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THROWING NUMBERS, NOT ROCKS
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A number of curlers attended a Coquitlam council committee meeting Monday at which Brian Bastien disputed figures “based on faulty financial metrics” provided to the city by a consultant that said curling is more heavily subsidized than other ice uses at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. For more information, read the story on page 8.
THE FUTURE OF RIVERVIEW
City, province at odds on R’view Prov. can pay for staff costs: mayor GARY MCKENNA
The Tri-CiTy News
If BC Housing is intent on moving forward with a vision for the Riverview Hospital lands that includes the potential for market housing, the provincial entity should be treated
like any other developer. That was the message Monday from several Coquitlam councillors, who said the proposal outlined by BC Housing is at odds with the city’s priorities. That means that the municipal staffing costs associated with the project should be taken on by the province, according to Mayor Richard Stewart. “We are not going to sub-
sidize the province’s efforts to develop their lands any more than we would with any other developer,” he told The Tri-City News. “It is a non-starter that a development that isn’t our priority should be funded by us.” Stewart’s comments align with those of several other council members, including Brent Asmundson, who said the city’s planning department “is running at full tilt.”
He added that the Riverview file would likely require a three-year project team, which would be a large expense for the city, particularly given the development taking place on Burke Mountain and along the Evergreen Extension. Having an outside entity take on the costs of planning a project not deemed a priority by the city is not unusual. For example, last summer
Chevron put forward a proposal asking the city to allow self-serve gas pumps at its two Coquitlam stations. When council decided it could not devote the staff resources to analyzing the changes, the company was told to join other members of its industry in bringing a comprehensive plan back to the city. see ‘BREAK-EVEN’, page 6
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