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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