8 - Sunday, July 2, £989 - North Shore News NVD draws up strategy for official community plan review DEFINE, REVIEW, discuss — so says the staff report adopted by North Vancouver District Council that lays out the format for reviewing aspects cf the municipality’s Official! Community Plan (OCP). MARTIN MILLERKCHIP Contributing Writer By Council adjourned the public hearing process for the OCP on June 5 after listening to many en- vironmental concerns expressed at the first public meeting. The report, prepared by director of development Richard Pluakett, looks at reviewing the residential areas identified in the Inter-River area; the Maplewood mudflats area; the designation of the three industrially-zoned properties west of Cates Park. A review of the overall transpor- tation needs of the district is al- ready under way. The program defined for the In- ter-River area suggests a July- August review of all previous ac- tions taken in the area relative to parks, housing, dams, Greater Vancouver Regional District and Greater Vancouver Water District development, logging and ‘‘other factors which may be identified which have or could influence future decisions on the character of development.”’ The report also calls for an eco- nomic analysis of the land devel- opment potential. September has been designated for public input once a definitive plan of the area has been prepared. A. district-wide group will formed to discuss the information collected in the summer. It will then hold three public information meetings Sept. 26, 27 and 28. The discussion group will com- prise two aldermen, two staff, two Tepresentatives from each of the ratepayers groups, one repre- sentative from the GVRD and rep- resentatives from conservation groups to be determined later. The report notes that ‘‘because of the concern the public has that the district may be biased, a facilitator could be hired to lead the public workshup process.”’ Foilowing the public meetings and discussion with council, a draft report by district planning staff will be presented to the discussion group before the final report goes to council on Nov. 27. The program defined for the Maplewood mudflats also starts with a definition of the study area and a review of its history. A ‘meeting with the Vancouver Port Corp. is then proposed to deter- mine their plans for development and the possible designation of the fill area for conservation. A discussion with the depart- “ment of the environment is also proposed. Council has already requested an update on its environmental assessment of the mudflats and a review of the suitability of protec- + ting the fill area. If no decisions are forthcoming from the various government agencies the district will prepare a recommendation’ by following the same public input process and discussion group membership as proposed for the Inter-River area,’ with the exception of GVRD rep- resentation. In July and August the three in- dustrially zoned properties west of Cates Park will also be defined and the history and environmental reports of the sites reviewed. Once that process has been completed discussions with C.H. Cates & Sons and MacKenzie Barge & Marine Ways Ltd. to ‘ascertain their feelings and plans as to utilization of their proper- ties’’ will proceed, along with an update of the Matsumoto ‘‘situa- tion’’. Background preparation will also include an inventory of park facilities east of Seymour; a review of options for the sites that could provide public access /ownership to the waterfront; and an cconomic analysis of development options. The public input process would Start in September along similar lines as that proposed for the other two areas of study. Plunkett expressed concern in his report that additional staffing or consultants may be required to complete the work by the dates outlined because of staff summer vacations. Ald. Ernie Crist said he appreci- ated the work put into Plurkett’s report but thai it was unnecessary. He asked council to vote against accepting the report and instead to give staff ‘clear instructions’ to change the OCP to redesignate all the areas in question as Parks, Recreation and Open space (PRO), this cavine time and money. “By doing so we would provide clear instructions, clear direction and also let the people know that we have heard what the communi- ty said,’ said Crist. “What 1 envi- sion is numerous reports, then more reports, and after that still more reports,’” he concluded. Ald. 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