April Newsletter


ARBUTUS
RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

NEWSLETTER,
APRIL 2012

MARK
YOUR CALENDAR – MAY 30th
– ARCA’S FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING as a registered society!


Time:
Registration at 6:00 p.m. for 7:00 p.m. meeting


Place:
Arbutus Village Recreation Centre, Suite B2 Arbutus Shopping Centre


Agenda:
Annual Reports from Chair and Treasurer


Election
of Officers for 2012-2013

Programme:
Invited Guests from other Vancouver Community Associations:


“How
can community associations best represent residents’ concerns with
the City of Vancouver?” We want your input!

Refreshments
will be served.
More AGM information later!

                                                                       

RECENT
ACTIVITIES -  ARCA has been active in our City Plan association
- ARKS – which

covers
Arbutus Ridge, Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy Heights. Issues for ARKS
have included:

·
Its
sheer survival without City support. When first set up, the City Plan
associations were allocated a small budget by the City and a City
Planner would attend the monthly meetings. That support has been
withdrawn.

·
The
multiple development planned for 3213 East Boulevard is still not
settled.

·
The
Arbutus Corridor – what to do with it! Bike lane? Gardens? Housing?
Transit?


ARCA
has supported other communities in their struggle to maintain
community character and adherence to their City Plans. Most recent
was our support to the Mount Pleasant association, RAMP, in its
opposition to the 19 storey high-rise on Kingsway. 

 

ARBUTUS
SHOPPING CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT – Our major concern with the
redevelopment is the diversion of the underground water if there are
three floors of underground parking.  There are major streams
under that property.  Larco said they would “look after us”
if there were problems but we have no idea what that means.

 

LANEWAY
HOUSING – So many problems with this new way to densify our city:
trees are cut down, neighbours lose their privacy from a 1 ½ to 2
storey house, extra cars are parked on the street and laneway access
is limited.  Toronto decided they weren’t good for their
city.  What do you think? Did you know that with a laneway
house, a basement suite, a lock-off unit in the house, you can have
four families on a single family lot!

 

Bring
your ideas and concerns to the AGM on May 30th
!

 

Doreen
Braverman, Chair

604-263-6051
arca@shaw.ca

 

ARCA MANDATE

Arbutus Ridge Community Association was formally registered as a society with the Province of British Columbia on October 13, 2011.

The purpose of registering ourselves as a society is to offer the residents, businesses and associations within Arbutus Ridge a responsible and democratic avenue to represent the needs and wishes of the community to the Council, Boards and Commission of the City of Vancouver.

ARCA is one part of ARKS – the City Plan for Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy. We have a role to play in contributing to that mandate which includes:

  • traffic and transportation
  • community safety and services
  • existing residential areas
  • new housing
  • neighbourhood centres
  • parks, streets, lanes and public places
  • the environment
  • community involvement and decision making
  • rezoning policy

 

To adequately fulfill our mandate, we need the involvement of residents, businesses and associations. There will be many community issues to understand and act upon in the coming years.

 

The first step to helping build a strong association is building membership. The fees are purposely low to attract as many members as possible. While we need the money for organization and communication, we are more interested in a long membership list and people of all ages and talents so we are truly representative of our community.

 

Fees are $10 per adult member

$20 per family

$ 5 per student

$30 per business

Of course, donations are always welcome!

 

Our post box is not yet open, so fees can be sent to ARCA Treasurer, Marie Clarke at 402-3905 Springtree Drive, Vancouver, V6L 3E2. If you have already paid for the 2011-2012 year, please disregard this request. If you are not sure about your membership status, contact Marie at 604-263-5086.

 

We will be doing a phone campaign for members in the New Year!

 

Our new web address is www.arbutusridgecommunity.org.

 

Please get involved!

 

Doreen Braverman, Chair

604-263-6051

 

 

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