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Cape Roger Curtis park proposal headed off for first reading APRIL WILL BE A CRUCIAL MONTH FOR THE PROJECT’S FUTURE ALEX KURIAL Editor
EVOLUTION OF DANCE: The Hip Hop Trio of Marlie Behm, Logan McCormick, and Wylie Stiver, performing out of Bowen’s Kelly Konno Studio, danced their way to Gold at the Evolve Dance Competition in March. It was a big month for Konno’s studio, with three teams and over 20 dancers competing in a pair of Burnaby festivals. To see how all the dancers did, and for more photos, flip this issue over to the back page. / Evolve Dance photo NEW LISTING 856 VALHALLA PLACE
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A date for one of the key checkpoints in Metro Vancouver’s park proposal at the Cape has been set for later this month. In two weeks council will receive draft bylaws from staff which would amend Bowen’s Official Community Plan (OCP) and Land Use Bylaw (LUB) to allow for overnight camping on the 97-hectare site. The land – currently zoned Rural Residential 1 – is ready to accommodate a park, but needs sign-off from the municipality (BIM) to reclassify it as Park zoning, which would permit the camping component. It’s this element of Metro Vancouver’s proposal which has become the main sticking point in the project, and has led to fierce debate at the local level. An online petition opposing any overnight camping has gathered more than 1,300 signatures, and survey results from Phase 1 of Metro Van’s engagement process showed 57 per cent of Bowen respondents (590/1,029) do not support the project as it stands. Supporters in the same survey totalled 198 (19%), with 152 (15%) saying they needed more information and 89 (9%) stating they were neutral. These numbers were vastly different from survey respondents outside of Bowen, with 85 per cent (592/696) in support of the park proposal. Opponents numbered 71 (10%), undecided 15 (2%), and neutrals were 18 (3%). CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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