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Parks Board Commissioner
Tom Digby
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Removing the Stanley Park Bike Lane was not a campaign pledge of the ABC party in the recent municipal election
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ABC Motion to Remove the Temporary Bike Lane from Stanley Park
So let's start at the beginning. I've heard from some of you that this is an ABC campaign pledge that we're implementing tonight. For the clear public record, this motion was not a campaign pledge of the ABC party in the recent municipal election.
The five different park board public debates, we sat together, all of you. I sat beside all of you, and not once did any of you mention Stanley Park, let alone the bike lane. And I read your platform from end to end.
There was not one mention of Stanley Park in it at all, let alone the Stanley Park bike lane. So the only thing we had from ABC in this election was one lonely comment posted on the HUB website, which was a commitment to make the bike lane permanent.
.. it's been such a victory to have this bike lane. With a few minor concerns, it can still be resolved
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ABC Motion to Remove the Temporary Bike Lane from Stanley Park
...There were two parties that were public about their opposition to this bike lane, and both of them were, none of them are represented at this table. Because had you raised this issue publicly, it would have been clear what you were bringing on to the city.
And there are so many people, it's been such a victory to have this bike lane. With a few minor concerns, it can still be resolved. Now here's what I'd like to do.
I'd like to move a motion to, because the previous board at least had the courage to hear from the public on this issue. I'd like to move a motion. If I could put it up there, thank you, clerk, that staff be directed to report back to the board with a planning, whoops, that's not my motion, a motion to refer the motion to the board committee for public hearing at the next available public park board meeting.
the cheapest way to solve this problem is to convert the current lane to a more permanent one over time
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ABC Motion to Remove the Temporary Bike Lane from Stanley Park
And here's what really bugs me about this motion, is that we have no money in the budget to take the bike lane out in time for this holiday rush, which I haven't seen lately, and we certainly have no money to put the bike lane in next summer. So every engineer knows the cheapest way to solve this problem is to convert the current lane to a more permanent one over time, and I'd like to move a strike and replace motion. If I could ask the clerk to put that up, because this is what I think...