January 10th,
2012
Directors
Present: Janet
Simpson (JS), Bob June (BJ), Dave
Clark (DC), John Edwards (JE), David
Hambleton
(DH),
Bill
Brooks (BB).
Regrets:
John
Caldwell (JC), Jane Wheatley (JW)
Guests:
Councillor Ben Isitt (BI), New members Ann and
Kosta Malczyk (sp)
Summary of motions and actions:
Motion –
DC to
work with Olaf to set a date for evening talk in March, and
publicise the talk
at the AGM.
Motion –
Board
authorize HE to apply for $5000 for Celebration Grant to cover
costs of traffic
control, toilets, garbage, food?…
Action
– several tasks
associated with AGM
Meeting called to order at 19:06
Motion to
accept agenda
(BJ/DH)
Carried
unanimously
Edits - #4 Business
Arising -
Speaker: new councilors’ panel on Rockland Future? Shellie
Gudgeon, Lisa Helps,
Ben Isitt
….Early February for 150
Year Celebration
Application = Feb 3rd
… 1770 Rockland
wants to build
garage (in front?) Variance requested for height.
Motion to accept minutes as amended
(DC/JE)
Carried
unanimously
- … best strategy to
get action
on some issues…
(ans) Get issues in
writing to
Ben and he will move them on to City Staff.
Supplementary answer
– BI working
on process with Planning to get timely access to more development
information
to NA/CA Land Use Chairs.
Details on re-zoning. applications
…
Supplementary Answer
–there was a bottleneck
for information out of Planning Department (required to route
through city mgr.
or Mayor previously). BI will meet with Deb Day and the relevant
planner.
250-882-9302 ben@isitt.ca
(BB arrives)
(Guests arrive – Ann
and Kosta Malczyk
(phonetic spelling – apologies)– 1598 Rockland Avenue
1.
AGM Planning
1.
Confirm February 8th 7:30 PM at Grace Lutheran.
2.
Speaker - 3 new councilors
panel on Rockland
Future? Shellie Gudgeon, Lisa Helps, Ben Isitt
1. Need
format,
3 prepared questions, given to speakers ahead of time. E.g., steps
to
protect heritage values. Then open questions to the floor. ACTION send draft
questions
3.
Olaf Nieman on remote
sensing LiDAR and HSS -
will speak in March – organize a separate event and publicise the
talk at the
AGM. Include a few images in a display board on the greenways /
Pemberton
Trail / Urban Forest.
(Roger works in
the Geography Lab and
thinks that
cooperator Terra in Sydney may already have some useable data.)
Motion (DC/BJ) DC to
work with Olaf to
set a date for evening talk in March, and publicise the talk at
the AGM.
Carried
unanimously
4.
Refreshments – BJ
5.
Booklet – DC Committee
reports, brief biography,
reports from Police
crime report (Mike
Russel manages infor requests), Police Board, AGGV, Craigdarroch
Castle
Society, Government House
6.
Invites to Councillors – DC
Police, Police
Board, AGGV, Craigdarroch Castle Society, Government House
7.
Volunteers for registration
table.
8.
Table for panel
9.
Treasurer’s Report Received
10.
Nominating committee JS LO,
DH –(DH says last
time). 30 days ahead
2.
150 Year celebration
1.
Temporary closure of
Rockland – “Rockland of
Ages”
2.
Jane Wheatley (Chair) and
Bob June met with 6
others -Sue Simpson, (get kids involved) Clark Hartwick and Deb
Semmens,
Ethelyn Rankin, John and Helen Edwards – Walking tours, Tochik
Ratowski,
Langham Court (Vintage Fashion Show).. Peripheral Activities
running off
Rockland. Vintage Car Club display. John Hughes of Craigdarroch
Castle is enthusiastic
– kids activities on their lawn. Jon Tupper, AGGV – book launch
“The
Associates”. Rockland Artists – local artists, juried.
3.
Could Jon Tupper offer some
staff experience in
applying for street closure?
4.
Dates – summer too soon, go
for September. Moss
to St. Charles. Reserve constables for intersections. City
provides barricades.
Insurance (Current Policy with Fairfield applies? Sufficient?).
Toilets. Helen
Edwards (HE) offers to apply for the grant to cover traffic,
toilets, garbage,
food ….
Motion - (DC/BB) Board authorize HE to apply for
$5000 for
Celebration Grant to cover costs of traffic control, toilets,
garbage, food?…
Carried unanimously
1.
Invite
from Friends of Government House – Red Cross Community
Preparedness presentation
January 19th
2.
John Tupper of AGGV will
address March board
meeting about AGGV future.
Land Use
1064
Beverly
Place rezoning February 13th at the Fairfield Center on Fairfield Road
1770
Rockland “Biggerstaff
Wilson” home
- development
proposal – extension,
stairwells, elevators at the back, Garage in front? Variances
requested for
height.
Committee will draft
letter for the Board’s
signature regarding requested variances and forward to board for
approval.
Designate garden as heritage in exchange for variances – 26th
January for Planning Committee meeting.
1597
Despard –
Information received regarding Floor Space Ratio (FSR) Height 9.3
metres - First and
Second Floors total 438.74 metres
squares (Basement excluded by definition). Lot size is 932 m2 FSR = .47
Verrinder
–patio
– tree reduces impact, Neighbour Maggie Thompson OK with
development.
Communications -
Newsletter content
deadline January 15th.
Social - Plan
for a March 2012 evening
lecture from Dr. Olaf Niemann, possibly held at Grace Lutheran.
Membership –
Welcome committee (Eileen
Nurmi and Susan Simpson) report no visits this past month.
Traffic – BJ –
hedges obscure some
intersections. Send
hot spots to Aimee
Botje, Norman Clark for consideration by traffic committee.