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DESPITE protests from area residents, West Vancouver
Council has approved an abbreviated version of the 75th
Anniversary Committee’s legacy project.

Following hours of mostly nega-
tive public input at Monday's
meeting, council sanctioned the
building of a small nerforming arts
stage in a rose garden setting at
Ambleside Park.

But Ald. Alex Brokenshire had
amended the motion to exclude the
building of an independent
teahouse, as originally planned,

Ald. Rod Day said the teahouse
could be replaced with a gazebo on
the same spot and Ald. Mark
Sager said the effort should be
channelled cawards improving the
present concession stand.

“This has been a very difficult
decision for council to make. We
would have preferred a broad con-

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sensus of opintan,’ said Mayor
Don Lanskail, who supported the
project.

Ald. Pat Boname pointed out
that a major criticism of West
Van's recreational program hits
been the was cultural concerns
have alwass been shuffled to the
borrom of the deck"

Boas ported out that
Reise oprablen. that conees
most of me protesters io
dience Were Snot unsols able.

“When vou choose to live ness
to a park, noise is a reality’? Ald.
Mark Sager said. “But 1 do not

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believe. in all sincerity, there will
be excessive noise."

Ald. Rod Day thought that most
of the current noise in the area is
being caused by ghetto blasters.

“We want to encourage a more
wholesome use of the area and
provide good use of the park.”
Day said.

The oniy dissenter on council
was Ald. Gordon Rowntree:
“There's no way 7 can vete in
favor of @ project that so many
peopie are hostile to."

He suggested the rose garden go

ad vithout the bandshell.

tse was the primary: coneern
ato the many Ambleside resticuts
who tibed council cnambers to
voice their protesis. The con-
serts-by-the-sea ami ather activities
that hase gone on at the park are
clearly audible to those diving on
nearby higher ground.

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“We can hear people conversing
in’ the park," declared Elaine
Fonseca of Keith Road.

Quiet family recreation should
continue to be the primary use of
the park, put in Bob Spray.

Paul Svkes estimated that the
legacy project would be built at the
costs of the peace of miad of $000
peorie tiving on the nearby hill.
Another Duchess Avenue resident,
Beb Robinson, predicted those
$.08% people might show up at
Neat year’s court of revision claim.
ing detr mental effects on the value
of their houses,

David Brawn of Brown,
Suachen Consulting Acoustical
Engineers, explained that designers
had alreads addressed the noise
problem by shifting the position of
the stage, which would be faced by.
natural seating on grassy kriotls.

“The noise levels on hills

the

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Capilano
Road

IT WAS too close for
comfort after Glen
Barker fell into a
water-filled hole Sun-
day. Nearby road
crews’ equipment
vibrations caused the
ground Barker was
standing on to give
way. The mishap oe-
curred after a tem-
porary water service
main on Capilano
Road in the District of
North Vancouver broke
and workmen went to
turn off the water. Fur-
ther delays were caused
when the main line was
flooded.

should be at or below those that
currently exist,”’ he said.

Others were concerned that the
stage would delay the progress of
the new 38 million arts centre
planned for the West Van Recre-
auea Centre. Tom Reid suggested
the money to be collected for the
legacy project be used to get the
arts centre underway.

But well-known dance
choreographer Judith) Marcuse
predicted that the proposed per-
forming arts stage would improve
the park and answer a crying need
for amateur performing and
rehearsal space.

“This projet ts pragmatic and
visionary and Pull of hope for che
future,” Murcise sagd.

Phe stage is slated fer comple-
tion during LYST, West Vas 78th
anniversary,

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