r ‘public meeting “ at
North Vancouver City
council chamber Wednesday
called- _ consider
redevelopment plans for the
area. -

- However,

these were

agreed upon by
: ‘resider ats and council, The
‘question: of what. hat todo about
the. problems ; had the two
sides atloggerheads. . ~

. redevelopment,

among -the few. points that -

hile most residents:

pies

IE I was on-council and r
couldn't keep-the .bylaws c:
“this.city, P'd resign.”

Loucks defended council’s

* action or lack of it, saying

some felt the zoning changes .

propdsed by city planning
consultant Ron Mann,
calling for increased density

‘in .the area,- would create

associated crime problems. -
Others . maintained. ‘the
crime. is already there and
called for. still. ‘higher density
levels: “than” in the
“development proposed.
_ “Its. -a slummy area,’
Mayor Jack Loucks: said,
repeatedly. threatening to
close the meeting unless the
audience ».catcalls- ended.
‘People ‘are getting
discouraged. Some are
trying to keep. it. nice and
others aren’t keeping it up.”

“fm _ disappointed with.

hearing the . mayor’ say ‘he
can’t do anything about the
junkyards, keeping of
poultry and parking of heavy
equipment,” Jones said.

the problem with en-
forcement of Pylaws was the
fault of the courts.

“The courts. have struck
down a number of bylaws
and sometimes it takes
years,” Loucks explained.

Crime rates, . traffic

congestion and crowding
were among the concerns
expressed. .
, “We have the highlanders
land we have the lowlanders
(Hamilton Fell residents)
and never the twain shall
meet,” Loucks Said.

Jay Clarke, .who lives
above the Hamilton Fell area
warned that with in¢reased

density there would; be ‘an.

increase_in the crijne rate
and a

. tleneck of traffic on Marine

ste

‘Drive.

Clarke conceded
redevelopment was
necessary, but said the
increase in density should be
kept as low as economically
possible.

However, Doug Forbes, a
former resident and present
landowner, told the meeting

that

‘the high crime rate is-

“I admit I'm looking for ,
big bucks’ (in redevelop- ©
ment),: but there is crime.

down theré now;
better beli¢ve it,
crime down there,” Forbes
said,

Others spoke of motor-

you'd

“trettendous— bot-

there’s .

cycle, gangs. b
drug. pushers:ivi
the area and would be
cleaned. out if tedevelop-
ment went through. «

Dorothy Foster and Peter

ule ggers and

_ Walters came: to the public
meeting. with thier own ~

visual presentation for
development, .which  in-

cluded higher density, an.

expanded commercial zone

and comprehensive zoning.
Foster maintained that the

. , lacked

structure.

“We want to strive’ for ‘the
best possible planning. We
don’t want change. for.,the
sake of change,” Foster said.

Faster complained’ that.

usin} m density zone

along 16th Street as a buffer

was not practical. She also
recommended a_ senior

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older. residents. who did not
want to relocate.

Her. recommendation
eliminated -Tobruck street
and. a. second. alternative
proposal eliminated 17th
street to allow for comipre-
hensive zoning for residen-
tial development.

Mann said the planning
department. would . have
“loved to have: reshaped the
roads,” but assembling the

controversy.

‘Council will now hold a
public. hearing on the
proposal before making a
final decision.

Hamilton Fell.in the Com-
munity Plan.as single-family.
residential, but in 1979

rescinded that

decision.

breyten

land. would be.a‘ “horrendous if --

problem,”
Alderman Gary “Payne
warned: the meeting that any

conclusion council came to.
would not make everyone mf

happy.

Mann told, the North

Shore News that his depart-

ment would not change their
plans any further and it was
now up to counc

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