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Hog Town

FOR THE second time in a month an
overflow crowd jammed North
Vancouver District hall to debate con-
troversial land-use decisions in the
Seymour area.

NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL
By Martin Millerchip

This time the issue was the rezoning of water-
front property ta allow the development of Cates
Landing. and the debate was just as intense as

that surrounding the proposed development of

Cave and Mounttin forests.

United Properties Ltd. have been attempting
since 1992 te redevelup the lands owned) by
Noble ‘Towing and MeKenzie Barge and
Marineways focated between 3795 and 3919
Dollarton Highway.

But council phiced United's proposal for the
site on hold hist year and crewed the Waterfront
Task Fores (WTP) to develop long-term phianing

clives fer the Dollanon/Deep Cove water

Rarer aNics

NEWS photo Mike Wakofield

A 500-PERSON funeral for a West Vancouver man on Friday drew Harley Davidson motor-
cycle aticionados from al! over the Lower Mainland. See story on page 3.

Speakers split on waterfront condo plan

The task force presented its report in June.
While not specifically favoring a parks designa-
tion for Cates Landing, the report recommended
against medium- 2nd high-density residential
development on the waterfront,

Speakers at ‘Tuesday night's hearing were
evenly divided for and against United's proposal
to build 179 condominiums on the site.

Proponents argued that the development
would provide park, waterfront access, fishing
piers and a walkway to Cates Park on polluted
industrial land that would be too expensive for
council 10 acquire as parkland.

But opponents were furious that council wis

even considering the proposal before a review af

the Seymour Official Community Plan (OCP)
and against the recommendations of its own
WTE. They argued that the seale of the proposed
development was “just too big”

Doilarton resident Rebecca Syablom asked
what the point oF an OCP was “if itis thrown out
of the window every time seme speculater or
developer comes along wath another proposal”

“Tow can you waste so much maney and se
much of other people's Gime. congratulating them
on the one hand and igneriag ther on the other?”

said Sjoblom.

But United Properties vice-president Roger
Moors described his company’s plan for Cates
landing as one that “will benefit the whole com-
munity of North Vancouver.”

Moors offered council three alternatives:
“Continue with the existing zoning. The con-
sequence is no park untess the district buys il, no
public access to waterfront, no cleanup and con-
tinual uncertainty about the long-term industrial
use that may be made of the property.

“Buy the property and place the burden for
their purchases on the community.
® “Allow the proposed rezoning and acquire the
must valuable park and waterfront portion of the
property for the community at no cost”

But others asked why there only had to be
three choices for the property. One speaker sup-
gested a restaurant and: paid parking lot would
alow for veaterfront access and site clean up.

Several speakers told counci} that lost iadus-
trial land and the ship-buitding industry could not
be rephiced.

With at feast 25 speakers waiting to be heard
al {Eo pam. Mayor Murray Dykenan was forced
to adjourn the public hearing to Now 15.