10 - North Shore News — Wednesday, August 9, 2000

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Look at ship again, Mr. White

Residents
near park
want fair
treatment

Open letter to North
Vancouver City mayor and
councillors:

This is in response to a fet-
ter by Ms. Rosemary Roberts,
Westview opinions differ,
North Shore News, July 19.

I agree with Ms. Roberts
that the 600-block of West
23rd St.. is a pleasant and
unique cul-de-sac. I took a
walk down her block and I
think it would be a great place
to live. She is lucky. _

I then walked down the

~ block that my family and I have
lived on for over 16 years
which is the 500-block of West
24th St. Please Ms. Roberts
there is no comparison whatso-
ever. You mention in your let-
ter about our provincially
“owned green area. Since last
September 1999, it has not
“been attended to and the grass
has only been cut once which

~ “was on July 13. The grass was
so tall that it fell over. In des-
peration in early July I phoned
ihe North Vancouver. City
work yard: and asked if they
could send someone to cut it.
They were very sympathetic
and "said they would send
_ - someone that afternoon, but
> their hands were tied. The city
does not own the property so

« they do not mainain it. They
“only send someone over peri-
odically to cut around the fire

. hydrants.
..- Contrary to. what Ms.
Roberts thinks, no onc is look-

: ing to cash in on the possibility
> of higher-density rezoning. £
* think she needs to get her facts
straight before she voices her

‘opinion and the opinion of her
neighbours. :-The only reason '

we: went’ before ‘council was

5 because in “early May- in. the:

* North: Shore News I was
“= reading the agenda for the city
“counal: meeting for the next
_week. To my surprise the last

topic on the agenda was the:
of rezoning the

. possibili

. provincially: owned green arca

eo Known as.site two. With Paul

. McKay's ‘help we contacted

city hall and they instructed us
how to proceed.

“22 We want to be treated fairly

and kept informed. We want

meone.to finally take respon-

sibility for the park land. If the

~- zoning is changed -from park, .

the majority of neighbours in

the southeast quadrant want to ©

be included in whatever might
~” wanspire. .
“Mes, Jili Devlin and family
North Vancouver |

Dear Editor:

In a letter in fast
Wednesday’s News (July 7),
our North Vancouver MP,
Ted White, objects to solicit-
ing federal grants to save part
of the Cape Breton Victory
Ship. That letter, and previ-
ous statements by Mr. Whit,
seem to be critical of what
North Vancouver City coun-
cil has dene. I feel like Pm
watching two friends fight.

Of course I'm loyal to the
city council, the presumed
target of Mr. White's com-
plaints about the Cape
Breton. i was a city councillor
myself, once. I’m the chair of
the North = Vancouver
Museum and = Archives
Commission. I believe the
museum is obligated to serve
the city and district councils
and their constituents. Pve
also been a Reform Party
member — I’ve canvassed for
Mr. White in his clection
campaigns. | respect his views
and would like to see any
conflict resolved.”

But .... some of Mr.
White’s statements are mis-
leading. “... the Cape Breton
is not a Victory Ship,” he

wrote. How can he say that?
Perhaps because it had a dif-
ferent name (Flamborough
Head) when it was launched?
Because it was launched at a
satellite shipyard across the
inlet? The ship really was one
ef about 350) “Victory”
freighters built in Canada
under the wartime
Emergency — Shipbuilding
Program, and it was fited
out at our own Burrard
Drydock, here in’ North
Vancouver. Burrard Drydock
and its next door neighbour,

. Pacific Dry Dock, built over

150 Victory ships — more
than any other site in Canada.
As far as I know, no ships like
that remain, anywhere else in
Canada.

He also wrote: “...
removal of the engine and
asbestos should be paid for
by those who will benefit
from the new ‘reef?.” If they
wished, the Artificial Reef
Society, who own the Cape
Breton, could sink the ship
without removing the engine
and asbestos. We asked the
saciety to help us by allowing
the North Vancouver muse-
um to remove two valuable

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heritage components. We are
pleased that the society shares
our desire to preserve a rare
triple-expansion steam
engine. That engine was very
efficient. It was a pinnacle of
reciprocating steam engine
technology. It has a massive,
dramatic sculptural form that
is sure to inspire and educate
visitors who see it in our
waterfront museum.

Why does Mr. White seem
to oppose the Cape Breton
project? He said that “.., lit-
erally dozens of people from
North Vancouver have pro-
vided me with verbal and
written opposition to the
idea.” We on the museum
and archives commission, all
volunteering our time in pre-
senting our proposal to the
community, have had 95%
positive support. Hundreds
of citizens who have stopped
at our shopping mall and

street-side displays, on recent
weekends, have voiced their
approval. Many of them had
either worked at the ship-
yards or remembered family
members or friends who had.
They say they want to see a
waterfront: muscum on the
Burrard site.

Mr. White: will vou take a
“second look” at the Cape
Breton? There is more to it
than money. Perhaps, as chair
of the museum and archives
commission, I should have

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briefed you on the project
earlier, There may still be
time.

These days, it’s so easy to
oppose, and protesters who
shout “Stop!” are the ones
who seem to win. We know
we have a worthwhile pro-
ject. We believe it will suc-
ceed. We believe the commu-
nity supports us.

Mr. White, can we talk?
Jim Warne, Chair
North Vancouver Museum
and Archives Commission

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