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1. KEITH HICK, head of the electrical department at Grouse Mountain, stands on top of one of the 12 light towers that line The Cut ski run. To measure the amount of money being
# raised by the United Way in its current fund-raising drive, the light towers are being covered by a red filter for each million dollars raised by the charity organization. Since Tuesday,

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WV residents’

protests kili_ Fisherman's Cove redevelopment scheme

ACTING IN response to protests from neighboring resi-
dents, West Vancouver District Council axed the present
Fisherman’s Cove redevelopment proposal.

International Land Corp.’s pro-
posal for a four-storey apartment
building and updated marina/boat
yard met with disfavor from local
residents, who saw the develcp-
ment as an intrusion of multiple-
family zoning into a single-family
neighborhood, and who rejected
the potential loss of marina land.

But at Monday’s meeting, coun-
cif ordered an analysis by an in-
dependent consultant of the
economic viability of marine
related uses for the property to
help council make a final decision
on the future use of the land.

“T for one do not want to go
through this again,’’ said Mayor
Don Lanskail.

This is only the latest in a long
seties of proposals for the property
which have included expanded
moorage and extensive residental
development.

“A simple rejection of the pro-
posal will not solve the problem...
The problem is not going to go
away,’” added Lanskail.

Lanskail also pointed out that
both proponents and opponents of
International Land's proposal
stressed the importance of the
marina element at Fisherman's
Cove.

“We need a foundation for a
truly viable marina based opera-
tion,’’ Lanskail said.

But Stewart Taggart of Interna-
tional Land was clearly angered by
council’s decision.

“Surely the applicant and land-
owner is the only one able to
determine the viability of an
operation. The owner is the one
prepared to take the risks,’’ Tag-
gart pointed out.

Taggart said that many alter-
natives for the site have been ex-

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plored and that only subsidization
by a residential component could
make a marine operation viable.

“International Land bought the
site as a marina and they should
operate jt as a marina or find a
buyer who will,” said cove resident
Barrie Adams.

“It’s not up to the munic‘sality

“You are not just defeating the
housing unit, you are defeating the
entire proposal... The land will no
longer be in our venue. It’s zoned
for marine and restaurant and we
could be looking at a mega-
restaurant in there right away,’’
said Boname, calling for a deferral,

“If this proposal doesn’t go

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to rezone so a developer can
recoup on a bad deal,”’ added
another resident, Jack Howard.

Ald. Pat Boname and Ald.
Gordon Rowntree voted against
the council decision to reject the
proposal and call for a consul-
tant’s report.

through, who is going to do the
upgrading of the boat yard? There
will be no improvement to one of
the worst run down areas on our
waterfrom,’’ said Rowntree.

But the rest of council had taken
local dissatisfaction with the pro-
posal to heart,