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Kensington-Cedar Cottage CityPlan Committee
Meeting Notes
March 6, 2003, Trout Lake Community Centre
7 - 9 p.m.
In Attendance: Paul Calderhead, Raymond Chang, Don Genoversa,
Jocelyn Honeyman, Tom Little, David Marcantonio, David Markovitz, Craig
Moberg, Elliot Neck, Jeff Nulty, Kim Nulty, Uli Rasehorn, Sarah Slack,
Peter Wohlwend
Also In Attendance: Catherine Buckham, Planning Department
1. Garbage
- 400 recycled bins from the downtown will be redistributed throughout
the city if Council approves funding for maintaining and emptying the
additional bins. Council will consider the request for funding at a
meeting to be held in April. If Council approves the funding, a plan
for relocating the bins will be developed by Engineering Services in
June/July.
- A by-law was recently passed which requires all residential property
owners to have adequate garbage service based on the number of dwelling
units. In addition, all non residential properties must have a minimum
pick up at least 2 times per month.
- An amendment to an existing by-law gives the Fire Department the ability
to enforce in situations where lids are not shut (e.g. of large containers).
- A new agreement between the City and companies providing commercial
containers requires the companies to provide new locking mechanisms
on existing and new containers in the downtown by the end of 2004 -
other areas to follow.
- Engineering Services staff have been contacting the owners of mixed
use buildings (e.g. along Kingsway), if the owners have not been providing
garbage services to residential tenants. Owners have the option of 1)
purchasing garbage services from a private company or 2) purchasing
garbage services from the City. Non compliance within 20 days results
in the City charging the owner for services provided by the City.
2. Maintenance and Stewardship of Neighbourhood Greenways in KCC
- KCC has two neighbourhood greenways - Prince Albert and Cedar Cottage.
When the greenways were developed there was lots of enthusiasm and interest
from residents. Interest in maintaining and caring for the greenways
has deteriorated, now only 1-2 people care for these spaces.
- At a meeting with City staff, ongoing assistance with the maintenance
of neighbourhood greenways was requested by a Commitee member. It was
suggested that the City secure funding to assist with a bi-annual pruning
of large shrubs and trees as well as arrange for regular pick-up of
yard trimmings and garbage at greenway locations. It was felt that if
some basic services were provided the neighbours may feel less of a
burden and be more likely to participate.
- It was suggested that until the neighbourhood can manage the existing
neighbourhood greenways, the proposal for an additional greenway along
Commercial Street should be put on hold.
- Maintenance and stewardship of KCC's neighbourhood greenways will
be a theme for discussion at the Annual General Meeting on April 10th.
3. Blooming Boulevards
- Volunteers delivered leaflets to residents on Windsor Street south
of 33rd encouraging them to participate in the Blooming Boulevards program.
Organizers have $2,000 to assist residents with plantings.
- Cathy was asked to follow-up with Richard Taki in Environmental Health
regarding a grant of $5,000 for Blooming Boulevards.
4. Public Art on Windsor Way - 12th Avenue to King Edward
- The public art process is in its final phase. Residents are pushing
to get the art installed by late spring/early summer. They intend to
apply for a grant to develop phase two of the project.
5. Kingsway & Knight Rezoning Application
- An email was received from Lynda Challis, Rezoning Planner, noting
that City staff are waiting for material from the applicant before scheduling
any meetings with the applicant and the liaisons. Other than this, there
is no news to report.
6. Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood Safety Office
- It's possible that the Chief of Police will cut the number of community
policing centres from 21 to 8 or 9. The Board of the Cedar Cottage NSO
feels that ‘they are behind in the selection process' because they
don't have a permanent home - an asset. Funding for a new safety office
was provided for by Translink ($220,000), but not yet built. The City
received the funding from Translink and is holding it until the outcome
of the Chief's review. The Board is threatening to sue the City if the
money is not spent in Cedar Cottage.
- CityPlan Committee members were encouraged to attend a Police Board
meeting at Trout Lake Community Centre on March 26th and express their
support for the Cedar Cottage NSO.
7. Planning the Annual General Meeting on April 10th
- The agenda could include:
Welcome
Updates/Presentations on Community and City Initiatives:
- Kingcrest Park Autumn Festival (Kim Nulty)
- Kingsway & Knight Business Association Formation (Kerry Williams?)
- Public Art Initiatives in KCC (Sally Gilbert?)
- Blooming Boulevard Extension South (video, Peter Wohlwend)
- Safety Groups (Dickens, MountainView, South Van,...)
- Mountain View Group - Country Lanes Project (video, Tom Little)
- Windsor Bikeway (Steve Brown, Engineering)
- Knight Street Whole Route Analysis (Melina Scholefield, Engineering)
- Neighbourhood Centre Deliver Program (City staffer - unassigned)
Discussion
- Stewardship/Maintenance and Future of Neighbourhood Greenways in KCC
(Uli Rasehorn)
8. New Initiatives
- The CityPlan Committee has been interested in working with youth on
a community project for quite some time. The need for a program to maintain
and encourage participation in neighbourhood greenways may be the type
of project that youth would be interested in developing. Paul volunteered
to talk to one of the teachers in the Montessori program at Gladstone
High School regarding a possible partnership.
- The Kingcrest Park subcommittee suggested hosting a community festival,
possibly Kingcrest Park as a destination, in the autumn. Elliot said
that Public Dreams Society may be looking for a new home and partners
for Circus of Dreams. He volunteered to discuss the possibility of having
a festival at Kingcrest Park with the Public Dreams Society. Kim, Jeff
and Uli also expressed interest in this project.
Next meeting date:
Annual Community Meeting
Thursday, April 10, 2003*
7:00 pm
Kensington Community Centre
*KCC CityPlan Committee meetings are held on the first Thursday of the
month
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