4 - Sunday, July 18, 1993 - North Shore News HOWE SOUND ound lable meets public THE CONSENSUS is ... they’ll need to decide what consensus is. By Stephen Wisenthal Contributing Writer The Howe Sound Round Table (HSRT), which hopes to find ways to balance environmental, eco- nomic and social interests in the region, has its work cut out establishing its niche. .Issues such as water and shoreline uses in the sound, urban growth and ecotourism were sug- gested for the round table's agen- da at its launch forum on Wed- nesday night. : More than 100 people at Gleneagles Golf: Club in West Vancouver had a chance to meet the 18 members appointed to the HSRT last month and air their hopes for the initiative. Stephen Owen, of the Commis- sion on Resources and Environ- ment (CORE), told the forum that the round table represents an im- portant grassroots initiative. __-Consensus opinions from citizen groups like HSRT, and more than 30 other. local round tables around the province, carry a lot of weight with politicians, said Owen, who added: ‘“‘Use the power of your consensus.”’ He said government decisions now have to be based on public consultation and consensus and reflect the views of all people af- fected. “‘! don’t think any politicians in ‘, the. future .will. be able to turn their backs on these imperatives," said Owen, Nanaimo mayor Joy Leach, who chairs the provincial round table, echoed Owen’s commeits. “Its not pleasant to be an elected politician today. There is a cacophony of sound (from the public) but not too much clarity’’ from processes like public hear- ings, she said, Leach added that round tables are part of the process of reinven- ting government. She said that when people, such as heads of corporations, heads of labor unions. and members of other diverse interest groups, sit around a table, they may think they have nothing in common. “What is true is that we all have a common future,’ said Leach. HSRT has been endorsed by CORE, and supported by the provincial round table. {1 has received launch funding from En- vironment Canada. The 18 members of the round table come from -jurisdictions all around Howe Sound — West Vancouver, Lions Bay, Whistler, the Sunshine Coast and the Islands Trust. They represent interests ranging from environmental groups, First Nations and tourism to organized labor, local communities and the mining and forestry industries. Decisions will be reached by consensus, and the members of the round table were advised that one of their first tasks. should be deciding how to reach consensus. .They also solicited advice. on WV bylaw puts limit on removal of waste IF YOU'RE one of those West Vancouverites lugging more than three 77-litre garbage cans to the curb each week, it’s time to adopt some waste reduction habits. If a bylaw introduced by Coun. Don Griffiths at West Vancouver District Council’s July 12 meeting is adopted, the days of unlimited garbage collection. in the municipality | will end next January. According to Griffi ths, public concerns, over the amount’. of waste. being produced in the Lower Mainland are growing. * “It’s enough to fill up B.C. Place, several times a year,’’ he said. The proposed bylaw will also make apartment houses responsi- - ble, for providing their own waste disposal services. 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