Winter Registration Night is January 8, 2014, from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. in the Holliston Multipurpose Room (MPR), 1511 Louise Avenue (please use main entrance off Louise). A membership fee of $10.00/individual or family per year is re-quired to participate in programs. HCA does however honour other community association memberships.

We will make every effort to have the information on the HCA website prior to registration day. There will also be updat-ed program information sheets at the registration night. For further program details and updates please consult the HCA website at: www.hollistoncommunityassociation.com

Class Location Time Dates FeeAdult (18 years+)Low Impact Aerobics Studio One - Jackson Ave 9-10am M/Th TBABeginner Yoga Holliston School - MPR 7-8pm M Jan 13-Mar 24 $50Beginner Yoga Holliston School - MPR 8-9pm Th Jan 16-Mar 27 $50Intermediate Yoga Holliston School - MPR 7:30-8:30pm W Jan 15-Mar 26 $50Beginner Pilates Holliston School - MPR 7-8pm Tu Jan 14-Mar 25 $50

Intermediate Pilates Holliston School - MPR 8:15-9:15pm Tu Jan 14-Mar 18 $50Zumba Holliston School - MPR 6:45-7:45pm M Jan 13-Mar 24 $50Zumba Holliston School - Gym 8-9pm W Jan 15-Mar 26 $50

All AgesLearn to Knit/Crochet Holliston School - LRC 7-8pm Th Jan 16-Mar 27 $20

We would like to remind members of the Holliston Community that if covering the cost of program fees for you or your child is a challenge, please contact the HCA or any member of the HCA Executive, regarding your concern prior to registration so that you may participate in a program. The KidSport program is available to families that are on a low income, unemployed, or currently receiving income support through provincial government. KidSport considers social and economic barriers facing the child’s family when determining eligibility. Grants are for children and youth up to 18 years of age. Financial support is available up to $750 per child per calendar year (January-December) towards sport registration fees and, in some cases, equipment. Applications must be submitted before the start date of the sport activity. Priority will be given to subsidization of participation/registration fees. Costs related to dance, camps, travel, championships, high performance, etc. do not qualify.

The Snow Angels Program was launched in 2007 to raise awareness of the need to help neighbours when clearing snow from sidewalks, especially if they’re elderly or have health or mobility restrictions. If your neighbour is elderly, has health concerns or mobility restrictions, lend a hand by clearing their sidewalks. And when clearing side-walks, please exercise caution and care, especially during extremely cold weather.

If you receive help from your neighbour, nominate them as a “Snow Angel.” Email the Snow Angels Program or write your story to Public Works, City of Saskatoon, 222 – 3rd Avenue North, Saskatoon SK S7K 0J5, along with the name and address of your Snow Angel. The City will send an anonymous thank-you to the Snow Angel, and enter them into monthly prize draws made this winter.

Check our website for program updates, important community dates and events, and links including our Facebook page:

www.hollistoncommunityassociation.com

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Happy New Year!

I hope you have all had a good Holiday season. In this update I will touch on the 2014 Budget and the Infill Guideline situation.

Budget 2014We completed the bud-geting process in early December and passed the highest tax increase that I have seen – 7.4%. This will result in about $108 more per year ($9 a month) in property tax for a home worth $300,000. I don’t take it lightly that we introduced this increase. I believe that the increase in investment is needed to avoid paying even higher costs down the road if we allow our infrastructure to deteriorate further, but I also think that it compels us to make changes to how we do things to avoid these kind of increases into the future.

This will mean doing a meaningful re-view of our operations through empow-ering our staff, utilizing technology, and being willing to rethink our services in order to make the best of the resources we already have. The recent street sweeping overhaul was one example of how we can improve things.

Second, as I have said before, we have to change the way we are growing our City. Our own analysis is show-ing very clearly that right now growth is not paying for growth. The new neighbourhoods we are adding to the outside edges of the City simply don’t cover the costs of what it takes to pro-vide transit, fire, police, street sweep-ing, park maintenance, and transporta-tion infrastructure to keep them vital.

Saskatoon City Council notes

WARD 6 COUNCILLOR CHARLIE CLARK

Holliston Community

Association would like to

recognize good deeds

done in our community! Do you have a neighbour that deserves recognition? Has your neighbour contrib-uted to enhancing the Holliston Community bonds? Does your neighbour make Holliston a great community to live in? Please drop us an email at hollistonca@hotmail.com and tell us in a paragraph what your nominee has done and why you feel they should be recognized. Please include name and contact information for both you and your nominee. Holliston Community Association will choose one nominee at random to win a prize, and feature some of these good neighbour stories on our website to highlight what great com-munity members we have living in Holliston.

   

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Channeling growth into a more compact form and building a transportation system that provides convenient alterna-tives to residents will be crucial to curtailing tax increases into the future.

I am as convinced as ever that we won’t be able to both keep taxes low and build urban sprawl. I see no benefit in pitting suburban neighbourhoods against urban neighbor-hoods, this is not my intent. What we need to do is take a look at these real costs and figure out as a whole City what the best growth model will be into the future. This will be the focus of some very crucial planning over the next year as part of the “Growing Forward: Shaping our City” planning process. More information can be found on my website or the City of Saskatoon website.

Infill GuidelinesThe Infill Guideline process is moving forward and we have received the report developed with recommendations on guidelines for how to ensure new builds in old neighbour-hoods fit in better and cause less harm to surrounding resi-dents. The document contains several key recommendations for protecting existing trees, ensuring that proper drainage plans are established, reducing the height of the sidewalls of new houses, and a number of other recommendations about the form that a building could take. The report also recommends that garden and garage suites be allowed on a case by case basis after consultation, and that the City consider allowing up to 4 units to be developed on corner lots.

Now that the recommendations have been received, the details need to be worked out and formed into a bylaw. There is a plan for a public meeting in the New Year to give people a chance to understand and discuss the recom-mendations further. I have put a link to the whole report on my website at www.charlieclark.ca

If you want to get information on when this meeting will be or about other issues affecting Ward 6 and the City, please consider signing up to my E-newsletter which I send out about 3 times a month. You can sign up easily through my website at www.charlieclark.ca

All the best! Charlie Clark

Holliston Community Association We are always looking for new blood and would love to have you on board! We are willing to assist any new individuals that come forward to fill these vital roles in our community. Executive meets monthly, program coordinators are needed by sea-son. For more information please email Kelly at: hollistonca@hotmail.com

President Kelly MacsymicVice-President VacantPast-President Doug MaurerTreasurer Laura WilliamsSecretary Julia DrabbleAdult Indoor Coordinator Susan BahreyNewsletter Coordinator Kelly MacsymicPreschool Coorindator Kimberly LittleEvents Coordinator Sarah RossSocccer Coordinator Bridget Shannon-WobeserBasketball Coordinator Leah HeilmanRink Coordinator Brad FarmerMember at large Linda Seibel

For more information on the Holliston Community Association Preschool please contact Kimberly Little at (306)665-1330 or

kim.little@sasktel.net for more details.

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Mischief can be afoot in any neighbourhood. Here are a few tips to spot suspicious activity and what to do if you suspect something is not right.

SIGNS OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY• Someone that you do not know is entering a neighbour’s yard and then disappearing.• Someone that you do not know is parking a vehicle and walking an unreasonable dis-tance away for no reason.• A door-to-door canvasser or salesperson is only going to houses that appear to have no one at home.

REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITYCall 975-8300 to report what you see:• Speak slowly and clearly• Give the location of the activity• Give descriptions of persons including height, weight, clothing, gender, etc.• Give a description of the vehicle • Give the direction of travel of persons or vehicles involved

Making Our Neighbourhood Safer