BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Trout Lake Community Centre - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://troutlakecc.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Trout Lake Community Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260216T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T145404 CREATED:20251124T220950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T225355Z UID:12965-1771243200-1771254000@troutlakecc.com SUMMARY:Family Day Celebration DESCRIPTION:Call to action: Help save the Vancouver Park Board\n \n \n March 15\, 2024\n Posted by: \n \n Category: \n Announcement\n \,\n \n \n \n No Comments \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You may be aware that in December 2023 the Vancouver City Council passed a resolution to eliminate the roles of seven elected Vancouver Park Board Commissioners\, and to ask the provincial government to pass legislation to transfer the Park Board responsibilities to a City department under the direct control of City Council. \nThe elected Park Board has existed for more than 130 years. The Commissioners are elected by the citizens of Vancouver every four years during the municipal elections (last held in October 2022). Because they are elected\, they are responsible to\, and accountable to the citizens of Vancouver\, not the Mayor and 10 City Councillors.  \nThe sole mandate of the Commissioners is the preservation\, protection and development of parks and recreation programs and facilities in our City. They prioritize this important work because they are elected to do so. \nCity Councillors\, on the other hand\, are elected with a much broader mandate\, to deal with all the issues around city infrastructure; sewer\, water and garbage services; police and fire departments; housing and development issues; the drug crisis\, homelessness\, etc. Parks and recreation are not their first priority.  \nYour Community Centre Association works with the Park Board staff and Commissioners to develop and run community-based programming. Issues and needs arise where we work with the elected Commissioners who have the decision-making authority to deal with our concerns. We have\, over the years\, developed a working relationship with the Commissioners. We don’t want that to change.  \nThe Association Presidents Group (APG)\, representing 19 Community Centre Associations across the City of Vancouver\, is requesting your support in rejecting Mayor Ken Sim’s attempt to abolish the democratically elected Vancouver Park Board. \n\nWe do not believe it is democratic for eight people on City Council to eliminate the roles of seven Commissioners elected by the thousands of voters in Vancouver. \nMayor Sim did not ask the voters in October 2022 for a mandate to do so: in fact\, he said he would retain the elected Park Board.  \n\nThe APG has taken a strong stand against the Mayor’s decision. We have written to the Mayor and Councillors expressing our opposition. We have also written to the Provincial MLAs representing Vancouver asking them to oppose this change. We need their support because the provincial legislation governing the City of Vancouver (called the Vancouver Charter) must be amended to make such a change possible.  \nRead this article on the Vancouver Sun for further explanation of why the APG believes this is an undemocratic approach by the Mayor. \nWe are asking for your support in making your opposition known to Premier David Eby.\nYou can use the links below to send a message directly to the Premier\, to write to all Vancouver MLAs\, and to the Minister of Municipal Affairs who is responsible for making changes to the Vancouver Charter.  \nWe hope we can count on your support to retain our elected Park Board. \nSend a message directly to the Premiersaveourparkboard.ca/action/\nLinks for writing MLAs\nVancouver FairviewHon. George Heyman (NDP)george.heyman.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver False CreekHon. Brenda Bailey (NDP)brenda.bailey.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver FraserviewGeorge Chow (NDP)george.chow.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver HastingsHon. Niki Sharma\, K.C.(NDP)niki.sharma.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver KensingtonMable Elmore (NDP)mable.elmore.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver KingswayHon. Adrian Dix (NDP)adrian.dix.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver LangaraMichael Lee (BC  United)michael.lee.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver Mount PleasantJoan Phillip (NDP) Joan.Phillip.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver Point GreyHon. David Eby\,  K.C. (NDP)david.eby.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver QuilchenaKevin Falcon (BC  United)kevin.falcon.mla@leg.bc.ca \nVancouver West End Spencer Chandra  Herbert (NDP)s.chandraherbert.MLA@leg.bc.ca \nMinister of  Municipal  Affairs\nAnne Kang anne.kang.MLA@leg.bc.ca URL:https://troutlakecc.com/event/family-day/ LOCATION:Trout Lake Community Centre\, 3360 Victoria Drive\, Vancouver\, V5N4M4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Community,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://troutlakecc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Family-Day.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR