Emerald Park Lodge will
be preserved as a heritage
site following North Van-
couver City council's
decision Monday to follow
recommendations put
forward by the City’s
planning consultant.

Gabrielle Hunken, city
planning consultant,
presented a progress report
to council on the Ridgeway

Neighbourhood Im-
provement Program, (NIP),
which included recom-

mendations for an additional
allocation of $60,000 to the
renovation of the lodge,
which was built at the turn of
the century as a private
home.

The additional allocation
brings the total costs for
restoration to $210,000.

Under the NIP, the
federal government is
responsible for 50% -of the

cost, the provincial

. government pays 25% and

the city.is responsible for the
remaining 25%.

The lodge, located in the
300 block of East 2nd Street,
will have three heritage
rooms downstairs and offices
upstairs. The third floor will
be closed off due to fire
regulations, director of
permits and licenses Frank
Morris, told council,

The City “has a possible
tenant” for the second floor
offices Mayor Jack Loucks
said, but he added that no
commitment has been made
either by the City or the
prospective tenants, the
Family Services division of
the provincial government.

The operating costs for
the building should be
covered by the fenant in the
offices, Loucks told council,
but he pointed out that

Access plan fought

A West Vancouver coun-
cil proposal for im-
provements at the foot of
28th Street got the cold
shoulder from residents at
last week's council meeting.

As a result, council did
not approve $3,400 to pave
six parking stalls and cut
back shrubbery which
residents have planted on
public encroachments.

This would have been the
first stage of a plan to make
the foot of 28th Street an
easier access to the water-
front.

Resident Rex Hankey call-
ed the proposed § im-
provements “a hole in the
dyke to turn Bellevue
Avenue bit by bit into a big
highway.” He questioned the
necessity of letting the
public park right by the
water.

“We don’t want people
who can't walk more than
five yards to the beach.
Those parking stalls aren't
improvements to our mind,”
Hankey emphasized.

Arnold Tufts told council
that the proposal “came as
quite a shock. We have peo-
ple driving around the foot
of 28th Street at two in the
morning on warm nights, so
we're opposed to. giving

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more of an access to traffic
— it doesn’t need it,” Tufts
said.

Six parking stalls could
lead to 15 or 20, added resi-
dent Michael Lange. “Traf-
fic is already bad on
Bellevue — it’s a racetrack
and it needs slowing,” he
said.

Council also received a
petition against the im-
provements signed by 22
residents.

Alderman Diana Hutchin-
son said the Parks and
Recreation Advisory Com-
mission “have looked very
carefully into waterfront ac-
cess for all the community.
The foot of 28th Street is flat
and would be an easy access
for small car-top boats if it’s
opened up just a little
more,” she said.

But Aldermen John Hum-
phries and Robert Hicks ad-
ded cautionary notes.

Humphries said the foot of
28th is ill-suited for easy ac-
cess and Hicks called for
more time to discuss the
Situation with the residents
and arrive at a compromise
plan.

Council passed a motion
by Alderman Don Lanskail
to table the matter to allow
further discussion.

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