E VOICE OF NOOR JEST VANCOLIVEE eA Hag prestige event PAGE 13 A PROPOSED new ICBC claims centre for the North Shore hit a sudden detour Monday night when North Van- couver District Council rejected the corporation’s siting proposal for the Lillooet Road facility despite a staff report recommending its consideration. ICBC detailed their proposed construction for the facility last Tuesday at a public information meeting attended by approximately 250 Lynnmour area residents. In the Sept. 16 News story chronicling the mecting, residents roared opposition to the proposal citing such concerns as road con- gestion; the likely growth of such related industrial uses as body shops and = wreckers; increased traffic coming from Burnaby and East Vancouver to the centre; and allowing industrial use in a resi- dential area. They also questioned the necd, for the facility. “Thank goodness for public in- formation meetings,”’ said Ald. Joan Gadsby in proposing the mo- tion to deny ICBC siting permis- sion. ‘‘Two hundred and fifty res- idents have stated that they do not support it for some very logical reasons. Some of their concerns are very valid.” But in his report to council, Richard Plunkett, North Van- couver District’s director of development, concluded that the proposed facility would not have a negative impact on the community. He pointed out that the area is not residential and that the pro- posed site would not be visible from the closest townhouse com- plex to the north. He also concluded that the ICBC facility at Lloyd Avenue is operating at capacity and that because the proposed facitity would only handle eight to 10 vehicles an hour it was unlikely that vehicles would come from areas off the North Shore. Plunkett added that there is no land in the area available for related industrial use. Ald. Craig Clark pointed out that ICBC was not precluded from coming back with another pro- posal. “f think ICBC should go back into the community and do their homework to a greater degree,’’ he said. NORTH Vancouver District Ald. Craig Clark ...KCBC should do its homework, The existing North Vancouver claims centre, which is located on Pemberton Avenue and serves North Vancouver, West Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast, handled an average 2,647 claims per month last year. The facility is designed to handle a maximum 1,800 claims a month. An ICBC spokesman said the corporation plans to investigate other alternatives to the site and discuss them with North Van- couver District officials. Said Lillooet Place resident Robert Hooper of the decision against the Lillooet Road site, ‘‘I Buess everybody in the area is very happy. It was a good decision. Common sense tells you that when you go to an informal meeting and everybody is against it, the will of the people should be followed,”’ But said Lynnmour Residents Association chairman Pat Neufeld, “At this point we don’t know if ICBC will proceed with another proposal.”’ Ald. Murray Dykeman’s pro- posal that staff investigate any possible need of the Lillovet Road site Sy Capilano College was pass- ed unanimously by council. oat | | Hundreds turn out for WV towers meeting: 3 el SALLY AND Russell Wheatley have triple trouble. The two Lynn Valley residents are the proud new # parents of triplets born last Thursday at Lions Gate Hospital. Pictured are (left to right) Spencer, Trevor and Jillian.