KOOTENAY COLUMBIA SENIORS HOUSING COOPERATIVE

 

MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING 3300

Date: Sunday, September 16, 2007
Time: 07:00 P.M. (Doors open at 6:00 P.M.)
Location: Carpenters Hall, 2320 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, B.C.
Attendance: All members of KCSHC and the public
Agenda:

 

3301: Call to order

 

3302: Approve Agenda

Moved to approve the agenda by Ron seconded by Jim Mullen - CARRIED

 

3303: Approve Minutes Meeting 3200 as distributed

Moved to accept the minutes BettyAnn Mullen;  seconded by Joe Nazaroff – CARRIED

 

3304: Treasurers Report  - Dorothy

Dorothy moved that the financial report be accepted as presented; seconded by John Adams – CARRIED

1. Financial status
2. Letter of Credit to the City of Castlegar subscription total

 

3305: Status of project Membership
1. Membership Applications  (171)     
2. Life Leases are 59 total available

  • 36 taken
  • 22 still left-  4 bungalows, 6 triplex 12 duplex
  • Pick #8 status as of September 15, 2007
  • Pick #9 in October

3. Residential Lots Loan Agreement II Commitments out of 51 available

  • 31 taken

 

3306: Engineered Drawings by WSAE
1. Sanitary approved for construction
2. Still some negotiation points on Water and Storm

 

3307: Report on Infrastructure CoC negotiations
1. 4th Reading September 04, 2007 by CoC and approval granted
2. Start date for Infrastructure September 10, 2007

 

3308: Report from Promotions Committee – Harry / Nora Jukes

Nora gave the report stating that things are really moving on site.

  • See the full report here: Promotions Committee Report
  • The T-shirts with the Grandview Heights logo are in. They are $15 each.
  • We would like to see a ‘sea’ of people wearing these T-shirts at the upcoming September 22 meeting at the Brilliant Cultural Centre, which will  be a BIG promotional event for our Care Centre.
  • On Friday, the 14th, Shaw Cable videotaped an interview with Fred Houghton on the project site with MarWest machinery operating in the background.  This can be seen on Channel 10.
  • There are some afternoon / evenings that require someone’s presence at the Site Office next month.  
  • Check the photo gallery on the website for new photos next week.

 

3309: Building Committee Report – Peter Dergousoff  
1. Status of  Housing Proposal from Hiltec

Peter reported that there is not much new except that there will be a meeting with the contractor on Tuesday morning at which time prices will be discussed.

 

3310: Grants status – Irene Evanoff

Irene gave a very nice report on the project, kindly thanking all the members for their continued support which was displayed throughout the city meetings and the committees they represent etc.

 

3311: Care Committee Report – John Adams

John Adams expressed a great need for volunteers particularily for the up coming public meeting on the care facility. He passed around sign up sheets for all the various duties and by the end of the meeting they were well responded to.  John also mentioned a meeting with Carol Makowski from IHA coming up on September 28, 2007. This will be the first meeting with government officials and more meetings will follow at a later date in the hopes of eventually meeting with Premier Campbell.

1. Public Meeting on Care Complex September 22, 2007 at 1:30 P.M.

  • Volunteers required
  • Set up screen, projector and all equipment for speaker Connie Wark
  • Need flip chart set up
  • Need display tables for Care Questionnires, Membership Applications and Information materials
  • Need displays for Medi Chair etc
  • Set up Chairs
  • Set up coffee and cookies
  • Greeters

2. Appeal for Questionnaire responses (very important)

 

3312: Rules Committee – Chair - Fred Arishenkoff
1. Status

Fred Arishenkoff and committee along with new members, Mike and Candice Rowe, Nora Jukes, and Alden Bigsby have been hard at work putting together the rules that they will take to the directors and then on to our legal adviser, John O’Fee.

 

3313: Landscape Committee – Chair - Jim Mullen
1. Status to date

Jim told the membership that the committee has had some interest from three landscaping contractors. They will be asked to submit their bids and we will go from there. Our top soil will be screened as needed and will be stored on Chernoff’s land until then.
  • Topsoil: Final negotiations happening between Elmer and Nick Chernoff (Trowelex) to move all of our topsoil to Nick’s site.  Topsoil will be stored there and screened when needed.
  • Landscape Contractors:  We’ve met with our first possible landscape contractor:  Chris Holt of Lakewood Landscapes of Nelson, BC.  He’s very interested.  We will be meeting with our second possible landscape contractor tomorrow at the site.  We don’t know too much about her yet.  We’ll be meeting with our third landscape contractor some time after that.
  • Questionnaire:  In the minutes of our last meeting, our committee has presented a landscape questionnaire to the Building Committee and Directors for approval to send out to all Life-Lease members.  
  • Bank Stabilization:  Alpine Contracting (Rossland, BC) will be meeting with us at the site in a couple of weeks to review hydroseeding of the banks and discussing the mix of seeds.  

 

3314: Two (2) Year Anniversary celebrations

Irene invited all to share the cake in celebration of everyone’s birthdays for the past year as well as our two year anniversary.

 

3315:  Other

Sam Fillipoff announced that his mother’s home is for sale at Sandalwood and expressed his personal feelings about the need for our care facility.

 

3316: Adjourn

Meeting adjourned AT 8:15 p.m.