The Society’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, June 26, 2010 from 10:00 to Noon in the multi-purpose room at Bowen Island Community School.
Bowen’s CAO, Hendrick Slegtenhorst, is holding a public information meeting at the CNIB on Cardena Drive from 6:15 - 8:30 p.m. to explain approval of the Development Permit and the 59 10-acre lot subdivision plan.
Generally, there is a meeting of either Bowen Island Municipal Council or the Commitee of the Whole every Monday evening at 7:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 981 Artisan Lane. Agendas, once availabe, can be viewed at http://www.bimbc.ca/events_list.php#1023 or www.bimbc.ca/meeting_agenda_2008. (Delegations or individual citizens are generally allowed to make brief statements at the beginning of council meetings.)
A presentation of the owners’ latest alternative development proposals by municipal planners and Ekistics to various municipal advisory groups Jan 10 @ 7:15 p.m.
by Nerys Poole
Bowen Island Undercurrent, Dec 21, 2007
I attended the three-hour ‘Planning & Design Workshop’ organized by the Cape Roger Curtis owners and planning team, where the mayor and council and various municipal committees were invited on Nov. 27. As noted in the article CRC plan beyond comprehensive, Mark Sager said that the meeting was not productive as they “got off on the wrong foot”. More accurately, their whole approach to this community is misguided. Read more
by Julie Andres
Bowen Island Undercurrent, Dec 7, 2007
The Cape on Bowen Community Development Ltd., formerly Cape Roger Curtis Joint Venture, held its third informational open house at Cates Hill Chapel last Saturday. The planning team, Ekistics Town Planning Inc., have refined their plan to incorporate community feedback gleaned from previous meetings. One of the questions that has been on the minds of those interested in the development was addressed specifically - the number of units proposed for the ultimate build-out is in the neighbourhood of 1,000. Read more
Nov 26, 2007 — Ownership has announced that they will hold their third public meeting to discuss their planners’ development proposal for Cape Roger Curtis on December 1, 2007, from 9:30-1:00 and 2:00-5:00 at Cates Hill Chapel. They will be making a formal presentation at 10:30 and repeating it at 2:30, and during the remainder of the time the planners and their consultants will be available for informal discussion and questions.
See the Wild Coast Plan 2 for Cape Roger Curtis Trust Society’s position on the owners’ proposed plan and our alternative parks proposal.
An open workshop on the generic tools and methods available to
planners, owners, politicians and the public, in the acquisition and creation
of green space and parks.
Date: September 23rd
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: The Bowen Island Art Gallery, Artisan Square
Guest Speaker: Ian Atherton
Supervisor, Land Acquisitions, BC Parks, Ministry of Environment.
Ian has been a key player in the acquisition, via cash, gift and land exchange, of recreational and conservation property throughout British Columbia for the past 30 years. He has worked in partnership with federal and regional governments as well as non-government organizations.
Sample Highlight Acquisitions include:
• Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
• Commonwealth Nature Legacy
• Juan de Fuca Trail
• Pacific Marine Heritage Legacy
• Burgoyne Bay
• Mt Erskine and Cusheon Cove (Salt Spring Island)
• Fintry Estates (Okanagan)
• Codd Island and Blaney Bog (Lower Mainland)
Ian has worked in partnership with the Nature Trust, Nature
Conservancy of Canada, Ducks Unlimited and The Land Conservancy of BC.
Moderator: Mel Turner
For 28 years Mel was BC Parks’ Planning and Conservation Manager for the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Mel has recently come on board as Park Consultant to the Bowen Island
Municipality.
Please join with us to discover how parks get created. Everyone welcome.
Come one and all with your food and musical instruments to help us celebrate the wild coast of the Cape from Noon to 6 p.m. @ Pebbly Beach. The owners of this precious land we are trying to save will also be attending, so this is your opportunity to discuss the Cape’s future with them. Meet end of Whitesails Drive @ 11:30 a.m. to walk to beach. Boaters/kayakers meet at Tunstall Beach at 11:30 a.m. Naturalists will be available with information on the Cape’s wildlife. Please phone Jan Wells at 604-947-9970 for more information.
At a Bowen Island Municipal Council Meeting in late December, 2006, members of the Cape Roger Curtis Trust Society amused councilors with a parody of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas”. It was caught on this video for your enjoyment. You can also read the lyrics here. Read more
