Attendees:
Maria McRae: Presented her report to the Hunt Club Community Organization
April 6, 2009. She presented a drawing of the expansion of the Community Centre and said that the expansion
should be completed before the end of the year.
John Sankey, Jerry Beausoleil and Fred McLennan asked her if there was more detailed
information available concerning the expansion.
Maria McRae: She has only the one drawing and does not want to part with it. She is confident
that management of the expansion is in place and does not want to interfere.
Alan Asselstine: The Hunt Club Riverside Recreational Association in the past provided
programs at a lower cost than City-run programs in other Centres because of lower overhead
cost.
Maria McRae: She thinks that this no longer holds. There are two organizations which will be
using the expanded Community Centre: the Hunt Club Riverside Services Centre and the Hunt
Club Riverside Recreation Association. There should be a single board composed of members
from both organizations to manage the new Centre. On the matter of the pathway over the
Airport Parkway, a contractor will be chosen to conduct the Environmental Assessment. This
process is almost completed. Once underway, the Environmental Assessment will have public
advisory meetings.
Alan Asselstine: Does the contractor get extra points if he promises to do it faster? Alan would
like to get the Environmental Assessment done as soon as possible. He is knowledgeable with the
area and has worked on the Managed Wetlands project. He would be available to work with the
contractor.
Maria McRae: There are two studies: The Airport Parkway Services Study and the Bronson
Avenue Review.
Peter Brimacombe: Presented his map "Population West of the Proposed Pathway". The map is
based on the 2006 Census data. The map shows that there are 15,054 people who cannot easily
walk to the Greenboro or South Keys transit stations. Distribution Areas should be Dissemination
Areas and there should be a scale bar.
Motion: To approve the March minutes. Moved by Fred McLennan, seconded by Liz Russell, carried.
Fred McLennan: Should we maintain our membership in The Federation of Community
Associations (FCA)?
Alan Asselstine: There is no point in being a member unless you send a representative. It tends to
be dominated by downtown groups.
Motion: Whereas we don't have an active participant, to discontinue our membership in the FCA.
Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Liz Russell, carried.
John Sankey: People who live in Quinterra are delayed on their way home because of traffic on
Riverside Drive. If they are driving south they have to join the queue of cars waiting to turn west
over the Hunt Club Bridge. The traffic lights at the Bridge should be reprogrammed to reduce
these delays. People cleaned up their yards last weekend but the first leaf-and-yard-waste
collection is not until April 23!
Alan Asselstine: On streets around Plante Drive, we have the organic waste project. If you are in
the project you can put out your yard waste with the organic waste.
Liz Russell: She has been out cleaning up on McCarthy Road. The fence is down in two places, she cleaned off graffiti in 10 spots, the signal box at the train tracks has been tagged (with graffiti). She will register for the Spring cleanup with the City and do the full length of McCarthy Road on the first week of May.
Next meeting: Monday, May 4, 2009 at 19:30