4 — Sunday, January 4, 1998 —

North Shore News

NVD looks at shared service

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said Crist. “You can call it a
shotgun wedding, but that’s
the way it is.~

The facts he is referring to
are contained in a report he
commissioned. Last March,
Crist made a motion calling
for an independeat study of

the services shared by the nvo
municipalities.

The $40,000 study was
prepared by Coopers and
Lybrand Consulting and will
be before North Vancouver
District councillors at tomor-
row’s council mecting.

Highlights of the report

indicate several areas of

inequality bur nor all are in
the city’s benefit.

Its findings conclude that
the nvo municipalities’ shared
services that are equitably paid
for include the North
Vancouver Recreation
Commission, the North
Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce, the North Shore

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Arts Commission, Emergency
Program and recycling.
Inequities were pointed
out in the funding levels of the
RCMP, SPCA, Fire Dispatch
services and othe North
Vancouver Museum and
Archives Commission.
However, only the shared
services provided by the SPCA

were in the city’s favor — a
$50,000-S60,000 bill for the
use of the district's pound
remains unpaid by the city.

“Fm interested in amalga-
mation because | believe it’s
the best for cach involved,”
said Crist. “But I’m noc inter-
ested in playing the fool
either.”

Crist bases his comments
on a belief that city residents
use the district's playing fields
without contributing toward
their construction and upkeep

costs.

However the Coopers and
Lybrand report states that
“usage statistics are not readi-
ly available,” though “past
studies have shown that the
city has an insufficient number
of fields to accommodate
demand for rugby, football
and soccer.”

Crist rakes the inconclusive
findings a step further.

“The city is building high-
rises and we're building the
plaving fields,” said Crist.

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Council
Meeting
Agenda
January 5, 1998,
7:06 p.m.

1. Delegation, Mr. Mike
Hocevar, CUPE Local
389 on 1998 Budget

2. Delegation, Mr. David
Foster, Harvest Project -
“Poverty on the North
Shore” Study

3. Development Variance
Permit -- 3468 St.
Georges Avenue

4. Proposed BC Transit
Washroom - top of Lynn
Valley Rd

5. Highway Closing Bylaw -
Bay St.

"6. Shared Services Review

-Consultant’s Report

7. Building Bylaw (1998
fees)

8. Business Licence Bylaw
(Fees)

9. Electrical Inspection Bylaw

(Fees)

10 Gas Fitting Bylaw (Fees)

11 Sign Bylaw (Fees)

12.0il Burner and
Compressed Gas System
Permit and Inspection
Bylaw (Fees)

13.1998 Fees and Charges
Increases - Permits and
Licences/ Land
Departments.

135, 110-C-41 Processing Only
(Prices apply to 1-Hour Photo only.)

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Umiversity

14. Low Level Trail
Steering Committee

15. Zero Tolerance of
Violence Against
Women - Progress on
Initiatives

16. Film Industry - Best
Practices Review Guide

Call 990-2211 for more infor-
mation on agenda items or
refer to District InfoWeb.

Winter Parking for
RVs and Boats

f you are storing your RV
or boat for the winter,
remember that recreational
vehicles and pleasure boats
may not be parked in the
front yard of residential
property in the District of
North Vancouver between
November 1 and April 1. An
RV or boat may however, be
parked either:
ewithin a building or struc-
ture; or
ein any open space behind
all the walls of a residential
building that face a street,
and in the lines of those
walls projected to any inter-
secting lot line, but in no

case less than:
°7.5 m from the front lot
line or from a rear lot
line if abutting a street
*6 m from a side lot line if
the lot line abuts a street.

Call 990-2489 for more infor-
mation, or email lakec@
district. north-van.bc.ca

Blueridge

lueridge Community

éssociation is meeting
on Thursday Jan. 8, 7 p.m.
at Blueridge Elementary.
Topics: Seymour Local Plan
and the District's 1998
Budget. For information,
please contact Angela Trudeau
at 929-4367 or Eric Anderson
at 929-6849.

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