2024 AGM minutes
SRA 2024 AGM
Nov. 5, 2024
In-person at the Strathcona Community Centre and via zoom
Minutes
Dan Jackson – chair
1. City transportation staff Megan Pate and Katherine Glowacz (with Paul Storer remotely) gave a presentation on traffic calming measures coming in the next year, including:
• Pender at Dunlevy – raised intersection and curb bump-outs
• Campbell at Keefer –painted chicane
• Glen at Georgia – new pinch point, with bulges and curb ramps
• Prior at New St. Paul’s – turn lanes and a bike lane from Gore to Dunlevy
• Hawks at Prior – pilot closure
• Venables at Vernon – install a pedestrian crossing light
For more details and visuals, here’s a link to the presentation
2. Dan Jackson gave a 2024 president’s report:
2024 has been a productive year for the SRA.
Instead of holding a Celebrate Strathcona Day, we were able to provide financial support for many resident-led events, including MacLean Park Music, Union St. Block Party, Kiwassa Days, the Labyrinth Celebration, and the wonderful 90’s Dance Party at the Ukrainian Hall. All of these funds came from location fees paid by film companies for shooting in the neighbourhood.
We supported residents concerned about turning the park at Union and Gore into a Fire Hall Annex and the proposal to build two giant towers (38 & 39 storeys) on Hastings St.
We continued working with the Port on the two-year Strathcona Area air Quality Study, which ends this year. We’ll host a forum on Nov. 28 to discuss the first year’s results. Details are above.
We continued our ongoing efforts to calm traffic on Prior. We also continued to publish a monthly newsletter, held bi-monthly resident meetings, and maintained our website and membership mailing list.
This year, we also started a Strathcona Community Asset Bank to tap into the local talent pool and began collecting Strathcona Stories on our website. We encourage you to contribute to both.
3. Board election
The board election was held by e-ballot. The 2025 board will be Dan Jackson, Richard Taplin, Trefor Smith, Andrea Kastanis, Jason Gartshore, and Dana Deschene.