Residents seek
improvements in
Horseshoe Bay

Ferry traffic, community renewal
major concerns of West Van area

SUGGESTED - IMPROVE-
MENTS to the Horseshoe
Bay area, including ideas

for keeping ferry traffic off .

residential streets, were
submitted Monday night to
West Vancouver District
Council by a ‘“‘rejuvenated’
Horseshoe Bay Business and
Community Association.

By Maureen Curtis
Contributing Writer

According to association repre-
sentatives, Horseshoe Bay
residents believe that Horseshoe
Bay has deteriorated in com-
parison with other areas in West
Vancouver in recent years.

Following discussions with resi-
dents, the association, which was
represented on Monday by lan
Dailley, David Wiser. and Dave
Patrick, came -up with a list. of
desired improvements for their
area, including:
® renovation of the seawall and
surrounding area;

e changing the 6300-block of
’ Argyle to a ‘No Exit’ street from
Royal Avenue to Keith Road to
enable’ Horseshoe Bay-bound
traffic..to enter by continuing

along “Keith, while helping keep -

ferry-boutid traffic off residential
streets and reducing the confusion
at the Keith and Argyle intersec-
tion;

@ changing the 6300-block of
Bruce Street to a one-way system
from Royal Avenue to Keith Road
to separate ferry traffic from resi-
” dents’ and visitors to Horseshoe
Bay: and further emphasize that

- Horseshoe Bay is a community

and not merely a ferry terminal;
@ no- exit to be. permitted onto
Nelson Avenue from the lane be-

tween:Bay Street and Bruce Street.

at the. 6400-block .to prevent res:
_taurant and pub patrons (especial-
~ “ly motorcycles) from driving along

" g residential lane late at-night,and

‘- to stop other motorists. from circl- -

. ing img: block in their search for

-. JL. parki
_-@ building a sidewalk on Royal

. Avenue, which has’a heavy traffic
. volurae and is unsafe for pedestri-

@ filing, in remaining ditches,

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such as the one at the rear of 6469
Bruce St., where mosquitoes
breed.
© installing a stop sign at the
comer of Bay Street on Keith
Road;
@ turning Keith Road into a
one-way street between Bruce
Street and Bay Street.

Patrick expressed the associa-
tion’s frustration with the B.C.
Ferry Corp. (BCFC), which he

- said had not taken the association

up on its invitation to join them
for discussions.

“Our association feels strongly
that we, together with council,
must find a way to force the
BCFC to communicate construc-
tively with us,’’ said Patrick.

He said the ferry corporation is
subsidized by the public, but not
“accountable to the public or
prepared to become involved in
the communities it serves.’’

Patrick saiz the association has
tried for 14 ysars to get the ferry
corporation tc: work with them.

“Cooperation, communication
and compromise — they don’t do
any of them,” :aid Patrick.

The Horseskve Bay community
is still upset over the lack of con-
sultation from the BCFC about
the institution of the 24-hour sail-
ing schedule on the Nanaimo-
to-Horseshoe Bay ronie.

‘The association wants West
Vancouver council to find out
when the BCFC plans to move the
Nanaimo ferry sesvice from
Horseshoe Bay, which, they
believe, can no longer accommo-
date it.

Mayor Mark Sager: said he
would be meeting with the Fi-
nance Minister Glen Cleck, the
minister in charge of BCFC, in
November along with the
mayors of other . municipalities
with similar concerns over ferry
traffic’ (Delta, Saanich and
Nanaimo).

“Hopefully there will be some
strength in numbers. We have fi-

_naily achieved a meeting,’’ said

Sager.”

The association’s presentation
was then referred to municipal
manager Doug Allan.

‘Request to drill j in H. Bay
receives chilly reception .

A REQUEST for a geotechnical exploration at the
‘Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal that would involve
- night-time drilling received a cool reception at Mon-
day night’s West Vancouver District Council meeting.

: ‘Mayor: Mark Sager was par-
|. ticularly :--upset~.. that. HBT
AGRA .Ltd.’s request for dril-

ling ‘on Sept. 28, 29, and. 30 a

had been made on Sept. 24

HBT: AGRA, an: engineering - te
“services <

and.” environmental '
company; : -has been retained by
the B.C. Ferry Corp.
The drilling, which would be
. done by a Becker Harmer drill
rig, would be done at night to
avoid ‘interfering ‘with regular
ferry” operations, according to
HBT.AGRA. -

“Last time, we were inform.
ed two days after they began _
driding,”’ said West. Vancouver .

municipal clerk Margaret
’ Warwick.

' By Maureen Curtis

Contributing Writer

: Coun. Andy Danyliu said he
would like to know what the
noise levels would be before’
granting permission to the
engineering company.
Municipal .manager Doug
Allan said the drilling is done
every couple of years for safety
reasons and that noise is only
produced for short periods.
Danyliu asked that the mat-
ter be referred to staff for a
report that should include an
analysis of the drilling’s effect

. of the community.

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structure being built on the site.

MP Collins urges NV City to

support constitutional accord
Tory brings Yes argument to council meeting

NOT EVEN city council
has been spared from the
constitutional debate.

By Layne Christensen
Contributing writer

North Vancouver City coun-
cillors were paid a visit Monday
evening by Capilano-Howe Sound
Tory MP and associate minister of
defence Mary Coliins — a staunch
supporter of a Yes vote in the
Oct, 26 national referendum.

Collins urged all members of
council ‘‘to take the time to read
the materials, to ask questions and
to discuss, debate and reflect upon
the issues’? that are contained
within the 20-rage document
known as: the Charlottetown Ac-
cord,

But Cuilins’ appeal was met
number of concerns ex-
pressed by the councillors.

Sporting a “For the love of
Canada: No” button on his lapel,
Coun. Rod Clark challenged Col-
iins’ support of a document that is
merely ‘‘a framework for further
negotiation."’.

“7 love this country dearly, and
yet.1, myself, having reviewed the
agreemeit, have come to the con-
clusion that it’s not really an
agreement at all,”’ said Clark. . -

“This appears to me to be like

. nailing jello to a wall,’’ continued

Clark, citing a number of issues in
the document which cail for fur-
ther discussion. ‘“What are we be-
ing asked for, 2 mandate to fur-
ther discuss? Is that basically what
it is?”’

“*Yes,’’ countered Collins,
Stating that some areas of the
agreement are specific and some
are subject to negotiations be-
tween federal and provincial gov-

‘ ernements and ‘‘that’s the way it

always is.”
“Since that’s the way it always
is,”’ said Clark, ‘‘...f don’t know

why we are being asked then to
give our blessing to that which
meets the status quo. If negotia-
tion happens and as a result of
negotiation a firm viewpoint is
brought forth then surely Cana-
dians can understand that.

“What we have here is anything
but a firm viewpoint or even a
method to conduct a lot of what’s
being described ... and I have
problems with that.”

Coun. Barbara Perrault, who
told council she didn’t yet haow
how she would vote in the upcom-
ing referendum, expressed her
concerns over the unfinished form
of the agreement.

“Your government has yet to

CONSTITUTIONAL
" QUESTION

aboriginal women were not met in .
the curzent agreement.

. “Pm hearing - from native
women who are deeply. concerned
about the agreement, and I

q .. wonder how. and if you are going

TORY MP Mary Collins.:. ap-

peals to council for Yes sup. :
port.

tell us whether the definitive legal.
document will be. made available’:
to the Canadian people before the

referendum. I have difficulty with .

that,’’ Perrault told Collins.
Collins said she could give no-
assurance the constitutional ©
agreement legal text would be
ready before: the vote, but she said .
because the referendum is based
on the principles of the accord,.
development of the text should
remain faithful to those principles.
‘Perrault also voiced concern
that the needs of the disabled and

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..to ensure. women -in« the. native
. community. ‘are’ “accorded : ‘full
“equality,”’ asked Perrault. |

Coltins.told council she felt

. comfortabl le that the ‘rights. of

‘by the agreement and cited a pro-'
“vision . ‘which ~ states specifically

that ‘aboriginal “governments in
‘all things ‘that they: do must: make

‘these equally: “available: - to

Semment’s ‘decision. to ! exclude

- pamnicipal governments from.-any
constitutional discussions thus far,
Mayor-Jack Loucks’ asked ‘for the

-MP’s support of an increased role

played: by municipal governments

‘in future. discussions on

constitutional change.

“We. feel that the one level of

‘government that most people have.
the most faith in is the-local'gov-
“ernment,” -he -said. ‘‘Are you
prepared: when you . go. back: (to

Ottawa) to argue strongly in favor

of the best form of government in
Canada. to be. included -in. this
“agreement?”’

Collins said she hoped it was an
issue that would be addressed in
the future.

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