{"id":587,"date":"2014-05-27T23:10:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T23:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=587"},"modified":"2014-05-27T23:10:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T23:10:49","slug":"minutes-may-7-2014-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=587","title":{"rendered":"Minutes, May 7 2014 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;\">February 19, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><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<li>If you are not currently on the email list, go to our website and sign up.\u00a0 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>FHCA helps shape policy and issues that involve our community<\/li>\n<li>We gather and discuss issues in our community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer\u2019s report<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial statement \u2013 total account balance is $4337.26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RCMP update on safety \u2013 District Commander\/Staff Sergeant Paul Reshaur<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don\u2019t report crimes in Fraser Heights, there will be no record of them so police can\u2019t track the criminals.\u00a0 Call the Non-Emergency RCMP number <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">604-599-0502<\/span><\/strong> about any incidents, no matter how small they seem.<\/li>\n<li>The Community Constable program \u2013 these officers are not armed at present \u2013 they deal with community issues, crime prevention, residential problems \u2013 grow ops\/crack shacks etc.<\/li>\n<li>Statistics on crime \u2013 residential break and enters \u2013 In April 2014, 23 B&amp;Es were reported in whole district \u2013 only 1 in FH.\u00a0 3 garage openers stolen from cars right from in front of residences and then thieves used these to break iIn \u2013 don\u2019t leave these in your cars.\u00a0 Lock the door to your garage, if garage is attached to your house<\/li>\n<li>These thieves often ride around on bikes at night, and are usually not wearing helmets.\u00a0 They carry flashlights and look in cars for things such as clothing, money, wallets, keys, etc.\u00a0 Put things in your trunk, out of view.<\/li>\n<li>If you see suspicious looking people, please report them to the police so they can check who they are and why they are where they were spotted.<\/li>\n<li>Disable your trunk latch (in glove box or on door of car)<\/li>\n<li>9 of break ins were through unsecured windows and doors, 6 were to vacant properties<\/li>\n<li>Most thieves are opportunists \u2013 they will ring a doorbell \u2013 if no one answers, they\u2019ll try doors to see if unlocked.<\/li>\n<li>Property crime was up 30% in district 2 \u2013 Jan to end March 2014 compared to same time 2013<\/li>\n<li>Cal non-emergency police number if you think your car has been broken into, even if nothing was taken.\u00a0 This way, police can track the activity of the thieves \u2013 they will then know times\/places and can find hot spots so can potentially catch thieves.<\/li>\n<li>123 auto thefts in District 2 and 6 of those were from FH (up 28%).\u00a0 Theft of motor vehicles \u2013 up 67%<\/li>\n<li>137 thefts from autos in District 2 for April 2014 and 6 of those were in FH.\u00a0 These typically occur in the middle of the night.<\/li>\n<li>63 reported thefts were classified as \u201cother\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Mischief was up 22%<\/li>\n<li>Homicides were down<\/li>\n<li>On the West Coast, auto theft is mostly to use the vehicle to get from point A to point B (on the East Coast, cars that were stolen were usually put in containers and shipped overseas).\u00a0 Here, up to 95% of the cars are recovered within 2 weeks to a month.<\/li>\n<li>If you see a car parked on your street and there has been no activity around it, get the license plate number and phone it into the RCMP.<\/li>\n<li>A team of Commissionaires is being assembled \u2013 they will have high visibility.\u00a0 They will be the eyes and ears for police \u2013 foot and bike patrols in higher density \/ problem areas \u2013 they will have their own uniforms (security) \u2013 they will be run by City and RCMP \u2013 e.g. \u2013 They will be in places such as the Newton Bus Loop \u2013 not to intervene but to call the police.\u00a0 They will work days and evenings, the high traffic times<\/li>\n<li>Bike patrol \u2013 it is a dedicated team and they are faster than foot patrol<\/li>\n<li>New online reporting tool is up and running \u2013 if you lost less than $5000 from break-ins, you can use this website to report thefts.\u00a0 It is found on the City website \u2013 under Surrey RCMP or go to surrey.rcmp.ca to report crime.\u00a0 It has been found that when it is easier to report crime, statistics usually go up as more people take the time to file the reports<\/li>\n<li>SFPR \u2013 there have been complaints about noise from trucks using Jake brakes as they decelerate \u2013 Ministry of Transport is working on this problem.<\/li>\n<li>Traffic enforcement and attending crashes on the SFPR \u2013 Surrey is trying to get Deas Island Patrol to help out on this as there has been quite a bit of speeding and 1 or 2 truck rolls.\u00a0 The speed limit is 80 Kph.<\/li>\n<li>Marlene Drozda is semi-retired (Block Watch).\u00a0 She is now working part time out of district 5.\u00a0 There should be a replacement for Marlene soon \u2013 she did special events, children\u2019s events etc.<\/li>\n<li>Home security information hand outs were available<\/li>\n<li>Hiring new police officers \u2013 661 sworn members in Surrey \u2013 asked for 95 more over next 5 years<\/li>\n<li>57 asked for last year and got 6.\u00a0 There is a shortage, even with added members as members leave and retire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mailbox break-ins:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>23 reported \u2013 there was a cluster around 110 Ave west of 156 St, then sporadic throughout FH (many are not reported to police).<\/li>\n<li>For April, there were about a dozen community mailboxes broken into.<\/li>\n<li>Thefts need to be reported to both Canada Post and the RCMP so they can be tracked<\/li>\n<li>New community mailboxes have been installed in several places where mailbox thefts had occurred.<\/li>\n<li>The old boxes \u2013 there were keys for these out there as they were easier to duplicate.\u00a0 Police stated \u2013 Many of the mailboxes that have been broken into show no evidence of damage from the outside.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t often noted until the whole box is opened up.<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s been a bait mail program.\u00a0 There have been several groups operating.\u00a0 Prison is like a school \u2013 the prisoners teach each other how to break into things.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Please clear your mail from your box every day<\/strong> when you come home.\u00a0 The break-ins usually occur during the night.\u00a0 When the boxes have had the bait mail planted, it was found that many boxes had days or weeks\u2019 worth of mail that hadn\u2019t been picked up.<\/li>\n<li>Security access line for Canada Post \u2013 call\u00a0 1-855-229-6025 (also call RCMP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Status on Trans Mountain Pipeline routing through Fraser Heights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marcie and Liane have been following the developments on this project <strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A Map was shown, of all the routes, and the one along the Fraser River was preferred.\u00a0 There was an alternate route, following the existing pipeline, down 173 Street<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>On Trans Mountain website, they\u2019ve posted the maps<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Before end of June, Kinder Morgan wants to select a definite route.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If you are concerned, and this will affect you negatively, band together with neighbours and send your emails to <a href=\"mailto:info@transmountain.com\">info@transmountain.com<\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FHCA submitted feedback in the Optimization Process to KinderMorgan that proposed\u00a0 KM consider the east side of 176<sup>th<\/sup> Street\u00a0 (Hwy 15) as an alternate route (as opposed to using 173 Street)<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Traffic issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Fraser Perimeter Road is single lane under the Port Mann bridge \u2013 this constriction will remain in place until the old Port Mann bridge is removed (most likely later in the fall)<\/li>\n<li>Hwy 15\/Hwy 17 (at 104 Ave) now has a left turn lane to turn south,\u00a0 The right turn into FH will be constructed but no \u201cend\u201d date has been given<\/li>\n<li>Golden Ears Connector is now being pre-loaded along Daly load \u2013 construction is slated to continue to 2016.<\/li>\n<li>156 Street \/108 Ave \u2013 there is not enough room for a traffic circle.\u00a0 Hydro said it would cost too much to move hydro pole so that intersection will have traffic lights installed.\u00a0 Jaime Boan at the City said Staff are working on configuring these lights and then putting them into the budget before they can confirm a time frame.\u00a0 They are hoping to start construction by the end of this year (2014).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Members Concerns:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whistle cessation petition (about 10 pages) \u2013 petitioning the city to get cessation of whistles between 11 pm and 5 a.m.\u00a0 There were sheets available to be signed after meeting \u2013 they will be sent in next week<\/li>\n<li>There is a new \u201cCommunity Use\u201d room is in the high school expansion that can be rented out for various events.\u00a0 It has patio doors and can have chairs and tables set outside for events.<\/li>\n<li>This was the last meeting of this year (school year).\u00a0 The next meeting will be in September (date will be posted when known)<\/li>\n<li>We need volunteers to join our group of directors \u2013 either send an email or ask the executive members about joining.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Next Meeting will be in September, 2014<\/span><\/strong> in the theatre at Fraser Heights Secondary School at 7 p.m. \u2013 this will be put on website as school use needs to be confirmed first.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting dates for 2014\/2015 will be announced during the summer of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRASER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MINUTES February 19, 2014 President\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=587\">Continue reading <span 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