8 ~ Sunday, September 29, 1991 - North Shore News LGH plan receives first approval Policy committee supports favored expansion option LIONS GATE Hospital's favored plan for the proposed $130-million expansion of its facilities was supported Monday by North Vancouver City Council's policy com- mittee. The commitize’s motion sup- ports the further development of option C for the Lions Gate Hos- pital (GH) Official Community Plan (OCP) amendment proposal while also calling for LGH to “undertake a traffic study to the satisfaction of the (city’s) enginecring department to assess the implications of proceeding with option C.” Four options developed through the LGH master plan were pres- ented to council during a policy committee meeting Monday. Option C, the plan favored by LGH, calls for the closure of St. Andrew's Avenue between 13th and 15th streets, and the closure of 14th Street over a half block area east of its present site. Option D, which allows for the expansion within the lands the hospital now occupies is not sup- ported by LGH because it would not meet hospital requirements, said LGH vice-president Uli Haag. The other three options all in- volve the facility's expansion across St. Andrew’s Avenue and over half of the block cast of the present site, between {3th and Sth streets. The hospital currently owns all but one lot in the area proposed for expansion. Options A, B and C all meet LGH’s needs for expansion equal- ly with renovations to existing fa- cilities and a new nursing tower on the present site plus a two- storey building covering the east- ern expansion area, said Haag. The differences between the three options: *option B includes designating some of the streets surrounding the expansion area as higher den- sity to create a transitional area; © option C includes the closure of By Pamela Lang Contributing Writer St. Andrew's Avenue and has the new building moved west to create a park area on the eastern portion of the expansion site; * option C allows for the greatest amount of green space, as well as better transition between the hos- pital and surrounding residential areas and improved pedestrian ac- cess between hospital structures. Richard White, from the city's planning department, said the higher density transitional hous- ing, designated in the proposal as congregate care or seniors hous- ing, was not originally requested by LGH, but suggested by city staff as an option to put before council and the public. The increased density suggested in option B would create pressure for increased density in other ad- jacent single-family residential ticighborhoods, said Ald. John Braithwaite. Ald. Stetla Jo Dean was more concerned with how traffic flow in the area would be affected. She said that not only should LGH examine the effects of clos- ing St. Andrew's Avenue, but they should look at how traffic flow will be changed as the city’s popu- lation continues to grow, Dean supported option A, say- ing that it would be less disruptive than C for city residents in terms of traffic flow and parking. She voted against the recommendation to council. If St. Andrew's is closed, she said, traffic wilt be diverted to streets where residents are already complaining about street noise and traffic problems. New daughter arrives at W. Van Sager home AFTER HAVING spent many a Monday night alone because of her husband’s job as West Van- couver’s mayor, Kathy Sager caused her husband Mark Sager to be absent from Monday night’s West Vancouver District Council meeting so that he could accom- pany her to Grace Hospital for the birth of the couple’s daughter. Mikayla Sager was born Sept. ARDAGH HUNTER TURNER Barristers & Solicitors AFTER HOURS FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION FAX Criminal Matters Only | 986-4366 986-9286 926-3181 #300-1401 LONSDALE, NORTH VANCOUVER, BC. “Equality is more than appearance’ Canadian Human Rights Commission WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL 24 at 12:12 a.m., weighing nine Ibs. six oz. Fellow council member Ald. Andy Danyliu also became a fa- ther for the second time earlier this summer. + NORTH VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL “Closing St. Andrew's Avenue is not in the best interests of the city,’’ Dean said. Ald. Bill) Bell) said he would support C because it is what the hospital and residents want, but only because the traffic study is proceeding. Council, he said, could revert to option A if the traffic problems are determined ¢o be seriously ag- gravated by St. Andrew's Avenue closure. The expansion, explained Haag, would increase the hospital's floor space from 614,300 square feet to t 008.600 square feet. He said the phases would see the new complex cast of St. An- drew’s Avenue being built first, then the nursing tower, and finally the renovations to existing build- ings proceeding. Haag said the expansion would cost $130 million in 1990 dollars, while adding 275 beds to the in- stitution and upgrading all of its facilities. In addition, 240 full-time- equivalent jobs would be added to the LGH staff, he said, increasing operating expenses by $5.4 mil- lion. Bell asked Haag why LGH had not applicd for a change to the Official Community Plan (OCP) sooner, considering that the land WE WILL MEET OR BEAT for the expansion has been owned by the hospital for some time. Haag said it was acquired prior to the 1980 OCP being adopted, and Mayor Jack Loucks added that the land was initially acquired for surface parking. After the city rejected that plan, LGH retained the fand, but without any specific plans for it, he said. Ald. Barbara Perrault asked why the nursing tower needed to be replaced; some members of the community, she said, perceive the move as ‘‘somewhat wasteful." Haag said bringing the existing building up to current building codes and technological standards would cost 80% of the cost to replace it, and replacement would cause less disruption in patient care, White outlined the positive and negative aspects of each option to the policy committee: elf St. Andrew's Avenue were Ieft open, there would be more tree retention, and possibly fewer traffic problems, but clesure of the street would allow for the possible development of a park on the east side of the expansion site. ® Option C was favored by 28 of the 36 people wha responded to a questionnaire issued by the city. *Council also received letters from neighboring rer‘dents, in- cluding a 40-name peiition sup- Porting option B. The policy committee recom- mendation should come before council in October. ANY OTHER TOYOTA DEALER'S PRICE! é FIERO GT Fully loaded, f-owner, ? 2 door, fully loaded excellent condition. En PONTIAC 87 PONTIAC Auto, fully loaded, incl. T-tops. SUPPLIES LAST. 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