10 - Wednesday. December 18, 1985 - North Shore News

Library to apply
for Expo grant

NORTH VANCOUVER City Council approved
Monday the city library’s request to apply for an
Expo grant to pay for a proposed library expan-

sion,

The library, located at the
civic centre, will request
$910,000 from the Expo 86
Legacy Fund to build the
addition, which, if accepted,
would be at no extra cost to
the city.

Charles Stein, chairman of
the city public library board,
appeared before council
recently to request the city’s
approval for the library to
use an Expo grant to
facilitate the expansion.

$30M AVAILABLE

“The provincial governm-
ent made available $30 mil-
lion for capital projects,”"
Stein said. ‘With the inade-
quacy of the current building
and new funds, | thought it
would be the perfect mar-
riage — their money and our
building.” ;

But the city tabled the
motion until Monday night,
to allow city staff time to
report on the proposed ex-
tention.

Staff concerns about the
project included whether the
civic centre had the capacity
for a 8,400 square-foot ex-
pansion, whether the heating
and air circulation systems
were sufficient-for an expan-

sion, and whether sufficient
parking would be available.

‘COUNCIL AGREED

But despite staff objec-
tions, council unanimously
agreed to let the application
go through to the provincial
government to see if the ex-
pansion qualified for a

grant.

Mayor Jack Loucks said
he recently heard Jim
Hewitt, minister responsible
for Consumer and Cor-
poraie Affairs, say that
monies from the Expo

Legacy Fund would go to
areas in the Interior, because
the Lower Mainland would
the money

benefit from

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spent here during Expo.
Loucks also said he heard

accepted applications would

only receive about one third

of the total dollars re-
quested,

“I'm going to vote we
send it forward,’ Loucks

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Renovations to the library
would include expanding — its
reference area, making more
room for the books, making
more seating available, and
enclosing it for greater
privacy, Stein said,

An clevator would also be
included in renovations.

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