| te we ee se ae of Alberta jloan/ buyout sche: THE PRESIDENT of North Vancouver’s Dillingham Con- struction Ltd, has called premature the May 11 announce- ment from Alberta’s Tory government that it will provide Calgary’s Delta Catalytic Corp. with a $20-million joan guarantee to enable it to buy out Dillingham and move its head office to Calgary. In a statement released Friday, J.R. Baker said he was ‘‘totally unaware of the loan guarantee to Delta Catalytic Corp. of Calgary - and other statements which were contained in the government of Alberta mews release of May I1, WV loses Csilingweed court 2ppeal ALTHOUGH THERE will be no effect on Coll- ingwood’s expansion plans for its private school in West Vancouver, the district has lost its first appeal of the B.C. Supreme Court deci- sion that went against the original expansion bylaw. By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer A second and subsequent bylaw has since withstood a run through the courts and an appeal on behalf of area residents, enabling Coll- ingwood to go ahead with its plans. According to David Blair, the resident who spearheaded the challenge of the first bylaw, the failure of West Vancouver District’s first appeal is a victory of sorts. “Our initial winning of the first case gave us the opportunity to br- ing the matter before a new council — and a decision that was really close. ‘Winning the appeal shows that the shoddiness of the way they do business in West Vancouver is no longer in dispute,"’ said Blair. The first Collingwood bylaw was thrown out by the courts essential- ly due to a ‘‘technical’’ matter in- volving the manrer in which the district’ publishes the dates of the public hearings that pertain to a bylaw. The failure of the district’s ap- peal of that decision means that municipalities will have to be more specific in their listing of pertinent dates and times, rather than using terms such as ‘‘during business hours.’’ “The understanding of the terms business days and hours could vary throughout the province in dif- ferent muunicipalities,’? explained municipal manager Terry Lester. Lester said that the Union of B.C. Municipalities had supported West Vancouver in the appeal of that decision because there was concern that the ruling could potentially leave numerous bylaws made in B.C. invalid. “We will now have to urge the UKCM to request that the provin- cial government enact legislation to retroactively revalidate these bylaws,’” said Lester. The manager recalled that the practice of publishing dates, followed up until recently in West Vancouver, has also been in use throughout the province ‘‘for the past 25 years that I have been working here." But contended Blair: ‘‘We’ve demonstrated that they can do bet- ter.” He added that this case ends his involvement in the residents’ fight against the Collingwood expan- sion. By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter 1989.” Baker said in the statement, ‘‘! can confirm that negotiations are under way between Dillingham and Delta. My view is that the Alberta government’s news release is premature. These discussions are currently at a sensitive stage, and it would be inappropriate for me to comment further at this time.”’ Dillingham, which has been bas- ed in North Vancouver since the late 1960s, has a 47 per cent inter- est in Delta Catalytic, a petrochemical and gas engineering firm. The loan guarantee, according to the Afberta government press release, would enable Delta to ac- quire ‘‘B.C.-based Dillingham 3 - Sunday, May 14, 1989 - North Shore News Dillimgham boss denies knowledge from its U.S. owners.” Dillingham is one of the largest general contractors in B.C. and is currently working on such major projects as the expansion of Prince Rupert’s Fairview terminal and the Pacific Centre office tower in Vancouver. It recently completed construc- tion of the Millar Western pulp mill in Whitecourt, Alberta. Dillingham employs a salaried staff of approximately 130, and a job-site work force currently estimated at 800. According to the company’s e statement, Dillingham will issue further details on negotiations be- tween it and Delta when they have “‘progressed sufficiently.” In making the Joan guarantee announcement, Alberta’s Econom- ic Development and Trade Minister Peter Elzinga reportedly said Delta Catalytic will move Dill- ingham’s head office to Calgary and thereby create SO new jobs in that Alberta city. But Dillingham spokesman Gale LePitre said Friday she was not aware of any plans to move the company’s head office. NEWS photo Cindy Goodman LOWER EDGEMONT residents staged a demonstration Thursday to protest a proposed condominium development in the neighborhood. Rick White (foreground) and other concerned residents carried ptacards and shouted slogans near 2426 Edgemont. A public mecting to discuss the de- velopment is set for Monday, May 15 at 7 p.m. at North Vancouver District municipal hall. Proposed recycling depot closure sparks WV debate PROPOSED CLOSURE of West Vancouver’s recycling depot at 21st Street and Gordon Avenue was tabled at the Monday night meeting of district council in response to the protests and suggestions by interested residents. Those who live within earshot of ‘the glass exploding against the metal walls of the collection bin will have to wait one more week to see whether Ald. Alex Brokenshire goes ahead with his stated inten- tion of closing down the depot by June 12, Brokenshire’s motion was spur- red on by numerous complaints about the noise generated at the depot at all hours of the day or night — the last incident being the changing of the collection of bins at about 11 at night. “But it’s not the changing of the boxes that is the issue. It’s the in- consideration of those who would recycle. People have been oppress- ed by the noise,’’ commented Mayor Don Lanskail. But as a proponent of recycling, Brokenshire said the municipality would be looking at replacing the depot with a curbside pick-up pro- gram. A number of residents protested against the closure of the depot, however. **West Vancouver is the leader on the North Shore now as far as By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer recycling. I can’t see why you can’t find an alternative,’’ said Patrick Gavin. Ann Ferris said the public should have been brought into the search for a solution to the prob- lem, and she suggested manning the depot with a paid student, who would dump the collected glass bottles in the bin at specified times. There were a number of alter- natives she said the municipality should be looking at, such as fin- ding another site, finding another recycling firm, and only closing down the glass portion of the depot (cans are also collected there). The mayor explained that West Vancouver is planning to proceed with curbside pick-up of recyclables, pending the comple- tion of the Greater Vancouver Regional District’s McLaren Report and agreement with the other two North Shore municipalities. Ald. Andy Danyliu recently met with all three chief municipal engineers on the North Shore to discuss the curbside program. ““But why do we have to wait for the others?’? asked Ferris, who theught that some action in the recycling end of things would get people thinking about the other two r’s, reusing and reducing waste materials. Ald. Rod Day commented that the debate council and residents were having was ‘‘just dumb,’’ and called for the municipality to look at some of the rubberized bottle collecting depots that are in use all over Europe and in California. Mrs. Leong of International Paper, the company that collects and recylces newspaper on the North Shore, argued against clos- ing or moving the depot, but urged council to proceed with the more convenient curbside pick-up pro- gram. “‘We really need some action,”’ said Leong, who said that public support and markets for most recyclables are already in place. Ald. Mark Sager introduced the motion to table the matter for one week so that the idea to hire a stu- dent to man the depot or to launch the curbside program could be in- vestigated. Business Classified..............46 Doug Collins........... 9 Comies.... Editorial Page.......... G Fashion ............... 43 Horoscopes ............ 45 Bob Hunter............ 4 Lifestyles..............41 Maitbox............... 7 What's Going On........25 WEATHER Sunday, mostly sunny with cloudy periods. High near 18°C. fonday and Tuesday, cloudy with probagility of showers. Second Ciass Registration Number 3885