Be Staragr ol Hg Ps - +-—Provincial ~~ a~total-6 A8 - Wednesday, December 16, 1981 - North Shore News J am most concet ed that, Macdonald Creek becomes: then:-tabula : or: the 19 -munitipalit $20, 14:69: EOF $24, 446.IFE Offsetting this, she-received: a‘total of $6,357.70 in: flood’ velief‘:from. the ‘provincial government — $857.70 for: the 1972 damage and $5,500 “° giake no changes to the for.the 1979 damage.) 1 ‘might add that, rising flood waters aside, the: he cot FROM PAGE A7 _owned solely by the Crown 3-The Casano family bought property abutting on the lane (but not including the lane allowance itself) in e2 1968. When the city wished to close the lane, in 1976, it applied to the owner of the. Jane (the Crown Provincial), having first, as stipulated by the Municipal Act, asked the owners of proerties abutting on the lane whether they ahd any objection to the lane being closed. One of these owners was the Casano family. For this purpose, the City did not have to “buy title to the land from the Casanos”, because _ the Casanos had never, at any time, owned the lane. I repeat, the owner of the lane was the Crown. Further, the Casanos were indeed advised of their rights. Their rights in the matter were: (1) to state whether they had any ob- re: my section of the creek. This me of good will and fair play ng;--.Tegister a covenant on. my... sanos ‘never owned lane’ over the top to again block a Additionally, ad- ‘complicating factor in my case is that in the late 50s, the municipality concreted the bottom of the creek bed in the upstream portion of the creek .is.-not ‘in. good. reparr. - a ae I have now., received additional damage to.my retaining walls and land on " 31 October-1981..1: has produced a high-velocity th