4 - Friday, July 15, 1994 - North Shore News

BCR Gleneagles
deal not enough,
WV residents say

Purchase more lots, council urged

WEST VANCOUVER’s pro-
posed land acquisition deal
with BC Rail is not good
enough for some residents of
the Gleneagles-Eagleridge

aed.

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRIGT COUNCIL

By Maureen Curtis

They want 15 more of the !8
remaining BCR residential lots for
public use.

Mast people at the July 11 pub-
lic hearing into the proposed rezon-
ing and development permit appli-
cation for BCR were pleased with
the negotiated agreement.

The deal would allow West
Vancouver to acquire 15 acres (6
hectares) of the 26-acre (10.4-
hectare) BCR right-of-way, includ-
ing most of the Seaview Walk cur-
rently leased by the municipality.

By the terms of the agreement,
BC Properties would be able to
develop {& of the approzimately 40
lots the Crown corporation claimed
it could fit into the casement earlier
this year,

Several people urged West
Vancouver District Council to
negotiate for the purchase of as
many more of those 18 remaining
lots a8 possible.

“This is forever. It’s not a lot of
money when you're talking forev-
es.” said Dennis Perry.

He, Brian Thompson and others
argued that eight lots between
Eagleridge Drive and Orchill Road
would be vital to the future of
Seaview Walk because they would
allow for future connection of the
_walk to Horseshoe Bay and a more

level access from Marine Deive for
the elderly and less able.

The cost of the eight lots, at $1.6
in total, would be 1.5 times more
than West Vancouver spends to
acquire a singie lot in’ the
Ambleside area for Seawalk expan-
sion, stid Thompson.

Residents also recommended
that West Vancouver acquire a
southern parcel of two lots near
Gleneagles Drive which is narrow,
steep and rocky, and would require
“extensive clearing and blasting.”

The lots would cost an estimated
$375,000.

The same group of people lob-
bied for the acquisition of five
more lots in the northern part of the
easement which West Vancouver
already has the option of buying for
just over $1.1.

The five-lot parcel, surrounded
by public land, is currently used for
B.C. Ferries overflow parking and
would be a good site for the future
western recreation centre, it was
argued.

The group, consisting of Perry,
Thompson, Barbara Petit and Jim
Belsheim, argued that the cost of
acquisition was justified.

“many of the residents who
live at this end of the municipality
feel that we often get the short end
of the stick when it comes to
municipal spending,” said
Thompson.

Perry questioned why the West
Vancouver-BCR negotiated pro-
posal had to be considered in July,
in such haste, and said that there
are rumors that it was a “closed-
door deal.”

Other residents stressed the
importance of a continuous off-
road pathway, particularly for the

See Seaview Walk page 5

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