@-NMerth Shore Mews — Friday, July 28, 2000 Kill rate questioned From page 3 mal pound. According to figures ARC claims are taken from 3 Freedom of Information request through the city, 23 per cent of all dogs in the North Vancouver faciliry were destroyed, compared with a “kill rate” of only .03 per cent in Vancouver’s municipally-run city pound. According to figures provided by the SPCA, however, there were only two dogs put to sleep last year in the North Vancouver pound. ‘When asked to explain the discrepancy in Egures, Jeff Lawson, superintendent of the North Vancouver SPCA, said he suspected ARC was including asiimals that were brought in specifically to be killed, as well as an undisclosed number of ani- mals transferred from other shelters and hospitals. Donna Liberson, spokesperson for ARC, expressed concems ahout the SPCA board of directors being paid, the company being profit-driven and displaying a pref- erence to Kill the animals, rather than Snd homes for them. Each of these concerns was put to Lawson, by Coun. Barbara Perrault. He refuted them all, stating the SPCA was a non-profit society that is operated by legis- lation and their board of directors are all volunteers. “We do everything we can to avoid putting animals to sleep,” Lawson said, referring to some dogs that had been onsite for nearly a year before being adopted. He said he couldn’t recall the last time a healthy dog had been destroyed, but acknowledged that didn’t include the dogs that were killed at their owner’s request. Lawson also said there are limits to the types of ani- mals they are willing to put back into the community, “Biting dogs ... create intolerance in the community,” said Lawson. “Public safety is a priority.” -.When asked by Bell, Liberson expressed no interest in bidding on a contract to provide shelter services. Richardson appealing From paae3 Richardson was a student at Rochester Institute of Technology when he was charged with trafficking. Sentencing infor- mation indicated that Richardson had no remorse and indiscriminately sold a lot of LSD to students. He could not remember the undercover police trans- action. His sentence was upheld cn appeal. Richardson escaped from a minimum security work camp called Camp Georgetown a few months after being jailed. He claimed he escaped because he was afraid he would be transferzed to violent Attica prison. He fled to Canada and lived quietly here for about 25 years until a tipster ccoutacted Canadian police. After failed attempts to have his sentence over- turned or serve his sentence here, Richardson turned himself in in New York state. One of Richardson's Canadian lawyers, Alex Stojicevic, said Richardson has a ministerial permit to come back here. New York State corrections spokesman Linda Foglia confirmed that Richardson was in maximum secu- rity Downstate Correctional Facility. Foglia said all inmates are held in max- imum security until they are screened and classified. She said it can take up to two months before an inmate gets transferred to another jail. She did not believe Richardson was in lockdown as a 358 BOR ST was previously reporied in Vancouver media District. Attorney Howard Relin of Munroe county in New York state said the old law required Richardson to serve a year and a day in jail before parole. “We had recommended that he be allowed to serve the remainder of his time in a Canadian prison, apparently the Canadian prison system would not accept him,” said Relin. Relin said that it was appropriate for Richardson to go back to prison, but he doesn’t need further prison to be rchabilitat- ed. “He has rehabilitated himself,” said Retin. Relin said the matter is beyond the court or district attorney's control, but is now in the corrections’ system. WHATS IN? TORE In Dundarave- Olt, Lube 21 pt. Safety check, 15 minutes - FAST! Includes up to 5 litres of 1Ow30 Quakerstate ea Marine Drive 9£0-STIS Mon-Sat 8:00am-6:00pm, Sun. 9:00am-5:00pmn . Expires Aug 9/2000 As pat of the Local Improvement Initiative (Municipal Act - Section 629), Take Notice That the Council of The Corporation of The City of North Vancouver proposes to construct five new paved lanes as described below: “@ Lane North of East 15th Street, Sutherland to William Avenues ¢ Lane East of East Boulevard, Keith Road to Eighth Street * Lane North of East 19th Street, St. Andrew's to Ridgeway Avenues © Lane North of East 11th Street, St. Andrew's to Ridgeway Avenues ° T-Lane East of East Boulevard, 12th Street to 13th Street P44 The lifetime of the work is 10 years. EE The total estimated cost of all the. work is $234,000.00. The share of the total cost for all the lanes, which will be specially charged aginst th the parcels benefiting or abutting from the work is $93, 376.59. : Ea The City's share of the cost for all the work is estimated to be $140, 623.41. - $a (a) The Property Owners’ portion of the lane paving cost of these projects, without speed. arrestors, shall be an annual charge of $8. ie for each metre of taxable frontage to be. casemate woe Pa . -- STORE OVER 800 PAIRS OF WOMEN’S SHOES vee IN FALL COLOURS. _IGNAL ES FROM 15985 105000 NOW 65% OFF __ TREAT YOUR FEET! | so on or before August 30, 2000 *Counci can only be prevented f from proceeding with the work if more than 50% in number of the owners, representing at least 50% of the assessed value of. the lan involved for each project, respond against the undertaking.” In the case of joint a ownership, both owners must sign, and where two or more persons are the owners of the property, a majority of ‘them must sign the petition. Where — the property is registered in the name of a limited company, an officer of the _ company must sign the petition and show his or her position in the company. : Bruce Hawkshaw, City Clerk « Tel: 990-4234 « Emaii: bhawkshaw@ecnvoorg : ty of nos wi a a CAAA) ay Wate sebbvte ela a he 5 HS a atata te Sa Fa aTehated