Page A6, October 17, 1979 - North Shore News Didn’ tWV realtors he _ The. West Vancouver ‘real estate industry is: either falling behind -in its reading of the North. | Shore News or, alternatively, is bent on carrying ‘ out a public relations suicide mission: That's the . ‘To _ the: best - ot our (with the. exception of ‘Mrs. Sayle) | has saluted. only conclusion one can draw from its fearless” endorsation of the so-called Sutcliffe Plan for the As a good corporate citizen, the West Van Division of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver responded last week to * council’s invitation soliciting the com- ' on _ draft comments muricipality’s munity plan. After a number of con- structive remarks: about other ‘points in the 243-page .. blueprint. for West Van's future Audrey | Sayle, president of the West Van “realtors, rounded off as follows: ; “We with recom- mendation No. 6 (page 11) relating to. municipally owned land at the foot of 14th Street. In this respect, we fully support the concept for development of. this . property as outlined in the - report. pre by E.D. Sutcliffe of Millbank Management Limited dated May 18, 1979. We urge council to proceed with the preparation of a programme . as suggested by Mr. Sutcliffe assoonas possible.” ” MISLEADING? The | recommendation Mrs. Sayle is talking about - actually comes on page R-14---- of the community plan (a small point) and it’s apt to be a little misleading .if* you haven't: followed the news reports since thedraft plan was put together during the summer. ‘The ‘Passage in question reads: “The toot of 14th Street should be redesigned as a heritage project with a mixture of commercial and cultural facilities. The objective being to subsidize schools. See for about OUR CHILDREN OUR FUTURE Province-wide Achlevement Testing shows that North Vancouver can be pro- ud of the achlevement of students in its ourself -- visit a school. Ask he Reading, Mathematics program. Brought to you by The North Vancouver Teachers Association -Ambleside waterfront block between the foot of 13th and 14th Streets; sometimes called “Heritage ' Square.” the cultural facilities out of the commercial revenues.” . That's a pretty accurate capsule description of the “Sutcliffe Plan” — which isn’t a plan at all at the-moment, but merely a broad theoretical concept. Mr. Sutcliffe was hired by the previous council and mayor (Peter Jones) last fall:to do a modest $5,000 worth of brooding about the future of © the block and come up-with some general ideas for council. to kick around, Which is precisely and solely what he did, UP THE FLAGPOLE Mr. Sutcliffe, a highly competent professional, suggested that one way to deal with the block would be to develop about 90 per cent of the area in the form of waterfront-related com- mercial facilities (including generous parking which would also serve the Am- bleside business core) and use the money thus generated to pay for some community cultural facilities on the remaining 10 per cent: a theatre, museum, art gallery or whatever. The. new mayor council received ~Mr. cliffe’s .report.. last form quoted community plan, for moment Presumably, saluted. Sclence and and Sut- May without formal comment. Why they put it into the draft community plan at all in the above is something of a.mystery -- aside from the fact that the the is still a draft. they were merely running the proposal up the flagpole to see who had to report. wave- after idea of turning the 1300-1400 waterfront block into_a pint- sized Coney Island:= The newly formed Ambleside. Ratepayers Association, ' for example, wants green.grass, Y ‘bench along _the block - Period. UNCOMMITTED ‘some cultural facilities appear to reject outright the concept of paying for them. with a 90 per cent mix of - knowledge. virtually, nobody, On the:. contrary, we've. - wave of protest: against any. a few trees and the odd ~ Even those interested in Bonus two pillows with every complete waterbed g- purchased 1410 Marine Dr. N. Van. 986-3451 across from Sears 434-6611 (reg. $489.00) “comes with standard pedestal 4737 Kingsway, Burnaby 548 Clarke Rd. WATERBED SHOWROOMS ear the storm warning? stores, mercial blacktop. _ Mayor phreys, in a- recent statement, said he. had received some 200 letters and ‘submissions on subject, most of them, it seems, firmly opposed to Mr. Sutcliffe’s concept. The mayor made it crystal clear” - that council had as yet made no, decision - and that its eventual decision would be . shaped by the sum total. of public input on the matter, once the public hearings on the draft community plan’ had been completed. , H the mayor means. what he says (and there’s no reason to doubt him), you can relax and forget about [the ‘offices and | com- Derrick Hum- ° the “present - -members. the . . on. the. community. the “Sutcliffe Plan.’ ” Nothing - remotély ‘ resembling” it is likely to happen to the 1300- 1400 waterfront block under — council.” Its. remain un- committed and ‘they know the voice of the people when they hear it. 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