|POWDER ‘MOUNTAIN PLANNERS CRY , FOUL Premier accused of | pulling resort plug THE PRINCIPALS ‘of a West Vancouver company ac- cused the provincial government Monday of circumven- ting Standard negotiation processes in order that a project “in which the company has invested years and millions of dollars could be suddenly taken and’ given to a /developer acquaintance of Premier Bill Vander Zalm. . Powder Mountain Resorts Ltd. (PMRL) vice-president _Dianne Hartwick said Monday her company. had invested® cight -years and ‘‘in excess of $2 mil- lion” in the project and was on the verge of finalizing the deal when another, proposal suddenly’ appeared. _ She said her company has line up. hundreds of millions of | : dollars in financial backing for ithe proposed $1 billion project , from locai and_ overseas in- ovestors, ‘‘so there is no problem Financing this thing.”’ _The..rug, Hartwick _said, was then pulled out from’ ‘under/ her ~ company and the Proposal’ 's/pro- spective investors to give the pro- S ject.t friend of the premicr’ Se. “. surrounding former Expo 86 lands on the.” has been the subject of ski resort development proposals for the past two decades. Though the provincial gov- ernment chose Callaghan Resorts, . another West: Van- couver-based company, instead of PMRL in December to in- vestigate development of a ; ski resort-in the Powder Mountain area, Hartwick said her company decided to raise the issue publicly now because they did not believe the. premicr would allow such a sudden ‘unexplained change in proposal negotiation, and because ..the government's © ap-. parent circumvention of standard , negotiation’ processes appeared to mirror. the: approach. taken with “the: controversial « negotiations | the sale. of north ‘shore of False Creek. ’ PMRL - president. Nan” Hart- wick said atia press conference ‘Monday her company had won “the final proposal call on the project.“ “Accepting . this. proposal: “through the back. door: of. the - premier’s office with no process, . While ‘we were actively: finalizing “the: Tegal - proposal: process: ig. - “unacceptable,” "* she said. But Callaghan president Kurt: News: \ “The! commitice “of . cabinet -Hohenwarter sold» the * “Tuesday his company applied. to, he | government PMRL. and / “went through: the «same proces : : turned: down,’ ‘he said “Everybody is in the same boat iS a case ofjsour grapes." rter said his, ski- facili- the “same: as |) proposal five ycars ago. He said he has had dealings with Premier Vander Zalm in the past with such projects as the Expo’ 86 monorail, which his company supplied, but said his acquaintance with the premier . had nothing to do with Callaghan's winning government approval to ‘examine Powder Mountain ski developmen: potential. Premier Vander Zalm_ said later that the project was rejected by a committee, not by anybody in his ‘of! fice. the. p POWDER Mountain Resort Lid\ president Nan | Hact- wick).."" Accepting this proposal “through the: ‘bhick door of the | premier’s office’ with no. prp- cess, while: we were uctively finalizing the legal” proposal process, Is unacceptable,” . i ; a that, deals. with this. obviously made} the ' decision. as: to which, |.’ Froposal they could best proceed je the. ' ‘premier’ 's ipal secretary, described’ as “Hg iliy inaccurate "* “Hartwick’s 2 charge that: che bad, pers nally. ‘had | -done ” Mountain area.’ ‘auing the: "60s yand_ ‘had! LIONS CATE osptiar "8 De. an “April 19 rediation and cancer f Theatre. The cancer specialist will fo |, N v fort orth Vancouver's Radiation and Ca Ging fo Survive?. i sponsored.: by: Lions Gate Hospital - and the Cancer Control Agency of . B. Cu . 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