Welcome to Summer Riverview

as you all know with summer comes golf

  and with golf comes the

RCA's 2^nd ANNUAL RIVERVIEW  

CANADA DAY MINI GOLF TOURNAMENT

 

Last year’s mini-golf tournament was so well received, we decided to have another.  The tournament will be on July 1st, Canada Day! ........... and don’t forget to wear red and white or sport a maple leaf if you have one (leaf jerseys are acceptable).

TIME:         1:00 p.m.

PLACE:     Cochrane Golf Club

PRICE:      $7.50 per person playing (cash, cheque or e-transfer)

 

Prizes will be awarded for team low score / team high score / hole in one and there will be refreshments!

Teams must pre-register.  Please include names of participants, ages of children playing and your team’s name!

To register contact Sherry Hufnagel at:  mrshuff1212@gmail.com

 

Welcome to spring fellow Riverview residents. 

As most of you have heard, the redevelopment of the golf course is back on the table. The golf course owner is applying to the courts to have the Restrictive Covenant removed. The Restrictive Covenant is the document that restricts any development of the golf course to golf course related activities. Removing that Covenant could allow the golf course to be open for non-golf course related development.

The RCA had distributed a newsletter related to this matter on March 28, 2021 via e-mails (to those residents who we have that contact information), flyers and our community notice signboards. To enable this message to be distributed to as many Riverview residents as possible, we provide that newsletter below. 

We encourage you to become involved in this matter.  Removing the Restrictive Covenant could have significant implications to the future of our community. 

As always, if you have any questions, you can contact us at: 

riverviewcommunityassociation@gmail.com 

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 Action Required: Cochrane Golf Club Originating Application
 
Hello Riverview residents,
 
The RCA Board understands that the Cochrane Golf Club Ltd. has sent a copy of its filed Originating Application, and presumably the accompanying Affidavits in support, to homeowners through out the community.  The purpose of the Originating Application is to have a court declare a restrictive covenant void and unenforceable so that it can pursue commercial activities on the property where the golf course is located.  The restrictive covenant in question was agreed to and formalized between the Cochrane Golf Club with the Town of Cochrane and multiple homeowners in 2007.
 
As many of you will know, the Board has been aware of the Cochrane Golf Club’s desire to invalidate the restrictive covenant for some period of time and in the process, it has retained Peter Major, Q.C from McLennan Ross LLP, in Calgary as legal council.  The Board has also consulted with Mr. Major since learning about the filing of the Originating Application and there are a number of issues that exist and impact the rights of individual homeowners.
 
Following this consultation, the RCA would like to clarify some important information for individual homeowners and to encourage individual homeowners to become informed and take action to defend your legal interests.
 
1.   The RCA operates as an organization for its members but does not own real property. Without owning real property, it is not, and cannot, be a party to the lawsuit.
 
2.   The Board does not have a mandate or legal authority on behalf of the RCA to represent property owners’ interests in court. The Board also cannot provide legal advice.  The Board can, however, assist by gathering relevant and helpful information, and advising/assisting our residents in other ways.
 
3.   In our last newsletter, the Board advised members of our community that we had approached the Town of Cochrane, requesting confirmation of their previous position that they would oppose efforts by the Cochrane Golf Club to remove or invalidate the restricted covenant. Since that time, we have received a response from the Town of Cochrane’s, Chief Operating Officer, stating that
 
“the Town’s position has not changed in any material way following Mr. Hyndman’s letter of last summer. We remain watchful of this file and are active in advocating for appropriate adherence to the existing instruments. We will be certain to connect with your group as needed as this process continues to unfold and I thank you for your willingness to assist.”
 
4.   We believe this position is encouraging for those who are aware of and oppose the Cochrane Golf Club’s plans, but also wish to caution that the Town’s interest in this matter may not be entirely aligned with all of the different interests of individual homeowners and other legal rights should be considered.
 
5.   As presently drafted and filed, we understand that there are issues that adversely negate individual homeowners’ rights granted in the restrictive covenant and ability to have those rights communicated to the Court.  If individual homeowners have a position concerning the efforts being pursed by the Cochrane Golf Club and wish to have that position communicated to the Court, that individual’s right needs to be properly advanced before the Court.
 
6.   There is strength in numbers.  The more people that engage and wish to express their position concerning the issue in the Originating Application, the better. This applies not only to the arguments that would be advanced before the Court but the sharing of legal fees or costs.
 
7.   Since the Originating Application and supporting Affidavits have been filed with the Court and notice has been provided to a significant number of homeowners in the community, the lawsuit has been formally commenced.  Before any next formal step is scheduled it is critical that individual homeowners who are interested in understanding their legal rights and participating in the legal process get legal representation as soon as possible.
 
8.   Peter Major, Q.C. has advised the Board that he is prepared to speak to all of the individual homeowners who are concerned about the action being pursued by the Cochrane Golf Club to understand the rights each homeowner has and how they can be addressed. If you are interested in hearing from Mr. Major, who has accumulated significant information about the dispute and has experience in this area of the law, the Board would ask you to contact us so that we can help facilitate a meeting, via Zoom, as soon as possible.
 
9.   The RCA will continue to remain involved to facilitate individual homeowners’ awareness of this legal issue but reiterate it remains the individual homeowner’s responsibility to decide if and how their individual rights are affected.
 
10.  The three Affidavits filed in this matter can be sent to you, upon request.
 
If you oppose development of the golf course and are prepared to defend the Restrictive Covenant, please reply to this email by FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021.
 
 
Please feel welcome to contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
 
Jennifer Foy, President
Riverview Community Association
riverviewcommunityassociation@gmail.com
 or
403-851-7680

 

 

 

 

Welcome fellow Riverview residents...........spring is in the air!  

It's the end of March and you would hope that snow was only a memory.  However, this is southern Alberta so we should expect snow pretty much anytime of the year so this weeks snow shouldn't disappoint us.

Our contest for the best and merriest Christmas decorated house in Riverview was very successful.  So in that same vein the RCA is having an Easter decorating contest to welcome spring.

EASTER DECORATING CONTEST!

DECORATE YOUR FRONT DOOR, YOUR GARAGE DOOR OR YOUR FRONT YARD FOR EASTER!

 

CONTEST STARTS:   FRIDAY, APRIL 2^nd

and

CLOSES:   SUNDAY, APRIL 4^th AT 5:00 pm

 

WALK OR DRIVE AROUND RIVERVIEW (DON’T FORGET RIVERSIDE PLACE) AND THEN VOTE ON THE HOUSE(S) THAT YOU THINK ARE THE BEST DECORATED!

 

A PRIZE WILL BE GIVEN TO THE HOUSE WITH THE MOST VOTES!

EMAIL YOUR VOTES TO:  

RIVERVIEWCOMMUNITYASSOCIATION@GMAIL.COM

The RCA Board wishes everyone a safe and happy Easter.  Hopefully we will be able to arrange some face-to-face activities for later this summer or fall. Until then stay safe

Merry Christmas fellow Riverview residents, 'It's Most Wonderful time of the Year' continues.

Our contest for the best and merriest Christmas decorated house in Riverview is now over and we have a winner, with a number of honourable mentions.

 

Congratulations to the Aqualinas' at 78 Riverview Drive with their extraordinarily decorated winning house.  They received a $50 gift certificate for the Lucky Penny and a 2021 RCA membership.

 Honourable mentions go out to:

-  37 Riverview Court

-  98 Riverview Circle

-  3 Riverside Place

-  309 Riverview Green 

Our thanks to everyone that cast their votes.  We had received 58 votes which is remarkable given the short time we had to set this up.  We've had a lot of positive responses so you can expect  to see this contest again next year so begin planning for your 2021 displays now.

The RCA Board wishes everyone a peaceful Christmas and an improved New Year in 2021. We'll see you all next year.

 

 

SANTA CLAUSE ACTIVITY UPDATE #2

Although it is That Most Wonderful Time of the Year, covid-19 is continuing to affect our Yuletide activities here in Riverview.    Our Santa Clause activity, initially planned as a parade, became a meet Santa Clause activity at Matt Kroll Park has now been cancelled in its entirety.

The Matt Kroll Park activity was organized prior to the recently announced covid-19 restrictions released by Alberta Health which now do not allow any outdoor gatherings. 

A house decorating contest is in the works with details expected early next week.

The RCA Board wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.  Stay healthy and stay safe. 

Riverview residents helping with the Helping Hands food drive

 

Many thanks to the Riverview volunteers who helped out during the August 29 Helping Hands Food Drive.  Our covid precautions make this a more challenging activity than previous years, but the end result was worth it.

We had a great volunteer turnout (some of whom had already left before we took this photograph) and an especially great repose by our residents to the request for food for the food bank.

Thank you to everyone who came out to our First Annual Mini Golf Tournament!  57 golfers enjoyed a fun afternoon of mini golf at Cochrane Golf Club.  Prizes were given for a hole in one, low score and high score and refreshments were served.  We’ll do it again next year!