Lost views threaten

THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

Jones against the 15

residential land values recently won by North
Vancouver District threatens to plunge this
year’s tax colkection system into chaos.

If, as is possible, a final
decision on assessment
values has not been declared
by the third week in May,
the result would likely be
delays in the District
municipality receiving its tax

SLOW GOING traffic cawsed backaps on the Low Level Road in North
Vancouver Saturday after torrential rains brought down a mudslide

payments, costing the cor-
poration thousands of
dollars in loans.

And North Van City
municipality may find itself
in the same predicament, as
a spinoff of the battle

By CHRIS LLOYD

between neighboring North
Van District and the assess-
ment authority.

City staff had decided they
were content with residential
assessments in the
municipality — until District
won a 15 per cent cutback
on its residential land values.

At that point, City realized
its taxpayers would be taking

TAX BILL DILEMM

AN APPEAL by North Shore Assessor
per cent reduction in

on an increased burden for
financing School District 44,
which is shared by the North
Van municipalities.

City decided the only way
of avoiding the schools tax
shift was ta apply for the
same. reduction awarded
District, so the proportion of
assessment values between
City and District would re-
main the same.

By News press time yester-
day, the court of revision

which blocked the roadway. Traffic had to pass by diverting on to the
shoulder beside the raflway tracks. (Eric Eggertson photo)

had not declared whether it
would even consider City’s
application for residential
assessment reductions.

The court stated it would
decide whether City’s late
appeal could be heard only
after considering City’s ap-
peal for the land assessments
of key waterfront industries
to be raised. City claims
these properties are assessed
too low, at the expense of
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Telethon
kids get
250.00

By NOEL WRIGHT

AGNES WATTS of

West Vancouver ap-
peared on television
for the first time last
Sunday. It was quite a
premiere.

For one thing, Mrs.
Watts — who went on stage
at the Queen Elizabeth
Theatre to make her dona-
tion to the Variety Club
Telethon — is 92 years of
age.

The other thing is that she
handed them a cheque for
$250,000, the largest im
dividual donation in the
telethon's 16-year history.

Her gift, which helped the
annual fund-raiser chalk up
a record $2.28 million im
donations and picdges, will
be used for a landscaped
park at the new Children’s
Hospital. The park will bear
her name.

“I don't have any grand

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