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Neighbourhood Energy Utility

The Neighbourhood Association was successful in stopping the Neighbourhood Energy Utility, to be built under the Cambie Bridge, from using wood chips for fuel.  It will now provide space heat to the buildings in the new S.E.F.C., with a system that pulls heat from sewage.  We were also successful in eliminating one large stack and lowering the profile of the building.  After City Council instructed the engineers to work with the community, we joined with the design team and contributed to an outcome that won the support of the neighbours and praises from engineering.  Construction will begin in a matter of months.
 

Neighbourhood Association Gets Proactive

City planners working on S.E.F.C. have yet to plan:
  • the traffic interface with our community
  • what will happen under the Cambie Bridge, and
  • the access to the RAV line station at 6th and Cambie

The Planning Committee, which includes representatives from most of the housing enclaves east of Moberley, is undertaking a design process to engage our own residents in crafting neighbourhood-oriented solutions to each of these issues.

Public meetings are to be held regularly. These public meetings will identify 3 to 4 participants from each building, and will be followed by several workshop sessions where these residents work up designs to address the issues.  Professional resources will be made available to these groups as required.

We expect to complete our planning, seek confirmation from the neighbourhood that these are indeed solutions, and present to the city planning before they begin their planning of the area.  If you want to be involved in this process, come to any of our meetings  (next one to be posted on our home page).


 

Unanimous Opposition to Traffic Pattern

There will be a volume of traffic coming from the new S.E. False Creek community as they drive west, towards us.  That community will house up to 15,000 people and most will want to drive their cars of course.  The traffic route that we understand is favoured by the City ahs First Ave. coming west and joining in with the rail tracks, as it comes under the Cambie Bridge and continues parallel to Commodore, then swinging up (southerly) on Ash.

This means the residents along Commodore - Connaught Co-op, Newport and Discovery Quays - will be looking south over Commodore, the continuation of First, west to Ash that includes the rail line, the RAV station and 6th Avenue ... wall to wall pavement, tracks, train and cars.  They are up in arms!

Through meetings and a petition.  the residents of Newport, Discovery and Connaught Co-op have opposed Engineering's plans.  They say they don't want the S.E.F.C. traffic dumped into the neighbourhood.   

RAV Station Access At this time, the planned access to the Canada Line station at 6th and Cambie, is limited to the 6th Avenue side. There is no plan for access form the south side of 6th, under the street, and no access from our community on the north of the station. We think there should be better access, and with neighbours, expect we can contribute to an improved design.
Promenade to the Creek from RAV Station The third issue we are bringing to the city’s attention is the idea of doing something under the Cambie Bridge that is not the basketball courts and skateboard park the Parks Board favours. Residents in this area, parallel to the Cambie Bridge, would like to see a promenade that brings people form the RAV station to the water. This would provide for a gentle interface between the new community of S.E.F.C and our own. A concept design has already been drafted and is gaining considerable positive attention.
The Arbutus Greenway The fourth issue, although you can see by now they are inter-related, is the use of the Arbutus Greenway. That is the city-owned rail corridor parallel to 6th Ave. Although it is officially a “greenway,” city engineering sees it exclusively as a future street car line. We believe there is an opportunity to come up with a multi-purpose corridor that might include an express bike/skate board/roller blade route (that would get the speeding bikes off the seawall walkway), protection of animal habitat, possible allotment gardens, as well as a future street car.

About two years ago SPEC undertook a study of the Arbutus Corridor from Marpole to 4th and Burrard, There were a number of creative ideas for this right-of-way that might stimulate some creative design. This is in our back yard and whatever happens along this line is going to impact our neighbourhood. If anyone would like to become involved in this or the preceding issues, attend one of the meetings or contact the planning group member in your building. If there isn’t one, perhaps you would like to be the contact.
 
Dogs Off Leash
Charleson Park

The FCSNA has struck a "Dogs Off Leash" at Charleson Park sub committee.  The committee has communicated with the Parks Board about their concerns, described below in the petition that is currently in circulation.

Regarding Family Use of Waterfall Area in Charleson Park

The undersigned are concerned about the dominance of off-leash dogs in the waterfall area in Charleson Park during designated on-leash hours. This area has become increastingly unusable for False Creek residents and particularly for families with children. Requests to dog-owners to respect on-leash regulations in this area are often unsuccessful, and have too often led to verbal harassment.

We support efforts to enforce the current by-laws requiring dogs to be leashed in the waterfall area from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., June 1 to September 31.

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Minutes of September 4, 2008
Planning Meeting

 
 
     
 
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