ETS ES Al0 - Wednesday, Jaly 15, 1981 - North Shore News The economy of the province is so dependent on the forest industry that the International Woodworkers of America strike could seriously harm business. Today’s question is: ~ “Should the provincial government intervene in the WA strike?” Anna Belluz s West Vancouver | It’s not the government's job to step in, but I think they should try to avoid a disruption in the lumber industry. Archie Dove '.Gihsons No I don't think so. With everyone else out on strike who don't get legi- slated back to work, why should the lumbermen. Mark Harvey West Vancouver The government should steer clear of legislating an end to the strike. An gnd to a labor dispute should only be brought about over tho bargaining table. Allan Grieve Normh Vancouver It's hard to tell what the governments role is. s0 maybe they should back off tor a while to sce how ncgouiations go bay Badal North Vancouver If the government tells them to go back to work. how can they force them to work for a low wage when they're raising their own salancs? | development) FROM PAGE A1 happens to be in favor (of they'll stampede to Hamilton-Fell to buy up all the property.” Marcino wanted thé plan to be discussed in-camera. But his motion got no support from other council members. The report recommends a mixture of medium and low density zoning in the Hamilton-Fell area, which is the last major part of the “City to be designated under the official community plan. Though the area is mostly single-family housing now, the plan does not provide for any single family homes, Hamilton-Fell is bounded by Hamilton Avenue, Fell Avenue, Sixteenth Street and Cumberland Crescent. It has been the subject of controversy for more than a decade. The City’s proposal is very similar to one submitted two years ago by real estate agent Paul Murphy, the head of the MHamilton-Fell Development Corporation. Murphy, formerly working with Canada Permanent, has been trying to buy up land inthe Hamilton-Fell area, in anticipation of his proposal being accepted. Canada Permanent has been doing the same. North Vancouver City is the major landowner in the DIMENSION) area, possessing about. five acres north of Yorkshire Crescent. Many area homeowners have complained of undue pressure and harrassment from the developers. And some of them say they kept loaded guns ready to defend their property from deVelopers earlier this year. City Planner Ron Mann presented the proposal at Monday's meeting, and said the mix of medium and low density was necessary because “the market has passed the single family home by” in the area. A federal program to help revitalize single family homes in Hamilton-Fell has also failed, partly because of cutbacks in the program, said Mann. The plan, which will now go to the Advisory Planning Commission and to a public meeting, calls for medium density (three storey apartment buildings) at the south end of the area, garden apartments, and attached housing further north. (See map.) Most of the emphasis will be on townhouses or at- tached housing, said City Planner Mann. He called the plan a “responsible and reasonable MICROWAVE ANI CONVECTION OVEN ¢ MICROWAVE ¢ CONVECTION HEAT ¢ COMBINATION C.G.M. SOUND & COLOR 1596 MARINE DR., N. VAN. 987-3121 — 987-4323 way to approach the land use in the area” and said it would allow the area to be developed economically. Rental accommodation would be encouraged wherever possible, he ad- ded. There will be a_ three storey height limit for the medium density develop- ment, which will only take place on the south side of 16th Street. Garden apart- ments and attached housing, which will occupy the rest of the area, will be limited to two storeys in height. Some City aldermen have already indicated there'll be a fight over the planning report. Stella Jo Dean and Ralph Hall say they have grave reservations about the proposed plan. Hall didn’t indicate his grievances with the plan at Monday's meeting. But Dean said there should be some single family and commercial zoning in Hamilton-Fell. The City would be compounding an _ already impossible traffic situation along Marine Drive by allowing medium density apartments in the area, she said. More ‘people. would also mean more crime, said Dean. “Do we want to bring in so many people here that we're going to have traffic problems and problems with the law?” she asked. But Alderman Gary Payne was full of praise for the planning report and for the City . staff and consultants who prepared it. ’ He disagreed with Dean's , Suggestion that some of the *Hamilton-Fell area should be zoned commercial. “It is improper to use maximum land values as a primary criteria in plan- ning,” he said. “Developers and promoters should not be planning this city.” The Hamilton-Fell area is one of the best places to raise children, said Payne, and the planning report preserves the residential quality of the area as much as possible. Council voted to send the report to the Advisory Planning Commission for comment and also to make the report available to the public at a cost of $2.50. JAR. MILEAGE MAKER Mr. Mileage Maker, Bill Oocksteader, is Canada’s #1 import car dealer! Year atter year, Mr. Mileage Maker, Bll Docksteader, has been honored as Canada's #1 Toyota dealeri Because he makes the best Toyota deals in town! Check out these money- sexing deals... 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