WY working
with ferry corp

Spaxman to help H. Bay plans

Cetherine Barr
Contributing Writer

WEST Vancouver coun-
cil has finalized a
detailed planning

scheme for BC Ferries
and their revised
Horseshoe Bay facilities.

RC Ferries has avreed to
postpone the new parkade for
ayear, And dast week, the cor-
poration announced that they
had abandoned the original
plans to include retail space in
their new administration and
ticketing, Facility.

It is all part of a revised
package plan designed to get
something moving in
Horseshoe Bay.

West Vancouver district has
retained the services of Ray
Spaxman to help the director
of planning with the BC
Ferries negotiations, Spaxman
is a former city planner for
Vancouver and, according to
council members, is the perteet
person for the job.

“As part of (that) package,
we would expect the coopera-
tion of West Vancouver coun-
cil in the development of thar
(administrative) building,”
said BC Ferries’ spokesman
Eric Kristianson.

Many of the area's residents
and businesses have been
opposed to the corporation’s
proposals since the beginning.
But now, as council draws up
the final arrangements, they
are counting it as a win.

“Tam very pleased that the
corporation is going to work
with the community,” said
West Vancouver Mayor Pat
Boname in a recent interview.

The original proposal,
announced in October, includ-
ed plans for a new $6.7 mil-
lion, three storcy parkade and
a $3.3 million, 6,000 sq.

Mayor Pat Boname ...
very pleased ferry corp.
wili work with community

structure to house administra-
tee and ticketing functions as
well as a commercial compo-
nent.

But the revised plans will
not include the commercial
space. “This mean the building
will now have to be built with

public sector finds instead of

private investors’ money. This
could mean an extra $100,000
per year in costs to BC Ferries.
As part of the formalized
details, West Vancouver has
agreed. to cooperate with the
ferry corporation “for the
good of the community.”
“They (BC Ferries) will be
designing the building so rat
itis in keeping with Horse:.noe
Bay,” said «= Coun. Bill
Soprovich. “It shows responsi-
bikty on their side and I think
it’s responsible and wise for
them to have backed away
trom the commercial,”
Soprovich, Boname and
Coun. Liz Byrd have been part
of the planning committee
process that has been working
to find a solution for the area.
“It has to be a win-win sit-
uation for everybody,” said
Byrd. “I'nt really looking for-
ward to plarining the future of
Horseshoe Bay with them (BC
Ferries).”

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