Wednesday, October 23, 1991 — North Shore News — §

COUNCIL BRIEFS

NVC open house

NORTH VANCOUVER City is holding an open house
Thursday through Saturday to allow the public to view
the city’s npdated Official Commi-aity Plan (OCP).

Proposed changes for some areas of the current OCP,
which was adopted in 1980, include heritage areas, Lions
Gate Hospita! and the waterfront.

City staff will be on hand to answer questions and
listen to comments from the public.

The open house will be held at North Vancouver city
hall, 141 West 14th St., from 1-8 p.m. on Oct. 24, from
1-4:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 and froin 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Oct. 26.

North Vancouver City Council will hold public
meetiags on the updated OCP in 1992.

Buses blasted

A NUMBER of letters from Westmount area residents to
West Vancouver District Council indicate a negative
response to the new Horseshoe Bay Express Bus route,
which has edded an extra 30 trips per day up and down
31st Strect and Westmount Read.

Residents complained about the noise and fumes caus-
ed by the buses as the vehicles labor up the steep grades;
other. residents uoted that relatively few people board the
bus at either Park and Ride locations, Westmount or
3ist and Marine Dis:

Curbs converted

THE INSTALLATION of curbside depressions aiong
Moustain Highway between Cedar Village Crescent and
Lyno Valley Centre sud along the south
side of 27th Street will open the Lynn Valley core area to
wheelchair access from both nosth and south.

North Vancouver District Council bas approved funds
of up to $11,000 for the 22 depressions that will make
the route wheelchair accessible aad thus provide a degree
of freedom and independence to those confined to
wheelchairs.

Move applauded

ARCHITECT TERRY Fogle has described West Van-
couver District Council's rezoning of property in the
2200-biock of Marine Drive as an “‘everybody wins’’ sit-
uation.
Under a unique azrangement, residents of the . q
Merineview group home will be permitted to move out
of dilapidated quarters at 2246 Marine Dr. into a new A. BD ~~
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Awards presented

BLOCK BEAUTIFUL awards were presented Monday
pight to three North Vancoaver City areas honored for
their efforts in creating attractive blocks.

Mayor Jack Loucks presented gald, silver and bronze
certificates respectively to the residents of the 800-biock
of Cumberland Crescent, the 200-block of East Keith
Road, and the 500-block of West 20th Street.

Bowen Island deveiopment
submission numbers corrected

A FRIDAY, Oct. 18 News story
mistakenly reported that 49 out of
72 written submissions read into
the record at a Bowen Island
public meeting were opposed to
the $120-million Cowan Point de-
velopment.

If fact, 49 out of 121 written
submissions were opposed to the
development.

Seventy-two of the written
submissions supported the Cowan

Point project.

The meeting alse heard 34 ver-
bal submissions: 20 opposed and
14 in suppert. One of the 14 ver-
bal presentations in support repre-
sented the South Bowen Com-
munity Association, which is
made up of over 100 adjoining
property-owners and residents
who are most directly affected by
the Cowan Point project.

Pansies and Sedums now ready for planting

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