ROCKLAND NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATION
Meeting
of the Board of Directors
1401
Rockland Avenue
May 11th,
2016
Present:
Janet
Simpson (JS), Norman Clark (NC), Bob June (BJ), Dave Clark (DC),
John Edwards
(JE), Marc Hunter (MH), Dave McWalter (DM), Lawrence Bortoluzzi
(LB), Sue
Simpson (SS)
Absent: Stephen
Roughley,
Vanessa Dingley
Guests:
Pamela
Madoff, Michael Neate , Chris Grieve
Meeting called to order at 19:03
·
Agenda
o Motion
to
approve(JE/DM)
§ Amended
to
include in camera item
under New
Business
§ Approved
as
amended
·
Minutes of April 13, 2016
o Motion
to
approve(BJ/DC)
§ Approved
as
corrected
·
Councillor’s Report (PM)
o Topics
are
included in the May Update of Rockland-What’s Happening in your
Neighbourhood and include:
§ Biketoria
Cycling
Path
§ Community
and
land Use Committee Process Meetings
§ Strategic
Grant
Program
§ Great
Neighbourhood
Grants
§ The
A
City for Youth, Designated by Youth Program
o Demolition
and
Tree Removal Permits
§ Gary
Pemberton
will update in June
o Derelict
Boats
in the Gorge Waterway
§ A
meeting was held to address this
o David
Foster
Pathway
§ Pedestrian
only
§ Too
costly
to add space required to accommodate bikes
o Sewage
§ Province
has
stepped in and will shepherd the process to determine which option
will be
pursued
·
Business Arising
o Stanley
Avenue
Proposal
§ There
was
considerable discussion amongst board members regarding the motion
passed
at the April 13, 2016 meeting
§ The
motion
stands as passed on April 13, 2016
§ After
the
board’s discussion, Chris Grieve joined the discussion and
provided an
update
·
His intention is to present
their proposal to
the city at the June 9th meeting
·
400+ people have signed the
online petition
o Environment
Committee
§ Terms
of
reference are final
§ DC
completing
an application for the signage program previously discussed
o Land
Use
§ A
written report was provided
§ Further
to
the report
·
750 Pemberton
o A
meeting on May 9 with Melanie Smith did not take place
o Communication
§ SR
provided
a written report which contained the following motion (SR/MH)
·
“Consider redevelopment of
design and content of
existing website and Facebook page for RNA”
·
SR, JS and Ian Mayhill have
met to discuss the
website and how to refresh it
·
JS will meet with Eileen
Nurmi to discuss the
future of the Facebook page
·
A revised motion “Consider
redevelopment of
design and content of existing website page for RNA” was seconded
by DC and
passed
o Social
§ MH
provided
an estimate of costs for an open air film screening done by
Victoria
Film Festival
§ $3000
is
a full service price for the film showing; an additional $1000
includes games
before the show
§ Motion:
Proceed
with the open air movie night at a cost of $3000 (MH/LB)
·
Passed
o Welcoming
§ A
written report was provided
o Police
Liaison
§ MH
provided
an update in the latest Rockland newsletter
o Meeting
moved
to an in camera session
·
Meeting was adjourned at
21:13 (DC/DMc)
·
Next Board Meeting-June 8,
2016 @ 1401A Rockland