8 ; * 8 — Wednesday, Deccember 16, 1998 - North Shore News “Liam Lahey Contributing Writer UNTIL a stakeholders’ | " agreement is ratified, . funding for North ;Vancouver school recre- ation facility improve- . ments is on “shaky "ground. | ~. The Queensbury Elementary. Parent: Advisory ~Gounceill. ( (QEPAC) and the Ridgeway" Annes. =. Parent Advisory Council (Ridgew ay Annex PAC) asked for money from ‘North Vancouver. City recently: to improve the facili- ~ Hes ar their respective schools. But the. city has: said that ‘until, the ' North Vancouver school . district. ratifies’ the Master. Joint i Use Agreement - ‘with the city, ‘no funding will ‘be ‘allocated ‘to iinprove’ the equipment , on. school play- grounds. An” agreement would ‘involve a four-way" deal between “the. ‘city, North ~ Vancouver District, the recre-, tion: commission ‘and the “North Vancouver school dis- . them that the Municipal Act trict. the, idea of joint use of pub! facilities in:1994. ; «The vinteat of the agree ment is to make public facili ics, sites and services as avail ble as possible for. use by the community at the least cost 997. the rec commis ved to-sign the agr ent, Earlier this year in April ‘Nort! agreement. The four parties supported . ice: funds. until.the agreement is igned,” Granger told ‘coun-: r- Vancouver “school: In Qetober, the city autharized) signing, as well, All parties wanted the dis- trict of North Vancouver to be involved in the agreement, bur the district has been slow to respond. Asa result, the city is will ing to siga the deal without the district and begin address- ing funding requests. Bill Granger, manager of parks and cavironment in “We have very little play space, here’s an opportunity (to improve).” : — Coun. Barbara Perrault North Vancouver, told coun- cil Dec. 7 that a clearly word-- ed letter had been «sent: to School District 44 stating the city” s intentions, . “We imade it quite clear to will not provide for grant The city has said it will nor wait any longer for the district », to sign and wants. to move for- ward. ; “We have | very ‘little play - Space, here’s an opportunity ° "(to improve),” - Barbara Perrault. “Perhaps we | should: send another ‘letter to. . “the ‘school ‘board ‘and. ask - * said Coun, them to come to the table (te sign the deal}.” Said Coun. Darrell Mussatto, “Let's seta. date and formally: sign’ it) (the Agreement}. “We need to begin looking at specitic agreements, gym: nasium uses, equipment, "that’s where the hard. work begins.” where exactly the: current copy of the agreement was, Granger was cata loss. to explain. “Irs a litce bit difficul to know where itis exactly,” he told council. “All we've asked District 44 to do was, enter into the deal with only North Vancouver and the ree cone mission. The latest correspon- dence J} have dated Dee. 3 from school staff, is that they're trying for a four party agreement.” Doug)» MacKay-Dunn, District 44's chairman, spoke on the issue at the school buard’s public meeting on, Dee: 8. He -told: school: trustees that he willbe, signing the , agreement with the city, bur did not say when. - “I sent a, letter to. District Mayor Don Bell and remind- ed him/of the progress‘and a number of resolutions relative ‘to the joint use, agreement that we've made,” MacKay- Dunn told the trustees. “Fstill. J haves my hopes that they too ' will sign. “We can wait approximate: fy one week ... in the mean- “time, we'll now move forward with our partners’ in’ the city sooner rather than later.” Tennis racquet.“The | lightest most powerful racquet made” Gift certificates ‘gvailable “For the hard to uy for’ . When asked by, ‘council _ ferries in North Frank Grundig photo WEST Van's Ron Harrington (left) and calneraman Max Lindenthaler spent15 months - observing the construction of the PacifiCat 1000: The result is 8C's Fast Ferries: The: Building of the PacifiCat 1000 which airs tonight * 9 p.m. on the Knowledge Network. : Fast ferry Robert Galster : ' News Reporter robert@nsnews.com THE well-documented construction of the fast Vancouver is the foc US “of a documentary set to air tonight. The one-hour program was produced and directed by. West Vancouver resident Ron Harrington. He had cameras tolling.at > the Caramaran. Ferries. International - facility’ from August 1997 until November 1998.0) “My interest was inot pro- Diemea 21 t ein North Vai - located at 154 East oh Street, i t paganda,” said Hartihgton. “My interest was to take the opportunity of us having an insider view.” . The’ result is a documen- tary that follows the often gut wrenching: learning curve of the people who hada hand in building the aluminum ves- sel. \ Harrington - pointed out the program does. not dwell on the often-political “issues focused on in media coverage, such as the projected launch date (two, years late and counting) and cost ($16:mil- lion’ over-budger so far)..." |. While only time will tel avhether the BC Ferries gani- 1998 at 73 00 p.m. the ‘Coun puver,’ ‘B. Coa to. recvive “for yn TV airwaves ble to laurich the fast ferry program. pays off in contracts for the construction of addi- “tional vessels, Harrington said the achievement’ of the. fii- ished product should not, be overlooked. “It's an incredible: vessel: and. you. can’t ride.on thar thing, and not acknowledge that it’s'a great’ achievement this province,” “said Harrington. “It’s a magniti-" cent piece of work.” © BC's, Fast, Ferries: The Building of the PacifiCat 1000 airs-tonight-at 9 p.m. on the < _Knowledge Network, The: program will repeat o on Dec. . 22 ar }] pam. dice el on ther map as being mt rred; ; “added to and forming part of RS-3 Orie Fi Family Residential 3 Zone from, RS uA oe One-Pamily Residential 1 Zone. fe » The amending bylaw would permit a reduction of the. aninimum ‘lot size : from 6000 square feet to 3600 sq] re ty to ‘allow the fot tobe subdivi to two ots, (new lots ‘are approx. Z "4680 and 4916 sq. ‘fts) both fronting on East 27th Street.” :