UBC students, environmentalists, community groups, naturists and the Wreck Beach Preservation Society have joined forces to

Picture: cliffs with towers looming

Map of towers’ location on site

View from beach and sea Proposed location too close to cliffs

WE OPPOSE HIGHRISE CONSTRUCTION THIS CLOSE TO THE CLIFFS BECAUSE:

· No independent environmental impact assessment has been conducted with regard to Pacific Spirit Regional Park lands across from the proposed towers

· An existing and potential cliff slide area lies just to the north of the site.

· UBC fails to comply with their agreement to “respect views of the beach and sea from the cliff tops and vice versa.”

(Cliff Erosion Management Plan approved by UBC BOG January 2004)

· While UBC says it will show “due regard for adjacent land uses,” students, public and surrounding communities were not consulted.

(UBC Comprehensive Community Plan-October 26, 2000)

· The Point Grey escarpment in which Wreck Beach lies, is part of the Pacific Migratory Fly-Way, and the night-lighting and glass windows of these towers would be a fatal lure to migratory and residential birds

We are asking UBC to cease construction & any preparations on this site until:

1. The towers can be relocated and their impacts mitigated satisfactorily by consultation with student and stakeholder communities;

2. UBC consults with student and stakeholder communities relating to site , design, and ecological and cultural impacts;

3. A full, independent environmental impact assessment is completed with regard to adjacent parkland, allowing for an adequate buffer zone.