The Eye Opener - May 23 2013
- President Ardath welcome one and all to breakfast.
- Rotary Moment: Club member etc Ken W. recapped this years' Dist. 5040 Conference in Quesnel. This year the approximately 200 attendees met in the heart of the province, many local venues in and around Quesnel provided the settings for the various conference events and sessions. The Conference also hosted the Walk for Polio and Ken reports the entire weekend was a great success.
- The Rockridge Interact Club received a Rotary Presidential Citation at the Rotary District Conference this year.
- Our Club's Rotary Ride for Rescue is scheduled for June 8th, Ride organizers will be approaching Club members with their assignments over the next while. We will need all hands for this so clear your calendar for the day and help your Club do some great work.
- Club members will be manning the Club information table at West Vancouver Community day on Saturday June 1st. Member Sam C. and his crew will need our help to get the word out. Ambleside Park West Vancouver 10am to 4pm.
- DGE and Club member Ken W. and Club President Ardath P-M. today honoured the youngest member of the Sunrise Rotary Family:
Teanna Wong was the recipient of a Paul Harris Fellowship. Teanna received the Fellowship for her committment to Service and the ideals of Rotary. On hand to witness the honour were Teanna's parents Daniel and Euna Wong as well as the Headmaster of Collingwood School Rodger Wright.
Congratulations to Teanna from all her fellow Sunrisers, well deserved.
- Club Member Esther Del V. introduced todays' guest speaker:
British Pacific Properties Vice President of Development Geoff Croll.
Mr. Croll began with a brief outline of the history of BPP here in our community. From 1931 to the present day BPP has, more than any other corporate entity, been an integral part of the history of modern day West Vancouver. Beginning with the construction of the Lions Gate Bridge and the development of the British Properties neighbourhood along with the Capilano G&CC, the company then moved on to develop the Park Royal Mall shopping centre and the Park Royal Towers apartment complex. BPP's latest project is located in the Rogers Creek area of Hollyburn Mountain. The development area is 6000 acres in size and will be comprised of six separate community 'nodes' linked by a path network, the development will also have an amenities centre located adjacent to the West Vancouver municipal works yard. A total of 736 housing units will be built, of those 70% will be condo/apartments, 14% townhomes, 13% single family dwellings and 3% duplex or triplex structures. As 55% of the development will be green space the final effect will be of small mountainside villages linked to each other by a pedestrian/cycle path. Work has already begun on the project and some of the lots/structures have been presold.
Sam C. thanked Geoff for joining us this morning.
- 50/50/happy/sad/fines: no winners, no losers.
Meeting adjourned.
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