Dear Friends, Neighbours and Residents,
The River Heights Residents Association’s (RHRA’s) next meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the River Heights Community Centre located at 1370 Grosvenor Ave.
We are hoping to have volunteers sign up for different committees as well as be part of an executive. Thank you to those who have offered thus far. In addition to the people who have signed up to assist, we are looking for people who have background skills and knowledge in the following areas:
a.. legal
b.. research (a variety of topics)
c.. community planning
d.. community development
e.. environment
f.. municipal, provincial & federal political navigation
g.. communications
The above is certainly not an exhaustive list. We are also looking for the following positions for our RHRA board: Chair person(s), Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer (with accounting experience) & Members at Large. Please feel free to add suggestions at our upcoming meeting and don’t forget to sign up!
We hope to have Counsellor Orlikow and MLA, Dr. Jon Gerrard at our next meeting. We are awaiting confirmations from them both.
We will be providing the updates we have and what progress has been made.
We are now on Facebook yippee! We hope to see you visiting us and sharing info. Here’s how to find us: http://tinyurl.com/rhra2012 . Please be patient with us as our online presence is just emerging.
A) With regards to the Provincial Highway Traffic board hearings to increase speeds from 50 km/h to 60 km/h on Grant and Corydon, we will be requesting delays and rescheduling of these hearings so that a proper community consultations can occur. According to a CBC radio report early this morning, a pedestrian car survival rate post impact at 60 kilometers is only 5%.
Residents can lodge their oppositions by emailing Iris Murrell at iris.murrell@gov.mb.ca. Residents can also phone Iris Murrell at (204) 945-0940 to raise concerns about the limited/ inaccessible onsultations times available to the community. This will support our recommendation for a hearing postponement.
B) We have been requested to forward this on behalf of the Corydon Village Residents Association with regards to 956 Corydon zoning hearing on December 4th, 2012 and petition against allowing for a drive through at the corner of Stafford and Corydon. Please find the two documents attached.
Hope to see you all out!
Bring your ideas, energy, friends and neighbours!
Judy Plotkin, Acting Co-chair,
on behalf of the river heights residents association