THE
CALENDAR February
8, 2012 Annual
General Meeting
The RNA holds its annual meeting in
Grace Lutheran Church, 1273 Fort Street
at 7:30 pm.
Members, visitors and all the neighbours
are encouraged to attend.
The Agenda and Program will be published
here soon.
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Please note that an extensive Calendar
related to the City is offered in
Counsellor Chris Coleman's Monthly Report NEW
Association
Recommendations RE:
HERITAGE PERMIT APPLICATION 1770
ROCKLAND AVE
•
Traffic Committee Project to Combat
Speeding - September 21, 2011 • Read the
report ELECTION
QUESTIONS: We ask
the Candidates for Mayor and Council
several key questions about Rockland:
zoning, taxation, governance,
etc.
Here are their replies (Not all the
candidates responded to our
call) The
Questions and Answers RNA Response to
the City's Draft Official
Community Plan June 9,
2011 [Pdf
file]
Victoria's Housing Issues. On February 1
CBC Radio in Victoria
interviewed Janet Simpson, RNA
President. Here is the
link to that program: It is part
of a several items...wait to the
end.
Garden Suite Pilot Proposal
is a new City Plan.
What is a Garden Suite?
A
garden suite is a legal, detached,
ground-oriented suite located in the
backyard of a property with a
single-family home as its primary
use. Creating a garden suite is
another option for introducing a
rental suite on your property where
a secondary suite does not already
exist. Property owners may convert
an existing accessory building if it
meets policy guidelines or build
something new, and must go through
an application process for approval
and rezoning. Garden suites cannot
be strata-titled. The complete
proposal is on-line at http://www.victoria.ca/cityhall/planning-garden-suites-pilot-project.shtml
On October 19, 2010 the RNA Land Use
Committee sent this letter
to the City respecting this
proposal. Please contact Bill
Brooks for more information.
CORRESPONDENCE
RELATING TO ZONING ISSUES:
Reaction to City "proposed
improvements to the Zoning
Regulation Bylaw" • January
24, 2011
LETTER FROM THE
CITY REGARDING 1004-1022
PEMBERTON. This
letter provided the complete application
for rezoning this property dated October
8, 2010. Link
LETTER REGARDING 1057 MOSS
STREET This
letter, regarding use of this site, to
construct new units in existing
outbuildings, was sent to City Hall on
August 13, 2009 Link
LETTER REGARDING 1082 RICHMOND
AVE This
letter, regarding use of this site,
after demolition of the existing
apartments, to construct new strata
condo units, was sent to City Hall on
February 2, 2009 Link
LETTER REGARDING 1729 OAK BAY
AVENUE This
letter, regarding use of this building
as a Supportive Recovery facility, was
sent to City Hall on April 5,
2009 Link LETTERS FILE Copies of
Letters from the Association regarding
zoning issues • RE-ZONING OF 1048
CRAIGDARROCH November
26, 2008 Link • RE-ZONING OF 1001
TERRACE AVENUE November
5, 2008 Link
CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO: POLICE
AMALGAMATION IN GREATER VICTORIA
• July 2008
This letter was sent to the Honourable
John van Dongen, Solicitor General of
Britsh Columbia by several neighbourhood
and community organizations in Greater
Victoria.
Page 1Page 2 • 8
October2008Reply
from Hon. John van Dongen to
Neighbourhood Association (Link) • 28 July
2009 Letter
to the Honorable Kash Heed, Solicitor
General of British Columbia from John
Weaver, Treasurer, RNA. (Link) • 27 November 2009 Reply
from Hon. Kash Heed to John Weaver (Link Page 1)
(Link Page
2) FEES AND LEGALITIES Letter
to the City regarding
Fees and Legalities September
17, 2009 (Link)
EMERGENCY PREPARATION The Safety
Committee has created a series of 24
weekly e-mail letters each requiring
completion of a Task towards basic
Emergency Preparedness. The series has
been posted here. BLOCKWATCH Some neighbours have
formed a Blockwatch programme in their
particular area of Rockland. If any
group is interested in starting a new
Blockwatch in their own
neighbourhood, or in joining an existing
program, please contact
Janet Simpson
Contact John
Edwards, Communications
Chair, if you could contribute
an article, etc. to the next edition:
Deadline December 1. There is a limit
of 500 words per article. Photos are
always welcome. Encourage your neighbours
to join the Association!
Only $10.00 per year.
Membership Forms are available online
(pdf file
requires Abobe Acrobat available
free from Adobe)
The Welcome Committee
is anxious to
acknowledge new neighbours...
Please let us know when a new person or
family has taken up residence, or if you
are new to the neighbourhood let us
know!
