What’s Next in the ‘Hood?

timeflies  Time flies when you are having fun and another year has come and gone. The Hamilton Heights Neighbourhood Association wants to thank all of the neighbourhood enthusiasts who have dedicated time, efforts and resources to making our little part of the North Shore a better place for everyone.

Over the past year we have hosted a Block Party, organized a Great Canadian Shore Line Clean-up of the McKay Creek and Heywood Ravine, adopted a new traffic island, begun the refurbishing of another traffic circle and advocated the CNV infrastructure for changes to improve our egress and traffic safety.

As 2016 continues to gather steam, the HHNA is planning for another great year. We are looking for suggestions, project ideas and concerns that you have about Hamilton Heights. Please submit any suggestions or concerns to info@hamiltonheights.ca or talk to any member of the executive.  All ideas are welcome!

 

Getting to Know Your Candidates

Save the Date: Tuesday, October 21st 7:00 – 10:00 pm

The civic election will take place on Saturday, November 15th. This election will see the selection of a Mayor, six Councillors and three School Board Trustees. The selected individuals will sit for a term of 4 Years (currently it is 3).

There are critical issues for the City as a whole as well as concerns that directly relate to the Hamilton Heights Neighbourhood. There are questions to be asked, responses to be analysed and decisions to be formed.

If you want to hear what the candidates have to say – the Hamilton Heights Neighbourhood Association is hosting an ALL CANDIDATES MEETING on the evening of Tuesday, October 21st (7:00 – 10:00pm) at the Lucas Centre.

Every election is important and every vote counts. Come and meet your candidates and hear what they have to say about the issues you care about.

Have Your Say – Lucas Centre Open House

The NVSD provided a sneak peek of some potential options for the redevelopment of the Lucas Centre. It wasn’t pretty and it ignores the input and suggestions the community has made about the site in the past. We need to make sure that everyone (numbers count!) comes out next week to express your opinions about what they have proposed.

Just so there aren’t any surprises – there will be 5 options that range in terms of residential developments. Some have 50 single family homes (150 potential families) and no grass field to the worst of the lot being 3 large towers (14 stories, 12 stories and 10 stories) comprising of 525 families. Yes – you read that correctly!!!

This is where the games begin. Please keep the following in mind:

  1. “They” are going to try to make you feel that you have to give up something in order to get something – this is NOT true. We don’t have to give up any of our expectations
  2. “They” will post an option as a red herring – like the towers – again to try to get you to accept something better than that option
  3. Don’t fall for the pretty in the picture (i.e. the green space) and ignore the ugly
  4. Diagrams are not to scale
  5. Traffic numbers are completely unrealistic (for all options)
  6. This is only step 1 – any requested changes will still have to go through a full public hearing with the City
  7. Please post all comments – they are ranking issues by the number of post-it notes!

Please make time on Wednesday April 16th (5:00 pm to 8:00 pm)  to come out and voice your opinion. All comments are critical. The more people that are aware, the better as everyone will be impacted by these potential changes.

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It’s Not Over Yet….Next Steps for Hamilton Heights Residents

Dear Hamilton Heights Residents,

Thank you for your active engagement and participation over the past couple of weeks in regards to the Lucas Centre and the NVSD community engagement process. We have heard from many of you – your concerns, your ideas and your expectations and as part of our efforts, the Executive Committee wanted to share what we have heard.

Gathered from all of the conversations, emails and interactions, the summary of the top concerns for the area residents are:

  • Increased Traffic
  • Increased Densification
  • Changing the character of the neighbourhood
  • Harming the Environment
  • Loss of public property

 

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Your Opinion Matters!

Community Involvement

Your opinions matter! In both the City’s Official Community Plan (OCP) process and the North Vancouver School Board’s property management process – residents are key stakeholders and critical to the process. The Hamilton Heights Neighbourhood Association will continue to gather your opinions and your concerns in regard to the Lucas Centre and directly related neighbourhood issues; however if you would like to provide direct feedback to the various parties there are many ways to do so. Continue reading

Important Neighbourhood Meeting Tonight | February 11, 2014

Where: Lucas Centre (Gymnasium)
Date: Tuesday, February 11th
Time: 7:00PM

In the upcoming months, important meetings and potential decisions will be made regarding the Lucas Centre on 21st Street. The Hamilton Heights neighbourhood and residents have been denied access to “stakeholders” meetings because we were not a formal association. With this in mind, concerned
residents have created the HAMILTON HEIGHTS NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATION – a voice for all homeowners and residents.

Prior to the next North Vancouver School District (NVSD) meeting regarding the Lucas Centre, we would like to hear from everyone regarding your concerns and ideas about the neighbourhood property.

Please make every effort to attend this open meeting. Come out and add your voice to this critical discussion about the future of your neighbourhood.

 

Get Involved!

Welcome to the Hamilton Heights Neighbourhood Association. We are proud of our neighbourhood – our homes, our trails, our gardens and our active and friendly north shore community. We invite you to become involved with the association and the continued improvement of the Hamilton Heights area.

Make your voice heard! Share your thoughts and ideas by completing these surveys by February 28th:

Draft OCP Feedback Form:
www.cnv.org/DraftOCPFeedbackForm
Draft Density Bonusing Feedback form:
www.cnv.org/DraftDensityBonusAmenityContributionPolicyFeedbackForm

If you have concerns or ideas about something in the neighbourhood we welcome your comments. Contact Us