{"id":21037,"date":"2013-05-17T17:04:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T00:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=21037"},"modified":"2013-05-17T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T00:04:36","slug":"neighbourhood-watch-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/05\/17\/neighbourhood-watch-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianboyko\/8390036340\/in\/pool-replace\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NeighbourhoodWatch_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/NeighbourhoodWatch_logo.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelowna<\/strong> City Hall wants residents to <a title=\"Social media playing part in connecting residents with City of Kelowna\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kelownacapnews.com\/news\/207930191.html\">explore new ways to get involved in municipal affairs<\/a> during this year&#8217;s Local Government Awareness Week, May 19 to 25.\u00a0To encourage informed participation, the city has a public engagement RSS news feed accessible from <a href=\"http:\/\/kelowna.ca\/getinvolved\">kelowna.ca\/getinvolved<\/a>. Also, during planning processes, the city seeks input on upcoming parks, transportation, utility and community projects through open houses, workshops, surveys, online tools and social media.<\/p>\n<p>Residents living in 1940s era summer cottages rented from Metro Vancouver in <strong>Belcarra Regional Park<\/strong> have won a <a title=\"Save our homes, Belcarra park residents say\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tricitynews.com\/news\/207928751.html\">small victory in their bid to stay<\/a>.\u00a0On Thursday, the Environment and Parks committee deferred a decision to consider demolishing the seven cabins maintained by the Belcarra South Preservation Society after hearing from residents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saanich<\/strong> may have its work cut out for itself after open houses found <a title=\"Feedback mixed on new community gardens in Saanich\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicnews.com\/news\/207923801.html\">mixed public reaction to two proposed community allotment gardens<\/a> in the municipality.\u00a0The first, planned for Gorge Park, received 77.3 per cent support, according to survey results posted online. The second proposed park, currently slated for a parcel of grass behind Saanich Commonwealth Place, received much less support. Fifty-nine per cent of survey respondents don&#8217;t like the proposed location.<\/p>\n<p>[<strong>Thompson-Nicola<\/strong>] Regional planners are worried the <a title=\"Census leaves regional towns in dark 'It does make it harder for policy planning'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kamloopsnews.ca\/article\/20130517\/KAMLOOPS0101\/130519833\/-1\/kamloops0101\/census-leaves-regional-town-in-dark\">loss of the mandatory long-form census will make it increasing difficult to plan for the futures of small communities<\/a>.\u00a0&#8220;Is it debilitating? No. It does make it harder for policy planning,&#8221; Regina Sadilkova, the TNRD&#8217;s director of development services, said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing in at a whopping 180 pages \u2014 the combined 36-month effort of over 100 volunteers and city staff \u2014 it\u2019s being called a major milestone, both on account of its sheer accomplishment, and what it means to the City of <strong>Nelson<\/strong>\u2019s future.\u00a0Made official this past Monday night, the <a title=\"The blueprint for Nelson\u2019s tomorrow now complete\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nelsonstar.com\/news\/207769341.html\">City\u2019s newly revised Official Community Plan (OCP) was adopted<\/a> as Bylaw 3247 by Mayor John Dooley and city council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. 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