Cypress Village Public Form #2 on Thursday

Cypress Village Public Forum #2: Testing Ideas is Thursday, June 23, 2016, 4–8pm at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave, West Vancouver.

This is open to anyone who wants to talk calmly and reasonably about plans for Cypress Village and share their opinions about what they'd like to see for the trails.

Have patience. There's a lot more than trails being discussed.

Did I mention the BBQ?

The materials from Cypress Village Public Forum #2: Testing Ideas are finally available at http://cypressvillage.com/vision/.

There are many options being considered: Village location, number of residents, amount of commerce. These are grouped into three scales of development, Baby Bear, Momma Bear and Poppa Bear.

Not much is fixed yet, but the developable pods are real. These are best seen as the tan areas on the Street Connections diagram. These are areas where sieve analysis indicates that development can take place, but it’s not necessarily where development will take place.

Bikers will want to note this point in the Full Consultation Report.

There was a lot of dialogue on the need to develop a management plan for trail networks as Cypress Village is developed and provides access to the new network.

There isn't a management framework for the trails yet. We don’t know who will manage the trails or how they will be maintained.

In other news, BPP is meeting with several builders on Cypress this week to look at options for trails. Having adequate trails to get to the base is going to take careful design. It’s good to have trails like Trunk Monkey and S[HTML_REMOVED]M, but average riders are going to need more accessible options.

The big reveal for the 3 options is still scheduled for September 15 with a big BBQ at McGavin Field. Mark your calendars. Show up and give your feedback on what you like and what needs work. Watch CypressVillage.com for details.

Thanks Alan

it looks like whats at stake here is continued year around riding on Cypress. It appears that the areas that are labeled as suitable for development will take out all of the main lower trails (if theyre developed). Upper trails will remain but those are not usually rideable 12mos/yr.

Appreciate that its BPPs land but as someone who just bought a house in the area Ill be pissed if this happens! Glad that BPP is considering the community in this.

If I'm in town Sept 15 i will be there

it looks like whats at stake here is continued year around riding on Cypress. It appears that the areas that are labeled as suitable for development will take out all of the main lower trails (if theyre developed). Upper trails will remain but those are not usually rideable 12mos/yr.

It also looks like a great bouldering area is going to end up us someones backyard as well.

It also looks like a great bouldering area is going to end up us someones backyard as well.

BPP is talking with the climbers. Don't be surprised if the bouldering area is protected.

The sieve analysis looks are several factors to identify where development is possible; zoning, riparian areas, slope, ecological features and more. After that other factors are considered such as road alignments, view corridors and most importantly, recreational use.

As I said, just because an area can be developed doesn't mean it will be.

Thanks Alan. BPP already seems to be working on the "upper mountain path" shown in the first map of the week 2 consultation boards. Was there any further discussion on that?

Thanks Alan. BPP already seems to be working on the "upper mountain path" shown in the first map of the week 2 consultation boards. Was there any further discussion on that?

The Upper Mountain Path was mentioned but wasn't really discussed. They've roughed out a location for it. If bikes are going to use it, and they likely will, then the trail will need speed management. Expect chicanes.

Yes, theres no doubt that they're preparing to rip up the forest. There's diggers on BLT. Fern is now prepped for large vehicle traffic.

Fern is way different from when it was singletrack, but it won't be a paved road for cars. It's for emergency access including fighting wildfire.

Fern is way different from when it was singletrack, but it won't be a paved road for cars. It's for emergency access including fighting wildfire.

And diggers and dump trucks and backhoes.