Advance City Council Meeting Notes for April 4th

Delegation

Rob McIntyre of the Rails 2 Trails Advisory Committee will be making a presentation to speak about the decision of the Committee to review the benefits of R2Ts being designated part of the Trans Canada Trail.
As well, the R2T Committee will be becoming a Society in May and is looking for local citizens who would be interested in being Directors. Additionally the Committee has developed a trail sponsorship program, which will seek monies to maintain the trail as well as purchase benches and picnic tables.

R2T has been a huge success and we certainly wish this to continue for the new R2T Society.

Administration Updates

Greg Halseth will be speaking at the College of the Rockies on April 11. 7PM. Mr. Halseth is a Professor of Geography at the UNBC. His lecture will be "Keys to Successful Community Development."  This is a Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook sponsored event.

Pitch in Week April 18-24
Promotes community clean up of school yards, city parks, Joseph Creek. Please contact leisure services if you have a group who wants to participate.

Correspondence 9.1 - 9.11


9.2 Letter from Jenny Humphrey thanking the City of Cranbrook for their support of Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook sponsored event, Trash 2 Treasure. To read more about Trash 2 Treasure continue reading the Cranbrook Guardian.

9.4 Letter from Mayor Scott Manjak responding to the Cranbrook and District Arts Councils letter expressing their concern over funding for Arts and Culture.

9.6 Letter from Mayor Scott Manjak responding to a letter from Sharon Cross, President of Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook who expressed concerns about the lack of public impute in the budget decision making process.

Comment:
As usual any concerns expressed by citizens of this community are swept aside by a Mayor and Council who seem unable to accept any critique of their decisions.  We wish we could find a better way for consultation as this kind of finite communication does not solve problems.


9.11 Proclamation
National Volunteer Week April10 - 16, 2011

Committee Recommendations

Request by the Urban Deer Management Advisory Committee to develop a subcommittee
to draft an Urban Deer Cull strategy.

New Business

12.1 To provide information to citizens regarding the 2011 Low Flow Toilet Rebate Program.

12.2 Developer's Variance. Shadow Mountain and Focus are asking the city for a variance to decrease the required front yard setback from 6 to 3 metres specifically for strata lots 4 to 29 which back onto the St. Mary's River.

Bylaws
Five year Financial Plan (adopt)
Zoning Amendment 3719 (adopt) - this concerns rezoning for low density residential development at 916, 23A Av. N
Official Community Plan 3720 (first reading) - this concerns an application for a zoning change from light industrial to residential on Fink Street