2 THE VOICE, THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 EDITOR MICHAEL LYLYK tlarge Cultural centre In development The Jewish community is consulting groups to discuss the future of its 60-year-old building By SERENA PATTAR Greater Vancouver (JCCGV), in South Vancouver, may be stepping into the lucrative housing-develop- ment market. The centre, on Oak Street and West 41st Avenue, is adjacent to the Oakridge Transit Centre (OTC), a stor- age and maintenance facility for Trans- Link buses. The OTC is planned for re- development as a residential and commercial site, with several multi- storey buildings. According to the OTC policy page, The JCCGV currently is zoned for “a community centre with recreational, cultural, service and administrative functions.” Eldad Goldfarb said, the executive director of the JCCGV, they are look- ing to expand the site to provide more services, as well as include residenc- es—likely apartments—that would grow the community. She said the plan is in its early stages with nothing con- crete in place. The community that uses the JCC- GV is being made part of the conversa- tion around the current planning pro- cess, according to Goldfarb. “We are consulting our members, supporters, and other community or- ganizations that share our space. The aim is to determine what the ideal JC- CGV of the future would potentially look and feel like,” she said. Goldfarb said that along the Canada Line, the city is seeing an inevitable shift in planning and redevelopment, like the new residential towers being built down the street at Oakridge Cen- tre. “The JCCGV will undergo changes even if it tried to stay exactly the same,” she said. Susan Haid, the assistant director of planning of Vancouver South, is opti- mistic that an appropriate solution that benefits both the community and the JCCGV will be reached. “[Rezoning] represents an opportunity to renew and expand an existing social, cultural and recreational facility and to provide new affordable housing,” Haid said. The JCCGV is nearly 60 years old, and both the community and the city hope it will stand for another 60 plus years through the rezoning, Goldfarb and Haid said. Se CAMPUS PUB, continued from page 1 But the cost may just be too high for Langara to even consider it says John Flipse, general manager of The High- land, the campus pub at Simon Fraser University. Flipse said The Highland has run an approximate deficit of $3 million since 2008. He said this is not unusual for campus pubs. “Very few, if any campus pubs make money,” Flipse said. “There are just too many costs going into it.” The only reason the pub survives, Flipse said, is because the student union subsidizes it through student fees. Tyler Dixon, a student in Langa- ra’s peace and conflict studies pro- gram, said this is something he wouldn’t be willing to do. “T wouldn’t want to pay additional fees just to have a pub on campus,” Dixon said. “Right now, the current setup is fine for what I’m looking for.” Te: Jewish Cultural Centre of Go to Langaravoice.ca for a map of pubs close by with student friendly pricing. Painting faces on pumpkins Langara students go to a farm with activities to raise funds By JASON HAMILTON ith Halloween right around the Were: families headed out to the pumpkin patch over the weekend. But instead of carving out spooky faces, they’re putting them on with paint. Langara College business and recre- ation students got creative on Saturday Oct. 24, with the event ‘PumpkinArt- 4Animals’. Even in the rainy weather, around 50 families showed up at South- lands Heritage Farm to participate in pumpkin painting activities. Musicians played live music as hens wan- dered freely. The students came up with the idea for an event with the BC SPCA that was fo- cusing on aware- ness for farm animals. “Tt just kind of fits,” said Langara College student Aaron Ko, “a work- ing farm that is get- ting in- volved with the animals and is giving back to the group that helps — support animal welfare.” The students orga- nized the event in the ‘management of communi- ty event and festivals’ course, which is an online class. The Mp, class had multiple ideas, s. but when they settled on \. fundraising at the } \ farm, everything _\, started coming to- t \ gether said event \ coordinator Kori Hawksby. , “One idea fell through, but when we moved our event from the skating rink to the farm it makes sense to work with the BC SPCA,” Hawksby said. She said that it’s Farm Awareness month and the BC SPCA was happy to work with the stu- dents and farm that was animal friend- ly. “Any time our name or our logo is being used, then we ask for approval.” said Tess Repenning, coordinator for community fundraising at BC SPCA. Repenning says this happens for a cou- ple of reasons, if money is involved and to make sure that event planned are in line with what the organization ™. does. For a non-profit organi- - ~. zation like BC SPCA, that can’t organize events _ all the time due to “th, \ lack of funding, : \, they’re happy to ' »\ see students ‘learn to do things for a good cause. “It’s awe- some, were so happy to g eit groups from the school doing events and fund- raising,” she said. T he event raised $910 and all proceeds will go to the BC SPCA. Go to LangaraVoice.ca for our video of the event. 66 A working farm that is getting involved with the animals and is giving back to the group that helps support animal welfare AARON KO LANGARA COLLEGE BUSINESS STUDENT Pumpkin faces were painted on, instead of carved, like this one by Christine Tetreault. TONY SU photo The bike licensing cycle has begun A conversation the city is having about cycling law is getting groups upset By TESSA VIKANDER city councillor, who has been critical of Vision Vancouver's bike lanes, says that city hall as complains from citizens over cyclist accountability. Coun. Melissa De Genova, of the Non-Partisan Association, put a motion forward last Tuesday asking staff to look into a program that would require visible identification for cyclists. De Genova has suggested a licence plate that will also help assist the Vancouver Police Department in returning stolen bicycles. “We've put millions of dollars into the infrastructure [for cycling], we need to consider what are we doing to make sure cyclists, pedestrians and motorists can coexist in harmony,” De Genova said. Erin O’Melinn , executive director of HUB, a Vancouver cycling coalition, doesn’t support the idea. “It’s ineffective, costly, and it deters other people from cycling,” O’Melinn said, “De Genova wants to improve road safety and bike theft recovery, and I don’t think that this is the right way.” According to O’Melinn, increased municipal funding for cycling educa- tion would help with cyclist account- ability in order to reduce theft and ease the process of returning stolen bikes. De Genova’s motion states that a li- censing program would be in line with The Motor Vehicle Act of B.C., “a per- son operating a bicycle has the same rights and duties as a driver of a vehi- cle.” Mark Allerton, Vancouver software architect and cyclist, said that licens- ing has not worked anywhere else, and is almost certain staff will find the idea unfeasible. “Coun. De Genova is more interested in being seen to ask the question than she is in knowing the answer,” he said. De Genova said Vancouver could be a leader on licensing. “Maybe we start with mandatory education. I think we need to start look- ing at this now... all that we are seeing is conflict between motorists, cyclists and pedestrians,” she said. it failed 1 San Diego - drawn no revenue for city departments in three years 2 Seattle - couldn't maintain the program due to the cost of record keeping 3 Ottawa - decided against. The pro- gram would cost $100k but would only bring in $40k Source: ChicagoMag.com A cyclist rides through the Langara cam- pus following bicycle safety laws. TESSA VIKANDER photo