Rockland Neighbourhood Association:  Minutes of the Board


ROCKLAND NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATION
Meeting of the Board of Directors

December  8th , 2010

Directors Present:   Janet Simpson (JS), Bob June (BJ), Catherine Spencer (CS), Dave Clark (DC), John Edwards (JE), Jane Wheatley (JW)

Regrets: Bill Brooks (BB),

Guest:  Councillor Geoff Young

Summary of actions:
Action – JS will invite Victoria Police liaison officer to January Board meeting
Action – JS will invite potential nominating committee members
Action - BJ will arrange a venue for the AGM
Action - JW will invite Deb Day to speak at the AGM
Action - CS will coordinate AGM booklet and record January board meeting minutes

Meeting called to order at 19:05

1.    Agenda
Motion   to accept agenda as amended    (DC/CS)            Carried unanimously
Add November 18th open house at Abstract Developments on Joan Crescent; Archives.

2.    Minutes of November 10th, 2010
Motion to accept minutes     (DC/BJ)         Carried unanimously

3.    Councillor’s  Report
1.    Zoning regulation bylaw improvement. – Agenda item for council meeting on December 9th deals with amendments that staff are proposing to deal with previously stated concerns, including some of our’s – some modifications applying generally across the city, and others tailored to specific neighbourhoods.
(Geoff Young left)

4.    Committee Reports
Land Use 
Rockland property opposite Gonzales proposes a side-yard duplex. Proponent will meet with LUC in February with a more concrete proposal.

             Communications
Newsletter deadline is January 15th

        Membership –
New member at 911 Linden
Welcome package to 715 Moss St.
Another new resident on lower Robleda

5.    Communications Received
Letter from owner at 1000 Terrace regarding unauthorized improvements.

6.    New Business
a)    Invite Victoria Police liaison officer to January Board meeting.
ACTION JS will invite him.
b)    Planning for AGM. – need nominating committee – possible members: Lloyd Ollila, Don Hamilton, Alan Lowe, Lois Johnson, Helmut Hissen, Mitch Hammond. Others that have some insight into land use issues.
ACTION JS will invite them.
Proposed date is February 9th. 7:30 meeting start.
ACTION BJ will see if Grace Lutheran is available; otherwise change the date to Thursday the 10th, or Monday the 7th.
Proposed Speaker – Deb Day – she is doing a Heritage talk. (Or City Manager. Or Ken Johnson, new president of Heritage Advisory)
ACTION JW will invite her.
ACTION – CS will backfill for DC (away on vacation)
c)    Abstract Developments open house attended by several board members.
d)    Archives – Lacking a physical location, should we organize our paper files and request that the city store them? Revisit this in the new year.


7.    Motion to adjourn  (JE/DC) 20:33