3 - Wednesday, April 19, 1985 - North Shore News Aufo.............17 Budget Becters.... .46 Business..........33 + | Oa Fashion.......... 45 Sport............ 22 TV nc cae ce nsec ee 42 WGO............34 SPIDERS: 43 Spiders are a passion for this tarantula collecter. MORGAN: 17 The Morgan may net be SNOW FUN: F2 There’s still plenty of snow WEATHER: Sunshine mixed with doud finde Nore Smee TuLasareupe Rages eaateetcaneer man terse arteameetnnmmtinsa: ee : “today, a few showers : ‘Thursday. for skiers and snowball sophisticated, but it fighters on local mountains. owner. | promise TWELVE- HUNDRED dollars a month rent is what senior citizens might have to shell out if they. want.to live in a proposed apartment. complex for elders on Marine Ditve i in West Vancouver. , cA ‘concépt’ by. West Peak Ventures: ‘to build. a .three- storey seniors’ ‘residence in 7 tke, 2000-block Marine Drive got .a. warn: "reception “from The proposal, approced: in. Principle. only,. detailed plans. for,.a~mixed residential: and~ intermediate ~~ care facility - which | seniors could either rent or pur- chase. + Although the apartment complex plan. outlines facili- .ties: that have 80 self-con- ‘tained.’ suites, . council _ in- dicated this number might have to be reduced to comp- ly with municipal building regulations. In addition to the 80 apartment units, West Peak Ventures also intend to pro- vide 41 intermediate units. Van District has been work- ing toward assembling two sites for construction of a seniors’ complex, Because West Van’s pro-. portion of elderly is high, .the municipality argued that there would be a real de- mand for seniors’ housing in. care Since the late 1970s, West” provides lois of fun for its the community, . West Van has-the: highest ratio of elderly in the lower Mainland. According to 1981 Statistics Canada data, about 17 per cent of the municipality's population is 65-years old. Projections indicate that in 1991, the ratio of elderly in West Van will climb to 22 per cent. Currently, however, more than 40 per cent of the municipality’s seniors are 75-years of age and up. “Statistics are very clear about. where - the. greatest need lies for a seniors’ pro-. ject in West Vancouver,’’ said a West Van Seniors’ Committee report to council, “Our survey of. seniors in West Van...indicates there is- a demand for the type of project proposed.” About 1,000 persons on the North Shore aged 65- years and up were in inter- mediate care facilities in. 1984. Those waiting for a private room in a care facili- . ty have a one to two year. wait for accommodation. NEWS. "photo ‘Stuart prin West Peak’s development proposal is not a total in- termediate care facility. It is, said the Seniors Committee, a building designed to ensure elderly residents can main- tain their independence. _ “*The residential portion is not a care facility,’’ said the ‘report. “But the project is flexible and can respond to the changing needs of seniors.” Council, however, must still first approve the entire project before any construc- tion can start. Drinkers beware CST. DOUG Lye of the West Vancouver Police department checks the ’ registration of a motorist visiting Cypress Bowl over the holiday weekend gS part of overall increas- ed police efforts to curb drinking drivers taking to area parks as the warm weather approaches. Both the. West Vancouver Police and the North Vancouves RCMP will be setting up random road- blocks throughout the area, .with liquor to be seized and charges to be laid if necessary. Cypress Bowl and the base of Seymour Mountain will be just two of the areas targeted by police throughout the spring and summer months.