By PAT RICH

North Vancouver
‘District council’s
television phone-in
show got off to an
agonizingly slow start’
Tuesday night but once
the calls started the
show rolled into high
gear and lasted 30
minutes over the
allotted one-hour time
_ slot.

Billed as the first of its
kind in Canada and the
brainchild of Mayor Don
Bell, ‘District Town Meeting’
on Community 10 television
invited members of the
public to phone-in and ask
questions of or express views
to District council members.

Four topics were on the
agenda for discussion during
the show and it was not until
council was well into ex-
plaining the third topic that
the first phone call was
received.

MANY CALLS

Until that time council
members nervously tried to

trouble

keep conversation alive and
the high point was one
alderman accusing another
of taking his water glass.

But after the first call,

regarding the District's
recent acquisition of
Delbrook School, a steady
stream of calls kept council
members busy.

‘ “Mayor Don Bell had some
with the phone
system and accidentally cut

- off a few callers but by the

end of the show he appeared
to have matters under
control.

Topics discussed ranged

from the size of council and,”

the ward system, to future;
uses of the Delbrook gym’
and the parking of
recreational vehicles.

CONTROVERSY

By far the most con-
troversial topic was the
District bylaw prohibiting
the parking of recreational
vehicles on the front of a
person's property, between
November ft and April 31.

Callers were unanimous in
condemning the bylaw
because they said it forced
people without access to
their backyards to park their

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recreation vehicles outside
the - imunicipality. over the
winter. | .

Bell promised there would
be more study and the bylaw
would be reconsidered by
council.

No other concrete
" promises came from _-the
meeting although Bell. ‘did

Say there was a possibility
part of the Delbrook site

may be sold for residential
housing to recoup some of

the $1.6 million purchase “

price.

After an hour and a half
the show ran out of time and
people were unable to call
on other topics, as had been
intended.

Bell’ said that the next
show, scheduled _ for
February 24, would probably
include fewer items on the
agenda and more time for
general topics.

“This is a learning process
for all of us,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, a phone-in

. program featuring members
. Of West Vancouver council

is planned by Channel 10 for
this coming Tuesday at 8:30
p-m.

The title of the program is
On The Line and will be a
live phone-in to Mayor

NV District community

plan

A community plan for the
whole of North Vancouver
District is now officially two
years away from reality.

Last week District council
approved a motion “that a
community plan covering
the whole of the District of
North Vancouver be
prepares and presented to

il for the purposes of
cdobtion as an Official
Plan.”

Council also approved a

timetable which calls for the
plan to be completed by
March, 1983.

Mayor Don Bell and
District aldermen
congratulated the planning
department on their work in
preparing the synopsis of the
steps necessary to complete
an official community plan.

The decision to prepare a
plan for the whole
municipality was made by
council late last year.

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North Vancouver District
is currently the only
municipality on the North
Shore without an _ official
community plan.

North Vancouver City and
West Vancouver’ both
adopted official plans last
year.

The District's timetable
calls for a number of op-

portunities for community
input before the plan is
adopted.

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