14 - Sunday, February 1, 1998 - North Shore News THE following is a brief sum- mary of agenda items for upcoming North Shore munici- pal council and schoo! board meetings: orth. ‘vancouver District Council Monday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m. Delegation, Karen Hilton, Crossing Guard Stakeholder Committee, annual district Livability Index; sign bylaw/sign design guidelines; wages or salaries, RCMP vs police forces in the Lower Mainland; Lynn Valiey Local Plan, planning report: North Van District development cost charge bylaw; Parkgate Community Centre, revised design drawings; Pemberton. Station Pub, extension of north shore MUNICIPAL A hours; FCM resolution to make pepper spray a prohibited weapon. west .v ‘vancouver District Council Monday, Feb. 2, 7:45 p.m. recon- vened public hearing Hollyburn Plaza; blasting permit, Meadfeild extension greenbelt; North Shore Union Board of Health Legacy Fund proposal; informa- tion reports, 1998/1999 — service enhancement, BC Transit; heritage des- ignation pf private property. news FFAIRS Masoud R. Kazemi, re: Iranian Cultural Centre in North Vancouver; Delegation, director Lynne Kennedy and staff member Pamela Nel, Greater Vancouver Regional District re: provincial bever- age container deposit refund fegisla- tion; Delegation, David Perfitt, resident North VAncouver City re: transportation and access funding and infrastructure; Maureen Curtis, chair, North Vancouver Recreation Commission, re: recreation facilities; Insp. aC. 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