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February 10, 1980

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BUSDRIVERS’ HAT-TRICK. North Vancouver bus drivers are the best
there are - and they've proved it once again, for the third year running, by
picking up the B.C. Safety Award for Transit. Safety committee head
Glen Owens displays the prize plaque, while jubilant drivers revel in the

Classified 986-6222

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faci that they're number one when it comes to accident-free driving,

improving on their own record during 1979 with a 13.8 per cent drop in
vehicle collisions. (Terry Peters photo)

AAPA NPI IAN

Conflict of interest claim denied

A North Vancouver
City alderman says his
job is being hindered
by City staff because
they have not been
giving council accurate
and complete in-
formation.

“In the short time | have
been on council | have seen
several instances of sloppy.
careless, inefficient work on
the part of staff,” Alderman
Bill Sorenson said tn a
written statement which he
was to make last weck in
coune:.

And Sorenson said it was
“curious,” that he was
prevented from making the
statement in council because
a staff member allegedly told
the mayor that) Sorenson
may have been in a conflict
of interest situahon on the
matter on which he was

going Co speak.

The specific incident
which has upset Sorenson
concerns an apphcation for
rezoning

City staff recommended
reyection of the application
on January IS because “ol
the large size of the
proposed duplex and the

very apparent potential for
conversion to a fourplex.”

“Thats hke being con-
victed for speeding, because
your car has the potential
power lo exceed the speed
limit.” Sorenson said.

At the January 21 council
meeting the apphcation was
referred back to the ap-
plicant because © staff
reported that it exceeded the
residential floor areca per
mitted in the soning by-law

At that meeting Sorenson
challenged this statement
and maintained that the
floor area did not exceed the
permitted size.

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NV report
makes gloomy

predictions
By PAT RICH

The sleepless nights
experienced by many
North Vancouver
residents living near the
Lynn Creek rail yard
promise to get worse,
according to a report
on noise levels in that
area.

Noise from the yard 1s
already in excess” of
maximum levels which the
federal government puts as
suitable for residential areas.

But a report received by
North Vancouver City
Council, released to the:
press last week, warns that
things can only get worse

It says noise from the yard
“will increase significantly”
in the near future because of
the additional = grain
unloading capacity of the
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.

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SUNDAY:

Mainly sunny
with a few clouds, a little
cooler.

MONDAY: Lith change.

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