: : coed A8-Sunday News, November 16, 1980 FROM PAGE A1 “It is not going to be an immediate thing but I hope by the middle of next year we will have made some decisiogs about the Maplewood area, Bell says. The kind of industries he would welcome would be scientific and electronic equipment manufacturers, and firms making machinery. He feels no more residential development should be permitted in the Maplewood area. Whereas Bell considers the removal of Hooker unlikely within the next five years, he thinks it feasible that “clean and safe” in- dustries could be cen- couraged to begin moving into the area before then on the lands north of the Hooker plant and south of the route of the planned Dollarton Highway which would run about one and a half blocks below the prescat highway Such tndustnes, he says. would act as a buffer zone between the chiorine plant and the nocarby residcnhal arcas, if the very presence of Hooker did not deter firms Aomance 12341 from moving in. Eventually, once the relocation of Hooker had been = ac- complished, other industries would be able to locate on the plant's present water- front site. VALID Bell says he has respect for the members of the task force which was headed by Derek Inman, as well as its report, and feels that all the conclusions — that the presence of Hooker is im- compatible with the area. that emergency evacuation plans as well as_ safety standards governing the shipment of hazardous materials on the North Shore and in the harbour are inadequate — are com- pletely valid. This weekend he was flying to Toronto with fellow aldermen Mary Segal and Gordon Rose, municipal manager Doug Welsh and a representative of the fire department and the RCMP for a three-day conference oo chemical hazards sponsored by the Ontano Government. The conference will deal with various emergencies and possible solfubons to A 2 heyboad spimnet organ them, analyzing the response capabilities, and the North Van delegates will visit the site of the Mississauga chlorine spill emergency of a year ago which was largely responsible for concerns over the North Van plant. Bell comments on the task force attitude to the Lynn- mour location of the Hooker plant: “I concur with the report. If we were planning the area now, I sure as heck wouldn't locate Hooker chemicais there.” MOVING COSTS However, the problem he sees ts how to make Hooker move, as well as the $125 million price tag. for rebuilding another plant with = a manufacturing capacity of 1,000 tons of chlorine per day (In practice, the report points out that the exisang Hooker plant only produces 420 tons per day and that to replace like with like would actually cost $59.6 millon.) THE BLOCK PARENT the Hammond 122 provides afl the essental ingredients for an ex citing Musical adventure into the word of organ Musk Features © 16 8 4 2 vow es sustain. o Narp Ge—ls cfumnes © 10 exciting Mythms * padded bench ° headphone jack the tamous Hammond Sound The 122 teaturen Deautitia teahsres the great sounds great cabinetry and unmatched rofiadéity that Hammond owners have come to expo ut since 1034 VANCOUVER ORGAN CENTRE LESAGE PIANOS 1341 MARINE DRIVE, WEST VAN. 926-5111 Thura Fri @30 @ & Weekda Saturday 0:30 - 6 Service * Lessons * Rentats * New & Used © Music & Accessones * Payment Plans Bell thinks Hooker will go- but Bell points out that the total annual District budget is $20 million, of which half is raised by taxation. He maintains that if the District borrowed $125 million to obtain Hooker's relocation. the imterest alone would mean a doubling of taxes. without repaying any principal. He comments: “It 1s beyond the means of the municipality to deal with, so what we have to do is figure out some way, if it 1s practical, for Hooker to be relocated.” He expresses the opinion: “] think they will move and it may be by their own volition or by government = in- ducements but it won't , S Cs - f x aa oS SS ( yr " UP TO 50% happen overnight or in the next five years.” Bell says he wants to talk with both federal and provincial governments about relocating Hooker. Meanwhile, District TRUCK BLOCKADE of the Upper Levels Highway occurred Wednesday morning when this cement truck flipped on the slippery roadway leading down the steep hill to the ferry terminal. A police car attending the accident also had a difficult time coming to a_ stop because of the road surface. (ian Smith photo) not overnight aldermen will be digesting the task force report and discussing its contents with a view to using the = in- formation in plans for development of the Seymour area. 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