Volumcb 5, Number 28 July 11. 1995 7% t GST Trash fl.ood haza ckendale residents tell council By Ron Enns which paid for half of the flood would have to pay a few thou- Brennan queried, as she province -should be "trashed" hazard study and has the final sand dollars, which is non- addressed council at its meeting because of the negative implica- The Squamish flood hazard say on subdivision approval - refundable, to apply for a rezon- last week. Mayor Corinne tions it will have on the commu- nanagement study should be has said the area where her ing to subdivide the land. But LonsdaIe said Brennan would nity She said the plan is estheti- icrapped, says a Brackendale seven hectares is located at the she said she is "100 per cent have to go about applying for cally undesirable and will lower andowner who likely cannot west end of Judd Road should sure" the ' Ministry of rezoning for a subdivision the property values, *eceivepermission to subdivide not bi rezoned to allow a subdi- Environment will not allow a usual way. Brennan said the three metres ier land. - vision. subdivision and doesn't want to Brennan said the recently com- of fill required for the Harris Kathleen Brennan said she is To receive a definitive answer waste her money. pleted flood hazard manage- Road subdivision currently 'caught in limbo" because the on whether or not the land "Isn't there some other way to ment study - prepared by a under construction in dinistry of Environment - could be subdivided, Brennan deal with this situation?" consultant for the district and Brackendale is an "abomina- tion. "In our area, it would be an armed revolt ...Is this .what you envision happening to the municipality?" Brennan ques- tioned, referring to new houses being built substantially above neighboring existing houses to comply with flood construction levels identified in the plan. Drennan said she does not accept the Ministry of Environment's claims that it is trying to save lives through the use of the flood hazard manage- ment plan. 'There are already 1,000 peo- ' ple, in our area whose lives are in jeopardy.'' She said it has been recog- nized that dikes in the area are not safe, and that they should be brought up to standard rather than limiting residential infilling in Brackendale. Lonsdale said she also has a lot of concerns about the flood hazard plan, which council has vet to adopt. ubdivision ~ Unlikely - Brackendale land owner Kathleen concerned that zoning and flood hazard management recornmen- * "We're tiying to work with the rennan, pictured here with her daughter Emma at their home, is dations will prevent subdivision of her property. Ross Wahlphoto Please tun1 to Page 2 Rock crashes through truck windshield on H The rock came from a slope that was last scaled by The area in which the rock fell is called the argilite cut, rockwork crews in 1987. Part of the area where the rock just south of the Deeks Lake trail parking lot, which is 4 B.C.Rail employee is lucky to be alive after a falling came down has been shotcreted, using concrete to sta- about three kilometres south of Pofieau Cove. Portions 1. 1 0 . ... Ck kom a czff dGfig hy.99 crashed thugn NS Duze loose rocks. of the highway in the area were built in the 1960s. indshield. - Swales said the rock work engineers examining the Today rock cuts are cleared much farther back. An The B.C. Rail vehicle was travelling north on-Hwy. 99 site last week narrowed down the area from which the example of recent rock cut practices is at Brohm Ridge, ar the Deeks Lake trail parking lot July 4 at about 8:30 rock fell to an area of 30 lineal metres. The rock may where work was done in the 1990s. n. when a rock the size of a watermelon went have fallen from as high as 100 metres. The bluff where The rock scaling done along Hwy. 99 is done in areas rough the windshield, hit the dashboard, broke the the rock fell is about 150-200 metres high with several determined to be the most dangerous, such as the !ering column and hit the man's leg. benches. It was a singular rock that fell, which is unusu- Porteau Cove area, Swales said. Millions of dollars are "I would call it a freak," Swales said. Squarnish volleyball relocation attempt Squamish woman by winning‘$20 After a day at work, there are showed him the ticket. We The windfall will allow the 49- all kinds of ways to relax. When checked each of the numbers to year-old to pay bills and her car Da make sure I was right. And I loan. A trip to Reno is also a rai! Buying and Selling Land Squamish resident Georgie bec Noble gets home, she makes it a was!” possibility. Residential and Commercial Financing 1 rail practice to sit down with a cup nit“ Buying and Selling Businesses of coffee and two Instant Keno nig Commercial Contracts lottery tickets. Late’last month, niz Negotiating and Assigning Commercial Leases her ‘way to unwind‘ earned her rea $20‘000. Incorporations and Reorganizations ter. “I got home from work, made Ti Wills and Estates some coffee, sat down in the liv- ing room by myself and to I Squamish net scratched my tickets,” said fivt 201-1365 Pemberton Ave. Noble. By the time the provin- 902-5254 niZ cial court clerk got to the game of five portion of her Instant Keno, things were looking good. To die win with the $2 game, players Chi must match the numbers on the SeF look Twicel ‘game’ portions of the ticket to ber the numbers on the winning TI It’s Motorcycle Season numbers portion. Tali “I scratched five numbers, Th then six, then seven,‘’- she said. eo The winning numbers kept an matching the numbers on game Pro five. imI “After I scratched nine of the 1 aPF 10 numbers, I called out to my daughter, who lives upstairs, ‘I won $5,000!’ After I scratched the 10th number, I jumped and ran all the way up to tell her I’d .w won $20,000.” Mit By then, her common-law hus- All In A Day’s Work - Georgie Noble admires the $20,000 his band was home. “Tom was cheque she won in the Instant Keno lottery. adc coming up the back stairs, so I Ithis Fill ’Er Up -This picture shows the amount of fill necessary to meet flood hazard standards at a new c1 subdivision on Harris Road. There is almost one complete story of the house now in place below the level at which new homes will have to be built. Ross Wahl photo $ Ii -I Fellowes calls for compromise Continued jhrn Puge 1 told council he bought his land more than 30 Ministry of Environment. But if they don’t agree, years ago and that according to the Squamish it doesn’t matter how much we fight for a change. official community plan the area is intended to be They are the official (subdivision) approving developed. agency,” Lonsdale said. “It’s high-handed to come in with a study that Coun. Meg Fellowes said there is a need for may or may not be valid ...Don’t consider a flood compromises SO that “it’s not quite left up to the plain management bylaw at all,” he told council. Ministry of Environment what’s happening in “To quote a former Ministry of Environment this community.” employee, they got rid of the people who do Brennan, however, said council should not sub- things and created a ministry of philosophers.” mit to the demands of the Ministry of Lonsdale said whether or not the district adopts Environment. the plan does not matter. ,’‘I feel’ like the municipality is acting like the She said the province will still consider the Ministry of Environment’s agent instead of for flood hazard management plan when asked to the people of Squamish. It’s about time council approve subdivisions. stood up and remembered they are our elected District administrator Bob Miles said a report on officials and not agents of the Ministry of the flood hazard management plan is being pre- Environment,” pared for the planning committee’s August meet- Nick Candy, another Brackendale landowner, ing. I THE SQUAhIISI.1 CHIEF JULY 11, 1995 S- 3 NEWS TIPS7 CALl US (604) 892-9161 - OR FAX (604) 892-8483 I . Benefit bash raises money for needy kids Cat Lake Bash organizers say the Canadz Day -weekend concert near Brohm Ridgc raised more than $1,000. The bash, which ha: become an annual event which unofficiallj raises money for a needy child in the commu. nity, ’was marred by troublemakers Saturdaj night, but on the whole was a success, an orga- nizer said. “The Forest Service people were really great in helping us deal with the mat- ter.” Two years ago the proceeds of the event wen! to help three-year-old Sydney Tutor, who has neuro-blastoma, a type of cancer. Sydney, now five, is 95 per cent cured, said one of the orga- nizers. This year the benefit was held in honor of the organizers’ friend Daryl Hedin, who died in a motor vehicle accident in the Cheakamus Canyon area of Hwy. 99 last September. The donated money was raised to benefit Hedin’s two-year-old son Dustin. This year’s venue featured Gro House, Big Tall Garden, Funk Yard, Funny Thing About That, Hurling Plaid and Freezer Burn.