6- : Wednesday, June 21, 1989 =

‘North Shore News

| ELECTED OFFICIALS are e the watchdods of the people —
my Light? Well, not quite. In West Van it depends what they

want to watch, ‘as first-time Alderman Carol Ann Reynolds

is learning the ‘hard way.

Municipal councils depend i in.
many areas on guidance by ap-
pointed advisory bodies equipped /

- to examine and evaluate specific i
issues in greater detail than is © -
possible for council members. The

Advisory Planning Commission, :
Advisory Design’Panel and Parks
& Recreation Commission are.
three familiar examples. In, most

‘municipalities any council member

: fs frce to attend mectings of such

. bodies as a non-voting observer,

‘Ald. Reynolds assumed this was

what ‘topen government” meant.

So she. was more than a little

shocked when the fellow alderman
named by Mayor Don Lanskail to
the Parks Commission threw her -

“out of its meeting. And when APC

‘chairman Nigel Grant actually
cancelled an APC meeting rather
than risk her attendance.

" Peter Beutley.

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In memos to mayor and council

‘during the past month Reynolds ©

has vigorously protested this situa-
tion. On Monday she got her an-
swer — a set of ‘‘Guidelines”’
presented by Mayor Lanskail to a
closed session of council. In
essence, they lay down that
aldermen other than the one ap- |
pointed by the mayor to work with
an advisory body may attend its
meetings ONLY if invited by its

chairman, In short, non-elected |. |
servants of council alone decide © ~
which elected officials, answerable

to the taxpaying voters, may.”
observe their proceedings. my,
There’s no suggestion by ,
Reynolds of anything amiss in the
advisory bodies. But she feels a
vital principle of ‘‘open govern-'
ment’? — Mayor Lanskail's cons-
tant boast — is at stake, The buck

stops with council. All individual
members have a right and a duty,
therefore, to become completely
familiar with the workings of every
organ of municipal government.

In one highly important area His
: Worship’s ‘‘Guidelines’’ now deny
. them that right.

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» SONG-AND- DANCE time this
weekend — with dance t
predominating — as North Van's .
15th annual Folkfest, directed by.
Stella Jo Dean, takes to the stage

‘again at the Centennial Theatre
. June 24-26 at 8 p.m. each evening.

Scottish dancers do theirs stuff all

" three nights and Chinese are

featured both Saturday and Sun-,
day. Other Saturday, dancers are
the Japanese, Mexicans, East In-
dians,. backed up by the Music
Makers and the B.C. Italian Choir.
Sunday brings Israeli and Hungar-
ian dancing,.the Kathy Wright
Dancers and classical belly danc-"
ing, with songs by the Sweet,” »
Adelines, Monday winds up with

Greek dancing, square dancing and.
« the Seymour Dance School —

rounded out by barbershop
_Songsters and Seattle folksinger
Tim Hall. :

Each year, during the count-
~ down to’ July 1, Folkfest celebrates
the cultura! mosaic of Canada and
the price of all three shows, says
Stella Jo, is as right as you can get.
it — admission is FREE!

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WRAP-UPS: Barely six weeks lett
to bring your outdoor pride and
joy to perfection — closing date “

for the 1989 North Shore Gardens ‘

_ Cowtest is July 31, with entry
"forms atall North Shore libraries,
‘ree centres and garden shops.

iphoto subrniied " ”

: j “Patio/batcon ardens’’ are also ~

"TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. LATER. ..Retiring ‘vice-president Bert ‘Gayle eligible and there's a special cate-
(left): thanked for - his ‘quarter-century of service iby Canfor chairinan gory for vegetables. Call Judy

. “MIX of low and highrise development in ‘the
£% Lower Lonsdale area is good: for the city and

zagood for developers.

North Vancouver City Council’s approval last week
of a 15-storey tower to be built on the Olympic Hote!
site is a positive step. It shows council’s commitment
to revise the outdated Official Community Plan which
limits building heights to six storeys. The: new bylaw
drafted for Lower Lonsdale will allow: both’ low and |

highrise development.

‘Mixed zoning in Lower Lonsdale will create positive

Hopkinson, 925-4304, for details.:..

The academic Hightower family of

Indian Arm may well qualify for
the Guiness Book of Records. All
four children graduated together
this spring at SFU — Sharon with’
her M.A., Martha, John and .
Judith with their B.A.s. Their’
Mom, Jill, is also a SFU grad,
while Dad, Henry, teaches at...
UBC!... And happy retirement to

‘West Van's Bert Gayle —.bowing :
“out this month as Canadian Forest

Products veepee, BC. wood pro- :
ducts, and honored recently for his

-'25 years service with Canfor.

nee.

“WRIGHT oR WRONG: Humility

is like underwear. Everyone should |
have it; but it shouldn’t show.

NEVER MIND’ if it rains this Sunday? Keep dry: enjoying the Kathy,
“Wright Dancers above -— one of seven talented Folkfest: groups who'll
‘entertain you for free at 8 p.m. in the Centennial Theatre

- financial opportunities for developers who are current-
ply restricted to:build low-rise dwellings. If council fails :
.. to bring. in mixed zoning,;.an urban habitat. similar. to,
the ‘south: side .of False Creek will result: : Restricted.
growth will cause land. prices to. climb: and force’ te
nants requiring lower-rent housing to be shut out. u
“A ban’ on. highrises | will ‘create ‘no’ new ‘views: ‘The © |: Pp ety
ublish re.
area will be chock-a-block: with low, squat buildings : | Managing Editor. Barrett Fisher
taking up entire sites,” consuming existing ” open Space : ‘Associate Editor’. °. Noel Wright. -
and partially blocking all views. =: “Advertising Director... Linda Stewart
: The ©. alternative \ is. _controiled ~ Lower ; North Shore News, lourided in 1969 as an independent
_ growth: Careful siting’ of highrises will create view Paragraphn liver the Excise Tax Aci, is published each
corridors, allow * hefaaiekboriogs and: ‘low. income -| Press Ligand distibuted 10 ever? door ‘cn tho North
earners. to live in: the/neighborhood by. keeping renta
: costs down and give developers an incentive. to build.’

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