LYRN CANYON DEVELOPMENT

Mayor clarifies issue

Dear Editor:

Let’s set the record straight.
Lynn Canyon Park wil} not be
logged or developed.

Some 350 plus acres stretching
from Rice Lake Road south to the
landfill have long been, and will
- continue to be, Lynn Canyon Park
in ali its wilderness glory. There
are no plans for development.

The Ecology Centre, Suspension
Bridge, Twin Falls, 30’ swimming
hole, the Centenniai Trail, Old
Lillooet Trail and environs are
sacrosanct.

The entire 350 plus acres shown
on North Vancouver District’s
maps is designated for parks pur-
poses by the Seymour Official
Community Plan adopted in 1985
and is zoned for that use. Any
change would require bylaw

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amendments and public hearings.
None are proposed.

What has been incorrectly
labelled the ‘‘save Lynn Canyon
Park issue’’ is two potential
neighborhoods also shown in the
1985 plan. They are proposed to
the east of the park on the plateau
between the Lynn and Seymour
Rivers.

But increased environmental
awareness and appreciation of the
wilderness areas have brought into
question residential development
on these publically owned lands.
And in North Vancouver District
Council’s unanimous view, rightly
so.

That is why council responded
by showing these areas as “Under
Review” in the District Official
Community Plan Bylaw. That is

WV alderman is

OPEN LETTER TO WEST
VANCOUVER ALDERMAN
.ANDY DANYLIU

At a recent West Vancouver
District Council meeting, a drive-
through facility for MacDonald’s
Restaurant was discussed and
subsequently turned down. A
comment was attributed to you,
Ald. Andy Danyliu, in the Aug. 9
North Shore News, that astounded
me.

It is reported that you said, ‘‘I
don’t think West Vancouwverites
are into drive-in restaurants. More
likely clients would be the people
who do the renovation work in the
homes of West Vancouverites.”’

The dictionary defines a snob as
“2 vulear person who apes gentili-
ty, cultivates or truckles to those
of higher social position, or

regards the claims of wealth and
position with an exaggerated and
contemptible respect.”? You sir,
then, appear to be a snob.

I know many pecple who do
renovate houses and they are often
very successful people. Successful
in raising happy, healthy families
and contributing to a better society
by volunteering their time as sport
coaches, Big Brothers and other
similar projects.

Some of the people who you
seem to hold in such high esteem
are fabulously wealthy and live in
palatial homes. The fact that some
of them are criminals who have
made their fortunes by dealing in
drugs or arms and, in some in-
stances, by defrauding ordinary
people and governments out of
millions of dollars does not seem

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HERE are obvious drawbacks to building any
new highway link from the Lower Mainiand to
the Squamish-Whistler area, but the Indian

Arm route championed by North Vancouver-Seymour
MLA Jack Davis appears to have the fewest drawbacks
for the North Shore and the most benefits for area
’ transportation.

Recommendations from a governnaent-appointed
Squamish-Liliccet transperiation committee called for
an upgrading of the entire Squamish highway to four
lanes or building a new’ four-lane highway through the
Capilano watershed.

But the former, with a pricetag estimated at $400
million, would disrupt the ever-increasing traffic flows
on the highway for years. And highway safety con-
cerns would still likely not be entirely satisfied.

The Capilano route, which has been shelved and
dusted off regulariy siace it was first proposed in the |

_ 1930s, would threaten violation of pristine drinking
water supplies and create 2 watershed policing
nigftmare.

It would also require major highway right-of-way
access through North Vazcouver, and it would still on-
ly run from North Vancouver to Britaunis Beach.

Perhaps the biggest point in favor of the Indian Arm
route for North Shore residents is that, unlike the
other options, it routes traffic around, not through,
the North Shore.

With area transportation systems, especially the two
Burrard Inlet crossings, already overtaxed, it is an
aiternative that makes the most sense now and for the
future.

why we have hired consultants to
review land use options in con-
junction with a committee in-
cluding ratepayers, users aad en-
vironmental groups. That is why
we will await the consultant’s
report and recommendations be-
fore proceeding with the Official
‘Community Plan and _ further
public hearings.

Resolution of this lend-use issue
is a priority for all, including
members of council, who live in
and love our community. Devel-
opment of Lynn Canyon Park is
not an issue.

Expansion of park area to the
east
thoughts on these facts are wel-
comed.

Marilyn Baker, Mayor
North Vancouver District

a ‘snob’

to matter tc people like you.
Wealth seems to be all that counts,
not how it is made,

It is ironic that you should be
uttering such claptrap in this year
that sees the 200th anniversary of
the French Revolution. It was at-
titudes like yours that cost Marie
Antoinette and others their heads.

Should the tumbrils ever rumble
through the streets of Ambleside,
Mr. Danylui, I'm sure you will
have earned a first-class seat in
them, and as you climb the steps to
keep your appointment with
Madame Guillotine, if there is any
justice in this world, the guillotine
will be in the shadow of the Gold-
en Arches.

Stuart Lei:aman
North Vaucouver

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