Open house set |

for fish farm

PACIFIC AQUACULTURE Ltd.
has scheduled an open house Sun-
day for all Indian Arm residents
and anyone else interested in seeing
the company’s new Indian Arm
fish farm operation.

Company general manager Jim
Malamas said the open house was
being held to provide the public
with am opportunity to see the
farm and ‘‘to dispel some of the
myths about salmon farms.””

The company moved its fish
farm from its original site five
kilometres north of Deep Cove to
its present site two kilometres
north of Best Point on the west
side of Indian Arm following ccn-
tinued opposition to the farm’s
operation from some of its
neighbors.

In addition, the farm’s expanded
on-shore component conflicted
with area single-family zoning, and
North Vancouver District, under
continuing pressure from area res-
idents, informed Pacific in March
to comply or move.

Pacific, which plans to expand
its farm from the current four pens
up to 26 pens, appealed to the
district for an alternative and the
new site was suggested.

But after the company had

secured the necessary approvals
from the various levels «f govern-
ment and subsequently moved its
farm to the new site, ihe district
proposed a bylaw ameidment that
would ban fish farmiig as an al-
lowable use in PRO <Parks, Rec-
reation and Open space)-zoned
lands. The new fish farm site is
located in water fronting on
PRO-zoned district land.

And the district also voted in-
camera to rescind previous ap-
proval of Pacific Aquaculture’s
fish farm expansion.

A special public hearing on the
bylaw amendment has been sched-
uled for Tuesday, Oct. 24 at North
Vancouver District hall starting at
7:30 p.m.

Pacific’s open house is sched-
uled to run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Sunday. Residents with access to
water transportation are invitel to
visit the farm during that time.

Water taxis to the farm will be
leaving from the federal wharf at
the foot of Gallant Avenue in
Deep Cove at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30
p.m., Sunday. Reservations are
advised.

For information call 270-6152 or
667-3739.

$45,000 FROM PARK ROYAL

WV Foundation gets funds

WEST VANCOUVER Foundation
funds have been boosted by a
$45,000 contribution from Park
Royal Shopping Centre Ltd.,
foundation chairman Keith Dun-
can told the News last week.

Part of Park Royal’s donation
will fund the awareness program
the foundation launched two years
ago to show citizens how they can
contribute through either a lifetime
gifting program or their estate
planning.

“A number of citizens are set-
ting up funds in their name for
such specific purposes as scholar-
ships or pet projects in the com-
munity,’ said Duncan, a chartered
accountant and partner with Peat
Marwick Thorne in Vancouver
who has lived in West Vancouver
for 33 years.

Lt.-Gov. David Lam spoke on
philanthropy in the community at
the foundation's first Awareness
Dinner, a black-tie evening with
200 guests at the Capilano Golf
and Country Club on Oct. 17.

“His Honor spoke on the en-

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said. ‘‘It was impressive, because
Mr. Lam does by deed what he
preaches.”’

The West Vancouver Founda-
tion was started in 1975 by then-
mayor Derrick Humphreys and a
group of philanthropic residents
that included Jim Pattison, Frank
Griffiths, and Clancey Sorenson,
and has made financial contribu-
tions to such projects as Ambleside
Landing Park, the Visual Arts
Society, youth activities, and a
seniors’ home.

The foundation, which operates
out of the West Vancouver District
Hall on 17th Street, is managed by
a 12-member board of governors
that includes Mayor Don Lanskail.

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9 - Friday, October 20, 1989 — North Shore News