Enmax hosted two public information sessions about the Central Calgary Transmission Line Replacement Project (CCTL) on December 6th and 10th.  About 90 people attended both sessions in total.  At these sessions Enmax was only looking for input from the public including on routing options.  Enmax indicated that buried lines are more expensive than aboveground lines.  To address this the WHMCA Power Line committee has suggested that if an aboveground component is required that it be routed along the south side of 16th Avenue NE.  If the line has to be routed along 17th Avenue NE, the committee is advocating that it be buried for its full length.  If you want more information about the project visit enmax.com/cctl.  Contact the WHMCA Power Line Committee at powerline@winstonheights.ca.

As of this writing (January 11th) the City of Calgary was still requiring water restrictions due to the Bearspaw water main break.  Completion of repairs was expected within the week.  During the outage all of the water for the city was coming solely from the Glenmore Reservoir which has a limited capacity, particularly in winter.  Thank you for reducing your personal water usage during this time as it benefitted all of us by conserving water for later use.  The moral of the story is that Calgary requires redundant pipelines that can ensure we still have 100% access to water even if another pipeline break occurs.  Please contact your local officials to advocate for this.

The water restrictions affected both outdoor skating rinks at the WHMCA grounds and Marsden Park.  No flooding occurred during this time.  Buckets of water were used to repair the worst gouges and holes if necessary.  Please show your love of the outdoors by skating or playing hockey this February.  The Marsden Park rink is being taken care of by Craig Baskett and Shawn Gostola and is a small rink intended for families.  The large WHMCA rink has boards and nets and can be used for family skating and hockey games.  The volunteer team for the latter rink is headed by Blair Cosgrove, Joseph Chan, and Dave Ironside.  If you would like to volunteer please email rink@winstonheights.ca.  There may be hot chocolate on weekends!  If you would like more information on this program please contact hallmanager@winstonheights.ca.

Finally, the WHMCA Board of Directors is looking for additional board members and committee members.  The Board of Directors meets the first Tuesday of every month except August starting at 7 pm.  As a board member you can see all aspects of how the community association works and have a say in its direction.  Want to be more focussed instead?  The Communications and Facility & Operations committees need additional members to progress ongoing activities and larger projects.  If any of these roles are of interest to you please contact Alex Reed at president@winstonheights.ca or 587-582-5342.

Thanks,

Alex