3 - Sanday, May 21, 1989 — Lynn Valley Ecko LYNN CANYON NEIGHBORHOODS ‘UNDER REVIEW’ Group discusses developments in park plan A LARGE part of Lynn Valley Community Association’s (LVCA) annual general meeting was spent. discussing the plight of Lynn Canyon Park, which is earmarked in the Seymour Official Community Plan (OCP) for future resi- dential development. Over 25 people attended the Tuesday, May 9, meeting to review the events of the past year and elect a new board of officers. Plans to build two neighborhoods with a potential combined population of 5,200 have been met. with opposition from the community association, rezoned as designated parkland, thereby assuring pres:cvation of the park in perpetuit: which voiced its concern to North © Vanccuver District council in an effort to prevent the proposal be- ing adopted into the district’s OCP which is presently still in draft form. With regard to the May 7 rally which was to de held in Lynn Canyon Park to draw public atten- tion to the OCP plans, but which was cancelled, LVCA president Derek Andrews explained, ‘‘It was sort of a strategic thing....Our ini- tial objective was to change the OCP and they (N.V._ district council) have done that. But now we'd like to sse substance to ‘hat promise.’* Andrews was referring to coun- cil’s recent decision to put the two proposed residential areas in Lyan Canyon Park ‘‘under review.’” Al present, the boundaries of vhct is known as Lynn Canyon Park are unciear, with some areas dedicated parkland and others zoned as Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (PRO). The PRO designation can be changed and rezoned to accom- modate residential development, which would be the case if district council decided to proceed with the development plans in the Seymour P, The LVCA wants the lands presently designated as Parks, Recreation, and Open Space, to be public information booth set up in Lynn Vailey Centre. He stated that if further evi- dence was required to. convince council, his committee was prepared to conduct a survey of local residents. To further publicize the plight of Lynn Canyon Park, Miles McNamara told the meeting of plans to produce a film or video, showing the park’s current and future uses. He projected that the film would be submitted to the mae laid out in the draft OCP. Andrews voiced his concern that crossing Lynn Creek at Ross Road where the creek was quite broad was impractical but added that a link north of the suspension bridge, joining Dempsey Road and Hyannis Drive, woulc. be more feasible since the creek is con- siderably narrower at that point. Some people questioned why North Vancouver District did not consider other links on the lower reaches of Lynn Creek near the phote Nel) Lucente SAVE-OUR-PARK committer members Derek Andrews (behind table, left) und David Blacoe were among those who moaned an information booth at the recent Pitch-In and Picnic event at Lynn Canyon Park. The group, spawned from the Lynn Valley Community Association, is batttir:, plans for two Inter-river neighborhoods that are laid out in the draft district Official Community Plan. 3 Save-Our-Park committee member David Blacoe reported that close to 5,000 signatures had been coliected on petitions oppos- ing the Lynn Canyon develop- ments, and added that the public continued to show interest at the Ministry of Tourism, local chambers of commerce, and area libraries. Discussion turned to another development affecting Lynn Can- yon Park — the proposed Ross Road-Hyannis Drive road link, as Be Echo editor for a day ‘What decisions would you make if you were the editor of the Lynn Valley Echo for a day? The editor’s job involves the selection of news stories, feature stories, photographs, columnists and special sections that would be of interest to the newspaper’s au- dience. . - . If you were the editor for a day, would you make any changes to , LCOME ON DOWN FoR GOOD. 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Desperados June 15,4617 Kansas City Southom June 22,23,24 Roosters formur Premier Street landfill site. On:,-man expressed his coubt that the link would alleviate evacuation problems in the case of a disaster, inviting others to study closely. the feasibility of all Seymour and Deep Cove residents using the link as an escape route. A further point was made that if chsmical plants were not permitted near residential areas in the first place, the threat of a hazardous goods spill would be reduced and the need for escape routes elimi- nated. Andrews reminded the group that these concerns could be ad- dressed in the North Vancouver ci- ty and district transportation survey, of which the first. public meeting will be held some time in June. INFORMATION MEETING PLANNED Since there was still some confu- sion as to the actual boundaries of the park, the meeting voted to produce a map showing what the association believed should be the boundaries, and to provide the map to people at the preparatory information meeting slated for Thursday, May 25th at 7:30 at the Lynn Vailey Community Hall, to which all interested residents are invited. This meeting will provide oppor- tunity to prepare for the upcoming publi: hearing held by the district the following week, where the public is invited to give input on the district's OCP before it is adopted by council. The public hearing is on Tuesday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Balmoral Secondary School, 3365 Mahon Avenue, North Vancouver. The OCP expresses the council's long-term social, economic, and environmental goals, objectives and policies respecting the general form and character of future land use patterns for the municipality of the District of North Vancouver. 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