THE AVERAGE. West Vane.
couver residential taxpayer
“ will.see. a 1.35% deere
“total taxes paid this year.

“WEST VANCOUVER.
DISTRICT COUNCIL

use in: Vv AnCOUvEr taxpayer,

schood raxes,

“But there. is Woe average WwW
"Horwond
cauatianed:

Taxpayers are “all aver the spec:
trum of increases:and deere: s
Honvood explained.

Mayor Mark Sager noted that
cach resident’s actual taxes will

The average tesidential issess-
ment increase was 7.5¢. in West

. Vancouver, ‘The average residential

property is now valued at $513,386.

Only those: whose property
ingreased in value by that amount
will-experience the 135%. decrease
on theif total tax bill:

Those: whose property increased

more than?

“Properties with, lower Cusacss-
ment increases. Will experience. a
greater decrease, : ’
“. Commercial properties in West

Vancouver guined an average of |

4.306 in assessed value:
The average owner of commer:
cial property will see a 4.086%
decreas

in-general taxes and.a |

are the hardest: hit. withsaverage

essinent increases af 21h.

aye of 16, 70% ie.

Caune Pat Bon ame ‘pointe oul
that municipal
have © worked’,

“Christmas to reduce

mainwining 8 srvices
“Wowisa't the ‘famous, five

By Maureen Curtis depend-on bis.or her Property

ass STEN.

4.299%: increase in school taxes.

ave in value will pay ' ‘
Owners of Park Royal properties

: more than the average rite. ‘Trevor Lattens’ column,” she
Municipat: finance. director a ; :
George Horwood made note of this
adjustment lo the. West: Vancouver
budget atthe May Oimecting of
West Vancouver District Council.
“Theeadjustment ‘comes ‘on the |
“hvels of the recent reléase: of school
i cdistvict lax figares, ;
The -schoal aumbers were
unknown when the municipal bud-
ntroduced Wo weeks agoo
: 35% decrease: includes’
“gene and schodh taxes, :
©The budget, finally adopted. and 3:
amended. on, Monday, includes:
shif'of same.of the commercial ta
burden on lo the’ residential laxpay:

rhe: shif results’ ind net 0. 08 2%
increase, inthe municipal share’of
_ general taxes for residents.

The average residential taxpayer a

Soh deere

; A rom pa we 1

~ Concerne ed for public s ety, ‘the.
police held their fire and waited
‘until: Napierata had emptied” the
six-shot'service revolver. :
‘West ‘Vancouver Police detec
-Robert ‘Rattray: i

Napierala ‘pp
rack

E fer the attack and found. no s¥mp-
toms of mental iilne including

eo Buta forensic psychiatrist who
“examined Napierala two years later
told the court. he. appeared tobed
chizophrenic, and was probably.”
uffering, from the illness al the,
time of the attack :
“Phe Amblesidestack came ‘one -
‘month’ before Napierala’ s.19th
birthday, ..7* 4

inva'great while: an, oppor iunity:comes

simply too g good to puss up. ‘Owning i

his first ‘serape. with the |
ay The Rosemont on ‘Bellew rue isa
He was originally charged with
attempted murder-but later was
found. guilty on. two-weapons®
_ Charges. Napicrala ‘was convicted ¢
in December 199f. on-the two.
“weapons charges and. was sen="
tenced 10 Wo years.
“Two weeks before the initial.
. Amble side assault ‘uial dates he
Vto display, psychotic b behav:

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fd ved of the chores of keeping a, avi rd, vou ‘Thebe free: come «discov
eG wonla delay for psy
chiatric assessment and succeeded
in Aelaying the Ambleside trial’ for.
"over a yeu Ps
. On ch 28, 1993, Na pierila’
sulted a female. psychi-
: in psychiatric cusé
“He received a further Iw :
ir sentence a
Justice Lov v is expected toren-
on on the Ambleside:

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