Annual General Meeting – Oct 13th, 2016
Executive Team Report
A warm welcome to everyone at the Stinson Community Association’s 2016 Annual General Meeting! We appreciate having the opportunity to celebrate the past year of coming together as a community and kicking us off for another fantastic year in the spirit of Collaboration, Engagement, Respect, Trust, Inclusiveness and Transparency.
Community building requires the keen efforts of people with passion, ideas and leadership and Stinson is fortunate to have many residents who possess these qualities. This year, there were a number of events and activities some of which were led by the SCA while others were by Stinsonites who wanted to launch their own ideas in our neighbourhood. In light of that, we consider this year of the SCA to be “the Year of the Members” since we saw some great initiatives and work happen as a result of so many Stinson volunteers! The past year’s SCA/Stinson residents’ accomplishments includes:
- “Broke ground” on the new Dog Park and Naming process for the Rail Trail dog park – name decided with public engagement and in collaboration with Corktown and Stinson Neighbourhood Associations
- Celebrated the re-opening of Carter Park in the fall of 2015 and the unveiling of the mural in summer 2016 – a BBQ celebration was held in the summer
- Built the beloved Little Free Library which was opened in the Carter park
- Participated in the Safe Streets themed PlanLocal process (thanks Eleni!) resulting in projects that will make Stinson streets more safe
- Continuation of Songs from the Bishop – as always a Stinson hit!
- Continuation of the StinZine – another Stinson treasure
- New and returning 100in1 day events – including the widely praised Fireflies in the Night and more…
- Created Stinson 101, which is a new event aimed at increasing community outreach and engagement
- Installation of new awnings on Central Memorial Rec Centre to provide new signage
- Welcomed many new faces to the community and saw new members initiating their own ideas, such as Eleni (Safe Streets), Margaret (LRT), Amanda (Movie Night)
- Initiated the Stinson Creative lab – and held art in the park events/activities to build more opportunities for arts engagement in the neighbourhood
- Capping off the end of the year with starting the process of updating the Stinson Neighbourhood Action Plan (SNAP)
- Celebrating the awesomeness of Stinson with neighbours, far and wide, who came out to join us at any of the above mentioned activities
- Shared a fond farewell to our previous Community Developer Lyna Saad and warmly welcomed in Sunil Angrish our new Community Developer
- And more…
We look forward to another stellar year in Stinson, with the anticipation of meeting more residents (new and yet to connected with) and welcoming them to the SCA, having completed our updated SNAP to provide us with some new direction and continuing to welcome members to share their ideas and to find ways to get involved in making Stinson even more awesome than it already is to call home!
Thanks kindly!
SCA Exec Team
SCA AGM Agenda, October 2016
Thursday October 13, 2016 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Central Memorial Recreation Centre – 93 West Ave S
SCA Values: Collaboration, Engagement, Respect, Trust, Inclusiveness, Transparency
SCA Mission: To enable all residents to fully participate in the community. To actively engage community partners in building relationships in order to enrich the community and the neighbourhood. To encourage, build, and preserve a safe, clean, and attractive neighbourhood that we are all proud to call home
SCA Vision: Stinson is a diverse and engaged community with a natural, historic, and vibrant character.
- Introductions (10m)
- Annual Recap (Matt; 10m)
- Guest: Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing (5m)
- Financial Update (Dave; 5m)
- Plan Local Update (Eleni; 5m)
- Guest: Councillor Jason Farr (10m)
- Guest (TBC): Hamilton Police Services Crime Trends Update (10m)
- Sunil Intro (5m)
- Terms of References Changes (10m)
- Dave will be presenting his proposal for an endorsement process
- We will vote on it next month as a “pilot” for 2017
- Vote for new Executive (20m)
- Comment Period (15m)
Annual General Meeting
October 13th, 2016 7 – 9 PM
Central Memorial Recreation Centre
Present: Dave Michal, Matt Grande, Grant Bingelman, Kathy Potter, Brian Sibley, Luke Johns (Guest),
Melanie McAulay (Guest), Joey Coleman, Margaret Bennet, Karl Andrus, Tina Dort, Sarah Glen (Guest),
Jen Pearson (Guest), Eleni Jalbout, Shruti Ramesh (Guest), Erika Morton, Clr. Jason Farr
1. Introductions
* Erika started introductions
2. Agenda
* Hamilton Police Services asked to be moved up due to requiring to leave to be on patrol
3. Minutes Approval
* No issues were raised
4. Annual Recap
* (See attached)
5. Guest: Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing
* Follow up from winter meeting
* 18 West Ave S
* Three storey, 23 units, 15-1BR, 8-2BR
* Got federal funding
* Construction is scheduled spring 2017, 9-12 months to complete
6. Guest: Hamilton Police Services
* Hamilton Police Services ñ Stinson Beat Office provided a presentation on Crime Updates and Trends in the Neighbourhood
* Stats from: Sept 5 – Oct 5
– 0 robberies (theft with any aspect violence)
– 0 commercial B&Es
– 2 residential B&Es (1 vacant house on Weber, on Victoria S)
– 0 mischief to auto (keying cars, etc.)
– 0 graffiti
– 1 stolen auto (motorcycle; Stolen from Myrtle, recovered on the same street)
– 3 theft from autos
* If you see something, please report it!
* Crime Beat Manager: Jennifer McFeggan-Call main HPS phone number and ask for her directly
* Margaret asks if there’s an opportunity to increase patrols on Rail Trail
* Officer noted it, will mention it to the ACTION Team
* Joey Coleman mentions that Beasley had success by reporting *everything* to the police. Time, date, etc., emailed to ACTION team often.
* Eleni asks about the categories, is there a longer version?
* Tells us last year that everything is put into stats system
* “Stinson is a great neighbourhood”
* Most common calls is to individuals mental health issues, and even those are with a limited number of people (two or three are responsible for the majority of those)
* Clarifies that this is low for this area
7. Financial Update
* Annual Financial Update!
* This month’s decrease was $2.50 (just from)
* $1994 available, $1k set aside for mural, approx. $400 set aside for kids events
* Our reserve funds have gone up over last year
8. Plan Local Update (Eleni)
* 19 projects are underway as of now!
* Positive feedback so far!
* Getting a full revamp of Stinson St
* PlanLocal.ca has a list of all the projects
9. Guest: Councillor Jason Farr
* Ward 2 wide updates:
* Herkimer/Charlton bike lane – Whitehead will be moving to make Queen St two-way, supported by Farr & A. Johnston
* York & Caroline: 20 storey mixed income building (supported by Farr & Collins); Partnership with Kiwanis Housing
* Intend to build a higher density at MacNab & Strachan (City Housing Jamesville)
* 500 MacNab N: Will repurpose and maintain it as City Housing
* Nov 2: Report on turning more than one surface parking lot into something else (accommodating LRT, parks, etc.)
* Stinson Updates – Coming up with temporary Stinson St Objectives for rerouting traffic during LRT construction. Amenities for the new dog park are coming; $17k set aside; One “for sure” amenity is a water fountain for both dog and people, Oct 24: Wentworth will go two way, Grant St speed humps: coming shortly, Hunter, East of Wellington, will have knockdown sticks to make it look more like a two-way, Wants some more stuff (programming, etc.) at Central Memorial; Currently Underutilized; Looking at doing stuff with Boys & Girls club – Wants 15 minutes on agenda next month to talk about this
* Dave asks about three phase garbage in Carter; Farr will look into it
* Dave: Report on Wentworth rail-trail crossing; Sometime this fall
**FIVE MINUTE BREAK**
10. Guest: Suzy Braithwaite ñ International Village BIA
* Oldest BIA in the city
* 150 businesses, 150 property owners, 300 members
* Chair is on the LRT Advisory Committee
* Wants to have more communication for events
* Check website for upcoming events: HamiltonInternationalVillage.ca
* Nov 26: “Shop Downtown” with Downtown BIA; from 11-2, there will be a hop-on-hop-off trolley from Wellington to James, businesses will have sales, etc.
* Dec 2: Victorian Night in the Village; Bring in carriages, apple cider at the station, etc.
* *Very* willing to partner for events at Ferguson Station!
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11. Terms of Reference Changes
* Different groups come to ask for endorsement (letter of support, use of logo, etc.)
* Dave wants formalize a process for how we give endorsements
* [See attached]
12. Vote for new Stinson Community Association Executive Team
* Co-Chairs: Matt Grande & Karl Andrus (Acclaimed)
* Secretary: 3 Aha, 9 Erika
* Treasurer: Dave (Acclaimed)
13. Guest: Sarah Glenn, Hamilton Community Foundation
* NAS is coming up to 5 year anniversary
* Engaging residents in a reflection period
* We have a process & budge to invite interested residents; 3hr/week, $17/hr
* Seven positions; There is an application process
* Talk to Sarah about applying!
Process For Stinson Community Association-Executive Nominations
* Call for nominations (names are posted)
* Stand for nominations (asking everybody)
* Acclaimed votes are called
* Ballot distribution
* Voting period
* Collection of the ballot
* Nomination of scrutineers by candidates (people to observe)
* Ballot count (3rd part (Sunil))
* Secretary (or person of distinction) will announce results
