Issues
Community Air Quality Monitoring Project Update. 5/27/21
The Steering Committee for the Port’s Air Quality Monitoring project met on May 27 to discuss what type of air monitoring equipment to purchase. The hope is to be able to begin actively engaging residents this fall in locating, monitoring, collecting data, and reporting results. To get an idea what that might look like, here’s…
Read MorePark Update. 5/27/21
Strathcona Park UpdateToday, we received news from Donnie Rosa that the last remaining tents on Raymur Ave are now gone. Remediation of the east side of the park continues. It’s been a long, challenging year for our neighbourhood and we look forward to green space being available to everyone. From our perspective, Donnie Rosa, Sandra…
Read MoreCommunity AQ Case Studies
West Oakland Community Action Plan (West Oakland, California) Initiative: Owning Our Air – The West Oakland Community Action Plan (West Oakland, California) Organization(s): Bay Area Air Quality Management District; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project Reference(s): West Oakland Community Action Plan document, “Volume 1: The Plan” (2019): https://woeip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WOEIP-research-Owning-Our-Air-full.pdf Key Words: long-term planning, strong partnerships, stationary sensors,…
Read MoreLetter of concern re: truck routes
March 23, 2021 To: Christine MacCormack, Senior Communication Specialist, PCL Construction, CMaccormack@pcl.com Randene Neill, Engangement Specialist, New St. Paul’s Hospital, rneill@providencehealth.bc.ca Lon LaClaire, Gen. Mgr. Engineering Services, CoV, lon.laclaire@vancouver.ca Paul Storer, Dir. of Transportation, CoV, paul.storer@vancouver.ca Carol Kong, Senior Transit Engineering, CoV, carol.kong@vancouver.ca From: Strathcona Residents Association I’m writing you today to express our concern…
Read MoreLetter from Donnie Rosa
May 5 2021 Dear Strathcona Residents Association, Firstly, we would like to apologize for not being able to attend your meeting on Monday evening. We had hoped to be able to provide you with an update on our work in Strathcona Park at the meeting, but unfortunately, we had to deal with an urgent matter related to the park. In lieu of…
Read MorePrior St Update
PRIOR ST. / HOSPITAL TRUCKS We had a conversation on April 28 with city engineering about Prior St. improvements and hospital truck routes. The good news is that the long-promised bump-outs and turquoise crosswalks should finally be happening in the next month, just in time for the re-activation of Strathcona Park. The bad news is…
Read MoreSafety & De-Escalation Course
Course Summary The purpose of this scenario training is to provide participants with classroom knowledge and practical experience on how to resolve a variety of challenging situations while interacting safely and respectfully with the people involved. Our aim is to equip you with a few more tools for your kit that you can use in…
Read MoreRoadwork on Prior
Update (Apr. 7, 2021) Updates from our CoV Engineering liaison person on Prior Street work progress: Concrete in the parking lanes is being repaired as funding was secured following past utility work. The BC Hydro trench was repaired for the same reason. The City recovers repair costs from the third parties concerned when they construct…
Read MoreUpdate (Mar.18, 2021)
The twinning of the Burrard Inlet Rail Line has been deferred by CN Rail, possibly to coordinate with the construction of the underpass at Venables. The Centerm Port expansion is on schedule to be completed by 2022 and will likely result in increased rail traffic. The City will be launching a pilot project this Spring…
Read MoreUpdate (Mar. 18, 2021)
The Prior Street Working group met with senior members of the City Engineering, Transportation and Park planning departments on March 18. Here’s what we learned: Calming Prior project Work so far to calm traffic on Prior has made a modest impact on reducing speed and volume. Progress has been hampered by BC Hydro’s extended street…
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