7 - Sunday, November 27, 1988 - North Shore News MAILBOx LIONS BAY ACCESS DEFENDED Trail ‘a valuable community asset’ Dear Editor: The reaction of Lions Bay resi- dents to a proposed parking lot for hikers going up to the Lions peak is like those who buy a house near an airport and then complain about the airplanes. The fact is that the public has had hiking trail access through the Lions Bay watershed since before the community there was established. Three years ago that municipali- ty tried to close the trail through their watershed with the excuse that water quality was being com- promised. With the help of the Federation of Mountain Clubs of B.C. (FMCBC), representing the hikers, the trail stayed open. However, we agree that visitors parking at the trail head is a pro- blem for local residents, which is why the FMCBC proposed that a New ideas needed for Ambleside Park Dear Editor: When residents of the Ambleside area so decisively rejected the plan for a bandskell some time ago, one might have assumed that the pro- ject was dead. It now appears, however, that its proponents had merely gone underground, and here they are back, proposing a modified structure but retaining the offending feature. Their propaganda sheet entitled The Legacy — A People Place in Ambleside Park, makes a number of questionable assertions. No one that I know has been involved in the consultative process despite the claims of ‘‘extensive public con- sultation,’’ and it is hard to recali when West Vancouver District Council passed the final design. It certainly did not take place in a public meeting, meaning — if the claim is accurate — that we have yet one more instance of business matters being pushed through as quietly as possible. Similarly, the claims of group support seem to be confined to a few bodies associated with council. There is no mention of the local ratepayer’s association especially as no member of the committee lives anywhere close to the propos- ed edifice and would be in no danger of suffering from its ill ef- fects on the neighborhood. If they’re so keen, why don’t they ask if other parts of the municipality are interested? How about Caulfeild, for instance, or British Properties? If park space has to be filled up, a dubious proposition, let the del- egated committee come up with a few new ideas, otherwise let the present one slip quietly into the oblivion from which it should never have dragged in the first ‘place. David Macaree West Vancouver “988-6321 Kenneth J. Baxter Lawyer 310 - 145 Chadwick Court, North Vancouver (just south of the market — next to the Seabus) Lonsdaie Quay Plaza Bey ee rane . John Lakes parking lot be constructed on the Crown Land past the end of the toad. We have supportive funding to contribute, plus volunteer labor, and this initiative is supported by the Forest Service. To my mind it is an ideal com- promise — the hikers get to park their cars and hike the trail, and the local residents have an open road without parked cars blocking their driveways. It if unfortunate that a vocal minority in Lions Bay are express- ing not only their opposition to this project but opinion that is un- fair and fearmongering. The claim of a Lions Bay resi- dent (North Shors News, Oct. 12) that ‘‘one out of 10 hikers is a bad apple’’ is not true, and the resident should apologize. The FMCBC represents some 5,000 members in 25 hiking and Thinking of Selling? Call a Jd. 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