The District of Maple Ridge have made the commitment for the Lower Jackson Farm on 102nd Avenue to become a park. There were 4 options proposed in the staff report to Maple Ridge Council on how to aquire the property from the owners:
- District of Maple Ridge purchase the Lower Jackson Farm property.
- District of Maple Ridge trade municipal owned property within the Urban Boundary for Lower Jackson Farm
- Upper Jackson be designated Urban Residential in exchange for Lower Jackson being dedicated to the District of Maple Ridge.
- Satus quo - Upper Jackson remains in the Urban Reserve and the District of Maple Ridge awaits outcome of the Master Parks Plan before exploring the acquisition of Lower Jackson through other mechanisms.
The proposal that Maple Ridge Council has proceeded with to Public Hearing is Option 3. This option should be the least desireable to anyone that lives in Albion:
- A minimum of 113 home on the upper property above the gravel pit on 100th Avenue, or as Maple Ridge Councillor Craig Spiers has suggested, even more.
- An unplanned for 200 more children into the already overcrowded Albion Elementary and Samuel Robertson Technical Secondary.
- Already ridiculously dangerous conditions on 240th Street for school children made insanely more so by adding 113+ more homes whose residents would be forced to use 102nd Avenue & 240th Street
- A dangerous one way in access to the subdivision along the steep curve where 102nd Avenue turns into 100th Avenue.
- Destruction of a real and productive piece of farmland located outside the Albion Urban area, creating unplanned for Urban Sprawl without following the implementation strategies of the Maple Ridge Official Community Plan.
The WIN-WIN solution that presents itself, but for inexplicable reasons has been neglected, is Option 2, for the District of Maple Ridge to trade a piece of property that they own that is already within the Urban Boundary such as Silver Valley.
The Public Hearing for the By-Laws to enable this travesty to happen #6674-2009 & #6675-2009 will be held at Maple Ridge Council Chambers September 15th, 2009 @ 7PM.
Please express your opposition to this debacle that will forever negatively impact the quality of life in the Maple Ridge real estate neighborhood of Albion. Come to the Public Hearing or write a letter of opposition to mayorandcouncil@mapleridge.ca
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