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THE NORTH SHORE Shaw Cable outlet recently won in the Youth category of the B.C./Yukon Region Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA) Excellence in Programming
awards. The company was recognized for a public service announcement detailing the deagers uf fireworks. Helping to make it all happen are, left to right, Archie Steacy, retired
North Vancouver District Fire Department fire chief, Shaw Cable North Vancouver program coordinator Dave Toddington, North Vancouver RCMP Supt. Jack Morton and Shaw

Cable manager Terry Medd. See story page 4.

Industri

WHILE PARK enthusiasts
are applauding the recent
decision by North Van-
couver District Council to
designate waterfront land
west of Cates Park as parks,
recreation and _ wilderness
area, industrial owners of
the properties are upset over
the designation and the det-
rimental effect they say it
will have on the value of
their properties.
BECKER
‘ews Reporter
Council's proposed change to

the municipality’s draft Official
Community Plan (OCP) ran

LANDOWNERS FEAR PROPERTY VALUES
WILL FALL WHEN CATES PARK EXPANDS

NORTH VANCOUVER
‘DISTRICT COUNCHS |

recommen-
on the

counter to committee
dations made to council
land-use issue.

The Cates Park Extension
Review Committee had recom-
mended that no changes be mace
to the industrial and residential
zoning of various Doilarton water-
front properties owned by Noble
Towing, McKenzie Barge and
Cates and Sons.

And although council approved

the redesignation of the industri-
ally-zoned properties west of Cates
Park on April 23, an April ¥ OCP
map already showed the land as
parks, recreation and wilderness.

During discussions held by the
Cates Park Extension Review
Committee, the industrial property
holders expressed fears that parks
designation in the OCP would
adversely affect the value of their
land.

Bob Mckenzie, a partner in
Mckenzie Barge, says his opera-
tion has been located along the
Dollarton waterfront siice the
1930s.

Said MeKenvie of council's land

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designation move, ‘‘We're not
happy with it. That’s about all I
can say right now. We're having
our lawyers look at the whole
thing.”’

Art Noble, who is also scrambl-
ing for a legal opinion, recently
moved his ship repair and tug tow-
ing business to the old Matsumoto
Shipyard site west of McKenzie
Barge.

Said Noble, **! don’t think they
can do what they’re doing. They're
literally destroying the property
value here as far as an industrial
base is concerned. | don’t think
they can get away with it.”

The Cates property adjacent to

Dy

lalists scoff at park plans

Cates Park remains undeveloped.
But the property is being held by
the company for future expansion
of its tug boat operation. The land
could hold a tug facility with
docks, a warehouse and offices.

During an earlier committee
meeting Vincent Santacroce, a
lawyer representing Cates and Sons
as an observer at the review com-
mittee, said that Cates and Sons
had no intention of selling its
property adjacent to Cates Park.

The company is concerned that
the district may eventually ex-
propriate the land to expand the
park.

Said Santacroce, ‘‘We're look-
ing into what can be done now to
clarify Cates’ position. It's a prop-

See Park
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