ACCESS LOT No greenbelt sale: district THE MUNICIPALLY-owned panhandle located between 5366 and 5734 Malaspina Place will remain the property of the District of North Vancouver — for now, anyway. 7 Malaspina PI. JOANNE MacD D If the land was eventually sold to the Dows, it would The panhandle is at the have to be rezoned back to centre of a mini-controversy RS3. concerning residents on At Monday's Council Cortez Crescent, Malaspina meeting, Ald. Stephen Place and Molina Crescent. McMinn suggested that the A greenbelt les between District could organize the Malaspina and Cortez, with local residents to clean up the panhandle allowing the area themselves. pedestrian access to the However, Mayor Marilyn greenbelt from Malaspina. Baker vetoed this suggestion, Dalton and Margaret saying although the District Dow, who live at 5366 has been ‘‘perhaps Malaspina, have applied to overzealous in the laying out the District for permission to of green areas’’ that the purchase the panhandle, Distrct should clean up the with plans to landscape the area and decide how to property as alawn and shrub handle the situation at a area. According to a Distrnct _ later date. staff report, the Dows have A subsequent motion was already grassed part of the passed stating the Dristrict panhandle area would retain the property, However, residents on with no action to be taken at Cortez and Molina submit- — the present time. ted a petition to Council March 7, 1984 protesting the In a later interview, Baker Dows'’ request In the said the District has experi- petition, they reminded enced a traditional problem Council that the land was with small strips abutting rezoned PRO (Parks, residential property. “If an Recreation, Open) in 1983, area is not well-defined, then and requested that Counc: no one ts really sure whose consider in thetrr 1984 budget responsibility it 18,°° said discussion the request of the Baker. ‘‘There 1s money in residents of Cortez to clean the budget to clean up the up the greenbelt, to build a area behind Cortez where pedestrian walkway along” the creek 1s, but there is no the creek and to use the specific direction on the ac panhandle through to tual panhandle "’ Magee vette ; nk Fotrexpec Eft, ree Ai " L ie braid ay a Me a — anh i: SPECIAL OFFER Totemcolor Film Labs Ltd 119 East Ist si ae North Vancouve. YOO 22/4 1 Prowihtegy Piolo. jescval Chualtty oa the North Shore over 64 years | after graduation. al! of us have memones Of out early years in school Games at recess and tunchtime that long walk home d favourite teacher and Che school caretaker are some memories Chat lager for decades The caretaker is Che man who atways freed Things and cleaned the school fre s the one Whe ame up foo det the mare: propes tor geome and recemed a tound ot applause hve dlways seemed to care And be Krew pas! about everything about toads Mormy verti, Student, went through oa pata of warthiog foo te a school aretaker wher they Hype wooate Por rte oh wap tere Phat ar pobitse theyre the ce bakers cue biikafre t sere Thre re Ne Piel tovedity W. didn ( know HM Ube ou. teaasert oe Few oh cae Prat ete tyes as tid wept tb ato aeueh Pbpe Nc brevet Prrededericy Yoon A21 - Sunday, April 22, 1984 - North Shore News lot te do with the canng and efficvency of the School Caretaker He hept the building warm and tree of dralts The stan handrails were hepl secure no matter how many pant seats Tred to shide down And the bathrooms were Serubbed so we had a clean place to hang abound aod swap qrowrq up stones Every mormmiicgo we refared to spanking Clean LASSE OGETTS Q.. Children shouldnt be dered Mae very renportant part oof ther school years atom bortunately when you re qrown up and have § for offre ec re EMe Ceqistatute chs casy hoforae all about school caretakers Thats photabby whty Che Boo qowernmment os cuttine Pere hoor The gre The qo) nomen? Thinks body s Pade strobe dear Pee eh aborrey wots a ee ee ee ce er 1 W.. may Deol be able |. toy Ate poet tet Prevey Paaborvey ewan oth udve val re yits cabtireg faa oot {ral oder ft , booby hie wee tl Mreybetavney toe! wills tao us