COAL CREEK HISTORIC PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE
August 24, 2010 MINUTES

Present: Flo Bell, Marie Lowe, Carol Snaden, Imogene Lim, Joyce Lowe, May Gee, John Leung, Josephine Peyton, Grace Doherty, David Durrant

1.Motion to approve the agenda. (John/Imogene). Carried.

2. Motion to adopt the July 27 meeting minutes, as corrected: as revised: date of this meeting given as August 31. (Carol/May). Carried.

3. Unfinished Business
a. Picnic shelter update - Advertising has been completed and bids received and reviewed by Village. The Successful bidder and Village Corporate Services Manager now reviewing the contract. Once signed by both parties the project will proceed. One of the provisions is completion of the picnic shelter by October 1, 2010. The group thanked David for his work on this.

b. Piped water to both sites- No response from Public Works yet.

c. Purchase of Saito House - There was considerable discussion as to options to move forward on this purchase including potential sources of funding, involvement of VIU students and partnership possibilities
MOTION: That Coal Creek Historic Park Advisory Committee approach the Cumberland Museum to explore the possibility of a partnership wit the Village to acquire and manage the Saito House. (Flo/Imogene). Carried.


5. New Business
a. Hanson Lau Travel/ Jack Chow family visits- Grace and John met with Mr. Lau and his bus tour group on August 14. His company is interested in donating to the picnic shelter and he will endeavor to raise $2,000 to complete our funding needs. He mentioned his wish to have their lunch break in Cumberland rather than going to a restaurant in Courtenay but failure so far to attract a local business to provide what he would bill as a "miner's lunch": simple fare at a reasonable price. He also lamented the lack of adequate washroom facilities. Flo described the lunches that the O.A.P. has provided for Ron Bannerman's tours in the past and suggested approaching the OAP with this. There are also washrooms.

ACTON: Grace will approach O.A.P. and Mr. Lau.

John, May and Joyce attended the 17-member Chow family visit to Chinatown on August 15. Jack Chow grew up in Chinatown, his family running the Chow Lee General Store. The family were appreciative of the time spent hosting them and bought several t-shirts.

6. Next Meeting: September 28

7. Motion to adjourn (Imogene)



Grace Doherty