protest
council’s.. phn, to” buy” or
expropriate some 30 water-.
front’: properties . “west “of
Ambleside Park.

them’ current. council! solicy |
was to rent Bey the bulk eb the

throgeh ne The. ‘homeowners
vould be: allowed ‘to. stay in

municipality ‘at. ae rate “less:
than ‘‘market rent.”’. Owners -
‘over 60. (over 65 if women)
‘would be ‘allowed to remain.
in their homes. for life.
oo “The purpose is to acquire ©

_all that property for. general |
public purposes, to. develop
‘the land as. a: park with:
_ possibly part. of it being ‘the.
. fisherman’s wharf or» heri-:
~ tage square type of develop-
~ ment at the foot. of 14th
_ Street,’’ . : Mayor
Jones. | . ~

~ ‘The matter, he said, would.
‘ come before council for “a

decision -_ in two or three .
‘weeks.
Mrs. Bette Williams. of.

1768 Argyle Ave. suggested ©
that the waterfront homes |
should . be »-preserved. and -
become part of the plan for a -
_ heritage square or Amble-
side pier development. She |
_ Said her-house was the oldest
‘in West. Vancouver. |.

“Il am ‘also greatly ‘con-—

_ that. land manipulation could .

unless some ‘jronclad _safe-

~ guards are written into this: ©

‘procedure now,”” she added. .

‘The intent:is. that: exprop-
: riation take place only’for an.
essential requirement by a
government. If you, refuse to’:
- remove the word expropria-
tion from. this policy, I
demand: that you first state
__ categorically now, not 10
_ years. from-now, what you are
- going to develop on the land |
and prove to me that it is_
indeed an. essential require-
ment,’” J iS. Ww iiams con:
tinued. i.)

“y am ‘sorry, to ‘have to say
that» qT do not trust any

AL sunset ‘captured ‘on
|, Oregon’ S. photogenic ' ‘coast: |

line: took’ top': prize:in, ‘the’ contest,
recent ‘Take a. Picture” ‘of “Union's Judith: ‘Burke, and ©

' government, “and” 1 ‘believe

parkland,
“Vancouver. willbe so high -
that this area ‘could. become.
~ the most expensive cemetery

“cerned ‘with: the possibility: *

that: this is a: brand- new
policy being introduced and I
hereby’: challenge
‘demand that a. plebiscite. be
held.’ ” cera ee
‘Another waterfront owner,
Mrs..: Joan. Collins, charged |
that. “this current haste. to ~
" acquire our property appears...
to be a vindictive threat ¢ come »

ity'o
“debt “of: ‘$8. : inillion. for a
project that would. not. be.
. complete for 20— years. he
municipality didn’t... have.
“funds to. repair ‘the. -Amble-
side” swimming | ‘pool, she |
noted, but...“‘you “do: ‘have .
“funds: to stockpile. property -
. like some. multinational dev-
-eloper.”’
a | suggest. that in order t to.
‘maintain’ all. the’ ‘proposed —
taxes in West.

in the Lower Mainland. No -
_living soul, young or oid, will. :
~ be able: to live. in it,” bi ‘Mrs.
_ Collins said. |

~ Several . others ' "Speakers:
challenged the expropriation
procedure ‘and demanded. a.
‘Plebiscite on the i issue.

NV BIDS FOR GAMES

- North Vancouver. District
council decided Monday t
enter a bid to. host’ next
_ year’ s B.C. Summer Games :

—noting that it would be-

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hostels and. borrow. bedding. .
from the armed. forces - in
order to cater to the expected
3,600: participants. une Mak

North. “Vaneouver” City.
“council Monday approved’ a
“motion “by: “Alderman Jim
Warne...that an = ad hoc
committee be appointed | to-
“consider possible future uses -
for the foot of Lonsdale,
including the property leased :
‘to. the Seven’ Seas © ship
‘restaurant and marina.

Alderman Frank Marcino q
‘was named council's rep-. f
resentative. on. “North. 9
Shore-Squamish task force © |
sei up by. Tourism Minister
Grace’: McCarthy. to boost.
premotion of ‘the. ‘Royal *
‘Hudson. excursion train. "

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said: the Credit:

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“! ° gored. jointly by. the North that Saturday Oct. Ist is the | .
Shore . Darkroom, ‘North last. day for. viewing ‘the ~ a . if wit Very at a Cu. GX oo 2 : oo

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Coan of the North Shore for'a |
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