page 6 September 14,1 1977 - oe Shore News .

By” “NOEL WRIGHT

So many and. diverse were the viewpoints and
suggestions aired at- last Wednesday’s packed

‘‘town meeting”’

in West Vancouver about. future —

development above. the: Upper Levels. Highway -
that quite a number of the audience: must. have _
gone home suffering varying. degrees of . ‘mental —

indigestion. Was there

any single, | overriding -

message for. council from the 400 or. more.
residents from. every corner of the municipality -
who crowded. into West Van Secondary, School? —

[think there was. IT hope Mayor Peter J ones and
| his council colleagues heard it.

“The. first point, obviously,
was the sheer size of the
. gathering. Next to Christmas.
the back-to-school (back-to - -
college,  back-to-business)
week following the official -
end of the summer holiday
season is the second busiest |
week of the year, especially
for families. The fact that
some- 400 citizens from
Cedardale to Horseshoe’ Bay
“were prepared tc give three _
hours of their time right. in.

-the middle of that week:to—

discuss the future of their®
community was a message in
itself.

The announced’ subject. of
the meeting—development
_ proposals for the mountain-
side area north ‘of the: Upper.~
Levels—naturally attracted. ©

the area between Lawson: .
and Marr Creeks worried ©
residents below the highway”
because of the drainage - and
'. flooding problems it threat-
ens; it worried residents on
2st Street who object to.
‘becoming another 15th.

Street traffic -artery—and. it .
worried Sth Street residents -.

Unenthusiastic about becom-
ing a second Taylor Way.
.Meanwhile, Chartwell area
residents vigorously protest-
ed the use of their streets as
east-west thoroughfares to
the development area.

PAN DORA’S BOX

‘Apart from the local interest -
groups, other —
opened up a whole Pandora's
Box of more. general: fears’)

and warnings about | future:
development in West Van-.
couver,, whether on the —

mountainside or anywhere
else. |

which,

its: full share | of ; et

» Nagi us |

“by :
Round heteleoment Ltd. for: Vancouver.

over:.the capital costs of

servicing the development of

-raw: land with everything

“from sewers to schools; over

council's. present low-density
policy of 2.5 units per acre
for such devélopments—
it was claimed,
making - housing here

during. the © sixties will,
themselves, never be able to
afford a home. - in

Dr:- Bob | “Collier, .

eleven planning ‘ ‘studies”’

[e rainage and transport

-ation,to. ‘economie impact and
population ~
have been launched,
pleted, reviewed or put on

the back burner over the past .
‘Their ..

four or five years.
- audience listened politely to
this recital of good intent-

ions, but didn’t appear to
. draw much comfort from it.

Every once ina while Mayor
Jones | also reminded — the

‘speakers © ._o

. -who live there.

key. question: just ‘what. are
There was ‘concern over. the 7

basic’ question of how fast
WestVan's population should
“be allowed. to grow; over
increased traffic congestion; |

_ ver’s. resident peasants as
reflected. ‘by - last. Wednes-
: day’ S meeting?

that. the ‘inderlying consen-
sus could: ‘probably » ‘be re-

_let’s not rush things until we .

| 50 |
high-priced that the younger, _
middle-income.

, generation —
raised in: West Vancouver

alderman Derrick Humphries We are pace fy Seay
to Mayor: Jones. and his Tune 12.) Bo Personal Shopping ¢ nly”

council;
the |

community where > they grew

. Those ten words brought the:
: UP.

ere of the ‘evening. .
Wn response . Mayor Jones oo
‘and his” planning director, -
made:
“. Soothing sounds: about me :

. “Despite the busy- busy plan-

‘staff-to date, there.is still-no
: detailed Master “plan: cover-
Jing,
 document,.
' different. but

- concerns of West Vancouver -
-growth—which ~

com.

_aspects . of West .
development—

initiative. |

- podge

‘regulations and_ half-baked

they. have a good chance of
‘getting council’s nod. And.

: _ precedent for: future’
a Projects.
CITIZENS? INITIATIVE | le r
7 Once. a true’ Jong range. ca cu ator- .
master plan for West Van-: - converter

proved—a plan: taking into:

municipality’ S. growth | over,

citizens of Bill 42, just passed
by the - provincial govern-
_ ment. In effect, it now-gives
Victoria. the right to overrule
any: municipal: housing pol-

icies' of © which © _ Nictoria-.
- disapproves. - | “Af. Victoria:
“wants . “increased housing

‘development in. West. Van-
_couver,: that's. the: way -it-is
going to be—and. to hell with’
the ‘wishes of. the’ ‘peasants

_CHAIRS _ Se
TAB LES = = See
_CHESTER FI 1ELDS _ :
_BUFFETS_

“LET'S NOT RUSH”
Which brings us back to: the

the wishes: of ‘West- Vancou: |

"Listening: to. ‘speaker. after
speaker, I:got the impression _

duced ‘te 4 single sentence:. | ;
know exactly where we want
West Vancouver to go from:
here, and how.

: SALE STARTS .

Plea tnternations!

: wih St. 1300 Block «

peaeiine Road rae

qemu Lions Gate Bridge!

eye ask you, ” said former

.**to make haste ©
much, much more. slowly.”

2 FREE COFFEE

tPhilip Ave. ¢

loudest.and ee applause

ning. exercises of: municipal

ineo a" single policy -
‘all: ‘the. many

inter-related.

residents about the future of |
their community. So individ-
ual. developers’ presently
tend to have an important

- Provided :. their - proposals
meet current legal require-
ments—based on a hodge-.
of uncoordinated

piecemeal ‘‘guidelines’’ for.
this, that and the other—

thus, incidentally, of setting - |

couver «is evolved and . ap:
‘ POCKET: a PURSE size

96. DIFFERENT FUNC.
|. TIONS AT THE TOUCH
: ‘OF A BUTTON - -

account every aspect of the

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