a a

- Solution: to, “their ‘traffic:
problems: poses: a -serious.

quandary for ‘West’. Van-

couverites. “And ‘their. trees”

are of growing concern, , too.

The | ‘dimensions - of ‘this
quandary ‘were outlined last
week. by: Dr. Robert Collier,

- West Vancouver's Director

of ‘Planning, to a crowded
annual © “meeting of: ‘The
British Properties and Area

~Homeowners Association in

Westcot School.

Collier - . “explained that
West. Vancouverites. ‘are.
naturally concerned with,
and. .exasperated over. traffic:
congestion, particularly with
regard to travel to and from —
the Lions Gate bridge and
the inadequacy of the Penge
itself.

“But 3 observed that .
residents “must realize that
every” ‘major step. to relieve

such. congestion .and © im-*

prove traffic - ‘flow .to and
from West Vancouver would ©
inevitably | encourage further
development. - and_
population, » ‘both on: the.
North Shore generally and in:
those areas on Howe. Sound |
beyond | Horseshoe | Bay —
Lions Bay, © Squamish,
Whistler and so on. Cs

This _ situation, Collier
observed, suggests. that the .
present bridge congestion
and. traffic difficulties at

Marine Drive and Taylor

Way, constitute something

of .a. built-in. safeguard

against large scale new
developments on the. North
Shore.

The ultimate answer, of
course, will lie with the
policy-makers at city hall,
the. planning | director.

. Page 12, December 13, 1978 - North Shore News

"pointed o out. . The complexity
oe any decisions about traffic |
“the. municipality's |
"doorstep however; ‘should: be .
_ thoroughly” “understood by
_residents. Their input

reaching decisions . will’ be

‘important, though’ ‘obviously

no decisions will - ‘Please
everyone.

Ald. Doreen ‘Blackburn .

outlined to .the meeting the
functions and operations of
the staff at city hall, and the

responsibilities of the mayor |

and council im. setting

‘policies and directing. ‘such

activities.

hall and the taxpayers. ~

“Trees, presently one. of the :
more controversial topics. in.
“West Vancouver; . were.
discussed in an ‘jllustrated ;
‘lecture _ by. Philip Tat-
_tersfield, President Of.
Tattersfield | - Associates,
Land: Design Group 1978.
Ltd., an international expert .
on silvaculture. °

. “Tattersfield was ‘¢alled ,
+ Upon to answer a number of |
- questions . regarding: tree’

growth and. the retention of

the. splendid. ‘views from
homes on. the West Van-
couver. slope, despite ihe
obliteration ‘of those. views

threatened by unrestricted
growth of tall trees.

Directors. of the.
association | received au

number of complaints about
trees from those in = at-

tendance. The subject will

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thcoming year will be: '

Sos en... ° Bradbury, Roger Garriock,
“She: praised the activities _

‘of the. various ratepayers —
‘groups in the. municipality 2
and. ‘expressed. the’ opinion.
_> they: constitute the — best.

connecting link. between city

again have the’ association 5 |
: attention in 1979.

A summary of 1978 ac- 7
tivities was given by retiring ‘ 7
President Peter ‘Bradbury, Bo.
who introduced «the “new .|
president for 1979, Pat j

Steeves. The first lady

president of the association §
- was elected by acclamation, |

at what was one of the best

attended annual meetings on {

record. .
The BPAAHA “board ‘of
(besides Mrs. Steeves) Peter

Alan. Jessup, | Gordon

MacDougall, - Bob |

McQuarrie, Bob Olandt,
Wilf Ray, Fred Van

. Aggelen, John Wilton,

Gwen Noble, Sandy San-

7 derson, Art: Jones, Bill

Rerardino and Lisel Silk.

West Vancouver’s new
mayor, Derrick Humphreys,
was welcomed to. - the

meeting and spoke briefly,

promising as much public

‘participation as possible in.

solving some of the difficult
problems of the.New Year.
He expressed appreciation

of the work being done by -|

the ratepayer association. |

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