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Home My WebLink AboutCHC 2010-01-27 minutes (special meeting).pdfCommunity Heritage Commission Regular Meeting Page 1 of 4 The Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Community Heritage Commission,held in the Blaney Room,at Maple Ridge Municipal Hall,11995 Haney Place Road,Maple Ridge,British Columbia, on Tuesday, January 27, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. ___________________________________________________________________________ _ COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT Lynne Probyn, Chair Maple Ridge Historical Society Jacqueline Mulcahy, Vice-Chair Community at Large Michael Cook Community at Large Helmi Braches Community at Large Brenda Smith Maple Ridge Historical Society Nicole Read Community at Large STAFF PRESENT Lisa Zosiak Staff Liaison, Planning Department Tracy Camire Committee Clerk REGRETS Sarah Hossack Community at Large Councillor Craig Speirs Council Liaison 1.Call to order 6:06 p.m. 2.Adoption of the Agenda R10-005 It was moved and seconded That the Agenda for the January 27, 2010 special meeting be adopted. CARRIED 3.New & Unfinished Business 3.1 Fundraising The committee discussed the following ideas for fundraising 0J "" MAPLE RIDGE C OMMUNITY H ERITAGE C OMMISSION Community Heritage Commission Special Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, January 27, 2010 DRAF T MINUTES Community Heritage Commission Regular Meeting Page 2 of 4 Heritage Parks Tours o Example:Port Moody Museum and/or train,St.John’s church,driving tour.Put on by the Historical Society in Port Moody,someone who knew the background of the house spoke about the history of the house,some owners let visitors view the inside of their house, 2 ½ - 3 hour long tour. o Haney House puts on a tea each year and we could look at partnering with the Historical Society for this event. o For a Heritage House Tour each member would review and learn the history of one house. Jacqueline Mulcahy reviewed Ray Johnson’s “I love to Dance”event with the Commission. Nicole Read suggested a Masquerade Ball around Halloween and guests would attend dressed as historical figures. o The Commission discussed the logistics of a masquerade ball;location, funding, food, bartender, advertising and marketing, band cost, etc. o Michael Cook knows a band that plays at Foxes Reach. o The Commission discussed the idea of a dance held at the Senior’s Centre. Heritage Walk Lisa Zosiak suggested having the heritage house tour in the fall of 2010 and the ball for 2011. The Commission discussed the idea of a Ghost Tour and Lisa Zosiak suggested putting an advertisement in the paper asking people if they have ghosts in their house to find out what the response would be. Lisa Zosiak noted that she will prepare an advertisement for the newspaper and send out a letter to heritage property owners. Create a poster and have it available at the Heritage Awards. Have a spring heritage tour, and a fall ghost tour. Brenda Smith suggested that the Commission meet with someone from the New Westminster Preservation Society to talk about how their tours are run. The Commission discussed sponsoring two members to attend the New West 30th Annual Heritage Homes Tour on May 31st,between 10-5pm Tickets are $35 and sending two members to the Vancouver Heritage Tour on Sunday, June 6th between 10-5pm and tickets are $35 For the heritage tour Lisa Zosiak will enquire about using the two youth buses and having drivers provided by the Greg Moore Youth Centre. Should we have some people do some pricing for the ball? Michael Cook will enquire about pricing for a band for a dance event. Jacqueline Mulcahy will ask Ray Johnson about his pricing and details about his events. The Commission discussed having businesses donating prizes for a silent auction. Set a sub-committee who wants to get involved with the New West Heritage Society; to gather information; Brenda Smith, Lynn Probyn, Lisa Zosiak. Nicole Read inquired about a mechanism to build a contact list for residents that become interested in these types of resources. Community Heritage Commission Special Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, January 27, 2010 DRAF T MINUTES Community Heritage Commission Regular Meeting Page 3 of 4 The Commission decided that once the advertisement goes out for the Ghost Tour that a name and phone number would be collected and the person would be called back at a later date for their story. Lisa Zosiak will send a request to Val Patenaude at the Maple Ridge Museum to include this information in their next newsletter. Put an article in the next Community Heritage Commission newsletter about the ghost tour and ask for ghost stories. The Commission discussed fundraising and bringing heritage awareness to the community.Nicole Read noted that there is a certain group of people interested in heritage and then another group that don’t see the relevance;any kind of fundraiser that is fun and can bring the two together would be beneficial to the heritage community. 3.2 Community Awareness and Involvement Jacqueline Mulcahy noted that part of the problem is that there’s a whole population that is not connected through architecture or use of space so it’s difficult to pitch a particular perspective.Ms.Mulcahy also talked about the corner on 216th and River Road;all the homes are stucco;open ditches,and there’s a paradox about the tale that we’re trying to get people to tell.Look at this space am I seeing a particular view or this sort of 60’s suburban space,as much as there might be flaws,the fact that it doesn’t get mentioned is problematic.People are not engaging in it (history,our town).Maybe some way we could take a leap for these people that we’re missing, Helmi Braches talked about how natural heritage is important in Maple Ridge, not only owning houses,somehow we must define as the package of Maple Ridge Heritage.Ms.Braches noted that this is what the context study is trying to do. Lisa Zosiak noted that the public did come out to the Context Study open house and talked about the reasons why they want to live here including the rural environment. The Commission discussed how to incorporate historical events that happened at specific locations and how to market these to the community along with how urban design has changed the face of historical character within our community. Lisa Zosiak noted that Area Plans are starting to be created.Ms.Zosiak noted that from the residents that participated in the open houses (with regards to why people live in Maple Ridge)the comments staff received included;for the landscape, the nature, and it’s what people can afford. More fundraising ideas included: Sports heritage; how can we acknowledge this? Why are people coming here from the other side of the bridge;for the green space; trails, dykes, parks, up the mountains. Community Heritage Commission Special Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, January 27, 2010 DRAF T MINUTES Community Heritage Commission Regular Meeting Page 4 of 4 Acknowledge the equestrian community. Include information in the Welcome Wagon package that new residents receive. Create relationships with prominent realtors within the community. Create a passport for the ghost tour;hand in stamped passport for a draw prize. Context Study;public document;could we include some sort of passport on this document? Fundraising sub-committee will include Jacqueline Mulcahy,Helmi Braches, and Nicole Read. Work with the Parks Department with materials they already have. Passport slides in nicely with the welcome wagon,however we don’t want to get too many layers of bureaucracy involved,some of thespecial places within maple ridge,direct them to the context study and tidbits about place you might want to visit;send it back in to Lisa Zosiak for a prize. Heritage Awards the prize is awarded. Get your picture taken with the Mayor. Lisa Zosiak will organize a meeting with the sub-committee. 3.3 Facebook Tutorial This item was deferred to the February agenda. 4.Next Meetin g: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Agenda deadline : Monday, January 18, 2010 5.Adjournment -8:06 p.m. ___________________________ Chairperson /tc