ACNA Newsletter January 2016

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Christmas Lights

Up Alpine VillageIn December, Karen and Ann took adrive around Alpine Village to take in

Christmas through our many neigh-

bours lovely light displays. They wanted

to share with you what they saw. Each

street had beautiful displays with white,

red, green and many other colours

decorating their yards and homes.

There was a beautifully decorated large

evergreen tree at 23 Gracefield, a nicelydecorated yard including a snow globe

at 101 Roberts and a lovely lit home

at 89 Roberts. Residents were invited

to take in the beautiful display at 108

Lucerne. Next winter, take your family

for a ride or a walk around the streets

of our Alpine neighbourhood and enjoy

the beauty of the season.

Thank you

Neighbour!Once again, Joe and Sandra

on Lucerne Drive held their

annual Halloween Haunted

House and Food Drive. Over

the past few years, they

have collected hundreds of

pounds of food for the Food

Bank of Waterloo Region.

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BeingSalt

SmartThis winter, cut back on the salt and not

only will you save money, you will be

helping our water supply. Heres how to

do it...

1. Shovel sooner than later. Let the

sun do more of the melting, when

you clear snow as soon as you

can so a snowy sidewalk doesnt

become an icy one.

2. Use salt alternatives like sand or

non-clumping kitty litter to createtraction.

3. Only use salt on icy areas and give

it time to work. A little goes a long

way and salt works best between

0C and -10C.

4. Wear winter boots with a good tread

to keep you safe and warm. We

cannot always expect bare pavement.

5. Prevent ice: Direct downspouts away

from walkways or driveways. Clean

eaves-troughs of leaves and other

debris. Keep storm drains clear.

Shovel unsalted snow to lower areas

or onto lawns to direct melting snow

away from paved areas. Dont push

snow back onto roads - please

shovel it onto private property.

For more information, check out

www.curbthesalt.ca

Winter Parkingand Snow

Clearing RulesA City of Kitchener bylaw requires residents to clear their sidewalks of snow and ice

within 24 hours after the end of a snowfall. Not clearing can result in a city crew

or sub-contractor clearing the sidewalk for you and billing you for $300 or more

depending on the size of your lot.

To help with snow removal on city streets, please place garbage and recycling in

the driveway area and NOT on the roadway on your collection day. In winter, please

make sure all items are at street level, either at the end of your driveway or on a

shovelled out flat area close to the curb. Waste items piled on snow banks will no

be collected.

If you cannot clear your walk due to health or mobility reasons there are agencieswho can help. The Working Centre 519-513-9225; Community Support Connections

519-772-8787; House of Friendship 519-742-8327. Fees and eligibility requirements

may apply.

Winter parking regulations are now in effect. Until March 31st, there is no parking

permitted on city streets between 2:30 am and 6:00 am. When a large snowfa

has happened or is predicted, a Snow Event may be declared and that prohibits on

street parking for all 24 hours of the specified day. This makes snow clearing easie

and faster. Vehicles found in violation may be ticketed ($80) and possibly towed

Call 519-741-2345to find your towed vehicle. You can learn about Snow Events

through the media, or sign up to get email notices at kitchener.ca/tagandtow
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Date:February 15, 2016

Time:3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Where: 100 Rittenhouse Road

The Country Hills Recreation Association

and the Alpine Community Neighbourhood

Association welcomes the community

for a FREE outdoor skate party with

entertainment and refreshments!

Volunteers are also wanted to help out

on the day of the event. Call Graham

Jeffery at 519-503-4795 to volun-teer. For more information regarding

our Family Day activities, contact the

Country Hills Community Centre office

at 519-741-2596.

If it is too warm/cold or if there is severe

weather, we might have to cancel

or change this event. Please refer to

the ACNA blog at http://alpine-cna.

blogspot.com/or call 519-741-2596

for updates.

If you can, please

bring non-perishable

food items to support

the Food Bank of

Waterloo Region.

Family DaySkate Party
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The budget process allows council to

prioritize the programs and services

delivered by the city and set direction

for the work to be completed over the

upcoming year. This process includes

consideration of the operating and cap-

ital budgets, public input, and then final

review and approval of the budget.

During the operating budget deliberations,

council considered funding for all of

the services the city provides as well

as funding the city provides to other

organizations. The proposed budget

focused on the consideration of three

priorities: (1) Keep current tax supported

city services at status quo. (2) Increase

investment in arms length organiza-

tions. (3) Increase investment in utilityinfrastructure.

Earlier in the year, council was provided

with a high-level summary of the

Accelerated Infrastructure Replacement

Program (AIRP). The primary objective

of AIRP is to prioritize and replace

underground city-owned assets (infra-

structure) before the end of its ability to

deliver service.

This not only helps to ensure that there

is limited disruptions or risk to the deliv-

ery of essential services, but proactivemaintenance also helps to prolong the

life cycle of our underground infrastruc-

ture. The increasingly frequent wate

main breaks are an example of wha

happens when the necessary invest-

ments to infrastructure dont occur

Therefore, I have spoken in support of

a balanced, but proactive approach to

investing in our hard infrastructure.

Please do contact me about any city or

ward related matters. I can be reachedby email at [email protected]

or call me at 519-741-2793.

Sincerely,

Councillor Paul Singh Ward 6

Dont Miss Any ofour Facebook PostingsMake sure you are seeing all of the postings for the Alpine Community

Neighbourhood Association Facebook group. Facebook does not automatically

place all the postings for the people/groups you Like in your home newsfeed.

Towards the top of the group page, you will see the word Notifications. Click

on it, and when the drop-down menu appears, click on All Posts. Then

youre done.

Are you anewcomer to

Canada who

wants to

learn English?

Conestoga College has FREEEnglishclasses for adult newcomers who wish

to improve their language skills for life,

for work and for further learning. Classes

are open for all levels from literacy to

CLB Level 8. New students can start at

any time (September to June). Full-time

or part-time learning is possible.

To be part of this program you must be

an adult (18 and older) who is a landed

immigrant, permanent resident or a

convention refugee to Canada.

Morning and afternoon classes are

offered at three locations:

Kitchener:800 King Street West,

3rd Floor. Tel: 519-886-3300

Waterloo:145 Lincoln Road, 2nd

Floor. Tel: 519-886-6749

Cambridge:150 Main Street, 1st

Floor. Tel: 519-740-8797

Child care may be available at theWaterloo or Cambridge locations.

For more information contact the

Kitchener Language Instruction for

Newcomers to Canada (LINC) office

at 519-886-3300. People interested in

classes need to have their English ca-

pability assessed in order to determine

their starting level.
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Webs i t e : http ://alp ine-cna .blogspot .com/

Fac ebook group : Alp ine Commun ity Ne ighbourhood Assoc iat ion

JENNY BOURKENEWSLETTER LAYOUT

[email protected]

GRAHAM JEFFERYPRESIDENT OF ACNA

519-503-4795 [email protected]

ACNAWho Are We?We are the neighbourhood association for the area bounded by Block Line Road,

Homer Watson Blvd., Strasburg Road and Ottawa Street. Anyone living within these

boundaries is welcome to join. We volunteer to ensure a better social, economic

and business climate in the neighbourhood. We publish this newsletter, organize

events, provide our neighbours with useful information, and focus on problems inthe neighbourhood. We meet once a month except July and August, usually the

first Tuesday of each month, in the Alpine Public School library, at 7:00 pm. Feel free

to come to a meeting! For more information, call Graham Jeffery 519-503-4795.

Come Join Us atOur Upcoming

MeetingsBelow are the dates of our regular

monthly meetings until June 2016.

These meetings will be atAlpine Public

School, 75 Lucerne Dr., in the library.

At each meeting we discuss the ACNA

events we plan each year and issuesthat affect our neighbourhood. We also

get updated on some City of Kitchener

events and services. AND you can bring

municipal issues of concern to you, so

we can discuss them at the meeting.

The meeting dates are all Tuesdaysand

start at 7:00 pm. Please be on time,

as we cannot leave the schools main

door unlocked after the meeting starts.

January 5th

February 2nd March 1st

April 5th

May 3rd June 7th

What can you

do to be more

involved in yourneighbourhood? Come out to our monthly meetings.

We enjoy getting together. We plan

events, discuss issues of concern,

exchange information.

Tell us what you want in this news-

letter, suggest a topic, or write

something yourself; perhaps an

interesting story you want to share. Pay a special tribute to a neighbour,

through the newsletter, blog or

Facebook page.

Get involved in our events - like our

Earth Day Cleanup, or the events

we organize with the Country Hills

Recreation Association.

Join our Facebook page and

contribute there.

Help us deliver the newsletter. Its avolunteer effort! Four times a year

and no more than a few dozen

copies for each person to deliver.
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