4~- Wednesday, October 5, 1994 - North Shore News

.C. Tel eyes

1. Van

POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT of
Telegraph Hill, a ridge to the west of
Horseshoe Bay, has West
Vancouver politicians and local
environmentalists concerned about
the impact on the unusual area.

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL
By Maureen Curtis

B.C. Tel is in the process of eval-
uating the development potential of
19 acres (8 hectares) of land it owns
in West Vancouver on whut is also
known as Tyee Point and Madrona
Ridge.

This follows closely after the
controversy created earlier this year
when another large corporation,
B.C. Rail, set out to develop an
unused casement in West
Vancouver for residential purposes.

According to local environmen-
tal activist Katharine Steig, the
Telegraph Hill property should be
designated as park land because it
contains some uncommon plants.

A list of plants compiled by
Terry Taylor of the Vancouver
Natural History Society identifies
rare plants including manzanita,
ground cone, Indian Pipe and
fringed pinesap.-

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West Vancouver Mayor Mark
Sager announced that he intends to
meet with B.C. Tel officials to dis-
cuss their plans for the Telegraph
Hill land.

Councillor Rod Day said the
municipal community plan confirms
an intention to keep the ridge in its
natural state.

Coun, Andy Danyliu said he
hopes B.C. Tel will be a good cor-
porate citizen and donate the land in
its natural state to the community.

Although the Telegraph Hill
property is presently zoned for large
residential lots, Sager noted that the
land is much steeper than the B.C.
Rail land.

“I would be amazed if it was
developable at all,” said Sager.

Because of its steepness, any
kind of development of the land
would be required, by bylaw, to
come before council.

Municipal Planner Steve
Nicholls describes the topography
and access issues'as “extremely
severe.”

Feasibility studies in the mid-
1980s apparently failed to determine
the developmental potential of the
land, Nicholls said.

B.C. Tel is conducting an “inter-
nal analysis" concerning “potential
utilization” of the site.

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