CBPOA – October 6, 2020 Directors Meeting - Activities and Actions

 

CBPOA – October 6, 2020 Directors Meeting

Activities and Actions

Directors' Present: Jim, Rona, Liz, Beryl, Bob, Henri.

 

1.     Church Property – letter from Pastor Klenner discussed.

 

2.     Speed bumps on Gordon Avenue – Jim Lightbody’s letter discussed, suggested to  ask the RCMP in the spring to monitor and ticket more drivers on McBride and Sullivan on busy weekends, have more signs regarding speed, try to catch drivers detouring up Gordon and other streets to line up for the train.

 

3.     Fires on the beach – call not-emergency number, Fire Department happy to come.

 

4.     Cyclists falling at the railroad crossings – referral has gone to City via Linda Annis

 

5.     Parking hours at Blackie Spit– Blackie Spit Working Group to contact City regarding our concern about the parking hours

 

6.     Emergency Preparation

a.      AED project update- Jim and Rona brought us up to date. One Save Station at Beecher Place. St John Ambulance presentation has been moved from October to November. CBPOA is a non-profit, our grant request for up to $15,000 has been re-directed.

b.     Marine Search and Rescue has Covid adapted training in place

 

7.     Request for help for emails and CBPOA information page – ask members what the needs are; make a motion to pre-approve spending some money, start small by moving the mailing list to Mail Chimp.

 

8.     New Business – Henri – Memberships coming 285 now in, about 100 more to come in.  Continue canvassing.

 

9.     Planning for November 4 General Meeting via Zoom

a.      Presentation from City Planner Keith Boersma.

b.     Linda Annis will attend.

c.      Who will host us and who will be our “co-pilot”? Jim to talk to Andrew about continuing one more time.

CBPOA – August 11, 2020 Directors Meeting Activities and Actions

 

CBPOA – August 11, 2020 Directors Meeting

Activities and Actions

1.    Correspondence received from Surrey Fire Chief to be attached to September minutes and posted on website.

2.    Contact made from Surrey for a Public Engagement Strategy meeting; Liz to follow up to complete this survey.

3.    Save Station/AED Project: Jim Carter to update at next GM

4.    Emergency Preparedness Working Group: although the group is not currently active, outstanding progress was made in previous years. Recommend that we start something up in the fall, like an informational brochure.

5.    Agenda planning for September 9, 2020

·       The Directors are continuing to look for and encourage volunteers to come forward for the positions of President and Membership Chair. Nominations from the floor will be called for at the AGM.

·       Meeting will be held via Zoom, Andrew to chair

CBPOA - June 2, 2020 - Directors' Meeting - Activities and Actions

CBPOA Directors’ Meeting

Tuesday June 2, 2020

Via Zoom

Activities and Actions

1.      Correspondence

o   Paddle Shack survey

o   Emails

o   Request from City Planner for contact person regarding changes in zoning (Liz)

2.      Membership Drive 2020

o   Discussed mail-in memberships, PayPal, ability to download a form from our site

o   Contact canvassers to update (Bruce)

3.      Whistle Cessation

o   Get update from City (Liz)

§  work around whistle sensation delayed during the COVID-19

4.      Blog and Website

o   Need a Webmaster to maintain and update our web resources

o   Contact Erik S for information (Liz)

o   Constitution is on cbpoa.ca site under Resources

o   Ask Membership what they would like to see (at AGM)

5.      Church Property

o   Recent offer was rejected, no offers to buy in place, this Working Group is now dormant

6.      Emergency Preparedness

o   Funding for AEDs is in place, communicate with City (Liz) and Karen McPherson (Rona)

7.      Planning for July 8 General Meeting and September 9 AGM

o   July 8 General Meeting – hope we can meet in person by July 8, or host Zoom General Meeting, or consider moving July meeting to August in the hope that we can meet.

o   September 8 AGM – reserve room, consider using Zoom,  satisfy legal requirements

CBPOA - May 6, 2020 - Directors' Meeting - Activities and Actions

CBPOA

Directors' Meeting May 6, 2020

Activities and Actions

Present: Andrew, Beryl, Jim, Liz. Bruce.

1.     A Director's Meeting was held in lieu of a General Meeting on May 6, 2020 via Zoom, due to the requirement for social distancing to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.

2.     The increased numbers of people coming into the beach area during the COVID -19 outbreak was discussed.  The general feeling was that, as long as visitors respected private property and the posted hours for public areas (basically from dawn to dusk), that people should be welcome to use the public parking and beach pathways to exercise and enjoy fresh air.  Concerns were raised regarding visitors parking on private land, or blocking driveways; speed of traffic along Sullivan, McBride and other side streets, and the need for all who use the area to respect social distancing guidelines.  A letter was sent to Councillor Linda Annis outlining the concerns of the CBPOA.

3.     Alternatives to door-to-door canvassing were discussed for July and August, 2020.  Bruce offered to research online payment options, and to draw up a form that members could fill out online and submit with their payment. Members are always welcome to mail their fee to Bruce or drop it into his mailbox.  Person-to-person contact will be missed; we will have to work in different ways to encourage membership.

4.     Beryl introduced a potential CBPOA history project. She is going through the CBPOA archives, organizing them with the goal to preserving them. Beryl to contact the City of Surrey Archives and also the Library to ask what they look for in such a project, Liz to research several other websites to see how they have done it, Liz to source a CBSC 100th Anniversary book.

The following is May 2020 The Blackie Spit Working Group’s Update Report to the membership. 

Regards

Ron 

Blackie Spit Working Group Report - 2020-05-08

Action Items with updates

2019.01 Beachfront Path Extension

The Beachfront path should be extended to the end of the parking lot in order to provide safe pedestrian access to the Spit as suggested in the Blackie Spit Master Plan 1999.

Status: ONGOING

·  2020-05-08 Update

§  Assessed by environment consultan and no show stoppers. Currently mapping vegetation so can submit notification to provincial authorities.notification takes 45 days once submitted so potentially could start in August unlikely to start before August.

2019.06  Support the Annual RCMP Summer Weekend

Support for the annual RCMP summer weekend initiative as part of overall beach and park security. 

Status: ONGOING

·  2020-05-08 Update

§  District 5 RCMP advised that the summer weekend initiative is going ahead as in past years.

2020.01 Pier Maintenance

Status: ONGOING: 

·  2020-05-08 Update

• The Consultant Report has been received and the Consultant is preparing the contract specifications in order to put out to tender. Work is expected to proceed in Fall 2020 

2020.02 Playground Upgrade (across from Camp A)

Status: ONGOING: 

·  2020-05-08 Update

§  Mark Lepik - City of Surrey Park Operations Coordinator advised that manufacturer of playground structure is working under COVID 19 restrictions resulting in a delay in structure delivery. Mark expects delivery of the structure in late June and anticipates installation this summer. 

2020.03 Closure of Christopherson Steps and 101 steps

Status: ONGOING: 

o 2020-05-08 Update

§   Mark Lepik - City of Surrey Park Operations Coordinator advised both Stairs are closed due to Covid 19. The Christopherson Stairs were damaged over the winter and even if the COVID 19 restrictions were to be lifted the Christopherson Stairs will remain closed for repairs. Repairs are scheduled to begin May 19 and last 3 weeks

CBPOA - April 7, 2020 - Directors' Meeting - Activities and Actions

CBPOA - April 7, 2020 - Directors' Meeting - Activities and Actions

Present: Andrew, Rona, Jim, Liz.

1. The April 7, 2020 Director's Meeting was held via Zoom, because of the requirement for social distancing to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.

2. A proposal was brought forth from Liz, Secretary, to send an email out to the Membership to communicate some pertinent news, and to include attachments from the March General Meeting.

3. Connie Fenton offered to coordinate help for any member in need of deliveries of groceries or pharmaceuticals.

4. Neighbours Against 24th Ave Rezoning: The CBPOA receives emails from this group but as the area in question is outside the area covered by the CBPOA, the decision was made to have our email removed from their mailing list.

5. Discussion regarding the need for volunteers to take on the positions of President and Membership at the next Annual General Meeting.  The suggestion was made that current Directors seek out possible candidates and approach them in person.

6. It was decided not to hold a General Meeting on the first Wednesday in May.  Instead, Directors will meet virtually again, via Zoom. Membership will be notified.

CBPOA - February 4, 2020 - Directors' Meeting - Activities and Actions

Directors' Meeting February 4, 2020

Activities and Actions

1)   Church Property - discussions continue between the City and the residents.

2)   Transportation - Working Committee on traffic to report at March General Meeting

3)   Community Plan - Referral to June 4, 2019 Directors Meeting requesting City to restart the Crescent Beach Community Plan.

4)   Blackie Spit Master Plan 1999 - walking path needed adjacent to paved areas for safety (ie pathway definition); safety on the water also an important consideration for facilities rental.

5)   Proposal from Derrick Kershaw to approach Surrey Emergency Services for cost sharing for the proposed Save Stations.

6)   Training session on Emergency Preparedness being held in Langley on Feb. 29, facilitated by the Justice Institute. Jane J to attend and report back on March 4.

7)   Call for volunteers for September 2020.  Positions to be filled: President, Vice President, Membership.

8)   Music Festival at Camp Alex August 1, 2020.