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Big debate at seniors home hearing Many see Edgemont plan as out of scale Jeremy Shepherd jshepherd@nsnews.com
A seniors complex proposed for Edgemont Village is a misplaced, monolithic structure that would dominate the one-storey ranchers on its perimeter, according to a majority of speakers at a public hearing Tuesday. Some 200 Capilano area residents packed a humid Highlands United Church for a four-hour public hearing to sing the praises and list the faults of the proposed 125unit, three-storey seniors centre. Operated by BayBridge Senior Living, the complex is proposed for Canfield Crescent near Woodbine Drive and Highland Boulevard, just adjacent to the commercial core of Edgemont Village. Built around a courtyard, Edgemont Senior Living would include approximately 17 assisted-living units and 12 NEWS photo Kevin Hill to 15 care rooms for seniors with mental health problems APPROXIMATELY 200 Capilano-area residents listen to speakers at a public hearing Tuesday for a proposal to build a 125-unit, such as dementia. three-storey seniors centre adjacent to Edgemont Village. Scan with Layar for more photos. The building would peak at 50 feet with a floor space ratio of 1.5, which measures the building’s total floor space against the size of its lot; which in this case is 68,010 square feet. In order to realize the project, council needs to authorize the rezoning of six single-family lots and allow the developer to buy Jane Seyd 9,741 square feet of Canfield Crescent. could have environmental impacts on Howe Sound. The developer would have to provide the district with jseyd@nsnews.com The projects range from a large-scale gravel mine and approximately $500,000 worth of community benefits. The aggregate processing plant being proposed for a site at McNab half-a-million figure is equivalent to 50 per cent of the estimated BOATERS from the North Shore are expected Creek, to logging on the north side of Gambier Island and increase in land value. a potential LNG storage and export facility at the site of the to be among a flotilla of more than 100 vessels The project requires an official community plan amendment converging in Howe Sound this weekend to draw former Woodfibre pulp mill. and council’s rezoning permission before construction could Ruth Simons, the volunteer executive director of the Future attention to environmental threats to the area. begin. of Howe Sound Society, said the proposals are concerning, If approved, ESL would offer 90 days of registration solely for The S.O.S. Save Our Sound mariner’s rally — being especially in combination, because Howe Sound is only now Edgemont/Upper Capilano seniors, but that wasn’t enough to organized by the Future of Howe Sound Society — will take recovering from a past legacy of environmental destruction. win over Edgemont Village Merchants Association vice-president place between noon and 2 p.m. on the water near McNab That included acid rock drainage from the former Britannia Robin Delany. copper mine site, which continued for 30 years after the mine Creek. The rally is being held to call attention to a number of See Seniors page 5 industrial proposals that the conservation group is worried See Complete page 3
Howe Sound enviro flotilla set to sail
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