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answers, He ‘said there are no development plans in
place for the pirk. In fact, it has yet to be named.

A public planning process for the park's develup-
ment will likely begin this summer, he said.

Land. negotiations between North. Vancouver
District and thé provincial government must be com-

- pleted before park planning begins, Chin added.

“Together if you participate in the planning... we
Will work this out,” Chin told approximately 60 audi-
ence members at the Deep Cove Cultural Centre.

: But one frustrated woman noted there were a lot of
questions and not many answers.

“Is there anyone who Knows what's going on?” she
asked.

Another audience member ‘said he found it hard to
believe someone would take land and ‘call it a park
without knowing what it is for.

“Someone in B.C. Parks must be able to tell us what
they plan,” he said.
“..Mietoria and the. Greater’ Vancouver Regional
District announced the Indian Arm park with much fun-
* fare at Simon Fraser University April 20. The park is
. expected to be more than 20 times the size of Stanley
Park.
_), Chin: ‘tried to redssure residents at the Deep Cove
vos meeting. He. said. Indian Arm will bé protected so no
‘. logging or inining will be allowed.’

He ‘told: property. owners: their tand' would not be

s expropriated for the park and | Private roads would fike-
+ ly remain private.“
“One resident worried that her new road may be used

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as access to the park.

Others, citing shrimp dragging in Indian Arm as 3
threat to marine fife, want to extend the park into
mu ine park.

ear the end of the meeting, a resident said park
ranges don't have the budgel to keep out the “yahoos
and | idiots.”

He said residents have policed the area themselves,

Concerns about drinking water also plagued many
in attendance. :

One man asked if North Vancouver District, would
provide water hookups if drinking water became con-
taminated.

Another resident worried about trespassers traipsing
through private property, which he said would provide
the easiest access to the park.

“A lot of residents will be harassed mercilessly,” he
said. | .
Even though many concerns were vented by resi-
dents at the meeting, Buntzen Bay resident and Indian
Arm ratepayers president Det Schmidt said most resi-
dents support the park proposal.

He added the only way to preserve Indian Arm is as
a green zone or park. However, he would have liked the

Meeting to include more facts and figures.

The proposed park had sparked controversy before
Tuesday night’s meeting.
’. The Burrard: and, Squamish native. bands say the

- park lies within their traditional territory and both have

claimed the area,

Band leaders earlier took the provincial government
to task for not teling them about plans for the Indian
Arm park. - .

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