SVCA Organization

The Seymour Valley Community Association (SVCA) represents your neighbourhood to the District. It represents  a unified voice with a mandate to improve the area’s quality of life. All adult residents of the neighbourhood are automatically members of the association.

The SVCA Charter:

• The SVCA meets the basic FONVCA guidelines (umbrella organization for community associations).
• The names, phone numbers, address, and email addresses of all the executive members are published and on the web site.
• There are regular communication of the activities of the association with the members. These are also posted on the web site. Past activities remain on the site for as long as possible.
• There is a duly advertised and open Annual General Meeting. This includes notification of residents and posting on the web site.
• There is a written outline of how records of the Association are kept on the web site.
• There is a written outline of all the process by which residents may bring concerns to the Association on the web site.
• All processes should be verifiable and auditable by any community members at any time. All official written records should be on the web site. 
• There are regular meetings.
• All issues are dealt with in an expeditious manner.
• The association at all times represent democratic processes and will always represent the majority view to District Council.
• The association does not approach council to resolve issues which are highly controversial. That is to say issues which people are closely split  on the solution. The association at all times attempt to mediate solutions which are acceptable to the majority.
• Executive members do not lobby District Council with a point of view which conflicts with the association's majority point of view without first stepping down from the executive or at least ensuring that other executive members are representing the majority point of view to council.
• The association encourages active participation by its membership.

FAQ

1. How do I join the SVCA?

You are already a member if you are an adult living within the SVCA boundaries. The geographic area covered by the Seymour Valley Community Association is the Seymour River Valley north of the Seymour Parkway. This includes Riverside Drive, Edgewater Lane, Chapman Way, Treetop Lane, Rivergrove Place, Riverbank Place, Swinburne Ave, Grantham Place, Seymour Blvd, Bow Court, Seymour Court, Heritage Blvd, Tanager Place, and Hilary Place.

2. Who can raise an issue?

   Any member of the community association can raise and work on an issue.

3. How do I raise an issue?

The first thing to do is see if there is someone already assigned to the issue. If so, call them and express your views/concerns and see how you can get involved. If not, then call an executive member and volunteer to champion the issue. It will then be added to the list of community issues and assigned to you or you can find someone else that is willing to work on the issue and they will be assigned to it. Issues are often worked on by groups of residents but generally have one primary resident assigned to them. Each issue has a mailing list associated with it which can be viewed via a web browser and which can be subscribed to by people wishing to receive email updates. The current issues, contacts, and mailing list addresses are described on the website homepage at http://seymourvalley.ca.

4. Are there issues I can help with which are not yet assigned to anyone?

   Yes, we have many more issues than volunteers at the present time. Here is a list of unassigned ones:
   

   • Transportation
   • Dam Awareness
   • Education - Tri school/high school/private school
   • Social Activities
   • Parks
   • District Official Community Plans
   • Development
   • Environment
   • Recreation