Date Range

1985-2006

Description Level

Fonds

Creator

Victoria Park Neighbourhood Association

Physical Description

39 cm of textual records; 23 photographic prints; 26 color slides

History Biographical

The Victoria Park Neighbourhood Association was formed in 1990, as a way to engage people in the Victoria Park neighbourhood with other residents and to “preserve, maintain, and enhance the present residential nature and cultural atmosphere of the area”. It covers the boundaries of “6th Avenue South from 13th Street South to Mayor Magrath Drive. South on Mayor Magrath Drive to the lane between 12th and 13th Avenues South to the lane between 13th and 12th “C” Streets South. North on the lane to the South side of 9th Avenue South. East on 9th Avenue South to 13th Street South. North on 13th Street South to 6th Avenue South”. According to their Bylaws and administrative notes, all residents of the Victoria Park Neighbourhood 18 years and older may be eligible for application to the Association. Their Board of Directors consists of seven elected people from the neighbourhood and they may serve a two-year term on the Board. Their President presides over the rest of the Board and all of their meetings. They have a Secretary and Treasurer on their committee. The Society holds annual meetings around the 31st of March each year, and general meetings may be called by any member of the Board or President, and notification of meetings are given through the Lethbridge Herald. The Objectives of the Victoria Park Neighbourhood Association included, “To maintain close liaison with the City of Lethbridge at all administrative levels. To participate with the City of Lethbridge in the creation of overall development plan for the neighbourhood. To discuss, influence and have direct input on all matters of zoning and development in the Victoria Park area.” The Association was active against commercial development in their neighbourhood and were vocal supporters of keeping their neighbourhood quiet, family-oriented and strictly residential. Paul Kenwood served as the President of the Association from the early 1990s, and it is believed he continued in the position through the mid-2000s. The Victoria Park Neighbourhood Association later merged and became the London Road Neighbourhood Association.

Scope and Content

2020.1039/001: Victoria Park Membership List and Miscellaneous Building Rentals. 1993-1998. 2020.1039/002: Bylaws – Administrative Record, Meeting Minutes, “List of Officers & directors of the society”, Objectives, etc. 1992-1995. 2020.1039/003: Information on Building a Playground in Neighbourhood, Meeting Minutes, Neighbourhood Street Plans. 1991-1999. 2020.1039/004: Audited Income Statements. 1992-1994. 2020.1039/005: Financial Records and Correspondences. 1990-1993. 2020.1039/006: Membership Application Forms. Provides names of some members of the Association. 1995. 2020.1039/007: Booklets and Neighbourhood Plans on Redevelopment. 2001. 2020.1039/008: ‘Hospitals Area Redevelopment Plan’ maps, Site development Correspondences, Housing and Land Use District Information. 23 photographic prints. 1991-2003. 2020.1039/009: Victoria Park Neighbourhood Area Plan: Implementation and Design Booklets, and Executive Summary. 199-? 2020.1039/010: Correspondences about Various Building Constructions, Proposed Amendments to Bylaws, and Proposed Neighbourhood Area Plans. 1994-2005. 2020.1039/011: Proposed Neighbourhood Area Plan – expanded. 199-? 2020.1039/012: St. Michael’s Health Centre Redevelopment Parking Review Materials. 1997-1999. 2020.1039/013: Community Concerns over Various Development Proposals. Letters, correspondences and other materials expressing community member concerns about commercial and residential development in the Victoria Park Neighbourhood. 1990-2006. 2020.1039/014: Westminster Neighbourhood Area Redevelopment Plan and “Summary Document Hospitals Area Redevelopment Plan: Analysis, Evaluation and Preliminary Position”. 1985-1990. 2020.1039/015: St. Michael’s Health Center Redevelopment: Design Development Report. 1998. 2020.1039/016: Original By-laws of the Victoria Park Neighbourhood Association. 198-? 2020.1039/017: Victoria Park Area Redevelopment Plan Potential Redevelopment Strategies. 1990-1991. 2020.1039/018: Accounting. 1991-1997. 2020.1039/019: Committee Lists, Maps, Newspaper Articles. 1990-1991. 2020.1039/020: City of Lethbridge Planning Department: Hospitals Area Redevelopment Plan. 1990-1991. 2020.1039/021: General Meeting Minutes and Info, Facility Bookings, Gilbert Patterson Community School Materials. 26 color slides. 1990-1998. 2020.1039/022: Minutes: Executive, Advisory-General Meetings. 1990-1992. 2020.1039/023: Miscellaneous – includes Correspondences, Media List and Executive Committee Lists. 1990-1992. 2020.1039/024: St. Michael’s Demolition and Reconstruction. 1991. 2020.1039/025: Miscellaneous – Goals and Tasks of Committee booklet, and more on the Hospital Redevelopment Issue. 1991. 2020.1039/026: Steering Committee. Letters, correspondences, notes and meeting minutes about the Steering Committee working with the Association and their concerns about redevelopment in their neighbourhood. 1990-1992. 2020.1039/027: Correspondence – Neighbourhood Liaison Committee, City of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Regional Hospital, etc. 1991-2002? 2020.1039/028: Newsletters. Community newsletters. 1991-1994. 2020.1039/029: Miscellaneous Membership forms and Income Statement. 1993-1994. 2020.1039/030: Member List as of 11.19.92. 1992-1994. 2020.1039/031: Society Returns. Correspondences and notes from the Association’s barrister, de Walle & McDonald. 1992-1996. 2020.1039/032: Miscellaneous Letters and Membership Forms. 1992-1997. 2020.1039/033: Administrative Records – Directors Meeting Minutes, Correspondences, Formation of the Association Information, etc. 1990. 2020.1039/034: Strategies For Gaining Community Acceptance Participant Workbook. Workshop put on by the City of Lethbridge in April 2004. 2004. 2020.1039/035: London Road Neighbourhood Area Redevelopment Plan – booklet. 1991. 2020.1039/036: General Miscellaneous Information on “Societies”. Information about forming a Society and rules and guidelines for Societies in Alberta. 1990-1994.

Accession No.

20201039

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