Al4 - Wednesday, March 21, 1934 - North Shore News By JOANNE MacDONALD A MONTH-LONG study by North Van- couver District staff ‘revealed Monday that if the proposed Badger Place development in the Deep Cove area is given the go ahead, the flow in the neighboring Gallant Creek will only marginally increase from 68.8 cfs (cubic feet per second) to 70.1 cfs. The proposed development site is located southwest of Badger Road and north of the Gallant Ave. road allowance. The. development would necessitate the rezon- ing of the land in question from Single Family Residen- tail one acre zone (RS1) to Single Family Residential 6000 zone (RS4). The proposed development concept would result in the creation of 13 strata lots on both sides of a cul de sac ex- tending from Badger Road. The application for the rezoning request originally came to council’s attention in December, 1983. It was deferred until the completion of a staff report studying the impact such a development would have on the Gallant Creek drainage system. The total drainage area for Gallant upstream of Badger Road is 156 acres, while the Badger Place development is 3.2 acres in total. The drainage study looked at not only the natural drainage boundary at Gallant Creck using extensive ficld observations, but it also in- chided an assessment of the potential for future develop ment within’ the natural drainage arca, a review of the downstream drainage facilities, plus a look at the effect of the existing cut-off ditch and of any potential related problems = resulting from construction. Recommendations arising out of the staff report sug- gested that if Badger Place is developed it would be necessary to re-locate the cut. off ditch on the west property ‘ine of the development in order to prevent damage resulting from cacessive over. land flow. A second cut-off ditch would also be required on the cast property line dur ing construction of = the project. A third recommendation called for the cntire Gallam Creck drainage system to be re-assessed in the event the 40 acres of land in the Urban 1 and Reserve, located within the natural drainage boun dary of the system, = are dcveloped. Following discussion of the staff ceport, council moved that the necessary bylaw for tcroning the Badger Placc suc be prepared. DISPLAY 980-0511 CLASSIFIED 986-6222 STATISTICS RELEASED by the B.C. Police Commis- sion this week back-up what’s already known on the North Shore — the incidence of crime is on the decline. The figures released in the annual report of the commis- PERSO sion deal primarily with 1982 and show that all three North Shore municipalities fare well when compared to other B.C. towns and cities. North Vancouver District, in fact, has one of the lowest crime rates in the province, with a record of 83 Criminal Code offenses per 1,000 population during 1982. That’s not too many more than Summerland, which log- ged the lowest crime rate at 58, and well below the pro- vincial average crime rate. . West Vancouver is also below the average with 106 incidents, while North Van- couver City is slightly above the average with a crime rate of 150 incidents. Figures for 1983 aren’t in- cluded in the report, but both — the North Vancouver RCMP and the West Vancouver Police reported early this year that most crimes decreased during 1983. The News will take a fuller look at the commission’s an- nual report in a future issue. APPEARANCE | tan O WAM COOPM Wad Thu fm 9AM 990 FM © ALL ITEMS AVAILAME © VAMCOUVER 664-5231 6 PARK BOWAL 022.6111 © OAKBIDGE 261.3311 © MEW WESTREDESTEN 52! 961] © GARLDFOND 586 2111 © LANSDOWNE 270 3.122 * COQUITLAM 404.2722 Mon Tue WHEL QUANTITIES LAST