8 - Wednesday, November 29 , 1989 - North Shore News Transit service to expand in ‘90 MEMBERS OF the Vancouver Regiona) Transit Commission (VRTC) have voted unanimously in favor of adding extra buses, new routes and more service to the North Shore and other areas of the Lower Mainland public transit system in 1990-91, On the North Shore new express bus services will be added to the Seymour, Indian River and Deep Cove areas, and mid-day service will also be increased to Seymour and Indian River, BC Transit spokesman Diane Gendron said a new North Van- couver to Simon Fraser University express bus service will alse be ad- ded, West Vancouver Mayor Don Lanskaii, who is also the VRTC chairman, said the $1-billion rapid transit expansion announced in Ju- ly by Premicr Bill Vander Zalm helped convince commission members that the service im- provements and resulting budget increases they are recommending for approval, will be treated as priocities. “We sensed a change in mood in Victoria,” Lanskail said. ‘*We are putting forward what we think is a reasonable proposal that reflects the current thinking of getting people out of their cars and on to the transit system.”’ The BC Transit board of direc- tors has also approved the increas- ed budget and has joined the commission in recommending the service improvements and the higher budget to the prevince for Bellevue rezoning criticized WEST VANCUUVER District Council was criticized for violating the terms of its Official Communi- ty Plan when it voted to give se- cond and third reading to an ap- plication for a rezoning change at a recent public hearing. By SURJ RATTAN Conitzibuting Writer Cragg and Cragg Design Group Ltd. is hoping to have i952 and 1962 Bellevue Ave. rezoned from its present multiple-dwelling zone 1 status to multiple dwelling zone 4 (ow density) in order to build a three-storey nine-unit con- dominium on the site. The site is presently zoned to house a duplex only. Peter Cragg, spokesman for Cragg and Cragg, said most of the residents living in the area have given their support to the project. “We are proposing a low-profile residential building. The most im- portant part would be the retention of views. A second consideration was to design a high quality build- ing,’’ said Cragg. Emily Scott, a resident who lives in the area, said she liked the pro- posed plan. “We are very much in favor of the development. We think it will be a much welcomed addition to the community.”’ But another resident, Lionel Lewis, argued the site is not suit- able for apartment use. “My concern is the further breaching of the Official Com- munity Plan. Cragg and Cragg were aware of the Official Com- munity Plan. Either we do have or we do not have an Official Com- munity Plan,’’ said Lewis, who was referring to the site being zon- ed for duplex use only in the Of- ficial Community Plan. Lewis also dismissed a sugges- tion that the condominium pro- Sea WY Page 11 approval. The service improvements will increase transit’s 1990-91 Lower Mainland budget to $391 million, up from $341 million for the cur- rent fiscal year. The additional monies will allow BC Transit to put 49 extra buses on the road and increase service accordingly. “With ridership continuing to inerease at an unprecedented rate, and more and more people asking for additional service thoughout the region, we must increase the budget so we can increase the ser- vice to meet the demand,” Lan- skail said. Ridership during the mid-1980s increased at a rate of approximate- ly one per cent a year, which mat- ched the population growth rate in the region at the time.