3 - briduy, August 21, 1987 ~ North Shore News ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS CLAIM ROUNDUP SAFE WEST VANCOUVER resident. railing to bieck BO Rail plans to spras Roundup herbicide on blackberrs bushes wong a TO-mile strip ol track running from Ambleside to Horseshoe Bay are set to deraif the sprasiag program with a notice of appeal. The move will likely throw a kink into BC Rat plans te sprits between Sept. band Oot Fl) the time allowed bs the permit for ae tual spraying cach sear. he BC Rail pesticide-use permit was issued July 25. A notice of appeal may be filed within 30 days of permit issuance. “Thats their deval rivht to do that,” said BC Rail technician John Clarke. ‘Thew ll probably have a hearing. Bs the time it’s set it will be beyond our window for spraving and itl probably Knock our program on the head tor thts season anyway." “We're not ining to fide anvthing. An appeal could be beneficial to all involved,’ he said. “Maybe the ll be satisfied with the explanations given." West Vancouver District Council is backing resident concerns and is asking BC Rail to take a look at spraying alternatives and a second look at the decision to spray. Said Mayor Don Lanskail, “We don’t feel we have enough exper- tise to decide whether it’s safe or unsafe. But we do recognize the sincere concern of the citizens."” About 12 Concerned Citizens Against Chemical Spraying met to plan their strategy Wednesday at the home of Emma Ross-Awde, the woman spearheading resident opposition to the proposed her- bicide spraying. Weather: Mainly sunny Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Temperature highs will range from 19 to 21°C. From Page 1 bought the property for $535,000, The idea of upzoning the tand for the Crages in exchange for waterfront needed for the seawall was discussed with the planning department, George Cragy said, but when Thorcan submitted a proposal for a five-plex, i wis re. jected, “ West Vancouver District then decided to attempt to acquire the Daniels’ lot. as council will allow up to $15,000 worth of work and renovations to be dune on any of the waterfront properties in ques- tion, but beyond that will move to purchase. The district then offered to buy the Argyle property from the Craggs at a price closer to what they had paid for it — and sell —— ' Ry MICHABRL BECKER Neat i orier The wroup has already colleeted close ta) ].Q00 sienatures of people opposed to ospraving @long the track. At the meeting. some residents voiced a willingness to remove bushes manually along the tracks near their homes. Ross-Awde said) that another option to spraying was an electric weed capper touted to be 160 per cent effective, “We vould consider residents manuails removing them? Clarke said, ‘Shut it would have to be a matter of ongoing miuantenanee. Ive heard about the zapper but ft don’t have any information on that.’ Health Action tsenwork Society environment chairman Thelma MacAdam told the group that most applications of herbicides are for cosmetic purposes. “We've got to get these chemi- cals out of our environment,” she sald. UN ifty-eight per cent of new cancer cases today are in people under the age of 19. All of these chemicals we are talking about are immune-system repressing. We're really being vietimized and our kids ire being vicuimized more.” Ross-Awde told the group of a study conducted by the Pacific and Yukon region's Department of the Environment) Conservation and INDEX Classified Ads.... Editorial Page..... Lifestyles........ Home & Garden. Horoscope....... Bob Hunter..... Mailhox........ TV Listings..... What's Going On. them raw land ino the Westport area (North Sahali) that is capable of being subdivided into HL lots. Municipal manager Terry Lester maintained that the land offered would sameday be worth a@ great deal of money. But Cragg told councik: feel we cannot accept terms,..it's a bad deal for us." Cragg said he bad letters from local realtors estimating the value of the Argyle property at $700,000 to $800,000. He also told the News the municipality wanted to take a percentage of Thoreatn’s profits from the Westpert development, “Bur? said Finlay. ‘it we ex. propriate, we will find out the fair market value...the judge will tell us." Ald. Mark Sager, who did not We the betacen LYS? showed) Rei the soit Protecnon Service pUsd that sidues femuinite in 4 days after appucation But sad BC Ragl environment rnecr Wan Midkay lewic hs. tuds anviudine US) Prsvipenmen tal Protection Avenes noted ef phosate’s (Roundup) halt life (the time it tithes £0 per sent of a omateriaf to degrade) in TP dit seberenves ebsphosate is: noted readily fhe omietebual adhe, apd Maks lewioh said the report alse that glyphosate not leached after application. Wats Postronmment laternational absorption fas the doitial The report been Mep to rachis atrenn 7 He quoted a reference from the Setochemicais Flamibook, Koval Soviets oof Chemustey, Eneland, voncluding Chat 16 weeks alter ap- pheation. fess than three per cent of eiyphosate material spritved is detectable in soil, nated, deimesistrated its NEWS photo Neil Lucente THELMA MACADAM, covironment chairperson for the Health Action Network Society, addressed a gather: ing of West Vancouver residents Wednesday concerned about BC Rail plans to spras Roundup berbicide on blackberry bushes along a W-aile strip of track from Aunbleside fo Horseshoe Bay. The proup, Concerned Cit- izens Agai Raiband Ministty of Eavironment claims thatthe berbicide is harmless, st Chemical Spraying, fears adverse local eavironmentd fallout if the becbicide is used, despite BC HIGH COLIFORM COUNTS SHUT DOWN EAGLE HARBOUR each remains closed WEST VANCOUVER ’S Faye Harbour beach will remain closed after high coliforn counts to.en from the waters al the small harbor date dast week continued to show an in- crease in fecal coliform. Results fram tests ieken Aa D2 fo TA showed he remanmed itt units per Lo milliitees of waiter Chraasyhour fudy, fread nsen frome 2aG to V7 units per LOO malities of water. The North Shore's acong senior pubhe health of ficer Rich Rowan sind tests of the water were now be. coliform count, whieh fies loge taken daily, oWe are still investigating: (the etuse of the high county, he said. butose have been unseble to pine point what the cause might be, The beach was closed Aug. DP following results of Aug. @ tests that showed the fecal coliform count in Eagle Harbour water hid risen to 247. Signs advising bathers that the waters were below the Greater Vancouver Regional District standard of Locals concerned over prt hesitate to vote for the expropria- tion, charged the Thorean group with delaying council “with no in- tention of negotiating a fair deal." “Wei shall not allow this developer to maximize his profits at the expense of the people of West Vancouver.” hye concluded, But Crave told the News Thor- can is stl mostly interested in the Aresle property, AH we want to do is build two units and we'll give up the rights to the foreshore.”? Cragg said, Cragy suggested the municipality offer them the same deal (abour 380,000 a lou that was paid fer foreshore rights on land in’ the 2400 block Bellevue. “Ef thes do acquire all ot the Jand and make it into a park, think of all of the lost taxes,"’ Crage about 180 Iy pasted. Ks PIMOTHY RENSTEAN AO uns per FOO milites, News Reporter af wither were subsequcut- Atihe ime of the closure, Kain said: initial indiea- tions from tests taken after Aug. 6 “looked encourag- ping. ing and chat coliform readings appeared to be drop. Vhe Aug. Uf closure represented the third year sun- June 26, said, Other 1700 black residents are concerned about the future of their properties and confused as to whether the district was interested in acquiring their entire lots or dust enough land to run the seawall through, “ff this expropriation bylaw woes through, what does this mean to the rest of us?" asked 1768 Argyle resident Lloyd Williams. “We're not about to load our suff on a wagon and head down the railroad tracks,’ added June Collins. “We have the only level water- front property in the centre of West Vancouver. You're trying to pass a punitive bylaw to keep the market value down,’’ Collins add- ed. ning Chat the West Vancouver beach has been shut down because of high coliform counts. Kiatgle Harbour was closed July &, 1985 and again $986 after coliform GVRD standard. yperty fate counts exceeded the ALD. DAVID FINLAY...‘‘we re- ally have to commence with the expropriation proceedings.”