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Minutes - Dow’s Lake Residents Association (DLRA)January 2026

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Minutes - Dow’s Lake Residents Association (DLRA)
 

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 8pm
Exec attendees: Meghan Watkinson (President), Joey Montpellier (VP), Rebecca van Gijn (Secretary)

Absent: Carmen Sanchez (Membership Coordinator), Brian Carroll (Treasurer), Monica Olney
(Director-at-large)

Other attendees: Sandra Dollin, Martha Quan and Pamela Jones
 

1. Social Committee

  • To consider Bar Robo at Clemow.  They serve food and drinks and are in the neighbourhood.  Might sell tickets to ensure commitment and use it to buy appetizers. 
  • Date of Social Event: Sunday, February 22nd.

2. Traffic Report (tabled) update

  • All present agreed that presenting the information at the same time as collectionby the street reps was a good plan. 
  • We will present the information at the AGM in addition to the street reps sharing the information. 
  •  Looking for more members for the Traffic Committee. 

3. Membership

  • Hoping to finalize this year’s membership with GCA as soon as possible and if we have too much trouble we may need to withhold our cash funds next year until it’s sorted.

4. NCC

  • Reminder to Monica (who was absent) to ask about the snow clearing that was discussed at a previous meeting.
  • A request to find out what they are building at Lakeview/Queen Elizabeth was brought forward. 

5. Next DLRA meetings

  • February 10th
  • March 10th
  • April 14th
  • AGM May 25th
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