Rockland Neighbourhood Association
Meeting
of the Board of Directors
1401A
Rockland Avenue
September
14, 2016
Present:
Janet
Simpson (JS), Bob June (BJ), Dave Clark (DC), John Edwards (JE), Dave McWalter (DM), Sue Simpson (SS), Stephen
Roughley (SR), Aimée
Botje (AB)
Absent: Pamela
Madoff
(PM), Vanessa Dingley (VD), Marc Hunter (MH), Lawrence Bortoluzzi
(LB),
Gary Pemberton (GP)
Guests:
Ken
Milbrath, Art Hamilton
Meeting called to order at 19:01
·
Agenda
o Motion
to
approve(SR/BJ)
§ Amended
to
remove in camera item
under New
Business and correct spelling of Ken Milbrath’s name
§ Approved
as
amended unanimously
·
Pemberton Trail
o Ken
Milbrath
provided an update on the Pemberton Trail
§ The
Oak
Bay section is complete and is called the Centennial Trail
§ There
are
gaps in the Victoria portion of the trail
o JS
suggested
two ways to be involved
§ Discuss
dedicating
a portion of 1201 Fort for the trail with Abstract Development
during the community meetings
§ Bring
up
during Local Area Planning
o The
Pemberton
Trail is a long term strategy and will likely not be completed for
decades
o Development
of
the Rockland Greenway is an immediate need
·
Minutes of June 8, 2016
o Motion
to
approve(BJ/AB)
§ Approved
unanimously
·
Councillor’s Report
o No
report
·
Business Arising
o Equity
Funding
Application
§ Moved
that
the equity funding application be approved as written (BJ/AB)
§ Approved
unanimously
o Update
on
Website Renewal
§ After
reviewing
many local association websites, Aimée and Ian prefer the Fernwood
and Fairfield websites
§ Two
issues
have been identified for the RNA website-
·
Content and format need to
be refreshed
·
On-going management
§ Early
information
indicates that a revamp of the format and content will cost
approximately $2500-$3500
§ Moved
that
up to $4000 be spent in 2016 for website design and implementation
(DC/AB)
·
Approved unanimously
§ SR,
DC
and Ian will develop specifications for the RFP to be submitted
for cost
quotes
o Recap
of
Movie Night
§ Postponed
to
the next meeting
o Committee
Reports
§ Reports
for
the Welcoming and Land Use Committees are attached as is the
Treasurer’s
report
·
Update to Land Use
report-1201 Fort
o The
city
is encouraging RNA to have a community meeting in advance of
having
received any plans and a meeting with the LUC; a further
complication is that
the legal title issue has not yet been resolved
§ This
is
not the current practice; JS followed up the Jonathan Tinney and
had not
received a response
§ BJ
will
follow-up with Jonathan Tinney’s office
·
New Business
o Celebration
for
Canada’s 150th
§ Suggested
that
our sesquicentennial event be the signage project
§ JS
will
contact GP to determine if there are funds available for local
celebrations
o Strategy
Meeting
§ Will
replace
the regular November board meeting (November 9/1401A Rockland)
o VCAN
§ JS
asking
for interest to sit as VCAN representative
·
DMc has expressed interest
o New
Societies’
Act
§ JS
will
ask VD and Ian to review the RNA by-laws from the perspective of
the New
Societies’ Act
§ DC
and
SR may have helpful input
·
Miscellaneous
o 1540
Despard
§ RNA
has
not received a proposal from Our Place
§ JS
has
sent a follow-up and not yet received a response
o Next
Meeting
§ Andrea
Hudson
will be discussing lessons learned from LAP work in the Burnside
and
Fairfield communities
·
Meeting was adjourned at
20:45 (DC/DMc)
·
Next Board Meeting-October
12, 2016 @ 1401A
Rockland
Attachment:
Committee Reports