Page 6, March 22, 1978 - North Shore News ©

“West ‘Vancouverites have. eaned. themselves oo out of

| ~ quite a reputation for demonstrating that you can “g00

fight city hall -- - and win. On many occasions over | Boer

the past year or two the: public. gallery of the pal government?”

council chamber has been packed with : local oe ee

citizens noisily proclaiming their rights. and giving ee

every appearance of being ready: to move on to the - a
barricades in defence of them. From all of which ke
you might conclude that a lot of things. are haywire. :

in the municipality, and that. West Van residents. —

generally are a disgruntled cand - discontented jy

bunch.
- You’d be “wrong

and (fi:

West Van council now has.

the figures to prove it.

The tenth

eR FA UE UE wa waeeeay ys. a0.

that a solid majority of the’
citizenry is completely satis-
- fied with the way things are
run. and, with the singie
exception of. the school.
system, doesn’t. want. ‘any

annarentiv. ac.
“eer

changes (especially i if they’re.
likely to ‘cost money). That’s : -

the picture — emerging from: -
the **Citizen ‘Survey’ -con- —
ducted by the municipality.

- Believed to be the first of |

its kind in Canada; the quiz.
_ was sent to 1,000 represent-

ative: West Van. residents...

who reflect, as nearly as. ‘is. municipal ‘services (in.

schools) ‘and. also: ‘whether —
there should be: any. change —

possible in. this kind of”
social and

exercise, the -
economic mix of the com-
munity | as a whole. -
survey.” form . contained - a
staggering total of 199
separate . questions ané it
speaks _ volumes .for the
patience and literacy of West

Vancouverites that. 609 of
them actually completed and os

returned the © ‘thing ©
Municipal Hall.
ALL SERVICES “GOOD”

“Municipal Manager . Terry
Lester says the results will be

‘‘invaluable’’ to council and
municipal staff for budgeting
and planning purposes.

Six. hundred and
respondents,
may

nine
incidentally,
seem a very. tiny

: times _
during the month of January. ce

The .

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ranging from -
animal control and- garbage _

collection to police protection ;

and drainage _ -- were rated:
‘good’? or:‘‘very good”’ -by--

° 67 per’ cent of the respond-

ents, “‘poor’’ or “‘very poor’’

“by only 14 per cent (we'll
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in a moment). ae

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**good”’.. or. “very. good’)
went to traffic signs and...
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mark (41 per cent “‘poor’’ or...

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