NDP tco slow: Fearnley From page 22 would take at feast one year for the enabling legislation to set in place regulations. That's too slow for Coun. Bob Fearnley, who suggested the city move to a system requiring third-party warrantics as an interim measure until the provincia! government comes up with its legislation. “We have lots of new units going up and people have saved for vears to put a down payment on 3 home,” Fearnley said. “We have to move now to protect people buying houses now.” But lobby groups repre- senting developers, engi- neers, and realtors at the meeting asked that council wait until provincial legisla- tion is brought down before the city takes any action. Some councillors agreed. “I support waiting until the province releases its plans,” = Coun. Barbara Perrault said. “J don’t have a great deal of faith in the government but they are taking a serious look at this problem.” “If municipalities across the province all unilaterally take action, it would cause a problem,” she added. “Each municipality would ... have a different set of rules for developers.” Coun. Barbara Sharp said that although she also pre- ferred to see province-wide legislation, she doesn’t want to wait and see what will happen. “JT would still move ahead on this issue,” she said. Sharp moved that Fearnley's motion — be referred to staff for com- ment. Council agreed. Council also voted unan- imously: @ that s copy of the Feb. 16, 1998 Policy Committec meeting transcript be sent unanimously Wednesday, February 25, 1998 - North Shore News ~ 23 to the provincial govern- ment; @ that a letter be sent to the provincial government siat- ing the city’s point of view thar it would like to see a 10-vear water penetration program as part of the war- ranty; M vo ask staff to bring for- ward a bylaw to enshrince the present policy for third- party inspections as well as a report on warranty issues. Manager of inspections Guenther said the third- party inspection _ policy, which requires that an inde- pendent engineer or archi- tect make an inspection to ensure that steps to prevent water damage have been taken, has been in place for four months. 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