2010 July Final Minutes

Crescent Beach Property Owners’ Association
July 2010 Meeting

July 7, 2010 Beecher Place, Crescent Beach
Director’s in Attendance
Karen McPherson – Past President
Bruce Friesen – Membership Chair
Christie McConkey – Secretary

Karen called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm.
Adoption of June 2010 minutes: moved Ron Sorenson, seconded Marg Gordon, carried

It was agreed to defer financial and membership reports to the AGM

Updates:
Village Entrance Sign: Ground work has been laid and the sign should be up within the next two weeks. The old sign will not be able to be stored as previously arranged and it was decided by majority to move on.

Wickson Park: The project has moved on from excavation survey. The contractor’s will be starting the new park construction in August.

Margo Thompson spoke about the Phase II Disaster Planning Workshop. This is a workshop she will convene with Surrey regarding Neighbourhood Disaster Planning this fall. 26 people have already signed up so far. If interested contact Margo @ mthomson@shaw.ca
More information will be posted on the Website.

Beach Parties: There was a lengthy discussion regarding Beach Parties begun by Brian Lauder. Parties have been regularly occurring at the south end of the beach. Fires and alcohol and noise are a major problem for residents of Bayview and south Maple Streets. Some confrontations with drunken youth have occurred; police have attended and were treated disrespectfully by these youths, apparently emboldened by numbers and cohesion.
Residents want zero tolerance to alcohol or fires on the beach. Surrey regulations and signage state the beach is closed from Dusk to Dawn and we want this to be enforced.
Brian Lauder has written a lengthy letter to Mayor and Council in this regard.
RCMP has stated they wish to be called as soon as youth start arriving, to be apprised of the situation. The more volume of calls the more the problem will be addressed. ¬THEY DO NOT WANT PUBLIC INTERVENTION.
CALL 604-599-0502

Trains: Bayview residents observed a contractor clearing blackberry bushes near the railroad tracks recently. This contractor indicated this work was to improve the site lines going north from White Rock so the trains could speed up through Crescent Beach. 60 mph was stated. It was mentioned that up to 14-16 trains per day pass through and the residents’ understanding is that the maximum speed allowed is 30 mph. Resident’s observation has been the trains only slow for the trestle bridge and are often going faster than allowed.
Ian Nichols suggested we request Transport Canada to do random spotting with speed radar to assess this situation.
It was also suggested that we request the “greaser” be deployed to help lessen noise on the tracks.
It was mentioned that White Rock insures the area around the track and therefore has jurisdiction over rules regarding train speed.
Reinstating the Train Committee was suggested.
Next Step:
Karen has contacted the Mayor’s office, the MP’s office and the BNSF train master in Burnaby regarding the speed issue. The last assured 100% there was to be no change to allowed speed. Karen will request a meeting with the Mayor and other Stakeholders, and will bring further information back to next meeting.
There was discussion regarding speed bumps on Bayview. A resident asked if Surrey Engineering won’t supply can residents pay for one or two themselves.


Meeting was adjourned at 8:10 pm: moved Pam Mahoney, seconded Jim Gordon, carried

Next Meeting: 7:30 pm, Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 @ Beecher Place