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Waterfront plan raises
nost of district problems

Dear Editor:

Re: Watertront Pha --
Deep Cove to Dollarton.

The proposed seawalk

leading from Maplewood off

Second Narrows Bridge to
Deep Cove is a nightmare to
residents dong the shoreline
and poses a financial blackhole

draining awav the resources of

the entire district.

I strongly oppose the plan
and ask the council to address
the following problemy before
proceeding turther.

@ Financial disaster for tay-
pavers in North Vancouver.

North Shore News point-
ed out on Nov. 25 that there
are now 382 residential water-
front properties. No estimate
can be found in’ the proposed
plan pertaining to the pur-
chase of shoretfront. proper-
ties; acquisition of foreshore
Jeases from) Vancouver Port

Corporation; building cost of

scawalk and facilities; manage-

ment and maintenance cost of

the public marina, parks and
docks; manpower for security
patrol and lability insurance
for the entire shoreline.

The proposal misteads
reader tesco a vloriticd pic
ture of Jong Beaches with
fhcilities for recreation: it has
sidestepped on the heavy
financial commitment which
ultimately may cost the entire
district dearly ated mae jeapar
dize its ability. to meet
demands on more crucial
matters, suchas) cducation,
Health and sociab services.

B® Imposition on residents
Along the shoreline.

The district had in the
carly 1900s) subdivided the
land on the shorerineg into lots
and sold thent te the public.
Now it changes ity nnd; it
wants to retrieve those lors,

bur do so at the expense of

the existing residents.

The proposal te buy up
their homes at “fair” market
price is nota fair one.

The plan proposed ta
revamp the shoretromt by six
metres and toss the remaining
portion of the properties back
into the marker for sale will
depress the value of those
properties. The net effect: is
thar it will discourage peaple

teopuy dnd purlfoa home
there.

MB Hoa tram causes damage
to marme and wildlite

The proposal plains to
develop and promote imix ot
residential, commercial and
recreauand opparbunites
ong the shoreirent.

Such cadeaveurs invite a
Hage intl of people, vessels
and activiues, bath on tand
and in the water.

Instead of preserving the
natural envirenment as put
forth inthe proposal the
habitat of marine and ssildlite
will be disturbed) and) dam-
aged.

The character of Deep
Cave to Doflartan is unigie
and serene, Che council’s plan
to introduce massive develop
ment te the area impinges

upon the sights and options of

the residents fur peacetul liv
ing. | hope the council can
eniighten me on the rationale
for vaking away irom this
community something which
they are entitled to.

Laura Yu

North Vancouver

Anticipating a two-bit dollar

Dear Editor:

In the early "90s 1 crossed the English
Channel by high-speed catamaran, the prod-
wet of years of experienced technology.

Since then I have puzzled how Mr. Clark,
starting from scratch years later, with the
main contingent of workers untrained alu-

minum welders, hoped to catch up and com-

ket?

pete in this established industry's world mar-

And concluded that he must have been
already anticipating a wo-bit Canadian dollar.
Denis Mason
West Vancouver

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