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MAYOR MURRAY Dykeman (right) and North Shore Public Golf Course Society vice-president Don Davis hold their shovels to mark the

sod-turning start of the Northlands Golf Course in the Seymour area. The

pected to be completed in 1995.

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was officially turned Sunday, June 27, at the Northlands
Goif Course site in the Seymour area of North Vancouver.

But questions remain regarding
public access to the municipally-
owned facility.

Private bids to design, build
and operate the golf course are
due early this month,

North Vancouver District
(NVD) Coun. Ernie Crist said the
move to run the golf course pri-
vately may reduce public playing
time.

“A privately-operatcd golf
course is the thin edge of the
wedge next to turning it into a
private golf course,’* said Crist.

“The idea of only rich people
playing golf. That’s a bunch of
garbage,’’ added Crist.

He claims there is an inherent

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contradiction in private-
ly-operated public golf course.

But Coun. Rick Buchols does
not see a problem with the private
operation of a public golf course.

“The idea is the municipality
will have control over whet is
done. The key factor is who con-
trols it, not who runs the day-
to-day operation,”” said Buchols.

He said the municipality does
not have the expertise to run a
golf course.

But Crist said private operaters

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would push to increase fees at ail
times to improve their profit
margins. He said the municipality
could employ a golf course mian-
ager.

Said Crist, “Why shouldn't we
run a recreation faciiity that
makes money? We run ones that
lose maney.”*

Buchols said. council members
would look at private proposals to
operate the facility before making
a decision about how the golf

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course would be run.

“There is no doubt in my mind
that there is going to be 100% ac-
cess by the public,"’ said Buchols.

Buchols added the golf course
would not be subsidized to keep
fees low. He said if someone
could not afford to play a round
of golf anywhere else, the indi-
vidual would not be able to afford
a round at Northlands.

Meanwhile North Shore Public
Golf Course Society spokesman

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Don Davis said the group has
been lobbying for the course since
1987.

“It’s been six years so far. God
willing, | am’ really looking for-
ward to playing a round of golf
there in 1995,"’ he said.

Added Davis, ‘‘Our wish would
be that it would be a municipally
owned and operated golf course.’’

The 18-hole course, to be
located north of Mount Seymour
Parkway and west of Mount
Seymour Road, will include a
driving range and club house with

restaurant.

The golf course will cost an
estimated $12.5 million.

The golf course is expected to
be constructed between February
and October, 1994.

The Northlands Golf Course is
scheduled to open in July, 1995,

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