NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP officers survey the wreckage of a two-day-otd 1987 Mercedes that flipped on the Mt. Seymour Parkway in North Vancouver Friday afternvon. The [5 year-old driver last control af the car and rolled it several times. Both the driver and the 14-year-o'd passenger received minor injuries, Weather: Wednesday and Thursday, mainly sunny. Highs 22-27°C. Business ............ 19 Classified Ads Doug Collins Comics Editorial Page Bob Hunter Lifestyles BUILDING REDESIGNED leighbors bicker over low-income seniors housing NEIGHBORS OPPOSING the low-income seniors housing project proposed by West Vancouver United Church re- mained unmoved by assurance that the project would enhance, not diminish, property values. At an information meeting Thursday at the United Church, architect John Currie said every effort had been made to blend the 45-unit building in the 1900-block of Esquimalt into the park setting it adjoins. He said the existing trees will be protected and new ones added to screen the structure from the neighbors and the gabled roofs and terraced floor plan complement the single-family homes nearby. He added that a new design which slices off the building's fourth floor to accommodate resi- dents’ concerns is being consid- ered, and would not seriously af- fect the nature of the project. Currie said he doubts single- family dwellings, that would go up there if the project fails, would be so considerate of the environment. However, east side neighbor Carl Hunter described the building as ‘‘massive’' and said it will cost his family at least one hour of sunlight per day. “This is not a modest, carefully-designed building which will blend in with the rest of the community,’’ Hunter said. Juanita Tupper said she objects to the *‘spot rezoning’’ the project requires. By KAREN GRAM Contributing Writer “*Those who are subsidizing this project’ are the residents in the immediate area through decreased property values,’ Tupper said, and suggested West Vancouver Council consider other sites which would not require rezoning and would cost every homeowner equally. But Bruce Scott, United Chureh board member, said no other suit- able sites exist. *‘The site as chosen and optioned is considered not on- ly the best, but possibly the only suitable site in West Vancouver." He said the United Church has developed the proposal and will maintain it because its members recognized a ‘‘great need’’ for low-cost seniors housing. The building as redesigned will maintain the same number of suites but will delete the top storey, incorporating the Jost suites into the roof space Jeft vacant in the first design. It will house West Vancouver seniors (giving first’ priority to United Church members) living on an average of $8,500 per year. According to West Vancouver 3 - Wednesday, September 9, 1987 ~ North Share News LOST MONDAY Seymour seare continues for 61-year-old man RESCUE WORKERS continued searching Tuesday for a 6l-year-old hiker missing on Mount Seymour after cries for help were reported in the Gopher Lake area. Nbout 25 searchers began comb- ing the area Monday evening and continued through the night: ard Fuesday after two hikers reported hearing cries for help, but failed to tind missing Carlo Musso of Bur- naby. Searchers were joined Tuesday morning by two helicopters as they concentrated the continuing search along the eastern part of Mount Seymour and Indian Arm, North and Wet Vancouver Emergency Program coordinator Jeff Jefferd said Tuesday efforts were being stepped up to locate the missing Burnaby man. A search just after the cries for help were heard by passing hikers failed to turn up the man; no cries were heard during this search, said Jefferd. A group of young people in the area owas first thought to be responsible for the cries for heip, but it later turned out that a hiker was indeed missing. A car left in the parking lot Monday evening confirmed to authorities that a hiker was lost. Musso was to meet family members to zo to the Pacific Na- tional Exhibition Labour Day afternoon when he was listed as missing, A full search was mounted at 9 p.m. Labour Day as members By STEPHEN BARRINGION Sea Reporter from othe North Shore Rescue Team and the Coquithim Search and Rescue Team took to the woods aided by a helicopter. Lost in an area of thick bush and difficult terrain, the man may be miles from where the cries were iast heard because of echoes in the Lost in an area of thick bush und difficult terrain, the man may be miles from where the cries were last heard because of echoes in the area. area, said Jefferd. “We don't know if he was call- ing for help because he was in- jured.’’ he said. “If the person is unconscious he could be missed (by the search crews)}."" The North Shore branch of the B.C. Lifeboat Society aided sear- chers through the night, and members kept a watch in the In- dian Arm region Tuesday near the cast side of Mount Seymour in case the man walked out of the bush. AEA age ai i Ale ie. NEWS photo Cindy Ballamy AN INFORMATION mecting was held Sept. 3 at West Vancouver United Church to discuss a proposed West Vancouver low-income seniors housing program at 1907 and 1923 Esquimalt Avenue. Pictured from left to right are project architect John Currie, United Church housing committee members Bruce Seot¢ and Jack Forster and United Church Rey. John Gouws. social planner R.D. Wagner, about 15 per cent of the renting seniors population with incomes less than $7,000 (31 per cent of area seniors) spend more than 50 per cent of their income on rent. The project qualifies for funding from the B.C, Housing Manage- ment Commission, which would spring for the land purchase and construction costs. Total cost equals $2,578,000. But unless council approves the zone change, the »roject is doom- ed. It has procee-ted through first and second reading. A_ public mecting, the third stage toward approval or rejection, is slated for September 22. The building will have more than required parking facilities located underground and has a total square footage of 27,000 square feet.