{"id":608,"date":"2014-11-19T05:48:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T05:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=608"},"modified":"2014-11-19T05:48:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T05:48:13","slug":"minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=608","title":{"rendered":"Minutes"},"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;\">November 12, 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>The FHCA gathers four times a year to discuss issues that affect our community<\/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).\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>If you are not currently on the email list, go to our website and sign up.\u00a0 You will receive four notifications and four reminders of the upcoming meetings per year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer\u2019s report<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial statement \u2013 total account balance is $3,968.84<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RCMP update on safety \u2013 District Commander\/ Sergeant Paul Reshaur &#8211; he can be reached at <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:paul.reshaur@rcmp-grc.gc.ca\"><strong>paul.reshaur@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/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\/hot spots of activity.\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.\u00a0 You can also make reports using the new Surrey app called <strong>Surrey Request<\/strong> for emergency and non-emergency issues.\u00a0 This app has a link to the RCMP emergency and non-emergency numbers.<\/li>\n<li>Three representatives from the RCMP came to our meeting &#8211; Heather Paradis, our crime prevention coordinator (<a href=\"mailto:heather.paradis@rcmp-grc.gc.ca\">heather.paradis@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<\/a>), Corporal Bryan Tepper (<a href=\"mailto:bryan.tepper@rcmp-grc.gc.ca\">bryan.tepper@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<\/a>) (who fills in for Sargent Paul Reshaur) and Corporal Jaz Bedi (<a href=\"mailto:jaz.bedi@rcmp-grc.gc.ca\">jaz.bedi@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Bryan said residential and commercial B &amp; Es are down in numbers in FH<\/li>\n<li>Methods of reporting criminal activity \u2013 call the RCMP\u00a0 emergency or non-emergency line\/office, online, texting for hearing impaired, phone app \u2013 Surrey Request<\/li>\n<li>Report any lamp standards that have the plates missing, thieves take the plate off and come back another time to remove the wire inside<\/li>\n<li>Heather provided us with tips for winter time:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keep your house lit if you are going away and put the radio on.<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pedestrians &#8211; wear lighter colours and reflective tape\/jacket when walking<\/p>\n<p>c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While driving, watch for pedestrians as they can be hard to see<\/p>\n<p>d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When at an intersection, make eye contact with driver\/pedestrian<\/p>\n<p>e)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Household \u2013 keep lights on outside or use a motion sensor \u2013 make sure the lights are up high so they can\u2019t be unscrewed \u2013 handouts about lighting available from RCMP<\/p>\n<p>f)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When you go shopping, don\u2019t leave parcels in your vehicle or don\u2019t put items in your car and go back into the stores \u2013 people are watching you.\u00a0 If you have to put parcels in your car, put them in the trunk when no one is watching or move your car to another spot.\u00a0 Don\u2019t leave valuables in vehicles (even suction cup on window)<\/p>\n<p>g)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bring your car insurance papers in at night time so others can\u2019t get your personal info. You can photocopy your insurance papers with the pertinent info blacked out and keep original copy in the trunk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Club\u201ds are being offered to vehicles older than 2000 \u2013 they will be available at Guildford Mall on Nov 29 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (as supplies last) or you can go to the RCMP office<\/li>\n<li>Trim hedges around your house so they are not overgrown and there is a good site line to the neighbours\u2019 houses<\/li>\n<li>Mail theft \u2013clear your boxes daily.\u00a0 Switch to electronic mail for financial information such as bank statements etc.<\/li>\n<li>You can get Canada Post to hold your mail, for a small fee, when you go on holidays<\/li>\n<li>There is a group home along 100<sup>th<\/sup> Ave for mentally challenged people \u2013 this is a City issue and they have rules as to how many can dwell in the house<\/li>\n<li>Grow ops \u2013 this has been an ongoing problem \u2013 fire inspections help shut them down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Development:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New shopping mall will be built at 156 St and 104 Ave (North\/East corner).\u00a0 Access to and from the mall will be from 156 St and 104 Ave<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The City has approved the zoning of this so construction could start at any time<\/li>\n<li>Project by Overwaitea food group (Jim Pattison group, which also owns Nesters)- they will have the main anchor store but the other businesses have not yet been identified<\/li>\n<li>There will be an inside court \u2013 above ground parking \u2013 about 30% of the parking.\u00a0 The other 70% of the parking will be off 105 Ave and will be underground<\/li>\n<li>There will be 6 bus spots for layovers \u2013 eventually, this should tie in with future transit<\/li>\n<li>This plaza is to serve Fraser Heights and mixed high density along 104 Ave<\/li>\n<li>The creek to the north of the area will be turned into a park along the creek and benches and bushes will be installed<\/li>\n<li>Trucks will use 157 Street to unload and service the businesses in this complex<\/li>\n<li>Developer must install a traffic light at 157 Street and 104 Ave \u2013 this would allow students to cross to Harold Bishop and vehicles to exit heading eastbound on 104 Ave<\/li>\n<li>This plaza is zoned as commercial C8 which can allow a liquor store but since there cannot be 2 liquor stores within a kilometre of each other, the one at Guildford may be within that Km and so one cannot be built<\/li>\n<li>The 337 bus stop at 156 St will remain but there will be room for more buses.<\/li>\n<li>No traffic predictions have been made so it is not known how this might affect FH traffic heading into and out of FH<\/li>\n<li>Entrances:\u00a0 104 Ave \u2013 right in and right out (heading west on 104),\u00a0\u00a0 156 \u2013 right in right out (if heading north on 156) and left in (if heading south on 156)<\/li>\n<li>Largest store is approx. 40,000 \u2013 about 4 times the size of Nesters.\u00a0 Second building will be about 20,000<\/li>\n<li>There will be entrances from the interior parking lot as well as from 156 St and 104 Ave<\/li>\n<li>If you have concerns, send them to the Overwaitea group at 19855 \u2013 92A Ave, Langley, B.C. V1M 3B6, phone 604-888-1213 or email <a href=\"mailto:customer_service@owfg.com\">customer_service@owfg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>154 St\/104 Ave \u2013 the Pattison group owns this land and there will be high density condos and apartments once plaza goes in (in area of Bianca\u2019s Liquidation Store)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Traffic issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Underpass from 110 Ave under part of Hwy 1 then over the main part of Hwy 1 to 152<sup>nd<\/sup> Street \u2013 this is slated for potential closure due to maintenance costs for lights being smashed and graffiti on walls.\u00a0 If you use this walkway regularly, email Douglas McLeod at City of Surrey at <a href=\"mailto:transportation@surrey.ca\">transportation@surrey.ca<\/a> .\u00a0 If you don\u2019t email\/phone, this underpass may be permanently closed.<\/li>\n<li>Translink Faresaver tickets\/passes will be sold at Rexall (108 Ave\/160 St) in the very near future.<\/li>\n<li>Request for an extension of the 337 bus service to go down 104 Ave and do a loop by new development at Barnston\/176 was denied as it was stated the population density was not high enough to warrant this extension<\/li>\n<li>The paved weigh scale pull out on Hwy 1 will be used for a mobile weigh station that will be brought in periodically<\/li>\n<li>Light rail vs Skytrain \u2013 There has been a slight preference for LRT which would come to 104 Ave\/156 St.\u00a0 If Skytrain was built, it would only go down Fraser Hwy from the existing line and would not really benefit FH residents<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Traffic light or roundabout or 4 way stop<\/span><\/strong> at 156 Street\/108 Ave \u2013 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Please attend an Open House information session at Fraser Heights Recreation Centre on Monday Nov 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. <\/span><\/strong> There will be a presentation at 6:45 p.m.\u00a0 The City is looking for residents\u2019 feedback in regards to that intersection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Members Concerns\/Announcements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whistle cessation in FH \u2013 this has been a difficult issue to deal with, especially to get statistics from CN e.g., number of trains going through, weight of trains etc.\u00a0 Number of whistles at crossings and reduction of noise in the yards between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. has been requested but no action has been seen yet.<\/li>\n<li>176 St and 104 Ave \u2013 cannot turn right on red light (get ticketed if do that).\u00a0 That was a new change so it will probably not change in the near future.\u00a0 Could be potential accident with trucks as they are coming at 70 or 80 kph so would take them longer to stop.\u00a0 Those heading south on Hwy 17 may be at high speed while traveling through the intersection.\u00a0 Request was for a right turn light when those heading north on 176\/17 have the advanced green light for their left turn.<\/li>\n<li>160 St overpass heading south then turning right when people want to go to Guildford &#8211; there is only one lane to turn left onto 104 Ave as the other lane is for buses and those going onto the freeway eastbound.\u00a0 Residents complained they had to sit through several lights to get through this intersection.\u00a0 They were advised to write to Surrey <a href=\"mailto:transportation@surrey.ca\">transportation@surrey.ca<\/a> .\u00a0 Please email your comments as the City does take notice of these complaints.\u00a0 Include your name, phone number and address.\u00a0 A written record lasts longer than a phone call.<\/li>\n<li>The pond at 104 Ave and Fraser Glen is being destroyed by a beaver\/beavers \u2013 the pond has been designated a natural area and the beaver arrived there with the Hwy 1 expansion.\u00a0 If the beaver is relocated, it will come back as they are very smart.\u00a0 Since this is a natural area, the City won\u2019t do anything about it.<\/li>\n<li>104 Ave was widened at168 St, at Glenwood Crescent and at 160 Street.\u00a0 With the new construction of houses at 104 Ave\/164 St, 104 may also be widened there<\/li>\n<li>By Calvary Church, there is a lot of land, but the street has not been widened<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <\/span><\/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 Thursday, February 12, 2015<\/span><\/strong> in the theatre at Fraser Heights Secondary School at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRASER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MINUTES November 12, 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 The FHCA gathers four times a year to discuss &hellip; 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