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A proposal to move to 24-hour park ranger staffing at some city parks needs further study, the Vancouver Park Board voted Wednesday.

The three NPA commissioners wanted to move forward with increased staffing immediately but were outvoted by the four other commissioners (two Green, one Vision Vancouver and an independent), who wanted to hear back from staff about what it would cost to have some park rangers on duty at all hours of the day as well as the associated logistics such a change would pose.

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The motion for increased staffing was put forward NPA commissioner John Coupar (his party-mate George Affleck had taken a similar motion earlier this month to city council.)

Coupar took to Twitter to express his disappointment about the result of the vote.