Welcome to FRA’s 2008 AGM

Agenda 1) Welcome JPB 2) Guest Speaker – Mayor Helen Zille 3) Approval of 2007 AGM minutesJPB 4) Security: crime stats and ADT servicePB 5) Land use and planning issuesLB 6) Financial report: annual and budgetLB 7) Membership, subscriptions, communicationLB 8) Traffic matters, vendors, barking dogsBB 9) Kirstenbosch JM 10) Cell phone coverageJM 11) Protea Village land claim JB 12) Fernwood Parliamentary SportsgroundMS 13) Election of FRA mancom 2008/2009JPB 14) GeneralJPB 15) ClosureJPB

Helen Zille, Mayor of Cape Town CONGRATULATIONS on winning the 2008 World Mayor Prize! 2

AGM AGM Minutes on the FRA website Approval required 3

Security Zone 1 - Rhodes Drive and above Zone 2 - Below Rhodes Drive 4

Security Stats 4 Oct 2006 – Sept 2007 – 16 % drop in crime Oct 2007 – Sept 2008 – 54 % drop in crime Total reported crime incidents C17 (below Rhodes) C18 (Rhodes and above) October 2006 to September October 2007 to September (-54%) 21 (-57%) 18 (-49%) Average response times C17 (below Rhodes) C18 (Rhodes and above) October 2006 to September min 4.67 min 4.77 min October 2007 to September min (+10.1%) 5.08 min 5.33 min Call outs C17 (below Rhodes) C18 (Rhodes and above) October 2006 to September October 2007 to September (-0.22%)

Security Report Introduction of second patrol vehicle in Aug 2006 has had positive impact 10% increase negotiated With the two cars travelling around km in the last twelve months, fuel prices obviously are a major portion of the increase 4

5 Erf – 31 Upper Paradise Road: - subdivision into 3 portions approved - heavy restrictions. Erf – 23 Boshof Avenue - province replied sub-division must decrease from 9 to 7 plots (land portions +/ m 3 ), entrance in Fernwood Ave. Process still to be completed. Erf – 49 Boshof Avenue - approved underlying subdivisions into 3 portions BUT < 500m 2. 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

5 The Council’s new budget came into effect on 1 July 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 2008 as at 30 June 2008 INCOME2008 Members subscriptions54,410 Interest received103 54,513 EXPENDITURE13,217 Annual general meeting1,978 Audit fees2,280 Bank charges754 Committee meeting expenses1,266 Membership levies (GCTCA)200 Land use research224 Legal fees3,990 Website and publishing2,525 Surplus for the Year41,296 6

7 Fernwood Households 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

7 Brand new website – Communications

Enforcement of road signs by traffic department - monitoring continues… Speed enforcement on Rhodes Drive 8 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 9

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 10 Cellphone Coverage

Cellphone related radiation Electromagnetic radiation is non-ionising Radio frequency From cellphone and from cellphone masts 10

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 % of ICNIRP limits for general public with 8.6% being the maximum 10

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 10

Chronic effects of radiation from masts No heart disease excess No other health effects found No biologically plausible mechanism 10

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 10

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 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 12 Fernwood Parliamentary Sportsgrounds

Nominations received for re-election: Chairperson- John Burdes Deputy Chairperson- Laura Bergh Treasurer- Laura Bergh Secretary- Sarah Hartmann Other nominations received to MANCOM: Prof Jonny Myers, Bradley Bergh, Moir Scholtz, Jackie Lange, Jenna Bass 13 FRA Committee

14 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 15