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NORTH VANCOUVER District has approved rezoning
for the controversial projecis to install an Ismaili centre in
the old Lions Gate Tennis Club and expand the adjacent

Gloria Dei Lutheran Churcis.

Both projects have been onps-
ed by area residents concerned
over the impact of increasec traf-
fic in their neighborhoods and the
lack of any viabic plans from the
project developers to deal with the
traffic.

The Gloria Dei church expan-
sion includes the audition of a
new nave, classroom and other
facilities for its .xpanding con-
gregation; the Is:naili project will
almost triple perking at the tennis
club, inereasmg parking spaces
from the current 87 to 234.

At a public hearing six weeks
ago, up to % per cent of the im-
mediate i:cighbors were repre-
sented 2,5 being against the rezon-
ing for the Ismaili project, as area
residents raised traffic and safety
concerns.

Beth facilities are located im-
mediately north of the Upper
Levels Highway in Upper Pember-
ton Heights in an area with
limited access and narrow roads.

Compounding neigborhood
fears is the Ministry of Highways’
plan to close the highway exit at
Lloyd Avenue when the highway
is upgraded to freeway status.

The closure would route traffic
bound to and from the Ismaili
cemtre and Gloria Dei through ad-
jacent residential streets.

But counci! and staff now
believe they have a commitment
from the provincial government of
alternative access in the event of

Lioyd’s closure.

Improvements to Lloyd Avenue,
Gladwin) Drive und Pemberton
Avenue are a condition of the
rezoning bylaws and will be paid
for by the Lions Gate and Gloria
Dei developments.

Pemberton, between Gladwin
and 26th Street, will be widened
and will get a new curb, gutter
and sidewalk on the eastern side
as well as new drains and lighting.

The north side of Gladwin be-
tween Lloyd and Pemberton will
also be widened and improved.

Paving and drainage work will
also be done on Lloyd between
Gladwin and 26th, with Gloria
Dei paying for the sidewalk on the
west side of Lloyd.

The cost of the street improve-
ments for Gloria Dei is estimated
at $92,000; the cost of street im-
provements for the Lions Gate site
is estimated at $240,000.

Akbar Lalani, a member of the
North Shore Ismaili community,
was delighted with council's unan-
imous approval of second and
third reading of the rezoning
bylaw for the Ismaili centre pro-
ject.

Said Lalani, ‘‘As is traditional
for the Ismaili community we will
do our very best to ensure that the
neighbors are proud of the facili-

”

ty.

Water taps run dry
in British Properties

AREAS OF West Vancouver were hit by water shortages
over the weekend and on Monday following continued
high water demand on the municipality's Eagle Lake res-
ervoir in the current hot, dry weather.

Caulfeild area residents suffered
water shortages over the weekend
because of increased water de-
mands, and water taps ran dry
Monday night in the British Pro-
perties after a pump carrying
water from the Chartwell reservoir
system Failed.

But both situations have since
been rectified, said West) Van-
couver District engineer Paul Lee.

“The water may be dirty for a

INSIDE:

COMPLETE WEEK’S

little while because the sediment in
the tanks may be stirred ups? he
said.

fee said that because of the
pump malfunction water did not
reach the higher elevations in the
district.

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