istrict

NORTH VANCOUVER
District planners are taking
a long look at one of the
two gateways to the North
Shore..

The resulting Lower Lynn Of-
ficial Community Plan (OCP) was
formally presented at a_ public
_ hearing on Tuesday, July 13.

:. An estimated 2,942 people live
within the 500-acre (200-hectare)
mixed residential and industrial

’ section of the district.

The area is defined by the Up-
per Levels Highway on the north

lanners |

Official community plan designates new commercial zone for Lynnmour South

and east and the North Vancouver
City boundary to the west.

Due to the shape of the city
boundary, the area is subdivided
by Keith Road into two distinct
neighborhoods.

The portion north of Keith
Road is known as Keith Lynn.

Lynnmour South is situated to
the south.

Keith Lynn is a fully developed
single-family residential neigh-
borhood.

By contrast, district planners
describe Lynnmour South as ‘‘a
complex and diverse area which

"LOWER LYNN OCP HIGHLIGHTS: |

, Highlights of the Lower Lynn -

Official Community Plan in-
, clude‘proposals for:
@ a re-design of the Mountain
Highway, Upper Levels High-
way, Fern Street interchanges;
© a feasibility study of a Keith
Road overpass connecting
Keith Road and Mount
» Seymour. Parkway;
@ a bridge over Lynn Creek'at
~-Crown Street;
»@ direct bus-only access from
Phibbs Exchange to’ the
. freeway;

@ establishment of full service’

“truck-stop facilities on -the
‘eastern portion . of Barrow
Street;

wa ‘comprehens ive

redevelopment of the Ox-
ford-Phibbs Exchange area to
provide improved park-and-
tide facilities;

@ a cost comparison of 4 se-
cond -grade-separated rail
crossing at Harbour Avenue
compared with a bridge over
Lynn Creek to connect . to
Brooksbank Avenue;
@'property or rights-of-way
acquisition to link Harbour-
view Park to Seylynn Park;

-@.a pedestrian link via Keith
ravine: connecting Loutet Park
with Harbour View Park;

® pedestrian access over Lynn
Creek near the district works
yard to ‘provide access to Park
and Tilford.

NORTH VANCOUVER

DISTRICT COUNCIL
by Martin Millerchip

continues to undergo change.
Nearly every category of urban

land use is represented within an

area only one square kilometre in

“size.”*

The OCP zeroes in on three
topics specific to Lynnmour
South:

@ road and freeway interchanges
adjacent to Second Narrows
Bridge;

@ access to the waterfront;

® the designation of a new com-
mercial zone along Main Street
and Oxford Street.

The commercial designation
proposal has created some opposi-
tion among city planning staff.

On June 28, development. ser-
vices planner Richard White
warned city council of the
district’s plan to rezone for com-
mercial uses along Main Street.

Based on White’s report, city
council wrote a submission to the
district’s public hearing opposing
part of the OCP.

But one of the justifications
given in the OCP for additional
commercial uses along Main Street
is to upgrade the appearance of
“this major entry to the North
Shore and complement. some of
the recent city redevelopment in
the adjacent Brooksbank industri-
al area such as the North Shore
Studios and Park and Tilford
shopping centre.””

District council returned the
OCP to its next meeting for
debate on second reading of the
bylaws.

City opposes district zoning plans

NORTH VANCOUVER
District plans for the Lower
Lynn area are being oppos-
ed across the municipal
boundary in North Van-
couver City.

City councillors voted unani-
mously June 28 to teil the district
that they are against expansion of
commercial zoning in the Main
Street corridor east of the city-
district boundary.

The zoning change is proposed
in the district’s Lower Lynn Of-
ficial Community Plan (OCP).

The .city’s intervention: reverses
the pattern set in 1988, when con-
troversy was sparked. over the

NEWS photo Mike Wakofleld

- NORTH VANCOUVER resident John Gordon holds a photograph of his daughter,

Lindsay, who died on May 11 after falling from a tree at the Vancouver Waldorf

“School in Lynn Valley. The Lindsay Gerdon Memorial Fund has been established
in conjunction with the school.

‘New fund in memory. of | NV girl

‘THE VANCOUVER Waldorf school in Lynn Valley and
the family of 10-year-old Lindsay Gordon have established
‘a.memorial fund in honor of the youngster who died at the

- school on May 11.

» Lindsay, a Grade 4 student,
‘suffered head injuries after falling
“30 feet (9 m) from a maple tree
‘during morning recess.

‘:= She died several hours later dur-

‘ing emergency surgery. at Lions

. Gate Hospital.

| “We are. trying to come ‘to
; terms with her death,’’ said John

. Gordon, Lindsay’s father.
' Lindsay’s parents. remember
their daughter as an outgoing girl
with artistic and musical talent
who loved animals and loved

. playing sports.

‘John, his wife Jan Bryant,

‘ eight-year-old Margot and four-

year-old Graeme, hope the fund
will help the family.in the healing
process following Lindsay’s death.

By Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter

The fund establishes an annual
athletic scholarship in cooperation
with the North Shore Girls’ Soccer
Club.

John, a lawyer, said the schol-
arship will be given to a gir) be-
tween the ages of 10 and 12, The
scholarship will pay for. the
youngster to attend a week-long
summer soccer program at
Shawnigan Lake near Victoria.

‘‘We are hoping the scholarship
will begin in 1994,”’ said John.

Lindsay played for five seasons
with the North Shore Girls’ Soccer

Club on a team coached by her
father.

The memorial fund will also

provide a memorial garden or a

commemorative window in the
new Waldorf school building to be
built at the school’s present site in
the fall.

Lindsay’s mother, Jan, is the
Waldorf school’s business ad-
ministrator. She was instrumental
in obtaining approval for the
school’s new building.

Waldorf is a 210-student in-
dependent school.

More than 350 people attended
Lindsay’s graveside service at the
Capilano View Cemetery in West
Vancouver.

Donations to the. Lindsay Gor-
don Memorial Fund can be sent to
the Vancouver Waldorf School,
2725 St. Christophers Rd., North
Vancouver, V7K 2B6. For more
information, call 985-7435."

: tervenor
- Supreme Court of Canada case on

NORTH VANCOUVER
CITY COUNCIL

by Stephen Wisenthai

rezoning of the Park and. Tilford
distillery site in the city to allow
for a shopping centre.

At that time, city councillors
were annoyed when district coun-
cillors, including former mayor
Marilyn Baker, appeared before
city council to oppose the Park
and Tilford plans.

The city decision to express an
opinion on the district’s plans for
Lower. Lynn came after city, coun-
cillors tead a report from city de-

velopment services planner
Richard White.,

White warned that. allowing
commercial uses in an existing in-
dustrial area. would increase -
pressure for industrial land on the. |
eastern edge of the city to be
rezoned to commercial. ;

White added that large amounts
of. new commercial development
would cause -‘‘ongoing stagnation
of .our traditional shopping
areas.”* ; oo °

He called the zoning change ©
“unnecessary based on city staff ©
understanding of the surplus sup-
ply of office’ and retail develop-
ment potential elsewhere in the ci-
ty and district.’”..: 4

NV co. loses. latest _
round in $7M. lawsuit

Can- Dive seeking cost overruns —

NORTH VANCOUVER-based Can-Dive Services Ltd. has
been dealt a ‘major setback. in its ongoing $7-million |
lawsuit to recover cost overruns from its part in the con-
struction of an underwater natural gas pipeline to: ‘Van-

couver Island.

A trial to resolve the issue, set
to begin Sept. 27, is now delayed
until 1994. ;

B.C. Supreme Court Justice
Robert Bruce Hutchinson has
overruled a'June 25 decision :to
disallow an adjournment, in a
decision released Friday. ‘

Judge Brian Joyce had dismiss-
ed in B.C. Supreme Court an ap-
plication by the defendants to ad-
journ a Sept. 27 trial date, pend-
ing the outcome of a similar case
before the Supreme Court’ of
Canada. _

Joyce’s decision was appealed
on Friday, July 9.

Westcoast Energy Corp., its
subsidiary, Pacific Coast Energy
Corp., and Intec. Engineering Inc.
had originally been set to stand
trial one year ago, but the. case
has had several pre-trial rounds in
court,

Morrison-Knudsen Co.: Inc.,
and Northern Construction Co,
Ltd. are co-defendants in the
case.

In the latest twist, the defen-
dants were granted special in-
status in a similar

June 14 involving a duty-of-care

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By Brent Mody
Contributing Writer

dispute between parties in a. B.C.
highway construction project.
Special intervenor’ status’ allows
the defendants the right to address
the court and be special observers

_in court.

‘Three days later, defence law--
yers were before Joyce, arguing
that the federal court case may set
a useful precedent .in the ‘Can-,
Dive case:

Judgment has been reserved in-
the | Supreme | Court: of Canada
case.

“Whatever. the Supreme Court:
the . ‘duty’
issue in Can-Dive will: probably
require a trial,”’. Joyce noted.

Said Can-Dive lawyer Richard
Twining of the’ decision to. allow
an adjournment of the Can-Dive
case, ‘‘We are very frustrated —

this is a real shame,”

Added' Jim English, Can-Dive
special. projects manager,
‘*They’ve been obstructive
throughout the suit, and this latest -
decision is very aggravating.’

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