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The Minutes of the Regular 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, February 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT
Brenda Smith, Chair
Steven Ranta
Faye Isaac, Vice-chair
Councillor Speirs
Sandra Ayres
Eric Phillips
Cyndy Johnson-McCormick
STAFF PRESENT
Lisa Zosiak, Chair
REGRETS/ABSENT
Sunny Schiller
Len Pettit
1. CALL TO ORDER
Maple Ridge Historical Society
Community at Large
Maple Ridge Historical Society
Council Liaison
Community at Large
Community at Large
Community at Large
Staff Liaison, Community Planner
Committee Clerk
Community at Large
There being a quorum present, the Chair called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
2. AGENDA ADOPTION
R15-007 It was moved and seconded
That the Agenda for the Regular Meeting of February 3, 2015 be adopted with the following
additions:
3.
R15-008
Item 7.3 Local Voices
Item 8.2.2 Heritage Week
CARRIED
MINUTE ADOPTION
It was moved and seconded
That the Minutes of the January 6, 2015 Regular Meeting be adopted.
CARRIED
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4. DELEGATIONS
4.1 Matthew Shields, Maple Ridge Museum
Matthew Shields made a presentation on the Heritage BC conference he attended
during September 2014 called Building Bridges. The conference addressed historical
societies and their interests, challenges and approaches to heritage conservation.
Mr. Shields found the conference very informative.
5. FINANCE
R15-009
The Chair reviewed the current budget. The Staff Liaison and Commission Chair will be
meeting with Catherine Nolan, Manager of Accounting to review the budget details. Steve
Ranta and Councillor Speirs volunteered to sit in at the meeting.
It was moved and seconded
That the budget be adopted.
CARRIED
6. CORRESPONDENCE
A letter to Kanaka Fruit Tree Project stating the Commission's interest in participating in the
endeavour is in the works.
7. NEW & UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7.1 Events Calendar
The Intersections event has been postponed. The Agriculture Committee is unable to
cohost at this time. The event may be held later in the Spring.
A list of Commission sub-committee members was distributed.
The Workshop put on by Eli Mina has been postponed. All members have expressed
interest in going if possible.
7 .2 CHC Presentation to Council
The Commission will go before Council on March 24, 2015 for the semi-annual
presentation.
7.3 Local Voices
The first Local Voices presentation was well received. The next Local Voices will occur
on February 25th, and will have a Heritage theme.
8. SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS
8.1 Communications Sub-committee
8.1.1 Heritage Here Newsletter -Brenda Smith
The Heritage Here newsletter will be printed and distributed tomorrow. The
idea of a button on the website that would allow people to subscribe to the
newsletter was raised. Possible content for the next newsletter was
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discussed including Heritage Awards, Webinar, Walking Tour, Update for
Hammond.
8.2 Recognitions Sub-committee
8.2.1 Marker Inventory
The next step for this project is the database design (estimated to cost $500).
This plan is on hold until the 2015 Commission budget is confirmed.
8.2.2 Heritage Week
The following Heritage Week events will be featured in the "Maple Ridge This
Month " section of the local newspaper:
-Webinar "Using Heritage to Build Dynamic Downtowns" on February 18
-The Heritage Awards at St Andrew's Church on February 19
-Walking Tours of Downtown on February 21
8.2.3 Heritage Awards
Volunteers are needed for Awards night set up and clean up beginning at 6
pm at St. Andrew's Church. The Historical Society has ordered three banners
to promote the Historical Society, Museum and Family History group and will
be displayed that night. The Mayor has been invited to attend the awards.
8.3 Project Sub-committee
8.3.1 Digitization
The contract was not fulfilled. Funds for this project are still set aside.
8.4 Dynamic Downtowns
Webinar on February 18, 2015.
Note: Councillor Speirs and Faye Isaac left the meeting at approximately 8:30 pm.
9. LIAISON UPDATES
9.1 BC Historical Federation
The current issue of British Columbia History was brought in. The BC Historical
Federation Conference begins May 21, 2015 and will be held in Quesnel with many
interesting activities provided.
Two copies of Looking Back book by Sheila Nichols will be handed to the Staff Liaison
at the Heritage Awards along with an invoice.
9.2 Heritage BC/BC Heritage Branch
The next Heritage B.C. conference is to be held in Rossland.
9.3 Maple Ridge Historical Society -Faye Isaac
MRHS wi ll be hosting wal king tours of downtown on February 21st at 11 am and 2
pm . The Railway Society will host their Open House from 1 -4 pm on February 22nd.
Local Voices next presentation will be February 25th . March 19th Historical Society will
have their Annual General Meeting and a potluck Dinner on March 19th . The Heritage
tea is on April 11th at 1 pm.
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10. ROUNDTABLE
Eric Phillips -brought up the heritage sign at Tolmie Park looks like it needs to be replaced.
Discussion ensued. It is believed that it is on the repair list.
On March 2 the Staff Liaison will present the Hammond Area Plan to Council workshop.
11. ADJOURNMENT
NEXT MEETING:
AGENDA DEADLINE:
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015
/minutes taken by Commission member Sandra Ayres
/formatting done by Sunny Schiller, Committee Clerk
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