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PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017, AT 3:00 P.M. ROOM 530 – 5TH FLOOR – ABBOTSFORD CITY HALL
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
.1 Introduction from the new Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee Chair
2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES .1 Minutes of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee meeting held
November 16, 2016 (attached)
(p. 2)
3. PRESENTATIONS None.
4. DELEGATIONS .1 Marina Gibson, Garden Manager, regarding information on a Community Garden
Project located near Abbotsford Community Services
- PowerPoint Presentation (attached)
(p. 5)
5. BUSINESS OUT OF MINUTES None.
6. REPORTS .1 Verbal Report from the General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture, regarding
the Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan
7. NEW BUSINESS
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8. ADJOURNMENT
Minutes of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee meeting, held Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., in Room 530, at Abbotsford City Hall Committee Members Present: Councillor S. Blue (Chair); L. Bell; N. Bergen; B. Day; R. Kobes (part); R. Pauls; and L. Schlagintweit Staff Present: General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture - H. Enns; and Manager, Administration and MCA – D. Urquhart Others Present: None. Public Present: None. 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m. 2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES .1 Minutes of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee meeting held
October 25, 2016 Moved by N. Bergen, seconded by L. Bell, that the minutes
of the regular meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee held October 25, 2016, be adopted.
PRC 040-2016 CARRIED. The Chair made a request to amend the agenda and add two verbal reports from the General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture and an update from the Chair. Moved by L. Bell, seconded by N. Bergen, that the
November 16, 2016 agenda be amended to add two verbal reports from the General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture, regarding, Parks Master Plan Timeline and the Parks, Recreation and Culture Draft Financial Report; and an update from the Chair regarding Committee Changes Commencing January 2017, as new items 6.2, 6.3 and 7.3.
PRC 041-2016 CARRIED. 3. PRESENTATIONS None.
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Minutes of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee meeting, held Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., in Room 530, at Abbotsford City Hall Page 2 4. DELEGATIONS None. 5. BUSINESS OUT OF MINUTES None. 6. REPORTS .1 The Pulse publication and Healthy Abbotsford 2016-2018 Plan The verbal report from the Healthy Abbotsford Community Coordinator was canceled and will be rescheduled. .2 Parks Master Plan Timeline The General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture provided a verbal update on the timeline for the Parks Master Plan which included: how the City is working collaboratively to ensure resources, and a community stakeholder consultative plan brought to council for approval mid-December. Moved by R. Pauls, seconded by L. Bell, that the verbal
report, from the General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture regarding the Parks Master Plan Timeline, be received for information.
PRC 042-2016 CARRIED. K. Kobes entered the meeting at 3:22 p.m. .3 Parks, Recreation and Culture Draft Financial Report The General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture provided a PowerPoint presentation. The presentation highlighted on the 2016 Parks, Recreation and Culture department’s successes, key issues and trends, projects and proposed budget for 2017. The City of Abbotsford 2016-2020 financial plan presentation can be found on the City website at: http://www.abbotsford.ca/Assets/2014+Abbotsford/Corporate+Services/Finance/Budget+Presentations/2016-2020+Financial+Plan+Budget+Presentation.pdf Moved by L. Bell, seconded by L. Schlagintweit, that the
verbal report and PowerPoint presentation, from the General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture regarding the Parks, Recreation and Culture Draft Financial Report, be received for information.
PRC 043-2016 CARRIED. Page 3 of 27
Minutes of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee meeting, held Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., in Room 530, at Abbotsford City Hall Page 3 7. NEW BUSINESS
.1 Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee 2017 Proposed Meeting Schedule
A list of proposed 2017 meeting dates was presented to the Committee members. The Committee members requested a review of the meeting time. A survey will be sent out by email and a meeting time will be finalized.
Moved by R. Pauls, seconded by B. Day that the proposed 2017 Meeting Schedule for the Parks Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee, be accepted as presented.
PRC 044-2016 CARRIED.
.2 Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee meeting December 21, 2016
to hold or cancel. The Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee decided to hold the meeting as scheduled on December 21, 2016.
Moved by R. Pauls, seconded by B. Day that the Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee meeting, on December 21, 2016, be held as scheduled.
PRC 045-2016 CARRIED.
.3 Committee Changes Commencing January 2017 The Chair announced all Council Committee Chairs will be changing in January 2017. Councillor Blue shared how much she has enjoyed serving on this committee and thanked everyone for all their continued commitment. 8. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by R. Kobes, seconded by L. Schlagintweit, that the Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee meeting held November 16, 2016, be adjourned. (4:00 p.m.) CARRIED.
Certified Correct: Councillor Sandy Blue Diane Urquhart Chair Recording Secretary
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We’ve offered the Raleigh community
space-saving solutions for the past 10
years. We recommend Northwind Traders
to anyone who will listen to us. They
helped us reclaim over 700 square feet of
our house!” - Annie D. Balitmore
“What are you planting
today, for harvest
tomorrow?”
~Lailah Gifty Akita
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Who We Are The Garden Project is a partnership between
Abbotsford Community Services and Day 1 Ur-
ban Farm. Located in Downtown Abbotsford, we
share a desire to see our community grow and to
have our neighbourhod inspire well-being.
You can’t get more Local
The Garden Project is designed to grow produce
for the local market. We have the opportunity to
customize your per-
sonal produce bin to
best meet your re-
quirements. Contact
Marina Gibson at
604-302-6400 for
further details.
Of special interest for Restauranteurs is our Mi-
crogreens production. Sunflower shoots, cilantro,
basil (regular, purple or lemon), beet, quinoa,
garlic chive, and others are available. Call 604-
302-6400 to discuss your preferences and pro-
duction schedule.
Our Aim The goal is to keep things all~natural and
down~to~earth. The compact city location
evokes the way of homestead gardens in days
gone by. This means we
Harvest when crops are ripe
Plant in time-honored pairings for best flavour
Deliver immediately
Community Impact
Supporting the Garden Project means that you
can highlight to your customers your commitment
to source locally grown fruit and vegetables, and
that this commitment has a cascade effect of
supporting programs for community well-being
and social justice.
The focus is on a visual greening of the local
space, while drawing people to explore and
learn. We’re creating a place for hosting commu-
nity events and workshops related to all aspects
of food—from the ground up!
gar·den /ˈɡärdn/
grounds laid out for public
enjoyment and recreation
We’re taking barren urban space and making it
come alive with plants and people! We’re bringing
the country into the city, and farming land that
others used to walk past. We’re using this newly
created greenspace to
Grow fruit and vegetables
Sell home-grown produce
Teach others to include fresh food in their
lives
Connect with our neighbors
proj·ect /ˈpräjˌekt
a planned undertaking
This project has sprouted into a growing enter-
prise in a quick order. It’s a trending concept of
cultivating food within the heart of a city. The start
coincided with the October signing of the Milan
Urban Food Policy Pact signed by a hundred
cities world-wide in 2015
We want to highlight that personal and civic quali-
ty of life is rooted in our individual and communal
food supply.
Like us on facebook:
www.facebook.com/Day1urbanfarm
Contact Info:
Marina Gibson, Garden Manager
2408 Montvue Avenue
Abbotsford, BC
(604) 302-6400
[email protected] Front gate Inspiration
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Day One Urban Recovery Farm Urban Recovery
means recovery of ‘dead’ urban space while offering opportunity for individuals
to ‘recover’ through work experience and the therapeutic activity of
tending a garden.
GOALS OF BETA PROJECT
1) Establish a ‘Green’ space in an unused Urban location
Model: Sole Food Street Farm - Vancouver, BC
Vancouver’s Sole Food Street Farm, for example, is a highly successful urban farming social enterprise whose mission is to “empower individuals with limited resources by providing jobs, agricultural training, and inclusion in a supportive community of farmers and food lovers” (Sole Food Street Farms, 2012). The
Urban Farming Guidebook – Planning for the Business of Growing Food In BC’s Towns & Cities p. 39.
“Five-and-a-half years into our existence … we are coming to the
point where we have our systems stabilized and we have more
product than we are selling,” said co-founder Michael Ableman.
“We are trying to marry a social goal with an agricultural goal, both of which have elements of the impossible about them,” said Ableman. “We are doing highly productive agriculture on pavement in the middle of the city and we’ve taken on a group of people who had no skills, many of whom hadn’t worked much more than a few months at a time, but we are finding ways to make all that work.”
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2014/05/26/vancouvers-urban-sole-food-farm-looks-to-open-retail-locations/ https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=832472680114472&set=vb.132737610087986&type=2&theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f306KTrIho4
2) Develop market for product
i) Community Garden Plots - ie. Rental plots for Urban core/Apartment dwellers A community garden typically provides growing space for residents who lack the yard space.
The concept is straightforward: provide a small patch of fertile soil and put it in the hands of
someone who wants to garden.
(a) Since 2008, about 150 plots are being used for organic gardening by local residents
at the Abbotsford Community Garden. At the time of writing this proposal, all plots
for 2015 were already allocated for the growing season.
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GOALS (CONTINUED…)
(b) Highland Community Church started their
community garden with 8 plots in 2009 and quickly
expanded to 50 plots. (pictured at right)
(c) Central Heights Community Church began with
approximately 15 plots last year, and have doubled
the number of plots for this year. It’s anticipated
there will be a doubling of the number of plots
again in the foreseeable future.
ii) Outreach Plots
(a) Shelters & Recovery Organizations One potential model for an ‘Outreach’ Plot is that a Recovery/Shelter organization provides individuals who supply volunteer/in-kind hours to a specific plot and some in-kind hours to the garden in general. The organization would be able to select which type of produce to grow in their plot.
(b) Food Bank Potentially, a similar structure to the above, OR have Community Donors sponsor a plot on behalf of the local Food Bank with the Food bank receiving the produce from the plot
(c) Others - tbd
iii) Sales plots The goal of the Sales plots is to achieve Economic Sustainability so the project can provide a wage for work experience in subsequent years. This could be accomplished by selling to:
(a) Farmer’s Market (b) Restaurants, (c) Theme Plots (eg. Pizza plot, Pumpkin Soup, Chimichurri, Fruit Salad, Smoothie Plot;
recipes provided)
Sole Food last year produced 20 tonnes of fruits and vegetables for 37 restaurant clients, 100
families who buy weekly vegetable baskets and their farmers market stands on 4.5 acres of land
in and around the Downtown Eastside. The farm employs 20 people with a variety of
employment challenges from the neighbourhood. Their recent expansion into a two-acre farm
site in downtown Vancouver was supported through in-kind and financial donations from a
variety of organizations including Vancity Credit Union, the Radcliffe Foundation, and Concord
Pacific (Vancity, 2012). https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-sole-food-grow--3
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GOALS (CONTINUED…)
3) Develop awareness of project i) Networking in Ist year
Initial contact with community members has begun. Priority is to develop a ‘Board of Advisors’
ii) Promotional & Educational Events in 2nd year and beyond
Children’s workshops (with some specific focus for Foodbank clientele)
Local chefs in cook-off using Foodbank supplies;
4) Create aesthetic for Term of project
NEEDS CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED: Location
Perimeter/Security Fencing
Planters: lumber, cardboard, newspaper, green & brown layers, compost, raw tree grindings,
Shed for tool/supply storage
Tools
Water Collection/Storage/Irrigation
Clean wash station
Compost setup
Latrine
Pergola for pumpkin/squash, strawberries
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Garden Project site before:
Google street view before, November 7, 2015
The activity on the site has turned a bare gravel lot …
2408 Montvue Avenue, Abbotsford Page 11 of 27
Garden Project site after: … a bare gravel lot turned into Abbotsford’s premier Urban Farm
Google street view after, November 2016
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Vancity Credit Union,
Blackwood Building Centre,
Healy Hay & Strawdust Supply,
Net Zero Waste,
Klassen Landscaping,
McConkey Arborist Services, and
City of Abbotsford
Community Support from:
have all contributed to the thriving start Page 13 of 27
Project Goals:
connect people to their food source
increase knowledge and experience with growing produce
provide skills development for the underemployed, and
become economically sustainable
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the site has 19 vegetable beds
each production bed
is: 16’ long x 4’ wide x 2’ deep
a combined total of
1206 sq. ft. of growing space
Site Specifics
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Lasagna Gardening
The garden beds used by the Garden Project were filled using a method called Lasagna Gardening.
A ‘Lasagna Garden’ is created by composting materials in layers in one spot. You can use whatever organic material is at hand. It will eventually all rot and provide a great soil for your plants.
It’s most effective if you alternate layers of:
1. Carbon (‘brown’ dried layer), and
2. Nitrogen (‘Green’ layer made of living material)
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The beds were layered using fall leaves, straw, grass clippings, and animal manures.
Only the top 6-8” is purchased topsoil.
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1st Season: marketed via weekly produce bins, and the Abbotsford Farm & Country Market
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Most popular is the Salad Blend with a mix of: Sunflower Shoots, Pea Shoots, Quinoa, Kale, and/or Asian Greens
Radish, Broccoli
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ACS Programs using
Garden Project site and/or produce
ESL
Best for Babies
Newcomers
Diversity (Adults w disabilities)
Youth Resource Centre (Community Service)
South Asian Community Resource Office
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Community interest in the Garden Project
Local Schools (K-12 classes)
Restorative Justice
Workshop participants
Gardeners
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City of Abbotsford’s support Use of Delair Rd. Greenhouse space for Microgreen production during winter months
Advice, planning & collaboration from City of Abbotsford’s Water Quality & Resource Coordinator
Proposed partnership for WaterWise workshops hosted by City
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