Tuesday February 3, 2015 (Vol. 40 No. 10)
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Revved up: Elgin Park Secondary student Jordan Shaw is well on his way to becoming a mechanic, thanks to a district program that will count for both college and high school credits. i see page 11
Strata council’s letter received days before early-start issue was on city agenda
Market disputes mayor’s ‘complaints’ Sarah Massah Staff Reporter
The president of the White Rock Farmers’ Market is looking for answers after the city’s mayor told council last week that there have been a number of early-morning noise complaints. “The board of directors have yet to see one legitimate formal complaint,” Sandy VanDeKinder told Peace Arch News on Friday.
“I have written proof that there have been no complaints from the Miramar strata dated December 2014. It was only moments before the Jan. 12 meeting, when all of the WRFM board members had gathered to hear the approval of another year of the market, when we were taken off the (city council) agenda because council had received a letter (a few days before).” Mayor Wayne Baldwin told council Jan. 26
that there had been “some complaints” and said he was unsure why a 7 a.m. startup time had been allowed in previous years. Asked about VanDeKinder’s concerns, Baldwin told PAN he is not aware of any official complaints on file, but said that residents had asked him about moving the market from Miramar Village Plaza due to the noise. The complaints came up during a number
of conversations, Baldwin said. “I don’t think there were any files, it was just people that would comment to me from time to time,” he said. Baldwin added that residents may have thought the market was a city-run event, due to Coun. Helen Fathers’ involvement as the market’s manager, making them hesitant to file an official complaint. i see page 4
Parking disputes
Neighbours’ calls to city precipitate bylaw fines Alex Browne Staff Reporter
Eyes on the prize
Boaz Joseph photo
Cloverdale’s Tyler Tardi (right) and Royal City Curling Club’s Dezaray Hawes keep an eye on the rock during the mixed doubles provincial championships. The Tardi/Hawes duo won the event, which was held last weekend at the Peace Arch Curling Centre. For more, see page 15.
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Some residents of South Surrey’s Summerfield neighbourhood are up in arms about what they see as aggressive and overzealous enforcement of parking bylaws on their streets over the last six months. But Jas Rehal, the City of Surrey’s manager of bylaw enforcement and licensing, says their real issue is with other neighbours who have complaints about parking infractions in the area, west of 176 Street, between 4 and 0 avenues. Residents who contacted Peace Arch News and posted comments on a community Facebook site say enforcement staff of city contractor Concord Parking are routinely “trolling” for infractions. They say residents have been ticketed for having car bumpers overhang their driveways onto the sidewalk by a few inches, and they note that those writing the tickets are often double-parked, blocking roadways, while they do so. But Rehal said the only reason Concord is in the area is because of resident complaints – not a desire to single out a specific neighbourhood. i see page 4
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