Dear Editor:
I read with some
amusement your article

“West Vancouver calls for
separatist school board” in
Wednesday’s paper.

While a_ gesture to
separate coming from West
Vancouver could become a
target of great mirth for
some of our political wits,
one must accept such a
gesture as purely symbolic.

The major reason for the
gesture is to find a way of
relieving the school tax
burden for West Vancouver
residents. Unfortunately,
separation will not do this.
The cost implications of
separation were dealt with at
the question period at the

Lynn floodplain no place for landfill

Dear Editor:
The article appearing
recently in the Sunday News,

“Lynn Creek Cleanup Drags
On”, clearly points to the
need for some form of
professional consulting
service to direct operations
at the flood damaged
Premier Street landfill site.

A simple comparison
between aerial photographs
of the Lynn Creek flood
plain taken in 1956 by Aero
Surveys Ltd. and the course

Rescuers
thanked

Dear Editor:

The recent flood at
Strachan Creek has caused
more concern for the safety
of those who drive the
Squamish Highway regularly
and those who live in this
areca :

As evacuces of this
particular disaster we would
hke to express our thanks to
the individuals who put
themselves in danger on our
behalf We would = par-
ticularly hike to thank those
people from the Squamish
RCMP. the West Vancouver
Pohce, the Coast Guard, the
crew of the Hovercraft, the

BC Fernes. BC Raal,
North Shore Search &
Rescue, West Vancouver
Municipal Transportation,
the Lions Bay Fire

Department. Ken James and
other residents of Strachan
Creck
While we
that
occur again, itis comforting
to know thal there are in
dividuals and services ready
and willing to
emergency

certainly hope

this situation will act

help in an

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bor the staff of
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end of the Board meeting.

Briefly, an independent
school system can. not
collect taxes for school
purposes. The provincial

government does not pay
Provincial grants for
students in the independent
system (approx. $530 per
student per year) until the
system has been in operation
for three years. The
chairman of the Board in-
tended to use this as one
avenue for revenue.
Board does not intend to pay
back the capital ex-
penditures received from the
provincial government in the
past. Imagine the cost
impact to the West Van-
couver taxpayer if Victoria

carved out by the creek
during the raging floods of
October 3ist should be
sufficient to convince the
district that they cannot
build an obstacle course
down there and hope for it to
stay intact.

At the point the creek
leaves the rock faced walls
of the canyon, it points
directly at the site being
prepared for the proposed
extension of the landfill.
Many of the trees, boulders
and other debris that litter

The’

demanded their rightful
share i.e. 50% of the value
of all the school board
properties in West Van-
couver!

However, I can un-
derstand the frustration that
led to this dramatic move on
the part of the school board.
I am pleased to hear that
Brian Smith, Minister of
Education, has suggested
that he would be prepared to
meet with the School Board
to work out some changes in
the financing of education
for West Vancouver. I
would like to offer a few
suggestions as to how the
provincial government could
shoulder more responsibility
for the cost of education in

the creek downstream
originally stood in this area.
Twelve severe floods have
occurred on Lynn Creek
since records were first kept
in 1906. Only after reading
the eye-witness accounts of
what actually can happen in
a flood, will one begin to
realize the awesome power
of this water course. In his
book Early Days in Lynn
Valley, 99 year old Walter
MacKay Draycott vividly
portrays the event that
occurred on the night of

West Vancouver.

1. He could introduce a
new type of home-owners’
grant which would relieve
those taxpayers hardest hit
by the exhorbitant increase
in the value of real estate in
West Vancouver.

2. He could change the
mill rate to reflect a greater
responsibility on the part of
the provincial government.

3. He could ensure the
passage of Bill 6, the
Assessment Amendment
Act, which would allow the
Lieutenant-Governor in
Council to set a lower % for
West Vancouver, respecting
the land and improvements
in the school district than the
11% which operated in 1981.

November 14th, 1919. Lynn
Canyon was blocked by
debris and a 200 ft. deep lake
formed near the suspension
bridge, causing the eastern
portion of Langworthy Road
to slide away. When the
blockage eventually gave
way under the pressure of
the water, the resulting flood
left people marooned for up
to three days on islands
formed on the flood plain
downstream.

It should therefore be
clear that the flood plain of

Residents should clear storm

Dear Editor:
Clearance of a single
storm sewer catch-basin

drain costs the District of
North Vancouver -— and
presumably the other two
North Shore municipalities --
as much as ninety dollars
when a crew has to be sent
out on special call, as
confirmed by UHarry Mc-
Bnde, D.N.V. Engineenng
Services

Due to the high winds this
year, there is more debns
than usual on the streets.
which clogs the surface of
the catch basins preventing
water from enternng- the
storm drains bencath

Vigilance of local
residents and an investment
of a couple of minutes of
their time to clear the catch-
basin in front of their home,
would save you, the tax-
payer, considerable needless

expense throughout” the
municipahties.

All you need 1s a light
rake, hoe or = pronged
cultivator to flap the of
fending debns onto the

boulvard area where it will
rot down long before spnng
You could add it to
compost pile

It would not
municipal
pense,

your

only save
taxpayers cx
but would also save

The public is cordially invited to the
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of

LIONS GATE
MEDICAL RESEARCH
FOUNDATION

Tuesday, January 26th, 8p.m.
Lions Gate Hospital Auditorium

The program willl inctude taihe by Morth

Bhore doctors on eome recent medicat

, r@eecearch projects

which have been

aecststed by the Foundation

Lions Gate Medical Research Foundation
230 E_ 13th St., North Vancouver

your yard - and pedestrians -
from bejng§ splashed by
traffic passing through mini-
lakes on the street.

Let’s do our litde bit to

Gift Giving
a With a Pleasure

. Have your gifts
bought. wrapped & delivered
for a reasonable price

“ye.
they
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A7 - Wednesday, December 23, 1981 - North Shore News

I feel that Trustee Dawn
Sikula’s suggestion that the
other school districts in a

similar situation should be.

encouraged to lobby the
provincial government _ is
most appropriate. Last
week, at a meeting of the
presidents of the teachers’
associations of the metro
area, a motion was made to
approach the BCSTA to
organize a joint lobby of
teachers and trustees. I
would urge all citizens who
share our concerns to join in
this lobby.

Ms. Paddy Boyle
President,

West Vancouver
Teachers’ Association

Lynn Creek is no place tor a
landfill. Furthermore the
clean-up and reconstruction
of the existing site should be
put into the hands of a
competent firm of
geotechnical engineers and
hydrologists. District staff
should leave design work to
professionals and stop trying
to build canals where canals
don’t belong.

J. O'Brian
North Vancouver

drains

keep our taxes down and the
water off our streets.

Mrs. Barbara D. Foreman
North Vancouver

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