SCA General Meeting Minutes and Agenda February 2018

Stinson Community Association Meeting Agenda
Thursday February 8th, 2018 7-9 PM Central Memorial Recreation Centre

Land Acknowledgment: We want to recognize and acknowledge that we meet on the traditional territories of the Mississauga of the Credit River and the Six Nations Haudenosaunee and within the lands protected by the Dish with One Spoon wampum agreement

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, Indigenous Land Acknowledgement, Review of Values, Mission and Vision, Introductions (Karl, 7:00 – 7:10 PM)

   • Review of Agenda and Minutes

   • Co chair vacancy upcoming…

2. Treasure’s Update (Tina, 7:10 – 7:15 PM)
3. What are your thoughts on the Downtown Secondary Plan (Karl, 7:15 – 7:35 PM)
   1. Carisma Church
   2. Proposed rezoning the block for up to 15 storeys
   3. As well as the downtown core changes
4. LRT Announcement (Karl, 7:35 – 7:45 PM)

1. Special LRT Meeting to be planned for April
2. Motion to spend $50-75 on advertisement for the meeting

5. BREAK (7:45 – 8:00 PM)
6. Survey results (Sunil, 8:00 – 8:10 PM)

   1. Art

   2. Kiosk

7. Hamilton Police Services Update (Jennifer, 8:10 – 8:20 PM)
8. Engagement ideas (Nicole, 8:20 – 8:35 PM)

1. Would you be motivated by door prizes, stickers, buttons for attendance streaks?9. Community Updates (everybody, 8:35 – end)

1. Ice rink
2. Garden
3. Stinzine
4. Little free library
5. HCBN

1. What could be a benefit to Stinson from the LRT project?

Stinson Community Association Meeting Minutes
Thursday February 8th, 2018 7-9 PM Central Memorial Recreation Centre

1. Welcome, Indigenous Land Acknowledgement, Review of Values, Mission and Vision, Introductions (Karl, 7:00 – 7:10 PM)
   • Review of Agenda and Minutes
   • Co chair vacancy upcoming…
   • Sunil, Dave, Grant, Lorraine, Tim Button, Nicole, Tina, Alain H. Bureau – Gibson visitor, Melanie P (NAE), Karl, Ben and Christina.
   • Note from last month’s treasurere’s report: Salesforce – the number was misreported as $1000 but was actually $600 so that is where the misrepresentation stemmed from – the community should involve Tariq in the allocation of these funds so that they are inline with Salesforce goals
2. Treasure’s Update

1. Please see the attached report from the treasurer

3. What are your thoughts on the Downtown Secondary Plan

1. Karl reviewed the Downtown Secondary Plan (see attached powerpoint plan)

1. Images were reviewed by those in attendance
2. Check out more at your own leisure at https://www.hamilton.ca/city-planning/ planning-community/downtown-hamilton
3. Planning meeting in April – more information to come
4. Council to vote in the General Issues Council
5. Very little impact on the Stinson neighbourhood – only the area that is West of Victoria and North of Stinson would be affected

6. No priority given to: Affordability, Community and/or Sustainability

1. Very light language in regards to the above concerns
2. Tuesday March 6, 2018 – 6:30pm at the Central Public Library

1. Email to be sent out to remind members closer to the date

7. Dave reviewed the benefits of the plan were discussed: stabilized taxes, displaced businesses can move into lower cost rents with more dispersed access
8. Getting rid of the development charge discount – adding amenities into the city without cost to the taxpayer
9. Section 27 of the planning act was debated by some parties as possible remediations to the small attention paid to the communities concerns. This may or may not apply to the DSP
10. This plan grew out of Places to Grow – which is a plan to mandate density
11. Final version to be released in April – could someone come to talk about it at a future

    meeting??

12. There was examples of how the efficiency of our tax dollars is improved and how it is an upside of developing an area shown in the 2014 Mayoral debate
13. Provincial growth mandates are in place to create jobs

2. Carisma Church

1. Proposed rezoning the block for up to 15 storeys

3. As well as the downtown core changes may ripple into Stinson slightly despite not being directly impacted by the plan

4. LRT Announcement

1. Special LRT Meeting to be planned for April/May outside of normal community meeting hours
2. What staff members would you like to bring? What questions do you have that you would like to be answered?
   1. Traffic is a huge concern
   2. Maybe Peter Toalovic? – transportation demand management (fun fact – brought sobis and open streets into Hamilton!)
   3. Maybe Martin White? – he’s a traffic man
   4. Maybe Darryl Bender? – cycling in Stinson – never followed up with an items from the previous time he visited (resurfacing of Stinson).
   5. Motion to spend no more than $75 with the provisal that this exec seek funding from the councillor before spending any of the money on advertisement for the meeting

1. Karl brought the motion, Christina seconded
1. Unanimous support and no abstained or against

5. Ward 2 Community Council
   1. Karl reviewed what it is – in that heads of the Ward 2 neighbourhoods sit down with Jason Farr and raise issues from the community directly to him
   2. Theme for Plan Local came out
   3. No decisions made at the meeting
   4. We could get better at noting what we want at the meeting – add this to the monthly agenda
   5. Next one is March 26th, 2018
   6. Eleni is seeking reelection as the Stinson Plan Local representative (see below for more information)
6. Survey results

1. Sunil to send to Nicole to send out tomorrow

7. Hamilton Police Services Update
1. Nicole provided reading on the email (see attached)

8. Engagement ideas

1. Would you be motivated by door prizes, stickers, buttons for attendance streaks?
2. Not everyone enjoys a meeting

1. May need more social things to promote engagement

3. Drop in day… not a meeting but an info session
4. Wonder about timing of meetings… not accessible with shift work…
5. Could we live tweet the meeting?
6. Facebook live question was not met with great reception…
7. Summer meetings in the park that is more informal
8. Tim will be a mascot
9. Advertisement of the meeting time and location (and purpose…)
10. Duty bound to monthly meetings – could we meet quarterly instead?

1. Or could one be business and one be social per month? 11. Cross-hub drop ins?

1. Cross-pollinate each others communities

2. To meet with the CDs – Nancy at Crown Point is interested in that
3. Corktown likes to party…and there are lots of shared interests (recreation centre, schools, etc…)

12. Please talk to your neighbours about it and bring

13. Christina would like a bulletin board for the SCA and more colour in the room

9. Small grants

1. Changes in the works

1. one addition to the process is seeking out a fiscal sponsor (a charitable organization to partner with to help facilitate the transfer of funds from the HCF to you)
2. Form to be provided by Sunil at a later date
3. Another change: streamlining and clarification of the small grant process to make it less bureaucratic and more accessible
4. Lorraine added that it’s a transition year for the NAS – it is just a test and will be trialled for two months before feedback is collected and changes mage
5. Christina requested it is not a word document – fillable PDF, survey monkey, google form were discussed as options…
6. HCF has a list of charitable organizations to check out to find a fit for your request

1. To help to facilitate access to the charitable partners to help form cahoots

7. Karl has asked about it there is a minimum/maximum percentage allowable? Sunil and Lorraine to check about that

2. $500 Clean and Green grant
   1. Railtrail cleanup prioritized (maybe during the escarpment clean up)
   2. Party and clean up in the park as well
3. $1000 neighbourhood matching grant

1. We need ideas!

10. Plan Local

1. Due to the city procurement process the Civic Plan peeps are not longer able to be involved as heavily (just lending their intellectual property) so the neighbourhood associations to run neighbourhood specific Stinson Plan Local model
2. Engage directly with your resident and your residents issue
3. 1 million split 6 ways – we decide how it’s spent
4. More pressure on us to be organized and solicit feedback and manage the voting process

1. Sunil and Farr to help support

5. Eleni to complete the endorsement policy
6. More information to come in the near future

11. Community Updates

1. Ice rink to be attempted again the weekend of February 9th – we won’t give up…

1. As part of Plan Local could the city invest in a levelled area still with grass with a cement barricade around it that is our annual ice rink that makes it easier to fill?

2. Garden

1. Start to advertise plots in March
2. Can build an addition 4 plots
3. Volunteers for seeding

1. PLEASE KEEP YOUR EGG CARTONS FOR THIS INITIATIVE

3. Stinzine
   1. Hibernating – a return to be made this month (see attached)
   2. Activing seeking contributions
      1. Distribution, content layout, copy editing, everything, etc…
      2. Please contact Sunil and/or Margaret
      3. Adobe indesign is at the neighbourhood
      4. Karl through the HCBN has access to not for profit software that would be at a not for profit cost
   3. Ad rates to come out next week
   4. NAS to cover the costs of printing for the year
4. HCBN
   1. What could be a benefit to Stinson from the LRT project?
   2. PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] or can be sent to

      [email protected]

   3. Ask that there is a rider’s bill of rights
   4. Any idea are appreciated
   5. Christina is asking for tree (around tracks, stations, etc…)

1. Green the whole track – lavender
6. Post it note at the LRT meeting for our asks…

5. Winter Fringe Fest
   1. Alain H. Bureau
   2. Spin off of the Fringe Fest – local talent and venues
   3. FROST BITES – centred around the Westing House rejuvenation
      1. 25 plays (5-22 mins) over one evening in 4 or 5 locations
      2. February 15-18, 2018 – $25 for the evening
      3. Full dress rehearsal on the 14th for FREE
      4. Monster Donuts and food
6. Songs from the Bishop – Dave reported the following:
   1. The Mule donated gift cards that residents are going to buy
   2. International Village is sponsoring a night
   3. St Leonard’s is becoming a partner

1. As it is a charities to help receive funds

7. Saturday Warming Hearts Night Market (https://www.facebook.com/Right-On- Target-1900803110136225/ – RIGHT ON TARGET)
   1. 5-11pm at the old Target
   2. Roller disco, food trucks, yarn bombing
8. Beasley Winter Fest

1. 11am-3pm Sunday February 11th in Beasley Park

9. Delight February 17th 6pm onwards at Gage Park
10. Surprise Hamilton – Young St lights on St Patricks Day