ESPLANADE SITE SUGGESTED

Dear Editor:

I am writing in regards to the
proposed development of the
Lonsdale Quay, directly behind the
ICBC offices.

Not only would such a building
(an office/residential tower)
become a major pruolem for those
who live and work in the area, it
would totally destroy the present
aspect by creating another concrete
canyon.

Ambleside

Quay

I find it rather incredible that
both the North Vancouver City
Council and the developers did not
consider the more practical land on
the north side of Esplanade. The
land is one block long and two
blocks deep, bounded by Lons-
dale, Chesterfield, Esplanade and
Second Street. This land has only
five buildings and a couple of car
parks on it at the present time. It is
just unused scrubland that certain-

seniors

housing has ‘dangers’

Dear Editor:

I am concerned about the pro-
posed seniors development on Es-
quimalt Avenue in West Van-
couver. Allowing another seniors
housing project to be built in
Ambieside has two dangers.

First, spot-rezoning of this type
reduces the community plan to the
status of a very expensive but
useless piece of paper,

Secondly, a precedent will be set
for more ofr this specialized hous-
ing and it is no secret that several
developers. are waiting in the
wings. This type of development is
profitable because of its great den-
sity. :

The long-term effect of having
several senior residences makes for
West Vancouver gaining a reputa-

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tion as a neat place to retire, which
it is, especially if you are escaping

Prairie cold or such like. However, _
West Vancouver has a very limited,

commercial tax base, no industrial
tax base, making property tax the
major municipal income. 7
Should the balance of the,com-
munity Jean more towards seniors,
then this will have far-reaching ef-
fects on our taxes. ,
Furthermore, with seniors being
not very active consumers of
goods, but rather “consumers of
publicly-funded “services, our
commercial areas will suffer,
schools will suffer, and a great
strain will be put on our municipai
taxes, ,
S.M. Adams
West Vancouver

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ly requires development.

If the North Vancouver City
Council! should insist on pro-
ceeding with this present develop-
ment lunacy, then I for one would
have very serious concerns as to
their possible personal involvement
in the development company con-
cerned. Unfortunately, the conflict
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inadequate that they are virtually
useless.

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the time found in real estate
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this case,

I sincerely hope that the City of
North Vancouver will show total
responsibility and public trust by
ordering the developer to scrap the

Lonsdale Quay project and trans-

fer it to the Esplanade site, where
there is much more room and little
conflict with other businesses and
residents.

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