Seymour Valley Community Newsletter | http://seymourvalley.ca info@seymourvalley.ca Edited by Bill Maurer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Active Issues
If you have any neighbourhood issue you are interested in becoming the contact for then get it added to the issues list and keep people informed or get them involved in the cause. You can do this by sending an email to issues@seymourvalley.ca or calling me at 929-9442. Note that each issue has its own mailing list which contains all email messages sent to the Email List address. You can either view the messages via a web browser or you can subscribe to one or more lists and the messages will be forwarded to you as they arrive. Seymour Local Plan The current draft version of the Seymour Local Plan can be found on the district's website, at local libraries, and at the Community planning counter at District Hall. The Seymour Local Plan covers the area between Parkgate and the Seymour River north of the Seymour Parkway. Where are we in the process? The plan has been developed through a community based planning process by a number of interested residents and local government staff over a period of 5 years since 1997. The draft version of the plan was released in June and a series of open houses were held at the Parkgate Rec Center, Ron Andrews Rec Center, and Ice Sports Center. Further input is being solicited during July in an effort to gain additional support for the plan and to help identify contentious issues. The amended plan will be presented to council for acceptance in the September/October timeframe. The SVCA has not been involved in the planning process thus far. A meeting specifically focused on the Seymour Valley is being organized at district hall to allow the plan to be presented to residents of the community and to solicit input. It is unfortunate that this is occurring during the summer months when many residents are away on holidays. An hour spent now to ensure our community vision is incorporated in the plan is worth 100 hours later trying to oppose change we do not want. If you are available please come to this very important meeting to help determine the future of our community. If you cannot attend and would like to provide some feedback, send email to Charlene Grant, DNV Community Planner, (grantc@dnv.org) or phone her at 604-990-2415. Also please forward email regarding this issue to ocp@seymourvalley.ca . The sections that specifically refer to the Seymour Valley are as follows: Chapter 4.0 Housing & Schools
Chapter 7.0 Parks and Open Space
Traffic Calming Results from the latest traffic cable analysis indicate that speeds are down significantly from where they were prior to the speed humps being installed. The study indicates an 85th percentile of 57.9 kph (May 8-14) in the 800 block and 58.3 kph (May 23-29) in the 1800 block. The latest graphs are available on the website. We lost the chairman of the committee, Andrew Karlstrom to work commitments in June. Harry MacGucken is seeking a recommitment from existing members or other new members who are interested. A new chairman will be selected at the next traffic committee meeting. SVCA Organization Andrew Karlstrom resigned as a director of the SVCA and as chair of the Traffic Committee in June due to work requirements of his new job. Minutes of the Executive meetings are now available on the web site. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||