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~A:-mew- trustee joins North Vancouver School

And. ‘the -new board
member says the unusual
situation is entirely due to

the apathy and disinterest of

the public.
. He 'and four incumbent
trustees. seeking election to
the board which accounts
for by far the biggest drain
on North Van _ taxpayers’
dollars, all had their seats
guarantecd when
nominations closed Mo. day
noon — by acclamation.
Dungey, a priest in the
Anglican Church who works
as a parole analyst for the
B.C. Board of Parole, cx-
pressed disappointment that
he will not have to battle for

municipal elections: Rev. Roy. fore: the ‘hae secure the
‘North Van Voters’ Association (NOVVA) seat. vacsited

mand for ing hoes sapiens year without as

the seat.on the basis of ‘airing
what he sees as critical issues
fa: ing the school board.

I was looking forward to
al -tle opposition, actually,”
he told“the News. “It’s like
b» ing in the starting box with
one foot up when the gun
hasn't gone off.”

Dungey will serve as a
North Van City represen-
tative on the board, along
with Marg Jessup and Philip
Joe who are renewing their
terms. Elected by ac-
clamation for the two North
Van District vacancies are

Chiirmi Verna Smelovsky

just two seats,.And only one
ose seats is being sought

by ‘an incbmbent — Frances.
McDowell : -— since Lilian ;

Thiersch |
again.
Similarly, there will be
battles for places on all three
North: Shore municipal

is mot running

as the total number of seats
being vacated.

Only post filled by ac-
clamation was for mayor in
North Van City, which once
again goes to Jack Loucks.

And of all the aldermanic
seats vacated, the only one
not being resought by an
incumbent, is that of George
Morfitt in West Van.

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fiv candidates are ‘vying. for

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nbers of the Hales family will be
¢ home at 3096 Fromin > Road in Lynn Valley. It is the third

from: the. outside of the house and decorated

...as developer delays his own permit

“THIS COUNCIL is not a rubber stamp for
developers,” Mayor Derrick Humphreys told
Monday’s public meeting on a proposed 20-storey
waterfront development in West Vancouver.

Council had decided
October 5 to proceed with a
development permit for
2203-2231 Bellevue Avenuc
subject to a restrictive
covenant forbidding the
enclosure of balconies.

A man who had persuaded
council to invalidate that
earlicr public meeting over a
technicality, then wrote
informing council it should
not merely “rubber stamp
development proposals.”

It_ was this letter which
prompted the mayor's
statement of denial.

Chris Miles had stopped
the previous public mecting
after pointing out that a
mandatory sign to be placed
on the property of the

proposed development
advertising the upcoming
public mecting, had not

been erected.

As it turned out, Jonathan
Baker, appearing for the
property owner, further
delayed approval of a de-
velopment permit Monday.
by protesting the restrictive
covenant clause imposed as
a condition.

It was decided that the
matter would be sent back
for a staff report to take in
the new input fromthe

ublic mecting and that the
tem would be withdrawn
from the policy and planning
mecting agenda.

Humphreys reminded the
mecting that council, which

he said is often blamed, was
not responsible for holding
up the process but the
developer was impeding his
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