If you think of the North Shore municipal governments as a tricycle, all three wheels are rolling on Monday night. We’ve got possible Park Royal developments, funding for a new museum, and a plan to keep the next flood in the creek.
West Vancouver
Council is set to hit the White Spot site Monday.
Council gets their first look at a 752 Marine Dr. rezoning project that would allow for the development of 203 residential units spread between a 14- and an 11-storey building, and nearly 30,000 square feet of commercial space. Council narrowly approved a plan for the Marine Drive corridor in 2017.
Council is also set to look at implementing tougher water conservation measures, including watering restrictions between May 1 and October 15, and reduced sprinkler use. However, the restrictions would allow exemptions for certain golf courses and playing fields. Fines can be levelled on residents who flout the restriction rules.
City of North Vancouver
It may be a historic night in the city as council votes on contributing $1,275,000 to the new North Vancouver Museum and Archives on the 100 block of West Esplanade.
The new, approximately $11-million museum is set to operate out of the second floor of a 14-storey condo development.
Coun. Rod Clark also submitted a motion asking council to oppose the Metro Vancouver board’s recent decision to boost their pay and grant outgoing board members a lump sum retirement payment of $1,100 per year retroactive to 2007.
The city is also slated to debate a $900,000 renovation of the Pipe Shop and a $277,750 expenditure that would bring the Spirit Trail from the Third Street overpass to Moodyville Park.
Also swinging into the agenda is the Mahon Park pitch and putt, which is slated to cost $500,000.
District of North Vancouver
The meeting starts with an update on the Seymour Salmonid Society’s efforts to clear enough rocks out of the Seymour River to make the river passable for salmon. The agenda jumps to another waterway as council discusses applying for an approximately $650,000 grant to reduce flood risk around Mission Creek (a tributary to Mosquito Creek) with a debris basin at the BC Hydro Powerline Trail. The district’s application notes the 2014 flood that resulted in the evacuation of 17 homes.
Last on the docket, council is slated to vote on Coun. Lisa Muri’s motion, which asks for a district staff presentation on potential development projects for 2018. Totaling more than 1,800 units, the district is currently weighing 15 active rezoning applications ranging from an eight-townhouse project on Capilano Road to a 386-unit Seylynn Gardens project on Fern Street and Mountain Highway. None of the projects have been approved.
