Wednesday, December 2, 1992 ~ North Shore News - 7
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Golf course will provide
greenbelt in Kast Seymour

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Open letter to the citizens of
North Vancouver:

Recently Coun. Janice Harris of
the District of North Vancouver
criticized the proposed Northlands
municipal golf course in the tocal
newspapers.

Although 1 am flattered that she
considers me one of the local elite
I must take issue with her letter.

She criticizes borrowing part of
the money for the construction of
the course from the Heritage
Fund. This fund was set up with
surplus funds from tand sales and

may only be used for capital pro-
jects that can repay the fund at
commercial interest rates.

The golf course can and will
pay the money back into the fund,
The consultant’s financial report
estimates a net profit of $1.7 mil-
lion annually, far more than
enough to pay back the construc-
tion cost.

Coun. Harris prefers a referen-
dum, with all the associated cosis,
so that the district can borzow the
money.

The cost of the golf course is

Degradation of two orders

Dear Editor:

With regard to the article,
“AIDS claims CBC diarist Dr.
Peter,”’ in your Nov. 18 issue,
I think that for this man, who
performed homosexual coitus
once too often, to be
nominated for the Order of
British Columbia and the
Order of Canada is not only a
gross degradation of these two
Orders, but also a vross insult
to the past recipients of these
heretofore prestigious Orders.

if he had contracted syphilis
and subsequently died as a
result, would he then have been
considered for any posthumous

decorations, regardless of how
bravely he had conducted
himself or what **messages’’ he
had ieft?

I think not — nor should he
have been.

Dr. Peter Jepson-Young was
a physician and as such had the
advantage over most in the
realization of the risks inherent
with a homosexual lifestyle.

In my estimation, ‘'Dr.
Peter’’ did nothing more than
commit delayed suicide and
should not be enshrined as any
kind of a hero.

John Christensen
Vancouver

Houses negate Delbrook design

Dear Editor:

{t appears that the planning
department of the District of
North Vancouver has forgotten
the design intent of the Delbrook
area, that residents should have a
view of the harbor whilst looking
over the roofs of their neighbors
down the siope.

Large and high houses negate
this intent as Harry Mayor has
found to his cost.

Who is running the planning
department, the municipality or
developers?

I suggest that Mayor Murray
Dykeman should grip the planning
department and make it function
to the satisfaction of most resi-
dents. A few thousand letters
would tell him what we want.

Meanwhile he can ponder this:
A friend of mine has suggested
that replacement houses should
not exceed the height of the origi-
nal and it should apply in all
areas.

S.G. Wickham
North Vancouver

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estimated between $6 and SIL mil-
fion in the studies done for the
district, not $14 million as claimed
by Coun. Harris.

The arguments she makes
against the golf course based on
forgone land sales can be used
against community parks and al!
our recreation facilities.

The golf course takes more land
than other sports, but in return
provides a huge profit for the
municipality. The exact amount of
forgone land sales is impossible to
determine because it depends how
much housing you want to put
onto the land.

East Seymour will eventually be
a highly developed area and the
golf course will provide an in-
valuable greenbelt area, recreation
for 10,000 people every year, and
income to the municipality for our
children and their children. Let’s
get on with it.

Bruce Hamersley, president
North Shore Public Golf Course
Society

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