Rezoning

rejection

raises debate over

seniors’ housing
1800-block Duchess and Esquimalt

A PROPOSAL to rezone
the 1800-block of Duchess
and Esquimalt Avenues was
rejected Nov. 23 by West
Yancouver District Council,
but not before council
members and residents had
spoken out emotionally on
the issues of preserving
neighborhood character and
providing afferdable
seniors’ housing.

By Maureen Curtis
Contributing Writer

The rezoning proposal came in
a letter frora local resident Cotin
MacCallum.

MacCallum asked council about
rezoning all or parts of the
single-family area of 1800-block
Duchess and Esquimalt to allow
for the construction of low-rise
integrated developments.

Some . residents of the area,
sandwiched between West Van-
couver Memorial Park and an
apariment zone, had signed the
supporting petition that accom-
panied MacCallum’s letter.

Speaking in favor of the upzon-
ing of his neighborhood, Mac-
Callum argued that low-scale
“‘sround oriented’? townhouses
could accommodate seniors or
young families, while replacing the
existing small, older cottages in a
more orderly way than through
piecemeai redevelopment.

He said he was disappointed
with the recent rejection by local
residents of the greposed Fulton
Gardens seniors’ housing project.

‘How callous can we become?
Why should these seniors have to
move away from their friends?’’
ite asked.

While other similar proposals
have come from developers or
church groups, MacCallum’s pro-
posal was generated by Mac-
Callum and some other people in
the neighborhood who would be
willing to ‘*co-operate’’ with such
a group

But neither staff nor council
was convinced that there was
justification to pursue a rezoning
of the area.

Other residents of the neigh-
borhcod came to the meeting to
ask council to uphold the official
community plan, which calls for

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

retention of neighborhood charac-
ter.

Bill Kinsey said the proposal!
would ‘‘destroy a neighborhood.”

He advocated other means of
housing seniors, such as ‘‘granny
suites.”’

Having, just bought a property
on Duchess with the intention of
raising a family in a single-fainily
area, Paul Boudra accused Mac-
Callum of having mercenary
motivations in seeking to rezone
ihe area.

PAT BONAME... 78th Street
unique and charming.

Paui Cote said the question of a
possible rezoning had put a halt to
renavations and improvements to
local houses, a disruption that
Coun. Rod Day strongly objected
to.

“It’s a big mistake to
traumatize a neighborhood like
this. They go into an area and fly
this flag ... and it causes a lot of
tension. | think we should stop
this,”” said Dav.

“The real problem is middle
priced housing for
families....These areas with smal]
houses are very valuable start-up
areas for families .’

Coun. Pat Boname said she
would support another seniors’
heusing iask force to determine
how and where such developments
could take place.

“But the 18th Street area is
unique and charming. I'd tike to
see it stay the way it is,"’ she said.

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