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March 2021 SRA Meeting Minutes
SRA minutes – Wednesday March 3, 2021 Chair: Dan Jackson Guests: Donnie Rosa, GM, Park Board; Sandra Singh, CoV GM Social Services; Dominic Flanagan, BC Housing. Update on Strathcona Park Encampment: City & BC Housing working actively on getting park campers in housing. The hotel on Kingsway and Army Navy are being outfitted; doing best…
Read MoreAIR QUALITY MONITORING PROJECT
Nov 2020 Our Community-Driven Air Quality Monitoring project officially kicked off Nov. 12 when members of our AQ Working Group met with air quality experts from Metro Vancouver, UBC, Vancouver Coastal Health and the Port’s environmental team to start the discussion about what the project might look like. Can we establish a baseline to measure…
Read MoreRe-Imagining Strathcona Park
Dec 2020 What will happen to Strathcona Park if and when housing is provided for the homeless and it is restored to a local park? We kicked off a conversation at our November meeting about ways to re-imagine Strathcona Park as a more inviting place to exercise, socialize and connect for all residents: a senior’s…
Read MoreCordova Rail Crossing Closure
Aug 2020 Residents of the Strathcona Village building complex on 1000-block E. Hastings Street have been attempting to get the attention of city and CN officials to address the noise-related health effects of the very loud rail crossing signals at Cordova St. and Raymur Street. Due to the interaction between the new “smart” signals and…
Read MoreBurrard Inlet Line Connectivity Study
Dec 2020 The SRA was recently awarded a grant from CN Rail’s BC Community Board to undertake a connectivity study to better understand how residents are currently crossing the Burrard Inlet rail corridor. The study will look at the “current conditions” of community connectivity, how this may be influenced by additional grade-separation within the next…
Read MoreFebruary 2021 SRA Meeting Minutes
Strathcona Residents Association February 3, 2021 Meeting 7:00 P.M. Zoom. DRAFT MINUTES 1.Community policing centre: David Vogt, Chair of the Board of the Community Policing Centre (CPC) introduced himself in place of E.D. Dan Turville who was unable to attend. The CPC is hoping to partner – working with BIA on a few issues and…
Read MoreJanuary 2021 SRA Meeting Minutes
SRA – Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 7 p.m. Chair: Dan Jackson Zoom Moderator: Tom Cummins Guests: Donnie Rosa, General Manager Vancouver Park Board Sandra Singh, General Manager, Arts, Culture and Community Services, City of Vancouver The Chair welcomed guests who will outline next steps for the encampment at Strathcona Park. Donnie (GM of…
Read MoreAGM Minutes Nov 4, 2020
Strathcona Residents Association 2020 AGM Nov. 4, 2020. 7-9 PM Held via Zoom Agenda: President’s Report: What we’ve been doing in 2020: Dan Update on Camp KT: Katie Update on Calming Prior: Richard Update on Community Air Quality Monitoring Project: Trefor Financial Report: Dan Board Election: New Board Member Introductions: Maureen and Andrea Goals for…
Read MoreCouncil Motion re: Prior St.
FINAL MOTION AS APPROVED OCT. 9, 2019 A. THAT Council support grade-separating the Burrard Inlet Rail Line with an underpass along the Prior/Venables Street alignment at no cost to the City; FURTHER THAT Council endorse that the Prior/Venables Street underpass include an all-ages-and-abilities route for the Adanac Bikeway, provide accessible walking connections, facilitate access to…
Read MorePrior St. Pilot Project
April 29, 2020 Below is a summary from CoV Engineering of their pilot project, begun in Spring 2020, to explore short-term steps for calming Prior. The pilot project to calm Prior is an iterative/layered approach and we will be tweaking or adding measures as required. When we had implemented the initial measures, we had observed…
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