welcome to fra’s 2008 agm. agenda 1) welcome jpb 2) guest speaker – mayor helen zille 3)...
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Welcome to FRA’s 2008 AGM
Agenda
1) Welcome JPB
2) Guest Speaker – Mayor Helen Zille
3) Approval of 2007 AGM minutes JPB
4) Security: crime stats and ADT service PB
5) Land use and planning issues LB
6) Financial report: annual and budget LB
7) Membership, subscriptions, communication LB
8) Traffic matters, vendors, barking dogs BB
9) Kirstenbosch JM
10) Cell phone coverage JM
11) Protea Village land claim JB
12) Fernwood Parliamentary Sportsground MS
13) Election of FRA mancom 2008/2009 JPB
14) General JPB
15) Closure JPB
Helen Zille, Mayor of Cape Town
CONGRATULATIONS on winning the 2008 World Mayor Prize!
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AGM 2007
2007 AGM Minutes on the FRA website Approval required
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Security
Zone 1 - Rhodes Drive and above Zone 2 - Below Rhodes Drive
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Security Stats4
Oct 2006 – Sept 2007 – 16 % drop in crimeOct 2007 – Sept 2008 – 54 % drop in crime
Total reported crime incidents C17 (below Rhodes) C18 (Rhodes and above)
October 2006 to September 2007 84 49 35October 2007 to September 2008 39 (-54%) 21 (-57%) 18 (-49%)
Average response times C17 (below Rhodes) C18 (Rhodes and above)
October 2006 to September 2007 4.72 min 4.67 min 4.77 minOctober 2007 to September 2008 5.20 min (+10.1%) 5.08 min 5.33 min
Call outs C17 (below Rhodes) C18 (Rhodes and above)
October 2006 to September 2007 6 250 3 815 2 435October 2007 to September 2008 6 236 (-0.22%) 3 300 2 936
Security Report
Introduction of second patrol vehicle in Aug 2006 has had positive impact
10% increase negotiated With the two cars travelling around 225 000
km in the last twelve months, fuel prices obviously are a major portion of the increase
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Erf 97707 – 31 Upper Paradise Road: - subdivision into 3 portions approved - heavy restrictions.Erf 49943 – 23 Boshof Avenue - province replied sub-division must decrease from 9 to 7 plots (land portions +/- 1000 m3), entrance in Fernwood Ave. Process still to be completed. Erf 49878 – 49 Boshof Avenue - approved underlying subdivisions into 3 portions BUT < 500m2. Still with Council.Integrated Zoning Scheme - Draft 4 of the IZS did not include overlay zones – “incomplete”. Objection submitted on behalf of FRA.
Land and Planning Issues
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The Council’s new budget came into effect on 1 July 2008 - land use inspectors included
Published regulations concerning the requirements for and approval of gated communities with restricted access.
City had commenced work on its Optical Fibre Communication Network - primarily to improve communications throughout the Metropole for municipal purposes, but will be available for private and commercial use, too.
Of Interest …
Treasurer’s Report for 2008as at 30 June 2008
INCOME 2008
Members subscriptions 54,410
Interest received 103
54,513
EXPENDITURE 13,217
Annual general meeting 1,978
Audit fees 2,280
Bank charges 754
Committee meeting expenses 1,266
Membership levies (GCTCA) 200
Land use research 224
Legal fees 3,990
Website and publishing 2,525
Surplus for the Year 41,296
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Fernwood Households - 676 FRA Membership – 445 (65%) ADT subscription – about 500 (72%)
_________________________________ Continue collect membership fees via ADT
mechanism (alternatively EFT/cheque) Separate invoice / receipt
Membership and Subscriptions
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Brand new website – www.fernwood.org.za
Communications
Enforcement of road signs by traffic department - monitoring continues…
Speed enforcement on Rhodes Drive
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Informal Traders and Barking Dogs
Informal traders – health inspection ordered New Animal By-Law A reminder of the official ruling: no more than 2
dogs per property are allowed
Traffic Matters, Vendors and Dogs
Kirstenbosch
Regular liaison re Summer Concert programme
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FRA trying to get 2 masts for 3+ years
Vodacom Mast proposed for Kirstenbosch Biodiversity Research Centre – letters sent to affected residents
Residents concerned about potential health hazards
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Cellphone Coverage
Cellphone related radiation
Electromagnetic radiation is non-ionising Radio frequency From cellphone and from cellphone masts
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Masts – exposures
Between 0.01 and 10% of the ICNIRP limits Distance to the mast is not the main factor Line of sight exposures more than non-line-of
sight 20 UK stations – minimum height 2.4m Generally 0.002-2% of ICNIRP limits for
general public with 8.6% being the maximum
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Acute effects of radiation from Masts
No effects on: – mood or alertness– cognitive function or symptoms– attention or reaction time– physiological differences by exposure– electrosensitivity (shown to be psycho-somatic)– children’s cognitive function
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Chronic effects of radiation from masts
No heart disease excess No other health effects found No biologically plausible mechanism
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Cellphones
Denmark and Sweden studied for > 20 years No excess
– parotid gland tumours – No excess acoustic neuroma – No excess meningioma– No excess glioma– Interphone study to report this year Radiation
increases with weaker mast signal Important to note that the weaker the mast signal the
greater the power output by the phone
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Jenna Bass is FRA liaison person and has made contact with the new head of CPA
Negotiations and planning ongoing between Regional Land Claims Commission, CPA and Bergstan
No definite plans or dates for development are set or predicted
Await new Impact Assessment in February 2009
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Protea Village Land Claim
No further news on possible development National Dept of Public Works last
comment: “Busy drafting a Conservation Management Survey and Plan”
FRA Task Team monitoring activities
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Fernwood Parliamentary Sportsgrounds
Nominations received for re-election:Chairperson - John Burdes Deputy Chairperson - Laura BerghTreasurer - Laura BerghSecretary - Sarah
Hartmann Other nominations received to MANCOM: Prof
Jonny Myers, Bradley Bergh, Moir Scholtz, Jackie Lange, Jenna Bass
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FRA Committee
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Marijke Honig (landscaper) is concerned that Fernwood is losing it's green and leafy character due to: – the proliferation of high walls– the increasing number of stone chip road
verges with no plants, – planting of inappropriate trees
Comments from the floor
General Items Raised
Thank You All For Coming
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