$3MVI_ DEAL FOR DEEP COVE Seniors’ housing approved A 60-UNIT senior citizet housing project approved Wed- nesday for the District of North Vancouver is the second major North Shore housing project approved for the North Shore this month. The Mount Seymour Plaza Housing Society project is spon- sored by the Mount Seymour Lions Housing Scciety and will be located in Deep Cove at the nor- thwest corner of Panorama Drive and Naughton Avenue. The announcement of the pro- ject’s final approval was made in joint press release from North Vancouver-Burnaby MP = Chuck Cook and North Vancouver- Seymour MLA Jack Davis. First mortgage financing of $2,993,249 for the project will be arranged through Kopas and Bur- ritt Funding Inc. The loan will be jointly insured by the provincial and federal governments. The housing project will consist TOWN CENTRE CONCERNS City staff, alderman oppose P&T shopping NORTH VANCOUVER City planning staff is still opposed to the proposed Park and Tilford shopping centre despite the developer’s revisions, a new report says. City planner Richard White said in a report Monday that planning staff remains opposed to the pro- posed BCE Development Corp. shopping centre as the plan will “have a direct and immediate ef- fect?’ on the amount of city in- dustrial land. As well, indicated White, recent reductions in project size will not eliminate the impact a 15-acre, $25-million complex would have on the city town centre. “Developing a suburban shopp- ing centre on the city’s boundry is contrary to the...city’s policies for regional town centre develop- ment,”’ he explained. Ald. John Braithwaite said in an interview the Park and Tiliorad shopping centre would ‘‘destroy”’ the Lonsdale strip, the city’s town centre region. “We've got all that city property to develop...with housing and commercial developments to go in there,’ Braithwaite said of the Lower Lonsdale area. “We were committed years ago to developing a town centre,’’ he By STEPHEN BARRINGTON News Reporter said, noting the recent Lower Lonsdale revitalization to bolster the town centre concept. ay: NORTH VANCOUVER City Ald. John Braithwaite...‘‘We were committed years ago to developing a town centre and we’re turning around to pull people away (from that centre)."’ SUMMER EMPLOYMENT Centre matches students w one-bedroom units for singles, 10 one-bedroom units for couples and three wheelchair ac- cessible one-bedroom units for the disabled. The British Columbia Housing Management Commission (BCHMC) will administer the pro- ject on behalf of the provincial and federal governments. Construction is scheduled to start during the first week of June. The federal and provincial gov- ernments will provide a rent sub- sidy to ensure that future project of 47 “And we're turning around to pull people away (from that town centre).’’ ; After an estimated 53 million “poured into the regional town centre,’’ city council ‘‘in the next breath is saying lets shift the business in the easterly direction,” said Braithwaite. ‘‘We should be concentrating on what we have. “Park and Tilford (shopping centre) will destroy the town centre concept.” In his report, White confirmed the city’s commercial areas have been hit hard by recent retail over-devclopment. The shopping centre’s Save-On-Foods outlet and other shops will place a further strain on retailers, the report said. Braithwaite pointed to numerous petitions from city merchants who fear such development will force them out of business. “They’re telling me, ‘If Park and Tilford goes and those (estimaied) 45 stores go in, we're gone,’’’ Braithwaite said. The city’s advisory planning commission considered White’s report at its May 13 meeting, and the recommendations will be pres- ented at an upcoming council meeting. NEWS photo Stuart Davis STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Centre workers Mike Dungate (left) and Jennifer Leonty explain how students can register for summer work. According to staff at the centre, there are more jobs available on the North Shore this year. 3 - Friday, May 15, 1987 - North Shore News tenants pay no more than 30 per cent of their income in rent. The projected amount of rent subsidy payments, which extend over 35 years, is estimated to be $327,823 for the first year. The federal government will cover two-thirds of the subsidy’s cost, while the provincial government will pick up the remainder. The BCHMC will begin making subsidy payments to the Mount Seymour Lions Housing Society upon the completion of construc- tion. Wednesday's announcement follows the announced approval earlier this month of funding for a 38-unit housing co-op in North Vancouver City. Construction on the North Shore Housing Cooperative on West 16th Street began May J1 after first-mortgage financing of $1,892,000 was approved by the federal and provincial government. Estimated annual rent subsidy for the project, which will provide housing for low-income and hand- icapped residents, is $248,804. ; NEWS photo Stuart Davis THESE five and six-year-old pupils from Cedarbrook Elementary School in Coquitlam toured the Seymour hatchery recently. Facility manager Spencer Evans shows the children how to check the water level on the staff gauge. Despite some forecasts that B.C. students are facing an unemploy- ment rate as high as 30 per cent, the local centre reports there are more jobs on the North Shore compared to last summer. Student centre supervisor Jen- nifer Leonty explained that the North Shore received an increase in government funding for local Challenge '87 jobs. ON THE BALL “Employers seem a little bit more on the ball. They’re familiar with the Challenge program and have applied on time. (The pro- gram deadline was March 20),” she said. The federal government this year allocated $19.1 million to the B.C. Summer Employment Program, which provides subsidies to ap- proved student employers. The North Shore received $529,000 from this joint federal/ provincial program, an increase of 20 per cent over last year. “Challenge positions are ‘very ith work THE NORTH Vancouver Student Employment Centre of- ficially opens today, and its staff is optimistic that North Shore students will find work if they register with the cen- tre. By KIM P News Reporter attractive because they tend to be more career oriented,’’ said Leon- ty. “We've had jobs for a nuclear analyst technician, computer oper- ator, lab technicians and tourist information officers. The wage varies from $4 minimum to as high as $10.” She said Challenge positions that are still available are mostly in the recreational fields, such as working with. the physically disabled, at children summer camps and with local seniors. 632 STUDENTS The North Vancouver Student Centre serves West Vancouver as well, and is located at 120 Lons- dale Avenue. To date the centre has registered 632 students, and it will remain open until the end of August. Employers can place job orders by calling 986-3404.