4 - Sunday, September 26, 1999 - North Shore News

‘Council Meeting Agenda Summary

- Monday, September 27, 1999, 7 p.m. (Saturday, 9 a.m., Rogers Cable 4]

uncil Matters |

jore ‘inforsnation call 990-2211, or or refer to district InfoWeb at www.dnv.org, |
‘ an find background reports on agenda items. a

HOTICES

Waterfront
" access goes to
. Referendum

“A North Vancouver District

. Citizens Task Force has pro-
duced an Interim Report on the

: future of waterfront areas from |
ne, -Maplewood to Deep. Cove. The

‘-- report outlines a 50-year plan to
\ provide greater public access to
“the waterfront, including cre-

be ation. of a-13-kilometre trail,
-new ‘arid expanded parks and

Se viewpoints ‘and restored: beach —

vip of all street ends leading to
’ zach; a new recreation pier

at’ Cates park; ‘replacement of

: privnce docks with public docks;

“expansion ‘of Cates Park and

~~ Panorama Park; ‘removal of,

encroachments below high tide; :

and possible purchase of private
property as ir becomes available
“on the open. market. :

This issue will be ) put to voters
in the form of a refcrenduza
7 question on November 20, 1999.

BUNGIE FFE eT oeer "s ’ eye ere res a venir

The District wants you to have
as much information as possible
before election day.

Information on the plen will
soon be made available to resi-
dents, in the form of articles,
advertisements, displays and
brochures. Copies of the com-
plete report are now available to
interested parties through
North Vancouver Libraries,
Community Associations and at
the District Hall, Community
Planning Department, at a cost

of $10.00 per copy.

’ Watch this space for more infor-

mation, or check out our web-

. site at www.dnv.org. «

E lection Info

Saturday, November 20, 1599 is

' voting day for residents of the
District of North Vancouver.
Did you know:

*In 1996 there were 21 voting
places in the District, includ-

ing a mobile poll which visited

care | . facilities. This year,
y

: we're: adding a new voting

place at Woodcroft.

* Over 160 Blection Staff are
used to conduct the Election.

Watch this space for more infor-

mation. »

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YEAR 1000 UPDATE

(An ongoing series to answer your questions regarding Y2K issues and what the District is doing to ensure

uninterrupted service when January 1, 2000 arrives. A complete copy of the Year 2000 Update newslet-
ter is available at the District Hall, any District Library or Recreation Centre or on our web page at

www.dnv.org)

Business
Systems

Over the past three years, the
District has been methodically
replacing or upgrading the 28
business applications that are
used to provide both internal
and external service. As of May
1999 all of these applications
were Y2K compliance, except
one. This last application will

‘be upgraded over the last half

All District PCs (personal com-
puters) and office automation
software are Y2K compliant as
are all of the District's telecom-
munications equipment. Three

of the District's 18 servers have |

been identified as requiring
replacement or upgrading. This
will be accomplished by the end
of September. «

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North Van
Recreation
Commission

North
Commission is

The Vancouver
Recreation
responsible for the operation of
a number of recreation facilities
through the City and District of

North Vancouver. In 1998, a

task force was established to,
study che issues and ensure its’
systems are Y2K: compliant. .
‘These systems include the com>
puter network for registration .
and facility bookings, telephone :

network, and various mechani-

cal and operational. systems |

such as pool fileration, | ice and
refrigeration.

- The assessment of theses ystems

is nearly complete end any nec-
essary upgtadés will be com-

"| pleted by the fall of 1999. Wedo |

not anticipate any disruptions
in service due to the Y2K issue,
however we are developing con-
tingency plans as...

: precaution .

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Enjoying some quiet time at one of North Vancouver's waterfront parks

District Public 7

Library

providing the same level of ser.

vice as usual to patrons on:

January 3, 2000.

‘The library is committed to "|

The library i is in the process ¢ of |:

ensuring. that ali critical, ine.
. house systems will continue to

date change, end: anticipate
Year 2000 compiiance by ‘the