19 — Friday, February 15, 1991~- North Shore News

Deep Cove park creation plan [simmons HIDE-A-BEDS

challenged by local residents

A PROPOSAL to create a small
neighborhood park in Deep Cove
continues to create conflict over
how much land should be includ-
ed in the park.

By Martin Millerchip
Contributing Writer

North Vancouver District owns
10 lots zoned for single-family res-
idences (RS 4) in an area bounded
by Caledonia Avenue and Kinloch
Lane between Strathcona Road
and Mount Seymour Parkway.

In 1989 two staff reports
resulted in the recommendation to
develop the seven lots on Kinloch
and to rezone the three lots on
Caledonia to Parks, Recreation
and Open Space (PRO).

A delegation of focal residents
argued against that decision and
at a subsequent public meeting,
then-mayor Marilyn Baker and
district. director of development
Richard Plunkett heard proposals
for an interpretive nature park in-
corporating all of the lots.

A year’s worth of meetings be-
tween Plunkett and the residents
resulted in a staff proposal to
rezone all the lots to PRO with
the exception of the southernmost
of the three lots on Caledonia
(Lot 5).

At the public heating of that
rezoning bylaw on Tuesday night
most of the residents who spoke
praised Plunkett for his involve-
ment in the process, but they con-
tinued to press for the inclusion of
Lot 5 in the proposed park.

Joan Hunting presented a peti-
tion from all but one household
on Caledonia opposing the devel-
opment of Lot 5 and said, “This
lot is not only access to the rest of
the park, it forms an integral part
of the green belt area. It has a
large portion of the open area
where kids can play.’’

Carl Hallson,* another
Caledonia resident, pointed out
that the two lots proposed for
PRO on Caledonia are on steeply
contoured land with slopes in ex-
cess of 30 degrees.

“This choice (Lot 5’s develop-
ment) is made only on an eco-
nomical basis, it has nothing to do
with its value as a PRO space,’’
said Hallson.

But Plunkett disagreed with the
accusation of limited access and
said that the residents could be
accommodated within the bylaw

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proposal.

Said Plunkett, ‘‘We will be
recommending that the lot (Lot 5)
not be put up for sale until such
time as the parks plan in the area
is complete. Part of the require-
ment of that plan will be to make
sure and to guarantee that ada-
quate access will be provided in
one form or another for the peo-
ple from Caledonia into that park
area."

Plunkett also promised
guidelines on the development of
Lot 5 with regard to a building
envelope, the size of any house
and the retention of the mature
trees.

‘*We will not sell that lot unless
we have those guarantees,’’ said
Plunkett.

Bill Blakely urged council to
**be wary about what they are be-
ing told will work out just great.

“It's just obvious that Lot 5
must be included (in the park).
It’s absolutely unbelievable that

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you can work in an RS 4 house
site, maintain the significant trees,
and accommodate a pathway.
This isn’t a rubber lot. You can
only do so much in 50 feet of
width.””

Blakely also challenged the
perception that the long negotia-
tion process with the residents was
democratic.

Blakely maintained that the
proposal should have been sent to
the Advisory Planning Commis-
sion and the Parks Advisory
Committee in order to gain some
perspective as to where the pro-
posed park fits into the total
system.

Council] debated whether to ad-
journ the hearing for one month
to do just that, but agreed in-
stead to return the bylaw to coun-
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