A BID by the Iv te build a S'SO-million luxury resort oat Cowan Point on Bowen Island has been iejected by the Islands Trust. Rogers fumii- ARETH COLLINGS But) the develapers ther havent been sunk yer. “We're certainly, not dead in the wetter, We've got all sorts of aptions,”” said Joe Rogers. “Well be hack.” The proposed Cowan Point Resort, designed by Arthur Erickson Architects, includes a 200-room hotel. a championship golf course, a 150-boat) marina and 400 homes. On Tuesday the trust committee rejected the application trom the Rogers. and their partoers, Praxis sy Automotives Classified Ads Ecolnfo Editorial Page Home & Garden... Mailbox seas Paul St. Pierre ........ What's Going On... WEATHI' Friday and Saturday, sunny. Highs near 24°C. Second Class Registration Number 3885 DEVELOPERS VOW NOT TO GIVE UP ON PROJECT Group, a Ssorth Vancouver bused deselupment company. Trost representative John Morgan, who soted against the application, said he was opposed te making changes to the island's official community plan (OCP) in order io accommodate one de selopment. Other applications to develop targe parcels of land on Bowen may be forthcoming. He said he had no choice but to vote against the development when faced with it as a “paeckauge’’. He acknowledged the housing development was “worth looking af and hopes the devel- opers will came back with a moditted phan. John Duntield, the fehinds Frust csccutise officer who cast the deciding vote, saad the scope of the applicanen was notin keeping with the Isiinds Trus: policy of small scale resorts. “DT felt the ceneral feeling on the istand was not necessans in favor of the magnitude ef the desciop- ment.” Duntield said. In addition, the developers should hase tried to keep) their application in compliance with the OCP, he said. But Rogers said it) was debatable whether chanees in the community plan would be neees- sary because the OCP allows for “area plans.“’ The plan is not a “fixed in stone document’ and states the carrying capacity in the plan could cvolve according to 3 - Friday, July 13, 1990 - North Share News $150m resort rejected on Bowen technelorical advances, he said Other development ooptrans menucued by Rory clude sub- dividima the ares lors. The subdisistan rs under existing reealatiens bar he said wanted to treet with three trustees who had iequested indi. vidual meetings with Revers. Ross Carter, president of the Bowen istand Improvement Association, said he was pleased the application was rejected, “Yoothink the improvement association felt it was very much outside the community plan.” he said. And although the community plan does allow for increases beyond existing zoning if certain conditions are met, Carter said the developers’ plan proposed a densi- tv increase of $00 per centr. However, he said there were atso dangers involved in. straight possibly sabdmaon oo beoause the home- owners somenmes bought the forts and then applied to subdivide later von oPRe owners are already knock- ing on the doer to cut those pieces up. Carter said, adding that the isiand’s dimited water supply was one reason for the large lots. Meanwhile, Gail Taylor, the GVRD director for Bowen Island, said she would like to see a more coordinated approach when the Islands Trust, the land-use authority, considers comprehen- sive developments. Tayior, who is responsible for community services, wants to set up a committee made up of trust- ees, the GVRD, the department of highways and referral agencies to consider the impact of the pro- posed deveiopnents on the island’s facilities and infrastruc- ture before they're built. NEWS phoio Nell Lucente k bench that the students donated as 2 token of appreciation to their school. The bench was purchased out of surplus funds the stu- dents raised for their graduation dance. Versatile lands to stay industrial for now CITY ALDE® MAN SAYS SHIPYARD WANTS N. VAN LAWD REZONED TO RESIDENTIAL THE PRESIDENT and chief executive officer of Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. (VP51) denied a report that the North Vancouver- based shipyard will soon be submitting a residential de- velopment proposal to North Vancouver City council. for part of its Lower Lonsdale property. By SURI RATT. and PAMELA LA Peter Quinn made the comment after North Vancouver City Ald. Rod Clark said Monday the in- dustrial area of Lower Lonsdale, including some VPSI land, will not remain industrial much longer. . “Versatile will be coming for- ward with a mixed use residential development,”’ Clark said Monday while discussing a proposed de- velopment at 147 East Ist Street. But Wednesday Quinn said no such proposal will be submitted by VPSI. “f don’t know where they (council) get this. | don’t: know what they’ve been smoking. [1 just really irritates me when they do this,"’ Quinn told the News. “T don’t see that happening in the near future. We have people who come by and Jook at the site and they talk to us and to other people and then the media fights up,”’ he said. Quinn added that ‘something may happen and something may not happen’? with the VPSE land in the future but that no deal is in place. “When report we'll jet you know, Quinn. Meanwhile North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks said he has had inquiries from people about the VPSI land but that ne proposals for the site have been submitted to city council. “Council certainly hasn't look- ed at anything. That (rezoning) would be a major concern. My concern is the erosion of the in- there is something to ” said dustrial properties there (Lower Lonsdale),’’ Loucks said. But Clark said city council is good at spotting trends and the trend in the Lower Lonsdale area is away from industrial, An application, put forward by Lonsdale Enterprises, to rezone the East [st Street property is be- fore council. The rezoning would allow oa residential/commercial development on the south side of the 100 block of East Ist. On Monday night council deferred decision on the develop- ment, asking for a staff report on the future of the VPSE lands. Ald. Bill Bell, who voted in favor of the deferral, said the de- velopment looks good on paper. But he added that he can’t ap- prove it while the Official Com- munity Plan (OCP), which desig- nates the area as industrial, is in place. “It (proposed development) won't mix with Versatile,’ said Bell. ‘We have to know what's going in that area.”’ CE Ald. Stella Jo Dean said the OCP was passed in 1980 when VPSI was much stronger than it is today. She added that Lonsdale Enter- prises has made efforts to obtain opinions from VPSI and the Van- couver Port Corporation regard- ing any future development and that they should not be penalized because no answers have been received, Dean said the proposed devel- opment on East Ist is positive for the area and delays are costly to the developer. “Why are we penalizing some- one who would clean up that area of East tst?,”" asked Dean. Ald. Jobn Braithwaite said Ver- satile should put in writing what its plans are before council gives the go ahead to the East Ist de- velopment proposal. A June 21 letter from the ar- chitect. of the proposed develop- ment indicated to council that, based on conversations with rep- resentatives of VPSI and the Van- couver Port Corp., neither cor- poration would be opposed to the East [st Street development. Do you know these folks? NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are requesting the public's help in identify- ing the people in this photograph. Property which belongs to this family has been recovered by the police and they would like to return it to the rightful owners. Anyone with information is asked to call Cpl. Thorogood of the North Vancouver RCMP at 985-1311,