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Please come out to the Public Information Meeting on July 13, 2017 from 5:00 to 7:00PM 1475 Anderson Street, Centre for Active Living It is important that the planners understand that White Rock, our City by the Sea, deserves something more than an ugly concrete parking structure that would be more appropriate in the downtown core of a major city. Below are links to several City of White Rock sites that are addressing different aspects of this project.  White Rock Official Community Plan      (Look at how prominently the beach is shown in this document) Final Copy of the Traffic Impact Assessment Feasibility Study This parkade is a fait accompli but there is still time to affect the final design details.  A few items that I feel should be included are: Make the front half (Victoria frontage) Three levels.  The rear half up to full six level structure. This would save the views of the Sausalito units as well as well as giving a more human scale to the
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Just a couple of examples of living walls that would soften the appearance of the structure. These are designs by a local Vancouver company - Green Over Grey - Living Walls and Designs. Green Over Grey - Living Walls and Design .