3 - Friday, November 1, 1985 - North Shore News

NORTH SHORE

Tide Table
For Pt. Atkinson

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Weather:

Friday, rain tapering to

showers in the

Friday 1
Saturday 2

Sunday

afternoon. Saturday,

mostly cloudy.

CITY COUNCIL

PARK’ ‘AND Tilford
“Gardens. will not be lit
up An,

m Christmas.

ae

7)" By BARRETT FISHER)

“time ‘for

And it won be home toa

 Daon/Brodel proposal for a

$36: million shopping centre
“and: festival gardens on the
30. acres, “Of: Schenley-owned

North, Vancouver . City
Council voted ‘against: _ the

” ff:the' proposal had “been
‘accepted, _ the. “industrial-
izoned’ Jand‘.would. have to’

"have been:rezoned to .com- -
; | mercial. ;

The: community”

, memorable day.

plan envisions “the area to be :
:used as light industrial.

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Classified Ads.......63
Lifestyles...........57
‘Mailhox.............7
Real Estate.........15
_ Sunshine Girl... 2... 11
What's Going On. ....62

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“Hall Said he: did reject the
“Sshopping ceritre. proposal in

“Ald. Rod Clark told cits ‘bare ‘bones fashion,’’

council ‘he thought’ the plan,
which included:a waterslide, ©
an amphitheatre,:'a junior <
department store, a. grocery -

‘store and 55 to 60 small ©
shops -and boutiques, was °

“in the wrong place at the «
wrong time.”*. nad
eannot : ‘support a’ aban-

donment. of the Park ‘and

Tilford site for commercial
use. “when: 1 feel industrial use .
§ more viable,!”: Clark’ said.

lark.” added that” the

t

shopping centre . idea‘: was‘. .

turned down by council
smembers in “February = =the
: same counci smembers who
_ were now. supporting “the

“In detence, Aid, Ralph

“but when « the : developers
' presented their plans in more
“ detail, he changed, his’ lean-
_ings in favor of the project.

CHANGED VOTE
‘*We alter and amend the

“-, community plan < when it

suits ‘ council,’’ = Hall“ said.

‘This is a $36 million pro- ve

ject. That would give the city
an-extra $1 million a year.in

*, taxes’: .We want to improve

the quality of life — we need

moreé® taxes‘to- improve the .>

parks and playgrounds:.
oa “Pm ‘accused. of being a

nterpriser,?”: Hall con- |
North Shore,

ree.:
“Stinued, Well 1am... This
“project could: : provide’ 750

jobs.... I’m utterly appalled’

"HALLOWEEN ANTICS

THE GANG was all there, physically at least, as staff members at the North Shore News dressed up to celebrate Hallow-
een Thursday. Witches, babies, madcap doctors and even a pregnant nun roamed the halls of the News to make it a

we'd turn this down.”’
Ald: Dana Taylor said he
couldn’t understand why the
developers swvere surprised ~
that staff and council decid~
ed'to turn the project down.
*They were miffed by the
staff reports,” Taylor: said
of. ‘the developers and ‘their
research analyst. ‘‘But that’s
curious, because the: city

-plan is quite clear — light

industrial. Twenty to 25 per
cent of the city’s light in-
dustrial property "would rep-

‘resent a Significant-loss. And .
“there. would be’ a stirplus of

commercial, adding another"
30 acres. It’s no surprise to

“me that staff is not excited

about a. K-Mart .on the’

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