ate

Lynn. -
Creek

ROBERT! WHITE, of Van-
couver, is Woated to safety
chy members “of the “North

Vancouver: Fire: Department

fter he fell into Lynn Creek
vary. Tuesday: night’: The
‘15-year-old was sitting on a
ledge -in? a) 10-metre -seetion
of canyon when a rock fell
from above: knocking. him
into. the water. The boy was
taken to Lions: Gate
Hospital, / where he “ was
treated) for’: a) compound
fracture’of. his left arm, aad
feleased. He was floated
about-100 metres (Chrough a
Narrow - passage lo- waiting
paramedies.. The: incident is
the ‘fourth. resete® since Fri-
daysat Lynn Canyons: On
Monday 22-year-old) Bur-
‘mabye? man. drowned » after
jumping into;an area known
as 90-foot pool: a

OVER. 100° disgruntled: Caulfeild area ‘residents: jammed
West Vancouver. District. Council chambers Tuesday to how!
their: displeasure over-a- proposed S10. million shopping cen-

We

tre-for Caulfeild Plateau.
“The. Dundarave. Merchants
Association, Gleneagles
“Ratepavers Association, «and
» Horseshoe | Bay, Ambleside. and
Park: Royal \ merchants socia-
i tions) all backing: residents”: con-

rns, have also jumped into “the
Bel Canada Enterprise
Development ‘Corporation (BCED)
representatives: appeared : before
“council “at, the public. meeting. to
argue theif; case,for: the develop-,
ment of! a): 69,000 square - foot *
commercial centre,, which would |

Classified

residents _

3325

feature a .25:000. square-foot :
_ Safeway specialty gourmet outler.,,

At the heart of the controversy

is adisagreement over-the amount |

of..commercially-zoned @ area
available -to ‘the. developer- at the

-8.3-aere Caulfeild Plateau site and

the effectiveness. of -@ ogreen-belt
buffer. between ® surrounding. resi-
dential “-property.” and ©: proposed
commercial development.

Accotding. 10.a May. 16. West
“Vancouver © District staff report,
the original land-use contract iden-
“tified approximately 3.75 acres for
commercial development.

The land-use contract negotiated
July 1978, included | present” site

owners, British Pacific Properties...

and the Cornoration of the District
of West Vancour

for, changes . not ‘affecting. “‘the
“overall tatenv of thé agreement,
oAnjapplication :for.minor

amendment to: the land-use. ‘con-.;

tract submitted to council in April

by BCED,. supported by. British,

Pacific | Properties, argues. fora

| building permit covering the entire

wer hie deat f 3.

Seip ase

fight proposed development

5.3-aere site:

‘According to
manager of
development

BCED‘S general
shopping centre
Don: Wright, the

in present §.3-acre’site was agreed to
in 198]. ;

.:**Therecis,a registered. plan, for a
5.3-acre sié at; Caulfeild Plateau.
We have an irrevocable option to
purchase that parcel of land at this:
time," said’ Wright. | 5

“British Pacific held: the cam-

Saat ee tis eS poe oe ES

Prepared to. buy-it) and develop it®

don't have the. right to develop.
“We introduced  green-belt assa

“compromise: Our® rights “are | to:

develop 5.3 acres. We backed off.
We're prepared to put our money :

“where our mouth is,’ said Wright.

But - residents. argued.: the =
magnitude.of: such a project would
radically. increase commercial, use
on the's

RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES COMMENT: SEE STORY PAGE 5 _

merbial site, sitting pati¢nily, not, -

able to: develop. the property, resi-
dentially because of the: market.

The /market “for: commercial

development, .now - exists; We're

io‘be ‘approved.: wie ae a
‘West Vancouver:Mayor Derrick

Humphreys called: for sa staff i."
eport! to; council to further. con- i

sider the BCED application July 21.

ite if the amendment “were”

Jand now we're being told that: we: