The Royal City Record October 25 2013

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What does future hold for Hyack? BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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The dust hasn’t settled as the in-fighting continues, but at least one city councillor says it may be time for the city to step in and help clean up the Hyack Festival Association’s mess before the events it hosts suffer. Coun. Chuck Puchmayr ◗RELATED ITEMS said he is putting forward a proposal to deal with the Our View: Hyack Hyack situation next week too damaged to – just days before the Nov. continue on its own 1 deadline for the city’s See page 6 grant applications. “It is troubling, espeIn their own words: cially in view of the fact The unedited press that there are some staturelease from the tory timely events that new board prior to are in jeopardy,” said being voted out at Puchmayr. “Well certainly the special meeting the Christmas parade is at

Gavin Palmer

Voted out as president at special meeting – but holds another meeting at which new board members are appointed and he remains president

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Patti Goss

Gloria Munro

Resigns

Voted out

The treasurer

Mariane Kazemir

Alan Wardle

But attended meeting

The vice-president

Resigns

Voted out

risk. I don’t believe there are any permits applied for. The (Business Improvement Area) isn’t aware of anything. It’s absolutely at risk.” The Hyack discussion may be in a closed meeting, because it may involve personnel, he said. But it is time to talk. “I think the citizens deserve council to take a serious look at how we deliver these events that everyone still wants us to deliver,” he said. The former MLA said he and others on council chose to stand back from the Hyack dust-up and hold off as long as they could to allow the organization to resolve its internal dispute, but

Bill Radbourne

Resigns

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Take Back Our Port rally set for high noon BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

A proposed coal transfer facility at Fraser Surrey Docks is fueling a debate about port projects. A number of environmental organizations are joining together to support the Take Back Our Port rally that’s being held at Westminster Quay on Sunday, Oct. 27 starting at noon. “So much of what is happening in our community is being driven by decisions

made by Port Metro Vancouver,” said Patrick Johnstone, spokesperson for New Westminster Environmental Partners. “The massive increase in container truck traffic on our residential streets, the baffling expenditure for freeways while transit services are being cut back, the inflexibility of rail operation on the Quayside all impact the livability of our community, yet citizens have a minimal voice on these topics. It is time for citizens to speak up to be part of the decision-making process; it’s time to consider having citizens overseeing gover-

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