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NEWS photo Mike Waketield

THE RESTORATION of the Maplewood salt-marsh in North Vancouver District is currently at the heavy-
equipment stage..Large pieces of debris are being removed and piled up for a future berm in the area.
North Vancouver District (NVD) environmental protection officer Mel Kotyk and NVD naturalist Kevin
Bell recently surveyed the cleanup. See story page 9.

NV District approves road extension to Cascade community north of Deep Cove

CLAS vice-president Sandy
Flanagan tofd the News that the
society has spent *tover $50,000 in
hard costs, not including addi-

Mayor Murray Dykeman then
announced at the beginning of
Monday's council meeting that

The staff recommendation was
then defeated in a 4-3 vote.
Turner had previously voted in

A LARGE contingent of residents from Indian Arm's
Cascade community went home happy Monday night after

learning that North Vancouver District Couneil had revers-
ed itself and would provisionally approve road access to
their properties.

Several cldeny couples were

almost crying with joy. NORTH VANCOUVER
“Weocan look forward to a DISTRICT COUNCIL

happy Christmas ar last." said py Martin Millerchip

One. a
The huge turnout ar Afon-

opposed ao stall recommendation
to authorize construction of Fire
Lane No. 8 subject to legal
agreements and development per-
mits being obtained,

day night's council mecting was
praapted by a vote last week in
council's committee of the whole
ins whieh Coun, Paul Turner
switched sides on the issue and

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REACHING EVERY DOOR ON THE NO

favor of the resident initiative to
extend the existing Sunshine Falls
Fire Lane No. 7 north to Cascade,
a community of approximately 38
lots about a 10-minute boat rife
north of Deep Cove.

But a concerted lobbying effort
by othe Casende Logal Access
Society (CLAS) and the threat of
a legal action against the district
to recover over $50,000 tn resident
costs persuaded councilite recon-'
sider the issue one week later in an
in-camera meeting, !

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there had been a change of vote
and that conditional approval as
recommended by staff had been
endorsed.

Council voted on
to “allow the proposed fire lane
extension.”"

Staff was directed to work with
the Cascade community “to ad.
dress the potential environmental

impacts’ and ‘any other issues

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identified by staff prior to final
approval being granted by coun-
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tional expenses’? satisfying  statf
concerns Since February.

Manages said the | approved
routing for the fire lane, which
will be funded entirely by the
Cascade residents, does not have a
grade steeper than PSe

Cascade resident Sharon
Crowley told council that the
raud’s approval would ease con-
gestion at the Seveove marina
commuter dock and reduce car
traffic along Panorama Drive.

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SINCE 1969