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The Fernie Snow Valley Community Association is a non profit society registered
in 1993 with the BC Government under the Society Act with the following stated purpose:
"The purpose of the society is to provide a forum for people interested
in the community situated at the base of Fernie Alpine Resort..
Membership would not be necessarily limited to property owners on the hill,
nor is it anticipated that all property owners would choose to join the
society."
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In fact the main focus of the association was to obtain fire protection for
our community. In other words ensure that the Fernie Fire Department was paid
to respond if there was a fire in one of our properties. This was accomplished
for three and a half years by getting all the property owners on the hill to
voluntarily contribute their share of this fee. Society status was necessary
to permit bank accounts and contracts with the City.
Ultimately this system proved unworkable and the Society undertook to get a
petition passed that would have the Regional District of East Kootenay collect
the necessary monies on our property tax bills and enter into a contract with
the City of Fernie on our behalf. This was successful and fire protection began
again in July of 1998 and will continue for a five year period.
In 1999 and 2000 the big issue was the development of our Official
Community Plan, where with the help of the Regional District we were able
to have significant input on a number of issues of importance to the area homeowners
Since 2002 the main issues have revolved around utility charges, the rent charge and general
governance issues.
Although the ski hill has been renamed to Fernie Alpine Resort, the members
have decided to retain the historic Fernie Snow Valley name for the association.
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All property owners on the ski hill are encouraged to join our
mailing list
which is used for communications from the association. Keeping track of the large
number of ever changing postal addresses is impossible for a small volunteer organization,
so email has become our principal means to convey news about issues of interest to
our community. Anyone is welcome to join the list and there is no obligation and
addresses are not shared with other organizations.
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You can become a member of the association by emailing the relevant following information:
- Fernie Property Address
- Contact Name of Member
- Contact information
- EMail
- Postal Address
- Phone Number
- Questions/Comments
to fsvca@fsvca.org and optionally sending our suggested annual membership fee of $20 to
F.S.V.C.A.
P.O. Box 2347
Fernie, B.C., V0B 1M0
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The OCP for the resort area, which was passed as an R.D.E.K.
bylaw in the summer of 2000, is available here.
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Some things you should know as a rural landowner in the
Regional District of East Kootenay - (pdf)
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The Full Correspondence File
Meeting Minutes
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You can reach us by email at fsvca@fsvca.org,
or by snail mail at:
F.S.V.C.A.
P.O. 2347
Fernie, B.C.
V0B 1M0, Canada
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