Rockland
Neighbourhood Association: Minutes of the Board
Meeting of Board of Directors
June 13th, 2007
Directors Present: Doreen Mueller, Janet Simpson, Dave Clark, John
Weaver, Steve Peace, Mitch Hammond (later)
Regrets: Henry Phillips,
Absent: John Edwards, Wayne Poohachoff
Guest: Bea Holland
Summary of decisions and action items:
• JS to draft a letter of thanks to the Parks
Department for their continued support
• MH will identify someone to talk about the status
of 1322 Rockland development application
• Boulevard Tax - Ask Parks Department to clarify the
procedure for owner maintenance.
Meeting called to order at 19:10
1. Agenda: Motion
to accept (as amended): (JW/SP)
Carried
• Add June 26th meeting to “Business Arising from the
Minutes
2. Minutes of April 11th 2007
Motion to approve as amended (DM/JW)
Carried
• Robleda tree: delete and Hydro
3. Councilor’s report –
• Beacon Hill 125th anniversary Celebration.
o First Nations hosted Council at a Burning Ceremony
held in Esquimalt Longhouse
• Downtown Parking Report. - increase in fees
directed to maintenance of parking structures
• Downtown Plan - report expected end of June
• Rob Woodland - the opportunity to avail itself of
opportunities under the charter to deal with small lot was considered.
4. Correspondence
• Response from Allison Meyer re Liability Insurance
- waiting for additional documentation from Frank Hess and from AON the
City's insurance broker.
o Next year we may be in a position for bulk purchase
for CAN
• Corey Manton will speak on June 26th public
meeting, and City addressed the ivy encumbering Robleda Oak.
• From Norman Clark - requested explanation of
the closure of Lotbiniere
• From Pierre Filicetti - new neighbour on Lyman Duff
- fence lines deteriorated - anything we can do to address the safety
hazard that arises as a fence removed and a unprotected drop-off
appears.
• From a neighbour of 835 Pemberton Property that has
been purchased for redevelopment.
5. Business Arising:
• June 26th information meeting
o Truth Centre booked from 7 to 9
o Corey Manton will speak on Trees, Pesticides
o JS talk about the results of Public meeting on
Secondary Suites and changes to R1A zoning
o DM will talk about the tree project.
o DM talk about community benches, on Rockland and St
Charles
o Web-based Atlas. – withdrawn due to overlap with
City Engineering Project
ACTION MH will identify someone to talk about the status of 1322
Rockland development application
6. New business
• Garden Lease
o JS concerns –
• Keep it up to standards - garbage, weeds.
• Liability GPD suggests $2 million, as that is what
CAN insurance already covers.
Motion (DC/DM) That the RNA pre-approve an expenditure of up to
$200 to cover snow removal as may be required at some point in the
future. Carried
ACTION - JS to draft a letter of thanks to the Parks Department for
their continued support
• Boulevard Tax - letter to the editor
• Need 2/3 of residents on block to opt out.
ACTION: Ask Parks Department to clarify the procedure
7. Committee Reports
Membership:
• 3 new members
Traffic
• DM observed bus parked in front of the Government
House gates – who to contact? Call to commissionaires to dispatch
enforcer? Call direct to Perimeter in Vancouver? NO
ACTION, for now.
Land Use Strategy
• Neighbourhood Vision meeting on Friday and Saturday
- DM attended.
• Jim Dears spoke, he is recommended. Did work to
motivate City of Seattle, but the strategies that worked there in the
70's wouldn't work here.
• Affordable Housing competition winners spoke.
• City must put forward seed money to motivate and
direct volunteer efforts.
• No City staff or councilors in attendance
• June 6th Community Planning vision - DM attended.
• Lots of discussion on what doesn't work, little on
what works.
• Future vision , participation depends on seeing a
connection from volunteer work and positive action from the City.
• More communication in September
Land Use – zoning
• Draft letter in response to development application
for Craigdarroch rest home. Concerns over the licence agreement for
access through Grace Lutheran Church to the back-yard parking spaces.
Motion: To send the letter as drafted under President’s signature.
(MH/DM) Carried
• MH drafted discussion paper for review by James Bay
NA and by the Hallmark Society to explore common issues with other
NA/CA.
o E.g., Local Government Act does not allow amenity
bonus density to be used in combination with site specific rezoning.
8. Close of meeting -
Motion: To adjourn (DC/MH)
Carried