{"id":530,"date":"2013-10-07T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T03:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=530"},"modified":"2013-10-07T03:03:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T03:03:00","slug":"minutes-september-18-2013-fhca-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"Minutes, September 18, 2013 FHCA meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FRASER<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> HEIGHTS<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MINUTES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">September 18, 2013<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>President\u2019s report<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Web site \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/\">www.fhca.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lindsay Ryerson, president<\/li>\n<li>FHCA is a volunteer organization \u2013 we volunteer our time to represent the 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).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer\u2019s report<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial statement \u2013 total account balance is $4,363.96<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police and Security \u2013 Staff Sargent Dean Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dean Scott, Div 2 commander for the RCMP (for the past 3 years), is assigned to this area.\u00a0 Dean is at the RCMP office at 5 every morning so contact him with any concerns you might have \u2013 he is excellent at answering emails or forwarding them to the appropriate departments. \u00a0His email address is <a href=\"mailto:dean.scott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca\">dean.scott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Dean had planned on attending the meeting but due to unforeseen circumstances, he was unable to come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Traffic Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>156<sup>th<\/sup> Street traffic issues \u2013 request for light at 108<sup>th<\/sup> St. \u2013 Residents said 156 St. northbound can be backed up from the vet\u2019s office at 104 Ave all the way to 108 Ave. preventing cars from turning onto 156 from 104 Ave.\u00a0 A consultant will be hired to examine this intersection.<\/li>\n<li>104 Ave eastbound to SFPR (South Fraser Perimeter Road) \u2013 there is a left turn signal now \u2013 it has been in place for about a month<\/li>\n<li>Plans for an exit to 104 Ave heading west from SFPR are in the works \u2013 somehow it is slated to be fitted in advance of the jug handle.\u00a0 Final drawings have not been released yet and there is no date as to when this will happen \u2013 at the moment it remains an illegal right turn.<\/li>\n<li>HOV \u2013 on west side of Port Mann the HOV lanes are for vehicles containing more than one person between 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays.\u00a0 From 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. weekdays and from 7 p.m. Friday till 6 a.m. Monday (also on holidays), the HOV lane is open to all traffic.\u00a0 On the east side of the Port Mann Bridge, the HOV lanes are in effect 24\/7.\u00a0 Residents expressed concern over the lack of signage stating this as many people have been caught by police for driving in the HOV lanes on this side of the Port Mann bridge in the off-peak hours.<\/li>\n<li>Sept 30th, 3 pm at the City Hall Conference Centre, Rick Sparrow will be speaking for 10 minutes about problems on 156<sup>th<\/sup> Street.\u00a0 At 111A Ave\/156 St, the curb is extended out 6 feet into road which has left the road too narrow and unsafe.\u00a0 With the new houses being built in that area, the pavement along 156 St from 108 to 112 Ave is in a state of disrepair.\u00a0 The City said they are waiting for the development to happen before fixing the problem.\u00a0 Resident stated that it could be 20 years or more before all the old houses are sold and redevelopment happens along that stretch of 156 St.<\/li>\n<li>When residents have approached the City about 156 St, the City has said \u201cno one else has talked to us about this issue\u201d \u2013 they need to be reminded they have been contacted many times.<\/li>\n<li>Residents have asked to have the City to review slowing down the traffic by Northview Park (on west side of 156 Street at 111 Ave) by adding signage but the City said the current signage meets North American Standards therefore there will be no action.<\/li>\n<li>The more people that phone and complain to the City, the more they will realize this is unacceptable.\u00a0 Email, don\u2019t phone as there is a paper trail \u2013 there is a comment site on the Surrey website where you can submit your complaints.<\/li>\n<li>SFPR \u2013 It is partially open now and will definitely be open in Dec \u2013 exact date is not known yet.\u00a0 Traveling to the ferries\/Richmond\/airport will really improve once it opens.\u00a0 Noise abatement pavement has really helped reduce the noise of traffic. This road is not expected to be tolled in order to encourage trucks to use it.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twinning of Trans Mountain Pipeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instead of twinning the existing pipeline with the existing pipeline locations, Trans Mountain Pipeline is currently studying running the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> pipeline along the SFPR or other areas so it won\u2019t be in or along residents\u2019 backyards.\u00a0 They are also looking at alternate routes to go through Bridgeview and Langley for the least disruption of property.\u00a0 There was a meeting at the end of June but the results have not yet been released.<\/li>\n<li>Trans Mountain does have a website and when it shows a map of where the pipeline is definitely to go, we\u2019ll put a link to this website on our website.\u00a0 The existing pipeline is on their website but the proposed one is not clear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member\u2019s corner:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grow-ops \u2013 154 St and 109 Ave \u2013 one was just shut down this week.\u00a0 Residents wanted more patrols as they have said it takes a long time before the police do anything about these houses.\u00a0 The RCMP are aware of this.<\/li>\n<li>Mailboxes in the FH area have been broken into \u2013 In the last month, 19 boxes in FH have been broken into and 28 in the Cloverdale area.\u00a0 Residents who\u2019ve had their community boxes broken into have to go to either Cloverdale or to King George Blvd to pick up their mail, depending on where they live in FH.<\/li>\n<li>The thieves seem to be targeting the slider lock at the bottom of the parcel boxes. \u00a0\u00a0Residents asked why the mail from the community boxes that have been vandalized wouldn\u2019t go to Nesters \u2013 Nester\u2019s could not secure the volume of mail that would come from all these mailboxes.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>PO boxes \u2013 with the expansion of Nesters, there might still be some mail boxes available for renting.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Canada Post is working on switching out the locks so they are difficult to open (main locks).\u00a0 Some boxes have had the main locks changed so they cannot be jimmied but it takes time to change out all the mailboxes that have been hit.<\/li>\n<li>One resident suggested fundraising money to put toward getting all the FH mailboxes fitted with the new locks \u2013 Heather will contact Canada Post about this.\u00a0 All boxes are expected to upgraded, in time.<\/li>\n<li>Residents are urged to pick mail up daily \u2013 without any mail in the boxes, the thieves would be encouraged to move on.\u00a0 Some of the community boxes are being broken into on a monthly basis and on Long weekends as many people may not have picked up their mail.<\/li>\n<li>Garage sales \u2013 Residents requested that people take their signs down after their garage sales are over \u2013 they are an eyesore.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transit plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HOV bus at 156<sup>th<\/sup> St from Langley is currently off the record<\/li>\n<li>Daryl Delacruz is representing a group to get a rapid bus stop at 156<sup>th<\/sup> St.\u00a0 He created a business case document and may possibly hold a rally.\u00a0 The HOV bus \u00a0from Langley to Braid Station (will go to Lougheed Station when construction of ramps is completed on the #1), originally was to stop at 156<sup>th<\/sup> St but is no longer planned to stop there.\u00a0 Daryl\u2019s email address is <a href=\"mailto:daka_x@outlook.com\">daka_x@outlook.com<\/a>\u00a0 He has a blog where you can follow this issue. <a href=\"http:\/\/darylvsworld.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/27\/double-responses-to-fraser-heights-nimbyanti-transit-letter\/%29.\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/darylvsworld.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/27\/double-responses-to-fraser-heights-nimbyanti-transit-letter\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recycling depot:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Application for recycling depot at 104 Ave and 173 St has been put forth (at foot of hill on 104 Ave as you head toward the SFPR).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>There were concerns that trucks would pass through the whole community on the way to the recycling depot and that nails etc. could drop off these trucks onto our local streets.<\/li>\n<li>The City will be having an information session with the proposal\u00a0 &#8211; that info will be on our website as to when the session will be held (location and date)<\/li>\n<li>Trucks may come in saying they are making local deliveries when in fact, they are heading to the recycling depot \u2013 this could mean 100s of trucks could be using our roadways.<\/li>\n<li>If you have concerns, please email your concerns to City Hall<\/li>\n<li>We need to know types of trucks will be passing through and what they will be carrying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fraser Heights Secondary School Extension<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is due to open at the end of the first term or the beginning of February 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liquor Store Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was turned down by the City of Surrey at the end of June so neither the original or revised location will be allowed to have a Liquor Store<\/li>\n<li>As of Sept 1, 2013, Swordfern Management Ltd, from Richmond, has taken over ownership of the Fraser Heights mall from Kevington Building Corp.\u00a0 They\u2019ve done some cleaning up of the mall and there should be some new tenants moving in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Other community news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>George Pedersson, President of the Rotary Club of Surrey-Fraser Heights, talked about the Rotary club.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Each club focuses on helping their community.\u00a0 The FH Rotary club is only 4 years old.\u00a0 They would love to talk to you about any concerns in the community.<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They focus on helping people to become connected to the community and country and help to facilitate integration of individuals into society<\/p>\n<p>c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They mentor and help the youth.\u00a0 There is a young Rotarians club at the high school that has 106 students as members who are learning about leadership and giving back to the community as a way to impact the world.<\/p>\n<p>d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They help those forgotten by society to experience life at a level they hadn\u2019t previously done so.<\/p>\n<p>e)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There are currently 9 members in the FH club \u2013 if you want to find out more info, contact George by phone at 604-809-1157 or by email at <a href=\"mailto:gpederss@direct.ca\">gpederss@direct.ca<\/a>.\u00a0 Their website is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotary.org\/\">www.rotary.org<\/a> (they are District 5050)<\/p>\n<p>f)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Their goal is to give back to society and expect nothing in return.<\/p>\n<p>g)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Their meetings are on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. at Boston Pizza (and there may also be 4 or 5 other meetings a year).<\/p>\n<p>h)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At Christmas, they put together 100 to 150 gift bags for the homeless and deliver them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Surrey Board of Trade can help deal with traffic, environmental, tax and financial issues \u2013 they have members who specifically deal with these problems.\u00a0 If you want the City or province to hear your complaints, the Surrey Board of Trade has a lot of credibility with the gov\u2019t.<\/li>\n<li>Residents complained that parking at the FH mall is very limited as students and parents of students are parking there.\u00a0 Currently, portables and construction are taking up much of the parking spaces in the school lots.\u00a0 Once construction is finished, much of the parking will be restored to the high school.\u00a0 Once construction is finished, there will be a 2<sup>nd<\/sup> drop off at the side and front of school.\u00a0 The gates will be open to the Recreation Centre so people can flow through easier.\u00a0 As a community association, there is not a lot we can do \u2013 complain to the mall to enforce their parking.\u00a0 School has warned students they will be towed if they park there.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Next Meeting will be Tuesday November 12, 2013<\/span><\/strong> in the theatre at Fraser Heights Secondary School at 7 p.m. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Future meetings will be:\u00a0 February 19<sup>th<\/sup> and May 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRASER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MINUTES September 18, 2013 \u00a0President\u2019s report Web site \u2013 www.fhca.ca Lindsay Ryerson, president FHCA is a volunteer organization \u2013 we volunteer our time to represent the community If you have problems in our community, please send &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=530\">Continue reading <span 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