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| Thursday, July 12, 2012
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Aldergrove On The Ball
Council rejects landfill plan By NATASHA JONES Black Press
A string of residents told Township council on Monday night that they oppose a plan to haul out 25,000 cubic metres of peat from land at 26453 52 Ave., and replace them with 120,400 cubic metres of gravel and top soil. But the tipping point, and a huge boost for residents’ case against the application, came not from a neighbour, but from Shane Dyson, who lives in the 27300 block of 43 Ave., about a mile away. Dyson told council that as a result of a soil deposit operation abutting his northern property line, and clear-cutting on a property three blocks away, his land has sustained flooding that has so severely compromised the usefulness of his land that the B.C. Assessment Authority cut his assessment by two thirds. “I’m infuriated that we can talk about doubling trees at Target, but we don’t talk about clear-cutting,” Dyson told council during a public hearing into the soil deposit application. He warned council that problems from clear cutting and soil removal and deposits may not show up for years. When they do, “there will be no recourse.” His reference to Target related to council’s recommendation earlier in the public hearing that the American retail chain be urged to plant more trees as it remodels the exterior of the its new store, the former Zellers shop in Willowbrook Mall. Greenline Management, agents for G and J Rai, have applied to remove the peat and replace it with 110,000 cubic metres of “structural fill” and 10,000 cubic metres of top soil. SEE: Page 4
Aldergrove Star
Thieves strike twice By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
Thieves somehow bypassed fences, metal doors and an alarm two nights in a row this week at the church undergoing reconstruction at 272 Street and 26 Avenue. Lyle Kuemper of Living Word Fellowship said tradesmen discovered when they arrived Monday morning that new copper pipe was stolen. The next morning they arrived to find that their tools had been stolen, along with rolls of new copper wiring. Some of the copper stolen the first night was discovered by Township employees, buried next to the nearby municipal pumping station and has been returned to the site. Kuemper says he is “mystified” as to how the thieves managed to bypass security measures, but the church will step it up with new measures. He appeals to anyone who may have information on the thefts to call RCMP. Living Word Fellowship, which currently leases space at the Adventist Church, purchased the church site in January. It had previously been a Buddhist temple and a United Church.
Park drops ‘Lake’ name
HARRY HUNT PHOTO
Aldergrove Vipers’ Pietro Romegioli heads the ball in U16 soccer action against the Shuswap Selects’ Micah Gunn, July 7 at the B.C. ‘B’ Cup Championships in Aldergrove. The community was abuzz with the very best teenaged soccer players from across the province in competition all weekend.
Metro Vancouver will proceed with the development of plans to enhance Aldergrove Regional Park in southeast Langley. At least that’s what the region is calling the former Aldergrove Lake Regional Park for now, pending a final decision on a new name. The lake reference is being dropped since the regional parks department drained the popular swimming hole in 2011 to comply with more stringent public health regulations. Metro staff say they’re considering various trail and facility upgrades, providing more routes for pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians. An open house is expected in late September and a draft management plan is to come back to the Metro board for approval this winter. Staff envision an expanded dog offleash area, creation of a new wetland area for wildlife viewing and an active farm program. Youth activities at Aldergrove Bowl could include disc golf, tobogganing and adventure play. A water play area is also under consideration, but not the reopening of a destination swimming area, as desired by many residents. It’s not yet clear where money will come for any actual upgrades of the park that do make it into a final plan. A Metro report cautioned that proceeding with the management plan would “likely result in some public expectation of capital investment to implement the plan.”
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