Accommodation crunch looms NORTH VANCOUVER District is unique. Unfortunately for the ~. municipality’ 's aging population, «that could mean dislocation. m “BY ‘lan Noble » News Reporter “According to a district-commis- “sioned study, the district's housing stock is 86% ground-oriented (pri- -marily single-detached units), com- “pared with only 67% of:the metro- “ politan Vancouver region's housing. Only 14%. of the... district’s ccommodation is in the fonn of. apartments, less than half the 33% * found in the region as a whole. : That’s bad news for. people 65 and over as well as young adults: In general, they. seek | Apartment hous- ing. “There just isn’t adequate hous- ing’ for certain needs,” said district Coun. Pat Munroe, who'served four years -on..a district’ housing «task force. “We don’t have a balanced ‘housing stock.” ~ Munroe.’said “current housing stock: virtually exiles people in the 20-34 and 65-plus age groups... ‘That: means’ people must leave “areas with familiar shopping, recre-. ation! social networks and churches. ~..::He“added the district's housing .- 1a8 not created a crisis situation yet, arent is over 65. In 2021, 25% « Of current.r sidents: will bei in r that, “heatwave: caused * ‘thirsty : Lower. Mainland. residents Ito: tap Jocal reservoirs in: " On ‘Wednesday, regionial water, consumption : peaked’ at 1.79 billion litres (394 million gallons), said ° the’ Greater Vancouver Regional ‘District. ; (GYRD). | ; : “That was the highest one- » “day peak demand since 1990. 3". GVRD statistics show resi-’ “-dents ‘used ‘1.58 billion’ litres : - (347.6, million : gallons)”. of water Monday and 1.52 billion ‘ litres (334.4. million gallons) "Tuesday. : “The three-day total of. 4, 89° ‘billion litres (1.076 billion gal- “‘lons)’ compares, with average’ “three-day totals of 3.5 billion © litres (770 million gallons) in “previous years. Set ; That soaring demand . ‘has . "started to take its toll on North 7 _ Shore reservoirs. : The. Capilano . reservoir. is “ now;at 93% of capacity, about : "1% lower ‘than: the three-year | /average. _The Seymour: reser-/ ‘voir: is. currently: at 89%. of capacity, 2%! higher. than the’ three-year average. : : The News will provide reg: ; ular updates on local reservoir: levels until the GVRD lifts sprinkling | restrictions. / in‘ Septembel Pees ? dealing with the housing require- ments of North Vancouver District's _, population, examines the demand | for changing housing resulting from _ the aging of the current population. And the study shows the housing’ Stock must change drastically for .. Senior citizens and young ‘adults to be able to remain in the district. The study examines three sce- narios for today's residents: tomor- row. The first considers the implica- tions of housing “older residents in the same way they were hoitsed i in 1991. : . If such patterns hold, in 2021 the ‘municipality, would need 4,200 more ground-oriented .units and - - 1,409 apartment units. That assumes changing housing requirements that have forced peo- .- ple to leave the district will not occur in future, That's unlikely, | said the report, The . second: scenario’ acknowl-" - j LYNN VALLEY residents Tom and Bridgette Spendicve say, it is time to sell the last farm in’ Lynn valley which their family has owned since 1307. High ta taxes and workload forced the sale. , edges that the 1991 pattern of occu- pancy does not include former dis- . trict residents in the 20 to 35 and 65-. ~ plus age groups who left when their housing needs changed. “ . This scenario assumes “the hous- ing stock will change between 1991 to 2021 so people will not have to ; * leave.: es Tt sees va ‘major “shift to apart- . ments... Ground-oriented demand would remain level at about-22,000 Units, : but.:7,300 additional. apart- ments would be needed fora total Of. ae 10,887 apartments in 2,021. : * The two. scenarios describe: wo ‘AN ERA is ending in Lynn Valley as the'area’s 7 ‘last parcel of agricultural land is up. for Sale.’ - By Kevin Gillies Contributing Writer a The propery on the 2900-block of Royial ‘Ales is being sold by Bridgette and Tommy Spendlove Jt “after owning it for 85 years. _ ‘tis the end-of.an ‘era, but it’s ~ Bridgette told the News. The family of Tommy Spendlove Sr. has owhed the’ property “since ‘the tum of’ the century, when“ -: Tommy. Sr: came to Canada. from’ England in 1898 time to let “B . and moved j into Lynn Valley i in 1907... They also owned surrounding parcels of; land, which have since been sold and’ resold many: ‘times ‘according to Bridgette. “ Spendlove. Jr, who was bom across. the street : bought the ‘property: from his ‘father -in 1943, but « because of a stroke he suffered two years ago, had to i > get rid of the land. © ” ; “Bridgette said that high taxes. were ‘also a factor i in “their decision to’sell. : 7 ‘ ’ The:Spendioves still live'in Lynn. Valley:and have “three children who do not live in the area.’ The farm hid been home to different’ farm animal “but the chickens and rabbits — the last to, go _ were removed in the last year.’ ee We re sorry .to see it go but i now, ” Bridgette, said. «See Housing page 5 5 decision: ‘to let: a North’ Vancouver. inan, ae . considered i ina psychiatric. opinion -to. be’ unfit to own or: use firearms, arsenal of weapons By ‘Anna Maria D "Angelo | News Reporter. = Despite protests. from, the North “Vancouver ‘RCMP and local Crown counsel and a psychiatric’ ’ ‘opinion that Rory Jordan is unfit to own or use firearms, B.C.. Supreme Supreme’ Court | Mr "Justice. Lloyd , Paul. Williamson dismissed 2 Crown appeal on July. 12 and allowed Jordan to : get.back !5 guns and bags of ammunition. “We felt we had reasonable grounds to believe : this person was a threat to himself, and we also. » believed -he was ‘emotionally unstable,” said North’ Vancouver RCMP Const., Catherine Galliford. : “ ' “He basically had a small arsenal of weapons’ ~in his home. We acted not only for his safety, but for the future safety of any police officers and the safety of the community,” she said... “3 The weapons were seized from Jordan’s home in the. 1200-block of Dogwood Crescent in the : Norgate area on Sept. 4,'1993. ne Jordan’s wife, Linda, had phoned police at: 4:30 aim., saying her husband had a gun and was Jl threatening to kill himself. » : Jordan, now 45, was “talked out” of the home ‘after an one-hour standoff with police. °°: He told the police that he once played Russian - Roulette with a gun years earlier, but later said he had lied about that. ; foo TS Ue rs =. The police went into the house and seized six: . handguns, eight rifles and one shotgun. :- The guns ‘included a. .357-calibre Magnum : get back « an 6 an NORTH VANCOUVER: - Templeton holds’ an illegal set:of brass Knuckles which..were: part: of a 15-gun . seizure from a suicidal man in Nerth Van: A judge ruled the man. can own guns. ‘sumption in the future,” NEWS photo Cini Goodman : y * Williamsen.:. | oa RCMP Const. Colin. firearms, ammunition or r explosives “The application was based ona Criminal Code ction which states that ‘‘a peace officer believ on ‘reasonable’ grounds‘ ‘that it is: not desirable’ the interests of the safety of ony. person that a par icular person should possess: any firearm or any mmunition or explosive substance.” Paradis‘ took ‘into ‘account that Jordan: “was a “ hunter/and‘a’ long-time regular member of: the »; Capilano Sportsmen’ 's Club. hen