Make Xmas entertaining . more | appetizing -| December 3, 1989 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Distribution 986-1337 64 pages 25¢ DIFFERING LYNN PARK MAPS CAUSE DISAGREEMENTS Ir to be park CORRESPONDENCE DETAILING the conditions of the 1951 haadcover of Lynn Canyon area land by the Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD) to the District of North .§ Vancouver confirms that the property was meant to be held as park rather than subdivided, according to a member of the Save Lynn Canyon Perk Association (SLCPA). Four successive letters chronici- ing a land swap between the GVWD and the district reiterate that a portion of land identified as District Lot 853 be set aside for park purposes. Two of the letters were sent by GVWD chief commissioner Ernest “The district has always taken the position that there will be no development within ihe boundaries of Lynn Canyon Park.’’ — North Vancouver District Ald. Bili Rodgers Cleveland to North Vancouver District Reeve Sam Sowden. The district lot holds a popular trail leading from the east side of the suspension bridge to Rice Lake, But Paul Hundel, an SLCPA member sitting on the inter-river review committee, charges that the district’s proposed 900-home Lyn- nden Forest and 1,000-home Lake Forest developments along upper Lillooet Road conflict with the 38-year-old ‘‘gentlemen’s agree- ment’’ not to develop the GVWD- traded parce’. Hundel claims the district’s map of the proposed developments is inaccurate, and as a result gives the impression that the land holding the Rice Lake trail will not be im- pacted by the Lake Forest neighborhood straddiing Lillooet Road just beiaw the lake. Said Hundel: ‘‘They’ve (the district) been playing games. They've been saying the trail hasn’t been surveyed. You can see that on the district-published map it’s very close to Lynn Creek — far away from Lillooet Road. You can see on this other map (a hiking trail map of the area prepared by Roger Freeman, author of Explor- ing The North Shore Mountains) By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter it’s very close to Lillooet Road and quite a distance from the creek. “They’ve moved everything over to show that there’s fots of room between the housing and the trail,” he said. But said review committee member, North Vancouver District Ald. Bill Rodgers, ‘*Part of the confusion regarding the maps arises because what was old Lillooet Road does not follow the present road. The area has not been accurately surveyed. The maps which have been produced by the district are not to be taken as absolutely accurate.’’ Rodgers would not comment on the letters detailing the 1951 land swap. “I haven’t had an opportu- nity to review the letters that Mr. Wuneel is referring to. So, I’m not in @ yosition to comment as to what agreements existed between the district and the water commis- sioner in 1950, Nor am I able to comment as to whether or not there aave been any changes to these alleged agreements,’ he said. Rodgers blasted Hundel for ‘‘at- tempting to elicit an emotional response from the community by misrepresenting the district’s posi- tion.”” Said Rodgers: ‘‘Mr. Hundel should be calling his group the Expand Lynn Canyon Park group. It’s a deliberate deception on the part of Mr. Hundel to say that Lynn Canyon Park is under at- tack. The district has always taken the position that there will be no development within the boundaries of Lynn Canyon Park.”’ But said Hundel: **Ald. Rogers is being deceptive because he knows that the formal boundaries of the park do not include land on the other side of the suspension bridge towards Rice Lake. He also knows that people consider the area as part of the park. He's us- ing a technicality that misleads people into thinking that this area isn’t threatened. In actual fact, the See Land Page 2 nter-river property meant NEWS photo Elke ‘Schroter IT’S STARTING to look a lot like Christmas...North Vancouver City worker Vic § Barbieri installs Christmas decorations along Lonsdale Avenue as part of the city’s § annual Christmas display.