CITYGATE COMMUNITY

1088 Quebec Street * 1128 Quebec Street * 1188 Quebec Street * 1218-1288 Quebec Street
1182 Quebec Street * 1129 Main Street * 1159 Main Street
1189 Main Street * 1255 Main Street
Vancouver * BC

FINAL
IT MEETING JUNE 17, 2002 @ 1128 QUEBEC STREET


IN ATTENDANCE

VICEROY Kris & Bill Stone
SCIENCE WORLD Bryan Tisdall
LTD HOMES Nil
STATION PLACE TOWNHOUSE Nil
STATION PLACE Jose Galindo
CITYGATE 3 (1128 QUEBEC) Barbara Carstensen 
MaryLou Pacione 
Sandra Routledge 
Sheira Hallam 
Maria Potin 
John McMillan 
Doron Grill 
Frank Kelly 
Chris Pallett 
Julianne Peterson-Baranyi 
Don Stone
CITYGATE 2 (1159 MAIN ST) Nil
CITYGATE 1(1188 QUEBEC) Ann Merrick 
Trevor Bolitho 
Ted McGrath
REGRETS Connie Reynolds Citygate 2
Mike Glanville Citygate 1
Doug Hill SP Town Homes

Meeting was called to order at 7:15 PM. The purpose of the meeting was to bring the IT back to life. The discussion reviewed the following topics.

Science World
Bryan Tisdall gave a brief update of Science World activities and stressed he valued his participation in the IT Committee and wishes to continue so as an interested, supportive community member. 
SW is presently looking for funding to upgrade the building infrastructure systems (plumbing, piers, dome). The City of Vancouver has endorsed the proposed improvements.
The annual Science Fun Run was a success. $30,000 was raised for the Michael Smith endowment fund. Participation was up from 600 last year to over 1,000 this year.
Bryan was questioned on some maintenance issues. Lighting - exterior problems that are known and will be addressed. Other issues were discussed that are not part of Science World responsibilities including graffiti on the decorative lamp standards, dead trees in Creekside Park, pressure washing of walkways. These issues are Parks and Recreation responsibility. Bryan will pass these concerns on to Parks personnel.
Eureka exhibit opens next week.
Bryan had to leave for another appointment.

Co-op Housing - Main Street.
Sheira indicated the new Co-op housing project would begin occupancy toward the end of July.

IT Budget
Ted indicated the bank balance is currently $178.82 after funding the IT poster campaign (poster produced by Mike Glanville).

Street Parking
Doran asked about possibility of street parking for over sized vehicles. No solution was agreed on.

Indy
Don was recognized for his recent efforts to encourage Molson Indy to do a better job of tidying up after each race. A lengthy discussion ensued of some of the previous efforts dealing with Indy. The consensus was the race is here and will be for the next two years at least so any effort should be expended on trying to make Molson Indy keep the area clean between race events.
Connie sent a notice to the meeting participants advising the annual pre Indy organization meeting between the community, Molson Indy and City of Vancouver personnel on security and race day preparations will occur either the last week of June or first week of July. Connie will advise when the meeting will be held. Barb recommended a short pre meeting just before meeting with Indy to ensure attendees are all on the same page. This could occur 30 minutes prior to meeting Indy personnel.

Chinatown Re-vitalization
Sandra reported on the open house held in Chinatown May 30 on the vision plan developed to rejuvenate Chinatown. Ted circulated in a letter of support for Strata Council endorsement of the vision direction. The plan will go to Vancouver City Council mid July. Notice of this meeting will be distributed to the committee.

Future of the Inter-Tower Committee
A lengthy discussion occurred on what direction the committee should take.

• Individual tower needs vs. the larger Citygate community.

• A means to share common problem knowledge between towers (security, maintenance).

• Usefulness of information outside the confines of the Citygate development but relevant to the community.

• Indy should be one of the topics. 

• Should the group be structured or share duties.

• How often to meet. 

• How to distribute output to ensure as wide an audience as possible in the community. Chris offered to prepare a sign up sheet for placement in each tower enabling residents to sign on for email distribution.

• How to get participation from the entire Citygate community. Sheira offered to make contact with Columbia Homes (LTD) and Terra Housing Development Corp. (Co-op).

Next Steps
A date for the next IT meeting was chosen and it was decided an agenda would be produced by MaryLou prior to the meeting with a request to the members for agenda items. 

Date: August 19, 2002

Location: Citygate 3, 1128 Quebec Street

Time: 7 PM

Errors and Omissions: My apologies for what I missed. If it is important to you, please advise and correction(s) will be made.

The meeting adjourned at 9:15 PM.