March 2, 2009 VUAN Minutes
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Cylia Wong
Mar 9, 2009, 4:58:21 PM3/9/09
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Vancouver Urban Agriculture Minutes
March 2, 2009 Meeting
Present: David Tracey, Cylia Wong, Peter Finch, Hartley Rosen
Agenda approval – carried
Minutes of previous meeting in February – carried.
Minutes from previous meeting were apparently not taken.
Old business
Correspondence with city regarding guidelines for community gardens on
city owned land: Cylia sent another letter (second official request
to answer question about when these guidelines will be finalized)
today to mayor, councilors, Mary Clare Zak, Liane McKenna, Scott
Edwards, Devorah Kahn.
Letters in support of new community gardens: The group agreed that we
support the creation of more gardens. We also agreed that it was a
good idea to create a logo, so Peter will create a couple of designs
to present to the next meeting. Cylia will draft up a template
support letter for next meeting.
New gardeners/members outreach – a suggestion to place the kinds of
topics we discuss on our google site. This may encourage others to
join us. A website might be a better focal point for ongoing
recruitment. Vancouver community gardens is the google group name.
Anybody can look at the site but only members can post messages (after
getting permission from the site organizer Cylia). There are no
burning issues to rally people right now, which is okay.
New business
Loopholes on property taxes: developers are saving large amounts of
tax money by revising the zoning on property they are holding for
development in the future into garden spaces. Considerable discussion
on what our position should be…perhaps half of the savings should go
to a city-managed fund supporting urban agriculture? Peter will
review Vancouver Courier articles, perhaps contact author Allen Garr
towards forming a draft response from VUAN.
Brief discussion on proposed change to City of Vancouver bylaw on
allowing chickens into backyards: VUAN will not send a formal
response from the group, however, individual members may want to do
so.
Next meeting – Monday, April 6 - 6 – 7p.m.
March 2, 2009 Meeting
Present: David Tracey, Cylia Wong, Peter Finch, Hartley Rosen
Agenda approval – carried
Minutes of previous meeting in February – carried.
Minutes from previous meeting were apparently not taken.
Old business
Correspondence with city regarding guidelines for community gardens on
city owned land: Cylia sent another letter (second official request
to answer question about when these guidelines will be finalized)
today to mayor, councilors, Mary Clare Zak, Liane McKenna, Scott
Edwards, Devorah Kahn.
Letters in support of new community gardens: The group agreed that we
support the creation of more gardens. We also agreed that it was a
good idea to create a logo, so Peter will create a couple of designs
to present to the next meeting. Cylia will draft up a template
support letter for next meeting.
New gardeners/members outreach – a suggestion to place the kinds of
topics we discuss on our google site. This may encourage others to
join us. A website might be a better focal point for ongoing
recruitment. Vancouver community gardens is the google group name.
Anybody can look at the site but only members can post messages (after
getting permission from the site organizer Cylia). There are no
burning issues to rally people right now, which is okay.
New business
Loopholes on property taxes: developers are saving large amounts of
tax money by revising the zoning on property they are holding for
development in the future into garden spaces. Considerable discussion
on what our position should be…perhaps half of the savings should go
to a city-managed fund supporting urban agriculture? Peter will
review Vancouver Courier articles, perhaps contact author Allen Garr
towards forming a draft response from VUAN.
Brief discussion on proposed change to City of Vancouver bylaw on
allowing chickens into backyards: VUAN will not send a formal
response from the group, however, individual members may want to do
so.
Next meeting – Monday, April 6 - 6 – 7p.m.
Mary E. Holmes
Mar 10, 2009, 11:59:09 PM3/10/09
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Cylia,
I have been super busy with the next phase of the garden project, but I am
hoping to attend at least a few of these upcoming dates. Thanks for keeping
me in the loop.
Coordinator
Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project
Vancouver Native Health Society
449 East Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC
V6A 1P5
Tel: 604-254-9949
Fax: 604-254-9948
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I have been super busy with the next phase of the garden project, but I am
hoping to attend at least a few of these upcoming dates. Thanks for keeping
me in the loop.
Coordinator
Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project
Vancouver Native Health Society
449 East Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC
V6A 1P5
Tel: 604-254-9949
Fax: 604-254-9948
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Cylia Wong
Mar 11, 2009, 10:25:20 AM3/11/09
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I have updated the welcome message so please take a look and provide
feedback/comments. It is similar to the proposed intro letter
template I am passing around to the core group. cylia
feedback/comments. It is similar to the proposed intro letter
template I am passing around to the core group. cylia
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