“WEST VANCOUVER, DISTRICT COUNCIL RESIDENTS from Horse- shoe Bay and. Bowen Island appeared before West Vancouver Council on Monday night in an ongoing battle over ferry patron parking congestion at Horseshoe Bay. By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer West Vancouver District Council was told that Horseshoe Bay residents are fed up with seeing other people's cars parked in front of their houses. According to Horseshoe Bay Business and Community Association (HBBCA) _ repre- sentative Joan Yurish, the association spent three years negotiating with the municipality for parking restrictions. But Bowen Island residents are unhappy with proposed reguia- tions to further limit overnight parking. in Horseshoe Bay. The residents say they were not con- sulted. “Please just allow. us to come forward with our ideas,” said island resident Julie Ovenell- Carter, who said a supporting petition of about 500 names had been collected. Ovenell-Carter said tourists and commuters from Vancouver Island and the Sun- shine Coast contribute more to "parking problems in the area ‘than the 20 to 30 Bowen Island ‘ears that might be parked in the . neighborhood at any given time. She read a letter from Ross Carter, Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) Direc- tor of Region C (including Bowen Island). ' Carter pointed out that Bowen Islanders share and contribute to the same school system. as Horseshoe Bay residents and pay for additional West Vancouver services. | A local doctor wrote that he needed to have a car on the “Horseshoe Bay. side’so that he could travel to Lions Gate Hos- pital when necessary. Bowen Islanders. claim that it is often impossible to find park- ing during the day in the lots provided. by the B.C. Ferry Corp. Overnight parking in the $8-a-day lot results in a G&S charge. But Yurish said that Bowen residents should thank Horse- shoe Bay for the ‘‘free-at-ter- minal-door parking’? they have _ enjoyed. that © q EWS photo cindy Goodman DISTRICT ENGINEER Gordon MacKay recommends Horse- shoe Bay parking amendments include no truck parking be- tween midnight and 6 a.m. and a no-parking zone on specified residential streets from midnight to 6 a.m., with a fine of $25 for violators. “You chose to live on Bowen Island,”’ she said. “Excuse me. You chose to live in a ferry terminal,’’ Ovenell- Carter countered. Although council agreed to involve Carter and the GVRD in future discussions, councillors voted to support recommenda- tions from district engineer Gor- don MacKay. Recommended amendments to the traffic bylaw would: © prohibit truck parking between midnight and 6 a.m.; * establish a no-parking zone in specified residential streets from midnight to 6 a.m., with a fine of $25 for violators; ® permit issuance of additional tickets for’ each successive day the offence occurs; ® permit exemption of registered vehicles in a night-time no-park- ing.zone and allow only two ex- emptions per residential lot at a charge of $10 per vehicle. It was also recommended that: e parking restrictions in the commercial areas of Horseshoe Bay be approved in principle Subjective app by affected businesses; ¢signs be installed at the en- trances to Horseshoe Bay advis-— ing. people of the new parking restrictions; ¢ the B.C. Ferry Corp. be asked to advertise the lack of parking - in Horseshoe Bay and ‘recom- mend the use of public transit for all foot passengers; @ municipal staff monitor these changes and return a report six months after all approved ac- tions and bylaws are in place. Coun. Don Griffiths con- gratulated the HBBCA for its input. He said that recent technology will make implementation easier. Parking attendants will be able - to recognize licence plates as belonging to registered residents. A three-hour parking restric- . tion, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., is in place in most residential areas of Horseshoe Bay. A permit system for residents requiring exemp- tions has proved to be. ad- - ministratively time consuming. Truck parking is limited to 30 minutes, 1 a.m. to 6 a.m., but is - enforced upon complaint only. Residents say they are disturb- ed when truckers arrive early - and park in the area to wait for * the early ferry, particularly when - engines and refrigerator units are left running. During 1992, 2,018 of the . 6,311 parking tickets issued throughout West Vancouver were issued in Horseshoe Bay. AirCare employees return to work AIRCARE WORKERS were back on the job Tues- day in North Vancouver. By Anna Marie D’Angelo News Reporter The return to work at all Lower Mainiand stations marks the end of an escalating strike. Twenty- five workers set up ‘pickets at the North Vancouver station on Tuesday, April 13. BC Government Employees Union (BCGEU) spokesman Soren Bech said the AirCare workers returned to work as a gesture of good faith. “We are willing to go back and talk, but if there is no settlement by the end of the month then we'll launch full-scale strike ac- tion,”’ said Bech. Yesterday, the Motor Vehicle Branch postponed mandatory AirCare inspections in response to the strike. Motorists now have 90 days from the date insurance is’ obtained to have vehicles AirCare inspected, Meanwhile, Bech said bargain- ing parties are meeting again for a third attempt at mediation. BCGEU members working as lane inspectors earn approximately $7.25 an hour. They want to in- crease that wage to $14 an hour, which is approximately the wage of a liquor store clerk. Ebco-Hamilton Partners, the company awarded the AirCare contract, views AirCare jobs as entry-level positions. The com- pany offered a wage increase to’ bring the hourly rate to $7.87 an hour over three years. ~ AirCare workers were unionized last fall. ree eer eT A aT TSA CSP eS PPG ‘Wednesday, April 21, 1993 - North Shore News - 3 N. SHORE WATERFRONT Lynnterm pushes for berth expansion as pulp demands grow THE VANCOUVER Port Corp. (VPC) is proposing to extend its Lynnterm forest products berth in North Van- couver westward by 76 metres (250 feet) to increase the terminal’s vessel and cargo handling capabilities. The proposed extension will raise the terminal’s maximum berth capacity to four ships from three which, the VPC said, is nec- cesary for Western Stevedoring, the contractor hired to operate the terminal, to accommodate existing lumber business and to meet in- creased capacity needs resulting from growing western Canadian pulp production. Construction of the berth ex- tension will require 524 square metres (5,800 square feet) of land located within the southern boundary of Harbor View Park, and relocation of a small public viewing platform. Harbor View Park is located at the mouth of Lynn Creek. Jim O'Hara, VPC vice-presi- dent of port promotion, said to compensate for the loss of the park land, the Crown corporation proposes to reconfigure the south end of the park and build a new elevated viewing area and lookout tower with improved access. The proposed reconfiguration will result in an actual net increase in park area of 968 square metres (10,420 square feet), said O’Hara. Because the berth extension would extend into the mouth of Lynn Creek, it is being proposed By Surj Rattan News Reporter as a pile and deck structure, as opposed to a crib construction, so as not to interfere with the flow of the creek. if approved, construction of the $6.5 million project is expected to begin in August with completion scheduled for March 1994, O’Hara said the environmental aspects of the project are currently being reviewed by the Burrard: Environmental Review Commit- tee, which represents all en- vironmental agencies having a regulatory mandate in Burrard In- et. He added that the project has beeu discussed with North Van- couver District and is being reviewed under the VPC’s project review and environmental ap- praisal process. A public open house on the project. is scheduled for Wednes- day, April 21, at the Canadian In- ternational College, 2420 Dollar- ton Hwy., North Vancouver, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m... Additional information on the project can be obtained from the VPC. Emergency awareness week kicks off with warnings to families Disaster scenarios pinpoint problems PERSONAL AND famiiy preparedness will be the. theme of this year’s: emergency preparedness week on the North Shore, which runs from Sunday, April 18 to Saturday, April 24. Ross Peterson, coordinator of the North and West Vancouver Emergency Program, said the threat of disasters striking the North Shore are real. “We live in an active earthq- uake zone and should expect damaging earthquakes perhaps once a decade on our part of the coast,’’ said Peterson. He added that the North Shore is also subject to violent wind- storms and that the area is also prone to having wildfires like the devastating fire that hit Oakland, California, two years ago. Peterson said electricity could be out for days on the North Shore in the event of a major disaster. Water and sewer services, he said, could also be knocked out. Peterson added that natural gas services could also be affected because of potential problems to the Second Narrows Bridge, which carries the natural gas line that serves the North Shore. “Telephone service will be Jost because of -large call volumes if not from line failures. Normal transportation will be disrupted. Many bridges will be out of ser- vice in the Lower Mainland in- cluding the two major harbor crossings,’’ said Peterson. He added that North Shore res- idents will lose access to normal emergency services’ such as police, fire and ambulance. Peterson said alf families should prepare for a disaster by making a By Surj Rattan News Reporter family plan that lists what each family will do following a large earthquake. Parents should also teach their children what to do if they are left at home alone. Peterson said all North Shore families should pick up a copy of Prepare Now for an Earthquake in B.C., which can be picked up - free of charge from local municipal halls. 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