Directors Present: Andrew, Rona, Jim, Bruce, Robert,
Derrick. Alexandra
Neighbourhood House
1) Call to order: 7:33PM.
2) Presentations: 2:1) Hugh Norris, Park Facilities
Operations Manager who was scheduled to talk about the Sports Box did not
appear.
From the floor: Basketball kids sometimes light up the box with their car
headlights and play until 1:30 AM. Suggest that when the Blackie spit park gate
is locked, lock the sports box.
Have heard from the City that they are scheduling one sport at a time for
45 minutes duration. An exception is for the men’s hockey who have been playing
11:00 AM to 1 PM on a given day for 25 years.
2:2) Report sent in by Tindi Sekhon re.
the drainage and paving project. The contractor is making good progress. The
works are tentatively scheduled to be finished at the end of October –
depending on any archeological findings and the weather. The suggestion is that
Tindi attends the next CBPOA General Meeting along with someone from
Transportation to discuss observations and learnings.
From the floor: The air quality on the street where the paving has been
removed and is still being used by traffic is totally unacceptable owing to the
dust from the work and the vehicle traffic.
The end of Agar has been dug up and refilled for four weeks and no water
has been applied to damp down the dust. The archeologists are sifting all the
excavated material. Some people are now re-routing on to Gilley.
Councillor Pettigrew undertook to contact the Project Manager about the
traffic flow and the resultant air quality concerns.
Tindi’s e-mail address, THSekhon@surrey.ca was provided for members to contact him
directly.
Question: How much work is actually being done in a week? The workers
start at 7:00 Am and finish at 3:30 PM – why not work a longer day and shorten
the project duration?
3) Adoption of the July 3rd,
2019, General Meeting draft Minutes.
Proposed, Jim Seconded, Robert. All in favour.
4) Matters arising from the
minutes. Has the minute from the
meeting, together with the Blackie Spit Master Plan and the 2018 Review
document, been passed along to City Hall?
Councillor Annis responded that the materials have been received and she
will report back at the November CBPOA General Meeting.
5) Correspondence and updates. 5:1) Recent City announcement.
·
Strategy
Released to Help Surrey Navigate Towards a Flood Resistant Future.
Surrey Flood Adaption Strategy,
(CFAS), draft is now available for comment.
The City has
wrapped up the first four phases of work in the development of CFAS which was
shaped by almost 3 years of technical analysis, community meetings, engineering
studies, stakeholder workshops, outreach events, collaboration activities and
site visits.
The draft
strategy sets out decade-by-decade actions to prepare for and adapt to sea
level rise.
The longer
term Strategic Directions are based on an 80 year time frame, (ie. to 2100),
and represent the outlook for flood adaption for the three CFAS planning areas
which include:
·
Mud
Bay – Coastal works/Highway 99
·
Crescent
Beach – Expanded Edge
·
Semiahmoo
Bay – Infrastructure improvements and Land Raising
The City thanks all participants.
Now in the
final phase - reporting back – the City invites us to browse through the
background documents at
Surrey.ca/coastal - read the
draft CFAS Strategy and share our comments.
Tell the
City what we think at coastal@surrey.ca which is open for comments until September 16th.
[Expanded Edge – expanding the beach outwards to reduce the slope of the
beach and, in turn, reduce wave run-up.]
5:2)
The fence and whistle cessation.
We have been in contact with City staff. Little progress has been made
but the lines of communication involving BNSF and Transport Canada remain open
and being actively pursued by the City.
There is some good news, Transport Canada has amended the 2018/2019
contribution agreement to March 31st, 2020 – which means the $120K
for the fence etc. is now available again to the City.
Question from the floor: where are we with the fence? Councillor Annis
responded that she had met last week with Transport Canada and BNSF at City
Hall. Things are moving quickly – expecting the terms of reference for the
lease and the placement of the fence lease terms. There is a staff briefing to
come and she will have another meeting with BNSF in two weeks.
6) New Business.
From the floor – the gate at Blackie Spit is not being locked on time. It
is usually two hours late and sometimes even later. We do not want issues to
occur because of the late closure. Councillor Annis will follow up with staff.
Rona reminded members about the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue
Station 5 Crescent Beach Ducktona 5000, on Saturday September 14th -
when up to 5000 rubber ducks will be released as a fund raising event by the
Station. Tickets are $5 each and 5 for $20.
From the floor – speeding on Sullivan – can a large 30 KPH sign be
painted on the street? Local residents have chalked a 30 sign on the street for
now. Can there be a sign indicating 30 KPH on all streets in Crescent Beach? Speed bumps are being installed as drainage
and paving proceeds; can’t come fast enough. Buses are among the worst for
speeding.
From the floor – have we heard anything more about small buses for
Crescent Beach? There was a recent piece in the Peace Arch News talking about
double decker buses coming to White Rock centre.
From the floor – Gardiner has been inundated with parking and parking
issues this summer. Robert stated that he has been to the City web site and
posted the parking regulations on the Crescent Beach Facebook page.
The link to the City web site is: City of Surrey Parking Regulations and
click on Parking without a sign. Members should educate themselves for their
own benefit and for their guests.
From the floor – another education item. No dogs on the beach in the
summer months. People don’t read the posted signs and the by-law officers feel
the signs are inadequate.
Could the CBPOA put up sandwich board signs to educate people?
City Hall should enforce the by-laws. People down here seem to want it
both ways – no contravention of the by-laws but no consequence for those who do
contravene.
Councillor Pettigrew talked to a bit of a change in philosophy around the
City about too much ticketing – perhaps more warnings. At least have staff
evaluate this change.
What is happening with Beecher Place?
The roof has been replaced and work continues on the interior.
7) Motion to Adjourn. Proposed, Jim. Seconded Sally. Meeting adjourned at 8:10 PM.
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