May 6-9 regarding Hollyburn Mews
Proposed Devt
(Referred to May 16, 2011 Public Hearing/Public Meeting)
2. W. J. Coulter, May 6, 2011, re Proposed Devt Permit No.
10-056 for 2430 Russet Place
(Referred to May 16, 2011, Council consideration)
Responses to Correspondence
3. B. Sokol, Director of Planning, Lands, and Permits, May
3, 2011, response to J. Sikes regarding Status of Vancouver Coastal
Health Authority Property at 900 22nd Street.
20. OTHER ITEMS -- No items.
21. REPORTS FROM MAYOR/CCLRS 22. PUBLIC
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS 23. ADJOURNMENT
=== ANIMALWATCH
===
SAVE BIRDS
[from SPCA] Across North America, millions upon millions of birds
are killed by collisions with windows every year - a death rate
equivalent to several hundred Exxon Valdez oil spills.
They may be attempting to reach habitat seen through the glass or
mirrored in the glass surface. To help prevent bird strikes in your
home, try using WindowAlert decals. These decals have a special
coating that reflects ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet light is
invisible to humans, but birds see it as a brilliant glow - much
like a stoplight.
ORCAS -- CBC reported pod
of orcas spotted off Stanley Park morning of Wed May
11!
TIGERS:
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Endangered-tigers-frolic-camera/ss/events/sc/050911sumatratiger
=== INFObit
=== 63rd Anniversary for Israel (good)
and for Naqba (bad)
=== BEACHWATCH === Canada's
Top Ten
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Canada+best+beaches/4607880/story.html
=== CREEKWATCH
=== from WV Streamkeepers
Getting bigger every year - West
Van Secondary's
Environmental Protection
Network
by John Barker
Encouraging the next
generation to care for the streams in our community is vital work. So
when a teacher from West Vancouver Secondary School asked West
Vancouver Streamkeepers to help get students involved, we jumped at
the chance.
For many years, among other
activities, our Streamkeepers have surveyed local streams and recorded
the adult salmon returning to spawn. We invited students from the
Environment Protection Network (EPN) to join us in this wet but
rewarding task.
The students seem to like it!
Participants have gone from 28 students in the first year, to 32 in
the second, 46 in the third and 67 in 2010. Some kids participated all
four years.
Students are divided into
teams, each led by a Streamkeeper. This year we had 14 teams surveying
separate zones on Brothers Creek, Hadden Creek, Lawson Creek, McDonald
Creek, and Rodgers Creek.
Each team completes one survey
a week for seven weeks starting in mid-October.
One student assembles the
findings of all 14 teams and distributes a weekly summary to DFO,
Capilano Hatchery, Pacific Streamkeepers Federation, Streamkeeper
members, and other stewardship organizations.
The cumulative count of coho
and chum salmon observed in the last three years has been 343 in 2007,
283 in 2008, and 872 in 2009. This year the salmon count is tracking
very closely to 2007 and 2008.
The program is strongly
supported by the Mayor and Council as well as municipal staff. At the
Wrap Up Celebration held at the end to honour the students'
volunteer contribution, Mayor Pam Goldsmith-Jones has attended each
year to present t-shirts and congratulations.
DFO has described this student
outreach initiative as a unique partnership, bringing together good
stewardship practices and education.
Safety is paramount in any
volunteer activity - especially when young people are involved. West
Vancouver Streamkeepers developed safety protocols for the program,
and presented it to the secondary school's board of directors. Your
group may find this a useful model.
Duties of Streamkeeper
leaders:
Meet the students at the
agreed start point of the survey zone.
Discuss the risks associated
with creeks:
* that water levels rise and
fall unexpectedly
* that flowing water can be
verystrong
* the danger of a fall into
a fast-moving stream, on the rocks beside it, on wet rocks in shallow
water, or from the stream bank
Encourage the students to be
aware of their surroundings, and take note of:
* rising water levels -
don't take risks * animals present * property owners * other
persons in the area
Tell students to take their
time. "Observe what is around you and think about what you see."
Teach them respect for salmon, other aquatic species and the habitat
in which these animals live. Ask them to try not to be intrusive into
their environment. Ensure the data collected and information collected
are accurate.
Equipment:
* All students are provided
with a high-visibility vest that they and the Streamkeeper sponsor
must wear during the survey.
* Students provide their own
wading/walking stick for stability when walking the stream bank or
beside the stream.
* Students provide their own
knee-high boots.
* Students performing
in-stream surveys are provided with chest or hip waders.
* Students doing surveys
through large culverts are required to bring a flashlight or a head
lamp.
Types of
survey:
1) Bank Surveys - viewing
salmon from the land adjacent to the stream.
2) Partial In-Stream Surveys -
members wearing waders are able to cover more of the stream than is
possible from the banks.
3) In-Stream Surveys - Each
student and Streamkeeper sponsor is provided with waders. Special care
is taken to avoid potential spawning areas or disturbing
fish.
=== SCHOOLWATCH ===
21 April 2011 Israeli military invades Palestinian
school
Around 10:50am on 21 April 2011, during the Jewish
festival of Passover, CPTers received a call to say that Israeli
soldiers had invaded the premises of Bin Tarek School. The school has
a roll of between 600 and 700 boys between 15 and 18 years of
age.
CPTers went immediately to the building, and saw a
group of six Israeli soldiers at a street corner near the
school.
School staff welcomed the CPTers, and also members
of TIPH (Temporary International Presence in Hebron), who arrived at
the same time. The Headteacher played a video from a camera on a TV
screen. The film was of poor quality, but showed soldiers in the
school playground. He also had on his desk two spent percussion
grenades and a heavy chain that had been cut.
Teachers told the internationals what had happened.
At 10:35am, when the pupils were all in their classrooms, Israeli
soldiers arrived unannounced and tried each of the doors/gates to get
onto the school premises. The soldiers cut through the chain holding
one of the gates and got into the school playground. They were
then unable to get through any of the entrances into the school
building itself. The soldiers set off two percussion grenades in the
school playground. Two teachers told the CPTers that the pupils were
upset by the commotion.
As school ended and the boys left, the teachers
stationed themselves outside the school to monitor their departure.
Despite the impact of the soldiers' attack on their school, the boys
left for home in an orderly manner and continued to behave well as
CPTers followed them up the street and through the Qitoun
checkpoint.
The Israeli military reportedly justified their
invasion of the school by claiming that pupils had been throwing
stones. However, there are arrangements for liaison between Israeli
and Palestinian authorities in such circumstances. The Israeli
military did not follow these procedures.
http://cpt.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=22746
=== VILLAGEWATCH ===
Amniyr (cont'd from last issue)
Israeli military demolishes, then evacuates village of
Amniyr
Amniyr, South Hebron Hills, West Bank
Link to photos:
http://cpt.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=22860
On Friday, May 6, the Israeli
military declared the area of Amniyr, a Palestinian village south
of Yatta, a closed military zone and chased away the families who own
the land, after demolishing structures and trees on the land the day
before. The demolitions occurred at 5am on Thursday, May 5,
when the military destroyed six shacks and uprooted 150 olive trees
in Amniyr.
On Friday, the Palestinians of Amniyr had returned
to the land and hung six tarps to create makeshift tents. The
Israeli army issued a "closed military zone" order on the area at
9am. At 2pm
seven military jeeps arrived, including police and border
police. The commanders showed the order and gave the people
one minute to leave.
Using sound bombs and tear gas, the soldiers and
police forced off the land all the Palestinians present - about
thirty adults, many of them elderly, and ten children - as well as
accompanying internationals. One woman, Fatmi Mahmoud Jaboor,
passed out due to the bombs and required medical attention. The
Palestinian Red Cross evacuated her to the hospital, and she was
dismissed in the evening.
At 7pm four military jeeps returned to Amniyr and
destroyed the tarps and what had been left standing in the area.
This is the third time in ten weeks that the
military has destroyed trees, tents, dwellings, and other structures
on the land of Amniyr, effectively demolishing the entire village
and affecting six families.
Although Amniyr is Palestinian-owned private property, Israel
has declared it "state land" and prohibits the people of
Amniyr from building any structures or using the land. A local
Palestinian leader has told CPT that he believes Israel is trying to
confiscate the land of Amniyr because of its proximity to the Israeli
settlement of Susiya.
Christian
Peacemaker Teams and Operation Dove have maintained an international
presence in At-Tuwani and South Hebron Hills since
2004.
Follow breaking
news from the South Hebron hills on Twitter
@cptpalestine.
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 09:08:52 +0300
Reply-To: cpthebron-owner@yahoogroups.com
Israeli military prolongs Amniyr closure; CPT releases video
on recent evacuation
Amniyr, South Hebron Hills, West Bank
Link to video:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AtTuwaniProject#p/u/0/tVFzTCKSerI
The Israeli army renewed the 'closed military
zone' order for the village of Amniyr until next Monday, May 16,
effectively keeping Palestinian owners off their land for at least
another week.
CPT has released a video of the evacuation of
Amniyr, a Palestinian village south of Yatta, carried out by the
Israeli military on Friday, May 6. After declaring the area a
closed military zone, soldiers and police used tear gas and sound
grenades to chase away the families who own the land. The
previous day at 5am, the military destroyed six shacks and uprooted
150 olive trees in Amniyr, demolishing all the structures in the
village for the third time in about ten weeks.
On January 19, 2011, the Israeli Occupation
Authorities delivered demolition, evacuation, and halt
construction orders. Since then, the village was completely
demolished on February 22, then again on March 29, after the
Palestinians of Amniyr rebuilt their homes. According to the Applied
Research Institute in Jerusalem (ARIJ) and the Land Research Center
(LRC), the owners of the 88 dunums of land targeted by the evacuation
order have original ownership documents from the Turkish Ottoman
era.
In the last fifteen years, Palestinians in the area
have endured several waves of eviction and land confiscation.
Using military orders to establish closed military areas, "security
zones" and a "National Park" prohibited to Palestinians, the
Occupation Authorities have thereby restricted the land accessible to
Palestinians. The Occupation Authorities have also destroyed cisterns
and caves and denied basic services to the Palestinian families still
living on their land, while allowing Israeli settlers to build homes
and facilities on the confiscated land.
For background on the area see:
http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=3002
CPT-Palestine in At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills;
0542-531-323; 0595-980-718; Twitter @cptpalestine
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 02:00:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: "CPTnet: the news service of CPT"
<cptnet@mailman.cpt.org>
Subject: [CPTnet] SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli military
demolishes, then evacuates village of Amniyr
http://www.cpt.org/cptnet/2011/05/10/south-hebron-hills-israeli-military-demolishes-then-evacuates-village-amniyr
CPTnet -- 10 May 2011
SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli military demolishes, then
evacuates village of Amniyr
{similar, updated report:} ...On Friday,
May 6...
On Friday, the Palestinians of Amniyr had
returned to the land and hung six tarps to create makeshift
tents. The Israeli army issued a "closed military zone"
order on the area at 9am. At 2pm seven military jeeps
arrived, including police and border police. The commanders
showed the order and gave the people one minute to leave.
Using sound bombs and tear gas, the soldiers and
police forced off the land all the Palestinians present - about
thirty adults, many of them elderly, and ten children - as well
as accompanying internationals. One woman, Fatmi Mahmoud
Jaboor, passed out due to the bombs and required medical
attention. The Palestinian Red Cross evacuated her to
the hospital, and she was dismissed in the evening.
At 7pm four military jeeps returned to Amniyr and
destroyed the tarps and what had been left standing in the
area.
This is the third time in ten weeks that the
military has destroyed trees, tents, dwellings and other
structures on the land of Amniyr, effectively demolishing the
entire village and affecting six families. Although Amniyr is
Palestinian-owned private property, Israel has declared it
"state land" and prohibits the people of Amniyr from building
any structures or using the land. A local Palestinian
leader has told CPT that he believes Israel is trying to
confiscate the land of Amniyr because of its proximity to the
Israeli settlement of Susiya.
6 THE LARGER PICTURE: PALESTINIAN DISPOSSESSION IN
THE SOUTH HEBRON HILLS
"(...) military forces
came and expelled the residents by force. The army sealed the caves
used as residences, destroyed water cisterns, scattered the flocks of
sheep and goats, and confiscated tents and other property primarily
mattresses, blankets, and food. A total of some 700 people were
evicted."
=== TREEWATCH ===
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 11:54:34 +0300
Subject: [cpthebron] At-Tuwani: Palestinian trees
destroyed in ongoing settler vandalism and harassment
Reply-To: cpthebron-owner@yahoogroups.com
Palestinian trees destroyed in ongoing settler vandalism and
harassment
At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills, West Bank
Link to photos:
http://cpt.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=22931
In the early morning of 12 May 2011, Palestinian
farmers discovered that during the night unknown perpetrators had
vandalized ten olive trees in Humra valley, near At -Tuwani in the
South Hebron Hills. The trees and the land belong to At-Tuwani
resident Salman Jibrin Raba'i. The evidence suggests that the vandals
sawed and then broke branches off the trees, completely destroying
seven trees and partially damaging another three.
A spokeperson for the Raba'i family remarked that,
due to the late spring rains, they had expected a good olive harvest
this year. One olive tree in the area produces an average of twelve
kilos of olive oil. Therefore, the cumulative loss of these damaged
trees' production is a substantial financial blow to the family. The
property owners called the police in order to lodge a formal
complaint. Due to numerous prior similar incidents in the area,
Palestinians suspect that the perpetrators are likely settlers from
the nearby Havat Ma'on settlement outpost.
This incident continues a string of recent episodes
of settler vandalism and harassment in the area surrounding At-Tuwani.
Several times during the last ten days, settlers have grazed their
flocks on Palestinian fields, further harming crops already suffering
from the winter drought. On 8 May, seven settler youths harassed a
Palestinian shepherd and his flock grazing in Khoruba, south of the
outpost. The settlers ran away when the shepherd called the
police.
On 5 May, as Ibrahim Ahmed Amur surveyed his olive
grove near Road 317, he discovered that vandals had cut about
one hundred meters of fence line, destroyed 25 fence posts, and hacked
an olive tree. This same olive grove was completely ravaged in January
2006, a deed which police suspected was done by local settlers.
The Amur family thus lost four years' worth of olive crops from the
120 ravaged trees. They filed a complaint in 2006 but to date have not
received any compensation.
In the last ten days, on at least three different
occasions, settlers have also harassed Palestinian children on their
way home from school in At-Tuwani. Each time, as the school
children walked on the road near the settlement and outpost, settlers
stalked the children along the road. Soldiers from the military
escort assigned to protect the school children got off the jeep to
walk between the settlers and children, but did not detain the
settlers or otherwise address this pattern of harassment. For
further information on the history of the military escort for the
school children, in place since 2004, please see:
http://bit.ly/ga4xYq
The ongoing settlers' harassment of Palestinians
and damage of Palestinian property, as well as the lack of adequate
response by the appropriate authorities, raise questions about the
capability of the Israeli government to control settlers in the area
and to ensure Palestinian security.
Operation Dove and Christian Peacemaker
Teams have maintained an international presence in At-Tuwani and South
Hebron Hills since 2004. Follow breaking news from the South Hebron
hills on Twitter @cptpalestine. CPT-Palestine in At-Tuwani,
South Hebron Hills
=== LIVING ON THE SEAM LINE!
=== Other interference
with Palestinian traffic
Imneizil and
A-Seefer
Imneizil is a
Palestinian village located 2 kilometers north of the Green Line and
about 7.5 kilometers southwest of At-Tuwani. Between Imneizil and the
Green Line sits the Israeli settlement of Beit Yatir, or Mezadot
Yehuda. In this area, the Israeli-built separation barrier bites into
the West Bank to circle around Beit Yatir and create contiguity
between this settlement and Israel. Also included on the "Israeli"
side of the barrier is A-Seefer, a small Palestinian village of about
100 residents, who now must pass through barrier checkpoints to reach
families, schools, workplaces, and essential services on the
"Palestinian" side of the barrier. In February 2009, the Israeli
military declared this region between the Green Line and the
separation barrier a "Seam Zone". The Israeli administration
requires that, starting at age 16, Palestinians residing in this Seam
Zone must have permanent resident permits from Israel to continue to
live in their homes. Palestinians living elsewhere, including
relatives or service providers, must obtain "visitor" permits to
access this community.
=== PEACEWATCH
=== Clinton (US); Barak (Israel); Ashrawi
(Palestine)
AL-KHALIL: An open letter to Bill Clinton from the Christian
Peacemaker Team in Hebron
8 May 2011
To: The Honorable William J. Clinton, 55 West 125th Street, New
York, N.Y. 10027
From: The Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron c/o CPT, P.O. Box
6508, Chicago, IL 60680
An open letter to President Bill Clinton from the Christian
Peacemaker Teams in Hebron
Dear Mr. Clinton:
In 1997, USAID renovated Shuhada Street in Hebron
and the water, sewage and electrical infrastructure of Hebron's Old
City. The U.S. undertook these renovations as part of the Oslo II
Hebron Protocol with the stipulation that Shuhada Street, once the
main thoroughfare in Hebron, would remain open to both Israeli and
Palestinian traffic, and that Old City residents would have the same
supply of water and electricity that the Israeli settlers in Hebron
did.
Members of Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron were
witnesses in 1997 to the attacks Israeli settlers made on the
Palestinian laborers and USAID engineer David Muirhead. As you
probably know, these attacks and Israeli-imposed curfews caused the
renovations to end up costing U.S. taxpayers twice as much as
projected. Shuhada Street has never fully reopened, and it has been
years now since Palestinians have freely walked on it. The alley
where our apartment has been since 1995 once teemed with commerce; now
only our neighbor, a small shop selling pigeons, and we are
left.
More urgently, the USAID water and electricity,
which were supposed to serve both the Hebron settlers and the
residents of the Old City, are no longer available to the Old City
residents. Some of our neighbors recently went ten days without
water -- water that you guaranteed them when you supported the
Hebron Protocol.
We know you must feel grieved that your attempts to
promote peace between Palestinians and Israelis during your presidency
have come to naught, and we know you care about Israeli security. But
a very small positive action you could take is insisting that the
Israeli government live up to its commitment to provide the same
supply of electricity and water to Hebron's Old City that it provides
to the Hebron settlers. Doing so will not harm Israeli security and
will make an enormous improvement in the lives of the struggling and
impoverished Old City residents.
With hopes for peace and human rights, Christian
Peacemaker Teams-Hebron
BARAK in the JERUSALEM POST
Israel can't have it both ways opposing holding negotiations
with a unified Palestinian government all the while insisting it
cannot negotiate with a divided Palestinian government, Defense
Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday.
For years, Israel has been telling the world that there's a
problem in negotiating with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud
Abbas because he doesn't control the whole of Palestinian territories,
Barak told Israel Radio in a Memorial Day interview.
Barak noted that the moment Hamas joins a Palestinian
government, Israel cannot say: "'Oh no,' we can't talk to [Abbas]
now" because Hamas is in the government.
Dr HANAN
ASHRAWI
from
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9993&Itemid=61
Dr Ashrawi
added that this deal brings new hope for the Palestinian struggle and
offers peace.
"Against the
backdrop of a failed peace process, reconciliation also injects a new
sense of confidence and renewal in the Palestinian struggle for
freedom and self-determination, beginning with an end to Israel's
occupation. It offers both Palestinians and the international
community an opportunity to build momentum towards peace leading up to
September." Dr Ashrawi stated.
Responding to
Israeli criticism to Palestinian reconciliation Dr Ashrawi deemed it
as short-sighted and self-defeating.
"The Israeli
government wants to dictate to Palestinians, not negotiate. This has
been made clear in its response to Palestinian reconciliation. Its
decision to withhold Palestinian funds is not only illegal and in
breach of existing agreements, but designed to undermine Palestinian
efforts to achieve recognition and statehood by September. It reveals
the extent to which Israel seeks to thwart Palestinian state building
efforts and subvert international support for a Palestinian state,"
Dr Ashrawi said.
Dr Ashrawi ended
by calling on the international community to support Palestinian
reconciliation efforts.
"The Arab world
and the international community must undertake their responsibility to
ensure the success of Palestinian reconciliation which constitutes a
serious contribution to peace, stability, and democracy in the
region."
Earlier in the
week Israel's government announced that it will not talk to any
Palestinian government that includes Hamas. Meanwhile Chairman of the
Israeli Parliamentary Committee for Forging Affairs and Security Shaul
Mofaz of the right wing Kadima asked the Israeli government to
assassinate Palestinian leaders like the US did with Osama Bin Laden
in Pakistan.
MEDIAWATCH
-- CBC
From: "CJPME/CJPMO" <webmaster@cjpme.org>
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 15:17:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CJPME Media Alert - Hamas, Fatah proclaim reconciliation
deal.
A CJPME Media Researcher has launched a media alert for the
following article:
Title of Piece: Hamas, Fatah proclaim reconciliation
deal.
Media Outlet: CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Comments of the CJPME Media Researcher:
This article, published by the CBC, was written and supplied
by the Associated Press. Your letter will be addressed not to the CBC,
but sent directly to the Associated Press author, Maggie Michael. The
article repeats, the same distortions about Hamas, saying that
"Hamas, whose founding charter calls for the Jewish state's
destruction"... The fact is that Hamas has said many times that it
would recognize Israel's right to exist along the 1967 borders. If the
author wants to make this reference to Hamas's charter that does not
recognize Israel, then reference must also be made to Netanyahu's
Likud party charter that categorically rejects the creation of a
Palestinian state west of the Jordan river. The press cannot
constantly vilify Hamas for its charter and never say a word about
Likud's. Please refer to CJPME's factsheet
(http://www.cjpmo.org/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=297) for more
details on Hamas's and Likud's positions.
=== BRAVERY === from The
Economist
Mike
Campbell -- Mike Campbell, farmer of Zimbabwe, died on April 6th,
aged 78
Apr 20th 2011 |
from the print edition
HE COULDN'T say
he hadn't been warned. In 2000, just as Robert Mugabe's land
reforms gathered pace, 20 or 30 young black "war veterans"
appeared at Mike Campbell's farm, Mount Carmel, near Chegutu, 60
miles south-west of Harare. They seemed set on staying. According to a
government requisition order of 1999, this land belonged to them and
to the poor blacks of Zimbabwe.
Mr Campbell
offered them a shed to sleep in; he didn't want them chopping down
his trees to build their huts. From that point, hoodlums from
Mugabe's Zanu-PF Party kept turning up. Over the years, everything
went. They stole the irrigation pumps and tractors he'd used to turn
his 3,000 acres of veld into mango and citrus groves so lush that he
had become the leading grower in Zimbabwe, selling his fruit to Marks
& Spencer in England. They rustled his cattle, a special
Sussex/Mashona herd of small, hardy beasts. They even stole the copper
telephone wires on which the bright blue bee-eaters would sit and
flash, and set fires round his stone-and-thatch farmhouse which he
couldn't put out, except with the garden hose he used to water his
roses.
Within the first
year they burned down his pride and joy, the Biri River Safari Lodge.
This was his boyhood dream of a place: giraffe, impala, warthogs, game
birds, and so many white-tailed wildebeest that even his German
sea-captain ancestor, who had started farming and breeding wildebeest
near the Cape in 1713, might have envied him.
The
rest:
http://www.economist.com/node/18584000?story_id=18584000&fsrc=rss
Juliano
Mer-Khamis
Juliano Mer-Khamis,
Jew, Arab, actor, and activist, died on April 4th, aged
52
Apr 14th 2011 |
from the print edition
... Rather
than throwing stones or learning to shoot, his young actors could
curse, dance, shout poems, sing. With his deep, passionate voice and
wildly waving arms, he would teach the children of Jenin to hurl words
and music at the occupiers until they overcame them, and the armoured
cars trundled back across the Green Line. "Aren't we here for
something?" he would cry to the faint-hearted.
His Freedom
Theatre, set up in 2006 to replace his mother's workshop (bulldozed
by the Israelis four years earlier), was the first acting school in
occupied Palestine. It drew audiences from Ramallah, Bethlehem and
even Israel, bused in semi-secretly through the mountains. By 2009 700
to 800 children attended every year, including many girls. There was a
waiting list. They acted "Alice in Wonderland".....
from: http://www.economist.com/node/18557289
Juliano Mer-Khamis
(?29 May 1958 - 4 April 2011[2]) was
an Israeli
actor, director, filmmaker, and
political activist
of Jewish and Christian Arab parentage.[3] On
April 4 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in the
Palestinian city of
Jenin, where he
established the Freedom Theatre.
Biography
-- Juliano Khamis (later
Mer-Khamis) was born in
Nazareth, the son
of Arna Mer, a Jewish communist,
and Saliba
Khamis, an Israeli-Arab
intellectual and one of the leaders of the Israeli Communist Party in the 1950s. He had two brothers,
Spartacus and Abir.[4] His
grandfather was Gideon Mer, a scientist who pioneered the study of
malaria during the
British Mandate.[5] In
his youth, he adopted his maternal surname, Mer, and served in
the Israeli Defense
Forces as a combat
soldier in the
Paratroopers Brigade.[6] In a
2009 interview with
Israel Army Radio,
Mer-Khamis said of his background "I am 100 per cent Palestinian
and 100 per cent Jewish." [7]
Mer-Khamis was married to
Jenny, a Finnish activist he met in Haifa. They had a son, Jay, and
were expecting the birth of twins at the time of his
death. [8]
Rest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliano_Mer-Khamis
=== ROYALWATCH ===
- Queen now second-longest
reigning UK monarch
Published: 9:56PM Thursday May 12, 2011 Source: Reuters
Queen Elizabeth surpassed George
III on Thursday to become the second-longest reigning British
monarch in more than 1,000 years of history.
Only Queen Victoria, whose
relatives and descendants make up a who's who of European royalty
across the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, spent more time on the
throne.
The 85-year-old Elizabeth II,
who acceded to the throne on February 6, 1952, has now ruled for 59
years and 95 days, more than every other monarch bar Victoria in
more than 1,000 years of British history when leap-year days are
included.
The longevity of her reign pushes
George III, who was king from 1760 until 1820 during the period that
the United States won independence from Britain, into third place.
George suffered from mental illness in the latter part of his life
which was documented in the successful film The Madness of King
George.
Buckingham Palace said there
would be no celebration to mark the occasion. "It's business as
usual," a spokesman said.
The Queen, who celebrates her
diamond jubilee next year, will become the longest reigning monarch in
September 2015.
Last month, Prince Charles,
62, broke the record for spending the longest time as
heir-to-the-throne.
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/queen-now-second-longest-reigning-uk-monarch-4169641?ref=rss
- Queen Elizabeth
II marks another milestone
Continue
reading the main story
/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13363504
11 May
2011 Last updated
at 22:01
ET
As Queen Elizabeth II enters the
history books as Britain's second longest-reigning monarch, BBC
royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell looks at how her 59-year
reign compares with those of other long-serving
sovereigns.
Last month the Queen
celebrated her 85th birthday. Next year she will reach her Diamond
Jubilee, when it will be 60 years since she came to the
throne.
Elizabeth II has achieved a
number of significant milestones as Queen of the United Kingdom, and
this week she passes another.
On Thursday 12 May 2011, she
becomes the second-longest serving monarch Britain has ever
had.
On that day she overtakes the
length of the reign of George III, a king remembered largely for the
"madness" which overtook him in later years.
George III died in 1820 after a
reign lasting 59 years and 96 days.
Evolving
Britain
Now the reign of Elizabeth II
(or, for the factually insistent in Scotland, of Elizabeth I, since
the crowns of England and Scotland were only brought together in 1603,
after the reign of the other female monarch called Elizabeth) is
surpassed in length by that of only one other British
sovereign.
Who else, of course, but Queen
Victoria, who reigned for 63 years, seven months, and three days, and
died at the age of 81 in January 1901.
Victoria's reign witnessed
Britain's rise to become the then-global superpower. There were
industrial, cultural, and scientific changes on an unprecedented scale
and by the time of her death the British Empire encircled the
globe.
George III's reign was also a
period of great change for Britain. The American colonies may have
been lost during his time on the throne, but the military ambitions of
France were decisively defeated at the battles of Trafalgar and
Waterloo.
George III was also,
incidentally, the first king of the entity known as "the United
Kingdom" after the union of the crowns of Great Britain and
Ireland in 1801.
[The future Queen Elizabeth waves
to the crowds on the day of her father's coronation in
1937]
But neither reign can surely
quite match the sheer scope of the changes that have occurred during
the reign of the present Queen.
She came to the throne less than
seven years after the end of World War II. Britain was victorious
but essentially bankrupt. Sir Winston Churchill was prime minister
and food was still rationed.
In the years that have followed
Britain has shed its empire and seen changes to virtually every
significant aspect of national life that could scarcely have been
imagined on that February day in 1952 when she was so suddenly
propelled onto the throne by the death of her father, George
VI.
No let up
The one constant presence on the
national stage throughout the past six decades has been the Queen.
Today, the majority of the British population (to say nothing of
the inhabitants of the 15 other "realms" of which she is
also sovereign) have known no other head of state.
[Back on the Buckingham Palace
balcony - this time after her wedding to Prince Philip in
1947]
She will never retire. Only at
the moment of her death will she cease to be Britain's Queen. Even if
she were to become incapacitated, she would still remain monarch,
albeit then with her immediate heir taking over her constitutional
duties as Prince Regent (exactly as happened in the final years of
the reign of George III).
But there is not the slightest
sign that the reign of Elizabeth II is slowing down in any significant
way.
Next week she will make an
historic first state visit to the Republic of Ireland, the territory
that was once part of the British Crown; later this year she will
travel once again to another of "her" countries, Australia,
for a meeting of Commonwealth heads of government, and next year she
will visit different parts of the UK to celebrate her
jubilee.
Will she beat Queen Victoria's
record?
If Elizabeth II is still on
the throne on 10 September 2015 she will have done so. She will
then, metaphorically speaking, be crowned as the longest-serving
sovereign in the 1,000 year history of the British
monarchy.
Few at the moment could possibly
doubt that she will do it.
Related Internet
links -- Official website of the British
Monarchy
o Royal
wedding: honeymoon destinations fit for a future king
Thursday 12 May
2011
Telegraph.co.uk
Prince William and Kate
Middleton will be desperate to avoid the crowds and paparazzi on their
honeymoon. Sophie Campbell has some exclusive options.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8161702/Royal-wedding-honeymoon-destinations-fit-for-a-future-king.html
o Top ten
hideaways for a royal honeymoon
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8162437/Top-ten-hideaways-for-a-royal-honeymoon.html
o Will
and Kate in Seychelles for honeymoon
Published
On Tue May 10 2011 This is one of the 11 villa bedrooms on the North
Island resort in the Seychelles. The royal couple have landed on the
island to begin their belated honeymoon.
Cassandra
Vinograd,
Associated Press
LONDON - So the wait for
a royal honeymoon wasn't so long after all.
Prince William and his
wife, the former Kate Middleton, have landed in the Seychelles for a
private holiday on the island chain in the Indian Ocean.
...
...The hideaway is
apparently the North Island, one of 115 islands in the
Seychelles.
William has two weeks'
leave from his job as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, but palace
officials would not say if they will be away the entire two weeks and
asked that the couple's privacy be respected.
After the media blitz
surrounding their April 29 wedding at Westminster Abbey, the couple
have made it clear they'd like to be left alone by
photographers.
A day after the wedding,
the newlyweds asked the media not to intrude on their first weekend of
married life, which they spent at home before William returned to
military duty.
...The Daily Mail
reported that the couple flew by private jet to the Seychelles, then
took a helicopter to a $6,300-a-night villa. The paper said two
Scotland Yard officers checked out the destination three weeks ago to
ensure privacy.
The new Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge had vacationed in the Seychelles in 2007, staying at an
exclusive resort on the island of Desroches.
The Mail said the
luxury villa with "an open-air bathroom area with sunken bath and
shower, a private garden and a wooden deck with freshwater rock pool
and yoga pavilion."
Privacy has long been a
main concern for the royals while planning their
honeymoon.
...The couple's decision
earlier to delay their honeymoon surprised many. While he went back to
work, Middleton - now known as the Duchess of Cambridge - was
snapped by photographers grocery shopping near the couple's home on
the remote Welsh island of Anglesey.
The Seychelles is an
archipelago of 115 Indian Ocean islands about 1,600 kilometres east of
the Kenyan coast. A popular luxury destination, it lies outside the
cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare, adding to the destination's
appeal.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/988620--will-and-kate-in-seychelles-for-honeymoon
=== ROMANCEWATCH === stages of
love (guess who's right)
"Anyway, here we are with our little burgers and cokes,
making the sort of desultory conversation that those who have been
married 30 years make -- when this newly married couple walk
in."
=== BOOKWATCH
=== Neverisms
The last book I copyedited has just been published.
Author Dr Mardy Grothe sent me this msg. He's a
quotation-collector extraordinaire.
Subject: Great things for Neverisms today! USA Today and Huff
Post! Date: Wed, 11 May 2011
=== HERITAGEWATCH
===
o ARTHUR ERICKSON HOUSE AND GARDEN
Tours are
conducted every Thursday at 5pm April to October, and at other
times of the year for a group of four or more by special arrangement.
Cost is $15 per adult. Special prices for children and students.
Reserve 738 4195 or by email.
Arthur Erickson House and Garden Foundation /
aegarden@telus.net
+ Walking Tours
Historical and Architectural Walking Tour of Commercial
Drive
Saturday May 28th 10am to noon Tour guide,
Maurice Guibord
HVS members $10; non-members $15 | Details & online payment
+ Gordon T. Legg Residence (1899); Proposed
Designation
On May 17th, 7:30 pm, Vancouver City Council will hold a
Public Hearing to consider the following:
* Designate the existing building at 1241 Harwood Street which
is listed on the Vancouver Heritage Register as protected heritage
property and which will ensure the protection of the building from
inappropriate alterations and demolition in the future.
* This protection will be in exchange for approval of bonus
floor area for use in the proposed 18-storey residential tower on this
site.
Heritage Vancouver fully supports this application. This very
significant late Victorian-era estate house will be demolished
unless the City of Vancouver approves an onsite density bonus of
26,000 square feet. The density cannot be transferred offsite as
the Heritage Density Bank has been frozen since August 2007. If the
Legg Residence is demolished the owner will have the right to build
an 11-storey condo tower on this site instead of the proposed
18-storey tower.
This application received the support of the City's Design
Panel and Heritage Commission.
The Legg Residence, one of the few surviving grand estate
homes built in the West End at the end of the 19th century, is
extremely important to the history of the West End. This house was
under construction in July 1899, just 12 years after the arrival of
the CPR railway. The Klondike Gold Rush had ushered in a brief wave of
prosperity, and the city's wealthier citizens were developing a
number of grand residences, such as Gabriola on Davie Street, in the
desirable West End.
We also encourage you to contact the city and let
them know you would like to speak on behalf of retaining the Legg
Residence. Call Terri Burke in the City Clerk's Department 871
6399.
Please copy Heritage Vancouver on your e-mails or
contact us if you are interested in speaking to Council. info@heritagevancouver.org
- Thursday May 26th ~ 7 to
9pm ~ Historic Joy Kogawa
House
Tickets: $75 TLC and Heritage Vancouver members; $100
non-members
Includes wine and hors d'oeuvres reception (Tax receipts will
be issued)
Join Canadian author Joy Kogawa and
heritage consultant Donald Luxton for an evening of story
telling, and celebration of a significant Vancouver Heritage Success
Story. This is a unique opportunity to experience Joy in conversation
with Donald as she reminisces about her childhood memories of living
at 1450 West 64th Avenue. Joy and Donald will also take you on guided
tours of the house and garden and you will have the opportunity to
discover The Land Conservancy's restoration plans for the
site.
The Historic Joy Kogawa House was featured on
Heritage Vancouver's 2005 Top Ten Endangered Sites at a time when
demolition of the building seemed inevitable. Thanks to the efforts
of The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) and a grassroots
organization of community activists, donations were received from more
than 500 people across Canada and the house was purchased in 2006.
The Kogawa House has special literary significance as the
childhood home of acclaimed Canadian author Joy Kogawa, and now
operates as a writer's centre that regularly hosts literary events
and an annual writer-in-residence program. The Land Conservancy
is about to embark on restoration of this important Vancouver landmark
house. It has been identified as one of Heritage Vancouver's Success
Stories.
This unique event, co-presented by Heritage
Vancouver Society and The Land Conservancy of BC, is a
one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience the intimacy of the Joy Kogawa
House. The event is a fundraiser in support of the restoration of the
house and of Heritage Vancouver's heritage conservation
initiatives.
+ Historic
Theatres:
Good Bye to the Pantages; Hollywood Theatre sold; The Ridge
Theatre for sale
It is with a great deal of sadness that we witness the demolition
of Vancouver's historic Pantages Theatre (1907). There was
long-standing support by Heritage Vancouver for the conservation of
the Pantages. We worked with different owners over the years, and it
was on our Top Ten Endangered List several times. We were hopeful that
the last application would conserve the theatre. Unfortunately a deal
could not be negotiated with the City.
For the last several years, the roof of the Pantages has been
breached. As water infiltrated the interior structure deteriorated to
the point where it was beginning to collapse in several locations.
Over time it reached the point where interior structural collapse was
imminent. As the plaster soaked up water, it began to fail, and was
falling in pieces to the floor. Emergency documentation was undertaken
by the City in 2010, and salvage work on representative plaster
sections was undertaken at the same time. Comprehensive photographic
documentation provided a detailed record of the theatre's
appearance.
We did not win this battle. Although this is a very sad ending,
and a huge loss to Vancouver's heritage, the building was doomed by a
number of political, social, and economic forces that prevented a
better outcome.
=== LANGUAGEWATCH
===
The Psychiatrist and the
Proctologist
Best friends graduated from medical school at the same time
and decided that, in spite of two different specialties, they would
open a practice together to share office space and
personnel.
Dr. Smith was the psychiatrist and Dr. Jones was the
proctologist; they put up a sign reading: "Dr. Smith and Dr.
Jones: Hysterias and Posteriors". The town council was
livid and insisted they change it.
So, the docs changed it to read: "Schizoids and
Hemorrhoids". This was also not acceptable.
So they again changed the sign. "Catatonics and High
Colonics"......No go.
Next, they tried "Manic Depressives and Anal
Retentives"....thumbs down again.
Then came "Minds and Behinds"....still no
good.
Another attempt resulted in "Lost Souls and Butt
Holes".......unacceptable again!
So they tried "Analysis and Anal Cysts".....not a
chance.
"Nuts and Butts".....no way.
"Freaks and Cheeks".....still no good.
"Loons and Moons".....forget it.
Almost at their wit's end, the docs finally came up
with:
"Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones -- Odds and Ends" ..... The
town council loved it.
=== MAIKU === 2011
May 15
cool
spring creeps slowly * May is late to
warm * making lilacs reluctant
=== QUOTATIONS / THOUGHTS
/ PUNS ===
There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that
opinions are worthless because they are badly argued.
--
Thomas Huxley, English biologist and writer (1825 - 1895)
Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of
drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.
--
Mohandas Gandhi
When a man does a household job, he goes
through three periods: contemplating how it will be done;
contemplating when it will be done; and
contemplating.
--
Marcelene Cox
The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is
that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of
rubbish.
--
Robert H. Jackson, US Supreme Court justice (1892 - 1954)
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as
that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician,
professor, author (1809 - 1894)
Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not
reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.
-- Sydney Smith, English writer and Anglican
cleric (1771 - 1845)
It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been
swimming naked.
-- Warren Buffet,
American investor, industrialist, philanthropist (b 1930)
Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit
is. -- Will Rogers
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can
rest his head. -- Michel de Montaigne
There are no right answers to the wrong
questions. -- Ursula K. Le Guin, American writer (b
1929)
When asked about rumours that he owned a
bakery,
Shakespeare
replied, "It's much a-dough about
muffin."
I used to like Russian dolls until I realised they
were full of themselves!
The topiary artist invested all his money in shears
and hedge funds.