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Bat Pam Marzban said she and

of her GVRHD involvement.

“That would defeat the whole purpose of representing the com- munity,” she said.

“The GVRHD, which is made up of representatives from the Lower Mainland municipalities, discusses regional issues such as the purchase of property for health care purposes and makes recommendations on the spending of capital money.

“I'm elected to serve the taxpay- ers and that’s one way I’ve been asked to serve,” said Hutchinson.

Mutering about “damn bloody lawyers,” former West Vancouver mayor Derrick Humphreys told the News that council was doing the right thing by adjourning the public hearing. He described the sending of the legal letter on Monday

‘evening as a “dirty trick.” ' “i'm not sure they are serving the process of democracy,” he said.

Humphreys had planned to speak that evening about the need

‘for more care facilities in West

the other residents who have hired MacDonald to represent: them became frustrated over the way council was handling the proposal.

“We didn't think we were get- ting a fair hearing the way it was poing,” said Marzban.

The other residents represented include Dr. Dennis J. Vince, Kevin and Yvonne Connolly, Dinyar Marzban, Mark Angus and Hans and Coco Knutzen.

“There ure alternative sites available,” said Kevin Connolly, who argues that placing the care facility at Lions Gate Hospital would keep more money in the heulth care system.

The GVRHD is offering $3.2 million for the site, which is report- edly assessed at about $1.7 million.

The property has been owned by the Gibson family since the turn of the century,

One Cedardale resident said the

- opposition of the care facility pro-

posal has brought the community

Of 392 residents approached by the Cedardale Property Owners Association, 334 or 85% oppose construction of an institution in the midst of a residential agighbar- hood,

Connolly argued that the area already has its fair share of institu- tions with the Beacon Hill and Inglewood care facilities, a church and two schools,

Sheila Gilmour of the Lionsview Planning Society, a group studying the need for close-to-home facilities for seniors, called the delay over the hearing “a nuisance.”

“But I'm not concerned,” she said.

There is general agreement on all sides that a facility such as the one proposed is badly needed by West Vancouver seniors, many of whom live in the eastern part of the municipality. But former councillor

Carol Aon Reynolds said the appar- °

ent “fast tracking" of the Keith Road proposal was destructive.

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