8 - Sunday, July 31,

of extent of revital

Dear Editor:

In December, 1987, the mer-
chants in the Ambleside area of
West Vancouver agreed to the
concept of revitalization. This
revitalization was to enhance the
profitability of the businesses while
beautifying the area for all who
live and shop in West Vancouver.

As merchants, we knew only of
the plans to landscape, provide
new lighting, widen and resurface
lanes, construct attractive side-

1984 - North Shore News

rerchants ‘una

walks, install benches, increase
parking and open view corridors at
14th and 17th Streets. We knew
nothing of the major road con-
struction that is now taking place.
Either myself or a senior
member of my staff attended all of
the meetings of the Ambleside
Village Business Association that
we were informed of, and never
was there a mention of a total road
closure al any of these meetings,
Therefore, 1 feel your editorial,

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No pain, no gain, which accuses
the merchants of ‘‘whimpering’’ to
be extremely uncalled for and
would expect an apology from the
editors of this newspaper who ob-
viously did not know’ all of the
facts. :

Mayor Lanskail, counci! and the
municipal administration were in-
deed involved in the decisions on
this project and to attempt to
distance themselves at this point is
ludicrous. :

Get into the numbers game

Dear Editor:

Numerology, it’s time our ad-
ministrators got into the numbers
game,

Drive over Capilano Bridge,
delay with 400 cars in lineup, fif-
tecn minutes delay and what have
you? Two thousand man hours
lost per day, 20,000 litres gas idle
into toxic fumes in cight hours and
a construction crew of 0.3 man
over weekend. ' ,

Try Ambleside: 280 business
people sitting on their hands losing
a million dollars, eight construc-
tion crew members working part
time. While no one has the
authority to change stop signs and
lights for changed traffic patterns

Park ‘big
enough’

Dear Editor:

Regarding Matsumoto Shipyards
site. What timing! No sooner do
we receive our increased tax notice
than we read that the District of
North Vancouver will study ac-
quiring another park site instead of
allowing some -taxable develop-
ment to take place that would of-
fer attractive housing in place of a
present industrial site.

Hopefully business will improve
for Mr, Matsumoto or alternately
another thriving industry will take
his place — one that has noisy
trucking or some similar distur-
bance associated with it — some-

_ thing for the coffer to fix old
Panorama Drive with my tax
money instead of buying more
parkland. Cates is big enough
now.

Dale Anderson
North Vancouver

This week
at councils

NORTH VANCOUVER CITY
COUNCIL and NORTH VAN.
COUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL
are now into their summer sched-
ules. Next meetings are slated for
Monday, Aug. 8.
WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT
COUNCIL, Tuesday, Aug. 2. al
7:45 “pam: public meeting re:
_ Cypress Bow Rd. revised pro-
posal: council. citing: 320 Taylor
Way Citizen Task Force appoint-
ments and date fer public hearing:
policy and planning: Ambleside
Revitalization/ Capilano  Water-
main Crossings Seawalk Exten-
sion’ Street Names’ Sahalee N.
Subdiv./ development permits for:
‘ Ancore Int./ 320 Taylor -Way/
Stongs Grocery Store.

Published ugenda items ia his
column are included as spuce per-
mits, For a couprehensive apeada,
residents should contact
respective municipal tults,

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from Dundarave, the council pon-
ders submarines.

Health on the beach: with
30,000 pets on North Shore, 500
tonnes of faeces a year. When the
tain stops it accumulates on land.
What is the safe coliform count for

our parks and play areas? ,

Do we care about Bob Flunter’s
trouble in Georgian Bay or ‘Toron-
te ghettos? Not me. Thanks Daug
Collins for tocal news. \

A, Petinsky :
West Vancouver

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ization

As the merchants will all have a
substantial tax increase due to the
revitalization project and
municipal road improvement deci-
sion, J do not feel consideration
and sensitivity to the concerns of
the retail businesses are too much
to ask. Especially when it means
the loss of much needed jobs for
employees.

The inequities that are occurring

now and the variations from the
Original revitalization plan no
longer make the revitalization a
viable project for many of the
merchants. In addition to this, the
improper handling and implemen-
tation of the project would cause
any business person grave concern.
Robert G. Harrington

President

West Van Florist Ltd.

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