2011 September Quarterly General Meeting Final Minutes

CRESCENT BEACH PROPERTY OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION

MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 7 2011 QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING
7:30 PM AT BEECHER PLACE

SPEAKER:
The President Mark Nelson opened the well attended meeting and introduced
Carrie Baron, Surrey Drainage & Environment Manager who brought us up to date on:
1. New Maple St. Pump Station. ( state of the art – fish friendly – cost 2.5 -3 million) Open house in Oct to show plans. Tender in January, work to start in late summer 2012.
2. New Drainage Piping in low areas of the village. Surrey budgets to do a bit each year. An archaeologist is required at all digs.
3. Sea Level Change – Surrey is looking for a realistic projection of rising sea levels in the next 100 years. Currently .67 to 2 metre surge and rise is predicted. Dikes will have to be raised in future years. (Boulder dike at south end of beach was built to height of 3.6 metres in 2002) King tides in December and January combined with storms can create big surges and flooding. FYI – Due to sand movement and storms the beach in 2002 was one metre higher than in 1985.
4 Tsunami risk. With a close regional quake there is a prediction of the possibility of a 2 metre wave. No mention of velocity.
5 Liquefaction resulting from an earthquake and/or tsunami is a definite possibility due to our sand base which, if saturated, would lose strength.
6. Landslides. Surrey has prepared a pamphlet to be distributed to homeowners and developers involved in hill top properties above the railroad tracks. It outlines procedures for stabilizing the banks with proper drainage and landscaping. Attempts to limit tree cutting are being made.

MEETING MINUTES of the July 6,2011 Quarterly General Meeting: Moved Don Sinclair. Second Barbara Shillinger that minutes be approved as circulated. Carried

TREASURER’S REPORT : Malcolm Stewart gave the financial statement as of Aug 31 2011 – Chequing $3,771.06 Term Deposits $37.822.53. An $80 transfer to the Blackie Spit Society is pending.
Moved Margot Thomson, Second Jim Mason that the Treasurer’s report be accepted. Carried.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT: Bruce Friesen reported that canvassing is ongoing with good results and new members. To date 250 active members confirmed with a target of 400 to be reached later this fall.
Moved Cathy Stewart, Second Christie McConkey that the Membership Report be accepted . Carried

COMMUNITY SAFETY REPORT: Erik Seiz

On August 29 2011 at 4 pm the Directors met with Surrey Councillor Barinder Rasode, RCMP Corporal Bert Paquet, Mgr Operations for Bylaws & Licensing
Rick Bamford, Mgr Crime Reduction Strategy Colleen Kerr, RCMP Community Safety Officers Susan Caley & Amar Gill. Crescent Beach residents, Trevor & Caroline Roberts who live next to Beecher Place also attended to make a presentation regarding constant disturbances, bylaw and curfew infringements in the Beecher Place vicinity.

Discussed at the meeting:
REACTION STRATEGIES
- Encourage residents to call the RCMP non emergency line 604 599 0502 anytime they are aware of unusual activity, rowdiness, fights or have experienced theft or damage to their property. Call 911 for crimes in progress. The police want and need to know about our problems in order to dedicate manpower to our area.
- Block Watch – one being established with Bayview residents headed by Monica Donetti-Ross & Deb Swartz. If other streets are interested the Surrey contact is Pat Leblanc who will help to train & set it up.
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PREVENTION STRATEGIES
- New specific signage such as “Park Closed at Dusk”
- New signage on doors of Beecher Place Hall noting hour of closure.
- Consider adding gates to close Beecher Place parking lot at curfew.
- Increase in Road Blocks and enforcement during the summer (especially May June graduation weekends) to discourage beach partying.
- Foot & bike patrols in summer
- Possibility of a police or community policing storefront office at Beecher Place during summer months.

BEECHER PLACE
As part of a Prevention Strategy to reduce the disruption caused from time to time by users of Beecher Place and as an outcome of the August 29,2011 meeting with the City and RCMP, the following motion was introduced by Malcolm Stewart.
Moved: Erik Seiz Second: Don Sinclair
That Surrey in co-operation with Camp Alexandra be asked to change the Beecher Place curfew from 11 pm to 10 pm as it is located in a residential community and to visibly post hours of operation and contact numbers.
Carried

WHISTLE 24 HOUR CESSATION (except in an emergency)
Malcolm Stewart will meet next week with Councillor Judy Villeneuve and Jaime Boan to discuss the whistle cessation process. As part of that process, the following motion expressing community concern was introduced by Malcolm Stewart
Moved: Nancy Milner Second: Jim Mason
Whereas : rail traffic through Crescent Beach has been steadily increasing and the resulting increase in the frequency of train whistles is a significant disruption to the well being of the community
Then be it resolved that the CBPOA requests the City of Surrey to pursue whistle cessation with BNSF at the two level crossings located within Crescent Beach.
Carried

SPEED BUMPS ON BAYVIEW
Nancy Milner thanked Malcolm Stewart for his efforts to make them a reality.

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Margot Thomson advised that reports will be accessible on the CBPOA website.

There being no further business
Motion to adjourn Don Sinclair, Second Christie McConkey. Carried. 8:50 pm

Next Quarterly Meeting & Christmas Party ( bring an Appy)
7:30 pm Wednesday December 7, 2011- Beecher Place

Pres Mark Nelson 604 531 4999
Past Pres Karen MacPherson 604 535 5938
Vice Pres Erik Seiz 604 538 7127
Treas. Malcolm Stewart 604 541 9004
Membership Bruce Friesen 604 292 1854
Sec JoAnne Cook 604 538 0503 and Barbara Armstrong 604 733 7767