By OLGA RUSKIN

CHOSEN as West Van-
couver School Board’s new
chairman at .the recent
inaugural meeting is 23 year
old Mark Sagar, the
youngest trustee in West
Vancouver to have held this
position.

Sager has been on the
school board for the past
three years. He takes over
from- Lilian Thiersch who
has retired both as chairman
and trustee from the board.
Thiersch, in her outgoing
report, emphasized that the
school board was “not a
political board, neither do
we represent a_ special-
interest group,. nor do we
regard ourslves as an ad-
ministrative leadership
group.

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THE ON AGAIN off again
bylaw to restrict North
Vancouver District buildings
in height is on again — for
now.

The bylaw, which would
restrict commercial
buildings to 20 feet- or two
Stories in height (they can
now go up to 40 feet),
received second and third
readings last week, but
passed by a narrow 4-3
margin both times.

And Alderman Marilyn

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“Rather we have tried to
be what might be called. a
rationalist/activist board —
five people who have sought
to reconcile a surprisingly
wide range of viewpoints and

- background.”

Thiersch went on to say:
“We have tried to remember
that we. are here to serve the
needs of children.”

Regarding the provincial
finance formula, Thiersch
said “West Vancouver is
undoubtedly being exploited
in our present position and
we urge the new board and
local taxpayer to keep up the
pressure’ on the Provincial
Government for relief of this
Situation.”

Twenty minutes of her
report were taken up in
listing the achievements of

Baker, who supported it
both times, said: she may
vote against the bylaw when
it comes up for final
adoption tomorrow. She
hasn’t studied it enough yet
to say, she told council.

Alderman Jim Ball called
the bylaw foolish. “I don’t
know why we don’t go all out
and go underground,” he
said.

Aldermen Mary Segal and
John Lakes also slammed the
bylaw, warning that it would

‘West Van: students and staff.

, the board.

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' Incoming chairman Sager
promised that, “as a board,
we will concentrate our
efforts to see that the
bureaucracy in Victoria does
not erode local. autonomy:
There seems to be constant
pressures to centralize
control.

“The. board will also
continue to. put pressure on.
the province and ourselves
to see that the taxpayers of .
this community are receiving -
a fair deal.” "

Municipal Solicitor Bruce |
Emerson conducted the 5
swearing-in ceremonies for
newly elected Dawn Sikula
and Margot Furk who join
Norman Alban, John
Gregory, and Mark Sager on

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make many commercial
buildings non-conforming
and discourage commercial
development.

Segal called for selective
zoning changes to limit the
height of buildings.

But the bylaw’s supporters
— Aldermen Peter Powell
and Ernie Crist and Mayor
Don Bell — called it the best
way for council to get some
control over development.

Bell said he was con-
cerned the bylaw was too

sweeping. “It may be a

cannon when ail that’s
needed is a gun,” he said,
adding that he would vote
for it anyway.

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