June 13, 1984 Newsroom 985-2131

NO ADDITIONAL LIABILITY will be imposed
on West Vancouver as a result of transferring
administration of the West Van waterfront from
the provincial to the municipal level.

That's the position of West
Van council, which came
under fire Monday from
critics of the revised Crown
Foreshore Lease.

et.

‘‘Flippant, careless and
possibly negligent’’ was one
of the accusations directed at

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council’s approval of the
lease from among members
of a substantial audience in
the public gallery.

Tom Reid, chairman of
the Combined’ Ratepayers
Committee on the Foreshore
Lease, charged that
municipal management of
the foreshore could lock the

community into the 30-year
lease with, as yet, no
documented means of get-
ung out.

Reid also pointed to
responsibilities that would be
assumed by the local gov-
ernment if the agreement
were approved.

In the event of an oil spill,

for example, he maintained
the municipality would be
forced to foot the bill for
any necessary clean-up.

‘“‘An astute business man,
on this” particular’ clause,
would not sign this lease,’’
said Reid -- adding that West
Van has yet to be
rermbursed, as promised by

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the federal government, for
the $45,000 cost of cleaning
up an earlier spill.

Other speakers expressed
similar fears about the
length of the lease and the
cost of administering tit for
the taxpayer.

Council dismissed
suggestions that
municipality would
anv additional liabilities,
stressing that it had = pro-
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the 30-year term which
would allow ‘‘subjecr to”
clauses to be inserted into

the agreement protecting the
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entrapment.

Originally it was thought
the only way West Van
could opt out would be to
delault on its taxes Council
emphasized, however, that
other sateguards would be
instituted

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farmed that, if Costs ex
ceeded the predicted $10,000
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