| Page68; May'9; 1979> North SHort New? Phe | ‘future: use | of: ‘the. “North < “Vancouver . Senior Sevouaty ‘School. site “was Mayor Loucks felt any- ‘change in government would not. significantly change BCBC’s decision to use that ity,‘ site rather than any other for : “considered. a “report” from ‘the director of ' {permits and ‘licenses: which ‘outlined. the fact that an ‘agreement has been reached ‘between the School Board vand the British Columbia Building. Corporation to lease part of the land for a Aemporary courthouse ‘facility for approximately ‘three: years. BCBC i is also proposing to - build “a permanent cour- thouse facility in the area, a - proposal.to which some City aldermen are opposed. _~-A ‘motion, ‘to defer discussion. on the topic for ‘one week in order to see - whether there is- ‘a°change in ‘the provincial ‘government, was defeated in a tiebreaking vote by Mayor Jack Loucks. omer: courthouse: °° ae He. pointed. out BCBC’s option to purchase the land _was ‘contingent on. what _ other use they put'the land . . to, and said the public is _ interested in. what else will be built there- besides a courthouse. Council voted to refer to the Advisory Planning Commission the suggestion —_ that the land not used for © court purposes be used for attached housing. An additional part of the motion stating that the . Suggestion be approved in principle by council. was deleted from the motion. Alderman Frank Marcino said council had given a commitment to the public to hold a meeting on the use of . | Controversial — town house plan gets council OK © Some resounding ‘ “boos” _were let out Monday when West Vancouver Council approved by a 3 to 2 vote a controversial townhouse development proposed for 1786 Esquimalt Ave. The initial public meeting on the proposal had been jammed, mostly by residents from a highrise adjacent to the site. Council , chambers were crowded again by the same group Monday evening when council was scheduled to vote on the issue. The three aldermen who voted. in favor of the eight townhouses proposed by developer C.J. Oliver were Ann Arnott, Robert Hicks and John Humphries. Arnott said there has to be “some give and take”. in development matters, noting that the proposal includes an_. attractive, natural preser- vation scheme for Lawson Creek on the western side of the lot and the design is “innovative and exciting.” “The parcel of land has a right to be developed,” she snid. Hicks said the developer could take an_ alternative route and culvert Lawson Creek to build a highrise. The tiered townhouse design, he said, seemed to him the best use of the land in view of “the very long range, what can be developed on the land 20 years from now.” ’ Humphries also agreed that the alternative “is a very poor “one.” While the development creates some “problem” for “the people next door,” he said he prefers this low-rise development to a highrise. Speakers at the earlier public meeting were not in favor of a highrise. They mostly wanted to keep the land undeveloped to use as a park. Alderman Doreen Blackburn voted against the project, supporting the view of neighboring residents who claim the project is not technically a townhouse because the units are tiered over four storeys. Alderman Don McAlister voted against the proposal because he said he does not like townhouses, ‘“par- ticularly frame ones.” He said he was aware the alternative would be a concrete highrise and the developer “is free to go that way.” This townhouse proposal brought before council some basic issues — West Van- couver residents calling for more parks, particularly near to their residences, and the right of land owners to develop versus the call for open space in a municipality which has more parkland per capita than most municipalities in the Lower Mainland. _f Ca | rel we an land ' future . “Noith | Vancouver | “City council supported the idea of ' a: public inquiry into . waterfront development, in a ‘regular - meeting Monday night. the land as soon.as. sufficient information was available. "It appears’ such a meeting - will be: held on: Or. before June 19. | Several” “aldermen | “said they felt the site of the N, Van school should remain a public use area, It was pointed out -that a- zoning change would be required to zone the area for housing. Support for the idea came in response to a letter from ’ the ‘Vice-President of North Vancouver White. The letter called for a SPEC, Del ‘public . inquiry ‘process to bring together all influences . on - Burrard [nlet for the purpose of--establishing an overall policy of develop” ment. . City council voted to send a letter of support to SPEC, and to send copies of their - letter. o the National Harbours Board and North Vancouver District - Mayor ' Don Bell. An earlier motion to receive and file the letter, by Alderman Frank Marcino was defeated, as several aldermen felt council should be more involved in the issue; Alderman Marcino said he supports SPEC’s actions, but felt the letter was addressed Lenda hand... to clean our land NDP DOESN TT WANT YOU TO VOTE IN THE " That's right. The NDP doesn't want you to cast a ballot. The NDP is hoping for a light voter turnout. The reason is simple. The NDP consistently votes as a power biock, and the fewer free enterprise voters that turn out, the more divided the‘ vote and a better chance the NDP has of gaining power. It's sort of like sneaking in the back door. There is a great concem by many British Columbians that voter apathy could | harm the chances of your free enterprise candidate. This general apathy apparently is not a problem with the NDP, as they have produced the most libelous, sarcastic advertising campaign in British Columbia's political history...a campaign of half-truths, mis-quotations... a campaign that has made their own party members aghast at the overtones. In - tact, within their own ranks, there has been such dissension about the style of advertising, that they have pulled many of their own commercials off the aiz .. even the NDP now realizes it does not pay to insult the voter. It seems that this group will stop at nothing to get elected. Remember, this is the same group that ran the province's finances into the ground in a short 3'4 years. This is the same group that overspent in one area alone over $100 million...and the famous NDP minister said cockily about your money “What's $100 million?” This is the same group that arrogantly insinuated that American tourists should stay away from B.C....and drastically cut back our tourist revenue...and now it's the same group that is hoping you won't vote in the May 10 election. Dox't stand for it. No power group can tell you how or when to vote. It's your basic individual right. It's your freedom. Show them you won't be pushed around. VOTE MAY 10. AND BE COUNTED. Committes-to Re-elect Sensible Government. to the ~ Distiiet aiid City council should wait to, see what their ‘response: was, re Alderman Gary: Payne _ said there should be'a. policy setting group with regards to the Burrard Inlet, which the City should be involved j in. And it was ‘Alderman Payne’s motion to support the SPEC letter that was.. passed by council. - ” PITCH-IN ‘79, MAY 7—12. Keep ‘Canada. | Beautiful .