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3 - Sunday, March 19, 1989 - Lynn Valley Echo

Residents debate planned road
link through Lynn Canyon Park

LYNN CANYON Park may be bisected by a road linking
Lynn Valley and Seymour according to the draft of the
district’ s Official Community Plan (OCP).

At the general meeting of the
Lynn Valley Community Associa-
tion Tuesday night, president

Derek Andrews displayed the OCP .

map that was distributed to

households throughout the district

and pointed out the proposed sites

of the road link.

: One joins Dempsey Road with
' Seymour’s Hyannis Drive, while a

lower route would link the end of.

Ross Road in Lynn Valley with

Hyannis. .
Municipal planner Kai Kreuchen
later told the Echo that a traffic
- gonsultant had advised the district
to provide more east-west crossings
to avid the traffic bottleneck at
the north end of the Second Nar-
rows Bridge — a spot that will
become even more congested when
areas in Seymour, also highlighted
in the OCP map, are developed for
residential use.

While some attending the
meeting recognized the justifica-
tion for a route connecting Demp-
sey and Hyannis — one man
pointed to the need for a second
“escape route’’ from Seymour in
case of a chemical hazard or other
“emergency -—- no support was
voiced for the Ross Road-Hyannis
" connection.
Kreuchen agreed there are prob-
lems with the Ross Road site.
'“Ross quite obviously is not as
practical, as it does go through the
most pristine area of the park,’’ he
said, noting that the links drawn
on the OCP map only indicate
: areas to be considered,
Other residents protested the
Ross Road linkage on the grounds
that huge traffic problems would

result when Ross Road crosses
Lynn Valley Road.

Another woman said the park
should not be tampered with as it
is used so heavily for recreational

LYNN VALLEY Community
Association president Derek An-
drews ... has not been able to
determine legal boundaries of
Lyan Canyon Park.

purposes. ‘It is used in the same
way Stanley Park is, and no one
would think about doing this to
Stanley Park,’’ she pointed out.

Andrews told the assemblage
that much of the area that most
people consider Lynn Canyon
“park” is actually not designated
provincial parkland, but is in fact
zoned Park,’ Recreation and Open
Space by the municipality.

When this is the case, the
municipality has the ability to go
through a public hearing process
and change the zoning to enable
road construction.

When land is dedicated
parkland, however, municipal
planner Kreuchen said that the
municipality has to apply to Vic-
toria for a road allowance.

Kreuchen said no one at this
point is quite clear as to which
areas of the park are under pro-
vincial jurisdiction, and which are
under municipal,’ and said the
district would have to do a title
search to ascertain. ownership.
“These things are normally quite

complex,’’ he commented.

Andrews said the only legal
definition of the park he has been
able to find is in Lynn Valley pic-
neer Walter Draycott’s printed his-
tory of the valley.

According to Andrews, Draycott
reported that a family donated ap-
proximately 11 acres of land for
park use about 60 years ago, which
was subsequently matched by the
municipality.

Andrews has not been able to
find any indication that the park
was ever legally expanded beyond
22 acres, and notes that many of
the park attractions and trails do
not fall within these originally-
established park boundaries.

The Lynn Valley Community
Association appointed volunteers
Teresa Dunn and Marion Edwards
to head a committee to raise public
awareness about the proposed link.

Andrews urged those at the
meeting to write the mayor and
council and the local newspapers
stating their views on the matter.

Housing project proposed for 27th & Mtn. Hwy.

“Keith Anderson of Lucas.

appeared at last Tuesday's general
meeting of the Lynn Valley Com-
munity Association (LVCA) to
:, discuss his proposal for the in-

tersection’s .southeast corner, at ~ -
“which: realtor Dave McLean of

Royal: LePage currently has the
option to buy six out of the seven

me “Anderson, a Lions Club member
and North Vancouver resident, is
helping .the-,Lions Club put
sosetber. an application to the B.C.
+ Hor
on-profit housing development. -
“In such arrangements, the crown
retains ownership of the property,
| Dut leases it to a non-profit society
 for,a 60-year period in which the
°, society) runs and manages - the

‘The Lions Club already operates
a pumber of such developments on

“SS the North Shore, including Lions

“.. Manor in Deep Cove and Capilano
- House. ;

.“ proposed a _ multi-family
: income townhouse development on

.. the site.

: But. when that was opposed by
“: the “association's membership, he

: ‘option for on the site.”
“: Although Anderson pointed out
the need for. low-income housing

good track record. in maintaining

“management,
“Tuesday's ‘meeting’ said they were
‘ eoncerned with. such. problems ‘as
: increased . traffic: and.
maintenance.

any houses like that on the North
Shore, . period,’’. said . Brian
* Balducci, a . 20-year: homeowner

whose house on Mountain High-’~

way would face the development.
Balducci’s home backs on to the
‘Mountain ‘Garden -

which ‘he calls “‘slums’’, and he

- notes that his neighbors have had ©

to build a‘10-foot fence. to keep
_ children ‘from the complex out of
. their yard.

But: Anderson” said applicants”

for the rental units, who are not

allowed to have a gross annual in-

come exceeding $31,000 per fami-

ly, are carefully screencd and. @
audited annually, and said that any pee

; profit high-density rental housing development.

Anderson. Construction’: Co. Ltd.’ -. |

y Commission to sponsor a.

VAt the meeting,’ ‘Anderson ‘first
low- -B

. said seniors’. housing was another a|

““P don’t think there should be.

“Apartment ~

THE CORNER of 27th and Mountain Highway has been
targetted by’ one developer. as the possible site for @ non-

troublemakers are usually out
within a year.

While Anderson received no
support for the low-income
townhouse idea, there was a gen-

‘;eral consensus that a. seniors’ .

| apartment would be appropriate
| for the site. -
| ° “If you could duplicate (the
: Sifver ‘Lynn. Apartments adjacent
“to the site), I don’t think there
would be any problems,’’ one
7 woman attending the meeting said.

: on the North Shore and the Lions’ |

'-ther complexes: under: their~ a
those. present at

townhome os

Others agreed the traffic irapact

‘LOUNGE |

AT THE LYNNWOOD INN.

Hockey Games whan available.
Movie follows NHL game. .

‘Bring your friends and
LYNNWOOD INN

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_. Main at Mountain Hwy.

created by seniors’ housing would
likely be minimal, and that the
location — close to shopping, bus
routes and the library — is ex-
cellent for that purpose.

Following the meeting, Ander-
son said he, too, believed seniors’
housing would be ‘‘perfect’’ on the
site, but noted that this year not
many allocations for seniors’ units
are available from the government.

“Their emphasis this year is on
families,”’ he said, ‘‘not seniors.’’

Anderson had approached . the
LVCA with his proposais to ascer-
tain the level of community sup-
port for the rental housing plan.

“I'm not the kind of builder
who tries to. push something
through if I don’t get the support I
need,”’ he emphasized. -

In order for the development to

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proo.éd, North Vancouver District
Council would have to, rezone the
area from its current single-family
status to a high-density, classifica-
tion.

Derek Andrews, president of the
LVCA, said the draft. oi, the Of-

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‘provides | little leadership when
discussing the issue.

“The OCP is basically a status
quo OCP,” he said. ‘“The OCP
doesn’t really give direction. It’s
supposed to, but it doesn’t.””

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