NATURE

Sea, land, river

PEOPLES

Community

For earlier materials see Table of Contents

Spring’s coming	Patch of spring flowers

Is old DQ building structurally sound?

‘Unsightly premises Bylaw -- #2709

Why fire & RCMP get free Recreation passes (and you don’t)

Green Apple got shut down

This support has been missing most the winter

Sure no one is using the restaurant on street level – but cars look like they can park on that corner of building at 2^nd level

(Update on Green Apple and Council Thursday & Friday)

previous Green Apple – where Council gives 45 days

Unsightly premises

The fellow who dared complain about his neighbors feeding feral cats – was served with a Bylaw infraction based upon complaints by said neighbors for ‘unsightly premises’ ---‘it is an offence to allow property to become or remain unsightly’ quoting the Community Charter and Bylaw No 2709 --- Like I said before – the van belongs to Port and the ‘bus’ looks like type used to carry freight to airport etc ---

But then these people are not like you and I – but ‘important’ (probably get free swim passes too)

Life’s little ironies --- Recreation Center asking for donations from community so children etc can make use of the Recreation facilities as many are too poor to pay without charity

This brochure suggests donations of $5,000

Previous email story here with links on right to previous articles

Update from Recreation Department

Excerpt from email explaining ‘rationale’ for free swim passes etc

(my emphasis added)

Passes were issued to all officers of the fire department though only a handful have been activated. To verify officer status, I had asked both the firehall and the RCMP chiefs to provide me with a list of fulltime officers in advance. The firehall provided a list and passes were created for each member. Due to a transition between Inspectors, the RCMP did not so I have had to verify by phone each RCMP officer as they registered. Passes before they are activated in person through a registration procedure, have no value. A total of 14 passes have been activated.

Physical fitness is a job requirement of both the Firehall and the RCMP. Providing a facility for the maintenance of physical fitness is simply a tool for the trade, much like providing protective clothing, firearms and other equipment. When an employer requires a level of fitness for a job, it is my opinion that it becomes incumbent on the employer to provide the tools or the training needed to meet the requirement. As such, I view this as a job requirement and not a personal benefit.

I like the contrast between 2 sides --- the lower image is north facing side – the upper is South facing (and presumably sunnier side) – Along the green dotted line are numerous areas of small green algae – the yellow dotted line appears almost ‘cleared’ (I suspect molluscs grazers)

Anyone ‘investigating’ this area should wash hands as potential for some sewage leaking through cracks etc

More later – see last years pages – links at bottom this page—and this page for last year look at North vs South

Outfall biology

Feral Cats

At Council Monday it was suggested that no feral cats bylaw would be coming – more like a look at what options are available to city

NATURE

PEOPLES

For earlier materials see Table of Contents

Patch of spring flowers

Outfall biology

Feral Cats