Rockland
Neighbourhood Association
Meeting
of the
Board of Directors
1401A
Rockland
Avenue
March
9, 2016
Present:
Janet
Simpson (JS), Bob June (BJ), Dave Clark (DC), Sue Simpson (SS),
Norman Clark
(NC), John Edwards (JE), Vanessa Dingley (VD), Ian
Mayhill (IM), Norman
Clark (NC), Dave McWalter (DM), Pamela Madoff (PM), Lawrence
Bortoluzzi (LB),
Stephen Roughley (SR)
Absent: Marc Hunter
Guests:
Michael
Neate, Christopher Neate, Graham Neate, Gary Pemberton
Meeting called to order at 19:03
·
Agenda
o Motion
to
approve (JE/IM)
§ Amended
to
include Developer’s Sign and Belmont Tree under New Business
§ Approved
as
amended
·
Minutes of January 13, 2016
o Motion
to
approve (JE/VD)
§ Approved
·
Councillor’s Report
o Prior
to
each RNA meeting, RNA will receive a “hot sheet” with update on
issues/projects/announcements of particular interest to Rockland
residents
§ PM
will
send to JS for distribution
o Church
of
Truth
§ Mayor
and
Council have been contacted
§ No
further
information available
o Biketoria
§ Public
meeting
to discuss the Oak Bay Avenue section of bike lanes on March 16 at
7:00
pm at Victoria College of Art on Bank Street
·
Business arising
o AGM
Recap
§ Presentation
was
relevant and well received
§ Confirmed
that
parliamentary rules require that the floor be asked for comments three times
prior to the
election of an officer
o Base
funding
equity letter
§ Written
by
IM; posted on web site
·
New Business
o Signing
Officers
§ Moved
that
Ian Mayhill is a signatory for RNA and that Bob June is no longer
an
authorized signatory (DC/VD)
·
Carried
o Developer’s
Sign
§ NC
circulated
for comment a proposed e mail to be sent to the city asking for
enforcement of the by-law related to signage
o Belmont
Tree
§ Discussion
regarding
pruning permit issued in August; no work has been done to date
o 1540
Despard
§ Visiting
guests
discussed their thoughts related to the preservation of green
space at
this location
·
The family will follow-up
with other family
members to solidify plans
o Committee
Reports
§ Land
Use
·
750 Pemberton
o Nothing
new
·
1745 Rockland
o Developer
has
come back with a new proposal
o Proposal
addresses
past comments from neighbours
o A
list of questions from residents has been developed to be
addressed by the
developer
·
704 Robleda
o LUC
has
been notified by the city that a variance to increase the floor
space of
the addition from the allowed 20m2 to 132m2 with
the
addition of a secondary suite
·
1326 Richardson
o LUC
sent
a letter to the new owners explaining the importance heritage
building to
the overall character/appeal of the Rockland neighbourhood as well
as the
significance of the three garry oaks (endangered and protected
species) on the
property
§ The
new
owners responded back indicating they would conform to the current
zoning
(R1A)
o Research
revealed
that the house was built in 1890 and was designed by either
Rattenbury
or Wilson, two prominent Victoria architects of the time
§ Communication
·
SR and Don Hamilton met; SR
is now able to
monitor spam
§ Traffic
·
Work on Rockland Ave. I not
complete; dry
weather is needed to do permanent paving
§ Membership
·
165 active members
currently
§ Welcoming
·
One visit done
§ Garden
·
New people have volunteered
§ Environment
·
DC developed and circulated
terms of reference
for feedback
§ Social
·
MH will be asked to
follow-up with the board
regarding his plans for the 2016 social event
o Communications
§ None
·
Meeting was adjourned at
20:54 (BJ/VD)
·
Next Board Meeting-April
13, 2016 @ 1401A
Rockland