District aldermen want
plans for a_ senior
citizen apartment
building in Deep Cove
to be approved as soon
as possible, despite a
highly critical staff
report on the project.

With only Mayor Don Bell in
opposition, District council
voted Monday night to
prepare a bylaw to allow the
construction of a, 60-unit
building at 1384 Deep“ Cove
Road.

“I think we should do
everything in our power to
cut the red tape and not put
roadblocks in their way,”
said Alderman, Jim Ball,
referring to thé. application
by St.Simon’s ' Anglican
Church.

Alderman Jvhn Lakes
opened debate by telling
council members this was

one instance when they
should “look above all the
technical objections that

have arisen.

A number of these ob-
jections are included in a
report summarizing _ staff
comments on the project.

In the report the planning
department said ‘‘the

- massing and density (of the
proposed project) are totally
out of context with the Deep
Cove environment.”

Planning also notes that
the impact of the project on
the Caledonta Place
development “would be
overwhelming.”

The social planoing
department noted that “the
steepness of the site would
make it difficult for many of
the residents to walk around
even on the Site In ad-
dition, the amount of traffic
on Deep Cove Road would
make it difficult for seniors
to walk safely on the road.”

Other District depart-
ments noted that there was
insufficient information and
clarification to fully evaluate
the proposal.

Ihe Advisory Design
Panel found the application
unacceptable for many of
the reasons noted above and
also recommended it be
tabled untth completion of
the forthcoming Deep Cove
Study

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This opinion was echoed
by the Advisory Planning
Commission which made a
similarrecommendation. |

But Lakes and Ball said
that time was a very im-
portant factor because the
“non-profit, non-denomina-
tional society”

not delay if they wanted
funding from the govern-
ment.

“This is one application I
just don't think we should

throw into the Deep Cove *

study,” Ball said.
Lakes wanted to instruct

staff to take a more positive *

approach to the project, but
other ‘aldermen felt this:did
not:
wanted staff to prepare a
bylaw to allow the project to
procede.

Alderman Peter
said council should not
discourage “interested
people who are willing to put
up 60 units of specialized low
cost housing.”

Sid Ireland, a spokesman
for society sponsoring the
project, said many of the
technical problems could be
Overcome and rezoning
might not be necessary.

But Kai Kreuchen, the
District planner, said an
entirely new zone would
have to be created for the
project and because his
department did not yet have
full landscape or elevation
plans, it would be “difficuls
to pursue at this time.”

Because of this, Mayor
Bell suggested that maybe
just a report by the next
meeting on how the project
could be achieved would be
sansfactory.

But other council
members did not agree and
wanted the bylaw prepared.

Lakes said he is really
“uptight” that council will
“waffle this (proyect) right
out) of existence,” unless
council gets moving.

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The Canada Trust building
in Park Royal North was
robbed of about $700
Thursday afternoon by an
apparently unarmed man.

A West Vancouver Police
spokesman said a man
entered the trust building
shortly before 3:25 p.m. and
handed a teller a notesstating
‘This is a robbery.”

The man then escaped on
foot with
$700. .

The police spokesman
said there is a report that the

man got into a brown vehicle .

driven by a second person,
but he said this is un-
confirmed.

The man did not wear a
mask during the robbery,

and the spokesman = said
there is no indication the
man had a

weapon or

ROBBERY. SCENE is: ‘attended by 1 West Vancouver police detective who talks to a
bystander outside the Park Royal Canada Tesast building shortly after the holdup

Robbers didn't even need a gun

approximately

simulated a weapon.

Police are looking for a
white male, described as
being 25-years-old, about six
tall with a slim build and

short biack hair.

It was the fifth time in just
over two years that the
Canada Trust building in
Park Royal has been robbed.

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