{"id":1045,"date":"2018-09-23T00:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T00:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2019-03-27T02:43:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T02:43:23","slug":"fhca-meeting-minutes-september-19-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=1045","title":{"rendered":"FHCA Meeting minutes &#8211; September 19, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>FRASER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MINUTES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>September 19, 2018<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President\u2019s report<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Web site \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fhca.ca\">fhca.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ed MacIntosh, president<\/li>\n<li>FHCA is a volunteer non-profit organization \u2013 we volunteer our time to represent the community dealing with issues that affect our community such as safety, traffic, development<\/li>\n<li>The FHCA has met four times a year, in the past, to discuss issues that affect our community but we will be meeting 3 times this year (see dates at end of minutes).<\/li>\n<li>FHCA helps shape policy and issues that involve our community<\/li>\n<li>If you have problems in our community, please send your information to us and we will look into these issues (go to Contact Us on the fhca.ca website or send email to directors@fhca.ca). This is our primary site to collect comments from residents about community issues so we know about them and can send them on to the City.<\/li>\n<li>Membership is free and open to all residents. If you are not currently on the email list, go to our website and sign up (on the right side of website page \u2013 click on become a member).\u00a0 You will receive three notifications and three reminders of the upcoming meetings per year.\u00a0 There may also be notifications of open houses or events affecting FH residents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer\u2019s report:\u00a0 <\/strong>The report was given with current financial status.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RCMP update on safety and security \u2013 District #2 Commander for Guildford\/Fleetwood, Sgt Mike Spencer, was not able to attend tonight (Community Response Unit).\u00a0 <\/strong>His office is at 10395-148 St. The best way to reach him is through the following email address:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:fleetwood@rcmp-grc.gc.ca\">fleetwood@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<\/a>.\u00a0 If Mike is away, other officers can access this email to insure your issue is dealt with.\u00a0 Mike can also be reached at:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:mike.spencer@rcmp-grc.gc.ca\">mike.spencer@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<\/a> and voicemail messages can be left for him at phone # 778-593-3396 if your concerns are not urgent.\u00a0 If urgent, dial 911.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please note the District 2 office has been closed since a sewage line ruptured in August. There has been no given re-opening date and it could still take a few months to make all the repairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trans Mountain (TM) pipeline update, NEB Decision Letter dated August 29, 2018 confirming route through Fraser Heights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There has been a court hearing that has halted construction<\/li>\n<li>CN and Provincial Ministry of Transportation \u2013 Trans Mountain could never get the two together so they made a deal with the City of Surrey as to pipeline location as it runs through Surrey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Development &#8211; residential:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Directors from FHCA met with Ron Gill, head of planning for City of Surrey, in regards to contentious issues such as Parkview Place. Our association wants to be involved up-front rather than have to get a large number of residents to go to council meetings to try to make changes at a later stage in planning.\u00a0 The City now sends potential developers to our association to discuss their plans prior to submitting their proposals to City planning.<\/li>\n<li>9650, 9684 and 9716 182A Street \u2013 townhouses are proposed for this site. The group of townhouses facing 182A will look more like single family homes to be a better match for the single family houses across the street.\u00a0 The whole complex will be served by one entrance.<\/li>\n<li>100 Ave at 176 \u2013 77 townhouses will be going in there but building has not yet started.<\/li>\n<li>Our association is making sure the townhouse complexes do not go over the limit of 17 per acre for those sites. Although the City regulations state there must be 1 extra parking space per 5 units, we have insisted there will be 1 extra spot for every 3 units.\u00a0 This should help reduce the number of vehicles parked on the roads.<\/li>\n<li>The developer will hold a public information session about the townhomes. A memo will be sent to those who would like to attend.\u00a0 The location of the info session will most likely be at the Korean church, on 176 St, in their meeting room.<\/li>\n<li>160 St\/106A Ave \u2013 There is talk of putting in an intersection at this site. When Ruby Hill was being developed, we were assured 106 Ave would not go through to 160 St and now the developers want to put 106A through to 160 St.\u00a0 This is already a very busy location due to the high school, pedestrian light, the Rec Centre entrance off 160 and steady traffic on 160 St.\u00a0 Due to 160 being a 2 lane street, there is no room to put a left turn into the Rec Centre lot (when heading south) nor to put a left turn lane (when heading north) onto 106A Ave.\u00a0 Traffic would become backed up from left turners trying to get into that area.\u00a0 The road curves just south of 106A which would make this a dangerous place to have an entrance\/exit onto 160 St.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MLA Constituency report by Deanna Fasciani (email Deanna.Fasciani@leg.bc.ca) \u2013 constituency assistant for Garry Begg:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gary was unable to make it to the meeting tonight<\/li>\n<li>Can book appointments in advance with him by emailing him at <a href=\"mailto:garry.begg.mla@leg.bc.ca\">begg.mla@leg.bc.ca<\/a> or by calling his office at 604-586-3747. Constituency office is at #201 15135 101 Ave (in the lot where Wendy\u2019s is)<\/li>\n<li>Office \u2013 advocacy for constituents and outreach, plus can help connect you to provincial services<\/li>\n<li>Events planned by Garry\u2019s office have been outreach focused for the past few months and the following are events that are planned:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Volunteer appreciation party (by invitation only for those who have volunteered over past year), \u2013 Friday Sept 21, 6 p.m. (most volunteers are high school students and seniors).<\/li>\n<li>Mingle &#8211; Sept 27 from 4 to 5:30 this is a volunteer orientation for new volunteers \u2013 it will be at constituency office<\/li>\n<li>Barbeque \u2013 Sat Sept 29 at Erma Stephenson from 12 to 2. Bring your own chair or blanket since seating is limited. Vegetarian and meat options will be available \u2013 free to constituents<\/li>\n<li>Pumpkin decorating event on Wed Oct 10 from 4 to 6 at constituency office for children and families. There will be pumpkins available to decorate or bring your own.<\/li>\n<li>BC Summer Games participants \u2013 there will be a reception for athletes who competed in the winter and summer games on Fri Oct 12 from 6 to 7:30 at constituency office<\/li>\n<li>Provincial \u2013 Oct 11 BC budget consultation at the Sheraton Guildford (104 Ave) 9 to 5 p.m. email <a href=\"mailto:finance.committee@leg.bc.ca\">committee@leg.bc.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>Deanna brought a box of bound printed books for residents to take. Both books are full of excellent information and are available in several languages at the constituency office. \u2013<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>BC Seniors\u2019 Guide<\/li>\n<li>Healthy Eating for Seniors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>The BC Legislature will be back in session starting Oct 1. Garry will be available here one week in Oct and one week in Nov.\u00a0 He\u2019s currently in Surrey and available to meet with anyone during the rest of September.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Traffic<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Golden Ears Connector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>GEC and CN intermodal, SFPR and 104 Ave intersection \u2013 there has been some prefill dumped in this area but progress appears to be at a stand still. This intersection is very dangerous for those cycling or walking to\/from Surrey Bend Park<\/li>\n<li>179 St intersection now has the lights hanging and bagged. The lights are supposed to be put into operation in the fall once the road work is completed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Announcements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Municipal election \u2013 advanced voting is at Guildford on Oct 6, 10, 11 and 13.<\/li>\n<li>There will be a meeting on Oct 4 with candidates. A questionnaire requiring 150 word answers was sent to city council on various issues.\u00a0 The information from the questionnaires will be available before the meeting\u00a0 If anyone wants to attend, let Ed MacIntosh know &#8211; he can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:directors@fhca.ca\">directors@fhca.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Election is Saturday Oct 20<sup>th<\/sup> 2018 (information available at surrey.ca\/election, email <a href=\"mailto:election@surrey.ca\">election@surrey.ca<\/a> or phone 604-591-4389.<\/li>\n<li>Some opinions were voiced regarding current City Council and whether we had been well-served with developments such as High Crest and the massive development at Parkview Place, in particular with the retention of foliage and the emphasis on livability. It requires much effort on behalf of the community to keep the density to what has been proposed on neighbourhood plans.\u00a0 We all have to determine if incumbents running for council are shaping the community in a fashion that serves us well.<\/li>\n<li>Examples of other communities that have had densification and retained foliage and livability were described, including Redmond Washington. In Surrey, developers strip the land of all vegetation.\u00a0 With current property prices, it would be a small increment in pricing to ensure we retain the foliage and livability element of our community.<\/li>\n<li>We used to be called \u201cSurrey, the city of Parks\u201d but that no longer is the case.<\/li>\n<li>Residents should elect council who will shape a long-term vision of our community in a fashion to retain the look and feel of the neighbourhood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Candidates that attended our meeting were Laurie Guerra, Brenda Locke and Steven Pettigrew.\u00a0 They are all running with Doug McCallum on the Safe Surrey Coalition team.\u00a0 Their platform included 3 pillars they all agreed with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skytrain instead of LRT<\/li>\n<li>Surrey Police force &#8211; RCMP are understaffed. Local police would be integrated into RCMP and the building at Green Timbres will remain.\u00a0 There is a retired RCMP veteran on team.\u00a0 Many RCMP officers would be interested in staying in Surrey on a City police force.\u00a0 There are lots of cost issues to consider such as City police are paid more, they operate with 2 officers per car and their pensions would have to be costed out.<\/li>\n<li>Smart\/smarter Development \u2013 look at what our communities will look like both for traffic and development in 10 to 15 years from now. We need to have policies and procedures in place and not fast track development as the current council has been doing.\u00a0 The City has grown too fast for the existing infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laurie Guerra has lived in Surrey 27 years and most of it in FH<\/li>\n<li>Brenda Locke has lived in the Tynehead area of Surrey for 38 years. She was an MLA from 2001 to 2005. She ran independently in the last election and is interested in looking into the Ward system.<\/li>\n<li>Steven Pettigrew lives in Guildford. He has been a Block Watch captain, on his strata council and he teaches computer programming.\u00a0 He was one of the leaders involved with trying to save Hawthorne Park.\u00a0 He wants to insure parks are given full protection of the law so they aren\u2019t destroyed for development\/roads.<\/li>\n<li>The Safe Surrey Coalition has a full slate\/team (other members are Doug Elford, Jack Hundial, Mandeep Nagra, Allison Patton, Bableen Rana)<\/li>\n<li>Voters can vote for 8 council members, 6 trustees and 1 mayor<\/li>\n<li>Safesurreycoalition2018 is the Facebook page for their team. You can view an article about Skytrain\/LRT on that site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Meetings for the 2018\/2019 school year:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 19, 2018<\/p>\n<p>January 30, 2019<\/p>\n<p>May 8, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRASER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MINUTES September 19, 2018 President\u2019s report Web site \u2013 fhca.ca Ed MacIntosh, president FHCA is a volunteer non-profit organization \u2013 we volunteer our time to represent the community dealing with issues that affect our community such &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=1045\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1069,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/1069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}