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with a Chinese teen for a game
of water volleyball. He said the
teen’s English was limited, and
players on the other team, pos-
sibly “Lebanese or Iranian,”
started calling hina names.

cv called him ‘f**ing
sushi,” and said things like ‘up
your ass’,

When his son moved to
admonish those making the
remarks Murphy said he
stopped him.

“I told him ‘You're OK
because I’m here, but what if 1
wasn't? You could be in real
trouble.’ ”

And, as if to prove his
point, Murphy said a total of
three fights broke out
throughouc the — evening.
During the worst of them;
which took place during the
volleyball game, Murphy said a
young female bystander got hit
in the nose by an elbow as one
brawler hauled back his arm to
throw a punch. ;

“There was one fellow on
the staff who made an effort to
get things under control .
but, well, they weren't under
control.”

Nancy McMillan, recre-
ation coordinator at Lonsdale
RecCentre, said she spoke to
staff who worked Saturday
night and “no one felt any-
thing out of the usual hap-

pened.” She said seven staff

were working to supervise the .

40 to SQ kids in the pool and
25 to 30 participants hanging
out in the Outer Limits Teen
Lounge.

_ “Certainly we do get an
ethnic mix. ve always been

roud of that. There’s always a

it of roughhousing,” she
added. “The kids do a little bit
of testing to see what's allowed

and what's: not allowed. But ©

‘iv’s_carefully monitored by
» staff, they try‘to provide a
- structured, positive environ-
“ment for the kids.” McMillan
‘said’ perhaps Murphy’s son
- “was a little bit young” to be
attending the teen swim.

reseiveeatty to avold aisappointme

Park Royal
plan finds support

Council has yet to approve $30- million project

Catherine Barr
Contributing Writer

SOMETIMES change
can be a good thing.

At least that’s the way
people saw it Tuesday night
at the Park Royal Hotel’s
public open house informa-
tion session.

The owners have applied
to the district for permits :0
redevelop the +43-year-oid
establishment from the
ground up. The project as
proposed is worth about $30
miilion.

Approximately 40 people
stopped by to see the hotel’s
new development _ plans.
While = some attendees
approached the news with
quiet reserve, most of the vis-
itors tiked what they saw.

Architect Barry Downs,
owner representative Gregg
Holubitsky and independent
consultant-planner Bob
Heaslip were all on hand to
provide explanations for the
drawings, models and design
ideas.

If approved, the old 30-
room, 20,000 sq. ft. (1,858
sq. m) facility will be trans-
formed into a new 76,000 sq.
ft. (7,060 sq. m) “boutique
hotel” with 99 guest suites, a
100-seat restaurant and a
110-seat lounge and pub. A
new 150-seat banquet facility
and boardroom for 20 are
also included in the plans.

The pro sal calls for a

“step-up” design which will
fully utilize the hotel’s cur-
rent commercial location.

According to plans, the

outermost sections of the’

new building will be only two

’ storeys high.

It’ will thea ‘step-up in
increments to four, and then
six’ storeys at the intersection

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THE new Park Royal Hotel would incorporate a “step-

up” design.

Street.

The entire structure will
be sited closer to the frontage
on 6th Street bur it will also
expand onto an old aban-~
doned parking lot that lies
behind the building. This lot
is currently owned by the dis-
trict.

“It’s beautiful,” said
Heidi Neff, a regular hotel
and restaurant patron. “I like
the care they’re taking with
the landscaping. [I'm really
impressed.”

Environmental — surveys
and traffic studies have

already been commissioned.
Early reports indicate that
the trees and gardens will
remain largely intact.

“I think the hotel is
great,” said businessman
Robert Richmond as he
looked at a model on the
table. Richmond said he can’t
wait for the new hotel
because he and his clients
need this kind of service: .

Guests also had the
opportunity to fill out com-
ment forms and leave their
suggestions. But aside from

the odd nostalgic sentiment,
all of the forms read {ike let-
ters of encouragement.

“I think (the reaction) has
been very faveurable,” said
project architect Downs.

Even traffic issues have
been = addressed early.
Consultant Harry Thompson
was there in person to assure
residents that there would be
no significant increase in traf-

ie.

During rush hour,
Thompson said there would
only be about 20 more cars
in the area. “The (provincial)
Ministry had no objections to
this,” he said.

The hotel plans to held
more public seminars in the
near future.

There will also be an offi-
cial public hearing held by

West Vancouver District as -
part of the development

application procedure.

If approved, construction
could start as carly as spring
2001.

All partners would like to
sec completion of the project
by spring 2002.

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