Homeowners in the
Hamilton-Fell area have
decided it would be in their
best interests to unite to deal

__. with development pressures

.in that part of North Van-
couver.
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residents

large group” of
Monday

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‘Majority’ want developmen

By PAT RICH

A8.- Wednesday, November 26, 1980 - North Shore News

evening in the library of
Westview school for a
private meeting at which this
decision was made.

The meeting was called by
a group of residents on 17th
street, who have hired a
lawyer to look after their

interests, to provide in-
formation and to get
feedback.

VIEW OF PART of the Hamilton-Fell area as seen

from the top of the ‘Sand Banks’, near Fell Avenue.

(Terry Peters photo)

A development plan for
the Hamilton-Fell area of
North Vancouver expected
before the end of the year,
cannot come too soon for
residents of the area who
have been living 1n_ un-

certainty for the last five
years.
Over two

years . ago
homeowners in the = area
referred to North Vancouver
City council's ‘indecision’ in
determining what to do with
the area and this indecision
is reflected by the fact that
the area is one of only three
in the City that
included in the
community plan.

Plans and =o surveys for
development of the area
were prepared for the City in
1974, 1976 and 1977 and a
number of public mectings
were held to discuss the
various plans. Most centre
on the question of retaining
the single-family naturc of
the area or redeveloping it to
a higher density

In 1978 a development

was not
official

proposal was accepted by
council, This called for.
retention of single family

homes on Tobruck Avenuc,
7th street and Yorkshire
Crescent, garden apartments
on most of loth street, and
commercial on the west end
of loth, and 15th strect

But in October 1979, Paul
Murphy. now the owner of
the Hamilton Fel}

Development Corporation

presented a development
proposal to City council.

His plan, based on a
survey of the area, called for
the following development:
townhouses on the north side
of Yorkshire Crescent;
garden apartments on the
south side of Yorkshire, 17th
street and Tobruck Avenue;
medium density housing on
most of 16th Street, and
commercial in the rest of the
arca

Because of
presentation,

Murphy s
councel

decided to prepare a further
study for the redevelopment
of the arca

Vhis study was scheduled
to be completed by January
soa pubhe mecting Could be
held for residents to Consider
the proposals put forward

But this was not done and
the study wall not be released
until late this month of
sometume in December

arher this month Murphy
distributed another copy of
his proposal to arca residents
entitled “The Hamilton Fell
Re Development Issue
Review and
tober 1980

his

fensive

Update Oe
study included ca
color photos of the

arca and press reports on the

areca oas  owell as councal
minutes outhning what had
happened

Unal the time thar

any
new foning plan iw adopted
by Council the areca remains
zoned — for

single — famualy

homes

Peter Watkins, a
spokesman for the group,
said they “felt it would be a
good thing” if the meeting
was restricted to property
owners so that people could
express views they may have
been reluctant to voice in
public.

After the meeting,
Watkins gave a two sentence

CORROSION

ALUMINUM.

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release outlining what had
occurred at the meeting.

“The majority of property
owners of the Hamilton-Fell
area have decided it would
be in there best interests to
act as a group,” he said.

He addition, he said
“there is a strong indication
that they favor some sort of
development” for the area.

t quick decision

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Watkins would not
comment further on what
had occurred at the meeting.

The statement that
Ham'!ton-Fell residents
favor some sort of

devel opment in the area, is
not surprising, and the same

conclusion was reached in a ~

study conducted by Paul
Murphy las! uimmer.

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However, it is unclear
whether all homeowners are -”
in favor of development —~.
especially since numerous =:
objections have been raised ..
in the past to changing the |”
area from the single-family —
zoning it now holds.