14 - Wednesday, March 27, 1985 - North Shore News

Quay closer to
finishing stage

From Page 13

“Lonsdale Quay was a vi-
sion put before council
about eight years ago,’
Loucks said. “It's not often
that visions put before you
become a reality, but this
has come pretty close.’*

Loucks spoke with
pleasure about the new
municipal tax base Lonsdale

Quay will be bringing the_

City, which will be close to
$750,000.

City council recently voted
to borrow $1 million to
complete the 6.4-acre public
park at Lonsdale Quay, on
top of the $380,000 already
budgeted for the project,
Loucks said.

“We wanied to complete
the park without increasing
taxes,’’ Loucks explained,

District denies
crisis request

A REQUEST for funds to
finance a feasibility study. in-
to -crisis services on’ the
North Shore has been denied
by North Vancouver District
Council.
. The request, from the
Children and Youth Com-
mittee of the United Way,
was refused on the grounds
"it was submitted too late for
council's consideration.
District policy is that all
grant requests must be sub-
mitted by Jariuary 31. The
Tequest had been considered

by the District’s Advisory’
Commission on Community -

Services, whose members
stated they could find no
reason to make an exception
to the rules.

Committee chairman
Toby Snelgrove said he was
disappointed by the refusal,

“but the committee is seeking

other sources for the
estimated $4,000 it will cost
to complete the study. '
Snelgrove said the study
would not be started until at
least. 80 per cent of the fun-

. ding was guaranteed, adding
if funds cannot be found in

time to “‘wrap up the study

. by, the springtime,"! that the
“committee will be forced to

postpone it for one year.
- The study is expected to

take. up to four weeks to
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“and some of our other
debts have finished off. It's
important to get the park
done for '86."

The park will include an
outdoor theatre, seats,
washrooms, a sculpture and
a sundial, honoring the
Royal Canadian Navy’s 75th
anniversary this year,

Pinecorp Research Corp.
and Pinecurn Enerny
Research Corp. ac: oresently
under construction at
Lonsdale Quay and comple-
tion for the $26 million
research and development
facility is planned for Oc-
tober, 1985, says Gary
Payne, director of corporate
communication at -Van-

~couver’s Pinecorp Chemical

Corporation, the umbrella
organization.

Also under construction at
the Quay are the public
market and hotel, a $17 mil-
lion. project being built by
Intrawest Properties. The
market will include specialty
shops and restaurants.

In excess of $20 million
invested by the British Col-
umbia Development Cor-
poration will be recovered,
Martin said, through land
sales. To date 1,500 jobs
have been created through
construction and about
1,000 permanent jobs on the
site already.

Other completed projects
at .Lonsdale Quay include
ICBC, B.C. Rail and the
Pacific Marine Training In-
stitute,

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