AMD WEBT Wah September 18, 1985 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 52 pages 25¢ UPPER LYNN Valley residents slammed North Vancouver District staff Monday for promoting what the residents called a flood-prone, over- crowded substandard housing development. “Our concerns regarding density, water control and financial responsibility have not been satisfied,” said res- ident Mitchell Rogers, speaking about the AN APARTMENT fire Saturday has claimed the life of a West Vancouver woman. Dead is Judith Meyerscough, 47, of 2190 BelHevue Ave. District Coroner Lil Premack said the woman died of smoke inhalation and was dead on arrival to Lions Gate Hospital. development proposed for the 1200 block Coleman Street. ‘‘Worse, it is now ev- ident that written assurances as to plans and procedures It is believed she was smoking in a chesterfield bed and fell asleep while wat- ching television, Premack said. West Vancouver firefighters were called to the are to be blatantly set aside at staff’s whim.”* “We have presented our concerns about the substan- dard features of the (Col- emen Street) plan,’’ Patricia Johnson told council. “However, there has been apartment after a West Van- couver police officer noticed the blaze. Firefighters arrived to find a lot of smoke and heat in the hallways of the building but the fire itself was con- an obvious and deliberate reluctance on the part of staff to admit, much less address, these deficiencies before council, and we find this both frustrating and disillusioning.”" Speaking at the third 3 tn as Seon a Sheed NEWS photo Terry Petes fined suite. The fire occurred about 9:40 p.m. Sept. 14. Meyerscough was the only person in the second floor suite at the time of the fire to Meyerscough's # Residents fear flooding with new development public meeting called for the proposed development of lots 11 and 12 owned respec- tively by Steven Yip and the district, Johnson and other residents said the lack of drainage, the high density and the risk to adjacent home owners haven't been satisfactorily addressed by district staff in reports to council. POOR DRAINAGE Residents said their homes will be at risk of flooding if the lots are developed without sufficient storm drains 9n the north, east and west Sides. Recent examples of flooding in developments that met district staff's ap- proval did little to reassure residents, said Johnson. Rogers complained to council that his concern that planned drainage was insuf- ficient was answered by the district engineering service's report, saying a French drain would be installed at the ex- pense of the east-side storm sewer. Rogers failed to see how this would alleviate residents’ concerns. ‘Further to our concerns See Flooding Page 9 "LETTER CARRIERS | “;aren’t the only people: _ who ignore; the weather “in ‘the name of -getting the job done. District of .f /North Vancouver employees were. cutting the lawn at municipal’ § hall Monday, despite pouring rain. - . Apartment fire kills WV woman and no other residents of the building were injured, fire officials say. The official cause of the fire is under investigation by the fire department.