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Councillor proposes a home demolition fee

Too big for their britches

In response to the city’s slow-movingacknowledgement of zoning bylaw loopholesthat are “decimating” neighbourhoods,longtime local real estate agent LyndaTerborg has created the city’s first ratepayerassociation for her Westwind neighbourhood— theWestwind Ratepayer Association forPositive Development.“We don’t want wards, we don’t want a

representative for Westwind, we just want (thecity) to listen to us and have input, not justsit behind closed doors and come up with asolution of their own,” said Terborg, who isurging other residents to do the same in theirareas.A ratepayer association is a group of

residents who lobby the city on behalf ofits neighbourhood’s interests. They areprominent in other Metro Vancouver cities,said Terborg.At issue is the city’s failure to amend

roughly 4,000 land-use contracts — initiatedin the 1970s — which allow homebuilders tobuild three-storey homes on relatively smalllots.“It was incomplete language. Who would

have known that,” said Terborg, noting now

that property values have risen, developersare taking full advantage of the (land-use)contracts that doesn’t clearly dictate a home’sliving space relative to the property footprint.“Developers are already door-knocking

here so hard, and they’re not offering ownerstheir due market value.”She points to one recently built home that

is listed for $2.4 million after the older, nowdemolished, home was sold for $784,000. Thenew, three-storey home has a total floor areaof 6,200 square feet, whereas the older homewas just 1,600 square feet, on a 5,300 squarefoot lot.Members say they worry about the future of

the neighbourhood due to its unaffordabilityfor new families.“Good people run away when they see bad

things happen,” said Terborg.Another problem she sees is the city’s lack

of design protocol. She points to builders whohave built “French chateaus” next to modesthomes.The city claims the land-use contracts were

out of the city’s controls. However, last yearthe province changed laws to allow the cityto amend the contracts. Terborg argued thatthe city could have lobbied the province yearsago, and, at least, should do something now.“Now they pretend it’s a provincial

problem. Provincial problem—my foot!

They had the problem in wording in the firstamendment,” said Terborg“It’s almost a whole year later and we

aren’t talking publicly about a fix. Look at theescalation of permits. In 10 years, we’ll bedecimated,” she warned.Terborg said large homes built under land-

use contracts are “out of character” and wouldbe non-conforming under city zoning.The new homes overshadow older ones,

robbing them of sunlight, thus causingdrainage problems and ruining gardens in

their wake. All-in-allquality of life, for those who wish to remainin their family homes, is being ruined, saidTerborg.Coun. Linda McPhail, who lives in the

Westwind neighbourhood, concurred thatsome of the homes “are really pushing theboundaries” and offered to review the bylaws.Joe Erceg, Richmond’s manager of

planning and development, has stated thecity is in the process of amending the currentterms of land-use contracts.

Councillor Carol Day wants the City ofRichmond to prevent seemingly livablehomes from being demolished.“It’s something we need to look at for

livable homes. There are beautiful homesbeing ripped down. You have to wonder ifit isn’t reasonable for developers to pay ademolition tax,” said Day.As a result, the city’s planning

committee, consisting of Day andcouncillors Chak Au, Harold Stevesand chair Linda McPhail directed city

staff to “examine options to restructuredemolition fees and regulate the recyclingof demolition material,” according toreferral notes.Joe Erceg, the city’s manager of

planning and development, told thecommittee he believes the city’s optionsare limited. He did say the city may beable to impose recycling fees, however,demolition fees are likely a provincialmatter.Last year, the city issued demolition

permits for 397 single family homes.So far this year there has been a spike

in such demolitions; in January there were

35 permits issued and in February therewere 38.Day said the issue is fostering an

unaffordable housing market.Many of the homes are under 30

years old. Some homeowners on arterialroads have bent to market forces andare demolishing homes with appraisedbuilding (not property) values of morethan $300,000.McPhail said she wants to know what

the province can do about imposingspecial demolition fees.“My concern about that was what can

(the city) do under our powers and what

are other tools available at other levels ofgovernment,” she said.McPhail said the city has to balance

wastefulness and landfill costs withpeople’s right to build on their properties.McPhail downplayed the impact of

demolitions when asked whether theyjive with the city’s “green” goals such asreducing overall greenhouse gas emissions33 per cent below 2007 levels by 2020.“I don’t know if that’s really a

problem,” she said. “I haven’t heard,personally, people coming to me (withconcerns) that too many houses are beingdemolished.”

DEVELOPMENT

Lynda Terborg isjoined by (fromleft) Joel Berman,Lee Bennett, NeilCumming andMartin Woolfordto form the city’sfirst ratepayerassociation, whichaims to lobby thecity regardingregulations onhome size andcharacter.Photo by GraemeWood/RichmondNews

Graeme WoodStaff [email protected]


New Westwind Ratepayer Association calling on city to limit house size and character

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Transit riders, cyclistsand good old fashionedpedestrians feel they’rehealthier than those whorely on their cars to get themaround town.That’s the general findings

in the first released segmentof Vancouver CoastalHealth’s survey called myHealth, my Communitywhich covered health andtransportation.The survey, which drew

responses from 28,000 MetroVancouver residents 18 andolder indicated 55 per cent ofthem used their own vehiclesto commute to school orwork. A total of 29 per centopted for transit, 10 per centwent by foot, four per centhopped on a bike, while theremaining two per cent listed“other.”When it came to how

those commuter groupsdescribed their health andhealth behaviour, cyclistsand walkers reported theyhad a positive associationwith a lower body mass

index, and marked high onthe survey’s wellness scorecharacterized by a healthydiet, 30 minutes of dailywalking, not smoking, and150-plus minutes of vigorousexercise a week. That groupalso reported they felt healthyand had a a strong sense ofcommunity and belonging.Transit users scored

themselves well on the bodymass index, wellness scoreand 30-minute daily walkcategory, but did not indicatea self-reported excellent orgood response to their ownhealth. They also didn’t havea strong sense of community.Another category, listed

asActive Transportation— those who combinetransit, cycling or walking—also put themselves on thelower body mass index scale,wellness score, daily walkingand physical activity scales.The survey also

characterized that group asbeing 33 per cent less likelyto be overweight or obesecompared to those whocommute by car.The findings are pretty

logical, said Richmond’s

chief medical health officer,Dr. James Lu.“It’s not surprising in what

people have told us,” Lu said.“I think it’s consistent withthe more in-depth research onthe way we get to places andhow it has an influence onhow healthy we are, and howhealthy we feel we are.”Jordan Bateman, who

is heading up the “No”campaign on the transitplebiscite said the survey’srelease now is a “desperate,cynical attempt” to swaypublic opinion on a transitplebiscite that wold fundtransit improvements througha 0.5 per cent sales tax hike..Calling the information in

the survey highly politicized,Bateman said the “Yes”side has moved towards acampaign of fear.“You see it with the

suggestion from doctors thatvoting ‘no’will cause morecancer, fire chiefs saying thatif you vote ‘no’ your housemight burn down, and thateconomic disaster is aroundthe corner,” Bateman said.“It’s a desperate attempt toget this tax through.”

Transit users considerthemselves healthy: survey

Philip RaphaelStaff [email protected]

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Richmond’s planning committeehas asked city staff to “provide councilwith data related to overseas buyersof property in the city,” according to areferral.However, the Richmond News

has learned municipal data fromCitizenship and Immigration Canada(CIC) on investor class immigrants —those who paid the federal governmentto enter Canada — is classified.The News asked doctorate student

Craig Jones at the University of B.C.Geography Department for the datahe is using to research immigrantsettlement in Metro Vancouver, butJones said he is not allowed to releaseit, per an agreement with CIC.“The terms of this access are

fairly restrictive and we are free topublicly share only certain aspects ofour work. Our access has a lot to dowith a well-established relationshipbetween CIC and the geographydepartment at UBC,” said Jones,who works alongside Dr. David Ley,author ofMillionaire Migrants, a bookthat examines the impact of wealthymigrants on the real estate market,among many other things.

The referral was made after Coun.Harold Steves raised the matter ofhow wealthy Chinese investors mayhave impacted local communities ascontended in a newly published book,Middle Power Middle Kingdom, byDavid Mulroney, Canada’s formerambassador to China. Steves submitteda recent Vancouver Sun book review tothe committee.“An assertive China is challenging

the balance of power in the Pacific,and it is more than willing to reachacross borders, including Canada’s,to steal technologies and to confrontchallenges to its ideology,” notes thebook’s introduction.The problem for city planners and

councillors, however, is proper data.From 2006 to 2011, according

to the National Household Survey,about 18,600 immigrants settled inRichmond. Of those, about 10,400were from China.But Jones says the household survey

— a voluntary survey that replaced thecountry’s mandatory long-form censusin 2011 — is unworthy of being areliable source of data in which toform policies.“I wouldn’t rely on it,” said Jones.CIC has released data that notes

about 60 per cent of investorimmigrants were Chinese and roughly

5,000 settled in B.C. annually since2004.Mulroney claims that Canada is

the focus of a Chinese governmentinvestigation to track down corruptformer Communist Party officials whohave stashed wealth in the form ofoverseas real estate.But he warns that a much-needed

conversation on Chinese migrationmust be met with facts and not “urbanmyths,” wrote Mulroney, according tothe Sun.At the local level, vacant

properties is thought to underminea neighbourhood’s safety and senseof community. Richmond’s planningcommittee asked staff to see if thecity could impose a vacancy tax onabsentee homeowners.While there are many anecdotes

of vacant, newly built megahomes, aforeseeable problem for city staff willbe how to determine what constitutes avacant home.Coun. Carol Day said the issue

may very well rest with the federalgovernment.“Ultimately, we don’t write

immigration policy, we’re justthe unfortunate victims of what’shappening with that. (ConservativeMP)Alice Wong has been hands offright from the start,” she said.

Richmond Fire Rescue is proposing a bylaw that willgive the department new powers to clean up abandonedbuildings in the city.“Vacant and abandoned buildings have been and

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OPINIONSend your story ideas or photo submissions to Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds at [email protected]

Calling Saturday’sdust-up amonghockey parents at

a North Vancouver rink anembarrassing moment is anunderstatement.When police get called to a

teen hockey game over anticsof adult spectators, you’reskating on thin ice in terms ofacceptable behaviour.Alarmingly — and likely

not coincidentally — theshoving match broke outafter an on-ice brawl eruptedbetween young players.But you can’t assign all the

blame to the kids when thisis the behaviour their parents

demonstrate.Hockey certainly isn’t

the only sport plaguedwith distinctly overzealousparents. What blew up onthe weekend is a small butpersistent part of sportsculture, especially at the elitelevel.It’s bad enough to

see professional athleterole models exhibitunsportsmanlike behaviour.It’s worse to see the anticstrickle down to kids andbeing reinforced by idiotparents.According to anAngus

Reid poll released last week,

most Canadians who haveattended youth hockey gamesreport they have seen adultspectators verbally abuseboth players and referees.That’s hardly a record to beproud of.There is a sign being

posted at sports facilitiesaround the world remindingparents their child’s successor lack of success in sportsdoesn’t indicate what kind ofparents they are.What does, the sign notes,

is raising an athlete who iscoachable, respectful, a goodteammate and someone whotries their best.

School districts, B.C. Ferries get squeezedTwo issues have

sprung to the fore inthe opening weeks

of the legislature that putthe stingy (some would saymiserly) ways of the B.C.Liberal government on fullpublic display.One of them is the never-ending story

about the funding of public education inthis province, while the other is anotherseemingly endless tale — how muchfunding the B.C. Ferries system shouldreceive from taxpayers.Let’s tackle the complex education

system first.In a classic case of giving with one hand

while taking with the other, the governmenthas topped up a special learning fund by$23 million while at the same time cuttingschool board budgets by $29 million(followed by a further $25 million chop thefollowing year).But while the public education system is

being squeezed (yet again), the governmenthas topped up the budget for independent

schools by $30 million (anincrease largely driven by asignificant hike in studentenrolment at independentschools).The optics, as they say,

don’t look good here.There have been howls of outrage

from B.C. school trustees about thesepending cuts, but Premier Christy Clarkhas characterized the cost-cutting (or, cost“savings” in government parlance) exerciseas merely going after “low-hanging fruit.”That dismissive comment was like

throwing oil on a long-simmering fire.School districts have been grappling

with rising, unfunded costs in the systemfor years. Things such as inflation, pensionimprovements, rising MSP premiums andBC Hydro rates haven’t been covered byadditional funding for quite a while, thusmaking the mandatory achievement of anannual balanced school board budget thatmuch more difficult to accomplish everyyear.Nevertheless, the provincial government

is convinced legitimate savings can befound, either through a greater emphasison shared “services” between someschool districts or simply realizing costefficiencies and eliminating spendingwaste.Still, one can’t help but wonder whether

there is a hidden agenda at work here:a not-so-subtle push to get some schooldistricts to amalgamate.While it remains to be seen whether

that $29-million reduction can occurwithout hurting classroom instruction, it’sa different case when it comes to forcing“savings” on the B.C. Ferries system.B.C. Ferries has already gone through

a significant round of cost-cutting andconsolidation, as sailings on many routeshave been eliminated. There’s not muchmore there to cut and B.C. Ferries does nothave control over certain cost items.For example, the size of crews on ships

— a favourite target of those who like tomake apples-and-oranges comparisonsto the Washington ferry system — ismandated by Transport Canada, not by B.C.

Ferries, and labour is a huge cost item.A petition with 20,000 names on it was

delivered to the legislature last week,calling for B.C. Ferries to return to the fullcontrol of the provincial government. Sucha move (not that it has much of a chance ofhappening) is meaningless, since it woulddo nothing to address the chief problemfor B.C. ferry users: high fares that keepgetting higher.B.C. taxpayers already generously fund

B.C. Ferries, to the tune of about $190million a year in subsidies.But without any increase to that subsidy,

fares will undoubtedly continue to climb, asB.C. Ferries has limited power to deal withtwo big cost items: labour and fuel costs.And so far, the penny-pinching B.C.

Liberals show no sign of even entertainingthe idea of boosting that annual subsidy. AsI’ve noted here before, there is a disconnectbetween the ruling party and many regularusers of B.C.’s ferries.Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter

for Global BC. He can be reached via emailat: [email protected].

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Overhaul TransLink

To the Editor,I listen to the ads for the “yes” side in the transit

referendum saying we need to accommodate anothermillion residents who are coming to Greater Vancouver.And I’m suppose to be happy about this? I don’t think

so!We don’t even have the infrastructure to

accommodate the existing population, and we passedthat point a very long time ago.I don’t know a single person who is in favour of this

transit tax, and the appointment of Jimmy Pattisonto oversee it should send a huge message to, in myopinion, the very out-of-touch mayors — Brodie andRobertson.I don’t know who advises them, but I think they

have isolated themselves from the general populationwho are fed up with the excessive ongoing, overdevelopment — so much so, that mayoralty candidatesare campaigning on that issue alone.The Liberal government needs to get in touch with

the critical issues of health care, education and housing,which I think should be their priority. The fact it isn’tcauses me great concern.Where are the proposals for more health care

professionals, hospitals, sewage treatment and increasedwater supply?

Zara MacleodRichmond

TRANSIT REFERENDUM

LETTERS

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right to edit letters forbrevity, clarity, legalityand good taste.Send letters to:The Editor,Richmond News,5731 No. 3 RoadRichmond, B.C. V6X 2C9Fax: 604-270-2248 ore-mail:[email protected]

Dear Editor,The 0.5 per cent added

to the PST will be includedwith regular PST, totaling7.5 per cent. How is thegovernment going todistinguish what part of this0.5 per cent actually goes tometro congestion?I fear that these monies

will go into general revenue,and the government willdish out what it feels like formetro congestion tax. Theysay the tax will end after 10years. Do you really believethis?There will never be

enough money for thegovernment and TransLink.They will be asking for moreafter 10 years.This tax increase is

supposedly for Broadwayand Surrey lines, an increasein bus service for someareas, bridges and roads.Roads?Which ones are theyreferring to?Municipalities are

responsible for maintenanceof residential streets viayour property taxes. Someroads and bridges are

the responsibility of thefederal government (i.e.Arthur LaingAirportBridge/Canada Line to theairport). The province isresponsible for highwaysand some bridges (PortMann/Massey Tunnel etc).So, which roads and bridgesis TransLink responsiblefor? (Editor’s note: TheGolden Ears Bridge).Keep in mind, once these

bridges are built, we willbe paying tolls on them— double jeopardy!One simply cannot trust

TransLink, given their trackrecord on spending and thesalaries it pays its executivesand board of directors.Also, some of the

TransLink police are retiredofficers from other policeforces. They are beinghighly paid by TransLinkand may also be collectingpensions from their force.We already pay TransLink

tax at the gas pumps, BCHydro (check your BCHydro invoice), propertytaxes, and there’s the goodold carbon tax.

TransLink has taken awaydiscount privileges offeredto groups such as WorkSafeBC, school boards, theCity of Vancouver, and yetthe UPASS (for universitystudents) is untouched.Why? I say it’s time toterminate this privilege.After all, students are themajority of users.The only remedy is to get

rid of the entire TransLinkboard. This board shouldbe elected by taxpayers,just like provincial andmunicipal governments.The plebiscite’s being

mailed out to residents inMetro Vancouver, but atwho’s cost? The taxpayer.TransLink is paying

huge amounts for the “yes”campaign. These dollarswould be betters spent onfunding the very projectsthey are asking about. Stopwasting our hard earnedmoney.

Steve ChangRichmond

‘Yes’ side outof touch

Dear Editor,We have lived in our

home and paid taxes forover 50 years.Due to rezoning for

densification we nowhave severe parkingproblems. This isworsened by the illegaluse of the mandatorygarage spaces in eachlane house for livingspace (overlooked byauthorities).A “yes” vote would

help improve publictransit and lessen theneed for so many cars.We also desperately

need improvedHandyDart service.

Elizabeth and JohnBeeching

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school teacher in a 1910 frontiertown, is shot in and aroundLangley, wraps its secondseason at the end of this week.And Mamie, her mother, NicoleRockmann, her sister, step father,and her father, will all be wingingtheir way down to California forthe awards show.“That’s one of the best things

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L.A., Mamie’s schedule doesn’tlet up much, as shortly after herreturn home, she takes up a role inthe Lower Mainland shot featurefilm The Hollow Ones.“That will be quite a departure

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Richmond’s Canada Line stands to bethe big winner in Richmond if the 0.5per cent sales tax dedicated to transit

passes a plebiscite in Metro Vancouver.Current average daily ridership on the line is122,000 passengers on weekdays and 85,000passengers on weekends. Current capacitystands at 6,100 passengers per hour perdirection. By 2045 ridership is expected togrow by about 80 per cent from current levels,according to the Mayors’ Council.

The Mayors’ Council plan calls for three stationplatform expansions in Downtown Vancouver,as well as 10 new, two-car trains over thenext 10 years to increase train departures fromBrighouse at peak hours from every six minutesand 40 seconds to five minutes.That would increase capacity to 8,100

passengers per hour per day.The increased frequency would be staged overtime, “as needed,” according to TransLink, with2030 as the target for five-minute departures.With the tax, TransLink would have 12 new cars(six trains) by 2019 and an additional eight by2024.

Along with the platform expansions, thecapital investment would cost $52 million,with average annual operational costs of $16million.Under the current service agreement withInTransit BC, 16 trains are used during peakservice.

However it’s notable that any further upgrades,beyond 2024, will be costly, as a result of cost-cutting measures approved by TransLink and theCity of Richmond when the line was approvedin 2004. A single rail track from Lansdowne toBrighouse station and short platforms designedto save money, at the time, will need to be

addressed in subsequent decades to expandcapacity.The line has 11 stations, including eightelevated stations, that require platformextensions from 40 metres to 50 toaccommodate planned 54-metre two-and-a-halfcar trains.The plan includes limited funds to explore thisoption after 10 years, according to TransLink.The regional transportation authority statesthat it is “not exploring double-tracking theBrighouse segment of the line” and notes itwould be “a significant and costly endeavour.”When, or if, double tracking is eventually done,trains could depart every four minutes fromBrighouse.

Other Richmondupgrades:New B-Line bus to Metrotown - Costing$3.1 million to start up, a new rapid bus

line can whisk shoppers and workers fromRichmond Centre to Metrotown via the KnightStreet Bridge. The annual operating cost wouldbe $1.7 million (in 2015 dollars). The line wouldbe introduced by 2019.Expanded 401,402, 403, 407, 410 bus service- Frequent all-day service upgrades would meanbuses at least every 15 minutes from 6 a.m.until 9 p.m. Specific costs per bus route anddetailed schedules are not included in the plan.More HandyDART service - Disabled peoplewill benefit with 30 per cent more HandyDARTservice. Regionally the plan will invest $20million for capital upgrades and another $16million in annual operating costs.Bike lane upgrades - There are no specificupgrades to Richmond other than betteradjacent connections to the Canada Linecycling path. Richmond would be included ina 300-kilometre expansion of traffic-protectedbikeways on major streets throughout theregion at a capital cost of $131 million andannual operating costs of $1.5 million.

What’s in it for Richmond?THEFRIDAYFEATURE

More trains on the Canada Line planned if ‘yes’ side wins transit referendumGraeme WoodStaff [email protected]

What is going on?Voting in the Metro Vancouvertransit plebiscite (a public vote)starts Monday. To participate,you must be a Canadian citizen,a B.C. resident as of Dec. 1,2014 and a registered voterliving in Metro Vancouver.If you are not registered, orhave recently moved you mayregister online at Elections.BC.ca or call 1-800-661-8683(with multilingual service) byMay 15.Mail-in ballots will be sent tohomes starting March 16 andmust be returned (postage ispre-paid) by May 26.

What is being asked of you?The question on the ballot willbe: “Do you support a new0.5 per cent Metro Vancouver

Congestion Improvement Tax,to be dedicated to the Mayors’Transportation and TransitPlan?”

Some Basics:- The 0.5 percentage pointincrease will be added to theProvincial Sales Tax — onapplicable goods and servicesin Metro Vancouver only— to expand transit servicesannounced in the 10-yearMayors’ Council Plan.- The B.C. governmentapproved the tax lastDecember. The money collectedwill be put in a dedicatedaccount for transportation.- The account will be publiclyaudited annually and overseenby a voluntary committee.TransLink will administer the

money.-The Mayors’ Council consists ofMetro Vancouver’s 21 mayors.It appoints TransLink’s boardof directors and approves theboard’s transportation plans.- TransLink is MetroVancouver’s regionaltransportation authority. Itoperates buses, HandyDART,the SeaBus, the West CoastExpress as well as maintainscertain bridges, roads andbike paths. It’s unelectedboard hires TransLink’s CEO,who manages day-to-dayoperations.- TransLink must factorin provincial governmenttransportation and economicpolicies when developing itsown long-term strategies. Forinstance, the province hasdecided to build a bridge atthe George Massey Tunnel, butTransLink will be responsiblefor overall transportationplanning adjacent to it.- Over 10 years, the tax should

raise $2.5 billion. The Mayors’Plan needs $7.5 billion andhinges on provincial andfederal matching contributions,which have not beenconfirmed.- The tax will cost youdepending on how much you

spend on applicable items.A $30,000 car will cost youan extra $150, whereas a$10 meal will cost a nickelmore. The Mayors’ Councilcontends the average costper household will be $125per year while critics, such as

the B.C. Canadian Taxpayers’Federation contends it will bemore like $258.- Major improvements proposedin the plan include a light railsystem in Surrey, a Broadwaysubway line in Vancouver and anew Pattullo Bridge.

Plebiscite primer: Here’s what you need to knowResidents ofRichmond, andthroughoutMetroVancouver,will be gettinga ballot inthe mail soonasking them ifthey support a0.5 percent taxhike to help payfor more publictransit.


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YES - HEALTHDr. James Lu, Richmond’s chief public healthofficer, is willing to overlook the perceivednegatives of the transit tax in favour of hasteningmore transit in the region. Lu says a populationboom, and more cars, may override past gains theregion has made in reducing pollutants by morethan half since 1990.Aside from clean air and less risk of respiratoryillnesses, Lu said there are fringe benefits to takingtransit.“We’re hoping to see (the plan) will have physicalhealth benefits because you have to walk a bitmore to a bus or transit stop to get to where youneed to go,” he said.

YES - LOW-INCOME TRANSPORTATIONDe Whalen, chair of the Richmond PovertyResponse Committee, believes the benefitsof increased transit options far outweigh theconsequences of increasing a regressive tax, whichaffects low-income people more.“It is a regressive tax. Generally anti povertygroups are not in favour of that, however, a lot ofthings (food, children’s clothing) are tax-free,” shesaid.The most important thing for Whalen is havingreasonable transit options for low-income people,whose only choice is to ride the bus, cycle or walkto work and school.An added benefit of the plan is increased HandyDart service.“If you look at the population that uses Handy Dart,it’s seniors or the disabled. They’re living on a fixedincome or a disability pension,” noted Whalen.

YES - ENVIRONMENTThe David Suzuki Foundation states an additionalone million people in the region may mean 600,000more cars if transit funding remained status quo.The plan aims to foster transit, cycling and walkingoptions for commuters, including low- or zero-emission methods of transport such as B-Linebuses, new light rail lines and Canada Line serviceexpansion.“Supporting public transit in Metro Vancouver willgo a long way to helping B.C. reach greenhousegas reduction targets and will support Vancouver’sambitions to be the world’s greenest city,” statesthe foundation.

YES - ECONOMYThe Richmond Chamber of Commerce contends theplan will improve transportation logistics for theoverarching regional economy.“When you talk about the long-term implications ofthe plan, people are much more open to acceptingthis,” said spokesperson Matt Pitcairn.The Chamber contends increased transportationoptions in and around Richmond are vital to thecity’s local economy that depends on being alogistical hub for the airport and marine ports.

YES - CONGESTION = TIME AND MONEYMayor Malcolm Brodie suggests that the transitplan will ease congestion and allow for the regionto grow. “Less time commuting means more timefor your family,” he said.Brodie does note, however, to relieve futurecongestion, other mechanisms, such as roadpricing, will likely need to be introduced.

NO - POLITICAL PROCESSTeacher and local environmentalist Michael Wolfeis willing to postpone transportation improvementswith a ‘No’ vote to have a better plan and process.

Wolfe states that the provincial government shouldcontrol transit funding and that it has, to date,abdicated itself of responsibility on this matter.Furthermore the plebiscite process is problematic.“I don’t like being told how to vote on tax increasesby people who are funded by our (municipal) taxdollars,” said Wolfe.He said public consultation should have takenplace to list transit priorities, as well. For instance,Wolfe disagrees with the plan’s inclusion of theplanned bridge at the George Massey Tunnel,which he sees as a precursor to the furtherindustrialization of the Fraser River. Although thetax raised from this plebiscite is not expected to gotowards building the bridge, by virtue of includingit in the transit plan, Wolfe feels the bridge isbeing endorsed.Since the bridge was a unilateral decision by theprovince, it’s another example of disconnect in thegovernance system.

NO - SLOW SALESThe Canadian Federation of Independent Businessclaims members believe the new tax may addadministrative costs for small businesses.Furthermore there is concern that the extra tax will

impact sales. (45 per cent of members surveyedby CFIB believed there would be a negative impactwhile 11 per cent believed there would be noimpact.)

NO - EMPTY POCKETSIf anyone has a grasp of what Joe Public is saying,it’s Iain MacKelworth, barber at Steveston Barbers.“Yes, we need more trains, we need more buses;but we want to know our money is being spentproperly. They (politicians) have been squeezingthe lemon for so long. There’s no more juice togive,” said MacKelworth.“In the last 10 years my customers have startedhurting with increases in taxes, fees, you name it.The working class keeps getting it on the chin overand over again,” he said.He and customers question where all the moneyfrom development has gone and why city plannersdidn’t consider the consequences of growth beforethe region came to this honking standstill.“They’ve gone bat shit crazy in developing thisplace. Why wasn’t this taken care of 15 yearsago when that area (City Centre) was slatedfor (tens) of thousands of more people?” askedMacKelworth.

NO - TRANSLINKCanadian Taxpayers’ Federation spokespersonJordan Bateman says the plebiscite comesdown to TransLink’s wasteful spending, from theorganization’s continuous delays of the CompassCard and fare gate system, administrative costsand wasteful projects.“When we give them more money we’re actuallyreinforcing wasteful behavior from an agency thatrequires a lot of work,” said Bateman.Furthermore, Bateman notes there is no guaranteethat the tax will be reviewed or even that it willremain 0.5 per cent. He suggests development/growth should pay for future infrastructure.

NO - TAXES ARE BADWhile the Richmond News’ informal online pollsuggests 68 per cent are opposed to the tax, VictorHo, editor in chief Sing Tao Daily, estimates 90 percent of his readership opposes the tax.“Generally, I can say our debate on transit taxis mostly negative because the concept of theso-called referendum is asking for more tax and,in the Chinese community, if you increase tax,it’s no good for them. Usually they don’t have therationale or (understand) the public good or thereason for the public good,” he said.

Barber gives his take on transit taxTHEFRIDAYFEATURE

Ryan Lewis cuts Richmond resident Sean Thompson’s hair as they discuss the transitplebiscite at Steveston Barbers. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News



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folk, country and 50’s and 60’spop-rock on March 19. Openingfor Greg are the “Nomads” fromNew Zealand $10 at door. BritanniaShipyards National Historic Site(5180Westwater Drive). For more,email [email protected].

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Science educator tells thecurious to ‘keep looking up’

Richmond resident, Jennifer Kirkey,chair of the physics department at DouglasCollege, has been named a finalist in theYWCA Women of Distinction Awards.“Jennifer’s outstanding commitment has

had a lasting impact on science education,instilling confidence in science teachers,”according to the judges. “A physics teacher,community volunteer and role model fornumerous aspiring scientists, for 25 yearsJennifer has enthusiastically shared herpassion for physics and astronomy.”

The awards honour individuals andorganizations whose outstanding activitiesand achievements contribute to the well-being and future of our community.

Since 1984, the YWCA Vancouver haspaid tribute to more than 290 awardrecipients and 1,690 nominees.

In addition to the 10 nominationcategories, the individual nominees areeligible for the Connecting the CommunityAward. The nominees will select a YWCAprogram area in which they are interestedand use social media channels such asTwitter and Facebook to promote votes.From April 22 – May 15 the public can castvotes and the nominee with the most voteswill receive the Connecting the CommunityAward.

Scotiabank will donate $10,000 to the

YWCA program area of her choice.Kirkey was commended for spending

countiless volunteer hours in classroomscreating excitement for students andteachers alike. She’s known to bringtelescopes to public events and encouragingthe curious to “keep looking up.”

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Lloyd Wright’s legacy lives on

Frank LloydWrightwas once accused bya reporter of using his

architecture school to makelittle Frank LloydWrights.“There’s no such thing as

a little Frank LloydWright,”snapped the architect.There’s certainly nothing

little about Taliesin West, thecombined office, school andwinter residence maintainedas a shrine to Wright’smemory. (He died in 1959,at 91.) It sits on what hasbecome several hundredmillion dollars–worth ofprime suburban real estate.Now embraced by thesprawl of Scottsdale, a partof greater Phoenix, it was inthe middle of nowhere whenWright bought it in 1937with the fees for the designof one of his most famoushouses, Fallingwater.The rather less glamorous

architecture school was acombined academy andboot camp. The apprenticesworked with Wright tobuild the complex with theirown bare hands. Part oftheir training also involvedbuilding desert shelterselsewhere on the property,for which they had to beclient, architect, contractorand fund-raiser all rolledinto one.Despite the success of

Fallingwater, at the time hebuilt Taliesin West Wrightwas going through a 20-yeardrought in commissionspartly due to a ratherscandalous private life.As a result, the complex

of low buildings, embeddedinto the sloping site andinvisible from the mainroad, has a rough, texturedlook to many of its surfaces.Qualities that come fromusing the stones and sand ofthe site and incorporatingfound objects from varioussources—all products of alack of funds as much as ofinvention—are neverthelesspointed out by tour guides asmarks of Wright’s genius.Ceramic friezes, a riot

of polychrome figures thatonce ran along the roof

ridges of southern Chinesehouses, are incongruouslyset into rough walls ofboulders and cement.These were bought at adiscount from an antiquesstore whose stock had beendamaged in an earthquake.Light was filtered in

through canvas untilWright’s wife forced himto put in glass. Studentsarriving at the time began bylearning to cut it, althoughthe shortage of funds meantthat the glass was usuallysecond-hand, and they’dfirst spend time scrapingoff “Sam’s Café” or similarlettering with razor blades.In contrast to that, the

overall atmosphere is nowmonastic and reverential,especially in the hush ofthe drafting room wherecurrent students of theFrank LloydWright Schoolof Architecture bend overcomplex drawings. Manyof Wright’s later, morecharismatic works were

first drafted here, and thesite’s holy books contain22,000 of his drawings and350,000 other documents.The foundation that runsthe site draws on these todeal with the requests thatstill come in to build housesfrom the master’s archive,although some of thoseplans have to be adaptedto modern regulations,such as on ceiling heights.A good thing, too: Wrighthimself was short, and manya visitor has to duck whenpassing through doorwaysto Taliesin West’s cinema,lecture hall, theatre andliving spaces.

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Vancouver InternationalAirport (YVR) was namedthe number one airportin North America for thesixth year-in-a-row bySkytrax World AirportAwards.The premier

international airport awardsare voted on by more than13 million passengersworldwide. This is thefirst time in Skytrax awardhistory that an airport hasmaintained a number oneranking for six consecutiveyears.“This recognition for

a sixth year-in-a-row is atestament to all the peoplewho contribute to ourshared success,” said CraigRichmond, President andCEO, Vancouver AirportAuthority. “I want toacknowledge and thank our

community, passengers,partners and the 24,000people who work andvolunteer at YVR.“We are both proud and

humbled and will continueto collectively care forall our customers whileconnecting B.C. to theworld.”Known informally in

the travel industry as thePassenger Choice Awards,the Skytrax World AirportAwards are the globalbenchmark of airportexcellence. More than 13million passenger surveyswere independentlyconducted across 550airports in 112 countries.The survey measures 39dimensions of the airportexperience includingcheck-in to borderclearance efficiency.

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Taliesin West, in Scottsdale, is a shrine to reveredAmerican architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Built on ashoestring in the 1940s during a period when money wasscarce, it is now the campus for the Frank Lloyd WrightSchool of Architecture and houses the master archive ofblueprints for Wright houses, which are still requestedby home builders today. Photo by Peter Neville-Hadley/Meridian Writers’ Group


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Eagles soar on opening day

While the score may have been lopsided,and with the real test expected to come inthe days ahead, Richmond Christian’s winon day one of the B.C. Boys High SchoolBasketball Championships at the LangleyEvents Centre Wednesday still felt likesweet vindication for a pair of co-coaches.As Shane Tamana and Tim Subion

watched their players on the top-ranked,1AEagles school run away with a 79-19result over Mulgrave School fromWestVancouver.In other opening day games for Richmond

teams at the LEC, 3A action saw theMcMathWildcats edge past Coquitlam’sCharles Best 73-70, while McNair fell 63-52to Robert Bateman fromAbbotsford.In the 2A category, Cambie lost 99-65 to

G.W. Graham from Chilliwack.The Eagles’Tamana and Subion recalled

how their school’s basketball program hasgrown over the past few years, with this yearbeing the team’s first return the provincialsin 12 years.Both grads (2008) of the independent

school on No. 5 Road’s “Highway toHeaven,” Tamana said he remembers havingto play every league game away from homebecause Richmond Christian’s gym at thetime, that did not have a hardwood floor,wasn’t suitable for basketball.“That was a pretty big disadvantage,”

Tamana said. “Plus, our school is mainlyknown for volleyball. Now, we’re hopingthis appearance at the B.C.’s will help withrecruitment of players.”Judging by the displayWednesday, it

should be a good advertisement.Standouts for Richmond Christian were

Grade 12 shooting guard JoaquinArguelles,who scored 35 points. Also making hispresence know was Grade 11 point guardSam Cabuay.“It’s really his (Arguelles’) leadership that

stands out,” Tamana said. “Last year he wasa bit tentative with that role — we made himcaptain in Grade 11. But really, his drive, hisfocus and his on-court abilities makes him agood, all-round player.”The next test for the Eagles — after the

News’ deadline — is a quarter final tilt withMaple Ridge Christian on Thursday evening.Whatever the result in that game, Tamana

said the future looks good for hoops atRichmond Christian, as a strong juniorteam is coming through and should push thesenior players.“Right now, half of our team are Grade 11

students, so there’s an expectation that weshould continue progressing,” Tamana said,adding next season Richmond Christian’srising enrolment numbers will see it earn 2Astatus.

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A pair of thrilling playoff victories earned the RichmondMidget A1 Blues top honours at the 2015 PhoenixPresident’s Day Invitational Hockey Tournament.

The Blues squeaked out a 2-1 semi-final victory overOrange County, scoring the winning goal with just eightseconds remaining. It was then more drama in the goldmedal game as Richmond needed a shootout to slip pastAlberta’s Strathcona Warriors.

The result was particularly satisfying for a number ofthird-year players, participating in their final minor hockeytournament.

The team includes: Ryan Smith, Jordan Allen, ConnorCoelho, Edvins Jansons, Tyler Hait, Byron Leong, SamTwaites, Paris Jeyachandran, Mason Rai, Jeremy White,Arjen Badh, Gabriel Mu, Alex Bernardini, Brady Wang,Evan Yang, Jovan Jankovic and Ryan Hart. Injured andsidelined for the tournament were Adam Gilker and EddieRichardson.

The coaches Glenn Wheeler and Harold Hait who wereably assisted in Phoenix by Rob Twaites. The team manageris Jeannette Smith.

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Teams from McNair and McMath had differing results as the B.C. Boys High SchoolBasketball Championships tipped off in Langley Wednesday.Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News


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glass, Nav, Remote start, push to start button

MSRP: $46,400Dueck/GM Discount: $10,405

DUECK PRICE

$35,995

#4RE5861

NEW 2014 CHEVY SILVERADO REGULAR CAB4.3L V6, Flex Fuel, Power Door Locks,

4.2” Colour Ccreen with USB Port, Cruise Control


DUECK PRICE

$21,990

#4SI3169R

NEW 2014 CHEVROLET SONIC5 Star Safety Rating, Stabilitrak, Sedan, Traction Control,

OnStar, Remote Keyless Entry, 2 Year Complimentary Oil Changes


ADVERTISED PRICE

$11,990

#SO9647#SO9647

11AVAILABLE

0% FOR 84MONTHSFINANCE!

NEW 2014 GMC SIERRA CREW CAB 2WD5.3L V8, power door locks, A/C, rear locking differential,

Cruise control, flex fuel


DUECK PRICE

$26,999

#4CK3423

NEW 2015 CHEVROLET TRAXPower Windows, 10 Airbags, Traction Control, Remote Keyless Entry, Oil Life

Monitoring System, USB Port, Bluetooth, OnStar 4G LTE With WiFi, DriverInformation Centre With Compass


Loyalty: $500

DUECK PRICE

$17,995

BI WEEKLY $159OR

richmond news march 13 2015

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