Wel

RESIDENTS ON
Maplewood Cres. in the
Norgate area wanted action
from the District of North
Vancouver and they got it.

By DAWN BURKE

John and Irene Koonce,
of 1144 Maplewood Cres.,
became concerned when
district staff started cutting
down trees in the Welch
Street Park strip. At the

same time, the district
started putting in a berm, a
high mound of earth, in the
same area. The koonces
were concerned that removal
of the trees, the only barrier
between the houses on
Maplewood and the traffic
and industrial area on
Welch, would destroy their
view and decrease their
property value.

But municipal engineer
E.J. Bremner and parks su-

perintendent Dirk Oostindie
say the work will only im-
prove the look of the area
and act as a more efficient
sound barrier. Oostindie was
set to meet with the Koonces
and other concerned
residents Thursday to discuss
the work and address con-
cerms.

Irene Koonce wrote ta
district Mayor Marilyn
Baker and Oostindie early

this week after a stand of
alders was removed from the
park Friday, May 31. In her
letter Koonce protested what
she called the ravage of the
Welch Street Park strip. She
asked why so many. trees
were being removed, why a
berm was being moved and
why more parking was going
in on the Welch street side of
the park.

Bremner, in an interview
with the News, said the wark

NEWS pholo Stuart Davis

NORTH VAN District Parks staffer Arnold Rank clears trees off Welch St. as part of district work to improve sight and

sound barriers between Welch and Maplewood Cres. The work is part of an extensive upgrading of the area that includes
putting in a berm and replacing alders with evergreens.

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ich worries worked out

is part of an extensive
upgrading as identified in
the Park and Recreation
Master Plan. Bremner said it
is the intention of the district
to develop a berm high
enough to block out noise
from Welch street. Six- to
eight-foot evergreens will be
planted today (Friday, June
7) and these will act as sight
barriers, said Bremner.
Bremner explained that

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the moving of the berm was
necessary when it was
discovered the berm en-
croached on Welch Street.
Bremner explained in no way
was park land being en-
croached on for parking
Space.

Irene Koonce said she is
please by the results of the
berm to date, but will con-
tinue to seek assurance that
no more trees be cut down.

broker

found guilty

BRIAN WESTERGAARD,a
37-year-old North Vancouver
mortgage broker, was fined
$16,000 in Vancouver P.9-
vincial Court, Wednesday, for
accepting a $35,000 secret
commission.

Westergaard, who pleaded
guilty to accepting the com-

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mission, is a partner in North
Vancouver's Darby House
Financial Corporation.

The secret comission was
offered to Westergaard by
Kiaus Linemayer in connec-
tion with a 1981 mortgage
default incurred by Linemayer
over commercial property in
Boston Bar.

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