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Meeting
commenced: 7:10 p.m.
Chair: Elmer Rudolph;
Recorder: Gavin McLeod
Number of
attendees: 8
Approval of minutes of
previous meetings:
Motion to approve minutes of May 24, 2016, moved by Gavin McLeod seconded by Heather
McKenzie.
Additional Agenda Items:
Before and after school
care for Lord Tweedsmuir students (Katrina Ingraham): Katrina
Ingraham reported on her intent to create a before and after day care facility
at St. Aidan’s church, the target audience will be students at Lord Tweedsmuir K
to 6 school. The hours will be 7 am to 9 am and 2:45 pm to 6 pm.
There
will be space for up to 30 children. There are plans to have a drop off zone.
Katrina represents Starling Child Care, a for profit company. More information
at www.starlingchildcare.ca/
Review of City Draft
Proposal for Land Use Map for the new O.C.P. Vision 2041 (Elmer Rudolph): The city has
reached the final stages of its OCP consultation process. The city presented
many infill options for consideration. The most popular options were laneway
houses and townhouses. It was announced that the draft OCP will be created in
early 2017. One topic of conversation was the conversion of large garages to
laneway houses. A few years ago, there was a surge in construction of large
garages, possibly looking to convert to laneway houses when allowed. There are
obstacles to the conversions due to building code and the cities creation of
standards for laneway housing.
Report on Latest
Residents Association Forum (Gavin McLeod): Elmer Rudolph could not
attend so Gavin McLeod attended in his place. The major topic presented was the
OCP (Vision 2041). The major topic brought up by a Residents’ Association Rep
was traffic enforcement. Gavin McLeod requested that the bicycle pedestrian
crossing to River Drive be included as a topic but was told that there was
nothing to report.
Neighbourhood Traffic
Advisory Committee Report (Gavin McLeod): The committee discussed
the following: air quality assessment near Ecole Glenbrook Middle school and
Ecole Qayqyat Elementary school; traffic signal timing policy; congestion
management principals and quick wins for walking in Queensborough.
Community Policing
Committee Report (Gavin McLeod): Deputy Constable Dave Jansen provided an
update on crime statistics for calls for service, overall there was a reduction
of 2 percent except for the Sapperton area which had an increase of 1 percent
which averages about 25 calls over the year. There were additional arrests in a
home invasion investigation. There was an investigation of a report of a
shooting that took place in the 300 block of Carnarvon, it was reported to be a
targeted shooting. The Emergency Response Team was involved in two incidents,
both involved mental health issues.
ActBiped Committee Report (Mary Wilson): Mary Wilson is not an
official member of the committee but attends the meetings. Mary reported that
Translink provide $150,000.00 for traffic control people during the repair of
the Pattullo bridge. The traffic control people reported a high level of verbal
abuse from drivers. A motion was passed to thank them.
Stewardson Way overpass
to River Drive:
Elmer was informed that money is still the issue between provincial government,
Translink and the City of New Westminster, the city does not want to spend that
much. It appears that there will be a cancellation of the Q2Q bridge due to the
latest estimate of around 39 million dollars, the original estimate was around
9 million dollars. If it is cancelled the money could be used toward the River
Drive crossing.
20th Street
Traffic Control during Patullo Bridge Closure August 13-14 (Elmer Rudolph): Elmer
Rudolph reported on traffic problems created by the repairs on the Pattullo
bridge crossing. The problems were added to by repaving of Seventh Avenue
between Twentieth street and Twenty-Second street, there was one traffic
control person at the Twentieth and Seventh intersection which was chaotic
including fender benders and driver hostility which was even directed at the
traffic control person.
Appointment of WERA
delegate to Neighbourhood Traffic Advisory Committee (Elmer Rudolph): Elmer
Rudolph asked for volunteers for the position of delegate to the Neighbourhood
Traffic Advisory Committee; Gavin McLeod and Frank Norman accepted the
opportunity.
Meeting
Adjourned: 20:25
Next
meeting: Tentatively scheduled for Tuesday November 22, 2016 at Unity in Action
Church from 7 pm to 9 pm. The meeting will be an AGM with elections of officers
and collection of $2 dues.
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