10 - Sunday, fune 17, 1990 - North Shore News

inquiring
reporter
Patrick Raynard

HOLIDAY TIME! The weather has turned around, fi-
nally, and the imminent end of school has got parents
gritting their teeth. The time has come when we can talk
about holidays without feeling guilty, and withou: get-

Where are you

ting teased at the office about our decadence. This
week, Inquiring Reporter asked citizens where they plan
to spend their vacation time and money.

Michael Maser

Ottawa

This is my holiday. I us-
ed to five in West Van-
couver and I love it. [I’m
fooking for a job here
and [ want to move
back. tam totally fed up
with Ontario. Ottawa is
such a vicious place.

Jane Avall
West Vancouver

Friends of ours have a
cabin on the water on
Quadra Island and that’s
where we'll go in August.
It wiil be a change from
visiting the relatives in
England and Sweden.

going on your holiday?

Siobhan Clarke
Bowen Island

The West Coast Trail is
where I’m heading, with
three friends. It’s wet,
but we want to do it.
We've already done
Neweastle Island, off
Nanaimo. Then we'll go
to the Stein Festival in
the Stein Valley.

George Mercer
North Vancouver

I just came back from a
month in Hawaii, and
I’m off soon to the Dix-
jeland Jazz Festival in
Sacramento. Then I'll
visit an old RCAF friend
in Toronto. In the mean-
time, I like to come to
Ambleside and every se-

Dudley Land
West Vancouver

Vacation? The only place
I go is to Safeway and
home. We’re paying too
much in taxes. Look at
them tearing up the
sidewalks. They’ve got to
spend the money some-
how. Give me a million
and I might be able to go

Neighbors oppose social housing

From page 5
concerns, calling the issue pre-
determined, and, despite the
public hearing, saying council has
not taken time to hear them.

Issues raised by residents during
Monday’s public hearing included:

® Loss of the forest area, and
possible damage to trees in the
adjacent park that are currently
protected from wind damage by
the stand on the development.

¢ That the park behind
property be left undeveloped.

© increased density. But Ald.
Bell used staff figures to indicate
that the density of this project will
not differ from that across the
street.

* Negative impact on the com-
munity. Concerns were raised
about the type of residents the

. development will have.

* Increased traffic on Rufus
Drive.

e Further overcrowding of
Eastview School. But city social
planner Cheryl Kathler said the
school can handle the new stu-
dents expected to live in the pro-
ject.

* Crowding. Developers were
asked how many children would
be allowed in each of the small
bedrooms. Stern explained that
the B.C. Housing Commission in-
sists that bedrooms be shared by
no more than two children, and
only if they are of the same sex
and under five years old.

¢ Parking along Rufus Drive.

© Decreased property values.
While a local resident and realtor
said property values would
definitely be affected, city land
agent Colin Greer said he could
not find one instance of devalua-
tion near social housing projects
in Vancouver.

While most of those occupying
the full city gallery appeared to
oppose the project, support for
the development was voiced by
some single parents, including one

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ject.

With a background in social
housing, city resident Ken Rayfuse
said he was impressed with the
project and looks forward to liv-
ing there with his two teenage
sons.

A change in marital status dras-
tically affected her economically,
but it did not alter her standards,
said Val Kwee, who said that liv-
ing with only one parent does not
necessarily change a_ child’s
behavior.

“This project fulfills a great
need,”’ she added.

Rick Steeling of the B.C. Hous-
ing Commission said the project
will be regulated by a “‘strict
standard, code of conduct and
budget,’’ adding that ENF is one
of the best social housing
organizations.

He said that social housing has
received a ‘bad rap’’.

But he added that since 1985,
the commission has received no
complaints about new develop-
ments.

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