SCA General Meeting Minutes & Agenda March 2017

SCA Meeting Agenda, March 2017

Thursday March 9th, 2017 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

1. Welcome, Review of Values, Mission and Vision, Introductions (Co-chair-7:00 – 7:05 pm)
2. Agenda and Minutes Review/Additions (Co-chair/Secretary – 7:05 – 7:10 pm)
3. Treasurer’s Report (Dave – 7:10 – 7:15 pm)
4. Neighbourhood Action Strategy Update (Jocelyn Strutt, City of Hamilton – 7:15 – 7:30 pm)
5. 100 in 1 Day Update (Jay Carter – 7:30 – 7:40 pm)
6. PlanLocal Discussion (Karl – 7:40 – 7:55 pm)
7. Break (7:55 – 8:00 pm)
8. Small Project Grant Review (Sunil – 8:00 – 8:15 pm)
9. Endorsement Policy Update (Dave – 8:15 – 8:30 pm)
10. Stinson Action Team/Committee/Project Updates (As needed – 8:30 – 8:50 pm)
    1. Events
    2. Canada 150
    3. Community Garden
    4. Stinzine
    5. International Village
    6. Ice Rink
    7. PlanLocal
    8. Ward 2 Community Council
11. Community Information Sharing (If needed – 8:50 – 9:00 pm)
12. Wrap Up and Next Meeting (Co-chair –  9:00)
    1. SCA meetings are every 2^nd Thursday of the month from 7-9 PM
    2. Next meeting is Thursday April 13th, 2017 – 7-9 PM

Light Refreshments will be provided

Childminding is available

For more contact information, please contact [email protected]

 

 

SCA Meeting Minutes, March 2017

Thursday March 9th, 2017 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

Present: Lee McIlmoyle, Jean Jacques Somwe, Eleni Jalbout, Tina Dort, Christina, Ben, Talia, Karl Andrus, Dave Michal, Erika Morton

Guest: Sunil Angrish, Stinson Community Developer, Jocelyn Strutt, City of Hamilton – Neighbourhood Action Strategy, Jay Carter – Evergreen, Jen Pearson – Hamilton Community Foundation

1. Welcome, Review of Values, Mission and Vision, Introductions

· Karl began review Values, Mission Vision, and began introductions

2. Agenda and Minutes Review/Additions

· No additions to the agenda, minutes were reviewed and approved

3. Treasurer’s Report

· Dave reviewed this month’s financial update

· He updates that there’s a pending cost to renew email/website domain for 5 years

· ACTION: Motion to pay email and website domain $428.00. Seconded by Karl. Unanimous support

· Would like to align all community council is Ward 2 on common domain in the future to see about saving

· Dave updates the website. Looks super! Includes events calendar, StinZine update, history etc.

· Also requested to spend $91.00 for updating the website toward new design and calendar plug in

· ACTION: Motion to spend $91.00. Seconded by Christina. Unanimous support.

· Plug for $1000 for mural plus funding for kids activities still available. Potential for collaborative Easter Egg Hunt with Corktown. If interested in leading an Easter Egg Hunt please email [email protected]

4. Neighbourhood Action Strategy Update

· Jocelyn Strutt, Neighbourhood Action Strategy

· Updating the Stinson Neighbourhood Action Plan

· Getting more residents aware of the plan

· Bringing forward themes from postcards/posters that were shared to gather feedback

· Meeting attendees participated in an activity to bring forward ideas according to themes to see where there is interest and ideas that keep coming up and are potential for further discussion

· Last Stinson Neighbourhood Action Plan

· Jason Farr is looking for some Ward funding to put toward quick action items from the original plan

· Karl reviewed a list of items that he brought forward to Jason Farr for consideration

· Will leave up the themes for additional feedback at the rec centre

5. 100 in 1 Day Update

· Jay Carter, Hamilton Program Manager with Evergreen

· Introduced the 100 in 1 day project – International festival of community animation and action. Concept is 100 activities happening on one day

· In 2015 Hamilton joined 100 in 1 day

· Happening in 2017 on Saturday June 3rd

· They provide coaching, workshops etc. to build capacity for residents to run an activity

· ACTION: Hosting workshop on April 13th 6 pm here at Central Memorial Rec Centre

· National Impact report will be out soon

6. PlanLocal Discussion

· Need to choose a theme

· Could include: Safe Streets part 2, Beautiful Streets, parks (which was the theme voted on at the end of last year’s PlanLocal)

· Beautiful Neighbourhoods would include a mix of themes – attendees were in favour of this as a general theme

· Motion to suggest a PlanLocal theme of Beautiful Safe Neighbourhoods Tina Seconded. Unanimous support

· Eleni suggested interest to be the PlanLocal representative again this year. Will send out the opportunity for the next meeting and vote on a representative.

7. Small Project Grant Review

· Grant has been submitted and needs SCA review and approval – originally started as a 100 in 1 day activity – Slow Down Snail Mural project

· Grant review team discussed and reviewed the grant – provided their approval

· Achieves goals from the Stinson Neighbourhood Action Plan

· Request was for honorarium for artist, paint and supplies, for $1357.00. Artist is open to feedback about the design. Has submitted a draft drawing already.

· Would like to keep brushes for Stinson at the end of the project as a neighbourhood asset

· Would like to talk to Jason Farr about the mural to ensure we have his support. Would like to ensure that a formal support. Neighbourhood Action Strategy may be able to support.

· ACTION: Motion to approve the grant – Unanimous support

8. Endorsement Policy Update

· Dave presented a flow chart of how the Endorsement Process would work

· Would like to start with a 6 month pilot. Will be meeting two more times and present for approval in May

· ACTION: Will have more updates at next month’s meeting

· If anyone has any thoughts about the latest update, please email Dave or email at [email protected]

9. Stinson Action Team/Committee/Project Updates · Events – Spring event or BBQ in the works. Email [email protected] if interested to help out. If anyone is interested to hold an Easter Egg hunt please let us know ASAP

· Canada 150 – Please bring forward ideas about submitting a grant. Will be sending out another e blast to invite people to meet and discuss ideas

· Community Garden – Have held a meeting to discuss location and models. Can apply for a small grant. Will be asking Jason Farr for funding. Tentatively approved for a Change Camp grant in partnership with McMaster. Will be meeting in April to hear more details. Won’t be happening until next year.

· Pollinator garden also in the works. Did a walk through Stinson to identify places for gardens

· StinZine – (Copied from an update sent via email) – Meeting on Sunday, March 12 at l PM at SPRC for Current contributors and any other interested residents to help us crystallize a Mission, Vision, and Values. The current issue is being distributed & hopefully will be on-line soon. We will aim for another 4 issues this year.

· LRT – A representative will be coming to a meeting in the future

· International Village – (Copied from an update sent via email) – International Village- Background: h June 2016, the SCA accepted a motion to intentionally support our local BIA s and offer our support through LRT Construction to promote events and shopping local. We want to start before construction so that the habit of shopping local can be ingrained in our residents. Sunil and I met with Susie, head of the International Village BIA, in February. We believe we have secured advertising from them for the Zine in the new format once confirmed. They are “rebranding” as “the Village” and did a social media campaign in February to encourage people to shop local and use the hashtag “the Village”. They again appreciate our support and the residents who make a point to shop local. They are planning a movie night this summer, a Canada 150 event in June, and then Victorian Night in the Village. We will mention these in the Zine. Susie is also planning a tour of the Village shops for the SCA and they will confirm a date for that in the spring. We can have a raffle at our Events for the Village 50 once events are confirmed, let me know the date, time, location, and I’ll request some prizes.

· Ice Rink – no update

· PlanLocal – See above

· Ward 2 Community Council

i. Introduced the Endorsement Policy at the Ward 2 Community Council. Everyone is keen about the idea. Could be adopted by other neighbourhoods in the future.

10. Community Information Sharing

· Forge and Foster bought the medical building at Emerald and Main Sts

· Lee will be meeting to discuss event, Where the Sidewalk Ends – Repainting the Shed. Will be a kid’s event. Let Lee know if you want to be involved.

· Illuminating under Claremont access near Young St. Ben is looking how to fund for the equipment etc. needed to make it an event. Could connect with other similar events, such as Waterfall Illumination, Light festival. Would like to take the “blight” of the Claremont and make it into an opportunity.

· Ward Boundary – Dave to provide updates as they become available.

· April 22nd Beautiful Alleyways Clean Up

11. Wrap Up and Next Meeting

· SCA meetings are every 2nd Thursday of the month from 7-9 PM

· Next meeting is Thursday April 13th, 2017 – 7-9 PM

· City of Hamilton will be coming to talk about Bike Lanes at the next meeting