Issues Linked to proposed or Bylaws passed by WestVan Council

• Proposed Arts Centre location Ambleside survey sponsored by DWV, contained 20% non residents and biased the result. 55% of WestVan residents oppose Arts Centre located in Ambleside Park; Mayor says ‘don’t care’, I am advocating for Ambleside Tennis court or south parking lot.

• 78% of WestVan residents surveyed oppose spending $38 million on Arts Centre (irrespective of location) and yet Council voted to spend an additional $150,000 on more public engagements; it is guesstimated that DWV Council has authorized about $1 million on studies and public engagement on a proposed Arts Centre

•  Property Tax + Utility increases at 3 times inflation rate

• Continued developments cause more traffic and traffic gridlock

• Continued development destroying the character of the Village of WestVan

• Deceptive and insincere public meetings; some finish after midnight

• Removing correspondence from Council agendas

• Failure to respond to letters or emails sent to Mayor & Council by residents becasue ‘they are too busy’ to respond

• Some Council Members are promoters of developments. Legally biased or conflict of interest?

• Deceptive survey questions published by District of WestVan (would you rather die by lethal injection or hanging?) Example Proposed Arts Centre survey asked which location would you prefer? Ambleside Tennis courts or Ambleside parking lot to south of Tennis Courts. NEVER has council asked in a referendum like vote to residents: Are you in favour an Arts Centre that will cost $40 million to build, $1.2 million per year to operate and built on park land expropriated from at Ambleside park

• Ignoring prior council’s accepted terms of gifts and essentially voiding or ignoring the gift terms. Example: Klee Wyck, Brissenden and ?

• Development approvals before infrastructure (roads, water, sewer, schools); development impact of infrastructure capacity (example capacity need for new Sewage Treatment Plant)

• Traffic flow on Marine and including the B-line - wanting to close two lanes to local traffic for exclusive use of busses

• Gordon Avenue property owned by DWV. Council proceeding to use a site worth $80 million to provide subsidized housing for those earning between $50,000 and $125,000 - mainly well compensated Municipal Employees. Residents were never consulted regarding possible alternate uses of this valuable site.

• Adding to congestion with a 26-storey building at Capilano Road - so that with the Park Royal development they have approved 61 storeys (26 + 35) within a half-kilometre of the Lions Gate Bridge

• Proposed Arts Centre - insincere consultation of a $38 million (construction only, not land and not annual costs) Arts Centre and rather than asking in a DWV survey are you in favour of a new Arts Centre, the question is focused which park land would you rather use … Ambleside tennis courts or Ambleside parking lot on the water implying that the decision has been made to build a facility

• Rodgers Creek approval more densification, more traffic and serious issues with 5 creeks stormwater plan; living hell for some WestVan residents caused during construction

• Have declared an emergency for the municipality on long-term Climate Change while seeing no emergency in the removal of 55% of Long Term Care beds in the district by the end of 2021.

  (Prior to the closure of West Vancouver Care Centre, West Vancouver had 510 beds. With the closure of West Van Care Centre (75) and Capilano Care (205), West Vancouver residents will be left 230 beds (253 if BH approved. )

• Allowed the current Director of Planning to champion for British Pacific Properties request to swap the quota of approved single-family sites in a mountainous area of Eagleridge to the economically buildable area of Cypress Village - at no cost to BPP or benefit to DWV.

• Allow the return to British Pacific Properties (BPP) the exclusive use the 2-acre McGavin Field which was given by BPP to the District in 2002 as a Community Amenity Contribution.

• Resurfaced perfectly good road surfaces at 14th St and Marine / Bellevue and in central Horseshoe Bay (Royal Ave.) while adding bump-out sidewalk obstacles for drivers to negotiate

• Cypress Development proposal … adding 7,000 people to WestVan population

• Marine drive Pedestrian Traffic between North & South Park Royal stopping traffic

• ignoring letters and surveys opposing, for example, 10 additional floors at Park Royal Gateway

• ignoring the results of statistically accurate community surveys

• Approving construction projects (like Kiwanis on Gordon, or Park Royal Gateway, Cressy Building) with exemption to meet building code or zoning bylaws for parking requirements; cars end up cluttering the streets and indirectly increasing property taxes for WestVan taxpayers

• Governance by the Elite Few who push their agendas and ignores the WestVan silent majority opinions about budget, developments and re-zoning

• Five Creeks storm water diversion and multi year disruption to residents in the 31st street area

• Council using cute subtle sections put into the Official Community Plan (OCP), permits council to override the OCP in pursuit of, for example, to advance a social situation before completing Local Area Plans (which are called for in the OCP)

• 2022 budget adding 21 full time staff/consultants even though no population increase

• last 5 years, vehicle fleet increased by 10% even though no increase in population

• Advisory Committees are an integral part of planning and ‘public engagement; nevertheless it seems that these Advisory Committees are selected either by DWV staff or Mayor, appear to be stacked with people advocating for a project. Example the Horseshoe Bay Local Area plan