Association Communautaire
Fallingbrook
Attendees: Marc Cappelli, Herb Kreling, Phil McNeely, Don Pottier,
Zybina Richards, David Villeneuve,
Brenda Spearman, Frank Dugal, George Blake, Gilles Warren, Lynn Hamelin
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Subject |
Discussions/Decisions |
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Agenda |
The Agenda was accepted on a motion by Don Pottier and seconded by
Lynn Hamelin. Motion was carried. |
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Minutes |
Acceptance of the Minutes from April 30, 2001 was carried on a motion
made by David Villeneuve and seconded by Don Pottier. |
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Treasurer |
Don
Pottier provided the Canada Day Income/ Expense summary (Attached). The
Canada Day summary report was approved on a motion by Don Pottier and
seconded by Brenda Spearman. Not all the bills are in to date, with a slight
surplus showing. |
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Councilor Kreling |
Herb outlined the following: ·
A package for Community Project Grant program was
provided to the Association. ·
The Councilor’s office has been receiving a large
volume of calls related to traffic issues. The vast majority were, speeding
and not stopping issues from the Merkley residents. ·
The complaints included teenager speeding as well as
teen Beach parties. ·
This fall Councilors Kreling and McNeely will be
providing a forum for 2002 budget debates. ·
The City sewer surcharge will be phased in over 3 to
5 years totaling about $70.00 dollars per household. ·
Tax bills should be out by now. Some households will
see some level of tax relief. ·
No action has occurred on the proposed bridge. ·
Isabelle Skalsky is the Orleans Ward representative
for the youth cabinet, and also co-chair of the cabinet. |
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Councilor McNeely |
Phil
outlined the following: ·
Phil
thanked all those who helped with the Steumers Homecoming. ·
There
is a move to get the same rates for hydro as in the City. ·
Lisa
Hall is the representative for Ward 19 in the Youth Cabinet. ·
There
is a movement to get buses into the rural areas. ·
The
25th anniversary of the Cumberland Heritage Museum is coming up. ·
The
intersection at Orchardview and Innes requires traffic lights, however the
hydro lines are too low. A four way stop may be put in for the winter. ·
There
is a petition circulating against the new bar at Portebello and Innes. ·
There
has been no money spent on the Millenium sports park from the funds set
aside. |
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Parks and Recreation Advisory |
Frank
has been appointed to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. The purpose of the committee is to provide
feedback to the Province for capital project priorities and the issues. The
objective is to accomplish priority lists.
George Blake has already provided input on
Millenium park requirements, Ray Friel park, arenas and soccer fields. Frank will be speaking with the
Councillors as well to get their input.
Frank is still reviewing Trillium Foundation applications. Frank indicated he would like to see more
applications for parks and recreation, and environmental projects. |
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Queenswood Heights |
Gilles Warren noted that the Neighborhood Watch program may fold due
to lack of involvement. Gilles has been appointed to the Accessibility Advisory Committee to
help determine priorities for the City. |
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Canada Day |
David Villeneuve handed out the pictures he had taken at Canada Day,
and the negatives were given to George. |
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Petrie Island |
Issues to
date as outlined by David: ·
Not
enough parking resulting in overcrowding. ·
Some
question as to whether the Marina would be linked with the beach project. ·
There is
a recognized need for a boat launch. ·
There
should be a report on the planning and engineering of the beach project out
later this fall. ·
The
Petrie Island Web site was off line for a while. David placed the Petrie Island website onto the FCA web site to
solve the problem created by the provider.
David asked if he could leave it on the FCA web site as long as no one
objected. Any expenses incurred, will
be covered by the Friends of Petrie Island. |
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Newsletter |
Don
indicated the next newsletter would be sent out near the end of October. Don
will be running a piece on the Steumer Family in the newsletter, as well as
putting in an advertisement for the rink operations. |
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Rink Operation |
Lynn indicated nothing to report. |
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Recreation |
George has provided information to Frank Dugal’s Advisory group. There has been some concern regarding the
state of the fields. Herb has asked
us to email our concerns about specific fields directly to him. |
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Open Discussion |
Zybina provided some
information on the Community Safety Plan.
Once the plan is complete Zybina will arrange for a presentation for
the Safety Plan to the local Community associations. |
Meeting adjourned at 9:48 PM
Next meeting is Oct. 15, 8:00 PM at Ray Friel
Prepared by Brenda Spearman