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Maple Ridge This MonthMID-MONTH MARCH 2015
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INFORMED: March 2015
Council Meeting Schedule
Mayor and Council encourage everyone to attend these important
public meetings. It’s your chance to see how public policy is debated
and enacted.
Monday, March 16
10:00 am, Workshop - Blaney Room
1:00 pm, Committee of the Whole - Council Chambers
Tuesday, March 17
7:00 pm, Public Hearing - Council Chambers
Tuesday, March 24
7:00 pm, Council Meeting - Council Chambers
Monday, March 30
10:00 am, Workshop - Blaney Room
1:00 pm, Committee of the Whole - Council Chambers
Agendas & Minutes
Agendas for these meetings are posted online the Friday
before the meeting date. Go to mapleridge.ca, click
the link under Your Council on the home page.
Council This Week
Subscribe to the ‘Council This Week’ eNewsletter that provides a
summary of issues discussed at Council Workshop meetings. Go
to mapleridge.ca, click the link to ‘Notify Me’ and sign up today.
Council Meeting Videos
If you are unable to attend a Council Meeting, Public Hearing,
Workshop, or Committee of the Whole meeting you can now watch
these meetings on your computer 24/7. The entire unedited
meetings are posted two to three days after the meeting. The video
is indexed to the agenda package so that you can watch them in
their entirety or click through by agenda item. Go to mapleridge.
ca and click on the video link at the centre of the home page. In
addition, Council Meetings, Workshops, and Committee of the
Whole are now broadcast on the internet via live streaming using the
same technology used for our live budget Q&A sessions. For more
information about the live stream go to the ‘Council Meetings’ page
at mapleridge.ca.
SPOTLIGHT ON: Earth Day Poetry and Photo Contests
The Theme is ‘Water, Water, Everywhere.’ Express Yourself
INFORMED: Earth Hour 2015 is Saturday, March 28
SPOTLIGHT ON: Maple Ridge Photo Contest
Submit Your Photos for the 2014 Citizens Report
INFORMED:
Transit Funding Referendum
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The annual Earth Day poetry and photo contests are open
for submissions, inviting creative minds to submit their work
on the theme “Water, Water, Everywhere.” The winners will
be announced at the celebration at Memorial Peace Park on
Saturday, April 18, and their work will be presented at the
event.
The poetry contest invites poets to write about this year’s
theme of water, in poem or prose. Entries should be no more
than 300 words, and will be judged in three categories:
Children, (age 5-12); Youth, (age 13-18); and Adults (18 and
up); with a prize awarded to the winning entry in each category.
Three entries are permitted per person.
Winners may be asked to read their poem at the Welcoming
Ceremony on Earth Day. Submissions are accepted in a Word
document emailed to maple.ridgeearthday2015@gmail.com
by Friday, April 3.
In its second year, the photo contest is accepting entries also
around the theme of water, taken locally in Maple Ridge or Pitt
Meadows. Entries must be submitted via email to
maple.ridgeearthday2015@gmail.com before Friday, March 27.
Photos should be submitted in jpg format and entrants can
submit as many entries as they like.
The photos will be posted on the “Celebrate Earth Day”
Facebook page for residents to “like” their favourite
submissions, and the three photos with the most likes by the
voting deadline on Friday, April 3 will be declared the winner.
First, second and third place winning photos will be enlarged
for display with all the other entries at the Earth Day event.
Volunteers are needed to help at the event. Anyone who
would like to participate can call Carla at 604-466-8324.
More information is also available on the Celebrate Earth
Day in Maple Ridge Facebook page at facebook.com/
mapleridgeearthday and at www.rmrecycling.org.
Each year at the Home Show the City of Maple Ridge unveils
the Citizens Report that has become the ‘community yearbook’
for the previous year. The report details the City’s fi nancial
health, looks back on the events that shaped the year and
provides reports from each of the divisions at City Hall.
This year, in celebration of the City’s 140th Birthday and the
change of designation from a Municipality to a City, we’d like
to create a photo essay that will be titled ‘Your Maple Ridge’ in
the 2014 Citizens Report. This is the formal kick off of the ‘Your
Maple Ridge’ photo contest. We would like you to show us your
favourite things about our community. The Communications
team will then select images from the submissions for the fi nal
photo essay in the upcoming Citizens Report as well as photo
galleries on social media that will be shared widely. The contest
is open to all citizens past or present.
We are looking for high resolution photos, so the fi le size
needs to be a minimum of one megabyte, up to a maximum
of eight megabytes (1000 KB - 8000 KB when you look at the
fi le size in the properties). They can
be colour or black and white and
the subject matter is wide open.
We ask that the photographer
provide a bit of an explanation
of the location or setting of the
photograph, along with their full
name and contact phone number. You can submit your photos
to enquiries@mapleridge.ca, or mail or drop off a CD to the
City address below marked ‘Your Maple Ridge Photo Contest.’
Please do not ‘watermark’ the photos. By entering the contest
you agree to have them published in the 2014 Citizens Report,
placed on the City website and social media channels. Credit
will be given in the publication. We will contact you if your
image will be used in print or online. Enough with the rules and
regulations – let’s start getting those amazing images!
The deadline for submissions is March 20, 2015, so go
through your hard drive or get snapping. This is Your Maple
Ridge. Let’s share it with the world!
Earth Hour was famously
started as a lights-off event
in Sydney, Australia in 2007.
Since then it has grown to
engage more than 7000
cities and towns worldwide,
and the one-hour event
continues to remain the
key driver of the now larger
movement. Earth Hour 2015 will be held on Saturday, March
28 from 8:30 to 9:30 pm. The event is held to encourage
communities, households, businesses and individuals to turn
off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their
commitment to the planet.
Maple Ridge reduced electricity consumption by 0.7%
during Earth Hour 2014; and the province reduced electrical
consumption by 65 megawatt hours – equal to turning off over
7.2 million 9w LED bulbs. This year we want to encourage you
to take direct action. What can you do during Earth Hour? Here
are ten ideas to help you plan your one hour energy holiday:
1. Go for a moonlit walk
2. Drive to a dark place and stargaze for an hour
3. Play a board game by candlelight
4. Host a fondue dinner party
5. Tell ghost stories
6. Conduct a scavenger hunt by fl ashlight
7. Exercise
8. Unplug the electronics and chat with each other
9. Watch an environmental movie
10. Be romantic. How romantic is up to you.
Have fun. Use Earth Hour as a way to explore how you can live
a more sustainable life.
TransLink Presentation is
Online for Your Viewing
On Monday, February 2,
2015 representatives of
TransLink appeared before
Council as part of the
Workshop agenda. Given
the interest in the TransLink
Funding Referendum and
the associated 10 Year Plan,
Council moved the meeting to Council Chambers to allow for
more public seating and the capacity to record and livestream
the meeting for the public.
The Referendum will be conducted using mail ballots that will
be sent out next week and citizens across Metro Vancouver
will determine if the proposed 0.5% sales tax will be used to
fund the TransLink plan. This is a great opportunity to view the
presentation which includes a question and answer period.
Go to mapleridge.ca and click on the ‘Your Council’ link and
then click through to the Council Agendas and Minutes section
to view the February 2 Workshop recording. The TransLink
presentation is at the beginning of the recording and lasts
about 90 minutes. Be informed about this important issue.