Few criticisms at public hearing | By PAT RICH The majority of people didn’t even bother trying to swat at the “mosquito in Eden” at Tuesday night’s public hearing into the proposed senior citizens apart ment building .. Deep Cove - they roll- ed right over it. The majority of North Vancouver District council members once again backed the project and voted to return it to council, thereby bringing it one step closer to full approval. The 60-unit seniors pro- ject is being planned by a non-profit organization on land owned by St.Simons Anglican Church in the 1300 block Deep Cove Road. ‘District staff members and some others asked for a slowdown in the approval of the project while “serious concerns” about such things as siting and density were answered. But the majority of those speaking at the 80 minute hearing talked of the urgent need for such a project and asked for council to back them. “What we have is no Eden,” said the Reverend William Ferris, the priest of St.Simons. He was referring to criticisms the land is un- suited for the project. “There is a mosquito in Eden,” he said, mentioning the other planning problems with the project. But Ferris said “what we have is what the Lord has given us.” Ferris sgid he had received 175 phone calls from senior citizens, seven-eighths of them District residents, in- quiring about the project. He said there has not been one query about the size of project, steepness o/ the land or size of the units. “The only query has been ‘When?’ - When can we move in.” Architect Adolph Ingre said the “humanitarian and project must take precedence over any talk of divorcing the project from the church. Ingre revealed that financ- ing the project through the federal government has been postponed until next year. He said it was recom- mended to the association planning the project (the Simoncliff Housing Associa- tion) that they ‘have everything else ready, in- cluding municipal approval, before they formally apply for funding. A number of speakers talked of the dedication of people working for the pro- ject and the need in Deep Cove for a place for seniors to live. “The site is there, the fun- ding is there and the need is there,” Mary Rawlings, a long-time Deep Cove resi- dent said. In response to a council request, municipal staff prepared a_— special ‘Residences for the Elderly Zone’ to allow the project to be built. Cove seniors’ project praise project people can get behind,” she said. “They're going to do it, they really are, [know they are.” Sid Ireland, the project coordinator of the Simoncliff association, said the group is doing everything possible to answer the ques- tions raised by staff. Tao people spoke at length, not against the con- cept of the project, but against this particular plan. “The site is far from ideal -.. On a busy street ... on a precipitous lot,” said David Breckner. “The logical thing to do would be to take a little time and look at these objec- tions,” he said. Breckner said the ap- parent haste of council in ap- proving the project despite staff reservations was “a slap in the face to the staff and the voluntary bodies who guide in the planning of the District.” In response to a council request, the municipal staff have prepared a_ special ‘Residences for the Elderly Zone’ to allow the project to be built. But Kai Kreuchen, the District planner said full plans for the project has still not been provided to staff for them to analyse. He recommended -the public hearing be adjourned “so we can get all those details.” Mayor Don Bell and Alderman Mary Segal sup- ported this idea. “There are some questions | that need to be answered,” Bell said. Segal said council had a | responsibility to make sure the best possible facility was’: built. But Bell and Segal were outnumbered by other coun- cil members who voted to return the bylaw for second and third reading. After the meeting Alder- man Ernie Crist stressed this decision did not cut off fur- ther debate on the subject. A3 - Sunday News, September 13, 1981 charitable aspect” of the — POINTING AT THE LAND which he and others hope will become an apartment complex for senior citizens, is the Reverend William Ferris, the priest of St. Simons Anglican charch in Deep Cove. 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