‘Maintain bridge's ‘eriginal look Open Letter to Highways Minister Alex Fraser: fam, and have been. a resident of West Vancouver for the past 14 years. During this period I have com- muted to downtown Vancouver via the Lions Gate Bridge and have come to enjoy and recognize this bridge as having a definite and major role in the identity of Van- couver to locals, Canadians, tourists, and indeed the global populace familiar with our beautiful city. I believe that the Lions Gate Bridge is to Vancouver what the Golden Gate Bridge is to San Francisco or even, though in a dif- ferent language, the Eiffel Tower is to Paris. Clearly, this bridge is a major identity element to the city and in my opinion, it is one that is worthy of our careful protection and preservation. You may be aware that over the past several years, the support cable system has urdergone a refurbisiting including a new paint coating. I was absolutely amazed that the color of this cable system was changed from the origi- nal/traditional ‘rust orange’ to an ‘alurainum-siiver’ color. There may well be technical considerations that influenced this change of color schemes, but I find it difficult to imagine any technical considerations that would justify changing the original color scheme. Surely, we would be con- cerned if the color of the Parlia- ment Buildings in Victoria or the Empress Hotel were reclad in ‘silver colored aluminum siding” or if the roof of the Vancouver Hotel was repainted to pink. Equally, we are very concerned that this historic landmark was re- painted without regard to its past identity; in my opinion it now jgoks absolutely ridiculous and out-of-place. Tere is more! Over the past several months, workers have in- stailed a ‘lighting system’ on the “Lions Gate’, which | suppose was justified by all the gov- ernments involved as being an im- portant part of Vancouver's lO0th Birthday. The irksome aspect of this ‘lighting program’ is the installa- tion of our major sereen guards on each of the two suspension cables. These screens are presumably in- stalled to prevent persons from walking up (or down) the cables. Again, the design and instaila- tion of these screens is without regard or reference to the oridge and in my opinion area terrible vi- sual intrusion on the grace and simplicity of the bridge structure. These concerns may seem to be petty or picayune, but | can assure you that they are important to a large number of Vancouverites. Your Department ought to be held accountable for these actions and in my opinion, we ought to repaint the bridge, and remove those awful screens, as soon as possible. Thank you. Harold, C. Kalke West Vancouver Burning ban discriminates Dear Editor: As a taxpayer, since 1983, | am somewhat surprised at council passing a bylaw banning backyard burning in spring and fall. I grow raspberries, my neighbour grows raspberries, and each year | have collected the canes and prunings from both yards, stacked them in a tidy pile and let dry. Come the fall the canes would be lit, and within 30 minutes I would be left with a bucket cf ash which would provide beneficial nutrients to the soil. Now council has dec'ded I must cut the prunings inty three foot tengths,and leave by the curb. Last tsimmer hundreds of forest fires raged throughout the pro- vince, causing a smokey haze over Story not Dear Editor: Your recent North Shore News report of the North Vancouver School Board meeting of January 28 was incomplete and did not fulfull your responsibility to keep readers fully informed. The opinions of two trustees who were critical of the operation of the Union Board of Health were given in full. No mention appeared of the ex- tensive comments made by the five other trustees. These other trustees made it very clear that they did not share the opinions of the two trustees you quoted. most of the mainland. So why ine bylaw forbidding backyard bu:n- ing? lam surrounded by people with wood burning fireplaces. The smoke swirls down and around. Is there a difference? Summer barbecues are going full blast spewing noxious fumes into the atmosphere. How can council members per- mit this inequality? and still five comfortably with their conscience? [ feel this somewhat discriminatory bylaw should be re- considered. Perhaps we should also remember, council is elected to serve all taxpayers, not just che vocal minority. David Wilson North Vancouver complete The controversy at the board meeting centred around two differ- ing points of view about the method of funding health services for the North Shore. The Union Board comprises representatives of two school boards and three municipalities. 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