info could mislead public

Dear Editor:

Lo have received an item in the
mail entitled Re: Destruction of
2980) Conununity Plan. The pam-
phlet is seriously inaccurate and
thisieading, visually and verbally.
I is signed by J. Cupit of the West
Varcouver Residents for Controff-
ed Growth.

The reckless use of information
such as this has no place in a der-
ocratic society where matiers of
zoning are so carefully subjected to
scrutiny by our elected officials, as
well as by the various citizens ad-
visory bodies (such as the planning
commission) and the municipal
planning staff itself.

The author of this misleading
document clearly failed to obtain
the truth about the proposed An-
core Development located between
the Upper Levels Highway and the
Cypress Bow! Road. The docu-
ment misleads the public with in-
accurate information. I cite the
main items of wrong information
as follows:

Cupit: 1900 acres of land above
the Upper Levels to be rezoned to
a density of 5.83 units per acre.”’
Fact: 13 acres of Jand are proposed
to be rezoned to a density of 5.83
units per acre.

Cupit: ‘‘3 nine-storey apartment
buildings to be built.’’
Fact: 3 clusters of low-rise housing
varying in height between two and
six storeys, stepped down the
hillside, are proposed.

‘Cupit: ‘‘beginnings of a new high
density city.”

Fact: The proposed density is a
very low one, barely more than
that of single family housing. In
fact. elsewhere in the Lower
Mainland, single family housing at
this density already exists.

Cepit: An_ illustration entitled
“potential view from Upper Levels
Highway’? shows a picture of
housing with a density of at least
60 to 90 units per acre similar to
the West End of Vancouver. The
structure seems to be 10 storeys
high! In my opinion the illustra-
tion is a grotesque representation
of wkat the developer has planned
and on a scale far greater.

Fact: The proposed development
has a density of about 6 units per

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One could go on and on detail-
ing the misleading informatian in
the Cupit pamphlet. | would like
to close this letter with a few truths
about this proposal.

1, The community plan of 1980,
far from being ‘‘effectively chang-
ed" is being effectively im-
plemented as clearly specified in
the plan itself. No one is sug-
gesting the whole 1900 acres be
rezoned to a density 5.83 units per
acre. Rather, what is envisaged are
a few carefully chosen pockets of
cluster housing located on land
which is obviously unsuited for
single family housing.

2. The narrow strip of land be-
tween the Upper Levels Highway

and the Cypress Park Bowl is a
unique and logical place to provide
low density multiple housing for
the many citizens of this
municipality.

3. The net gain in numbers of
units by rezoning some or all of
this unique strip of land becween
the two highways would be in the
order of 200 to 300 units, a far cry
from the 11,000 units stated in the
Cupit document for the rezoning
to a higher density of all 1900 acres.

In my opinion, this pamphlet,
by raising groundless fears, could
interfere with the fairness of the
public hearing process.
lan Davidson
Architect/Planner
West Vancouver

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