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$550,000 cost
for joint use of
school fields

Layne Christensen

News Reporter
layne@usnews.com
DISCUSSIONS to improve
access to public facilities in
North Vancouver are pro-
ceeding without the partici-
pation of North Vancouver
District.

But Les Sinnott, the chairman of

North — Shore — Youth — Soccer

Association, fears the district's refirsal

to parucipate may ead to a cap on

corallment in soccer programy next
MAISOIL,

North Van playing fields are badly
in need of repair, A joint-use agree:
ment between the district, the city,
the North Vancouver recreation com-
mission and North Vancouver school
board would allow for further discus-
sions on how to improve community
access to public facilities, including
playing fields. A cost-sharing agree-
ment would see the city and district

NEWS photo Brad Ledwidgz

NORTH Vancouver District has refused to sign a master agree-
ment that would allow for a specific-use agreement concerning
the maintenance of schoo! playing fields. At issue is the schoo)
board’s inability to pay a share of the costs.

help pay tor dhe upgrade and mainte-
nance of school plaving fields in
exchange for improved access to
school facilities such as washrooms
and equipment storage.

While the city has signed the
agreement, the district has not,

Sinmert said he can’t undertard
why the district retuses to play.

“Let's deal sith the problema with
the kids first and then deal with the

polities second,” said Sinnott.

There are currently 7,300) boys
and girls registered with the North
Shore Youth Sovcer Association, That
makes the North Shore the largest
soccer community in BC. in terms of
numbers but the smallest in terms of
geouraphy, said Sinnott.

“We are facing a severe field short
age.” he said. “Unless there are some
Major improvements in the field situ-

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ses to play ball

which woud be alles dtd bv
the pants agreement to sane
erent - well probably be putting a
paving cap an tie following wear.

A parks department assessment
conducted last: summer determined
that tha jomt-use agreement were to
go ahead wo would cost the district
$300,000 in’ rehabilitaion and
$250,000 in maimenince to) bring
school fighds to an acceptable standard
in the first v

AMt issue with the district is the lack
of funding provided to the school dis:
trict be the Ministry of Education to
help share ia those costs, said) Mayer
Don Bell.

“We're
money.” he said. “Its a big, deal tor
the district in terms of the cost,” he
said,

Of the 63 plaving fields on school

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grounds in North Vancouver, 54 of

them are located in the district. That
would mean the district, would be
asked te pick ap a signiticanily higher
portion of costs than the cin, said
elf.

North Van school distriet chair-
man Doug MacKay-Dunn said: it
would be unwise to speculate on cost
at this stage in the discussions.

“Costs change,” said) MacKay-
Dunn. “H we bring people to the
tabic, we can werk out the details
later.”

uiking a fir chunk of

From counal’s point of view, said
Rell. “theres ne porst in signing the
agreement untl we have at least the
bass of proceeding with some of the
specific ise agreements.”

The distrcr would be willing to
discuss an agreement tor the necessary
upgrades and the ongeing mainte
nanee of the fields at chere were ade:
quate tunding provided to the school
district tor this purpose by the
Mistry of Education, he satd.

Te that end, the mayer has
requested a meeting with the Minister
of Education Paul Ramsey to ask for
additional funding to improve and
maintain the plying fields.

“We're saving (to the school
board): if vou need additional fund-
ing, let's go to the minister and ask for
it.”

Burt Mackay-Dunni said the school
board and rec commission have wait-
ed long enough.

In early January they plan to sit
down with the city.

“EP want to see gus (agreement)
signed, scaled and delivered by (the
school district’s) February board
meeting,” he said.

MacKay-Dunn said he was disap-
pointed by the district’s lack of partic-
ipadon. “Bur Pin heartened by the
fact thar the city wants to do it, And if
they want to play, we're going to play
with them.”

Miller was a popular beach lifeguard

THE following people
have appeared in
North Vancouver
courts to face various
charges:

Before Judge _ Bill

months’ probation after he
pleaded guilty. to possessing
marijuana on Aug. 9 in West
Vancouver.

eee

Robert: Krawehuk, 44, of

North Vancouver, received

pertorm 25 hours of commu-

Street and Inglewood Avenue.

nity work,
ees
Wayne DuBrule, of West
Vancouver, was fined $2,000
afier he pleaded guilty to fail-
ing to provide complete tax

returns for 1994 and 1995.

Rodgers in North
Vancouver provincial court
on Oct. 27:

Brenda Ann Dumont, 43,
of North Vancouver, was
fined $500 and had her dri-

18 months’ probation after
he pleaded guilty to possess-
ing more than 30 g of mari-
juana on Oct. 24, 1997 in
North Vancouver City.
Krawehuk was required to

DuBrule is reterred to as
“Warne DuBrule being a
director of
Hollywood [ard
documents.

in court

DuBrule oof

From pane 1
French Immersion tram
Sentinel secondary in 1991,
He was attending Capilano
College with plans to become
an clementary schoo teacher.
A family friend said: Miller was
proud to have been recently
appointed to the Dundarave
Park, Play “Fask Force which is

to look into improving the
playground at Dundarave.
Miller raught swimming at
West Vancouver Aquatic
Centre for the last 10 years. He
was also a popular fiteguard at

mady

fa tieu of flowers, the Miller
family asks thac donations be
to the Nigel Miller
Memorial Trust
Trust in Park Royal Shopping

Dundarave Beach.

Centre's worth mail. The find

A service is slated for
Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. oof
Christopher's Church at Hith

will be used to donate a piece

Dundarave playground,

ver's licence suspended for
three months after she plead-
ed not guilty to impaired dri-
ving, but instead pleaded
guilty co the lesser or includ-
ed offence of driving without
due care and attention.

The — original charge
stemmed from a Sept. 24,
1997 incident in North
Vancouver District.

Before Judge Doug
Moss in North Vancouver
provincial court on Oct. 27:

Ryan George Lawrie, 22,

af Vancouver, received six

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