Cardigan Communities Development Association

Agenda Cardigan Communities Development Association Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 Cardigan Fire Hall 7PM... Social distancing will be in affect and the seating will be arranged accordingly Meeting will be live streamed on Facebook - Cardigan Communities Development Associations Facebook page Minutes of latest meeting Treasurers report Items Cardigan Walking Trail - Marcus King Speaker Cardigan Water and Sewer - Tom Hartland Speaker Heat energy generation for the village New Cardigan Waterfront Park Update on Cardigan fish hatchery upgrades Cardigan wharf lease Kayak building update CCDA membership applications available Questions and comments, ideas from the floor Meeting Adjourned

Hi everyone, All of our spots for the meeting next week are full! If you have received a confirmation from us you are on the list to attend. Thank you for your interest everyone!

Hi everyone, Just a correction on the last post, we have a permit to allow 30 people to attend the meeting, not 50. We are not at that number yet, but we would like to correct this! Everyone who has sent a message or has commented is still confirmed to be attending. Sorry for the confusion!

We have good news! Our application for a permit to allow for up to 30 people to attend the meeting next Wednesday at the fire hall has been approved! Please do let us know if you plan on attending so that we can print enough agendas and have enough seating for everyone. In the next few days we will post our agenda here on Facebook for the meeting. Thank you for your interest everyone!

Hi everyone! Just a bit of an update on our meeting planned for September 2nd. We have applied for a permit from the province to allow for more people to attend the meeting in person! We will keep you updated as to whether or not it gets approved. The CCDA encourages and appreciates all productive feedback at our meetings and we are hoping to have everyone attend in person who wishes to do so!

Hi everyone, Unfortunately we have no more spots left for people to attend the meeting on September second. Just a reminder that we will have a live stream and would love to have people participate online!

Hi everyone! We are happy to announce that our next CCDA meeting will be Wednesday, September 2nd at 7pm! It will be live streamed from the Cardigan Fire Hall . We will have someone running the live stream so that any questions our viewers at home have can be answered at the meeting! We have 11 spots open for people to attend in person, please send us a message to reserve your spot. The agenda will be posted here, on our Facebook page, shortly! Hope you can all attend, either in person or virtually!

Hi everyone, At the AGM held in June, the idea of a meeting to elect new board members was brought up. Unfortunately, due to by-law 5 of the constitution, this meeting can not be held. The election of new board members can only be done at the AGM according to this part of the constitution. This being said, we are planning to hold a quarterly meeting in September. Hope to see you all then!

Hi everyone, Just a little update on our community garden, plots 3 and 4 have been taken! There are still plots available, so if you or anyone you know would like one, please contact us by phone at +1 (902) 330-6900 or sign up at the post office in Cardigan. We have also recently planted 4 milkweed plants that are now home to 4 monarch butterflies, how gorgeous!

The CCDA have found the constitution and related documents, and distributed them to a those who attended our last meeting , and posted them on our Facebook site. With phase 4 of the opening up process coming up shortly, where there will likely be room for larger groups, we can now look at our next meeting, and invite more members to join and elect more board members. We can try to set a date in July for our next meeting. We will post this date on our Facebook and at the Cardigan post office. Please let CCDA know if that is acceptable and we will tentatively set the date with in the next couple of weeks. Again we invite new members in the C0A 1G0 to join us, with their thoughts, and ideas for our area. Please use our Facebook site, or email [email protected] Your opinion counts, thank you.

CCDA constitution https://app.luminpdf.com/viewer/5ee3a518ec58220013097b01

Meeting minutes of our June 4th, 2020 AGM. Thank you everyone who joined us. https://docs.google.com//1ZruHTYMJT-BAZCKHM3iXi28irne/edit

Hello, Weve made accommodations for five more people to join us at the Heritage Center this evening. If you would like to attend, please comment on THIS post. We will still live stream the event. Note: Wed also like to let everyone know that we will not be electing any new board members at this meeting since it is unlikely we will have our full quorum. We will still be addressing queries from those attending and those watching online.

Hello all, The CCDA has sent out all the information to members and guests that the meeting is at the Heritage center and they have prepared for it. We didnt anticipate so much interest in the AGM this time around. Thank you for all your interest in CCDA activities. We hope to live stream the meeting on our Facebook site with the opportunity for people who cannot attend to have the CCDA board answer their questions. We hope all of our 5 guests will join the CCDA tomorrow ni...ght and one will have the opportunity to join the board at the meeting. At our next quarterly meeting another two board positions will be elected . Anyone interested must join the CCDA forehand, share CCDA's mission to make the Cardigan Communities a better place to live, and commit to work toward that goal. We thank the members of the Cardigan Fire brigade for offering their space, and will certainly take advantage of it for our next meeting. In the meantime hopefully we can answer your questions on line tomorrow. You may also may be able to channel your questions to our guests : Janice Macintyre, Suzie McIntyre, Patti MacKenzie, Bradford Campbell, and Pauline Kelly. The minutes of tomorrow's meeting will also be posted on our Facebook page in the next few days. You will have the opportunity to ask any further questions or give the CCDA you comments, online, all of which will be addressed. Thank you all for your interest. -John Macdonald President of CCDA. See more

Here is the agenda for our Annual General Meeting that will be on Thursday, June 4th at 7pm. AGM Thursday June 4th at 7 pm Cardigan Heritage Center ( social distancing in effect ) ... Greetings from the president and welcome of interested people. Introduction of present Board Members, and election of new board members. Minutes from last board meeting. Report from the president on CCDA activities from 2019/2020. a) Results of the CCDA on line survey , by survey monkey, handouts to board and those present. b) Cardigan Wharf lease issues with Three Rivers Administration,wharf rentals, tour boat service. c)Waterfront Park issue and new Kayak building, missing CCDA trees, action. d)Cardigan Community Gardens initiative. e)Ball field, and confederation trail parking, sinage new location, rational. f)New three Rivers web site shortcomings, no local public input. g)Readers Digest Article on Cardigan. h)Other projects moving forward i)public input, flyers vs Facebook CCDA exposure Committee Report from Executive Director. a) Best practices moving forward for CCDA in the Covid 19 era. b) Legal and liability issues and implications. c) Prioritizing operating measures, and risks . Treasurers report a) costs of projects completed( Volunteers 5 young people at Community Garden ) as well as donations, Gordon MacDonald.John MacDonald b) balance in Bank Account. c)RRRF interest free loan. Due in 2023, up to 40,000.00 may be available and explore the possibility of investing. Discussion concerning strategic planning for the coming year , with audience participation. Invitation for new members to join CCDA. Closing comments, and thanks to those attending this meeting.

One of our newest projects is a community garden! It has five organically fertilized plots available for anyone who would like to start gerdening. Here is the sign up sheet that is currently posted at the post office in Cardigan! If interested, please sign up there or call (902) 330-6900.

A few weeks ago there was an online survey that was made to inquire about the interests of Cardigan and the surrounding communities. We have received the results and are pleased to share them with you! Questions: 1. "The Cardigan Community presently has no presence on the Three Rivers website. Would You like to have Cardigan and our area given exposure on the Three Rivers website?" Answers: Yes- 100% No- 0%... 2. "The Cardigan Waterfront project has been sidelined by the Three Rivers administration in spite of approval by Three Rivers council. Would You like to work recommence this Spring on the Cardigan Waterfront Park (overlooking the marina)?" Answers: Yes- 89.47% No- 10.53% 3. "CCDA has concerns about the quality of the water in the Cardigan River and our environment. Would You like the CCDA to continue working with government and environmental agencies to ensure we live in an environmentally safe area?" Answers: Yes- 84.21% No- 15.59% 4. "Do You support a 100% government funded study to identify Cardigan Village's present and future clean water and sewer needs?" Answers: Yes- 73.68% No- 26.32% 5. "There are presently no public disabled parking spots in Cardigan Village. Do You support having a disabled parking space on the Cardigan bridge north end beside the board walk, gazebo and waterfront park?" Answers: Yes- 84.21% No- 15.79% 6. "The parking lot at the Farmers Market can be easily and inexpensively expanded. Do You support expanding the parking lot at the Farmers Market to accommodate disabled parking and also provide direct access (parking) to the Confederation Trail?" Answers: Yes- 94.74% No- 5.26% 7. "CCDA has proposed laying a fine gravel walkway for the disabled, carriages, children and all others to the Farmers Market, Village playground and Confederation Trail. Are You in favour of this project?" Answers: Yes- 89.42% No- 10.53% 8. " CCDA in working with our local Legion administration, has proposed placing signage at the commemorative Vimy Ridge Tree at the Cardigan War Veterans Memorial. Do You agree with this effort?" Answers: Yes- 94.74% No- 5.26% 9. "CCDA has proposed to place three (not large) directional signs in Cardigan for visiting ball teams and visitors who often can't located the Cardigan ball fields. Do You agree with this proposal?" Answers: Yes- 100% No- 0% These results will be used in making decisions on further projects in the community. Thank you to everyone who has shared their opinions!

We would like to inform everyone that the Annual General Meeting for the Cardigan Communities Development Association will be held on Thursday June 4th at 7pm. It will be held at the Heritage Center which will allow for social distancing. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is limited seating for visitors. Call 902 330 6900 if you would like to attend.

Cardigan Communities Development Association is a registered non profit organization in good standing within the Province of PEI. CCDA's objective is to provide a vehicle to improve our communities by identifying issues and projects through a democratic public voting procedure by adult residents of Cardigan and surrounding areas in the C0A 1G0 postal zone. Our democratic, one resident, one vote system applies to all our decisions, where the majority rules. CCDA will then prop...erly represent your decisions to government and funding agencies to move forward. CCDA has been in existence for over 30 years and has produced, among with other smaller projects, development of the Cardigan waterfront, marina, Heritage center, and Canada's smallest library. We hold semi monthly well attended meetings where residents are always given the opportunity to discuss community projects, ideas, comments, environmental issues, and any subject to improve our communities. The CCDA is a vital community group that can identify these issues with the input of area residents. Community groups like ourselves are an integral part of the new Three Rivers amalgamation. The CCDA developed it's own Facebook site to keep residents abreast of current and past developments. CCDA will be offering an independent survey in early March , on line for residents, to consider and vote upon. It will be designed in a simple yes or no format. This fully democratic method gives every adult resident an opportunity to state their position on any subject that has been brought up. This impartial survey will be available on line in early March from our Facebook site. The results will be posted shortly after our next meeting on Thursday, April 23rd at 7 pm at Cardigan Fire Hall , seniors room. You may also complete the survey in person at this meeting. NOTE: Only Island residents with the postal code C0A1G0 will be able to complete this survey. CCDA wants to hear from you. We appreciate your participation moving forward. Thank you. Cardigan Communities Development Association on Facebook: www.Facebook.com/cardiganpei