10 - Fricey. December 14, 1990 -N oth Shore News Council slams Indian Arm report A VANCOUVER Port) Corp. (VPC) repart on marine recreation resource use in eastern) Burrard inlet and Indian Arm got a tepid reception Monday night from the new North Vancouver District Council. By Martin Millerchip Contributing Writer “tT pive this report a C minus at best,’’ said Ald. Paul Turner. The study was commissioned by the VPC in 1989 in response to the increasing recreational use of the waters and shoreline of eastern Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm. The study identifies recreational issues and concerns that affect VPC-administered waters and suggests proposals for improved management of the port’s marine recreation resources. Some of the report's recom- mendations affecting the district include: * signage and buoys at Cates Park to increase swimmer safety and reduce conflict with boaters; © improved foreshore access in the Cove Cliff/Dollarton area through closer review of wharf and dock proposals; e investigation of a municipal park in the Grey Rock area; * strict enforcement of boating speed limits and restrictions on anchoring in Deep Cove. Ald. Janice Harris deptored the lack of regional planning input in- to the report and questioned the “arbitrary”? decision to study only the area from east of Cates Park. “They exclude Maplewood and half the foreshore of Burnaby,"' she said. ‘‘I don’t think cnough people have participated in this report. We should say it was a good beginning, but it comes nowhere near what needs to be done.”’ Ald. 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DNSCOVER THE NEW so BRITISH COLUMBIA IMSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL craft tavilities in the Indian Arm area unless and until a) a= firm commitment and timetable for the installation of pump-out facilities for pleasure craft is received and b) environmentally-sound sewage and waste disposal facilities are installed at docks and campsites."* Ald. Paul Turner’s motion to inform the VPC of council's in- tent to promote public access to the foreshore was met with cau- tion by Ald. Bill Rodgers. **Give them an inch and they'll take a hundred miles, all the way up Indian Arm to Whistler,"’ said Rodgers. Council passed Turner's motion after amending it to read ‘‘pedes- trian access along municipal foreshore."’ work VPC this Council also agreed to cooperatively with the “towards further study of subject.”” The possibilitiv of alternative roads to Squamish and Whistler wus discussed again later in the agenda when district planning staff confirmed that while the Ministry of Transportation and Highways is reviewing the Capilano watershed route, the Seymour watershed route and the east side of Indian Arm ‘‘in- house,’” the west side of Indian Arm route is being studied by consultants. Council agreed to discuss such routing with the ministry, but voted unanimously with Crist that it would be ‘topposed to any road to Squamish on the west side of indian Arm.”” Crist later confirmed that the intent of his motion was to ex- clude such a road through any part of the district. GSI. SPECIALISTS Set up your GST. program properly and you'll save money. 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