ti 14 — Sunday, March 3, 1991 - North Shore News Youth centres referred to budget WHILE WEST Vancouver District Council cannot as yet give final approval io a proposal to set up two youth centres in the municipality, the matter has been referred to spring budget discussions. By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer **l am so very much in favor of this ... and I’m sorry that we can’t get earlier budget approval,”’ Ald. Diana Hutchinson told council Feb. 18, Ald. Pat Boname, who has long been involved in the Youth Parties Task Force, Youth Survey and helped set up of the Youth Advi- sory Committee, was very pleased. “A fundraising group is ready and primed to get to work on this,’’ said Boname. It will cost an estimated $71,000 to get the Inglewood Centre youth facility at the YMCA building off the ground and operating for a year. The figure includes $15,000 for building improvements, fur- nishings and equipment. About $11,006 has been budgeted for various start-up ex- penses and $45,000 to pay the salaries of a full-time co-ordinator and half-time supervisor. The proposed hours of opera- tion will be from 3:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, until 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday and until midnight on Friday. On Saturday, the centre will be Marine school welcomes move A PLAN by the federal government to create an in- ternational maritime centre in Vancouver could dramatically increase job opportunities for students attending the North Van- couver-based Pacific Marine Training Institute (PMTI), one of the school’s instruc- tors has said. By Surj Rattan News Reporter Last week, Capilano-Howe Sound MP Mary Collins an- nounced that Ottawa will give tax breaks to foreign maritime com- panies who want to set up opera- tions in Vancouver. Under the tax changes, foreign maritime operators would not have to pay taxes on profits. Jim Arnott, a teacher at PMTI, said the move by the federal gov- ernment is good news for the mar- itime industry, especially for stu- dents studying at PMTI, which trains people for maritime-related jobs. “Foreign ship owners will be setting up offices in Vancouver and they'll require these offices to be staffed. That is where we come in,"’ said Arnott. ‘It would ap- pear that we can grab the benefits of this move.’’ He added that the employment opportunities for PMTI students have been greatly enhanced with the incentive to lure foreign mari- time operators to Vancouver, “It’s a good thing for the in- dustry as a whole and especially our students,”’ Arnott said. Collins said an international maritime centre in Vancouver could create 1,600 direct jobs. PMTI’s North Vancouver waterfront facility includes an in- door training tank and an outdoor launching wharf. Graduates cf the program gen- erally work with shipping agen- cies, marine terminal operators, freight forwarders and custom brokers. WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL open from noon until midnight. The municipality would con- tcibute $45,000 of the funds need- ed, with the remainder raised through donation. The second centre, located at Ambleside Park, would oniy be open in the winter months. It would operate from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, from 7 p.m. until midnight on Friday, from noon to midnight on Saturday and from noon until 9 p.m., Sunday. Building improvements and equipment for the Ambleside cen- tre would cost about $2,000, with an estimated additional $2,000 in Start-up expenses and $15,000 in salary ror a half-time supervisor. The municipality’s share would be about $15,000. The proposals were supported in a presentation by Barry Sutton of the YMCA, which already con- tribuies ito the Friday Drop-In program at the YMCA building on Inglewood Avenue. Sutton said there was ‘*talmost a problem of the success’? of youth Outreach worker Chris Fuoco, who has pulled a lot of youths *‘into the lifeboat.’’ An estimated 50 to 70 young people use the youth centre at any one time. Ald. Boname said that Fuoco SPECIAL PRICES IN EFFECT UNTIL MARCH 10, 199: had also been very successful at improving relations between West Vancouver youth ard the locai Police. Some of those problems were related to a number of large house parties involving young people that got out of hand in West Vancouver. A result of the Youth Parties Task Force and the Youth Survey was a clear indication that young people feel the need for facilities and activities. “We're not wanted in any of the local restaurants or parks,”’ a young woman told council. The rest of council also sup- ported the youth centre concept. ‘*We should provide adequate facilities for people of all ages,”* said Mayor Mark Sager. 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